Chapter 117 : Chapter 117

Chapter 117 : For Tayon (3)

“Hehe, just what I wanted. I wanted to fight too.”

After Zenburga finished speaking, he put strength into his whole body, and it began to expand rapidly.

His already bulging muscles swelled as if they would burst.

“Listen up. You are all dying because of this incompetent commander. He valued one person’s life more than the lives of all of you. That is why you will die!”

Zenburga’s loud voice echoed in front of Myeolji.

“I’ll make a different promise. All of you here! You will die today. You weaklings!”

Tayon didn’t reply and lowered the sword he had raised.

Then, as if on cue, countless magic spells, arrows, and all sorts of projectiles poured down on the Demons.

Bea, too, shot Light Arrows at the Demons from my side.

Every time Bea released the bowstring, a Light Arrow flew as if tearing through the air.

It was probably the first time Bea had shot so many Light Arrows without rest.

She relentlessly drew the bowstring of Elinger at the Demons, who exuded an ominous aura.

Bea’s hands, which had been trained by shooting a bow her whole life, were torn by the intense recoil, and blood dripped from her index and middle fingers.

She was attacking so hard that her hands, which had been shooting a bow her whole life, couldn’t withstand it.

“Please, please, die. Lord Polarin must not die.”

Bea muttered as if chanting a spell and continued to shoot arrows.

Everchen, who was standing beside her with a hardened expression, cast Heal on Bea’s hands.

Although it might not have been as immediately effective as a priest’s, Everchen, as a paladin, could also use Heal.

Eidon also continuously shot ice spears.

The others were also pouring out everything they had.

These were the people who had been watching the opponent pound on the Dome with a powerful aura for a week.

They did not let their guard down and poured out everything they had.

Tayon also threw a bundle of blue sword energy and shouted.

“Shoot until everything you have is exhausted! If you run out of strength, you can fall back and recover! After a barrage, I will cut the head of the Demon in the lead!”

“Yes, I understand!”

“The wolf-kin has an artifact that gets stronger the more opponents it kills! I will be the only one to face him, so everyone else, focus on killing the remaining Demons!”

However, Tayon’s tactical explanation was not completed.

Swoosh!

A sound of tearing air was heard.

Amidst the magical bombardment, Zenburga swung his fist hard at the air.

Then, the bodies of several mages and archers exploded, and they died in an instant.

It wasn't even a release of energy.

He had just swung his fist with a force that defied common sense, and their bodies had been torn apart by the wind pressure.

It was only a single attack, but for a moment, all attacks stopped.

Even after being hit by so many spells, Zenburga still looked fine.

Tayon, who had confirmed that fear was spreading on the faces of the Crows and the support troops, shouted desperately.

“Those who are out of strength, fall back! I will dodge on my own, so you can attack without worrying about me!”

After saying that, Tayon rushed at Zenburga.

Kwang!

When Zenburga’s fist and Tayon’s sword clashed, a huge energy collided in the air.

Taking that as a signal, the Crows and the support troops, as well as my companions and I, rushed at the Demons.

The beastmen Demons who had come with Zenburga were also strong individuals, one and all.

This was the first large-scale war I had ever experienced.

Myself, Everchen, Keldric, Kiyot and Siriel rushed at a tiger-kin beastman at the same time.

It was a many-against-one fight, but no one argued about fairness.

In war, the winner is justice.

Siriel, holding twin swords, confused the tiger beastman’s vision from the front.

She moved around, trying to break the tiger beastman’s center of gravity.

And Kiyot’s axe hit the tiger-kin beastman’s stomach directly.

Kwang!

As soon as the axe hit, an explosion and smoke spread.

One could guess how much the two of them had practiced together.

“Kuhahak!”

But the tiger Demon just burst out laughing.

Its stomach was also just slightly scorched, and the wound was not deep.

The tiger Demon sharpened its claws and tried to scratch Kiyot.

Just then, divine power exploded strongly from Everchen’s body.

Everchen blocked the tiger Demon’s attack with his shield and then rolled backward.

Another opening was created, and Keldric's fists, who had somehow positioned himself behind the Demon, rained down on its back.

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

Red Mana was covering Keldric’s fists in the form of a glove.

Keldric also seemed to have reached the Sixth-Rank.

The burning Mana spread from his hands and enveloped his whole body.

But there was no time to be happy about Keldric’s growth.

I read the Demon’s movements through Termination.

I thrust my sword, covered in an Aura of [Black Flame], into its opening.

“Kuhaha!”

The beast let out another loud laugh.

But it was just a bluff.

This attack had definitely pierced the Demon’s thick hide.

Even without pouring out everything I had, with my companions, we could kill this one.

The beast twisted its body and roared, but I did not loosen my grip on the sword.

And I began to twist the thrust sword.

At the same time, Siriel’s dagger cut the tiger Demon’s joints, and Keldric’s fists pounded its hide.

Everchen also rejoined the battle and began to slash it with his sword, shining with divine power.

While I was digging into the Demon’s body with my sword, I simultaneously pushed Mana into it.

The powerful Mana gushing from the Dragon Heart began to confront the Demonic Energy.

“You vermin!”

As if sensing the change happening inside its body, the Demon twisted its body more violently and resisted.

But the tide of battle had already turned.

Thud!

In the end, even though the tiger beastman had used Berserk, its huge body collapsed.

I even cut off the head of the fallen beast to make sure it was dead.

And I looked around.

Although my companions and I had killed one Demon, the situation of the war was not so favorable.

“H-help me.”

“Damn it, Piorn! Get a grip!”

Others had also fought many-against-one battles, but the damage was not small.

Three Demons had fallen.

But there were countless human corpses.

This is what war is.

Someone dies and someone survives.

Just because I am not the one who dies today, I cannot be relieved.

In game terms, these were just extra NPCs.

But this was no longer a game world to me.

The Crows and the support troops who had rushed here upon hearing of the incident in Myeolji, were all living beings.

The damage had to be minimized as much as possible.

Each and every one of them was a precious life, my companion and would become a key force in the expeditionary force in the distant future.

I took out a jar from my subspace.

It was an artifact called the ‘Jar of Spirits’ that I had received as a gift from Frude before.

I rubbed the jar and commanded.

“All the spirits sleeping inside, heed my command. Kill the Demons and protect the people.”

– We will obey your command.

A huge vibration echoed from the jar, and water spirits began to pour out.

The water spirits scattered in groups and then struck the Demons like an angry wave.

“What are these things!”

They moved the injured and tore at the Demons’ bodies.

Arandir, who had said he would appear when needed, also came out at this moment.

World Tree spirits also poured out from the elven divine bow, Elinger, that Bea was holding.

Although they were the purest beings in this world, the spirits, who had come to harbor anger towards the Demons, began to push them back, and the tide of battle was reversed in an instant.

‘There were high-rank spirits mixed in the jar too. Thank you, Lord Frude.’

Although most of the spirits gathered now might not return to the jar.

But spirits could be gathered again, and it was urgent to reduce the damage to our allies.

“Kaaak!”

The screams of the Demons began to echo from here and there.

“Everyone, please help kill the remaining Demons.”

“What about you?”

“I will go to Lord Tayon.”

The balance of the war was maintained, if barely, because Tayon had been holding off Zenburga alone.

But Zenburga, even while fighting Tayon, would shoot wind pressure to kill humans whenever he had a chance.

The color of the empty gem in the center of the Necklace of the Void had changed.

A considerable amount of energy generated from the deaths of humans was rising.

“Be careful.”

“Yes, please take care of things here.”

I used [Rush] towards the place where Zenburga and Tayon were fighting.

***

At that time, at the Tello headquarters.

Agamben was continuously flipping his abacus in his office.

He had received a report from Eidon that Polarin had moved to Myeolji.

Until then, the probability of Tayon dying was calculated at 71%, but the situation had changed in the meantime.

[Probability of Tayon Adjak dying in this battle: 97%]

Agamben did not give up and substituted various variables.

Agamben’s hands moved busily.

He selected targets for support and examined how the outcome would change when the support reached the front of Myeolji.

[97%]

[97%]

[96%]

Even after considering various individuals, it didn't change much.

But Agamben did not stop and moved his fingers.

With Tello’s intelligence network, he could observe a part of the battlefield situation.

Not only Polarin, Eidon, and Keldric, but also a considerable number of Tello agents dispatched by Agamben had gone for support.

But Agamben did not revise his judgment based on the battlefield situation.

This was because when he did so, his cool-headed judgment sometimes failed to work properly.

‘It will be a cruel decision for others, but I must save Lord Tayon no matter what.’

Agamben had handled the [Abacus of Fate] since he was very young.

He had learned that the probability of the world being destroyed was very high and he also knew that it was the Demon King’s doing.

And he had spent his entire life focusing only on preventing the world’s destruction.

Agamben’s efforts were slowly, slowly paying off.

At first, the result was a 99% probability that the world would be destroyed, but after a lifetime of effort, he had succeeded in lowering the probability of the world’s destruction to 91%.

‘But all these possibilities are only when Tayon Adjak is alive. If he dies, the probability of this world being destroyed will become 99% again. I must save Tayon, no matter what sacrifices it takes.’

He erased the guilt he felt for Polarin.

No matter how much he was Adjak’s successor, he could not be more important than Tayon.

A fragile world that would not be strange if it was destroyed at any time without Tayon.

Agamben had a duty to protect that world.

Agamben’s fingers moved even more busily.

In the end, he reached one possibility.

[Probability of Tayon Adjak dying in this battle: 52%]

Hike Odilo.

If she just went to Myeolji, Tayon could survive.

‘Can I really persuade Lady Hike?’

But Tayon knew that even such a doubt was a luxury.

He immediately drew a magic circle.

Although he couldn't create a magic circle near the Dragon’s Nest, he succeeded in drawing a portal that could move as close as possible.

If only Hike could save Tayon, Agamben would risk even his life to persuade her.

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