Chapter 191: Showdown (3)
“Crazy-”
In Arteil, a dragon had never appeared as a hero until now.
Dragons had only appeared as raid bosses in the game and had never once appeared favorably to the players.
Moreover, unlike Arthur of Black and White, dragons had never revealed their stats in Arteil, so Kim Hyunwoo couldn’t help but be shocked upon seeing the Crimson Dragon’s stats before him.
Hero Name:
Rhien
Title:
Crimson Dragon
Star Rating:
5.5 stars ★★★★★☆
Affection:
Level 5
–Stats–
🔸️Strength: 240
🔸️Agility: 259
🔸️Intelligence: 350
🔸️Luck: 200
🔸️Magic: 350
※The hero trusts you.
The total of Rhien’s stats, even without accounting for any bonuses, was already easily over 1000.
In fact, if he considered the bonuses, the total stat points would easily exceed 2000, which made Kim Hyunwoo slightly relieved, despite his shocked expression.
It wasn’t hard for Kim Hyunwoo to imagine that if Rhien, with total stats of over 2000, joined the battle, the situation would be entirely different from before.
However.
She, who had completely frozen time on the battlefield with her dragon’s tongue, was now looking down with a slightly surprised expression.
“…!”
[Is it a dragon? But not just any dragon… An Ancient… No, a Lord?]
Arthur was moving, after all.
Despite the fact that she had cast a time-binding spell, Arthur clearly seemed uncomfortable, yet she was clearly turning her head and speaking to Rhien.
Sensing something unusual from that posture, she immediately tried to cast her magic.
Kwah-aaa-!
Black mist began pouring from Arthur’s body, and the magic that spread rapidly in all directions seemed to infect the air, slowly eroding the magic circles Rhien had cast.
Additionally,
■■■■■■■■■■■■■-!!!!
The black figures, who had been trapped by Rhien’s binding spell just moments ago, began to move again as they were enveloped by the black mist emitted by Arthur.
As Rhien’s magic circles began to disintegrate, the battle resumed once again.
The black substance scattered from Arthur’s body spread like mist in all directions, devouring everything except the black figures.
In fact, the undead began to rot as soon as they came in contact with the black smoke emitted by Arthur.
The other heroes of Lartania, who were fighting near Arthur, seemed to be unaffected, as they were using magic to protect their bodies, but they all had expressions of discomfort.
Despite the situation, it was clear that the tide of battle had shifted in Lartania’s favor.
Kwah-aaaang-!
Countless meteors fell from the sky, sweeping away the black figures, while magic circles in the distance, untouched by the black smoke, unleashed chains that bound Arthur’s body and lightning that seared her flesh.
With this, Arthur was now taking noticeably more damage from the heroes than before.
That wasn’t all.
The black figures struck by the meteors could no longer fend off the undead, and instead were torn apart by them.
Lancelot, who had been fighting Charyll one-on-one, had already lost one of his arms in the battle.
However, Kim Hyunwoo, witnessing this situation, made a slightly disgusted expression as he watched Arthur continue to launch threatening attacks at the heroes.
‘…She’s ridiculously strong.’
Kim Hyunwoo knew how strong the heroes of Lartania were.
Merilda and Rin, who were fighting directly, were both monsters with total stats over 1000, and Charyll had even higher stats than them, not to mention Rhien.
Yet despite all these incredibly strong heroes attacking at once, Arthur was still taking their hits and continuing to fight.
Watching this, Kim Hyunwoo felt awe, but that feeling was brief.
Kwah-chik-!
With Charyll’s Executioner’s Sword cleaving Lancelot’s body in half, the war had begun to head toward its conclusion since the moment Arthur joined the battle.
Kaga-kaga-kak-!
Arthur’s sword, with a gathering dark aura, exploded.
The shockwave was so powerful that it swallowed everything in its vicinity within an instant.
However, the mighty shockwave was stopped by dozens of barriers cast by Rhien and dissipated, and shortly afterward…
Kwah-chik-!
Merilda’s hand pierced Arthur’s heart.
Thud-!
As soon as her hand pierced Arthur’s heart, she released the sword she had been tightly gripping.
At the same time, the black figures that had been torn apart by the undead slowly turned to dust and vanished, and Arthur, staring blankly at Merilda’s face, murmured…
[…I wish I could have been ‘complete’ like you-]
Instead of her usual blank expression, she gave a bitter smile for the first time, a wistful grin, and began to fade away, turning into dust.
“Huh-”
And from atop the wall, Kim Hyunwoo watched the scene, letting out a deep sigh as he leaned against the battlements.
‘I would have been in big trouble if Rhien hadn’t arrived.’
Considering how well Arthur had held up even after Rhien arrived, Kim Hyunwoo breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that if she hadn’t come, it was clear how the battle would have turned out. He then smiled.
With Arthur fading away, Kim Hyunwoo knew that the major task he needed to complete was now over, and it meant that his life would no longer be under threat.
“That’s a relief…”
Kim Hyunwoo exhaled quietly and gazed at the smoke slowly dissipating into the air.
In that moment.
“Is it a relief?”
A familiar voice sounded from beside Kim Hyunwoo.
At the sound of the voice, Kim Hyunwoo widened his eyes and turned his gaze to the side.
“Well, from your point of view, I guess it’s a relief. You stopped everything, right? The demons, angels, and the otherworldly forces.”
He saw Loria, smiling at him as she looked his way.
“…Loria.”
Kim Hyunwoo spoke with an openly wary tone, but Loria, unaffected, looked at him with a hint of regret on her face and replied.
“Wow~ This is really disappointing. Honestly, I thought I could clean up the otherworld, but I didn’t expect none of the heroes to die. I didn’t foresee that.”
“…Was this your scheme?”
“Mm- Yes. The beings from the otherworld are the ones I awakened, and the conspiracy I told you about was mine… But seeing how easily it was all stopped without any harm, it’s almost embarrassing to call it a conspiracy.”
Loria mumbled, giving Kim Hyunwoo a smile as she spoke.
“Well, it turned out like this in the end.”
“…What are you going to do now?”
“What do you mean what will I do? All my schemes have been ruined like this.”
She grinned slyly.
“I’ll step in.”
Loria spoke confidently, lifting her hand toward Kim Hyunwoo without hesitation.
Kwah-chik-!
She turned her attention to the sound of something breaking from beside her, and there was-
“-!”
Merilda was throwing a punch toward Loria.
Kwah-chik-!
However, her punch did not reach Loria.
The same was true for the other heroes.
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Just moments ago, the heroes near Arthur had already started attacking Loria to protect Kim Hyunwoo, but none of their attacks could break through the shield enveloping her.
Loria, watching the heroes relentlessly attacking her, looked at Kim Hyunwoo as if none of it mattered.
It was as if the heroes’ attacks were nothing to her.
Then.
“Anyway, to continue with what I was saying, I’m really sorry, I never wanted to step in. It was part of the contract.”
“…Then why don’t you just not step in? If you don’t follow the contract, shouldn’t you bear the risk too?”
“Yeah, of course. So-”
Loria casually raised her hand and gave it a light shake.
And then.
Kwah-aa-aa-aa-!!!!
The heroes who had been relentlessly attacking Loria just moments ago were now thrown in all directions, crashing into the surroundings.
Boom— Crash-!
Kim Hyunwoo, with a stunned expression, watched Loria as he saw a mountain, far away from where Rin had flown, crumble to the ground.
Soon after, he saw buildings in the direction where Charyll had flown, towards the Lord’s castle, being completely demolished in a straight line, as he heard Loria’s voice.
“It’s so easy. I’ve been dragging this out, and it’s been so annoying.”
Her voice was filled with deep contempt.
“……”
Kim Hyunwoo quietly swallowed his breath.