Final Chapter. Julian

Meanwhile, as the battle between Yulian and Pedro continued.

The entire region of Islennd, including the outskirts of the Imperial Capital, was in the midst of a festival.

But there were those who were still fighting to protect the flames of that festival.

“Reef! Are you alright!”

A knight with golden hair and tanned skin.

Fabian quickly approached Reef’s side.

“What, this is nothing. I’ve sliced up more monsters than I’ve ever cut fruit in my life.”

As Reef said.

He appeared to be perfectly fine.

Although the resurrected World Tree was directly protecting the festival grounds.

High-level monsters were attacking the loose gaps in real-time.

His unscathed appearance spoke volumes about Reef’s skills as a knight.

Proud of his comrade’s appearance, Fabian hurried over and patted him on the back.

“You’re a reliable friend as always. Now the other knights of the White Nights will acknowledge us.”

As Fabian said.

The three who were Yulian’s combat training classmates.

Fabian, Reef, and Eric.

They had joined the White Nights as apprentice knights.

But they had already made remarkable achievements in several months of actual combat, surpassing ordinary knights and approaching the rank of High Knight.

In addition to their skills, their reputation within the White Nights was also high.

Everyone knew that the three of them were classmates with Yulian.

Despite having such a great academic connection, they were proving their skills from the bottom up.

Among them, Eric’s older brother was even Yulian’s personal coachman.

Kugugugugugugung-

Eric belatedly joined the two.

At the same time, on the plains beyond the outskirts.

A massive earthquake sound was heard.

“Brace yourselves for the shockwave!”

And there were people who quickly approached the three of them.

Their attire was not something that could be found in the Empire.

Their pointed ears also made it clear that they were not human.

They were knights of the Demon King’s Army under Yulian’s command, from the Agrielle Empire.

“Thank you!”

Fabian shouted loudly towards them.

Kwakwakwakwakwakwang-

And soon, the Demon King’s Army knights created a magical shield to block the approaching shockwave.

Witnessing the scene, Reef said.

“That’s an incredible shockwave. What kind of battle is our Lord even fighting?”

Not only that, but even the Demon King’s Army knights couldn’t close their mouths.

The battle between Yulian and Pedro.

It was like a battle between gods from the creation myth.

The heavens and the earth were truly shaking.

Fabian, who looked beyond again, shouted.

“His Majesty has already reached the realm of the gods! The realm that even Grand Masters can’t reach is His Majesty’s realm! We are the privileged ones who can witness a myth firsthand here!”

Fabian was always making a fuss when it came to Yulian.

But now, everyone gathered here agreed with his words.

Even though Fabian, a human knight and not a demon, used the title “His Majesty” for Yulian, no one found it strange.

Clearly, once the battle with the Evil God was over.

What Yulian had accomplished here would become a myth in the Empire, no, in Islennd.

“All the monsters in the vicinity have been cleared. Let’s return to the main camp for now.”

And the elven knight of the Royal Knights, belonging to the Demon King’s Army, said.

All three of them were awkward when they first met the demons.

But now it was different.

The knights here had even shared drinks together last night.

And in the atmosphere of the festival, they could temporarily forget that they were humans and demons, enemies who had been at odds for so long.

Of course, what made this festival of harmony possible in the face of the end was Yulian, who was writing a myth-level tale of valor against Pedro.

Fabian and his party returned to the main camp.

And the demon knights who had joined them earlier, those belonging to the Royal Knights, immediately started drinking from early afternoon.

“That’s how I swore! O proud High Knight of the White Nights! I, Fabian, Yulian-Heika’s right-hand man, will never forget your death and will avenge you! Then he was able to close his eyes in peace.”

“That’s a truly amazing story. We Royal Knights have also been with Yulian-Heika since the Western Demon King’s Army began its advance… since the battle with Aquarite began. To be the right-hand man of that great Heika… Sir Fabian is truly amazing.”

As expected, Reef and Eric chuckled at Fabian, who was exaggerating his tall tales to the demon knights.

“Fabian, he’s not wrong about everything, but he’s exaggerating too much. He was just doing odd jobs for Yulian-gong back in the Pantheon days, not really his right-hand man.”

“Well, still, thanks to his sociability, the Imperial Army and the Demon King’s Army were able to quickly integrate at this festival. It’s not all bad.”

As Reef said.

Fabian was the type to judge everything related to Yulian as right.

So, despite being from the South, he had no prejudice or disregard for demons.

Rather, he was very envious of the fact that the Demon King’s Army had made so many achievements with Yulian in the Demon Kingdom.

At the same time, he considered the Demon King’s Army as blood brothers because he was also a subordinate who had sworn allegiance to Yulian, so he created a natural drinking party like this.

‘Perhaps… this is the kind of scene that Yulian-gong wanted.’

It was an unimaginable sight just a year ago.

Humans and demons.

Despite having a common enemy in the form of monsters, they were divided and unable to combine their strength.

But now it was different.

The blessing of the World Tree, which was being regenerated in real-time.

That blessing was protecting both humans and demons alike.

And Yulian, who was facing Pedro with that World Tree.

He did not distinguish between races and directly called the current allied forces the Human Army.

Despair could no longer be found in the appearance of that Human Army.

One of the elven knights, who was telling Fabian about Yulian’s exploits, shouted again.

“If I survive this battle with the Evil God, I’m going to ask her in my hometown to marry me! I’m going to tell her to have children in the new Demon Kingdom that Yulian-Heika will create!”

“Hehe. That’s something you should never say in our White Nights Knights, but it’s still a very good thing to say. I’m also preaching to the demon valkyries every night about the importance of having children.”

Fabian gave a blush-worthy answer to that touching statement.

Reef chuckled.

That statement contained the one word that Yulian was shouting through the current festival without fail.

‘Hope, huh.’

That’s right.

Humans who had been despondent in the face of the immediate end were starting to talk about tomorrow again.

Yulian’s exploits in protecting the Imperial Capital against Pedro.

It was said that it was being transmitted in real-time throughout the continent through the World Tree, which was newly regenerated and rooted throughout Islennd.

The decline of the Empire. And the monster attacks and the wars that had broken out in various parts of the Empire.

The signs of that end, which seemed like they would never end, the color of that darkness was fading.

“Lord Yulian!! Lord Yulian!!”

And the knights of the Demon King’s Army, who had drunk quite a bit of alcohol, began to sing a military song.

Fabian as well.

He was not affiliated with the Demon King’s Army at all, but he was already singing along to the song.

“Lord Yulian!! Lord Yulian!!”

Reef and Eric also sang the song together and raised their glasses.

At the same time, the World Tree also began to resonate.

Yulian’s name, as a song, echoed throughout Islennd.

The festival was heading towards its climax.

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Time became night.

The last night of the promised festival.

It was the third night.

The outskirts of the Imperial Capital. Once a place full of prosperous cities and roads.

Now, however, it was a nameless plain that had become a wasteland due to the Great War and the destruction of the Old Imperial Capital.

I was still holding Siertia tightly in my hand in that place.

“Yulian von… Reinhardt!!”

And Pedro was glaring at me as if my appearance was disgusting.

“Both of us came down from the sky. Now it’s time to start a human-to-human match. Isn’t that right, Pedro?”

I shouted at him in a calm but spirited voice.

As those words said.

The battle of the gods that had been going on for the past three days and nights was now coming to an end.

The divinity that was being created towards me.

That divinity eventually surpassed Pedro’s divinity.

It was the call of all the people of Islennd.

Pedro, as an Apostle of Chaos, had been endlessly using the power of the Evil God Knoia on the ground.

In the end, however, I succeeded in even offsetting the power of that Evil God.

‘The people of Islennd… are calling my name!’

The festival of the past three days.

What I ultimately wanted through that festival was to rekindle the fire of hope.

As if to prove that, Islennd was vibrating.

“Damn it!! The World Tree…”

Thus, the World Tree, which had been unable to extend its branches here due to being suppressed by the demonic chaos energy that Pedro was creating.

It began to explosively expand its branches and leaves, centering on the place where I was standing.

And from that newborn World Tree, my name was constantly echoing.

-Lord Yulian!! Lord Yulian!!

That name of hope was soon my name.

Pedro’s expression was distorted as if he extremely disliked hearing that cry.

Not only that.

The infinite demonic chaos energy provided by the Evil God Knoia was temporarily offset.

As the agent of that Evil God, the guy who was spewing out a deep despair like the bottomless abyss also had his weight faded now.

He was now standing in front of me as the human Pedro de Orhain.

However, even Pedro, whose demonic chaos energy had been offset.

The fact that he was the Grand Master who was the only one in the Empire to be on par with his maternal grandfather did not change.

On the other hand, my divinity had disappeared now because I had offset his divinity.

I was just a rookie who had only awakened Mana 9 months ago.

The experience of pure martial arts was not comparable to Pedro’s.

“Let’s start. Pedro. A human’s fight.”

However, I was intuitively aware.

The blood of Reinhardt flowing within me was more excited than ever before in the face of the current match.

All forms of the Lionheart Sword Technique began to flow into my head.