The undead, a mix of countless races and monsters, began to erge one by one from the blue mist.
So were human.
So were beastfolk.
So were monsters.
Additionally, races capable of living for over a thousand years, including elves, erged from the blue mist as undead, forming a group and walking toward the black figures approaching Lartania.
■■■■■■■■■■■-!!!
The black figures, making a noise that sounded like the distortion of chanical sounds, began to disrupt the gathering of the undead.
The bodies of the undead, touched by the grotesque arms of the black figures, were shattered, torn apart, and ravaged.
It was the sa elsewhere.
No matter where one looked on the battlefield, there was no sign of the black figures being defeated.
The black figures were overpowering the undead, as if they were re prey, in a situation where the undead were defenseless.
However, despite the undead being completely overrun, the frontlines were holding steady.
The reason was the constant ergence of undead from the blue mist.
As if a portal to hell had been opened, the undead, erging endlessly from within, advanced without any fear, following the command given by their queen to eliminate the black figures.
Without any emotional hesitation, they advanced purely to carry out the command given to them.
At the point when the undead were holding off the black figures.
anwhile, rilda, who had leapt from the castle wall monts earlier, quickly reached Arthur and slashed at her with her claws.
Kaa-aa-ack-!
The terrifying sound was like a massive piece of iron crushing a house.
However, Arthur, without any change in expression, blocked rilda’s claws with her half-broken sword, and imdiately after, Rin appeared from the shadows, drawing her sword to strike.
Clang!
Rin’s sword clashed harshly against the gauntlet raised by Arthur, making a grinding sound.
“…!”
Rin’s eyes widened in shock, and rilda, watching from the front, frowned. However, she didn’t stop and twisted her body to strike Arthur’s head, but her attack was—
Swoosh-!
Arthur simply leaned back slightly, and the attack was nullified.
And then.
[…Among all the heroes I’ve seen in the Middle Realm, you stand out the most.]
With those words, Arthur’s form disappeared.
It happened in the blink of an eye.
However, rilda, as if she had foreseen this situation, imdiately turned her body and raised her guard.
Kwah-aaaang-!
“Kuhk!”
Before she could fully raise her guard, rilda, struck by Arthur’s half-broken sword, was sent flying and crashed to the ground.
Imdiately after, Rin, realizing the situation, gripped her sword and tried to charge.
“…!”
Before she could move, Arthur was already in front of her.
Realizing this, she dropped her sword and deliberately leaned forward, entering close combat.
Normally, a sword had to have a certain reach to be used effectively.
Bang!
With that judgnt, Rin, who had closed the distance to Arthur, was caught off guard for a mont and was struck by her fist.
From Rin’s perspective, it was a swift and light strike.
But from the perspective of another hero, Arthur’s counterattack was so fast it was almost invisible, aiming at Rin’s neck, chest, and abdon.
However.
“…!”
Arthur easily blocked Rin’s fast attacks with her left hand, which wasn’t holding a sword, and then swung her fist in return.
Crack!
“Gahh!?”
With an overwhelming ease, Rin was struck and crashed into the ground. Arthur imdiately ran toward her, preparing to end it by stabbing her half-broken sword into the earth, but—
Bang!
At that mont, rilda, who had gotten up and rushed toward Arthur, kicked her body, pushing her back.
[…For a hero from the Middle Realm, you’re surprisingly strong. No, are you a demon…?]
“……”
Charyll was also in battle with Lancelot.
Lancelot, with his face hidden, spoke with a voice full of curiosity as he looked at Charyll, as if her very existence intrigued him.
Charyll did not respond to Lancelot’s words.
Instead.
[-!]
Charyll, gripping the Executioner’s Sword given to her by Kim Hyunwoo, began her second confrontation with Lancelot.
Bang-!
The pitch-black sword that Lancelot held clashed with the Executioner’s Sword that Charyll wielded.
Neither of them yielded.
At least their strength was on par.
However, Charyll was already shocked at that point.
Her current strength was boosted to its limit, thanks to the assistance of the Executioner’s Sword and the artifact, which amplified her power hundreds of tis.
Thus, even demons, whose strength had increased trendously, would have to submit to Charyll’s newfound strength. Seeing her equal in strength to Lancelot, she frowned.
Bang!
Soon, Charyll, with quick reflexes, blocked Lancelot’s punch by striking it with her own.
Kwah-aaaang-!
With the explosive sound of the punch, the ground cracked beneath them.
Charyll, distracted by the strange phenonon caused by just a punch colliding with another, quickly turned her gaze to rilda and Rin.
From an outsider’s view, it might have seed like they were fighting well, but Charyll could clearly see that rilda and Rin were at a disadvantage, causing her to feel a slight unease.
Just by briefly crossing swords, she easily realized.
At the very least, the two enemies before her were strong enough that she couldn’t deal with them alone.
‘…At least I need to deal with this one and quickly join the others—’
So, as Charyll furrowed her brow and thought of the best option in this situation,
“Ugh!”
Bang!
Rin and rilda were already being cornered.
Rin, who blocked Arthur’s attack with a sword pulled from the shadows, was thrown backward and tumbled on the ground, only for Arthur’s sword to descend again.
Crrk-!
Rin rolled to avoid the strike.
However, Arthur, with her sword embedded in the ground, repositioned herself to swing at Rin, and at the mont she grimaced in the face of imminent death—
Kwah-aaaang!
With the sound of an explosion, Arthur’s body was slamd into the ground.
It was because rilda, who had approached in the nick of ti, had kicked Arthur’s head just as she was about to swing her sword.
“…Damn, you’re tough.”
However, as Arthur brushed off the attack like it ant nothing and stood up, rilda frowned.
And the battle continued.
rilda and Rin desperately dodged and moved their bodies to land even a single effective hit on Arthur, but after allowing the surprise attack, Arthur focused even more intently on the battle, no longer allowing any further strikes.
As ti passed, rilda and Rin began to slowly get pushed back.
The battle, which had seed evenly matched just monts ago, had completely changed direction after a certain point.
At this point, it was clear to see that rilda and Rin were struggling just to block Arthur’s attacks.
And then.
‘It’s unavoidable.’
Seeing this, Kim Hyunwoo was about to use the final trump card he had been holding onto.
───────!
From far away, a massive roar echoed.
The black figures, which distorted the chanical sound, released a chilling roar that raised goosebumps all over.
And in that fleeting mont, as Arthur moved, grabbing rilda’s neck and aiming to stab her half-broken sword into her abdon—
[Stop-]
With that voice echoing throughout Lartania, the movents of the black figures ca to an imdiate halt.
It was as if they had heard the command of an undeniable being, standing still, unable to move.
The sa was true for Lancelot, as well as the other heroes.
Even the undead, who had been relentlessly moving toward the black figures without any hesitation, stopped in their tracks.
The battlefield was suddenly filled with an eerie stillness, as if the entire world had frozen in ti.
[…!]
Even Arthur, who had been monts away from stabbing her sword into rilda’s abdon while grabbing her neck, stopped and frowned as if this voice applied to her equally.
However.
Shuddering-
Despite everyone being frozen, Arthur still tried to forcefully push her sword into rilda’s abdon.
Arthur’s body moved just a little bit.
Kwah-aaaang-!
[Didn’t I tell you to stop-]
But, as sothing shot down from the sky and released a sound, Arthur, who was struggling to push the sword in, ca to a sudden stop.
And soon, everyone present could see it.
A dragon, with its red wings spread, looked down at Arthur.
And then.
[★★★★★☆ Hero ‘Crimson Dragon’ has been recruited to Lartania territory!]
A ssage appeared before Kim Hyunwoo’s eyes.
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