142. Elder Dragon Aquarite (3)

Meanwhile, the battle on the ground was also reaching its climax.

“Don’t retreat! A Demon King’s army without Rasriel and Aquarite is only half complete! We have nothing to fear!”

“His Highness is personally facing Aquarite! Show the pride of the Royal Knights! As knights, dedicate everything to our Lord!”

Rain poured down, turning the battlefield into a swamp.

The area was filled with nests that had already been imperialized, suffocating the surroundings with demonic energy.

It was a battlefield no different from hell. But the eyes of the Western Demon King’s army were still alive.

“Yunir-nim and His Highness’s blessings are with us!”

Papat papat pat-

High-ranking demons concentrated their demonic energy, launching deadly attacks.

But the Royal Knights created shields with magic, enduring the attacks.

“His Highness’s presence has caused the Demon King’s army’s magic to rise simultaneously! With this divine power, we can sufficiently withstand that demonic energy!”

The dwarf Archbishop Ruian shouted.

Just as he said.

The belief in Yulian was creating a massive magic power within the knights and soldiers.

Yunir’s divine power had disappeared.

Moreover, they were not followers of the Great Duke of Wrath, so their source of magic was not abundant.

But the situation had changed.

Yulian, who had become Yunir’s Apostle, was creating a new faith for them on the ground.

‘Not only me, but all the soldiers of the Western Demon King’s army are chanting Yulian-nim’s name.’

Whether outwardly or in their hearts.

Absolute faith in their new Lord was allowing them to exert their power to the limit.

Kwakwakwakwakwakwang-

And at the same time, lightning flashed in the darkened sky.

It was high in the sky.

But with the excellent eyesight of the High Elves, they could see two beings moving very quickly in that high sky.

‘Yulian-nim!’

Yulian, with Larwin, was facing Aquarite.

Remiella was endlessly worried about Yulian.

But the current Yulian seemed to be fighting Aquarite on equal terms.

Aitekia, who was wielding his sword alongside her, shouted.

“Look at that high sky! Our Lord is overwhelmingly pushing Aquarite back! Even that ancient dragon is on the verge of falling before our great Lord’s sword! All troops, do not retreat! Victory is ours!”

“Lord Yulian! Lord Yulian!”

Like a seasoned general, he announced Yulian’s valiant fight, further boosting the morale of the soldiers.

The magic power emitted by the soldiers exploded simultaneously.

Kwakwakwakwakwakwang-

The knights who had returned to their dragon forms simultaneously breathed towards the demons.

The Elf knights and Dwarf knights also fought fiercely together.

Even now, after a long battle, their morale remained unchanged. No, it had risen even higher.

But Remiella became uneasy as she looked at the flashes of lightning in that high sky.

‘With our current strength, we cannot destroy the nests. It would be a waste to overexert ourselves and fail to preserve the Demon King’s army’s strength. But as long as the nests are there, Aitekia will receive an unlimited supply of demonic energy…’

Momentary power, even if Yulian had reached the level of a Kyo Dragon and was equal to Aquarite.

As long as he had the limitations of being a creation of God, his Mana or magic could not be infinite.

But Aquarite and the demons had no limitations when it came to demonic energy.

That was why the Chaotic Gate and the nests were dangerous.

So, the answer to facing demons was a swift victory. Long battles were bound to be disadvantageous to humanity.

Of course, if one reached the level of Master or higher. The story of that relative advantage would change.

However, the problem was that the opponent was an ancient dragon that even transcended that Master.

‘A lot of time has already passed since the battle began.’

But Remiella could not reveal that anxiety outwardly.

She encouraged the soldiers along with Aitekia.

“Aquarite has suffered a fatal wound! Now, no demon can threaten us! Cut off the heads of all demons!”

The soldiers also had limits to their magic. The answer was to quickly reduce the demons’ strength.

‘Get a grip, Remiella! We must believe in Yulian-nim now.’

She gripped the sword hilt tightly.

Yulian-nim’s party was also fighting fiercely in the distance. She, as the commander-in-chief, she who led Yulian’s army, could not show a shameful appearance.

Yulian was the hope of not only the Western Demon King’s army but of all humanity.

That great destiny was something that even she, a High Elf and the leader of the Royal Knights, could not dare to fathom.

‘Yes! If it’s Yulian-nim!’

She had only felt anxiety because of her affection for him.

There was not a single tremor in her heart that believed in Yulian. Through that belief, Remiella’s magic soared greatly in an instant.

Paaang-

With that magic sword, she simultaneously turned over ten Type 1 demons into pieces of meat.

Again, thunder sounded in the sky.

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Since being born as a dragon 300 years ago.

Larwin was now experiencing the fiercest battle of his life.

‘This is driving me crazy. It feels like my whole body is being torn apart.’

Aquarite had created a supercell. But that demonized ancient dragon still seemed to be overflowing with demonic energy.

He could not know the situation on the ground.

But no matter how great the momentum of the Western Demon King’s army was, destroying the nests would be impossible.

So, he had to somehow quickly defeat that Aquarite.

Of course, in Larwin’s common sense, that seemed impossible.

No matter how brave a swordsman was, he would not fight against a typhoon, a great flood, or an earthquake.

The current Aquarite felt like such an existence outside of the norm.

So, that fear and the awe that bordered on dread were the same even towards his Lord.

‘How can he fight such a monster on equal terms!’

He couldn’t believe it.

Aquarite was strengthening his body with that overflowing demonic energy to endure.

But it was clear that Yulian was the one landing effective hits.

On the other hand, Yulian was unharmed.

The holy sword Ciertia of Jedin that he possessed. The near-miraculous shield created by that holy sword protected Yulian and Larwin.

‘No, it’s not just that.’

Chaaaaaaak-

The lightning blade created by Aquarite. The speed of that blade was like the speed of light, so it could not be dealt with by the reaction speed of a normal creature.

So, that meant there was no time to deploy a shield.

Tatat-

But Yulian reacted.

It was a reaction close to precognition.

As a Royal Knight, he had seen countless battlefields. And he had also seen the ruthless Demon King Lucifer and the Margrave Wilhelm directly before his eyes.

But he had never seen such movements before in his life.

And Rasriel felt the same way.

“Damn it!!! Why, why can’t my attacks reach him!!”

Kukwakwakwakwakwakwang-

Still overflowing with demonic energy, she constantly launched attacks at Yulian.

But Yulian gracefully avoided all of her attacks in that one-hair difference.

With the senses that had already become one with the ancient dragon, she would have turned him into a corpse.

It should have been an attack that could not be avoided. She had unleashed spells with the ancient dragon’s reaction as it was. But it didn’t work.

‘Damn it… but time is on my side!’

It didn’t matter if the demon army was annihilated.

As long as the nests were safe. Aquarite’s power would be infinite.

On the other hand, no matter how good that guy was, he was just a trivial creation of Jedin and Yunir.

Eventually, she would be the one to win as time passed.

Rasriel let out a bitter smile.

“Kekeke… Just because you’re using tricks doesn’t mean you can reverse the impossible!”

She felt the great power of the ancient dragon throughout her body.

If she had this power. She could win against that disgusting Remiella as it was.

‘I must capture that bitch alive…’

She was thinking of making her see very harsh things with the demons.

And that Yulian who was pissing her off. She wanted to kill him, but she had changed her mind.

‘I thought I was asexual. But that man named Yulian…’

There would be no man as beautiful as him anywhere in Islend. She, a Dark Elf, was thinking of violating him herself. Rasriel’s demonic energy exploded at that thought.

“Struggle as much as you want!! The more you do, the closer your defeat will be!”

Rasriel shouted even louder.

But within that shout. There was a very subtle anxiety mixed in.

Even against a demon who had become an ancient dragon, his eyes did not lose even a bit of fighting spirit. Those eyes of Yulian.

For her, who had betrayed the demons.

They were eyes too full of will to face with confidence.

To erase that anxiety, Rasriel gathered a huge cumulonimbus cloud around her again.

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It was a precarious fight.

I continued to launch the Extreme Wave Form and Extreme Night at Aquarite.

Effective hits were definitely landing.

But I was getting past that incredibly hard ancient dragon’s scales and leaving wounds on Aquarite.

The damn demonic energy was the problem.

‘Even considerable fatal wounds are being healed immediately.’

The problem was that the nests were intact.

Of course, if all the strong at the Master level had been mobilized and attacked in cooperation.

They could have poured concentrated attacks into a gap created by one person, leaving fatal wounds that could not be regenerated.

Unfortunately, I was the only one at that level in the sky right now.

‘Well, it doesn’t matter. It’s still worth a try.’

What was fortunate was that.

That Rasriel was overconfident in Aquarite’s overflowing demonic energy.

‘As expected, it’s the limit of a demon.’

She had obtained a huge amount of energy that she could not experience as a Dark Elf.

Intoxicated by that power, Rasriel seemed to have no fear.

Shaaaaaaak-

Dozens of whirlpools of water appeared from the newly created supercell.

Attacks all aimed at me.

Attacks surrounding me in all directions, so of course there was nowhere to escape.

But I narrowly escaped from that prison of death.

“Damn it!!”

Rasriel trembled with anger as her attack was foiled again.

‘She’s not using the ancient dragon’s power at all.’

On the other hand, I was perfectly controlling the magic that was starting to gather again.

The special power of magic. Domination.

With that domination, I instantly encroached on the surrounding space. So, no matter what attack Aquarite launched in that space.

I could react to that attack with near precognition.

‘She must be pretty pissed off. That demon.’

I, who had already reached the level of an ancient dragon, could know.

Overflowing demonic energy. That was a very powerful weapon.

But if you couldn’t properly gather that power in one place, it wasn’t that scary. As if her anger had reached the top of her head, Rasriel wildly unleashed attacks.

• Hieek!!

Feeling that it was still worth a try was just based on my standards.

The expression on Larwin’s face, who was helping me, had already turned pale.

“Larwin. Just hold on a little longer. The end of the battle is near.”

• I understand, Lord!

I grabbed Larwin’s horn tightly.

Before I knew it, the 7th circle Mana Heart was filled with my Aura.

Aura that had been refined to the limit. Aura that was accelerating so fiercely that if I overcame the backlash with the Reverse Scale, I could implement the White Night as it was.

But I was calm.

‘Rasriel is not properly using that demonic energy. But using it for defense is a different story.’

As far as attacks were concerned, my swordsmanship, which had reached the level of Grand Master, could not be followed.

But if she converted that demonic energy into defense, she could fully utilize the advantages of the ancient dragon.

Therefore, even with the current White Night. It was not easy to cut off the ancient dragon’s breath in one go.

The same was true of the ancient dragon’s breath that I had used a few hours ago.

Aquarite’s body had been further strengthened with demonic energy.

• Your Highness. At this rate, the ancient dragon’s demonic energy will not decrease, so…

“Larwin! Now is the time! Retreat from me!”

I said that and jumped off Larwin’s back.

Free fall began as it was. The ground below looked like small structures, it was that high.

But Larwin quickly grabbed me with a wind spell.

I maintained my posture as it was and glared at Aquarite.

‘I will stab a single White Night into that ancient dragon’s heart.’

A little while ago, I read the will spreading from the ground.

The Western Demon King’s army’s belief in me. That belief was quickly refilling my magic that had run out from using the breath.

‘I will strengthen the White Night with this magic.’

Each can be used separately. But the powers of the ancient dragon and Reinhardt, which cannot coexist at the same time.

I had already found a way to coexist those powers.

The magic concentrated in the Reverse Scale began to expand its domination to my Mana Heart.