章節 557: CHAPTER 715
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If Gilly had not become Runcandel's nanny and had continued to train as a knight under McRolan, she would have surely been able to keep her word now.
But Dox is a Black knight.
Although he had much less potential than Gilly and is now in a corrupted state due to chaos, the weight of the black helmet he wore had not lightened.
Moreover, the Prophet had put a lot of effort into Dox's corruption. She had tainted him just enough to be consumed by hatred and madness, without losing the strength he had built up as a martial artist.
In other words, the current Dox could fully unleash his true power.
[Dare to speak so arrogantly... How amusing, Gilly. You should have uttered such arrogant words back then. After you left the clan, I went through countless trials and became stronger. It was the same even after I put on the black helmet.]
Clang!
"Ugh!"
Dox's claw struck Gilly. She managed to block it, but she didn't have the courage to engage in a physical fight.
She felt a pain as if her wrist was being completely twisted. Every bone in her body trembled with each block against Dox's attacks.
However, Gilly only grimaced in pain, maintaining her stance and keeping her gaze fixed on Dox. The broken bones in her hand were bound together, forming a tight knot.
[I've had a relatively comfortable time, considering how rotten it was.]
Relentlessly, Dox continued his one-sided attacks. Gilly had to exert all her strength in every moment, but Dox seemed relaxed as if he were dealing with a child.
Strength, speed, experience.
There was not a single area where Gilly could defeat Dox at this moment. Her confident words were only meant to provoke Dox even a little, and she knew they lacked realism.
[That's it. What exactly are you trying to tell me?]
Thud!
Right after Dox finished speaking, Gilly could only hear the sound of her left wrist twisting. In the midst of their tangled claws, Dox unexpectedly shattered Gilly's center and struck her wrist with his elbow.
"Ugh...!"
Gilly grimaced in pain and quickly stepped to the left. But Dox did not give her any chance to escape and attacked the same spot again. The shattered bone pierced sharply into the flesh.
[It's your first time hearing your scream.]
"Well, are you satisfied?"
[No, I'm disappointed. I thought even if I were corroded, the monstrous Gilly you used to be might still have some remarkable qualities... That's what I thought.]
"I'm not a monster, just an ordinary person. The monster is you, Oraboni... No, the ones who made Oraboni like this."
[But you break so easily. So disappointingly…]
Dox stopped his attack.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Gilly distanced herself and hastily wrapped her broken wrist with a bandage. She hadn't taken the time to heal herself because she was focused on Dox. Cold sweat dripped from her body, and her breathing became increasingly rapid.
Sigh...
Dox let out a long sigh. There was no trace of the Gilly he remembered in her weak appearance.
Then, Dox took something out from his bosom and threw it in front of Gilly. Startled, she was about to counterattack, but she realized that what had fallen to the ground was a black vial.
"What is this?"
[It's called chaos vial. It's a potion made by the Prophet.]
"Eating this will turn me into like you, oraboni?"
[It temporarily restores your body and gives you explosive energy. Of course, even if you swallow chaos vials, the chances of you defeating me are slim, but isn't it better than dying like this? Moreover, I want to see you once more. Your old self.]
Gilly had no reason to hesitate. She stepped on chaos vial as if crushing it, rendering it useless.
"I don't need it."
[That's strange. When you were praised as McRolan's greatest genius, you didn't seem to have any self-esteem. But now, even in the face of death, you cling stubbornly.]
Gilly steadied her breathing and aimed her claw at Dox again.
"When I was despised and rejected by my clan, I remained silent because I had gained the name McRolan. It wasn't because I lacked self-esteem."
[You have never been McRolan.]
"No matter how my clan and Dox Oraboni viewed me, I never forgot that I was McRolan. Every sword technique I possess is learned from McRolan, and all the happiness I have experienced in my life has been harvested from McRolan."
That's why Gilly had never spoken of her past as McRolan to Jin and the others.
-I'm sorry, young master.
-Why are you apologizing?
-My clan is causing trouble for you. It's probably because of me.
-It's okay, Gilly. Don't worry, I won't hold any grudges against McRolan because of this incident.
Even when Jin became a flagbearer and McRolan did not send messengers, she apologize on behalf of McRolan, and when Dox was captured by Jin, she worried about what might happen if the young master harmed him.
Of course, Gilly had endured numerous wounds during her time with McRolan. But she believed that all that pain was incomparable to what she gained by leaving the slums.
Jin and Murakan, as well as her comrades whom they had adventures with since their days as reserve flagbearer. In a sense, they were her family. If it weren't for McRolan, she would never have had them.
The aura emanating from Gilly's claw grew stronger.
[Are you suggesting settling this with one decisive blow? Very well, I will wait.]
"Do you remember? This is the decisive killing move that you desperately wanted to learn, oraboni."
[The McRolan 66th move... it's a pretty nice move.]
"Oraboni, you still believe that the sword was made by the matriarch."
Dox's pupils narrowed.
[...Are you saying that it was you, not father?]
"Yes, it was known as a sword devised by the matriarch, but it was actually a technique I first conceived at the age of seventeen. That's why only I know the secrets of the 66th move, and in the end, the matriarch was unable to fully master it."
[Heh, so my father felt inferior to you just like me. But it's a pity you didn't swallow the chaos vial. With your broken arm, you won't be able to withstand the 66th move. Anyway, show it to me. Come at me head-on.]
Dox lifted his claw and prepared to parry. Gilly lowered her stance. It was a stance that Dox had practiced hundreds of thousands of times until his youth.
'A charge, acceleration, followed by consecutive strikes. The structure is simple but the weight distribution is extremely difficult for the wielder. To think that she created such a technique at the age of seventeen…'
Then Gilly unleashed her aura and charged at Dox.
If the fight ended before the technique could even start, Dox might not have known, but once the 66th move began, he had no choice but to yield control to Gilly for a moment.
However, Dox perfectly parried Gilly's claw. Even if he had no knowledge of the 66th move, a few superficial wounds would have been the extent of it, but with such a familiar sword, it was a given.
'A three-hit combo, followed by a low strike, and when you blocks or dodges, a rotation and position change.'
Now the 66th move had become a technique fully mastered by Dox as well. As a result, Gilly was the one taking more damage as she relentlessly attacked. Due to her injuries, she was having aura backflow.
The 66th move's backflow is already severe with an intact arm. It's impressive that she handled it this far with a shattered arm. This might be the end.
If Gilly had truly created the 66th move, the only difference would be the final move.
Dox knew that the finishing move of the 66th move was evasion. After all the consecutive strikes of the 66th move were finished, if the opponent was still alive, one had to retreat.
Therefore, the 66th move was a precarious technique. While enduring the backflow, one had to unleash their aura, overwhelm the opponent, and if unable to break them, one had to escape in that state.
Dox, while mastering the 66th move, always intentionally used only about 70% of its potential. The 66th move was undoubtedly an exceptional technique, but it had its limits, as one had to accept the risks of backflow.
That's why Dox believed that the "mastery" of the 66th move lay in complete control of the backflow, where there was no risk of backflow regardless of when or how far one unleashed it. That, in his opinion, was the ultimate stage of the 66th move.
However, Dox never knew that Gilly had achieved that ultimate control. Even if she fully unleashed the 66th move, there was no danger of backflow. He was about to witness the true end of the 66th move.
'Should I lower my stance one more time?'
As Dox anticipated the final strike, Gilly lowered her stance once again, returning to the initial posture of the 66th move. Then, she raised her upper body like a roaring beast, driving both claws into the ground.
In that very moment, Dox realized what the true finale of the 66th move was.
'It was a suicide attack. That's why the 66th move is so extreme.'
All the surging aura within Gilly's body converged into the blades of her claws, piercing the ground in an instant, like the eruption of Runcandel's volcano.
McRolan's 66th Decisive killing move.
Gilly McRolan.
When she first conceived the 66th move at the age of seventeen, she named the sword after herself. And she had planned to reveal it someday when the time came for her to be accepted by her clan, and when she could get closer to Dox.
She created the 66th move to become Dox's shadow. It was a technique she developed in preparation for the moment when she would have to die to save him.
Therefore, Dox had completely misunderstood the completion of the 66th move. To truly finish "Gilly McRolan," it was not about having the control to avoid the backflow of aura but rather acquiring a way to "utilize" it. The true end of the 66th move was to lead the backflow to its limit and detonate it in one fell swoop.
However...
Now, Gilly had no intention of dying for Dox anymore.
Despite still harboring affection for McRolan and Dox, even after receiving so much resentment, the only people she could give her life for now were the young master and Murakan, her comrades.
[You may have quite a fierce spirit, but there is no need for you to evade. Because you're the only one who will die when it explodes.]
"...This time, Dox oraboni has won. No, to be precise... it seems like you've won again."
[If you had swallowed the chaos vail I gave you, it would have been a somewhat burdensome power…]
Sssk!
Suddenly, Dox's side was sliced, and a surge of chaos burst forth like a blood vessel. Someone had attacked Dox with a perfect surprise assault on the battlefield.
In this world, there were not many individuals capable of executing such a flawless ambush against a Black Knight.
"This black meat tried to kill our Strawberry Pie?"
Yona Runcandel.
From the moment Gilly first unleashed the 66th move, she had always kept nameless support in mind. By now, assuming that the nameless had infiltrated separately from Kinzelo, they should have arrived on the surface.
In an instant, Yona swiftly took down Dox, driving her sword into his chest. With Yona and Owal ambushing Dox together, he had no chance to react.
[Grr...!]
In Dox's distorted vision, he saw Gilly kneeling on the ground with her claws embedded in the earth. Her eyes still showed no trace of resentment.
Likewise, there was no sense of triumph, only a dazed and melancholic gaze. It was a familiar expression to Dox as well.
Finally, Dox understood why Gilly always wore that expression.
It meant she never wanted to hurt him.
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章節 558: CHAPTER 716
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"Strawberry meat, no, it's Strawberry Pie! Are you okay?"
Owal immediately looked at Gilly's condition. The backflow was severe, but it wasn't immediately life-threatening. He quickly took out poison and medicine from his arms to stabilize Gilly's condition.
"Purifier... the purification... Dox Oraboni..."
"Lord Owal, we can't let her die. My Jin would be devastated. For now, I have to kill him!"
"Yona, stop it. He's still a person who can be purified."
"Can't we just kill him?"
"Dox was the Black Knight who Jin personally sent on a mission here. Even if the corruption wasn't involuntary but a result of his own choices, he should face the consequences while he's sober."
"Ugh, this is so frustrating. What do you want to do, Strawberry Pie? It might be better to ignore lord Owal's orders and do what you think. Killing him is probably the best option since he tried to kill you."
"No... Lord... Mura... kan."
With the last bit of strength left, Gilly responded faintly. Her consciousness was fading, and combined with the title of Strawberry Pie, she mistook Yona for Murakan.
Because of the pain and exhaustion, she longed for him terribly.
"Hehe, I'm Yona."
As if indicating that there was nothing else she could do, Yona removed the death that had entered Dox's body. Dox twitched and showed signs of recovery, but Owal intentionally poured poison into his body to prevent any physical transformation during the process.
"Bizen, send Gilly and the Black Knight to the fleet of Zipfel immediately. Especially Gilly needs urgent treatment."
"Understood."
As soon as she heard those words, Gilly lost consciousness. The sky behind the battlefield, where she had last seen, was filled with the fleet of Zipfel approaching the battlefield.
Temporary alliances were finally arriving one by one. Except for Kinzelo, the arrival of the Zipfel fleet alone quickly changed the atmosphere of the battlefield.
"3rd and 4th Fleets prioritize securing prisoners. 5th Fleet, transport the prisoners gathered at the rally point to the Cosmos fleet. The rest should focus on clearing the giant monsters, but refrain from shelling in areas with many prisoners. The annihilating cannons should only be used against monsters without prisoners."
"Yes, young patriarch!"
"The Spectres of the 1st squad and the contract mage of the 1st Magic tower, coordinate with the dragons to assist the leader of Black King mercenaries and Yulian in rescuing the prisoners hanging on the heads of the monsters."
Under Veradin's command, the fleet began to disperse. The giant trees had been focused solely on Hedo's attacks, but with the sudden addition of the fleet's attacks, they became flustered.
The rescue operation was finally approaching the form that the temporary alliance had planned.
Amidst the individual battles that took place throughout the battlefield, the winds of reversal began to blow.
Kaboom!
A giant beam of light struck the battlefield like a spear.
Hairan's Sword Emperor's Secret Technique: Heavenly Isle.
It was directed towards the side where Alisa and Kuzan were fighting. The ground shook for a moment, and shockwaves spread out. Alisa and Kuzan suddenly found Dante standing in front of them.
"Queen Alisa, Kuzan. Are you all right?"
"Your timely arrival couldn't be more appropriate, Sir Dante. We were overwhelmed by their power."
Dante Hairan, the true Imperial Sword, stood before them, radiating an aura that made the leaders of the Vermont Special Forces and other majins, including Wratch, hesitate to even draw their swords. They couldn't even properly aim their swords at Dante.
The Vermont Special Forces, who had become majins, were undoubtedly formidable martial artists, but Dante was a league apart from them.
Numerical superiority meant nothing in the presence of the name 'Sword Emperor.' Several dozen majins that had charged towards him had been scattered and defeated in an instant.
"First, you turned a blind eye to the suffering of the Empire's people. Second, you attempted to execute the Queen of Tikan. Third, you chose to become a lapdog of the Imperial Family and a worshiper of the Evil God, abandoning the Empire and humanity. The punishment for your sins is death, and I will carry out the execution myself..."
In the blink of an eye, Dante's sword descended, and Bieu's head fell to the ground. The leaders of the Special Forces couldn't even perceive the moment when Dante's sword moved.
At the same time, the Heavenly Isle wreaked havoc, slaughtering the majin units in all directions. Chris lost his limbs and writhed on the ground.
Wratch managed to dodge the sword strikes from Rashid a few times, but that was all.
With a swift strike, Wratch dropped his greatsword to the ground.
'I couldn't see anything... Is this even possible?'
The Invisible Sword, the symbol of Hairan's Sword Emperor, Ron.
"You will soon join your masters in hell. Wait for them there."
Dante's sword had already reached that realm. Along with the Heavenly Isle, the Invisible Sword unleashed a frenzy of slaughter upon the majins.
No matter how strong their regenerative abilities were, they couldn't survive against Dante.
Meanwhile, a blanket of pure white coldness covered the battlefield where Luton and the youngest division were fighting.
Syris Endorma, the acting master of the hidden palace, led the 7 Swords of hidden palace, unleashing the power of Myriad ice..
"Sir Luton Ferman."
Syris reached out her hand to Luton, who was kneeling with one knee, cornered by the enemy.
For a moment, Luton mistook her hand for Talaris'.
In the past, Luton and his Enforcement Knights often attacked Talaris and were subdued repeatedly, and every time, she reached out her hand to help them up, just like Syris was doing now.
"Phew, hoo... acting master of hidden palace."
"After you joined Tikan, my mother often expressed bitter feelings. Although you didn't seek the hidden palace when you were being purged, she still said that she should have checked on you first."
-Well, you know me well. You shouldn't resent me. Even if there was a time when you came to the hidden palace seeking help after surviving, I would have helped you.
-That's right. We didn't think you were involved in this matter. We didn't come to you because we thought you had no connection to it. After our encounter, me and my team lived a life without anyone by our side, and you were the closest to us, but objectively speaking, it wasn't at a special level. To you, we were just passing acquaintances, nothing more.
A conversation between Talaris and Luton after Luton ambushed Tikan and was subdued by Jin.
"...Is that so?"
"Currently, we're in the middle of a mission, so it's natural for us to provide support to Sir Luton. But even if it's a personal predicament, our hidden palace would have helped you. After all, Sir had a deep connection with my mother."
Luton raised his head and looked at Syris. The friendship that Talalis had embraced with the Luton group in their youth was evident on Syris' face.
"So, when my mother's treatment is complete, please directly tell her to forget about this incident. It was quite annoying how she always brought up that topic whenever she had a drink."
"Understood, acting master of hidden palace."
With Syris' appearance, the Black Sword Association' knights were unable to continue their reckless attacks. Although it was clearly lacking compared to Talaris in her prime, the transcendental cold energy alone was enough to suppress the Black Sword Association.
"Ryu, you should go over there and assist the Jin Knights... No, I guess there's no need."
Bellop, Misa, and Scott approached Luton's side. They had come to help Luton after defeating Kajin Romello and the Hass brothers.
In addition, a one-arm knight behind the youngest division, who had fallen to the rear, was seen.
The one-arm knight was Mon, a Black Knight. While Misa's group was fighting, they had requested support from Mon, who was rescuing prisoners nearby.
The four members of the Black Sword Association, who were suddenly outnumbered, became cautious. With the presence of Syris and the Seven Swords of Hidden Palace alone, the situation was already burdensome, but with Mon's arrival, there was no hope for them.
"Sir Mon should go and support the Jin Knights and head towards the outer walls..."
As Syris spoke, Mon immediately left with Luton and the youngest division. With that, the Black Sword Association felt relieved, and Syris let out a smirk.
"Why? Without Sir Mon, how do you think you can even try to face the Seven Swords of Hidden Palace? You miserable scum of evil god."
As she finished speaking, the chilling aura emanating from Myriad ice began to intensify.
The members of the Black Sword Association were about to shout that someone like the acting master of hidden palace was nothing, but they quickly shut their mouths in a hurry. The chilling aura instantly blocked their words.
"Let me show you what it's like to freeze to death in a hellish cold... from now on."
As the chilling aura spread like dense fog, it completely engulfed the area, silently piercing through the Black Sword Association with the intense cold of the seven swords of hidden palace.
"Kek... Kekkek, Kek! Krih, Ah, I'm not dead...!"
Near the outer walls, the Tona brothers were staggering as they stood up. Myu and Anne were already lying down, but they were amazed to see the Tona brothers standing up again, even though they should have fallen ten times by now.
"Hoo, you guys are still yourselves. Myu, Anne, even after being enhanced by Chaos, you still can't finish us off. Isn't that pathetic? If it weren't for Chaos, you would have already been in our hands. Clearly, we're superior to you."
"I don't know why we were so frightened before, kek, kekkeuk!"
Myu and Anne gritted their teeth. They were in a state where their pride was already wounded by the unexpected resistance from the Tona brothers.
However, the Tona brothers had reached their limit. The Tona brothers no longer had the strength to parry their next attack.
But the strike from Myu and Anne did not kill the Tona brothers.
"Flagbearers, we have arrived!"
"Bellop, Misa... It's you guys."
"10th and 11th flagbearer, you've held on well."
Just in time, the youngest division and Mon joined the fight. It was thanks to them that the Tona brothers were able to continue fighting despite their grumbling.
[So, it's the one-arm bastard who pretends to be a real Black Knight.]
[I'd rather have this happen. Bring it on, everyone. We'll send you all to the underworld. It's about time our patience ran out.]
On the other hand, Myu and Anne taunted Mon.
"The 10th and 11th flagbearer here are the true Runcandels who have resisted to the end since the rebellion of the Evil god. But you, who were once the 8th and 9th flagbearer, were the first to betray Runcandel."
Mon aimed his sword at Myu and Anne.
Myu and Anne felt an unexpected pressure from just that. The Black Knight's helmet alone was a weight they couldn't bear, even if he had lost an arm.
"The rank of Black Knights' is evaluated higher than the flagbearers in the clan. Do you know why?"
[He's boasting about some old outdated law. The world has changed, and Runcandel no longer gives special treatment to the Black Knights.]
"It's not just because of their merits. It's to give them the authority to guide and, if necessary, eliminate flagbearers like you who are lacking. Therefore, from now on, I will kill both of you."
As the conversation continued, Mon's eyes began to emit a gleam in black helmet.
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