Chapter 648: We cannot retreat 4
Boom-!
The ground felt as if it would crumble from the shaking.
“That, that-”
“...Oh, God......”
The knights couldn’t even feel the ground shaking as they were too busy looking up, dazed by what they were looking at.
These knights had prepared themselves to charge forward toward the enemies at any moment, waiting for the order to move.
They were here to protect the Roan Kingdom.
They had come here without any hesitation.
For my kingdom, my friends, my family... Their steps were heavy on this path to save everyone but they had the courage to move forward.
“I, it really is a m, monster......”
Unfortunately, what they imagined was different from reality.
“Shhhhhhhhhhhhh–”
“Chhhhhh— chhh—”
A snake and an eel...
The monster that seemed to be something between those two had two heads. One was a blue while the other was yellow.
The monster had horns and fangs and was the size of an adult Dragon. They had never seen such a weird monster before. It was a terrible monster they could only see in their imaginations or mythologies. It looked like the type of monster that would appear as a final boss a hero must defeat in a novel.
But at least this snake-thing looked like a monster.
The thing that scared the knights was not this two-headed snake.
“...Ah...unbelievable......”
“...That’s a monster......?”
The creature that appeared in this world in a bright white light...
That monster had eight Dragon wings and Dragon scales.
It also had a lion’s head with a lustrous mane and claws sharper than those of Eagles.
It walked on two feet and the ground pressed down once its two feet touched down.
Boom, boooooom-
The plaza was barely big enough for the two-headed snake; the buildings started to break down once the lion-headed monster descended as well.
“...Unbelievable......”
But this monster looked so holy.
The monster’s eyes glowed gold while the Dragon scales covering the monster’s body and its mane were bright white.
If the two-headed snake looked like a villain from a myth, this monster looked like a warrior that protected the gods.
“.......”
The lion silently looked around with its gold eyes.
The knight felt as if he had lost all strength in his legs just because the lion looked in his direction.
“...A Dragon...it looks stronger than a Dragon.”
His superiors did tell him about it.
He was told that they would have to fight against the worst monster ever. He was told that these monsters would be stronger than Dragons and that they all needed to give their best as these monsters might be from the Demon World.
His superiors had been right.
These truly were the worst monsters, looked stronger than Dragons, and were not from this world.
‘...Our best? Is this something we can defeat by giving our best?
Forget giving our best, I feel like I’m going to die the moment I charge forward.’
The knight couldn’t think about anything else as he was drowning in fear and anxiety from the overwhelming monster’s presence.
That was why he couldn’t look at the soldiers following him.
“H, holy shit-”
“We’re all dead! We’re all going to die! Look at that! Nobody will be able to defeat that thing!”
“...Do you think that we are the only ones who will die? The entire continent will turn into a mess!”
The soldiers holding their weapons were shaking in fear.
‘We can’t do it.
We can’t fight it.
We are not enough.’
They didn’t have the courage to charge forward.
“W, who would be able to charge toward t, that monster? T, this is impossibl-”
This is impossible.
A soldier lost strength in his hand as he was about to say that.
Clang-!
His sword fell to the ground. However, the soldier could not even think about picking it back up as he pointed toward the sky.
“...Your highness?”
A person in white armor was jumping across the roofs toward the monster.
“...Swordsman-nim-”
Next to him was a swordsman whose black hair was fluttering in the air. His black aura was around his sword as he moved toward their enemy, the monster, without any hesitation.
Those two must be crown prince Alberu Crossman and Choi Han, the youngest sword master.
One person had an extremely bright white spear.
The other had something that they knew was a sword, but it was sparkling like a starry night sky because of his shining black aura.
“...Shit.”
The knight finally snapped out of it after seeing the two of them. He bit down on his lips.
His lower lip started to bleed. However, the knight felt as if he could think properly again after tasting blood.
His eyes, and the eyes of all of the leaders standing in front of their troops throughout Puzzle City, became focused on the backs of these two people.
One person was wearing armor with the Roan Kingdom’s crest while the other had light leather armor on and only had a sword in his hand.
This white knight and black knight looked extremely different from each other.
However, the people looking at their backs felt the same emotion from both men.
“Fuck!”
Clang-!
The knight swore as he pulled out his sword.
The soldier who had dropped his sword bent down and picked it up.
Their leader, the Knight Captain, moved from the back of the group to the front.
He had shown up later than the rest as he was busy coming up with a strategy with the other leaders. He shouted as he moved to the front of the group.
“There are only two of them!”
The Knight Captain looked at the back of his liege who had charged forward before him and continued speaking.
“Everybody should remember that there were originally supposed to be eight of those monsters!”
He was right.
Alberu had prepared for the worst after hearing that the summoning would take place in Puzzle City. That was why the knights and soldiers had been training as if eight monsters would invade Puzzle City.
“You should have also heard that the eight became four and then decreased again to two!”
This was also true.
It was obvious that Choi Han would soon reach his limit but he continued to attack not using his regular aura but his black Yong, desperately looking for any openings to attack the two-headed snake’s weaknesses.
Alberu responded to Taerang’s question about whether he wanted to live.
“...I will live. I will definitely live.”
‘I, the others, our kingdom...
And even this world.’
Oooooooong- ooooooong-
Light shot out of the white spear once again. The area around Alberu started to shake. Regular mana and not dead mana activated intensely in his magic.
– Master, you really meant that.
Alberu, who was prepared to give it his all as Choi Han was already doing, charged toward the monster once again.
The monster just raised its large shield to block the puny Alberu.
Baaa- baaaaang, baaaaang! Bang!
Alberu continued to attack, hoping to either pierce the shield or to dodge the shield and get closer to the Lion Dragon.
“Ugh!”
The Lion Dragon frowned. The monster seemed to be observing the spear before swinging the shield differently from before.
Baaaaaang–!
The loudest explosion to this moment could be heard and Alberu’s body was flung backward.
Baaaaang!
“Ugh!”
His body crashed into a building wall. The monster, not just defending but using the shield to smack him was so strong that Alberu could not even control his body as it got sent flying.
“...Fuck.”
‘It is strong.
It is too strong.’
– Master, are you okay?
Alberu closed his eyes for a moment feeling frustrated.
It was at that moment. His eyes jolted open.
Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii– piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii–
He heard the sound of a flute.
“He’s finally here.”
Alberu stood up. Crumble. The debris from the wall fell off his body.
He didn’t pay any attention to his crushed armor and turned toward the direction of the flute.
The sound of the flute was coming from the North.
He could soon see a large wyvern appearing in the sky above Puzzle City.
There were four people on the wyvern’s back.
“I guess we are the first to arrive.”
Chhhhhhh-
A water whip cut through the air before the master of the whip alighted to the ground.
Witira, the future Whale Queen. She smiled brightly toward Choi Han and Alberu who were looking at her.
Boom! Boom!
Two men alighted behind her. The Whale Archie and the half-blooded Whale Paseton looked at the two monsters before speaking.
“Wow. These monsters look like they would be fun to beat up.”
“Mm. I guess we’ll need to fight them first.”
After the Dragons... The Whale tribe was said to be the strongest of the Beast people.
As for the wyvern master who brought the Whales over...
“We cannot be late on the path to becoming a legend. A true hero is there first to progress with the legend.”
Guardian Knight Clopeh Sekka blew the flute.
Piiiiiiiiiiii– piiiiiii-
More wyverns with knights on them would head over after hearing the flute.
“Hmm?”
However, Clopeh felt an eerie aura and stopped playing the flute.
He turned his head.
He looked toward the Eastern sky.
Something black was rising up like the sun over the horizon and getting closer.
Clopeh started to speak.
“...Bone Dragon?”
Alberu looked toward the Eastern sky and smiled.
It was a black Bone Dragon with a sturdy armor on top of its black bones.
The Dragon’s eyes were glowing white gold. It was the same color as the Dragon half-blood’s light attribute.
And on top of that large Bone Dragon that was flying freely as if it was a living Dragon... Who else would it be but Mary, the one and only necromancer in the world?
The sleeves of her black robe were fluttering and two people were standing behind her.
Alberu immediately figured out who they were.
“...The Dragons are here.”
Ancient Dragon Eruhaben and Mila.
The Dragons were here.
Alberu clenched his fists.
He closed his eyes and then opened them again.
They were just the start.
Their allies should be coming from all over the continent right now.
“...It’s worth trying.”
Alberu Crossman, the man who would be recorded as a great king in the near future, did not doubt their victory anymore.
The reason this war becomes known as the greatest battle in the future is because this was not just a battle for the humans. It was a battle that involved all living beings throughout the continent.
Humans. Many different types of Beast people. Those who were shunned for having the Darkness attribute. Mysterious creatures that people had heard about but had never seen before.
They would all fight in this war and this would be the start of how all creatures living on the continent become aware of each other and live together.
In the future, the person who gathered all these different races together would be called the beginning and the end of everything.
But that person, Cale Henituse, was currently lying on a bed unable to open his eyes.
“...Haaa...ha......”
The man whose breath was heavy and hot was lying in bed with Raon unable to leave his side.
Raon turned his head for a moment.
Baaaaaaaaaang!
A fierce battle was happening outside the terrace.
Translator’s Comments
THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF EVERYTHING?! WHAAAAAAT?
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