Crepin Subjugation Battle (10)
The dagger stuck in Crepin’s left arm, splitting his flesh with a crackling sound.
The tip of the dagger that pierced his wrist stopped at the corner of his eye and was trembling.
I gritted my teeth and tried to keep pushing the dagger in with my body weight, but the crepin barely held on and swung its tentacles.
– Wow!
I took a defensive stance for a moment, but the shock pushed me away and I rolled on the stone floor.
Crepin, with a dagger in one hand, stood up and chuckled.
When he brushed off his left hand, the wound began to heal in an instant, but the pain remained and he frowned.
“Until you’re about to die, you can’t imagine that you’re going to die.”
Coughing, Crepin stood up and picked up the long sword again. And he once again gathered Mebula’s magic power into his grotesquely twisted left hand.
– Whaaaaaa!
Dozens of tentacles pour out again. Just looking at the tentacles with strange lumps of flesh attached here and there made me feel sick.
– Aww!
– Crispy! Kaaaaagh!
However, more than half of them were slaughtered and disappeared due to the magic that spread along with Merilda’s cries.
The wind blade used by Merilda is different in scale from ordinary elemental magic. The magic blade extended in all directions and devastated the surrounding area, and even Crepin’s own body was caught up in the aftermath of the magic power.
– Push! Push shoo!
Several pieces of his flesh fell off and wounds continued to form, but Mebula’s magic somehow minimized the impact and allowed the wounds to heal.
However, that power cannot be infinite. Crepin has not yet fully accepted Mebula’s magical power.
In the end, if you want to manipulate Mevuller’s magic, you have to use your own magic as a medium to some extent. Of course, the result is overwhelming compared to the magical power invested, but it cannot completely replace his magical power.
Crepin, who has fully accepted Mebula’s power, is difficult. Therefore, it was necessary to win the game quickly.
The moment Crepin tried to take his stance again, the dagger stuck in his left arm exploded. Because I wasn’t aware of the explosion caused by the spirit ritual, my body stumbled for a moment, and that moment gave me the right time to dig in.
– Woe!
As soon as I hit the floor, I instantly felt a sense of floating in my body.
Merilda’s wind magic was making my body’s movements lighter. I narrowed the distance with faster movements than I expected, and drew on my magic power to return the dagger.
Crepins also don’t get hit twice. Avoiding Merilda’s rushing feet, she floats her body and rises to the sky above the mansion grounds.
His fighting style began to become a little more cautious.
He climbed over the railing and was floating in the air with the moon in the background… You can’t fight him in close combat.
– Whaaaaaa!
Magical power began to gather in his hands again. This is a known attack pattern.
Summon ‘Evil Eye’. It is an attack method that appears almost at the end of Crepin’s behavior pattern. The fact that it has already been used means that it has acknowledged that the situation is not favorable.
Of course, there was no reason to leave it alone. He fired five or six magic arrows and summoned Lacia.
– Baaaaaaaa!
The magic arrow aimed into the air exploded, and water spread out like a waterfall over the mansion grounds. In that moment, Lacia jumped out from between the waterfalls that had bloomed due to the ‘water source apparition’ and bit Crepin on the shoulder.
“Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!”
Crepin screamed and tried to throw Lacia away.
The wound continues to heal, but the pain in the body remains the same. Since the human mind has its limits, it was clear that if it continued to attack, it would fail.
Crepin fell with his shoulder bitten by Lacia. Was this sudden attack pattern completely unexpected?
As he fell to the bottom of the mansion, I also ran in the same direction.
“I’m chasing you! “You have to finish it clearly!”
[If you do it wrong, you will fall to your death! ]
“Take care of it yourself! “You have a lot of magical power left!”
[Please! ]
As I stepped on the railing and launched myself into the sky, Merilda’s wind swept through my body.
Merilda’s Spirit Food – It floated for a while in the rising air current, but soon began to fall again under the force of gravity.
Only the sound of the wind passing by and the sound of collars flapping filled my ears.
At the end of my vision, far below, I saw Crepin falling after somehow shaking off Lacia.
– Quang!
Perhaps he is still not used to using magical power, and he is trying to somehow bring out the power of Mevuller again… It was thrown into the central garden, raising dust.
– Woah!
I also received Merilda’s wind magic, minimized the force of gravity, and rushed towards him.
– Quang! Caw!
The flower bed of the central garden was devastated, and as I landed on top of him, I hated the weight and drove the dagger in again. This time it was the right forearm holding a long sword.
“Kaaaaaaak!”
Because Mevuller’s power had not yet fully penetrated the area, Crepin seemed to feel even greater pain.
He screams and complains of pain, but it’s not over yet.
I took a big leap backwards with my dagger still planted.
What comes into his sight as he lies down is not only the night sky filled with creepy stars.
A spirit in the shape of a huge wolf jumped down from the rooftop and attacked him, swinging its heavy paws.
― Quaaaaaaaaaaa!
The impact was as if an entire container had fallen and crushed it. A normal human would have no choice but to die instantly.
However, Crepin, who has manifested Mevuller’s magic power, boasts an incredibly tenacious vitality.
Naturally, I thought it couldn’t end here, so I prepared for additional attacks… but… .
―Kugugung, boom!
The ground, unable to withstand the heavy impact, collapsed.
The ground is already unstable due to numerous tentacles rising up and creating holes. There was even a huge laboratory in the basement, so it wouldn’t have been surprising if it collapsed right away.
Merilda’s attack seemed to have been the final blow, as the entire floor of the central garden collapsed and was sucked into the underground research facility.
―Quagaga River! Kak!
Lacia quickly rushed over to protect my body, but she couldn’t stop me from falling down.
Just like that, Crepin and I fell into the large hall of the underground research facility.
―Pabang! Kang!
– Whaaaaaa!
The dust rose, and the view of the underground facility came into view again. It was the same huge scepter where Arwen was impaled on the great sword.
However, the ceiling has completely collapsed, so the night sky is clearly visible. It has the shape of a gladiatorial fighting arena that is caved in like the Colosseum.
In the center of the place, you can see the figure of a crepin raising its body, grotesquely squishing its flesh. She was still alive.
The grotesque mass of flesh had consumed his entire left arm, and was now spreading to half of his upper body. As time goes by, he is increasingly accepting Mevuller’s magic power.
If you try to manipulate Mabuler’s magic beyond its limits, you will lose your reason. Like servants wandering around the mansion.
Crepin has been researching Mevuller’s magical power for a long time, so his understanding is unique. Therefore, he can handle magic power at a deeper level than others, but he is no different from going crazy if he goes beyond the limit.
However, despite struggling in pain, he managed to maintain consciousness.
The sight of him with more than half of his body eaten away by flesh is familiar. Awakening Crepin… It is the semi-final boss that you must face last before cutting down Mebula in Act 4.
In fact, subjugating Mebula is close to a raid, and all you have to do is familiarize yourself with the strategy pattern and insert the ‘God Killing Sword’ into the appropriate area. Therefore, the difficult awakened crepin was closer to the actual boss.
He uses all kinds of instant-death patterns, periodically summons tentacles to attack the back row, recovers his own health, and resurrects himself multiple times when he thinks he’s dead… This is a really disgusting boss.
Not only does the visuals look terrible, but the boss battle itself takes place in a building full of flesh. Because of this, it is a boss that remains a trauma to many players. Difficulty is difficulty, atmosphere is atmosphere. A terrible enemy in every way.
He stood up with a puff of breath and was no longer in a state where he could be called human.
The grotesquely moving flesh writhed and drew out Mebula’s magical power.
“I didn’t want to exert my strength like this before I went to subdue the imperial castle.”
He once again gathered his magic power into the ‘evil eye’ spread out in the sky.
The moment the magic power gathers in the evil eye, hundreds of rays that are difficult to avoid cover the area.
Esau was killed instantly upon being hit. What is it like in reality?
What is certain is that there is no need to check it directly.
The moment I gathered the magic power from my hand, the heavy wolf rose again through the collapsed debris.
Even with that much of an impact, I only got a few scratches. High-ranking spirits cannot be easily hurt in any way.
Merilda’s wind enveloped the area, and I charged into it to disperse its magical power. However, the power of a fully awakened Crepin is enormous.
He gathered his magic power and raised his left arm, which was now so ugly that it could not even be called a hand.
“Stop right now! Merylda!”
When I shouted, Merilda quickly stopped moving without questioning or doubting. The heavy wolf’s body stopped and dust flew up.
‘Blade of Void’.
It was an instant death technique that gathered magical power and released it for a short period of time, exploding the hearts of all living creatures around it.
You can avoid it only by stopping all movements at the timing when he gathers magical power. The problem is gremlins and tentacles.
In this game, you had to fend off a constant stream of small enemies, while at the same time identifying and avoiding Crepin’s attack patterns.
A group of gremlins descending from the sky and attacking, and tentacles rising from the ground to attack. In the meantime, I gritted my teeth and stopped moving.
― Hwaaaaaaaaa!
― Crispy! Crispy!
― Kieeeeeek!
After a while, all the gremlins in the surrounding area fell, vomiting blood. The Blade of the Void is a magic that does not discriminate between enemies and enemies. That’s the good news.
After seeing that, I quickly moved my body again and rushed towards the crepin. However, sufficient magical power had already been injected into the ‘Evil Eye’.
A lump of flesh floating in the sky. A ray of magical energy was about to pour out from that grotesque piece of flesh with four small eyes.
I’ve dealt with him several times, but he’s still extremely picky. I gritted my teeth and lowered my posture, thinking that I had to stop it somehow.
I tried to implement a defensive formation by raising my body’s magical power, but no matter how much I think about it, I don’t think I can completely block the light beam.
The moment you try to hide a vital part of your body with the thought of avoiding at least a fatal injury… .
“Aaaahhh!”
A girl jumped down from the sky.
A sudden scream drew my attention in that direction.
The open sky toward the central garden.
Saint Clarisse, who was running across the central garden, looked down at the collapsed ground and threw herself away.
Against the background of the night sky, a saint comes down with her robes fluttering. Her eyes show a hint of embarrassment, but her lips are tightly pressed.
The scene of descending underground under the moonlight seems to be playing slowly.
It looks like an angel arriving on earth, but in reality, he is just a human who gritted his teeth and mustered up the courage to jump.
In his arms, he holds tightly a walking stick wrapped in leather cloth. The dangerous appearance made it clear that he would be seriously injured if someone had to accept him.
If a fragile girl like Saint Clarice were to fall from this height, she wouldn’t end up broken in one place.
My body reflexively jumped out and quickly took a stance to receive Saint Clarisse. The defensive line was completely scattered.
– Woah!
I kicked up a cloud of dust and slid towards the saint as if to tackle her, and I landed in her arms.
Clarice’s sacred robes flew in the wake, and dust rose again.
“nice… Ugh.. clack, clack! Saint… What the hell is this… !”
Before I could say anything, Clarisse wrapped her arms around my shoulders and hugged my head tightly, then twisted her body around so that her back was facing Mebula.
― Hwaaaaaaaaa!
At that moment, countless rays poured out from the ‘evil eye’. The power that devastates the surrounding area as if it would devour the entire world is so enormous that it is difficult to stop it one by one.
However, everyone is equal in front of the ‘protection of the Holy Law’ that Saint Clarice wears. The only ones who can kill her are those blessed by Telos, who gave her only power.
Clarisse closed her eyes tightly, hugged me tightly, and concentrated on the manifestation of the holy law.
Only after the storm had passed did I realize that I had survived without any scratches thanks to Clarice’s magic.
“Saint, why so suddenly… ”
“I believed that Ed would accept it. “It’s okay to discuss whether it was dangerous or not later, right?!”
Clarisse said that and hugged me tightly. Between our arms was the staff that I had entrusted to Jenica.
He risked his life and jumped from that height to deliver this one thing. Of course, just have faith that I will accept it.
It’s not just dangerous, it’s reckless. But Clarisse didn’t care, and spoke while caressing my cheek.
“Senior Ed, the place where you were injured is…” ”
Those words did not last until the end.
– Whaaaaaa!
Soon, a shock wave rose again centered around Crepin. Rather than a means to attack with hostility, it was closer to a by-product of receiving additional magical energy injected from Mevuller.
Therefore, Clarice’s divine protection could not exert its full power, and Clarice herself fell. As he fell off, I supported him from behind, but I gritted my teeth as if I was still in shock.
“Uh, huh… ”
“Saint.”
“are you okay.”
Clarisse gritted her teeth and stood up, looking straight at Crepin. I frowned at her bizarre appearance, but the determination in her eyes did not disappear.
The left arm that had been eaten by the flesh became increasingly enlarged, and almost no normal skin on the body was present.
The increasingly strange appearance becomes closer to that of a monster.
Crepin bent his body for a while, absorbing the magic power, and then suddenly turned his gaze towards me.
“You’re still alive.”
While saying that, he leaped forward holding a long sword.
Hordes of gremlins are pouring down from the sky, and the rising tentacles are still rushing at me with the sole intention of tearing my limbs apart.
Merilda’s roar wiped out most of the miscellaneous enemies, but Crepin gritted his teeth and withstood the aftermath of the magic power.
– Kaang!
I succeeded in dodging the longsword. He hugged the saintess by the shoulders, rolled her body over to her side, and cut off one of the tentacles near her with the wind blade.
“Kyaaaa!”
Clarice screamed and clung tightly to me.
As I said before, the heads of the Rosstaylor family have been baptized into the Church of Telos for generations.
I don’t know what it would be like if it were an attack using Mevuller’s power, but if he attacks by directly using physical force like that, even if he is a saint, he is not safe.
This is because the protection of the holy law enshrined by the saint is not effective among the same believers.
“Lacia!”
When I shouted that, before I could say anything more, a lioness made of water appeared and snatched the saintess by her collar.
“Kyaaaa!”
After carrying Clarisse as if kidnapped, Lacia evacuated to a far-off safe zone.
― Hwieeeeek!
The crepin turned its gaze towards me and twisted its body strangely again.
“Whoa… after… ”
I sat down, took a deep breath, removed all the leather straps that were holding the cane, and took it out. The ‘Thousand-Year Wooden Staff That Was Hit by Lightning’, engraved with all kinds of spirit rituals, was revealed.
It is a magical engineering product that takes the elemental magic that you have already become quite familiar with to the extreme and also allows you to reach the limit of your sensitivity.
This alone increases combat efficiency incredibly, but it may not be enough against a fully awakened Crepin.
So it’s difficult.
I had to make sure to subdue him. To do so, there is a need to mobilize additional means.
“This is a scene that makes me cry. “What do you mean by that cane? You risk your life.”
Crepin laughed bitterly, dripping blood.
“It seems like there was some emotional interaction with the saint. “Whether it was love between opposite sexes or simple friendship, there may have been times when you felt fulfilled by a relationship that bloomed with such warmth.”
He took care of his twisted body and continued his story with a smile on his face.
“Unfortunately, I, Crepin Rosstaylor, am far from such things.”
“… ”
“Yes, I am ‘pure evil.’”
Crepin raised his sword.
“In order to reach greater power, greater power, and a higher position, they use and discard everyone, whether they are family members or vassals. If you have to kill someone, kill it, and if you want to stab someone in the back, do whatever it takes. “I don’t rationalize or try to be understood.”
The dirty and fishy laugh even gives me goosebumps.
“That’s who I am as a person. Do you understand now?”
Saying so, Crepin gathered his magic power.
Mebula’s stronger magical power gathers into the ‘evil eye’.
It is best to remove the eye itself, but Mebula’s body receives almost no damage unless it is the ‘God Slayer Sword’ of Taily McLaure’s swordsmanship technique. You can cause damage by hitting a huge amount of magical power like a crazy person, but in reality, it is no different from pouring water into a pot with a hole.
Since it is a magic that embodies a part of Mebula’s body, those eyes cannot effectively inflict damage unless it is a Shinslaughter Sword.
“Hueup.”
I knelt down and hunched over, holding my cane tightly.
I was at quite the limit physically. He fully used Merilda’s spirit ritual several times, and even dealt with the middle-level spirits for a long time.
Nevertheless, I draw out my magic again and again.
If you have a wand, you can draw out magical power more efficiently than now.
During the long time I spent flying into this unknown world, I trained and practiced like crazy in the field of elemental arts.
Now, isn’t it possible to handle even high-ranking spirits without the help of any magic tools?
It makes no sense to be so exhausted now that I can’t bring out more magical energy.
However, I have to use even more strength against that ridiculous guy.
I took out the last resort that I had saved in my arms.
Without loosening his right hand’s grip on the staff, he held Glast’s Golden Phoenix Ring tightly in his left hand.
I took a deep breath, then exhaled deeply again.
If you decide to wear a ring, you have to get it done in one go.
The power of the ring, which draws even the magical power of the future, cannot be used to handle magical energy for a while once it is used.
Therefore, you should not think about ending it with a half-level attack.
stronger. More definitely.
I must draw on all the sensitivity that can be elicited with this staff, and even mobilize the magic power that I have granted with the ring, to do more than my capabilities.
I closed my eyes tightly and clenched my teeth.
A feeling as if a blood vessel is bursting comes to my bitten lip.
Only after concentrating and concentrating again can you fully feel the amount of magical energy flowing through your body.
Only after I closed my eyes and concentrated on the sensation of magical power, was I able to face my emotions.
The head of the family, who claims to be pure evil, reigns over the night sky with his floating body. The magic power of Mebula that fills the underground laboratory makes even breathing difficult.
I gritted my teeth as I continued to exchange attacks with Crepin.
A person born with the fate of a villain. A monster that burns the world, seeks greater power, and finds joy in doing evil.
After hearing those words, I finally realized why I kept clenching my teeth. This was also one of my vices.
“Don’t be a dick.”
The words came out quietly.
“Is there such a thing as pure evil in the world?”
Crepin’s expression twisted at the sudden words. I didn’t care and continued talking.
“I’ve been sick of watching bastards like you. “You runaway bastard.”
The magic power flowing through the body is enormous. An unprecedented amount filled the halls of the underground laboratory.
“Don’t pretend to be an old philosopher. “Are you afraid I won’t know that you’re just a coward who ran away because you were scared?”
A swear word that came out without even understanding the English language.
Did he feel uncomfortable that I, who had always reacted quietly, was suddenly being scolded? Crepin’s expression became even more distorted.
From a man who shot someone for the first time on the battlefield to becoming a crazy maniac.
It’s as if he rationalizes to himself that he originally enjoyed killing.
It’s just that they portray themselves as pure evil and are unwilling to see the back of the evil they have committed. Because he was such a madman to begin with.
Crepin Rosstaylor.
At first, he probably became a villain just to survive, to save his life in the swamp of dirty power struggles.
From the previous head of the family who was sacrificed, to the wife he could not protect, to the daughter who ultimately destroyed his life with his own hands, to the abandoned vassals, to those who killed to protect their positions.
Although it was a life stained with blood, he would not have wanted to bear the weight of death.
“What do you know?”
“I know better than you.”
A vast amount of magical power spewed out with the force of gushing all the way to the sky. After adding so much magical energy, I can’t even guess how bad I’ll be in the future.
Anyway, it’s more important to hit Crepin’s head right now. It’s time to think about later matters.
That’s why I pulled out my magic again and again.
Anyone who has walked the battlefield knows the weight of death better than anyone else.
From the first officer who took a bullet in my place on the battlefield to the bard who was bleeding and lying down in the Glokt coffin.
He endured many deaths and never once tried to turn his eyes away from them. The corpses are lined up neatly and riding on my shoulders.
Whether I died out of necessity, whether I died because of my mistake, or whether I died arbitrarily. The dead remain as a weight, constantly weighing down the spirit.
The tempting whisper to let that weight go into oblivion came to me hundreds of times. It’s as if someone is whispering to you that it’s better for you to pretend not to see it, turn your head away, and treat it like it never happened.
I have never once given in to that temptation.
I still remember all those names.
That’s the crucial difference between you and me.
“I hate bastards like you… I hate it the most… ”
There is no one who does not have a speck of dirt on their hands. Is there anyone who lives their whole life without ever committing a single evil deed?
What is important is only the attitude towards the evil deed.
― Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Eventually, the fully manifested summoning ceremony engulfed the surroundings and began to glow.
Heat radiates from the blooming beopjin.
By using both the power of the staff and the ring to the limit, I manifest a spirit beyond my capabilities into the world.
Flames sprang up like Mount Tai.
A wall of flames has arrived at the site of the central mansion.
The ‘highest-ranking spirit’ is that there is only one entity of each element.
No matter how extreme I tried, I couldn’t summon it completely… It is possible if it is part of it.
The highest-ranking fire spirit in history, who is said to have burned down an entire large mountain range during the mythical era. ‘Theorpis’.
In the blazing flames, the head popped out through the legal battle line. The heat rising from the wide-open maw has the power to equally burn everything in the world.
The ‘Thousand-Year Wooden Staff Struck by Lightning’ has the ability to implement all spirit rituals, regardless of affinity, even if the spirits are not in a contract.
Highest Spirit Ceremony – ‘Fire Dragon’s Protection’.
It was a terrifying power that burned away all the ‘magic power’ in the area.
