Translator: Silver Editor: Namorax
Chio and Goemon
Pride swelled within Fangas heart as he watched his granddaughter, all the while bringing his spirit magic warhamr to bear against the undead surrounding him.
Hump, I cant lose to my grandchild just yet!!
Fangas shouted with a toothy grin as he raised his weapon into the air.
Earthen Spirits, hear my call and grant
thy power
Fangas power rose in response to his chant He took a stance similar to the one Ariane had taken before she unleashed her pillar of fla, but the aura of intimidation he radiated wasnt comparable to hers.
The air around the hamrs head trembled as it produced a distinct rumbling sound. When the hamr began to glow, countless lights sprung up from the ground at Fangas feet.
Ye, who slumber within the darkness
As Fangas continued his chant, the ground itself began shaking. It felt as if sothing was rising out of the earths depths, causing friend and foe alike to struggle to remain upright.
Lead thy children, those who sprung from you, back into the primordial abyss
The ground in front of him split into a jagged fissure when he swung his hamr down.
The fissure swallowed up any undead unlucky enough to stand within its path, and the speed in which the chasm expanded ant that not even the spider monsters could escape.
It looked as if a giant, earthen creature had opened its maw to swallow everything and the human and elven soldier witnessing this scene were completely taken aback.
Eventually, the earthen maw closed shut, and the undead that had once stood upon the battlefield were nowhere to be seen.
Phew, my partners fuel reserve is empty, but it was for a good purpose.
Fangas confird that his trusted war hamr felt slightly lighter as he made that comnt.
The custom designed hamr contained a special compartnt for storing magic fuel so it could be used to cast large-scale magic.
It was the sa technique Ariane used, but its power far exceeded what she was capable of, almost equaling the destructive output of Arc and the Dragon Kings.
Fangas had secretly taken the magic stones from monsters hes hunted and processed them into the fuel he stored within his hamr in case of ergencies.
However, it seed as if that ergency would never co. With the passage of ti the hamr had been turned into a re room decoration, but today he was finally able to release its power.
Hed intended to use this power during the Uiru river battle, but after Ferufivisurotte blew away the vast majority of the enemys force, he decided that using it there wouldve been a bit excessive.
As the elder reminisced about the ti spent with his longti partner, Ferufivisurotte and Williahsfim destroyed a section of the holy citys wall before leaving to engage the two undead giants.
The city wall had been built to defend against foreign armies, yet Ferufivisurotte had easily drilled a large hole into it. The fragility of the compromised structure created a chain-like collapse which created an enormous avalanche of debris.
The impact could be felt even this far outside the city limits.
Once the rumbling ceased, the collapsed rubble of the wall had connected with the path Fangas had cleared with his previous attack, creating a path straight into the heart of the city.
It wasnt long before the undead giants engaged the Dragon Kings, their offense countering most of the giants death impurities attacks.
Fangass eyes narrowed as the fight between the giants and dragons intensified. Their ground forces had no place in such a battle.
The largest treat the giants posed were their death impurities attack.
The giants sheer size ant that they could bombard the plains outside the city with those attacks, and there was no place for Fangas, Ariane or any of the allied troops to take cover if that happened.
However, once they managed to reach the city, the multitude of buildings could hide them from the giants sight and shield them from their attacks should the need arise.
Before their eyes a massive divide had ford in the undead armys ranks, and the road into the Holy City was open.
Even if they breached the city with their current forces, the possibility of the undead surrounding and eventually overwhelming them was high.
Still, the death impurities remained Fangas largest concern.
Everyone!! Vanguard, to !!!
Fangas booming voice echoed across the battlefield, causing the elven warriors to cry out in unison before they descended upon the remnants of the undead left in the wake of the elders attack.
Raising his partner once more, Fangas lead the charge against the undead.
The mbers of the Blade Heart Clan rushed ahead of the elves and cut down the undead remnants in the blink of an eye.
Chio and Goemon were the two leading the pack.
Earth Style: Explosive Tekken!!
Goemons arms turned a dull, tallic color and each punch he threw resulted in pieces of spider monsters and undead getting blown off by the resulting explosions.
Not a single soul was left standing in the wake of such a fierce attack: pieces of damaged armor were scattered across the battlefield as the spiders withered and the undead were reduced to dust.
Water Style: Water Spear!
On the other hand, Chio used her water spears to launch disabling blows at her opponents vital points. Once an enemys movents were sealed, she moved on to her next target.
Be it the forest, plains or wasteland, no other race was capable of matching their clans speed, so it was no surprise that they reached the city first.
Dust clouds still lingered around the collapsed section of the wall, but they didnt completely block visibility.
Chio and Goemon fought off the undead that occasionally attacked them as they used their superior senses to scout the city.
As she glanced into the city, the sound of the intense struggle between the giants and dragons caused the air itself to tremble.
Due to the stench of death that perated the entire city, it was impossible to surmise how many undead were there, and all there was to see in their general area was dust and shadows.
When Chio peered deeper into a certain shadowy corner, the figure of a priest ca into view.
The man wrapped in luxurious robes appeared to be in his late twenties.
He stood at a hundred and ninety centiters tall and his sizeable muscular body was closer to that of a warrior rather than a priest.
However, there were dark circles under his hollow eyes and a strange, almost morbid aura clung to the man.
Undead.
Goemon carefully watched the mans approach, rely offering a straightforward warning. With her hand firmly placed on her dagger, Chios ears perked up as she focused on the mans quiet ranting.
So August and Tismo were utterly useless It seems that this one is the only capable of protecting Thanatos-sama!! Hahahaha!
An unsettling voice leaked from the mans mouth as his body began to swell unnaturally.
My na is Marcos Invidia Humanitas. This cardinal is entrusted with the task of protecting this city by Thanatos-sama. Be gone from this place, filth! Samonakuba
Cardinal Marcos robes began to tear as his body continued to grow and take on a more monstrous form.
In the end, his skin took on a grayish-brown hue, and he stood over four ters tall.
His head had beco a swollen tumor, and his face was dominated by a single massive eye that was surrounded by clusters of smaller eyes, each one eerily focused on a separate focal point.
His mouth was covered by the lower half of a soft-bodied sea-animal, with two arms stretching out from the mans upper lip, and six feelers hiding the lower jaw and chin.
His body was disproportionately thin, the cardinals lanky limbs holding up his bulbous head and bloated stomach.
The stench of death the now monstrous cardinal gave off and the overwhelming killing intent he released caused Chio and Goemon to unintentionally take a step back.
The next mont, several pieces of black rock suddenly launched themselves out of the ground where Chio had been standing.
It was obviously an attack from cardinal Marcos, but Chios blue eyes popped open in surprise when she recalled the sensation the start of the attack gave off.
Chio usually prevented her emotions from showing on her face, but not even she could do so after seeing the power Marcos just used.
The cardinal had just used the sa power the Blade Heart Clan used to perform their advanced ninjutsu in other words, he possessed a Spirit Contract Crystal.
Goemon had reached the sa conclusion as she had, and was now glaring at their opponent.
Chio, look. That guys chest
What the ordinarily stoic Goemon pointed out was the rhombic jewel embedded in cardinal Marcos chest, it was the sa kind of gem that Chio and Goemon had in their chests.
I didnt expect to find the lost Spirit Contract Crystal in such a place.
Chio held her breath and began examining cardinal Marcos.
Although the rhombic jewel was slotted into his chest, it didnt pulsate with an array of colors. Instead, the gem had turned jet black, which was quite the extraordinary occurrence.
Die, you lowly animals!! In the na of Thanatos-sama!!
His roar created a shockwave as a black aura engulfed the eight appendages on Marcos face before they shot out towards Chio and Goemon.
Dodon!! Dodon!! Dodon!!
The roar created a cacophony of explosions as the surrounding rubble blew up when the wave reached it.
Chio and Goemon stepped backwards until they escaped the attacks range.
The tip of his arms.
Chio tracked Goemons gazed to the location on the cardinal hed pointed out to her.
Narrowing her eyes, she saw that the tip of each appendage had beco crippled in so manner.
Its probably the burden undead carry in exchange for forcefully using the crystals power.
As Cardinal Marcos glared at them while his appendages regenerated, Chios lips gave voice to her thoughts she utilized her ninjutsu.
Water Style: Water Shuriken!!
Chios water shuriken shot out in rapid succession, embedding themselves into cardinal Marcos monstrous figure.
In response, all the eyes on his swollen head glared at her as an enraged shout sprung from the mass of tentacles.
Impure little wench!!
Another pressure wave was released and the tentacles whipped forward to strike at where Chio was standing.
The air itself cracked as the tentacles approached, but Chio leaped back to dodge the blows while simultaneously cutting into one of the tentacles with her dagger.
Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
The large cardinal cloaked his tentacles in his black aura and released shockwaves more potent than the previous ones.
Dodoon!! Dodoon!! Dodoon!!
In addition to creating a deafening roar, Marcos shockwaves kicked up the dust, drastically lowering the visibility in the area.
Taking advantage of the confusion Goemon circled around Chio and attacked from the Cardinals blind spot.
Earth Style: Explosive Tekken!!
Clad in a black shimr, Goemons fist collided with two of the cardinals aura-covered tentacles, the physical strength behind Goemons blow and the power of his technique shattering the appendages and sending a shock through Marcos entire body.
Murky, dark red blood spilled from Marcos mouth before the force of the blow sent him flying down the street, with the cardinal only stopping when he crashed into a house.
Water Style: Water Wolf Fang!!
Chios ninjutsu conjured two wolf-like constructs which she proceeded to sic on Marcos as he erged from the rubble.
Annoying little peeessstssss!!!
However, once Marcos cleared away the rubble his eyes turned a strange color and the area him beca wrapped in a mysterious aura.
The wolves Chio sent to attack Marcos suddenly turned a grayish color before turning around to attack their creator.
Huh!? That!?
Chio was caught off guard by her sudden inability to control her technique.
Chio managed to dodge the first attack, but just as the fangs of the second wolf were about to clamp down on her neck, soone stepped in to save her.
Earth Style: Solid Body Armor!!
His bare body had a tallic shine to it, and Goemons literal muscles of steel received the wolfs attack.
Gaah!!
While Goemon crushed the murky colored water wolf against his chest, the other wolf tried to attack him from the side. Fortunately, Chio managed to cut the wolf down with her dagger.
You saved , Goemon.
Goemon simply shrugged his shoulders at Chios gratitude before glaring at Cardinal Marcos.
Dont worry Dont use remotely controlled ninjutsu from now on.
Chio nodded at his words as she stared down their enemy.
At that mont she detected the disgusting sensation that seed to be responsible for interfering with her Ninjutsu,
However, Goemon body transformation showed no sign of being forcibly terminated, a fact worth noting.
Unfortunately, to compensate for her small stature, the majority of her techniques were remotely controlled, which ant that most of her arsenal was unusable against Marcos.
Goemon and Chio shared a brief look upon that realization.
The pair simultaneously started running, splitting up so that they could position themselves in Marcos blind spots.
While the nurous eyes that covered his swollen head made it seem like the cardinal had no blind spots, it was still impossible for him to see everything at once.
Their clan honed their perceptive abilities to their absolute limits, and among them, the six great shinobi were unparalleled in that regard.
Water Style: Water Blade
In response to Chios nearly silent chant, an almost translucent stream of water wrapped itself around her dagger, doubling the blades length in the process.
In response, Cardinal Marcos lashed out, using his six remaining whip-like tentacles to release shockwave after shockwave against his enemies, but the smaller enemy managed to slip between the gaps of his attacks.
While the tips of the whip-like tentacles moved at the speed of sound, Chios keen senses made it possible for her to track the tentacles and allowed her to negate their montum with her translucent blade.
Although Goemon lacked Chios mobility and reflexes, his body transformation which turned his body into sothing comparable to an iron wall managed to withstand the attacks.
Cardinal Marcos let out a frustrated roar when Arianes appearance broke the stalemate in his enemies favor.
Fla
With a single world her spirit magic was evoked however, the flas took on a murky color once they got within range of the strange aura that surrounded cardinal Marcos.
Although she lost control of the flas, the damage output of the thin flas Ariane summoned wasnt that high and they soon faded in a haze of smoke.
However, the visual showcase was enough to distract Marcos for a mont.
The cardinals many eyes couldnt help but focus in on an attack that occupied the majority of his field of vision at that mont, Chio and Goemon struck at the sa ti.
Chio swung her translucent dagger with lightning-fast speeds, its blade creating an array of blinding lights as water reflected the sunlight.
At that mont, four of the cardinals remaining tentacles were severed by Chios blade in a single stroke, the appendages disintegrating shortly afterward.
In the span of a single breath, Chio fell back and allowed Goemon to step forward before the cardinal could react.
Still disorientated by the loss of most of his tentacles, Marcos was left completely exposed to Goemons seemingly growing figure as the beastman approached.
Earth Style: Iron Fang Fist
Razor sharp nails sprouted from Goemons fingertips and he thrust them deep into the cardinals bulbous head and the many eyes housed there.
GyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAaaaaaaa!!!
The cardinal unleashed an ear-splitting scream from his misshaped mouth as he struggled to escape from Chios and Goemons assault.
However, before he could get far, Ariane delivered a deep cut to one of the cardinals legs. Chio took advantage of Marcos montary pause to tackle him to the ground, his strange aura vanishing shortly after that.
Ariane sword began to shine once that fact beca apparent.
The light soon encompassed her entire body before particles of light began to spread throughout the area.
Dance, burning flas; Scatter, burning flas; turn the souls of all things to dust
The light particles surrounding Ariane soon congealed into several red balls, the color eventually turning vermillion as the balls turned into butterflies.
Countless butterflies flocked to cardinal Marcos fallen form before igniting into a giant pillar of flas and heat.
ga!!!
Marcos couldnt even scream as the crimson flas devoured his body, eventually reducing him a puff of smoke that drifted away on the wind.
Ariane called out to Chio as the beastmans attention remained focused on the sky above.
Was my interference unnecessary?
Ariane slightly tilted her head in confusion before Chio offered her a reply.
No, your intervention was helpful. Ariane-dono.
Chio turned around and faced Ariane, only the find her searching the city high and low before returning her gaze to Chio.
By the way, have you seen Arc?
In response to Arianes question, Chio raised her cat ears and expanded her senses further into the city, but she had to shake her head as she couldnt pick up any sign of him.
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