Became an Academy Spearman

830. [Western Front] – Nine Apostles Sekhmet (106)

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Dark zone.

In the thick darkness where not a single ray of light came in, Sekhmet was leisurely looking at his hands.

“It’s different as expected.”

I knew that the express apostles sent anyway did not meet expectations.

However, it was unexpected and ‘pleasant’ for Anastasia to personally execute the special apostles.

A piece of even greater power.

A tyrannical power is engraved on the entire body of the special apostle.

Slurp… … !

I could see numerous air currents gathering as if they were slowly being sucked into me. And each and every one of them was the power of the special apostles who had died a little while ago.

A strange power that comes back to me through death.

It was a scene where the power I had planted in the special apostles was being returned to its source, me.

Even the fragments of power possessed by the apostles, who burst forth as if struggling at the edge of death, were all being recovered by me. The return of abnormal power, returning with a power several times greater than the power previously implanted… … .

How could you not be satisfied?

“It actually worked out well.”

I was so filled with power that it was difficult to even hold my body in place for a moment.

Originally, they wanted to have the special apostles sent out kill numerous people and carry out a massacre with the blood of those humans, as if holding a festival, but instead, Anastasia executed the special apostles herself, making them struggle until the end.

That wasn’t bad either.

The power I had sown was coming back far beyond my expectations.

“… … .”

As I slowly raised my head, I felt countless energies quickly approaching this place.

It goes without saying that the most powerful energy at the forefront was Anastassia, but other energies were also approaching in quite large numbers.

“Are you trying to wage an all-out war with me?”

but. The moment Anastasia personally participated in the front line, he did not think that he would only execute the special apostle and return.

That he pulled out the knife himself.

I want to see the end.

And that was what I wanted too.

On the contrary, I was glad that I didn’t have to approach him.

‘They say that even if I stay still, they will come and seal me in person.’

He even gave me a miracle that gave me back several times more power by executing him with great force in response to the power he had planted in the special apostle, so I was just happy about it.

The strength that immediately filled my whole body gave me a surprising amount of confidence.

“… but.”

Nevertheless, I calmed down my excitement just a little.

The prepared sealing ceremony must be carried out properly.

‘It is a power with no end in sight.’

The field of vision is still filled with the darkness of the dark zone. Still, the faster the approaching distance narrowed, the more clearly I felt it.

The end of Anastasia’s power.

That massive power was a bit different from what I expected.

It seemed as if the energy that was immediately felt had been used up, but that was not Anastasia’s potential.

When she failed to seal Anastasia in the past, Anastasia’s power that she showed was not at that level.

“If it were not for the reduction of this power, the power of sealing would not have been very effective.”

I mumbled absentmindedly and let out a laugh.

By becoming a slave to Eusilia, I early gained greater strength.

And now, he implanted power in more than ten special apostles and recovered that power through death, gaining even greater power.

And yet now.

… … You can’t beat that Anastasia.

If I were to fight against her with pure strength, I would probably only be able to hold out for about an hour.

It was very easy to guess from Eusilia’s strength that I wouldn’t be able to hold out any longer.

“Perhaps, if we consider the remaining nine apostles excluding Eusilia, they would not have been able to defeat humans.”

The absolute prestige of the nine apostles,

The number has decreased by nearly half.

‘Ofanil’ and ‘Angelea’ destroyed themselves along with the main human being called Redrick, and ‘Bastet’ died for the sealing ceremony by my hand.

‘Azazel’ betrayed us after getting caught up in the human race that violated Eusilia’s prophecy.

So, excluding Eusilia, the remaining nine apostles were not that many.

“… … “So much changes in such a short period of time.”

Would you say that humans feel like times have come to an end?

At this time, the nine apostles who have lived for over several centuries face death and disappear. The ending was so fleeting.

Even though Eusilia could no longer be considered an ‘ally’, the remaining nine apostles were each holding back in a strange way, which may be why they all felt the same way.

“cherub. Shariel. Uros… … .”

And me.

In fact, in the truest sense, the nine apostles were now less than half. Once again, I felt like I could understand why the grand announcement had been postponed over and over again.

Nowadays, a miracle called ‘Anastasia’ exists among mankind.

Now that the strongest human being of all time existed, the ending was vaguely felt.

“The great world we dreamed of early on… … .”

It might not have been possible from the beginning.

Although the reconstruction of the world that Eusilia wanted was possible, the future that the other nine apostles wanted did not exist from the beginning.

I felt like I realized a lot of things too late.

“… … .”

As I gently closed my lips, a sudden presence came into my mind.

Even though he is an apostle, he is a strange apostle who uses pure white light.

An apostle who hated humans more than anyone else.

… … And now, an apostle who has betrayed us and has strange thoughts in the human camp.

“Azazel. “Did you already know about Eusilia’s meaning?”

Now I feel resentful towards her,

I didn’t even think much about why he betrayed us.

… … What is Eusilia’s subjugation? That in itself was a bondage.

Even though he became a powerful being called the Nine Apostles, he was unable to unfold his will and reveal it to the world. And Azazel’s tendencies were like that.

Even though it hated humans, it expressed its hatred vaguely and did not try to kill humans.

That meant that her true nature was like that.

“I’m sure you wanted freedom.”

Even as I muttered absentmindedly, a small feeling of regret lingered in my mind.

But even that regret slowly began to disappear.

There is no going back now.

I also know that all the actions I am about to take from now on are actions that Eusilia wants.

But now none of that mattered.

“under… … .”

He nodded with a self-deprecating smile. My role will end with sealing the strongest of humanity.

‘Even this power that has built up throughout my body will have to be added to the sealing ceremony.’

But even so, it doesn’t matter.

Considering that Eusilia was not an ally in the true sense, everything was distorted from the beginning.

Even if they say they will live here longer.

What does that mean?

In the end, by engraving a huge flame into the world.

“Okay, that was enough.”

It was slowly visible from a distance.

A being that approaches without hesitation across the dark area.

Even the miracle of the darkness that filled the entire dark zone slowly disappearing due to a single human being.

He slowly raised his hand and squeezed it tightly.

‘From the beginning.’

The moment you face Anastasia directly will be the beginning.

***

From the moment I entered the dark zone, I felt nature.

“ha… … .”

Even breathing out feels so heavy.

I even felt as if my body was being pulled downward, as if the atmosphere itself had great density.

It was completely different from the red zone.

Even though I’m surrounded by mana, it feels like it’s delivering an effect to my body beyond the mana.

“Whoa.”

“under.”

And it wasn’t just me.

Except for Lieutenant Leria, the other members of the enemy platoon were all breathing heavily and feeling the strain on their bodies.

‘It’s not as good as I thought.’

However, the monsters we encountered while crossing the dark area… … In my opinion, it was just a disaster.

Why has humanity had to use forts on all sides to fend off apostles and monsters for a long time? I could clearly feel the reason.

Wow… … !!

The ogre roared loudly and rushed across the ground, but it was not an ordinary monster in itself.

It was an ‘apostle’.

And there were no ordinary monsters in this dark area. Each and every entity possesses the power to be considered an apostle.

Crispy!

And each time we saw a miracle.

Countless ice shards rush in all directions, splitting even the darkness of the dark area.

Puppupuk!

Grumble! Good profit!!! Wow!

The rushing apostles face endless death from the ice shards.

Even though the level of the apostles ranged from level 4 and lower to higher level apostles ranging from level 1 to 3, they died before they could even reach a certain level towards us.

“… … .”

Naturally, my eyes turned to Anastasia, who was moving at the front. There is no significant change in expression on her face when viewed from behind.

Her blue hair changed into pure white silver hair, giving off a mysterious aura, and she shrunk the area surrounding herself, placing the surrounding area completely under her.

… … Even this dark area was no exception to her domain.

‘It’s an absurd amount of power.’

It uses the domain and embodies its power within the domain through will.

So, ice fragments are just one of those byproducts.

It is even an area that is always open, and it seems to deal with the same type of openness as mine. It didn’t feel like I was wasting a lot of energy.

A truly magical awakening of power.

This is attribute level 10.

Her power, said to be the strongest of mankind… … I couldn’t even begin to understand how absurd the power was.

She moves through the dark zone as if these actions are all natural.

ㅡㅡㅡ!!!

That moment. Even though a huge alarm bell rang in my chest again, there was no anxiety in my heart.

‘I said they were of the same kind…’ … .’

Suddenly, what Anastasia said to me came to mind.

And the direction she was heading in now was not the slightest bit different from the direction I felt.

Nine apostles.

The Apostle, who possessed such overwhelming power that it could be called a disaster, was holding his position as if waiting for us.

Sreuk!

That was the moment when the series of darkness disappeared again, as if split by ice shards.

Good!

Suddenly, Anastasia stopped, and of course we who followed her had to stop as well.

“… … From here on, only the officers who can deploy the opening will follow me, and the remaining officers will follow the instructions of Ruin, a special officer, to subdue the apostles in the dark area.”

A cold voice rang through the air.

And with those words… … I naturally took a step forward.

“be careful. “Han Cheon-seong.”

I nodded slightly as I looked at Ensign Sabrina who suddenly spoke to me.

Jerk. Again… .

There were a total of five officers drawn from the silver wing and the enemy wing.

-Eunik’s Captain Ben Gale, Lieutenant Cecil.

-Lieutenant Leria of the enemy wing, Ensign Roxanna, and me.

Anastasia, who had been carefully examining our faces, suddenly stopped looking at me. And I didn’t avoid her gaze.

Right now, I just wanted to face her as an officer on the front line. She frowned slightly as she looked at me, then nodded her head with a small sigh.

“… Open the door and follow me.”

“”yes!””

With a strong answer, we soon began to advance through the dark zone again.