Chapter 117 : Chapter 117

Chapter 117 - Fireworks

The main force comprising the Fourth Son’s Undead Private Soldiers.

Everyone, both inside and outside the family, knew of it.

Even if they didn't, they would surely know now.

15-meter-class skeleton giants, a head taller than the castle walls.

They swarmed in by the dozens, closing the distance to Eclipse even at this very moment.

Nothing stood in their way.

Trees and rocks alike were all trampled and sunk beneath the ground.

But on the castle wall where the giants were approaching.

“This is so annoying it’s killing me.”

A man, smaller than a tree, smaller than the rock beneath a tree, stood alone.

Kwoong─ Kwoooong─

The sound of footsteps, which buried his mutterings, grew louder and louder.

Their bodies also grew larger as they continued to walk.

Now that the Skeleton Giants were less than ten steps away from Eclipse.

“Haa….”

He let out a sigh.

He grabbed what was hanging on the hilt of the single-edged greatsword he had driven into the castle wall.

“They won’t stop, will they.”

Ssk─

He put on a helmet that looked like it was carved from rock.

The armor, with its inscribed words of curse, was not human.

It was the helmet of a demon that had been buried here for who knows how long.

Gooooooooo─

The demon’s purple aura billowed.

Huge membranous wings sprouted from his back.

The wings, different from both a bat’s and a dragon’s, spread out intimidatingly.

[If you do not stop.]

His voice fell heavily.

Kuuuuung─!!

The single-edged greatsword struck the ground.

[The next ground you tread will be your grave.]

Ppddeuk─

He gripped the hilt as if to crush it.

Cursing his fate of standing here instead of the annoying Fifth Son, and his past misjudgment.

He condensed all those negative emotions into the half-moon shaped blade.

It was at that moment that the wavering purple aura took on the momentum of an active volcano.

[That’s far enough.]

He delivered the sentence.

The blade, which had moved to the opposite side so quickly it seemed like an illusion, cleanly dropped what had been surrounding it.

[Cursed Swordsmanship: Limitless Sword]

[Single Continuation]

Kuuuuuuung─

The march of the giants, which had reached a level where the ground trembled with simple footsteps.

It was a single sword strike.

With the thousands of sword strikes contained within it, their bodies were bisected.

“Woooow….”

The Fourth Son, looking down from the castle.

The master of the giants opened his mouth in admiration.

“Mother! Did you see that? An incredible number of slashes lined up! They halved my giants in an instant!”

“…Yes. I saw it clearly too.”

However.

The slash a moment ago held more than just that secret.

Moirena narrowed her eyes and looked down.

A knight in bone armor with a single-edged greatsword.

He seemed to be using Cursed Swordsmanship as a knight of Millesdusk, but his level was different.

“Who on earth is that….”

She had caught a glimpse of his appearance before he put on the helmet, but it was difficult to make out from this height in the sky.

No. In the first place, it seemed to be an unknown face.

A height from which she could only tell that he was not young.

But the Fourth Son just clapped his hands and laughed.

“How did Dante find another Cursed Knight like that? As Dante started late, he’s gathering talents, he’s gathering them!”

“…Young Master. This is not something to be happy about. What will you do next? It seems the Fifth Son has not come.”

“Hmm! That’s right!”

No matter how hard he looked, the Fifth Son was not on the castle wall.

He didn't seem to be in Eclipse either.

He thought he now knew why he had made that choice.

“Because he trusts his knight! He intends to continue the hunt for the Blue Flame Spirit himself. Well! At this rate, it would be hard not to trust him, wouldn't it? But!”

The fact that he, as an older brother, had been looked down upon by his younger brother was a different matter.

Originally, to be a role model and an idol to a younger brother, one had to be better.

Being better and better than a younger brother here in Millesdusk meant being strong.

“Now I’m getting competitive too.”

The Fourth Son raised the corners of his mouth and reached down again.

The twenty Skeleton Giants, severed and divided into upper and lower halves.

The Bone Giant was not actually a giant turned into an undead.

Drrrrrrk─

Drrrrrrrrk─

The giants scattered on the earth vibrated.

Their bodies, without distinguishing between top and bottom, trembled and underwent a change.

The upper body, the lower body.

The lower body, the upper body.

They separated parts of their own bodies and reattached them to create the missing parts.

The reason they could do so was in the creation process of the Bone Giant.

[They say the beginning and end of a Bone Giant is bone-setting. That saying must have come from here.]

The Gatekeeper muttered.

He had heard of it.

The beginning of a Bone Giant is a very small and hard bone bead.

[To that bone bead, small and hard bones are attached at first.]

It was to believe that even if the beginning is small, the end will be great.

[As it gets bigger, stronger bones are attached, and as larger bones are attached, something that can be called a giant appears.]

Because the giant was not a giant from the beginning.

It detached the bones that had been set and attached them to other bones.

He had cut down twenty of them, and now forty appeared.

It wasn't some silly performance.

It was funny, but since it was his business, it wasn't funny.

So he drew others in.

[Can you hear me, Butler.]

─Huh? You called me?

While wearing the helmet, he could exchange thoughts with its original owner.

In the West, it was called telepathy.

[I’m going to need your help. At this rate, one of the castle walls will collapse.]

…No.

I should rephrase that.

[The forty giants are pulling up nearby trees. They’re planning to throw them.]

The moving siege weapons picked up whatever they could grab around them.

The hands, still huge even when split in half, quickly took care of the surrounding land.

[The castle wall won't be the problem. The inside of the castle wall will be destroyed.]

Soon, huge trees and rocks would fly in a parabola through the sky and fall.

Such a future was clear.

But the Butler's voice was still calm.

─What? I don't think you'll need my help.

[…….]

─Try trusting the castle wall you’re standing on!

The telepathy was cut off with that.

With the words to trust the castle wall.

[…Damn it.]

He cursed.

The homeowner and his butler were all the same crazy bastards.

Fwoooooosh─!!

Fwoooong─!!

Outside the castle walls, the thing he had been worried about unfolded.

Trees that still felt fresh from their leaves.

Forty fresh trees, just pulled from the ground, were thrown by the number of giants.

It was clear that they had put all their strength into it, even taking a running start.

The Skeleton Giant was a strongman on par with a Beast Sorcery undead.

The guys in charge of strength in Bone Sorcery easily cleared the top of the castle wall.

[…Tsk.]

He clicked his tongue and gripped his greatsword.

I have to use the Limitless Sword again.

This time, not connected, but densely like a net.

I had to cut them before they fell to the ground and then threw rocks.

Did the castle wall think so too (?)

[…!]

The floor shook.

The castle wall vibrated.

Today, Eclipse and its surroundings couldn’t keep the ground still, as if there was an earthquake.

But the earthquake this time was welcome.

Tududududududung─

Something sharp and long was launched from the floor all at once.

So much so that it could be said to have been spat out.

[Bone Spear…?]

It was too thick and long for a person to hold.

What was its identity?

─That blacksmith girl living in that tower made it! She said she made it to intercept attacks coming from the sky!

A boy’s voice suddenly rang in his head.

─Its name is the Large Skeleton Crossbow! It uses this Dark Moon Grand Castle as its power source, so it doesn’t need magic or Yin energy!

[I see….]

So that’s why he said he didn’t need help.

Besides, that wasn't the only reason.

─You’re the Captain of the Royal Guard! Try using your Royal Guard today.

[You mean those disgusting things.]

─Ahem! I’m telling the Young Master!

[Go ahead.]

He retorted and cut off the conversation.

Small debris fell from the sky.

Broken pieces of wood. Broken pieces of rock.

Whatever flew in from outside, the Bone Spear accurately intercepted it.

He couldn't even guess what the principle was.

But those giants weren't just capable of throwing things.

Since they couldn't throw, they ran to break.

Did they become able to run because they got smaller?

Kung kung kung kung kung─!

The blunt limbs moved with unnecessary speed.

[…Young Master. This time, I’ll have to rest for at least a week.]

Fwoosh-fwoosh-fwoosh-fwoosh─

Something else was fired from the castle wall, not a Bone Spear.

It flew up like a congratulatory cannon, like fireworks, and exploded in mid-air.

A gloomy purple light spread out, and it explained what it was.

A demon made of Yin energy.

It was the Royal Guard that the Captain of the Royal Guard denied was his.

[Now the numbers will match.]

The purple aura on the bone armor billowed even more.

It was as fierce as a wave under a storm.

At the same time, the vigor he had felt only when he was young once again visited his old body.

It was a pleasure given by the demon’s armor, not his own will.

That's why it felt bad.

[Don't egg me on. I'll enjoy it in my own way.]

Half a hundred demons frolicked in the sky that was once a demonic realm.

A single knight also joined them and raised his sword.

Wouldn't he be able to demand a week's vacation only if there wasn't a single footprint on the castle wall?

***

The collateral branch members stared at the sky from dawn, as soon as the sun rose.

Last night, two cowards who had tried to flee to the Fifth Son’s side after staging a rebellion had died.

General Manager Elmont had declared it, holding their heads, and the three elders had nodded.

Those hideous bastards.

The collateral branch members spat on the remaining heads and poured out curses.

And yet they looked up at the sky.

The moment the Fifth Son disappeared into that sky.

That was the signal to advance and the start of the hunt.

“I-it’s a Griffin!”

Someone shouted.

It was as he said.

The red Griffin that the Fifth Son was said to ride.

It, with the body of a lion and the wings of an eagle, soared into the sky and disappeared between the clouds.

It was the moment the sun was setting.

Thud─

Elmont stood up in a single motion.

“Comrades! Now! This moment is our chance!”

Tadadadadadadak─

Drrrrrrrrk─

The sound of something crawling and running echoed between the barracks.

The base, where darkness had fallen as the sun set little by little.

Red eyes blossomed beyond the shadows.

It was the general manager’s pet, with as many legs as eyes.

Thwack─

Elmont, who had climbed onto the largest spider among them, raised his hand high.

“Today’s hunt is our rightful right!”

But it had been snatched away by the cunning Fifth Son.

Most of the collateral branch members bit their lips but just bowed their heads.

They cowered and admitted defeat.

Because they were already used to it.

Beings who were always second to the direct line and had their rights, even those recognized by the Family Law, taken away.

But no more.

Not today.

“At the Blue Volcano, The Second Fang will win its first victory against the direct line! The reward for that victory is everything that comes from hunting the incarnation of the volcano!”

──!!

Those who had received the name Millesdusk but had lived their entire lives as losers shouted.

Rise. Rise.

Straighten the knees you only used for kneeling and raise your fists.

The hundreds of large and small spiders and The Second Fang advanced towards the Blue Volcano.

In the meantime, something else floated up into the sky.

“Hmph. That money-grubber. As soon as his master disappears, he tucks his tail and runs away.”

The airship Mariella rose heavily into the spot where the Griffin had gone.

Elmont snorted and scoffed.

Sure enough, the base that the collateral branches had originally built was empty.

Anyway, the hunt ends today.

The spider swarm, which could be called a black wave, completely crushed and pulverized the temporary buildings.

And so they arrived at the Blue Volcano.

Here, where blue lava flowed instead of red.

Just standing here, it was hard to breathe, as if you had entered a heated pot.

But there was a guest who had come to this rough place first.

“You’re late.”

“…Fifth Son?”

Dark purple hair, darker than anyone else here.

The pureblood had inherited the characteristics of the direct line as a pureblood.

Furthermore, with the blood-red eyes he had received from his mother’s side, he looked at those standing before him.

The corners of his mouth drew a long arc.

“I almost missed the fireworks. It would have been a very interesting sight.”

“Did you abandon your residence.”

His words were polite, but his eyes were not at all.

The Youngest Son answered calmly.

“Because we’d all be sad if we missed this fireworks display.”

“What fireworks display are you talk─”

His index finger pointed to the sky.

The Griffin he had seen a little while ago was above.

Something he hadn’t seen before.

Holding something huge and glowing with a vermilion light.

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