Chapter 858 – Meanwhile, on the Ground -5-

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After confronting Dharma with Sasha, Amelia’s mind became desperate to figure out what she should do to save Miyeom-gong.

＇Miyeomgong must not pass away. If we don’t stop that much…’

＇Wounds so deep that potions can’t respond… We have to do something!’

＇However, I am the only one who can use recovery spells here and now, and even that is only unprofessional recovery magic…’

While Amelia’s urgent meeting was unfolding in her head, Dharma was walking closer to Amelia.

＂Don’t come near!＂

And it was Sasha who fired arrows to stop Dharma, but her arrows were made of physics or magic.

The moment it hit the body, it bounced off and fell, unable to penetrate her skin.

＂That can’t be possible…!＂

“Sasha, step back. First, finding a fine dyer is the top priority. Get out of here with Mr. Bourbon.”

“Are you okay. I’ve already thought of a way to save Mr. Bourbon and Duke Miyeom…!”

When Sasha said that, Amelia seemed surprised.

And in the meantime, Dharma shook her head and glared at Amelia, as if she was dumbfounded by the girls’ story.

＂Princess Amelia… She stopped hiding like a rat and appeared, and now she is interfering with the adult’s work.＂

At his reaction as if he had no choice because Amelia was in the way, Amelia took a small breath, but then she answered him.

“Is it an adult’s job to assassinate the king of a country and throw that country into chaos?”

“Disarray? Do you think it will end like that? What the Father wants is the destruction of this land. A meaningless land full of apostates with no room for salvation.”

“You have an attitude as if you are a god. As for Adam. He is just a machine whose job is to clone humans.”

When Amelia responds as if to protest Dharma’s words, he huffs and snorts.

“Then, after all, it is God. It is the power of ‘God’ that he can create humans as he wants without the existence of a relationship between men and women.”

“I don’t know where you are misunderstanding him. In my view, he is just an arbitrary tyrant who doesn’t like anything unless he destroys everything that doesn’t listen to him.”

And the moment Dharma arrived right in front of Amelia.

Amelia raised her shield and prepared for his attack.

But-

Thump! And his hand stretched out.

As if Amelia’s shield and hammer were not in any way.

He grabbed the pure white hammer and shield, made with divine magic, with his huge bare hands and crushed them into nothingness.

＂That can’t be…!＂

There was no magical interference, but rather a simple physical attack.

It was something Amelia could never have imagined, that her own armor would be destroyed by such an attack.

“Then you are a princess abandoned by the people who cannot even be such a tyrant. I’m this weak, so there’s nothing I can do.”

Dharma laughed at Amelia, who lost her weapons and armor and became defenseless.

Then, she stretched out her hand straight towards her, breaking her weapon with one hand as if she were breaking a tree branch.

＂Haaa!＂

However, when Sasha pulled out a protest once again to stop Dharma, Dharma immediately hit the ground with his remaining fist.

Then, surprisingly, the ground rose up and became a wall blocking Sasha’s arrows.

＂That!?＂

As Sasha was taken aback by the magic-like feat, Dharma glanced in the direction where Sasha was and muttered.

“Things that aren’t even painful keep flying in and disturbing me. “I’m talking to this princess right now, right?”

Then, she slammed her fist into the wall she had created, and the wall was destroyed, causing her rocks to fly like cannonballs toward Sasha.

＂Eh?＂

The attack was so unexpected that Sasha was so shocked that she froze in place for a moment, even with her eyes wide open.

[What an ignorant…! Avoid!]

It was only after Ruben, who was inside Sasha, let out a shocked voice and urged Sasha to avoid the attack, which was possible because he was a monster of strength, that Sasha was able to roll her body and avoid the attack. Br〉

If a rock the size of Sasha’s head had hit her body, it was clear that part of it would have fallen into pieces and created a terrible situation.

Boom! The boulder flew behind Sasha without slowing down, flew for a long time, and landed in a relatively intact building next to it, creating a huge hole.

Cold sweat runs down Sasha’s back.

And in the meantime, Amelia was being grabbed and lifted by Dharma.

＂Tsk, tsk…!＂

I guess I should say I’m glad I didn’t catch her head.

Amelia leaned back, knowing he was going for her head, but she was grabbed by the waist and lifted.

“If you break her head, won’t she go away without you even feeling the pain?”

Cruel words that convey Dharma’s will to cause as much pain and kill as possible.

And, as if his words were not pretentious, Dharma grabbed Amelia’s lifted waist with both hands and began to exert force as if squeezing fruit juice out of her.

The armor made of divine magic that protected Amelia’s body, although not as strong as her shield or hammer, was gradually unable to withstand the force and began to be crushed by his power.

＂Amelia!＂

If arrows don’t work, use a dagger.

Sasha rushed in to somehow rescue Amelia, but as if Sasha’s dagger posed no threat, Dharma did not give it a single breath and only gave more strength to the arm holding Amelia. 〉

‘Go on like this, go…!’

All the internal organs and bones will be crushed.

Amelia, who thought so, tried to somehow push away his arm. She tried to concentrate all the divine magic she had on her armor and arm, but the protection of divine magic that had already begun to collapse protected Amelia’s body.

Damn it!

With a louder sound than before, her armor cracked.

In the end, at the thought that the armor would reach its limit and be torn apart, Amelia closed her eyes tightly without realizing it, and Sasha also tried to block the dharma somehow, but her arm never moved. Br〉

＂The order has changed quite a bit… But you should go first. Princess Amelia. Think of this as a divine punishment.”

The moment Dharma muttered that and was about to finish Amelia off.

“No. It is you who will be punished by God. Dharma.”

A cold voice came from somewhere.

When Sasha, Amelia, and even Dharma turned their heads toward the voice that was so cold and low-temperature that it sent goosebumps down their spines.

There, standing there, was a woman whose whole body was trembling with black energy.

With her long flowing hair and pale skin like that of a dead person, both Sasha and Amelia knew her well.

＂Calia… Mr…?＂

＂Why here…!?＂

It wouldn’t have been until he saw her face that he would have known that she was Calia, Herty’s secretary and a kind person who had helped her group a lot.

Her usual neat demeanor and clothes were unthinkably disheveled and fluttering, but they were created by some kind of energy, not something physical.

And – a small dagger that doesn’t suit her.

I couldn’t tell when she pulled it out, but she slowly returned it to its sheath.

There was a thud sound and the blade of the dagger completely disappeared before her eyes. A voice was heard.

＂…?＂

Dharma didn’t even know what had hit him, but for a moment he felt strength draining from both of his arms.

Then, feeling went numb from her elbows to the tips of her fingers, and she lost hold of Amelia in her hands.

＂Ugh…!＂

As Amelia fell to the ground, she felt that she had survived, and at the same time, she looked back at Calia, who saved her.

＂─What is it?＂

Dharma tilted his head as if he didn’t know why he was like that, but Kalia looked back at him quietly and pointed to his shadow.

There – from the arm, there was the shapeless shadow of Dharma.

It seems like someone cut out only that part.

“They say your body is invincible. However, the only thing that was trained was the physical body. Because in this world, there is no one who can ‘train’ his own shadow.”

Kalia muttered, and Dharma stumbled behind her.

Because it was only now that he realized that he had been subjected to some kind of ‘technology’.

＂You… I know about you too. Among the guards protecting the king of the Eastern Kingdom, I heard that there was someone who was a bit unique… But I never thought it would be a bitch.”

“I don’t know when the enemy knew about ‘us’. Okay. For now, I am the king’s guardian.”

As Calia said that, she looked back at him, and the black energy became even darker, and something like a black bandage appeared on her skin, covering her body.

＂Shade…! A damned heretic who made a contract with the cursed spirit of shadow…!”

As Dharma spoke, he glared at Kalia as if she were disgusted.

He himself only knew about it, but he seemed to be on guard because it was his first time encountering it in person, but after a while, he felt the feeling that had disappeared from under his elbow return.

Suddenly, when he looked down, the shadow of his arm, which had been cut off and disappeared, returned.

“Ha, I was a little nervous, but it seems like the technique of cutting down that shadow isn’t permanent.”

＂… It’s amazing. Usually it takes about a day for the shadow to return. “I never thought it would play this fast.”

Even as Calia said that, she moved in front of her as if she were protecting Amelia.

Otherwise, Dharma would have been too excited to attack Amelia again.

With Calia blocking it, she seemed to be wary of the shadow of her body being cut off once again.

“Amelia. Are you okay?”

＂Yes, but… Kalia. That look…”

＂I will explain in detail after we stop that ruthless man. I guess… It seems like this is an opponent that all three of us will have to join forces with.”

＂Yes…!＂

Amelia answered her as she rose from her seat, summoning her divine magic once more and holding the shield and hammer in her own hands.

And this time, the level of her body’s growth was raised by raising her magical power even more than before.

Previously, she looked like she was about 2–3 years older than Amelia’s original age – this time, she looked like she was about 17 years old.

“You are all in the way… I have to kill that old man!”

Dharma shouted like that and picked up a huge pillar that had fallen nearby.

It was the pillar used to attack Miyeom-gong earlier.

＇Did you immediately become wary of my shadow cutting and use a weapon to increase the distance? ＇

She is as clever as she looks, thought Calia, as she jumped up behind her and walked away from the pillar.

When the sound of footsteps rang out, Bourbon, who was nearby inspecting the wounds of U.S. Yeomgong, raised her voice.

“Kalia! Miyeomgong’s wounds…”

However, Calia answered with a dagger in her hand without looking back.

“Your Majesty is of mixed blood with a giant. Even if your abdomen gets pierced, don’t die right away.”

“Yes, and… I’ll be back soon…!”

As Sasha nods her head, something cries out from the sky, as if it had been waiting.

It was a phantom beast with wings but four legs – the upper body of an eagle and the lower body of a lion.

＂Gryphon!?＂

Dharma looked up at the sky with a surprised expression, and seemed to have realized that what the griffon was aiming for was to retrieve Miyeom Ball.

That’s why she threw the pillar she was holding in her hand towards the griffon –

“Gonzales! Damage!”

When Schrödinger, who was riding on the griffon’s back, spoke while rubbing the griffon’s neck, she howled and lightly rotated her body in the air to easily dodge the pillar that came flying at her like a cannonball.

“Schrödinger! Please take Duke Miyeom and Mr. Bourbon and go to the kingdom’s military camp!”

＂Kingdom Army!? Ah, okay!”

When Sasha shouted that, Schrödinger told González to set the landing point next to the gigantic Miyeom Ball, and González immediately fell there and had Bourbon and Miyeom Ball ride on his back.

Calia believed that Amelia would buy time, so she walked up to Gonzales and helped put the ball on him.

＂Beep, beep…!＂

Gonzales screamed as if he was heavy, but when he flapped his wings eagerly and tried to climb into the sky, Dharma rushed in to stop him.

＂Should I keep it?!!＂

＂Haaa!＂

But what was blocking that dharma was Amelia, who was blocking him with a very different atmosphere than before.

A kite shield enlarged to fit the body and a one-handed hammer.

Let’s put up a shield to block the charge, and then hit the ground with a hammer-

The waves of divine magic flowing through the ground shook Dharma’s legs and threw his body off balance.

＂Sasha!＂

＂Yes!＂

And, right then, Sasha jumped up and fired several arrows at Dharma’s feet, which had stopped.

If not for Dharma’s body, her arrow would fly and get stuck anywhere.

＂A shower that ties your feet!＂

The magic power that connects arrows creates a simple barrier.

Since it was not binding ‘Dharma himself’, Dharma’s movement was once again greatly delayed.

And—

Amelia jumped right at Dharma and swung her hammer wildly.

Her hammer, which poured all her magic into it, became bigger than before ─

Wow!

He makes a sound, and this time he raises Dharma’s chin.

When you think there was silence for a moment – Dharma staggered and took a step back.

＂Oh my… Damn…!＂

Although it did not reach the point of fainting, Dharma shook his head as if he had been struck by a brain.

“Until now, countless people have suffered because of you.”

Quietly, Amelia pointed her own hammer at her dharma, and then she muttered.

“But I don’t leave it like that anymore. While Cleon destroys the fortress, I will protect this land…! Right from you!”

Seeing that imposing appearance, Dharma could not help but feel the spirit of the old king who had stood in his way earlier.

Now, what stands in his way is.

Abandoned by her people, as he said, she was a brave woman who vowed not to abandon anyone – including her own people ─

She was a girl who had the qualities of a king that no one could doubt.