Chapter 346 – Thunder Emperor Harkon #2

“Shoot that man with the hammer!”

It wasn’t the Northerners who were going to watch the show of the thunderbolt standing still with a hammer forever.
When the officer gave the order, the soldiers fired arrows at the thunderbolt.

“Wizards of the Mage Tower, kill the owner of Mjolnir!”

Seeing an opportunity, James also gave orders to his wizards.
Soon, arrows and magic projectiles rained down on the head of the Thunder Emperor who was standing in the middle of nowhere.

He was under heavy fire from soldiers and wizards, but his thunderbolt was unharmed.
It was because a large amount of electricity spurted out of the Mjolnir he was holding in his hand and melted the arrows and magic.

As I was watching the electric current that protects the thunderbolt like a shield, I heard Rumi’s advice.

[That is to use Thor’s brain power that was charged in Mjolnir. Powers that create lightning strikes can be blocked with obelisks. However, the brainstorm charged in Mjolnir cannot be blocked by the obelisk.]
“Why?”
[Mjolnir’s Brain ignores the laws of nature and moves according to the owner’s will. It is because it is an aggregate of pure power.]

Certainly, as Rumi said, the current emitted from Mjolnir was not induced toward the obelisk.
The only thing being induced is the natural lightning falling from the sky.
As expected of a holy relic, one obelisk cannot completely neutralize it.

“Cover the corps commander!”
“Protect the One Whose Sacred Blood Flows!”

Demon Lord worshipers covered Thunder Emperor, who was embarrassed by the lightning strike.
In tandem, the monsters marched toward the castle wall, and like a chain reaction, a war began.

Although Mjolnir’s lightning strike was prevented, the situation of the war was not necessarily favorable to the Northern army.
It was because the one-eyed giants were charging like battering rams and destroying the barriers in front of the castle walls.

Aaaaang!

The one-eyed giants attacked the barrier randomly with clubs.
They are giants with a body so large that they can reach eye level on the top of the castle wall.
They were incomparably stronger than the giants I met in the coastal cave during my bronze days.

“Sah, Cyclops is here!”
“Guess the color of the eye! Shoot an arrow and make it blind!”

Unlike other monsters, the giants were not brainwashed by the demon army, but were purely loyal.
It means you have a good conscience.

―Khehehehe!! Clumsy human beings.
―I will avenge Loki-sama!

If there is a reason why the giants give their allegiance to the Demon King’s army.

Demon King Loki actually has a mix of giant bloodlines.
It was not an ordinary giant, but the blood of a god.
Long ago, Loki was born by Laufei, the god of giants.

Laufey’s son, Loki, had a blood alliance with other giants before he was alive.
During the Great War, it was always the giants who spearheaded the Demon King’s army.

In a way, it is inevitable that the giants are obeying the newly born demon king army.
Because it was Wiseman who inherited the lineage of Laufei, the god of giants.

‘Looking back, I had a bit of a giant’s blood mixed in as well.’

I, Luke Wiseman, couldn’t help but feel like shit watching the Cyclops knocking on the barrier.

Doesn’t that mean that those ignorant giants are my distant relatives?
The more you dig into this cursed bloodline called Wiseman, the more there is no end!

“Liquidra!”

I cast an incantation with an angry spirit.
A large amount of water vapor was created in the air with magic that manipulates water.
It’s not something that can be ignored just because it’s water vapor.

Even steam turns into a weapon of mass destruction when it passes through the hands of a first-class wizard.

[Water Heating]

When he used magic to increase the temperature of the water, a large amount of steam turned hot.
It was steam that burned like freshly heated metal.
I released steam towards the one-eyed giants clinging to the barrier.

Pusssss!!

The mist-like steam passed through the barrier and landed on the faces of the one-eyed giants.
The high-temperature steam that touched the giant’s skin turned into water, generating terrible heat.

The faces of the giants melted as if they had been boiled in hot water.

―Haaaaa… !! Aaaaa!!
―Haaaaa… ! Aaaaa… ! Aaaaa!!

Two giants in the realm of steam died.
It was because the brain was melted by the high-temperature steam.

“Gye, keep coming!”
“Shoot them all…!”

Even after killing two of them, the giants waiting behind filled the empty seats.
Looking at the procession of giants, it seemed that there were more than a hundred of them waiting.

The Demon King’s army did not just watch the giants die.

“Force Barrier.”
“Frozen Shield.”

The wizards belonging to the Demon King’s Army cast protection magic on the giants.
The moment all kinds of protective magic surrounded the giants, it was no longer possible to boil them as easily as before.

―Khehehehehehehe!! We Jotuns are invincible once they get magic!

When the Cyclops received protection, they beat the barrier more violently.

In that state, the engagement took place for an hour.
We tried to protect Barrier, but there was a limit in front of the endlessly pouring volume.
Not only the giants, but other monsters and demon worshipers were also taking damage to the barrier.

‘Are the devil worshipers not afraid of death?’

There were piles of corpses, but the demon worshipers simply pushed forward.
As if dying for Wiseman was an honor, he burst into praise every time he died.

“Huh uh uh! Lord Loki, save my soul!”
“If we die, it’s hell! In hell, lustful devil girls will open our legs for us!”
Hehe!!”

Could there be any other soldiers more fitting the word fanatic?
Even if arrows rained down from the sky and fireballs fell, they just rushed at it.
As I dealt with the giants, I also blew ice picks at the devil worshippers.

“How much longer can the barrier last?”
“You should be able to hold out for two more hours, Lord of the Tower. There are still enough magic cores!”
“Excellent. That’s enough, reinforcements from Ningard will arrive before it’s too late. The Archmage will come to our rescue.”

James and the Wizards of the Mage Tower had a conversation near me.
If I could last for two more hours, wouldn’t I be fooling around in the Mage’s Tower?
It was a time when I was surprised by the performance of the barrier that was superior to my expectations.

However, there was a big mistake in the calculations of the wizards of the Mage Tower.
They didn’t calculate something very important.

“My people, I can no longer watch your sacrifice.”

The voice of the Thunder Emperor resounded among the demon lord worshipers.
The unmarried voice of the Thunder Emperor resonated like an echo throughout the battlefield, as if it had gone through a loudspeaker.

-Hakon! Hakon!
– Master’s successor! Master of Mjolnir!
―Descendants of Laufei!!

Receiving enthusiastic cheers from the demon king, the Thunder Emperor stepped forward.
It was a thunderbolt with a relaxed expression, perhaps recovering from the shock of the lightning strike.

“You have to kill that guy with the hammer first!”
“That’s the leader of the Demon King’s army!”

The firepower of the soldiers and magicians focused on the thunderbolt, but they didn’t budge.
It was because the demon worshipers were sacrificing their lives to stop the shower of arrows and magic.

“I am Almighty! Hammer of Thunder, unleash your power!”

The Thunder Emperor lifted Mjolnir and aimed at the barrier surrounding the castle gate.
The moment the spell was recited, lightning erupted from Mjolnir and collided with the barrier.
The lightning that contained Thor’s power was different from previous attacks in terms of power.

Gurrrr

The complexion of the mages who were measuring the durability of the barrier suddenly deteriorated.

“Eh, Mage Tower Lord! The durability of the barrier is in danger!”
“What?! Didn’t I say that I could last for two hours!”
“Mjolnir’s power exceeded our expectations! The barrier near the gate is collapsing!”

The magic tower’s barrier was rapidly melted by the high-voltage current.
The barrier, which was said to be able to last for two hours, could not last even ten minutes in front of Mjolnir’s lightning.

“Khaaaaagh! Are you saying that the barrier built by our Mage Tower can’t stop a single hammer!”

In the end, a huge hole was pierced in the barrier that surrounded the walls of Yoensu.
Of course, the place where the hole was drilled was connected to the castle gate in a straight line.
The Thunderbolt must have intentionally concentrated Mjolnir’s power on the barrier near the castle gate.

Hehe! Charge!”

Through the hole in the barrier, demon worshipers poured like a tide.
In their vanguard, the Thunder Emperor was running with Mjolnir.
The figure of Thunder Emperor, who was covered in electricity and radiated blue eyes, was indeed the appearance of the god of thunder!

“Stand, guard the gates!”

The Thunder Emperor clung to the castle gate with the demon king worshippers and brandished Mjolnir mercilessly.
Every time lightning flashed, the walls of the castle shook and the huge gate burned.
If we leave him alone like this, the highway will be breached in the citadel.

“I can’t help it! Luke, I’ll go down and wipe them out myself!”
“Yes? Are you saying that the Mage Tower lord will sortie out of the castle?”
“I told you!

James declared that he would go out of the castle and stop the thunderbolt himself.
There is no choice but to make him stop swinging his hammer.
No matter how many attacks were fired from above, the first goal of the thunderbolt would be to break down the castle gate.

“Huh!”

James grabbed his staff and jumped down the rampart.
Although the wall was 10m high, there was no reason for the levitating magic tower to fall and die.
James’ magic was cast at the demon worshipers.

“Rush up! The storm of greed that devours the unclean!”

Superlative wind attribute magic [Earth Tornado]
It is a wide-range magic that creates a huge sandstorm and crushes enemies.

In front of the gates, a sandstorm rose and pulverized the demon worshipers who had flocked like bees.

“Quaaaaagh!”
“It’s hot!”

The power of the sandstorm was further enhanced by the thunderbolt emitted by the Thunder Emperor.
The mass of sand heated up, and the heat was added.

‘Did you use Mjolnir’s lightning in reverse to strengthen your magic?’

The demon worshipers who were swept away by the storm were literally tasting hell.

Thunder Emperor’s hand wielding Mjolnir finally stopped.
The voice of the brainchild resonated distinctly.

“You’re putting up a futile resistance.”

In the midst of the storm, the blue eyes of the Thunder Emperor emitted an intense light.