142. Elder Dragon Aquarite (4)

I instantly frowned at the pain I felt.

‘The repulsive force…’

Aura and magical energy are separate forces.

To put it simply, it’s like the properties of ice and fire magic. Both magics originate from Mana, but like separate magics that cannot be fused together.

The Aura and magical energy were repelling each other.

Rather, thanks to my pushing their refinement and concentration to the limit.

The recoil was so great that my body was about to be torn apart.

‘No. I expected this much.’

If it were a normal dragon or human, their Mana Heart would have burst and they would have died already.

But thanks to Reinhardt’s special Mana Heart structure, I’m enduring the repulsive force.

Of course, it hurts like hell. But as long as I don’t die, it’s fine.

“Kekekekek! Kkhahahahaha! Now my little one must be tired! If you surrender now, I’ll make sure you don’t get hurt!”

Rasriel, already dominated by the Demon Spirit Power, was spouting nonsense.

I didn’t even have time to get angry at her.

Thinking that the moment I paused was an opportunity, Rasriel gathered all her Demon Spirit Power at once.

Kwakwakwakwakwakwang-

Lightning, water, and wind. That massive elemental spell came crashing down to kill only me. As expected, a natural disaster level.

Shuuuuuuuuik-

But I barely managed to get out of the point where the attack exploded.

“Thanks, Larwin!”

He nodded his long neck. Larwin helped me with a high-level wind spell.

Unconsciously, the corners of my lips lifted.

Magical energy is being transmitted to me from all the soldiers of the Western Demon King Army. Absolute faith in their lord.

The faith in me, Yunir’s Apostle, was steadily sending magical energy.

But, the one sending the most magical energy in this battlefield is definitely Larwin.

He threw himself into the most intense battlefield in the Drotale Valley.

He’s not a powerhouse like General Aytekiana or Krien.

Aquarite’s Demon Spirit Power is enough to instill a terrible fear just by being exposed to it for a moment.

But he, a gentle Green Dragon, was not backing down now.

I can feel it through the magical energy spreading from him.

Faith in me.

He believes that I will surely win, and he is betting his life and pouring all his strength into my flight. I could feel Larwin growing even stronger with that faith.

Standing on his back again, I glared at Aquarite.

Pajijijijijijijik-

Even though he was releasing such a massive amount of Demon Spirit Power, the consumption of Demon Spirit Power was still zero.

He was even creating scales of Demon Spirit Power as thick as that ancient dragon’s scales. It was like an impregnable fortress with no possibility of capture.

Uuuuuuuuuung-

But he is alone now.

Rasriel holds the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Demon Beast Army. But the only force she is handling right now is Aquarite.

Even that Aquarite wasn’t truly moved.

It was all just forcibly holding him down with the Demon Spirit Power of the Apostle, with the Demon Spirit Stone located between his eyebrows.

I could hear the terrible screams of that great ancient dragon’s soul.

‘Yeah. I’m different from her.’

I already sensed that Rasriel would abandon all her subordinate demons and beasts and run away if it meant saving her own life.

But I was different.

As the lord of the Western Demon King Army, I reign in this sky, above this battlefield.

At the same time as I reign over them, I carry their lives on my shoulders.

That weight is the weight of the magical energy I possess.

‘This magical energy is not the magical energy I received from Yunir. It’s the magical energy that my people sent directly out of reverence for me.’

As a result, the repulsive force stopped at its limit.

The ultimate energy Aura refined directly through my body. Since both giant energies originated from me.

The fusion rejection phenomenon was different from the usual case.

I finally succeeded in enveloping all the Aura refined with the power of magical energy.

Chiiiiiiiiiiiiik-

At the same time, that refined Aura began to burn on Ciertia.

For the sake of the great ancient dragon’s rest. I had finished preparing to wield the new Byakuya.

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It’s scary.

Even if he is a dragon.

Even if he is a High Knight who will soon be promoted to general.

I can’t help but be afraid of that Aquarite, who emits Demon Spirit Power that seems to have approached the Chaotic Gate, like a god of death.

With just a little carelessness, Larwin’s body will be shattered.

I’ve already seen dozens, no, hundreds of deaths in my head.

But Larwin now firmly maintains his loyalty, which sacrifices his life, and his reverence that surpasses even the fear of death.

He moved his wings using all his magical energy.

Chiiiiiiiiiiiiik-

And his back began to get hot.

It seemed that his lord was preparing a new attack.

Until now, I have been fighting battles that have surpassed the limits of mortals. But Yulian now was different.

‘What kind of attack is he going to use?’

And Larwin recognized a sensation he had never felt before in his life.

It was as if time had stopped in the area.

The sky was as dark as just before sunset due to the giant cumulonimbus clouds created by Aquarite.

But I didn’t feel dark.

No, it felt like the surroundings were brightening up like midday for a moment.

Perhaps it was the same sensation as entering the dimension where gods or apostles of gods reside. He was feeling as if he had entered the celestial realm.

‘Could it be that I’m dead?’

That wasn’t the case. Although the sense of time and space had changed.

But I could still feel my body.

Clearly, it was the influence of ‘that thing’ that Yulian had created.

And Larwin’s scales stood on end when he belatedly realized that fact.

‘Aura Sword?’

That’s right.

Yulian’s sword, Ciertia, was burning with Aura.

Elite swordsmen who have reached their peak use Aura Swords. As a High Knight who also participated in the Great War, Aura Swords were not unfamiliar to him.

But this was the first time he had seen such an Aura Sword.

It was as if that Aura Sword was devouring everything around it.

It was such a threatening Aura Sword that it felt like he would disappear if he entered the space where that light was emitted.

In fact, rather than an Aura Sword, it felt like he had entered a new world.

Yulian’s swordsmanship was now at a level that even the High Knight Larwin could not easily discuss.

Shuuuuuuuk-

But soon that sensation changed again.

Ciertia, which had been burning like a giant pillar of fire. The pillar of fire shrank all at once. All the power was concentrated at the tip of the sword.

‘No way…’

The Cold-Blooded Demon King Lucifer.

It was like the magical energy sword he used. No, more power than that was concentrated on a single point.

As much as the power was so great. Concentrating all that power on the tip of the sword, which was no different from a point rather than a surface.

It was only possible if he could withstand the repulsive force that would turn his entire body into dust and disappear.

It was suppressing the Aura that was explosively emitted to the outside at one point.

“Thank you for your hard work, Larwin. Now it’s time to end everything.”

And that time of silence, which was like an eternity, came to an end.

Tatat-

Yulian kicked off his back and jumped into the air.

“Byakuya. Kai (改)”

Chiiiiiiiiiiiiik-

Yulian’s body rushed towards Aquarite as it was.

The sword strike that was unleashed.

It was a simple strike, like a beginner swordsman learning the sword for the first time yesterday.

But at the same time, all the mysteries of the sword were contained in that one simple stab.

Pajijijijijijijik-

Larwin could tell at that moment.

Ciertia broke through the Demon Spirit Power shield.

‘My lord.’

Tears almost flowed out of emotion.

Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaak-

And the tip of the sword pierced Aquarite’s heart. The Dragon Heart.

Soon, in the sky above the battlefield. A new sun rose with a huge explosion.

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Larwin and I landed on the ground.

Larwin, who had released all his tension, returned to his Dragonkin form from his dragon form as it was.

And he collapsed to the ground with a thud.

“I-I’m sorry. My lord. Such rudeness…”

“No. You’ve worked hard. I wouldn’t have been able to defeat Aquarite without you.”

Kukukukukung-

The giant remains of the ancient dragon fell to the ground at the same time.

Although it became a demon beast by the Apostle’s power, it was a great ancient dragon. So, I asked Larwin to prevent the ancient dragon’s remains from becoming pieces of meat on the ground.

So he used wind magic to the point of overdoing it until the very end. It was enough to drain all his strength.

I looked at the remains of the ancient dragon.

There was a huge hole in its heart.

A transformation of the final secret technique that instantly concentrated all the power of Byakuya at one point through the power of Demon Spirit Power.

Byakuya Kai.

At the last moment, the concentrated power was released again, emitting a huge power that pulverized the ancient dragon’s Dragon Heart as it was.

The one-point stab, the sword strike that pierced Aquarite’s heart as it was.

It emitted a light like a small sun in the sky as it was.

I was surprised again by the power of the new technique.

‘Because of that… I feel like I’m going to collapse too.’

In fact, I was probably more exhausted than Larwin, who had already collapsed.

But I am the lord who must show dignity in front of the Western Demon King Army. So, leaning on Ciertia as it was.

I put the liberated soul of the ancient dragon into Ciertia.

Demon Spirit Power corrupts even the soul. But Ciertia already has the soul of Leister, who was a demon but returned to being human.

That Leister will purify Aquarite’s soul.

The contact with the purified Aquarite, like Krya Upe, will further develop me as an ancient dragon. I had to help Aquarite rest in peace.

“Did she faint?”

And Rasriel, the leader of the Demon Beast Army, was passed out on top of the remains of that Krya Upe.

Larwin softened the impact with wind magic. So it seems she didn’t die.

It was useful that she didn’t die.

“Yulian-jeonha!”

Soon, Remiella and Aytekia hurriedly approached me.

And the commanders of the Demon King Army who joined later.

They checked the remains of Aquarite and Rasriel’s appearance.

Soon, all their eyes turned to me.