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Kati appeared in front of Beatrice, sinking her sword into the Shinigami’s shoulder.

Although she didn’t have the strength to be shocked, Beatrice was honestly shocked.

Even though it was a surprise attack, it means that the nimble Shinigami was stabbed in an instant.

Glaring fiercely at the enemy with cat eyes, Katy slashed downward with his sword.

The Shinigami took a deep step back after receiving a deep wound on his shoulder.

Afterwards, Kathi quickly followed suit, but there was no effective attack like the first surprise attack.

They sprayed black mana to block their path and chased after them persistently and quickly, but the Shinigami, who focused only on evasion, narrowly avoided them all.

Beatrice barely followed the movement with blank eyes.

“… … .”

At that time, the sun rose in the northern sky.

The wounds on my body that were exposed to the light healed quickly.

Kati, who was chasing the reaper, came up next to Beatrice at some point.

When she placed her hand on it, she felt mana flowing into her body.

It was mana transfer.

Kati said, glaring at the Shinigami.

“One foot.”

“Huh?”

Meanwhile, the Shinigami watched Kati and Beatrice as if observing them.

“Shoot just one shot at the right timing. You can just help by blocking the path.”

“… Okay.”

Katy gave me the prosthetic hand and ran away again.

Beatrice installed a prosthetic arm using the transferred mana and aimed a bow while sitting on the floor.

‘Just one shot.’

If the goal is to block the path, there is no need to compress it.

Rather, it should be made bigger.

“Maximum emission… .”

Burn all the mana given to you by Kati.

It creates a huge arrow very slowly and precisely, waiting for the most precise moment.

Timing just for this one shot.

Kati doggedly followed the messenger.

We should never have allowed the distance to widen.

The opponent is an archer.

However, Kati felt a strange sense of déjà vu.

‘Beatrice… .’

Fighting this Shinigami reminds me of the time I sparred with Beatrice.

Movement is as agile as that of a weasel or squirrel, and even though he is an archer, he has top-level close combat skills.

Above all, the curved or returning trajectory of the arrow.

The free-flowing arrow reminded me of Beatrice’s nickname, ‘The Third Trail’.

This Shinigami possessed Beatrice’s characteristics and was much stronger than Beatrice.

It was like a completed Beatrice.

Not only does he shoot arrows, he holds and swings them, and controls hundreds of arrows at the same time to put pressure on Kati.

It doesn’t hurt because it’s blocked by black mana that extends out like a tentacle, but it’s annoying.

If you let that annoyance distract you, you’ll lose track of what you’ve caught up on.

Doesn’t the arrow that fell on the ground rise up again through the floor, or doesn’t the arrow hidden behind another arrow change its trajectory as if spinning just before it hits?

It’s not that annoying at all.

As Kati’s sword narrowly passes by the Shinigami, arrows gradually scratch Kati’s body.

The wounds increase.

It’s not fatal, but you can’t let it build up.

‘You can’t waste time.’

There might be something inside the Demon King’s Castle.

So, you need to sort it out as quickly as possible.

Kati boldly threw a sword.

The Shinigami seemed to be embarrassed and deflected it with the arrow he had hurriedly grabbed.

Kang! And a sword came to mind.

The Shinigami fired an arrow towards his empty left hand.

Kati didn’t bother to dodge or block it.

I simply condensed black mana, wrapped it around my left hand, and received it.

Although the lightning flashed excitingly, it was not enough to stop Carty.

The Shinigami hesitated due to the unexpected and aggressive attack, but Kati did not miss the opportunity.

-Poof!

Kati’s sword pierced the Shinigami’s side.

It wasn’t deep, but it was enough.

I don’t even think about killing him right away.

The moment when the Shinigami stumbles and bleeds.

-Kwagwagwang!

Blue-shining arrows poured in, shaking the ground.

Its size was comparable to that of the sea dragon that had appeared in Galway.

“… !”

For a moment, the reaper hit by an arrow let out a scratching scream.

Kati’s sword, which had bounced, came back just in time.

Immediately after Kati held the two swords.

-Slap!

In an instant, the disappeared figure of Kati appeared past the reaper.

The sword was covered in red blood.

-Sreuk… .

One beat later, the Shinigami’s head fell.

The headless body soon disintegrated into limbs and collapsed to the floor.

Kati approached, looking down at it with indifferent eyes.

I was planning on killing him if he was still alive, but his dismembered body was lifeless.

Beatrice smiled as she looked at Katy.

‘Now it’s hard to even see with my own eyes.’

In particular, I didn’t even see the last attack.

I was sure that if I fought Kati, I would probably die without even realizing it.

The body turned into powder and flew toward the Demon Castle.

As Katy watched, she clenched and unclenched her hand because of the pain she felt in her left arm.

Then the report arrived.

-North, it’s over.

It was Helena.

Kati said as she looked at the sun rising in the north.

“West, situation over.”

*

Lucia ran toward the Shinigami and fired a spear using her telekinesis.

The Shinigami easily dodged.

The two spears were stuck in different places.

Lucia grinned.

It would have been nice to get hit, but I didn’t shoot with the intention of hitting in the first place.

A buzzing wave spread from the two windows stuck in the ground.

The two waves met at the center, resonated with each other, and pulled objects around them into the center.

The target included the Reaper.

‘When the power of the two spears resonates, it attracts targets within a certain distance. The bearer is excluded from that power.’

It was a special power given to the two spears.

Lucia rushed at the Shinigami, who was staggering as he was being dragged, and swung his sword.

The Shinigami flexibly rotated his staggering body and shed Lucia’s sword.

Those gentle movements reminded me of Kylie.

After spilling, it naturally leads to an attack.

Lucia blocked with her shield and thrust her sword, but before she knew it, the Shinigami had pulled back.

But the reaper could not escape far.

The buzzing wave of the spear pulled the Shinigami in again.

Lucia swung her sword again toward the pulled Shinigami.

Even though the reaper was being dragged around at will, he raised his sword and blocked it.

The swords that hit each other hard begin to squeak and engage in a struggle of strength.

Lucia immediately noticed that her opponent’s strength was stronger than hers.

Instead of fighting, he slid his sword to the side and swung his shield.

-bang!

With a dull sound, the edge of the shield hit the Shinigami’s face.

However, the Shinigami did not stay still.

Suddenly, a scratch appeared on Lucia’s shoulder armor.

Fortunately, there were no injuries.

‘To stab you in that short gap… .’

Lucia chased after the Shinigami who was trying to remove the spear.

‘It’s sharp.’

This is a formidable opponent.

But it feels strangely familiar.

Just like when dealing with Kylie.

‘Let’s not be impatient. If you show even a moment of opportunity, you will be punished. ‘I need to relax slowly.’

He threw the dagger, took the opportunity, and pulled out the spear with telekinesis.

After planting the spear in the air again, he swings his sword and pursues it.

At the same time, even the sword floating in the air joins in.

Out of a total of 4 swords, only 2 cooperate.

The other two circle around, constantly looking for an opening.

That alone will inevitably distract the Shinigami.

Lucia approached as if she was about to plunge her sword, but then stopped.

When the Shinigami who was trying to defend himself hesitated, two swords flew in from different directions.

The Shinigami fired sword energy in all directions and blocked it.

The remaining two swords that followed with a time gap were also blocked.

The sword energy of the Shinigami rushed towards Lucia as well.

Lucia fired just enough sword energy to defend herself.

The sword energy that collided in the middle exploded.

The moment I frowned at the blue light blocking my vision, the Shinigami rushed through the light.

“!”

The moment she raised her shield to block, Lucia felt a strange sense of discomfort.

It was a sword held by the Shinigami, but it was held in separate hands as if swinging a different sword.

Following the downward trajectory of the sword, the air waved ominously like a shadow.

just as expected.

The arms and thighs that the shield could not cover were cut along with an extremely cold sensation.

The sword was clearly blocked, but there was something unseen.

Fortunately, the spear resonated at that moment and pulled the Shinigami in.

Lucia admitted that she had been complacent.

‘Wasn’t he an opponent who could slowly let go of his strength?’

I couldn’t properly understand the opponent’s strength.

This is an opponent that it is impossible to even lose strength with a half-hearted attitude.

‘Intangible sword… .’

I saw it when sparring with Kylie, but I never thought my opponent would use it.

Rushing towards the Shinigami, Lucia summoned four more swords.

These were things that put a heavy burden on mana, but there was no time to save them now.

‘Crystal sword.’

A sword shining blue rose up.

The sword body was soon fragmented into hundreds of small crystals, which rained down on the Shinigami along with Lucia.

‘Tracking sword.’

The thin and smooth curved sword followed Lucia’s will and flew towards the Shinigami first.

The target area is the ankles.

From now on, that curved sword will only relentlessly pursue the Shinigami’s ankles.

‘Shadow Sword.’

Under Lucia’s sword, a black shadow took shape.

Lucia swung her sword at the Shinigami who dodged the tracking sword.

The Shinigami blinked, but the shadow sword followed Lucia’s movements half a beat later and cut him on the shoulder.

‘Finally, the barrier sword.’

Block with the shield, push away with a kick, and summon the final sword.

The four-pointed sword emerged into a square with the two as the center.

Blue shimmering mana fell below those that formed the vertices of the upper surface, and soon a cubic barrier was formed.

Soon, four barrier swords were flying around along the surface of the cube, occasionally flying towards the Shinigami.

-Buzz buzz… pop!

The spear resonated again and pulled the Shinigami in, and all kinds of weapons rushed towards the Shinigami from all directions, each aiming for a different timing.

And right in front of him was Lucia.

Lucia aimed sharply at the Shinigami amidst the dizzying array of armored dancers.

The Shinigami’s movements of dodging, blocking, and throwing away matched Kylie’s perfectly.

It wasn’t similar or similar.

‘What is it… ?’

There was no time to wonder.

My brain felt like it was burning out from controlling so many weapons, and in the meantime, I had to move my body.

Still, he was amazed at the Shinigami’s skills.

‘You’re stronger than Kylie… . ‘What kind of existence exists like this?’

Then a small gap appeared.

A piece of crystal passed the Shinigami’s eye.

Lucia boldly jumped in without missing a beat.

-Poof!

The sword pierced the Shinigami’s lower body.

It was shallow because I was impatient, but it didn’t matter.

The shadow sword that flew in after him stabbed me even deeper.

Next, a tracking sword was aimed at the other ankle, but the Shinigami swung the sword downward and blocked it.

That was a defeat.

-Poobuk!

The two barrier swords flew in and stuck in one of the Shinigami’s shoulders.

As if she had expected it, Lucia was already wielding her halberd.

closely! And a halberd was stuck on his shoulder.

‘Armor under the robe?’

Lucia pulled the halberd down as if scratching it, then hooked his ankle with the back blade and knocked him out.

At the same time, fragments of the crystal sword became lodged in the Shinigami’s limbs, and the remaining two barrier swords also flew out and slashed both of his thighs.

“Huh!”

Strike the halberd raised high with all your might.

The halberd penetrated the armor of the abdomen.

Lucia just pulled the halberd towards herself.

The Shinigami resisted by swinging his sword while lying down, but the tracking sword blocked it.

The reaper who was pulled lay down in a perfect position for execution.

Lucia stepped on the wrist of the Shinigami holding the sword and struck down the halberd without hesitation.

The neck was the target.

-thud!

With the heavy sensation of hitting the ground, the messenger was executed.

The separated head flops around helplessly.

‘… blond hair?’

At first glance, I saw a blonde hair that resembled Kylie’s under the hood.

I couldn’t confirm further.

The body turned into dust and flew in the direction of the Demon Castle.

– West, situation over.

By then, Carty had reported.

I also remember what Helena reported just before.

“Ha… .”

Helena and Kati.

And, he won too.

There were quite a few minor wounds, and the wounds inflicted by the intangible sword were deep, but not fatal.

Lucia checked the wound, which had healed with the light of the sun, and said with a grin.

“East, we won.”

Kylie, who did not miss Lucia’s battle from beginning to end, burst out laughing.

“Monstrous year… .”

The golden rule is to take away someone who is strong.

Although I abandoned the Golden Rule after feeling guilty about Ian, I can’t help but think of the habit from time to time.

However, Lucia was different.

“There’s no chance of winning at all… .”

Expecting a fight that you are sure to lose is both foolish and suicide.

I had no expectations in the first place.

That Lucia goes beyond herself and is a great warrior who will protect Ian.

*

Vivian stood in front of Sylvia.

I don’t know what it was, but the ice flowers that bloomed on her body looked terrible and dangerous.

Fortunately, Helena’s sun healed her quickly.

‘I heard you can really make the sun rise…’ .’

It was also my first time seeing Vivian in person.

It was amazing.

It is truly a miracle to be able to embody the sun.

There wasn’t long time to admire.

“Now take a good rest. Because I came.”

Take a good rest.

Is it okay for me to rest?

Along with those questions, Sylvia realized the reality that she had now been completely replaced by Vivian.

That might mean that I should completely leave Ian’s side now.

The reason you overinterpret something like this is because your own mind is not in control.

Sylvia knows it well too.

So, he hides his ugly feelings and gives advice.

“I don’t know if you’ve seen it, but watch out for the snowflake blowing technique. Even breathing can be dangerous.”

“I understand. Thanks for letting me know.”

Vivian just turned her head slightly and smiled.

At that kindness, Sylvia smiled helplessly without even realizing it.

As expected, he is a person who suits Ian much better than him.

Vivian saw the Shinigami staring in this direction.

Even without Sylvia telling her, Vivian also saw the power of the snowflake.

‘It’s small and light, but I felt a complex and richly concentrated mana.’

The ability to control the mana contained in all things.

After learning ‘Arke’, she was able to interfere with other people’s magic.

The only ones who couldn’t do that were Sylvia and that reaper who had just used magic.

‘At least Sylvia… . No, since I beat Sylvia, it must be more than that.’

No casting.

Being able to use magic with just your thoughts offers many advantages.

First of all, the first advantage is that the other party cannot predict.

Before I knew it, a shooting star was falling across the night sky.

Vivian learned Fireball wrong at first.

As I was peeking over my shoulder, I used a strange combination of rock shot and fire ball.

That was a drawback at the time, but it is different now.

By utilizing the vast mana of the natural world, it is possible to recreate a shooting star.

“Ice Bloom, Close.”

The envoy who checked the shooting star also became busy.

Vivian’s feet cracked.

Before being swallowed by an ice flower.

‘Wind Up, Lava Explosion.’

Vivian flew into the air and at the same time exploded lava beneath her feet.

He didn’t forget to push Sylvia away.

Five ice spears appeared above the Shinigami’s head.

Since you’re floating in the air, you can’t avoid it.

‘Ice Spear.’

Vivian did the same and summoned an ice spear.

3 times more than the opponent.

The ice spear rising diagonally and the ice spear falling diagonally collided in the middle.

-Kuddeuddeuk… !

As they competed and pushed each other, one side was pierced through the center first and exploded.

It was Vivian’s ice spear that won.

Vivian’s Ice Spears, which were much more numerous and denser, pierced through the Shinigami’s magic from the front.

Vivian was so busy watching the ice spear clash that she didn’t see what was hidden underneath.

“Oh… .”

A small snowflake hidden between the ice spears got stuck in my collarbone.

‘This…’ ‘You can use it again right away?’

He confirmed that it was in use the moment he arrived.

It was a magic that burned an enormous amount of mana just by looking at it, but the Shinigami used the magic again without any time to recover.

Vivian quickly came down from the air using wind magic.

The ice flower rooted in my collarbone is cold.

The Reaper approached Vivian on the ice road without any time to rest.

Vivian clenched her teeth and fired magic forward.

‘Prominence Tempest.’

The technique used by Agni in the battle to subdue the sea dragon.

It’s not perfect, but it can be reproduced.

Arrow-like fire shot out from the palm of my hand in all directions.

-Kugugung… .

Hemispherical explosions occurred in all directions.

The ground shakes.

The wind pushed out by the explosion sweeps the area like a gust, and a mushroom cloud rises.

The place where the explosion occurred was replaced by a storm of flames.

The magic spread in the shape of a fan blocked the reaper’s approach.

Meanwhile, Vivian quickly grabbed the ice flower in her hand, figured out the structure of the mana, and tore it off.

It was fortunate that only one flower bloomed.

Meanwhile, the Shinigami flew straight up through the storm of flames.

It seemed as if an upward current had been created within it.

“Frozen Drake… .”

The Shinigami said like he was chewing.

Soon, the wind blew around the top of the Shinigami’s head, and ice crystals formed in the air and coalesced.

Vivian didn’t wait.

‘Thunderbolt.’

Dozens of lightning strikes struck the Shinigami from the dry sky.

However, the Reaper did not fall even after being struck by lightning.

The Frozen Drake was completed while maintaining its position using wind magic.

‘Because I tried too hard to cast magic, I allowed a lightning strike, which made me weak. then… .’

The Shinigami extended his hand as if to send the dragon flying away, but the completed ice dragon did not face Vivian.

Rather, the ice dragon shattered into ice shards just as it was created.

The scattered crystals once again become an ice-shaped dragon above Vivian.

‘Application of Arche. Robbery of control over magic.’

Vivian stole the Reaper’s magic and created a larger and more powerful Frozen Drake.

The ice dragon was completed at a rapid pace.

‘Frozen Drake.’

When Vivian aimed her staff, a huge ice dragon glided down as if it were going to devour the Shinigami.

“… !”

The surprised Shinigami had no time to react.

The ice dragon, along with the Shinigami, plummeted to the floor where flames were still swirling like a storm.

Vivian, who was able to feel and control mana itself, was also able to interfere with other people’s magic.

Although there must be a difference in strength, the Shinigami benefited from allowing the lightning strike defenseless.

The reaper’s failure was due to his attempt to cast an unreasonably large spell.

The Shinigami stuck on the floor could only flinch in the storm of flames.

The ice dragon that had already melted turned into vapor and dispersed into the sky.

Vivian used magic on the lying Reaper.

‘Lightning whip, anchor. ‘Ground paralyze.’

Application of magic learned from Sylvia.

Electric whips entangle the reaper, and rocks rise up and grab his knees and elbows.

By that time, the meteor that had been summoned earlier had already arrived in the atmosphere.

Vivian’s unique creative story.

A technique that summons a small meteor from the sky and uses the acceleration of its fall as it is.

Meteor crash.

‘Meteor strike.’

The magic from the myth is recreated.

The meteor fell directly on the restrained Shinigami.

The Shinigami was unable to move even though the sky in his vision was obscured by meteors.

─!

With an ear-piercing roar, the ground exploded.

Piles of dirt and rock fragments are blown around by gusts of wind that threaten to blow away.

Vivian put her hat down tightly and looked at the spot where the Reaper was.

‘If you’re not dead yet… .’

Thinking about the next move, I planted my cane on the floor and held on.

I glanced behind me and saw Sylvia flying away, blown by the wind.

Soon, a large wall of ice rose up behind her and supported Sylvia.

Sylvia slipped and fell, holding her head and groaning as if she was dizzy.

That sight was somewhat funny, so Vivian chuckled.

Eventually, when the gust of wind stopped, a large crater appeared where the Shinigami had been.

Vivian approached cautiously and looked down.

There was something in a black robe lying around with a very mangled appearance.

‘He’s dead.’

Vivian knew right away.

As she could sense all mana, it was very easy to determine life or death.

‘But, the hair color… .’

Navy blue hair that resembled Sylvia’s was scattered under the hood.

I haven’t seen you for a long time.

The corpse turned into dust and flowed into the devil’s castle.

“Phew.”

Vivian was relieved, rubbing her heart.

I was nervous that I might not win.

“Are you okay?”

I approached Sylvia and asked.

Sylvia, who was looking up, smiled faintly and nodded.

“Thank goodness.”

“Thank goodness?”

“… Just.”

Also, that facial expression and atmosphere.

A precarious and light atmosphere that feels as if it will scatter like ashes.

-North, it’s over.

-East, won.

– West, situation over.

Reports from colleagues erased that anxiety.

“South, application completed.”

“… Everyone is amazing.”

“Hehe… .”

“Now the next instructions… .”

The moment Sylvia was about to say something.

The south gate of the Demon King’s Castle booms! Broken.

Both heads immediately turned.

-Roaring… .

With a sound like thunder, assault wagons came pouring out.

Behind it, there was a monster swarming around like a swarm of insects.

“… Dullahan.”

“Yes? What is that?”

“That headless horse that runs without a rider. It’s one of the enemies that took over Jericha.”

“SS level… This is it.”

That’s not all.

The monsters behind were all formidable enemies.

There were also elite soldiers of the corps commander organized outside the castle.

-North Gate is open!

-A large number of high-risk monsters are advancing from the west gate.

-Ah, there’s a monster at the north gate too… !

-The east gate suddenly opened!

Sylvia and Vivian made eye contact.

“I guess it’s not time to rest yet.”

“… Enemy appears at the south gate.”

Sylvia slowly stood up.

“You can rest a little more. I am… .”

“No. You can’t rest. And, I feel a lot better because of that sun.”

The sun that rose north of the Demon King Castle was shining far south.

Thanks to this, Vivian’s collarbone wound healed quickly.

“I understand.”

-Rear reinforcements, intervene. We will fight in full force.

Those waiting at the rear couldn’t just watch.

South, Vivienne and Sylvia.

West, Kati and Beatrice.

East, Lucia and Kylie.

North, Helena and Arya.

The final general offensive has begun.