novelzi Chapter 159: Holy Knight Vulcanus (3)
Chapter 159: Holy Knight Vulcanus (3)
Chapter 159: Holy Knight Vulcanus (3)
After Leon opened the gate to the Demon Realm with Beatrice, the gate was guarded by the Association.
The gate that Beatrice opened doesn’t produce magic stones or dungeon breaks, but if Leon were to come out, he would need to be informed of the situation in Korea.
“Chief Kim, it’s almost time to change shifts.”
“Is it already?”
Kim Jin-soo glanced at his watch at his subordinate’s words. He flicked his cigarette into a portable ashtray and fiddled with his cell phone.
“By the way, Chief Kim, one of the deputies was crying on Dantok, did you see it?”
“Ha-ri? Why?”
“All of a sudden, the God of War and Flame powers were disabled.”
“Huh? Really?”
Since the landing of the Wandering Magic Sword in Japan, the belief in the Ten Thousand Gods has spread rapidly in both Japan and Korea.
Kim Jin-soo had recently become a follower of Arianna, the goddess of light and justice, and he had learned the holy laws, so it was rather awkward to hear that the holy laws were ‘not working’.
“The gods don’t take away favors.”
“It’s not just one deputy, it’s the other God War believers as well. The connection is still there, it’s just the Holy Law that’s not working.”
That was definitely a first. Among the growing number of Holy Law users in the country, the most of them are followers of the god Petos.
Not surprisingly, they’re mostly hunters and soldiers who have to attack gates.
“That sounds like a lot of work, but don’t those who worship the God of War usually also worship the Goddess of Justice?”
“It is said that faith in light and justice are the basic qualities of a warrior.”
Then why was only the war god’s power taken? Kim Jin-soo thought of something.
“That’s because the Holy Knights share holy power with the gods.”
That was the reason why Holy Knights’ power was ridiculously higher than normal knights.
Borrowing power and sharing power were two different things.
“You mean King Leon?”
“No, he’s different. The Grail Guardian said he could use any power and transform it as needed.”
The Grail Guardian, unlike the Holy Knights, is a representative of all the gods. They have access to all of the faith that the gods have gathered through the Lionheart.
If Leon had drawn so much holy power that he was unable to use the Holy Laws, then all the Holy Laws would be unavailable, not just those of Petos.
“Ugh... What the hell happened?”
Probably it was because the king opened the gate and disappeared.
‘That’s dangerous... Dungeon Breaks are about to explode all over the place while the TTG Temple’s maximized power wanes.’
The team was having a hard time dealing with this massive gate situation.
There are not enough ‘helicopters’ to deal with gates in remote areas.
‘There is still no news about the red gate in Seongnam.’
I had no idea that the existence of TTG Temple, which clears gates indiscriminately without economic calculation, was so great.
In particular, the presence of Leon and Beatrice, who are beyond S-class power, is a power that is desperately needed right now.
‘Please return quickly, Your Majesty...!’
Chief Kim Jin-soo prayed that he would return as soon as possible and was about to contact the higher-ups of the Association in frustration when he received a message──
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The gate had been opened from the other side and a searing heat escaped from the place.
“It’s His Majesty!”
Kim Jin-soo and the association’s staff automatically kneeled down on one knee to greet the king.
They had already received enough lessons in etiquette to satisfy even Leon.
“To His Majesty the Lionheart, Sir──!”
Boom!
Something bounced out of the gate and realizing that it was the head of a creature, Kim Jin-soo glanced at it.
“Oh.......”
It was an amazing head, endlessly evil, not like the field boss of the gate and he felt that if he made eye contact with it, he would die of a curse.
“You can just go in there.”
“Sorry, your Majesty, I thought it might actually lead to another world.”
Just then, a group of people emerge from the gate. The Association employees were delighted to see Leon and Beatrice, but soon stopped at the sight of the armored hordes that came with them.
They felt crushed by the mere sight of them and instinctively realized that these are dangerous beings.
Everyone realized that the hulking knight next to Leon was of a different class.
“Your Majesty!”
Chief Kim Jin-soo steps forward on behalf of his subordinates. Leon recognized him and returned the greeting.
“You must be Chief Kim.”
With a terrible roar, the last monster emerged from the gate.
“Holy shit.......”
A skull-masked mage, jet-black robes billowing in the air, a rotting staff of dead wood in his gnarled bony arms.
It was an Ark Lich, the worst of the S-class monsters, with Death Knights as its bodyguards, the finest of the undead.
“Damn, an Ark Lich.”
Yong-wan gritted his teeth and let go of the arrow but physical attacks against this entity are halved in effectiveness.
“Lord Park!”
“What is it, brother?”
“You’re King Lionheart’s faithful dog, don’t you know how to use the Holy Law?”
“Dog... that’s too much for a sinner like me, I’m not even worthy to lick his paws.”
He’s actually happy here? Yong-wan was afraid of Park Yong-shin’s mentality.
“Anyway, to answer your question, I can’t use the Holy Law. The gods don’t give their favor to sinners.”
“Does this mean that a sociopath is a bigger sinner than an unbeliever? Damn.......”
It was a lost cause.
“Since it’s like this, we need to cut down the escort power, those Death Knights alone are annoying!”
These Death Knights are worthy of being the boss of any gate. Even an A-ranked raiding party will not be safe if they collide with them head-on──
“”Ravage the enemy...!””
It was at that moment that a group of anachronistic cavalry came out of nowhere.
For a moment, he thought it was the Knights of the TTG Temple, but their momentum was incomparable.
“Red...Knights?”
“Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”
Fifty horses raced down the highway, led by the Lionheart King and a hulking knight.
Their speed is obviously strange and the highway stretched in a straight line, like a sports car with an overheated engine.
[.......]
The Ark Lich puts up a dense barrier against the horde of horses that suddenly appeared behind him. His command group is reinforced by powerful magical powers and can withstand a head-on collision with a 20-ton truck.
A bunch of anachronistic horses──
“Glory to the Lionheart!!!”
[Mighty Charge] is applied to the unit.
At the moment of the crash, something soars into the sky.
When he realized that it was the corpse giant who had been wielding the club in the lead, the Lionheart King, holding the Holy Sword, appeared in front of him.
[......!]
The Ark Lich flinched. Where the hell were his escorts, the Death Knights?
“GRARARARARARA──!”
They were being torn apart by the screaming red knight with his unbelievable strength.
“How dare you turn honorable knights into ghosts! Your sins are deep.”
[You...!]
A brilliantly shining holy sword dug into Ark Lich’s chest as he tried to manipulate magic.
-Kuuk...!
The holy sword pierced through Ark Lich’s chest in a single blow.
“Your Majesty, the Ark Lich has a Life Vessel that holds his soul! If we don’t destroy it, the Lich will die──”
It was then that the Ark Lich, who had been pierced by Leon’s holy sword, let out a terrible scream.
“This king, agent of the gods, has commanded. Destroy the dead soul.”
It doesn’t matter if it has a Life Vessel that hides its soul or not. Even demons from across dimensions can be destroyed by the Knights of the Lionheart.
No mere undead wretch can escape their annihilating power!
“Oh, no...!”
In the process of annihilating the soul, the Ark Lich unleashed a great magic that bordered on madness. He gathered all the corpses and formed them into a single mass that would self-destruct!
“Die, fiend!”
In an instant, a fiery holy sword of terrible heat consumed the corpses and the flame of the God of War was so powerful that it left not even a soul behind, let alone a skeleton.
“Ah, ah.......”
Despairing in the face of overwhelming power, the Ark Lich crumbled to dust.
Watching the scene, Park Yon-shin exclaimed in ecstasy.
“King, be all-powerful...!”
“”Long live the king...!””
The worshippers of the Hanbit Palace fell to their knees in worship. They weren’t the only ones, some of the Hunters joined in the worship.