Chapter 204 -----------------------------------------------------------------
Translator: Ace
Chapter: 204
Chapter Title: A Crack in the Sky
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"I called for you. Why aren't you answering?"
Startled, Leo regained his composure at Luna's words.
'She recognizes me as Kyle? Does that mean this is a possession-type world, where the challenger inhabits a figure from the past?'
It seemed clear that he had possessed his past self.
Having quickly assessed the situation, Leo took a deep breath.
"Are you okay?"
Leo quickly began to act the part of his past self.
If his memory served him right, this was the middle of the battle with Jerdiac.
A question like this wouldn't be strange at all.
"Yes. I'm fine. You protected me."
Luna asked, her voice tinged with worry.
"What about you? You took a direct hit from Jerdiac's attack just now."
"I'm fine."
'Normally, I would have been ravaged by Jerdiac's poison.'
But Leo had only just entered the World of Heroes.
"When did you become so immune to poison?"
Leo watched the astonished Luna and asked.
"More importantly, where's Jerdiac?"
At his words, Luna's face hardened.
"He fled."
"What?"
Leo's expression was one of shock at Luna's words.
'He fled?'
That was impossible.
Jerdiac was the kind of monster who, even at the moment of his death, had spewed deadly venom to take Kyle and Luna down with him.
That creature, more belligerent than even Silatuna, had run away?
'Something is definitely wrong.'
"Where did he go?"
"That way."
Leo looked in the direction Luna pointed, about to give chase.
To conquer this World of Heroes, he had to defeat Jerdiac.
But upon checking Luna's condition, he had to stop.
Her hands were trembling faintly, and a cold sweat beaded on her forehead.
"Luna, you… don't tell me you faced him alone?"
At Leo's question, Luna managed a weak smile.
"Yeah, just for a moment while you were unconscious…"
Suddenly, Luna's body swayed.
Leo rushed to support her.
At this point in time, the subjugation party didn't yet have the strength to defeat a Legion Commander single-handedly.
For her to have held off Jerdiac alone in such a state, it was only natural that even Luna would have sustained considerable damage.
Just as Leo gritted his teeth.
"Kyle…"
Luna spoke with difficulty.
"While I was fighting Jerdiac… some strange people attacked."
"What?"
"They were elves… They appeared out of nowhere and attacked me. Do you know anything about them?"
'Elves?'
That was absurd.
At this time, there was no one else around besides Kyle and Luna.
But there were elves?
"They attacked you?"
"Yes."
Watching Luna nod with great effort, Leo's face hardened.
In truth, this World of Heroes had more than a few strange things about it.
'The Hero Record I touched a few days ago activating now. The fact that the World of Heroes started right in the middle of the battle with Jerdiac. And finally…'
Leo's fists clenched.
'The fact that Seirun students have conquered this world.'
According to Nerja, several Seirun students had already conquered this world.
But the final boss of this world was none other than a Legion Commander.
And not just any, but the Poison King Jerdiac, on par with the Hell Kaiser, the Giant King, and the Monster Queen.
The difficulty was far beyond the level of a student.
And yet, some had supposedly conquered it.
Tartaros was trying to erase the Hero Records of the Great Heroes.
It was trying to prevent future heroes from inheriting the power of the Great Heroes.
'What if the Seirun students who entered this world were traitors?'
The fact that the battle with Jerdiac didn't end as it did in actual history, with him fleeing instead of fighting to the death, and the existence of elves who suddenly appeared and attacked Luna.
If the traitors from Seirun had entered this world as challengers, it all started to make a vague sort of sense.
Leo's hands tightened.
'In that case, has that Necro King been scheming all this time to destroy Luna's Hero Record, which is kept at Seirun?'
*Swoosh—*
The dreary, black rain continued to fall.
'In any case, helping Luna recover is the priority right now.'
"Let's find a place to rest first."
Leo helped Luna up.
Seeing him, Luna gritted her teeth.
"No, we have to hurry and subjugate Jerdiac…"
"If he's fled, we should have some time to regroup."
Leo stated the situation calmly.
"It won't be too late to defeat him after you've recovered your strength."
At his words, Luna looked up at him and smiled wearily.
"Then Kyle… I'm just going to sleep for a little while…"
Poisoned and suffering from extreme mana depletion, Luna leaned against Leo's body.
*Heeu, heeu—* Watching the sleeping Luna, Leo surveyed the ruined castle grounds.
'First, I need to find shelter from the rain.'
*Rumble—!*
A bolt of lightning echoed through the gloomy sky.
At that moment…
*Crack—*
The sky began to fracture.
But Leo, supporting Luna, did not notice.
***
*Guwooooooo!*
A Gigantes, clad in armor, roared as it charged toward the castle wall.
*Gooooo—!*
Black, dark magic power emanated from the Gigantes's body.
Seeing this, Lis shouted urgently.
"Rienia!"
At his words, Rienia, positioned at the highest point of the wall, drew her bowstring.
*Creeak—!*
Rienia's greatbow groaned.
*Twang—! Whoosh—!*
A massive, aura-infused arrow flew with terrifying speed.
*Thwack—! Crunch!*
"Guwoooooooo!"
The arrow pierced the Gigantes's eye, burrowed through its head, shattered the back of its skull, and embedded itself in the ground.
But even with its head pierced, the Gigantes, boasting incredible life force, did not die.
Instead, it clutched its face and began to rampage wildly.
The legion's forces were swept away by the Gigantes's indiscriminate attacks, which didn't distinguish between friend or foe.
Taking advantage of the opening, Lis descended from the wall.
Landing on the ground, he severed the Gigantes's ankle.
*Fwoosh! Slice!*
*Stumble— Thud—!*
*Kieeeek!*
*Kuaaaargh!*
The Gigantes collapsed.
The impact crushed the surrounding monsters, who let out death cries and died instantly.
Lis cleanly sliced off the head of the thrashing, fallen Gigantes and quickly returned to the top of the wall.
Knight classes with high mobility like him were able to quickly thwart threats to the wall, like the Gigantes or demons.
The defensive line created by Sedjen was steadfastly holding against the legion's assault.
Watching from a distance, the Monster Queen narrowed her eyes.
"Their resistance is quite fierce."
It was to be expected.
There were countless heroes here who could bring about a change in the world.
Even for the Monster Queen's legion, teeming with monsters capable of destroying nations single-handedly, this was no easy wall to overcome.
As Silatuna, chin in hand, wore a bored expression.
*Flash—!*
Shards of light rained down upon her head.
Silatuna glanced up, and the descending shards of light stopped just before her nose.
"Perfect timing. I was getting bored."
Silatuna flicked her finger lightly.
*Boom—!*
The shards of light erupted in a massive explosion.
The force of it obliterated the head of the Gigantes Silatuna was riding, leaving not even a trace.
However, Silatuna stood in mid-air, completely unscathed.
Silatuna's eyes narrowed.
"The Sword Saint and the First Star. The Sorcerer of the Evil Eye, the master of Lundua and Llewellyn. And one little lizard… Are these the companions you've chosen for your trip to the underworld?"
"Not companions for the underworld, but the members who will see you off on your final journey."
At Kalian's words, Silatuna smirked.
Seeing her, Kalian lowered his stance.
*Whoosh—!*
Kalian's body vanished.
Silatuna's gaze shifted to the left.
Kalian had reappeared at her side, his sword already swinging.
*Flash—! Thwack—!*
Kalian's sword was caught in Silatuna's hand.
"Is that the sword made by that damn dwarf? How unpleasant."
The Monster Queen swung her other arm, striking Kalian in the head.
*Thwack—!*
The moment Kalian's head snapped back.
*Craaaaaaaash—!*
*Thud! Ruumble—!*
Sent flying by Silatuna's attack, Kalian slammed into the wall Sedjen had created.
The impact caused a section of the wall to collapse.
All who saw it wore expressions of horror.
"H-Headmaster!"
"Sir Kalian!"
The Lumerne professors cried out for Kalian and rushed toward the collapsed section of the wall.
*Crumble—*
"Ugh— to treat an old man so roughly."
But Kalian emerged from the ruins, perfectly fine.
Those around him were struck with awe.
'To take a hit like that head-on and still be alive!'
'As expected of the Sword Saint…!'
Everyone looked at Kalian with eyes full of reverence.
"If I were ten years younger, I wouldn't have been sent flying this far."
*Tsk, tsk*—Kalian clicked his tongue and pointed his sword at the Monster Queen who was watching him.
*Swish—!*
Kalian swung his sword.
That simple act became a slash that sundered the world.
A colossal, invisible slash cut through everything in a straight line between Kalian and Silatuna.
Demons died, spewing blood.
Silatuna watched the slash approach and swung her arm.
*Crack—!*
Silatuna's hand bent back as if it had snapped for a moment.
*Clang—!*
Then, as if unable to withstand the force, it was flung aside.
A fearsome barrage of attacks rained down upon her.
The elven magic of the Evil Eye.
The mighty flames of a phoenix.
The wind that split the heavens.
The attacks of the heroes handpicked by Sword Saint Kalian to fight Silatuna painted the sky.
Watching the overwhelming firepower from the walls, those fighting the legion's assault stood with their mouths agape.
*Craaaaaaaaaash—!*
As the attacks from Albi, Ellen, and Chade struck directly, the very earth shook violently.
The area where Silatuna had stood was completely annihilated.
Silatuna, who had taken a direct hit, was frozen, her body thrown back.
"Did it work…!"
Just as a Seirun student clenched his fist.
"Kik!"
A laugh escaped from Silatuna, whose head was tilted back.
"Kikikik! Kihahaha. Aha! Ahahahahahahahahaha!"
Letting out a mad cackle, Silatuna's eyes flashed.
"That actually hurt a little!"
Silatuna raised her hand.
*Gooooo! Sizzle—!*
A massive black sphere formed above Silatuna's hand.
Seeing that chilling dark magic, the faces of those defending the wall turned white.
The few who had just been boldly shouting about subjugating Silatuna realized.
They realized how foolish their words, their delusions, had been.
And they came to know.
The terror of a Legion Commander who had existed since before the Age of Calamity.
"Die! You insects!"
Silatuna's dark magic flew toward the wall.
At that moment.
"Annihilation."
*Flash—!*
*Boooooooom—!*
Along with a golden starlight, Silatuna's magic exploded on the spot and vanished.
Silatuna looked at the elf who had used the strongest spell of star magic, the headmaster of Seirun, and gave a wicked smile.
"That's the magic I hate the most."
"I don't know what you're plotting."
Just then, Liven spoke to Silatuna.
"No matter how powerful a Legion Commander you are, you cannot pass this place. Isn't that why you three Legion Commanders have remained silent until now?"
Silatuna glanced at Liven, then the corner of her mouth curled up.
"What is it you want to ask, lizard?"
"What is your scheme?"
"Would it be a sufficient answer if I said I came to greet an old compatriot?"
"An old… compatriot?"
At those words, Liven's expression hardened.
Silatuna looked up at the sky.
Seeing her, Liven also looked up at the sky.
And his face stiffened.
There was a crack in the sky.
'What… what in the world is that?'
At that moment.
*Thrust—!*
A hideous arm emerged from the cracked sky.
As if it had just broken through a wall.
The monstrous arm that had thrust out cautiously retreated back to where it belonged.
At that moment…
*Grrrrrrrr—*
It was as if Liven could hear a low growl in his ears.
And through the hole, a terrifying, giant purple eye appeared.
Liven felt a shiver run down his entire body.
'Don't tell me… a Legion Commander from Tartaros?'
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