Crepin Subjugation Battle (11)
The amount of magical energy consumed by the highest-ranking spirit is beyond imagination.
Just by embodying a high-ranking spirit, you feel as if all your body’s magic is being sucked out. The highest-ranking spirit feels like all of your body’s magic is being sucked out just by the moment of its descent.
It is not even possible to fully summon the highest fire spirit ‘Theorpis’. By embodying only that head, it spewed out fire once and manifested divine protection once.
In terms of time, it would only be less than 10 seconds. That brief moment when the flames radiating from the fortress in the sky split the mansion site in half.
The fireworks, whooshing out, rose high into the night sky.
Everyone on the grounds of the mansion saw the scene.
The Knights Templar and the Imperial Guard were protecting VIPs outside the grounds of the Ross Taylor mansion. And so were the detachments that entered inside, as well as Princess Fenia and Jenica, who were heading towards the central garden.
A ray of fire sweeps across the grounds of the mansion and extends into the night sky.
It was clearly visible to the eyes of the saint Clarice, who was leaning against a tree in the central garden under Lacia’s protection, and to the eyes of Tanya, who was sitting in bewilderment with her mug next to Arwen’s body.
The flame was clearly visible in the eyes of Lucy, whose hair, which had been tied down in two pigtails, was undone, and who was fighting with Mebula with her scratched body. Selaha was walking in the central garden, and Lortel was also standing in the sky after getting off the carriage. was looking at
The single breath that split the mansion completely burned the exposed underground laboratory, spire, central mansion, and one exterior wall, and spread out into the sky.
Theorpis’ fire burns everything equally.
The same applies to things like underground research facilities, artifacts in the spire, and the beautiful exterior walls of the central mansion, as well as other invisible things.
What’s truly scary about Theorpis’ flame is that it burns away all the magical energy in the area.
Temporarily, all magical power in the central mansion site is transformed into flames and disappears.
As long as humans, the source of magic, remain, it will soon be filled with new magical power… It has great meaning to neutralize all magic in the area, even if temporarily.
In particular, from the perspective of Crepin, who is receiving magical energy from the outside, the temporary neutralization of all of Mabuler’s magical energy has great significance.
―Kwaaaaang!
―Whaaaaagh!
A crippled crepin was stuck in the area where the flames swept through.
He barely managed to calm himself amid the blazing heat… All the unpleasantly writhing flesh was twisted like a dry twig.
“Big, huh…” .”
He had already received a series of shocks that were difficult for his body to withstand.
With all of Mevuller’s magical power burned away, Crepin barely managed to pull himself together by coughing up blood.
Bloodshot eyes looked up at Ed with difficulty.
Theorpis’ flame takes away an astronomical amount of magical energy just by manifesting it even briefly.
Ed was also completely devastated by the ring’s recoil, and was unable to control himself.
Burning underground research facility.
Ed was kneeling in the heat, completely unconscious.
If I had to finish it, it would be now. However, the crepin’s body also does not move at will.
―Kugung, boom!
Stone pillars in the underground facility burned and collapsed. The ground itself has collapsed and received a huge impact, so it won’t be long before everyone is crushed to death.
The burning Ross Taylor Central Mansion soon began to sink as its pillars collapsed.
A roar spreads across the night sky, and the magnificent mansion that boasted the grandeur of the Ross Taylor family soon comes to an end.
As the huge mansion collapsed, the rising dust covered the underground research facility.
―Whaaaaaaaa!
The area was filled with acrid smoke due to the fire, and as debris from the building engulfed the area, visibility was about to disappear completely.
Crepin gritted his teeth, opened his bloodshot eyes even more, and barely stood up.
“Ugh… . “Kaaaaaaak!”
Crepin barely managed to get up, almost screaming, and somehow raised his left hand.
Mebula’s imprint is still engraved on his withered left hand. If you receive magical energy from Mevuller again, you can fight more.
Mebula responded to the imprint and began to manifest great magical power again in the sky above the mansion.
Theorpis has temporarily burned up the magic of the area, but when Mebula begins to emit power, he can fill the mansion with his magic again. It’s just a matter of time.
However, Lucy even reads Mabuler’s intentions.
―Whaaaaaaaa!
Numerous magic circles appear again centered around Mevuller. It is a magic to block the flow of magical energy to the outside. The internal flow of magic cannot be stopped, but in any case, it is enough to prevent the Mevuller’s power from affecting the battlefield.
Mebula’s numerous eyes once again turn to Lucy in the sky.
A girl is brushing off her dusty face with her sleeve and tying her hair down completely.
It is a monster of human life that even evil spirits cannot easily subdue. The blank and numb eyes are creepy.
The hair tie has blown off, and the sight of my hair blowing in the night wind is annoying. Lucy tied his hair back and focused on blocking all of Mebula’s magical energy flow.
“Stop manipulating.”
A huge amount of magic blooms again, to the point where it is hard to tell where it is coming from in such a large amount. It is an amount comparable to the magic power of Mevuller.
With just one flick of Lucy’s hand, an ice spear numbered in hundredths was thrust towards Mebula.
Mabuler’s magic power does not come.
As soon as Crepin realized that fact, he got goosebumps. If you stay still in this collapsing underground facility in the center of the burning laboratory, you will be crushed to the ground and die.
Even though my body is completely ruined, I have to somehow get up to the ground.
“Huh, huh… Huh… .”
Even Crepin’s desire to survive is unrivaled. If you maintain your position full of power and live in a secret struggle, your will to live will become stronger than anyone else’s.
Without any strength, I grabbed one side of the ground with a body filled with only intense pain.
I managed to somehow push myself up through the acrid smoke and dust, but the height of the wall I still had to climb was still far away.
It looks like the facility will collapse before we’re even halfway through, but Crepin doesn’t stop.
How did you survive in this chaos? If you can somehow hold out until Mevular replenishes your magic power, you can resolve the situation.
So, for now, all you have to do is go to the ground, save your life, and hide anywhere.
If you are alive, opportunities will come. You can’t be caught and killed in a place like this.
With that will alone, Crepin grabbed hold of the cliff and somehow pushed himself up and up again. His actions of trying to climb through the debris are so cruel that they are miserable.
-Park.
However, an arm extends out from the acrid smoke behind it.
The arm stretched out like a devil from hell, grabbed Crepin by the collar behind his back, and threw him to the ground.
Even the few steps I managed to climb through the grueling climb ended up being all in vain.
The crepin that crashed to the floor of the hall… Goosebumps appeared all over her body again.
Ed Rosstaylor, who was bleeding from his forehead, maintained consciousness by clenching his teeth even after using a similar level of magical energy.
Beyond being a poisonous species and a cockroach, it is not human willpower at all.
The recoil caused by the golden phoenix ring does not end with not using magical power. The more magical power is mobilized, the harder the muscles become, the higher the fever, the more consciousness fades.
Even the Yenica Palover had to lie ill for nearly a month after summoning the highest-ranking spirit.
Ed Rosstaylor also dealt with the highest spirits, although on a much smaller scale. Even after consuming an enormous amount of magical energy that made one wonder if this was even possible, he did not let go of his consciousness until the end.
Crepin felt as if his teeth were grinding. The murderous intent of Ed Rosstaylor, who became covered in blood, is like a curse that will follow him until the day he dies.
“Just a little… sun… Baby… !”
Eventually, cursing comes out of Crepin’s mouth as he gets sick of it.
His venom is so great that it makes you feel awe, but now you can even feel fear.
Fragments from the collapsed pillar flew out and hit the two people. Crepin let out a loud noise due to the impact of several rocks colliding, and Ed Rothtaylor lost his balance and fell towards the ground.
However, amid the rising flames and smoke, he stumbles again and gets up, gritting his teeth.
There is absolutely no magical power left.
It’s the same with Crepin and Ed.
If he stayed still, the situation could have collapsed and killed him on the ground. Nevertheless, Ed stumbled and grabbed Crepin by the collar.
Crepin had to use almost all his body strength just to grab that hand and shake it off.
Crepin and Ed both stumbled and almost lost their balance just from that one time. But Ed grabs Crepin’s shoulder again and slams his head down with his forehead.
Crepin stumbles backwards and falls off, and Ed climbs on top of him and hits him in the face with his clenched fist over and over again.
The sound of clicking, popping resonates for a long time, and when the crepin makes a popping sound, one of its molars pops out and rolls on the floor.
Still, Ed didn’t stop and kept punching him in the face. After being beaten like that for a while, Crepin pulls out all the strength he had and pushes Ed’s stomach with his foot, causing him to fall backwards.
The crepin squirms, spits out blood, stumbles again, stands up, and steps on Ed’s ankle, breaking it.
When Ed broke his foot with a squeak, Crepin jumped up and strangled Ed.
Crepin’s hand, covered in caked blood, continued to exert increasing pressure.
I’m already experiencing massive headaches, high fever, and chills due to the ring’s recoil. In addition, the acrid smoke rising from the fire interferes with breathing and vision, and Crepin’s hands pressing down on his neck makes him lose consciousness.
“Huh, big… Hehehehe… .”
Crepin continues to put pressure on Ed’s neck with an expression that doesn’t seem to indicate whether he’s crying or laughing.
“you… What do you know… . You bastard… I’m trying to survive this… Do you understand how much I struggled? ? what? fugitive?”
Crepin puts more effort into his hands and speaks with his bloodshot eyes wide open.
“Don’t judge me by your eyes, you stupid bastard… . Don’t insult me if you don’t understand my aesthetics or anything, you bastard… !”
“this… A half-baked bastard… .”
Grumbling, Ed answers.
When I picked up a stone I could get my hands on and cut off his hand, the crepin fell backwards, making a screeching sound.
“If you were not a fugitive but a human being with pure malice, you would have had no regrets or regrets.”
The impact caused Crepin’s fingernails to break. The pain almost crushed his hand. Ed staggered to his feet, grabbed him by the collar, and drove his fist into his face.
“A guy like that hangs such a large portrait of Arwen in the hall of the central mansion?”
Crepin’s pupils trembled greatly again.
On one side of the burning central mansion, the large portrait of Arwen that Ed Rothtaylor saw when he first entered the mansion’s grounds is burning along with the mansion.
Even the portraits of our great ancestors could not occupy that space. Was that an expression of the slightest respect left to Arwen? Or is it guilt?
“You should have handled what you did with your own hands. “You’re not a brat. Did you think that if you covered your eyes and pretended not to notice, it would all be okay?”
Crepin blocked Ed’s repeated punches. As he yanked the center of his strength back, Ed’s battered body rolled on the floor.
Crepin, who had barely recovered, looked back at Ed with bright red eyes.
“Shut up… Just stay still and feel bad… !”
However, Ed falls and trips on his leg, knocking him down.
Crepin, who rolled on the floor with a thud, tried to get up again, clutching his tattered collar tightly.
However, Ed climbed on that body again.
The cloak he was wearing was thrown aside, revealing the silk vest he was wearing underneath.
On that chest… There was a feather decoration that Arwen would have given as a gift. It was the same feather decoration from Ed’s room.
When Ed Rosstaylor saw that, he burst out laughing. The last line of conscience he couldn’t let go until the end was nothing more than this.
“Do you think Arwen Rothtaylor followed you until the end out of respect and admiration for you?”
When Arwen Rothtaylor, who was Crepin Rothtaylor’s successor and always followed his footsteps, suddenly looked up at his back, what she saw must have been the countless burdens that were oppressing him.
Both the benevolent and corrupt appearances are just masks. Beneath all those masks, there is only one miserable fugitive running away under the weight of an enormous burden.
The person who would have noticed it first, more than anyone else, was Arwen Rothtaylor herself.
“She just pitied you. “She should have known that.”
The crepin made a sound of boiling blood and tried to grab Ed’s neck somehow. But Ed slapped the hand away and grabbed Crepin by the throat.
“You are the one who ruined Arwen.”
“mouth… shut up… !”
As Crepin grits his teeth and rolls to the side, Ed’s body is also pushed and rolls.
When Crepin, who had somehow regained his body’s freedom, stood up from the lower body again, Ed also gathered himself.
Crepin rushes forward, dragging his staggering body and slams his shoulder into Ed’s body. Ed made a loud noise and fell off for a few turns. Now my physical condition was truly at its limit.
-grasp!
In Ed’s eyes, he saw a cane lying on the floor. In a state where there is no magical power, raising the wand is meaningless.
However, Ed’s senses suddenly focused on the small feather decoration hanging on the end of the cane.
That’s definitely… It was something that came from a drawer in Ed’s room. It is a small decoration that was inserted between the letters exchanged between Arwen and Ed.
First of all, it is a magic engineering product, and it is also used as a quill… Basically, it is an object that is used as decoration.
However, there is a slight amount of magical power inside. The magical energy that can be felt, even if only slightly, by the spirit’s energy is definitely… It belongs to Yenica Failover.
Yenica Palover knows Ed’s fighting style better than anyone else.
If it is pushed to its extreme limit, Ed will eventually use Glast’s ring to burn off all his magical power.
It is the final means of battle sent by Yenika, who knows this very well.
Yenica’s message can be felt in the flow of mana contained, however faintly, in the feather.
When the situation really gets to the extreme, the scales of victory and defeat are tilted towards the person who has even a single ray of magical power left.
“Now… die… !”
Crepin gritted his teeth, picked up a large rock, and rushed forward to deal the final blow to Ed.
Ed, who was in a daze, gritted his teeth and stood up, grabbing the feather at the end of the cane and holding it in his hand.
―Whaaaaaaaa!
The energy of the wind enveloped the crepin.
Crepin’s eyes widen. She should no longer have any magical power left. It’s strange that he can handle a spirit of that level and still have magic power remaining.
The manifested wind blade splits his shoulder and waist. Push, blood comes out.
Then, he gathers the last remaining magical power to the bottom and manifests a spirit consciousness, returning the ceremonial dagger to Ed’s hand.
The ceremonial dagger used in various ceremonies of the Ross Taylor family had a flying hawk engraved on it. It was a pattern symbolizing the grandeur of the Ross Taylor family.
That dagger pierced the heart of the matriarch.
―Phew.
-grasp!
The blood surged.
The amount of blood loss was so great that it seemed like there was no more blood left in the body.
―Crack, crack!
The stone Crepin was holding rolled on the floor.
Crepin, who had retreated several times in the center of a burning underground research facility… He fell straight to the floor.
Blood spreads across the floor.
“Big, huh…” .”
In the sky I looked up at… Lucy can be seen grabbing all of Mebula’s eyes and blowing them out.
A night sky filled with all kinds of stars and constellations.
Ed, covered in blood, appears and blocks the scene in front of him.
“You, you…” why… To this extent… .”
Ed doesn’t answer at length.
“Because the situation has come to this, one of them should have died.”
―Ka-gang, kang!
The dagger that fell out of Ed’s hand hit the floor a few times and rolled away. As it is, Ed slumps and speaks clearly to Crepin.
“okay. Even if you’re a coward and all… You must have been struggling to survive in your own miserable way… .”
“big… Huh… Huh… no… . Blood… Bleeding… . help me… .”
“So, you’re a bad guy, so how can you do that… I won’t impose moral standards… . Anyway, this is a problem from before… .”
Ed just quietly confirmed.
There are all kinds of justifications and standards that can be put against an ugly crepin, but Ed doesn’t take them all into consideration.
However, I am just saying it more simply.
This wild-like world is all about the jungle. If two people meet on the same path and collide, one of the two will have to end.
“I survive, you die.”
That was the only story.
In the collapsing underground laboratory, my body felt weak and I fell to my knees.
Although his body was completely devastated, he was clearly breathing.
So again, I survived. As always.
* * *
As the energy of the summoner who summoned her disappears, Mebula also looks embarrassed.
By manifesting a huge amount of magical power, he destroys all the legal formations that Lucy has implemented and attempts to cover the entire area with his magical power again.
Once again, numerous gremlins attack the mansion, and the weakened tentacles begin to rise up.
The soldiers of the Knights Templar who entered the central mansion took advantage of the temporary disappearance of all magical power in the mansion and were taken aback.
However, the gremlins are soon eliminated one by one by the charging spirit army again.
Lucy also doesn’t stay still. He once again embodies top-level magic and continues to push Mebula into a corner.
Yenica with an urgent expression appears among the army of spirits covering the sky. Princess Fenia entered the central garden riding her spirit with Yenika, and without hesitation, her body headed towards the collapsing underground laboratory.
In it, there is a corpse lying down, looking at the sky with unfocused eyes, and a blond boy sitting down next to it.
Yenica and Fenia quickly land in the collapsing underground laboratory and hold their breath when they see Ed in complete disrepair.
He is already almost unconscious and has finished everything.
The sight of him sitting down next to Crepin’s corpse, his eyes closed amidst the smoke… It looks like a pilgrim who has completed all his destiny.
How did he look through Fenia’s eyes that were able to see through humans?
They first meet in the forest north of Bachelor on the day of the entrance exam, and after all sorts of incidents and accidents, ultimately lead to Crepin’s death.
It seems like his life is depicted at a glance, as he ran away from the Ross Taylor family on his own, survived to the end alone, and overcame everything… Fenia couldn’t even breathe.
Was Fenia only a hindrance to his ordeal-filled path? When that thought occurred to me… It feels like a stream of fire is creeping up my back.
Watching Yenika quickly run out and hug him by the shoulders… Fenia finally realized.
Ed Rothtaylor has lived a wild life. The numerous trials and the occasional fruits were all just a process of struggling to survive.
How can we not pay respect to that life?
I saw that he was completely different from himself, who had thrown away even his dream of becoming emperor after several trials and failures… I finally realize the shame.
Will returns to Princess Fenia’s eyes again. She shouts to Yenika that she must take him out immediately.
Burning mansion site.
The two girls escaped the collapsing underground research facility by riding a spirit, dragging Ed’s battered body.
What you see at the bottom end is Crepin Rosstaylor.
With haggard eyes that no longer feel life among falling rocks… All that remained was the image of Crepin looking up at the collapsing sky.
* * *
“The Ross Taylor family will end like this.”
Princess Selaha, who was looking around the central garden, spoke quietly to Dest.
After briefly checking the internal situation, it seemed that most of those involved were either vassals or servants of the Rosstaylor family.
“How do we condemn the remaining sinners and put an end to it… It seems like it will probably have a huge impact on the competition for the next imperial power. A ruler must also know how to appropriately punish those who are disloyal.”
This massacre that took place at the Ross Taylor Mansion was a catastrophe that will likely remain in the history of the imperial family.
Was the fact that I was personally present at the scene of this catastrophe an opportunity given by God or a curse?
Anyway, Selaha quietly looked down at the mansion and thought.
In all likelihood, someone has to take the initiative and sort this situation out.
If you can take the initiative and complete the work well, your abilities will be widely recognized. A truly historic disaster was successfully resolved.
The first thing to do is to arrest all remaining members of the Ross Taylor family and hold them accountable.
The energy of Mebula covering the sky is also weakening. Mebula, who lost her medium with Crepin’s death, gradually loses strength, and eventually Lucy puts more pressure on Mebula.
“It’s going to be busy.”
Seeing that, Selaha turned back.
“Once the imperial army arrives, I will order them to block the entrance to the mansion. “We must not let even a single rat escape.”
Still, the moon is high in the sky.
The long night continues further.
