Act 3: Chapter 37: The Last Moment of The Wicked Spirit

Act 3: Chapter 37: The Last Moment of The Wicked Spirit

I destroyed the last red lump fired by the Red King with 《Hero Sword; Gilgamesh》.

I somehow managed to prevent the Red King’s attack on Manarak.

But, I would be in a perilous situation if things keep going on like this.

With this, the Red King knew that they could use Manarak city as their hostage.

「... They showed their true nature once they got cornered eh.」

The moment I swung my sword, turned toward the Red King, a new bloody red lump had already been invoked and fired toward Urzottle.

The firing line was straight toward us with Manarak city right behind me.

「Ur, retreat!」

Ur retreated upon hearing my order.

I unleashed a hail of thrust with 《Hero Sword; Gilgamesh》 and destroyed the crimson lump.

The second smaller lump was hidden right behind the first one.

I swung my sword in a hurry but I couldn’t make it in time.

The pointed tip of the red lump stabbed into my abdomen.

I was attacked by nausea and vomited blood soon after.

「Guh...!」

I hit the red lump’s side with the tip of 《Hero Sword; Gilgamesh》.

The Red King had already used the tactic of attacking the city to bait me to show an opening.

「Kuun...」

Urzottle looked anxiously at me.

「It’s okay, the damage isn’t such a big deal.」

I had no leeway anymore the moment they used the city as hostage.

So the best solution was using brute force to kill them at once in a single strongest strike.

I think that not even the Red King could withstand a single, proper attack from 《Hero Sword; Gilgamesh》.

「I’ll finish them off the moment they try to use another large scale attack. I should be able to interrupt their invocation as long as I killed them before the magic was completed.」

Urzottle nodded and then kicked the air, rushing in toward the Red King again.

The first step of our plan was to bait the Red King to use a large-scale attack on Manarak again.

The moment the Red King looked at me, losing my hesitation, they fired the red lump right at me.

I sliced all of them with my sword.

This time, the Red King’s old man face was changed into that of desperation.

I prepared 《Gravibomb》 again to restrict the Red King’s movement, preventing them from escaping.

And the moment we get closer... They finally unleashed their attack.

The Red King’s face turned into that of relieved expression this time.

But alone, I might be able to somehow survive the predicament, not to mention that I had countermeasures against this kind of situation.

「Time-Space Magic, 12th Rank《Slow World》」

A magic circle appeared..

The Red King’s core is wrapped in purple light.

It was a magic that slowed down the flow of time within a certain range.

Since it literally slows down everything within its range, it wasn’t user-friendly magic for combat but, this was the most suitable magic for me to gain some time to get away as far as possible before the core exploded.

I intended to use every single bit of my remaining mana to escape this predicament.

That should be enough to gain me some time.

I should be able to escape outside of the explosion range with short teleport.

「Luckily we fought in the air. I’m afraid that the damage in the city will be too great if I fight the Red King on the ground...」

I used a twin mind model to rapidly cast 《Short Gate》 and escape to below.

《Slow World》 did manage to give me some leeway but there was nothing wrong with being too careful.

The reason I used 《Short Gate》 rather than long distance teleport was simply because it was more convenient.

「Barrier Magic, 26th Rank《Vanity(Return to Nothing)》」

That moment, I heard a faint, male voice.

Black magic circle expanded with the Red King’s core as its center, dispersing the purple light of the 《Slow World》.

「E–」

For a moment, I had no idea what just happened.

But I knew that someone interrupted and destroyed my 《Slow World》.

And it wasn’t done by Alice.

The tone and voice were different, not to mention that the rank of magic used just now was clearly far above her capabilities.

It wasn’t the Red King either, that guy had already died.

I had never seen Lunaire using magic of the 26th rank.

So there was no way a mere level 3000 Red King could use magic of that rank.

But wait, I knew that voice.

The moment I thought so, the Red King’s core swelled up at once.

The next moment, my field of vision was painted red due to the grand explosion of the core.

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