Ch.185Chapter 185. I’m the Only Totem in Another World (4)

# Chapter 185. I’m the Only Totem in Another World (4)

“The Colossus has arrived!”

The Colossus carrying Harry appeared, making the ground tremble. It must have consumed a significant amount of divine magic stones traveling from Symphonia to the capital, but it should be able to fight for about two hours easily.

It needs to do at least that much. They invested all the remaining divine magic stones from the tribal federation. It has to unleash all its firepower for those two hours.

“Get ready! When the Colossus breaks down the gate, we charge!”

At Kanto’s command, barbarian warriors and civilized soldiers moved busily.

Thud! Thud!

They didn’t forget to clear a path for the approaching Colossus.

I descended into each totem to activate “Healing Blessing,” deployed clouds with “Malak’s Domain,” and bestowed “Enhancement Tattoo” blessings on the elite warriors.

After completing all preparations, I waited. Shortly after, the Colossus that approached the gate threw a punch.

BOOM!

First strike. The gate shook slightly but appeared intact from the outside.

BOOM!

Second strike. With a louder impact than the first attack, cracks appeared in the gate. Still no enemy movement detected.

Did Charon abandon the capital? Like before, did he use a dimensional gate to reach near the tribal federation headquarters and is preparing for a siege?

No, that’s impossible. Attacking our headquarters wouldn’t improve his chances of winning.

No matter how large a dimensional gate he opens, he can’t bring all the forces from the capital. If that were possible, he would have done it already. In the end, he’d still be limited to an elite few.

The people waiting at headquarters would alert me as soon as Charon appears, and I’d immediately use the “Summoning Believers” blessing to send Lakye and other powerful fighters.

As we know, our side has higher quality fighters. They just need to hold out for a few minutes, or even seconds.

While they buy time, I’ll descend into Totem No. 1 and use “Divine Manifestation” to end it. It would actually be easier than our siege here.

Charon, what are you thinking? Giving up the gate so easily? It’s not like him.

BOOM!

Third strike. The gate protecting the capital collapsed with a rumble. The demons and worshippers inside revealed themselves.

Grrrr!

Graaaah!

They were swarming everywhere. It seemed like every enemy not participating in the all-out battle was gathered here.

“It’s the Evil God!”

“Where’s the Necromancer Lord?”

“Over there!”

The paladins who were looking around spotted the Evil God floating in the air. Well, Lakye had been watching Charon even before they spotted him.

Charon, standing on the Evil God’s shoulder, spoke.

“Paladins, do you want to close the dimensional gate?”

His voice echoed loudly.

“The dimensional gate is inside the imperial palace. Try hard to find it.”

As soon as Charon finished speaking, the paladins hurled insults at him.

“We already knew that, fool!”

“Let’s shut that bastard’s mouth first.”

“Why is he talking like a drill instructor?”

“Did he hide One Piece or something? He’s so full of himself.”

“I heard he hid his mother’s ashes~”

The last insult came from Siwoo, the “MorningTentErectionPaladin.”

“How dare you stand on…”

– Lakye.

I stopped Lakye as he was about to shoot divine power at Charon and the Evil God. We don’t know how much stronger he’s become. We can’t waste power recklessly.

“…I got a little excited.”

Lakye took a deep breath and lowered his hand. A little? More like “very” excited, I’d say.

Anyway, even for the barbarians’ greatest genius shaman, he couldn’t have mastered all the Evil God’s powers in less than a week.

Still, we can’t let our guard down. Charon was always an opponent who exceeded expectations.

When I brought in Lakye and the Brown Rock tribe and subjugated several villages, he devoured all of Dubenheim.

When I subjugated a near-high-rank tunnel demon and opened a warp gate? He was using a high-rank stingray demon as his mount.

It was the same at the Evolutionist School headquarters where we met for the third time. He commanded multiple high-rank demons and defeated the Roain Udan in battle.

He was always one step ahead of me. While I lived quietly due to various constraints and aimed for the King Ghost, Charon flaunted his power from the beginning.

I was ahead during the Cloud Demon subjugation and the Seven-Headed Dragon Demon all-out war, but now I’m not sure.

Direct confrontation will happen after I use Divine Manifestation.

Grrrr…!

Tall buildings covered in thickets opened their windows and curtains like mouths, revealing sharp teeth.

Monster houses, building-type demons. I’m not sure if they’re demons that look like houses or demons wearing buildings like armor.

But they clearly seemed to serve as turrets or secondary walls. It wouldn’t be easy for warriors and possessed fighters to walk through and penetrate those things.

– Harry.

But do we need to penetrate them? We can just blast the entire buildings away.

Woong-!

The heat plate on the Colossus’s chest heated up.

Ziiing-!

It shot a red beam at the building-type demons. A heat ray.

They’re fixed in place so they can’t dodge. They might be tough like buildings, but it doesn’t matter.

No matter how hard the metal, it’s no match for extreme heat.

Keeeh!

Graaah-!

They screamed their death throes as they burned black. It was an anticlimactic end for massive buildings over dozens of meters tall.

Colossus… you’re helping us until the final battle. I didn’t know Grandfather Harry would be this helpful.

Indeed, accepting both barbarians and civilized people was the right answer. If I had only taken barbarians, or gone with civilization-haters like Asha, it would have been much harder than now.

“Let’s go in!”

“Let’s move!”

MeleeSpy and Dina took the lead. Like the super-soldier paladins they are, they moved faster than the warriors riding horses.

High-rank demons that appeared out of nowhere blocked their path.

At most, there were about twenty of them. They were weaker than the Seven-Headed Dragon or the Cloud Demon, and even the dragon demons.

Still, they were formidable opponents. Just seven of them together could turn MeleeSpy into rice cake.

I supported them moderately while paying attention to Lakye’s movements.

Tap-!

Lakye moved along the wall. He cut down any demon blocking his way with a single strike as he advanced.

His target was the Evil God. More precisely, Charon riding the Evil God.

‘I’ll take down the leader first.’

This was a decision he had already discussed with me.

The situation is different from the Seven-Headed Dragon Demon battle. Back then, the power difference was so great that Lakye and I couldn’t move easily.

It was obvious that enemies would surge forward like a wave while we were gone.

Now it’s different. Although defense is generally easier than offense, we have a significant advantage in power. All we need to do is cut off Charon’s head and close the dimensional gate.

In other words, I don’t need to save my Divine Manifestation.

I waited for Lakye’s signal while contributing to various parts of the battlefield through the “Binding Totem” blessing.

“Z-zombies!”

“Lord Malak has stopped their movement! Kill them quickly!”

I used the “Zombie Control” blessing to contest control of zombie worshippers against Charon’s necromancy.

– Speak, Paladin.

“Do you see that blue demon over there? The one with the huge brain. It appears to be a commander unit. It’s emitting some kind of brain waves. Anyway, it seems all mid-to-low rank demons are moving according to its orders.”

– Understood. I’ll send you.

I used the “Summoning Believers” blessing to move allies.

“Lord Malak! Now’s the time!”

I also struck lightning to heat up Luna’s magic wand whenever she asked.

Nowhere, yet everywhere. Being able to move around the battlefield in various ways without feet is the advantage of being a totem.

The disadvantage? I suppose it’s that I can’t do anything if the totem is destroyed.

Kuhung!

A high-rank demon resembling a lion destroyed one of my disposable totems. Unfortunately, it was one I was currently possessing, so my vision was cut off with a snap.

I quickly moved my consciousness to another totem.

“Block them! They’re coming!”

“Th-they’re dropping stones from above!”

Ah, this place is dangerous too. The enemies are desperately attacking the totems. Charon must have given strict orders to destroy the totems first.

But that doesn’t mean the tide has turned. We’re winning all the large-scale clashes.

“Celestial Domain!”

“Grind them down!”

MeleeSpy’s assault team and the possessed fighters crush the enemies blocking their way as they advance. Just a little further to the imperial palace.

I’ll leave the palace to them and focus on dealing with Charon.

“Lord Malak!”

– Understood!

I quickly moved my consciousness to Totem No. 3 upon hearing Lakye’s signal. He had already gotten very close to the Evil God.

With divine power surrounding him, he could reach it with just one jump.

– When you jump, I’ll use it immediately.

“Understood!”

Lakye soared upward using divine power as propulsion. When I judged the timing was right, I used Divine Manifestation.

Krooooo-!

With lightning and steam, True Malak’s body appeared.

“Malak!”

Charon shouted my name. It sounded like the roar of a general facing his final enemy.

– Charon!

I also called out my archenemy’s name. This is probably our second direct confrontation.

It’s been a persistent relationship. Let’s end it here.

With Lakye on my back, I approached the Evil God and Charon.

…Somehow this has turned into a battle between legendary mounts and hero units.