chapter 191
191 – Decisive Battle (3)
“Crazy-“
In Arteil, the existence known as a dragon has never appeared as a hero.
Dragons have only appeared in the game as raid bosses, and have never appeared favorably to players.
In addition, unlike the black and white Arthur, dragons have never had their stats revealed in Arteil, so Kim Hyun-woo couldn’t help but be surprised when he saw the stats of the red dragon that appeared before him.
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Hero
Name: Lien
Title: Red Dragon
Star: 5.5 stars ★★★★★☆
Intimacy: 5th stage
Stats
Strength: 240 Agility: 259
Intelligence: 350 Luck: 200
Magic: 350
※The hero feels trust towards you.
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Lien’s stats, even without calculating the buffs, were already well over 1000.
Even if she received buffs in that state, her total stats would easily exceed 2000, so Kim Hyun-woo made a grim expression but also began to feel a little relieved.
It was not difficult to imagine that the battle would be completely different from before if Lien, with her total stats exceeding 2000, joined the fight.
However.
She, who had completely stopped the time of this battlefield with her dragon words, was looking down with a slightly surprised expression.
“!”
[Dragon- Is that so. It’s not just any dragon… Ancient… No, Lord?]
Arthur was moving.
Even though she had clearly cast a spell on Arthur, she seemed uncomfortable but clearly turned her head and spoke to Lien.
She felt something ominous in that look and immediately tried to cast a spell.
Kwaaah-!
Black fog began to pour out of Arthur’s body, and the magic power that spread out like that began to spread in all directions as if infecting the atmosphere, and began to eat away at the magic circle that Lien had cast.
In addition.
■■■■■■■■■■■■■-!!!!
The black things that had been under Lien’s spell until just now began to move again as they were enveloped by the black things that Arthur had emitted.
And with Lien’s magic circle beginning to be completely eaten away, the battle began once again.
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The black something that was scattered from Arthur’s body spread like fog in all directions and began to eat away at everything except the black things.
In fact, as soon as the undead were touched by the black smoke that Arthur emitted, their bodies began to corrode and rot.
The other heroes of Lartania who were fighting near Arthur were using their magic power to protect their bodies, so they didn’t seem to be affected, but they were all frowning as if they were very uncomfortable with the situation.
However, despite the situation, the situation had clearly turned in Lartania’s favor.
Kwaaang-!
Numerous meteors falling from the sky swept away the black things, and in the same way, numerous chains of iron poured out from a magic circle activated in a distant place where the black smoke could not reach, tying up Arthur’s body or pouring out lightning and burning her body.
And with that, Arthur was clearly allowing the heroes to hit her much more than before.
That wasn’t all.
The black things that had been hit by the meteors were no longer able to block the undead, and instead were being attacked by the undead with their whole bodies.
Lancelot, who was fighting one-on-one with Charles, had already lost one of his right arms.
However, Kim Hyun-woo, who was watching the situation, looked a little bored and thought as he watched Arthur, who was still attacking the heroes with a threatening attack.
‘…She’s really ridiculously strong.’
Kim Hyun-woo knew how strong the heroes of Lartania were.
Meryl and Lynn, who were currently fighting directly, were both monsters with total stats exceeding 1000, and Charles had higher total stats than them, and Lien was out of the question.
However, even though such ridiculously strong heroes were attacking all at once, Arthur was still continuing to fight while taking their attacks.Watching it, Kim Hyun-woo was in awe, but only for a moment.
Kwakjik-!
The moment Arthur joined the battle, the war began to race towards its end, with Charles’ executioner’s sword cleaving Lancelot’s body in half.
Kaka-kakak-!
Black energy gathered on Arthur’s sword and exploded.
A shockwave so strong that it could swallow everything around it in an instant.
However, the powerful shockwave was blocked by dozens of barriers that Lien had spread out, and immediately after that.
Kwakjik-!
Meryl’s hand pierced Arthur’s heart.
Kung-!
As soon as Arthur’s heart was pierced, he let go of the sword he had been holding tightly until just a moment ago.
At the same time, the black things that had been swarming the dead began to turn to dust and disappear, and Arthur, who had been staring blankly at Meryl’s face,
[…I wish I could have been ‘complete’ like you guys-]
For the first time, he made a bitter expression instead of an expressionless one and smiled faintly, and with that, he began to turn to dust and slowly disappear.
“Whew-“
And Kim Hyun-woo, who had been watching the scene from the top of the wall, let out a deep sigh and leaned against the wall.
‘If Lien hadn’t come, it would have been a disaster.’
Thinking about how Arthur had held out for a while even after Lien had arrived, he sighed in relief as if he could see how the battle would have turned out if she hadn’t come, and then he smiled.
With Arthur disappearing there, there was nothing major left for Kim Hyun-woo to do, and that meant that there was nothing left to threaten his life.
“Thank goodness…”
Kim Hyun-woo watched the smoke slowly disappearing into the void with a soft sigh.
At that moment.
“Thank goodness?”
A familiar voice came from beside Kim Hyun-woo.
Kim Hyun-woo’s eyes widened as he heard it and turned his gaze to the side.
“What- From your point of view, it’s a good thing. You’ve stopped it all with this? The demons, the angels, and the other world.”
He could soon see Loria smiling at him.
“…Loria.”
Kim Hyun-woo opened his mouth with a voice full of blatant caution, but Loria seemed unfazed by Kim Hyun-woo’s appearance, and instead spoke with a look of regret.
“Hey~ It’s a real shame, to be honest. I thought I could clean up the other world, but I didn’t think none of the heroes would die. I didn’t expect this.”
“…Was this your plot?”
“Hmm- yes. The existence of the other world is something I awakened, and the plot I told you about is also true… Well, it’s embarrassing to call it a plot when you see it being stopped so easily without any damage.”
Loria muttered softly and smiled at Kim Hyun-woo.
“In the end, it turned out like this.”
“…What are you going to do now?”
“What am I going to do? All the plots have been ruined like this-“
hehehehe.
“I have to come out.”
As Loria said that, she raised her hand to Kim Hyun-woo without hesitation, but.
Kwakjik-!
She soon turned her gaze to the sound of something breaking next to her, and there.
“-!”
Meryl was there, swinging her fist at Loria.
Kwakjik-!
But her fist didn’t reach Loria.
The same was true for the other heroes.
The heroes who had been around Arthur just a moment ago were already attacking Loria one by one to protect Kim Hyun-woo, but none of their attacks could break through the barrier that covered Loria.
Loria looked at the heroes who were relentlessly attacking her as if it didn’t matter, and looked at Kim Hyun-woo. As if the heroes’ attacks were nothing to her.
And then.
“Anyway, to continue the story, it’s really unfortunate. I really didn’t want to come out if I could help it. That was the condition of the contract.”
“…Then it seems like you could just not come out. If you don’t keep the terms of the contract, you’ll have to take the risk, won’t you?”
“That’s right, of course. That’s why-“Loria raised her hand slightly and shook it a little.
And then.
KWA-A-A-A-A-A-!!!!
The heroes who had been attacking Loria relentlessly until just a moment ago were sent flying in all directions.
THUD- RUMBLE-!!!
Kim Hyun-woo looked at Loria with an incredulous expression as he saw the distant mountain that Rin had flown into crumble to the ground.
Soon, he could hear her voice as he looked past her at the buildings in the direction of the Lord’s castle where Charles had flown, which were now reduced to rubble.
“It’s so easy, I’ve been dragging it out until now. It’s annoying.”
A voice filled with deep contempt.
“…”
…Kim Hyun-woo swallowed quietly.