Ch.105Sleeping Minotaur of the Wilderness (3)

“Muuuuu…”

Khan’s low voice echoed across the battlefield, causing those who heard it to lose their fighting spirit.

“Ha, hahaha… Is this for real…”

The sight of black lightning striking from the massive spear that had flown far away filled them with terror.

Cutting a mountain in half? That was certainly possible for those who had mastered martial arts, including Cain.

Using powerful abilities to partially destroy a mountain? Those who wielded such powers could manage this too.

But what they felt now defied comprehension—both the power and range of the lightning strike were beyond reason.

Not only did the lightning cover such a vast area, but the power contained within it was so immense that even Masters might not survive.

If that compressed power were to strike them directly…

The thought that they had no chance of survival naturally occurred to them—it was simply too powerful a blow.

“Damn it—! We’ll die no matter where we hide! Either we die fighting bravely here, or we die instantly without putting up any resistance!”

With those words, Abes, the captain of The One, activated his unique trait.

Airship.

Everyone who had witnessed this unique trait had died, and Abes himself only used this ability against monsters he deemed impossible to defeat.

The ability allowed him to make his ship float in the sky for one day while enabling automatic combat and tripling the ship’s capabilities.

Of course, there was a drawback—the ship couldn’t be used for a week afterward—but Captain Abes, judging that there would be no tomorrow if they couldn’t kill that monster here and now, lifted The One into the sky.

“Damn it!”

Cain, who had been cowering until now, also activated his second unique trait.

Demonization.

Literally, an ability that transformed everything in his body into a demon. Originally, this ability could only transform one part of his body, like a demon arm or wings, but…

After combining two unique traits, he could now transform his entire body into a demon for one day.

“Hot hot hot! Shit, it burns!”

The downside was that all holy attacks dealt double damage, and buffs and healing turned into deadly poison that attacked his body.

Because of this, Uldur’s blessing cast by Cardinal Baxter now became poison that began to eat away at his body.

“A demon—!? You traitor against God, how dare you reveal yourself here! Uldur, your servant will now punish this rebel who has turned against you and eliminate this agent of evil who has disappeared into the underground where your light cannot reach, raising high the banner of light!”

“You idiot! Is that really the issue right now?! Think of this as my skill! The reason I’m transforming like this in front of the Cardinal, Hero, and Saintess is because we need to kill that monster! Let’s kill it first, then we can fight if you want!”

“There’s no compromise with agents of evil! Uldur! I need your powerful light now, so bestow your great power upon me!! Light of Uldur!”

As if responding to the prayer of Hero Lepil, who clasped her hands together in prayer, a bright light descended from the sky, and her ring emitted a radiant glow that further burned the demonized Cain’s body.

“Argh—! Damn it—! In that case, I’ll cut you to pieces first, then fight that monster!”

“Try if you can, you agent of evil! I am Lepil, the Hero who follows the path of light chosen by the God of Light, Uldur! With the light bestowed upon me by Uldur, I will annihilate you and kill that monster!”

Kuuung—!

Chiiik…

The same dark magic that had belonged to the black mage Arkham Salion, the former master of the Sky Island, now swirled around Cain’s body, opposing the light emitted from Lepil’s ring.

Lepil also emitted light from her body along with the light from her ring, and was about to draw out her light spear—her most proficient weapon—to pass judgment on this wicked agent of evil, aiming it at the demonized Cain.

But it was none other than Khan who interrupted their fight.

Kugugugugung…

Khan began to move his body again for a second attack.

This time, intending to throw a stone, he created a giant stone axe from the ground, forcing all participants above to quickly evacuate.

“Damn it! Hey, Hero! Let’s kill that monster first, then fight!”

“Kuuuugh… Uldur, please forgive me, your chosen one who follows the path of light, for joining forces with a lesser evil to defeat a greater evil…”

“This woman!? Who are you calling a lesser evil—!!”

The demonized Cain used his bat-like wings to fly through the sky and board The One, and Lepil also mounted Jerome and boarded The One.

Lee Juyeon set her entire body ablaze and reappeared on The One, while Hector and Berg had already been aboard.

“So, what do we do about that now? Should we cut off the handle part of that giant axe?”

“The axe blade falling would be problematic too. With that much mass, the handle alone would fly farther with that creature’s strength if thrown, so let’s try that!”

“Alright. I’ll go first!”

Khan was already holding the axe handle with both hands, lifting it toward the sky.

The sight of that enormous axe rising and blocking the sky could be described as spectacular, but wherever it might fall would be nothing short of devastating.

To prevent this, Cain, who could fly thanks to his demonization, left The One and flew high, very high.

“Burning Slash—!!”

His skill, Burning Slash, was exactly as named—a technique that converted his mana into a blade of energy by swinging his sword.

His Burning Slash should have been red originally, but due to the demonization, it had changed to a black color darker than even Lee Juyeon’s flames.

However, its power was sufficient to demonstrate why he had to reveal his demonization skill.

Muu—!

The pitch-black blade of energy cut through the sky, which was full of dark clouds due to Khan’s unsealed presence, and successfully sliced through the handle part of the axe just before it could be thrown.

Muu—?

Despite throwing a single axe, the axe blade fell to the ground while only the handle flew away. Khan looked at his hand in confusion at this sight, but then, as if it didn’t matter, pulled another axe from the ground.

Kwarlung—!

This time, to prevent the handle and axe from separating, he wrapped it in his trademark black lightning.

“Damn it! I can’t do this alone! Hero, if you can fly, help me…!”

“Damn it! Lesser evil, dodge!”

“What!?”

Shiiik—!

Khan’s tail, dozens of meters thick, flew toward Cain.

Like a cow swatting away a fly, to drive away the buzzing fly beside him.

“Divine Shield!”

“Anchor Control!”

Three Divine Shields created by the followers of God unfolded in front of him, and Captain Abes’s Anchor Control successfully pulled him out of the tail’s path with a several-ton anchor through precise control.

“Kheuk—! Huu—!”

Pulled out by the massive anchor, he gasped for breath, but thanked those around him for saving his life.

However, while they were saving Cain from being hit by the tail, Khan had completed his throwing stance.

If that lightning-wrapped axe were to fly from his hand now, considering the enormous mass of stone and the lightning that would follow, the island itself would disappear.

Unable to witness such a sight, the Hero decided to use the second of the three miracles passed down only to Heroes.

If the first miracle was used to quell the chaos on Grancia Island and restore the land that had turned into an island, this time she would pray for a shield to block the axe that monster was about to swing!

Muuuu!

Kwaang—!

Just as the axe was about to fly, before it could even be swung, it was blocked by a shield of light that suddenly appeared.

Muooooo——!!!

Khan, considering the light shield an interference, gripped the axe harder, causing cracks to appear in the shield, but it gave the Hero enough time to use her third miracle.

Chachachang—!

The third miracle. It was for the Hero and her companions to gain the power to face that monster.

The miracle of light descended upon Berg, Hector, Abes, Jerome, Lepil, and the body of The One under Abes’s influence, successfully freezing the lightning-wrapped axe handle that was trying to break through the light shield.

“It’s frozen!”

Berg succeeded in freezing Khan’s arm with ice strengthened by the power of light, and Abes’s ship, The One, delivered a blow that surpassed the limits of magical artillery, successfully dispelling the lightning on the axe handle.

“Hup!”

Hector’s spear of light left his hand and, not missing the gap where the magical artillery had disappeared, successfully created a crack in the handle.

“Uryaaaa——!!”

“Huuup!”

Hwarlruk—!

Then Cain’s sword strike and the Hero’s holy spear flew in, and black flames attached to the holy spear, repelling it.

Kwajijik——!!!

Cain’s sword strike widened the crack further, and the holy powers of Uldur and Agni repelled each other, striking the handle part with a large explosion and successfully breaking it off.

Kuuuung——!!!

The axe blade fell to the ground, creating new cracks in the land that had been filled by the Hero’s miracle.

Ummuuu—

And with that strike, Khan finally became aware of the existence of the flies beneath him.