Chapter 190 – Enclave (02)

The knights were rushing towards us.

Some of them were knights infiltrated by the Duke faction who were emanating demonic energy from their bodies, and some of them were trying to hold out, nauseating under the influence of demonization as if they were being controlled by something, but they were forcibly controlled and attacked us.

“Adjutant!”

The first to be attacked from behind by the knights was the adjutant and Duke Davin. The adjutant desperately pushed Duke Davin away and was killed by their swords instead.

If Inori’s abilities she was alive, she would have been able to block and protect with [Shadow Ninjutsu], But it was impossible because her abilities she were neutralized now.

“Aaaaah!”

However, thanks to his sacrifice, Gordon was able to bring Duke Davin into his arms, and wielded his mace with one hand to deal with the knights who attacked him.

“Duke, please bow like this!”

“Golem No. 2!”

Crash.

As he drew power from his body, he activated the bracelet on his left arm and began shooting at random lights visible on the ceiling.

The jewels that create Demon World Flowers are not very durable, so it was possible to destroy them just by shooting air bullets. However, since all the jewels decorated splendidly on the ceiling were jewels of Demon World Flowers, even if Golem No. 2 and I destroyed them while shooting, it would still take some time. It was necessary.

“Inori! Are you okay?”

“…”

Even when Inori’s Her Her [Her Her Her Her Her Her Shadow Ninjutsu] Was disabled, she pulled out the assassin’s straight sword that was hanging on her waist and began to protect her her rear her her her her.

Fortunately, when Golem No. 2 began to destroy the lights hanging from her ceiling her her her, the jewels of her demon world were breaking, but the Duke faction’s Four Heavenly Kings, Berdot, could only swing her her finger her her her and the fallen knights were biting into her foam her her. He got up and ran to her.

Quick!

Of course, Golem No. 2 had been thoroughly modified by Melissa as an escort, so she fired with the fingers of her right hand, destroying the jewels, and then bent her left wrist back and used the Mana Cannon to blow them away.

“If possible!”

“-Operating in non-lethal mode-“

“If it’s an unavoidable situation, there’s nothing we can do, but if possible… Save him!”

Let’s go!

I also used the sword of a famous family to block the sword of a knight who was attacking me head-on, but this was a knight who had already converted to the duke faction a long time ago because he was so drunk with demonic energy that black veins appeared on his face.

Suddenly!

‘Ugh!’

No matter how much I was, I couldn’t help but panic as hot blood splashed on his face.

“Be careful.”

Marian, without mercy, threw the sword of the Highborne between the helmet and shoulder armor of a knight who seemed hopeless, that is, completely eroded by demonic energy, and cut off his life. She killed the knight who was attacking me, and then killed the two knights who were attacking her. He was pushing his opponent with overwhelming swordsmanship.

“Damn you guys!”

Although Hollyo has learned his own magic and self-defense skills, he is at a basic level and does not help in battle, but it is still better than nothing.

Fortunately, since he was an F-class character, he had the ability to resist demonic energy, so he wasn’t knocked down or manipulated like the knights.

“What’s going on, Duke?”

As a commotion broke out inside, the knights waiting outside opened the door and came in. The red light turned on and they immediately drew their weapons when they saw us and the knights fighting in the middle of the battle.

“Protect the duke!”

‘Damn it!’

“Stop it! Our enemy… Ugh!”

Gordon, who was guarding Duke Davin, tried to tell us that we were not the enemy, but he could not resolve the misunderstanding of the knights and soldiers who were already watching from outside.

Moreover, the moment I came here, I was so intoxicated by this place that it had become a demon world and I lost my senses, so I tried to resolve their misunderstanding, but I only ended up being manipulated by the Four Heavenly Kings.〈 Br〉

“Go…” “Gordon… I… Hurt… My body… Is hot… “

“Duke! You damn bastard!!”

Gordon swung his mace in anger, but the mace he wielded with one hand while protecting the duke under his body his his his was not threatening at all.

Just like a bear trying to protect its cubs, we only prevented the manipulated knights from approaching, and the manipulated knights were desperately resisting, but when they fainted from being pickled with demonic energy, they were immediately contaminated and turned into berserkers, so as time went by, it was at a disadvantage to us. It was going back.

Tiring! Tiring!

A warning sound was ringing.

As I was holding my ears and trying to understand the situation in panic, Verdot laughed and said.

“Did you think time was on your side?”

The number of troops in the Duchy of Davin was increasing in real time.

However, different from before, the red number was increasing and the number displayed as 5,000++ was rapidly decreasing.

4,676++ / 1,475++

‘Is the Duchy of Davin being attacked by ducal soldiers!’

Moreover, considering the decreasing number of troops and the increasing number of communist soldiers, this was a well-prepared invasion.

Even if you win here, if you lose all your troops…!

“Golem No. 2! One big hit right in the center of the ceiling!”

“-Perform command-“

There was no end to destroying the jewels hanging from the ceiling one by one, so I ordered Golem No. 2 to do so, but Duke Davin was protected by Gordon’s body anyway, and no one in our group was harmed by the ceiling fragments.

Pow!

After sending away a knight who was approaching with a salvo from his right hand, Golem No. 2 raised his left arm to the sky.

Jiyiing-

“-3, 2, 1 until the Mana Cannon fire!-“

Pugh!

An explosion occurred from the ceiling, and many of the many demonic flower jewels were caught in the explosion and turned into powder.

Not only the jewels that were caught in the explosion, but also the jewels that were hit by the shock wave turned into powder and fell, but Hollyo wrapped a piece of cloth he was wearing around his head and the rest used their own weapons or other tools to block it above his head.

Sigh!

I released air with the bracelet Melissa gave me and grabbed the back of Marian’s her neck her her, who was attacking the knight in excitement, along with Inori and I, protecting her from getting glass in her head her her her.

Patter-patter!

It rained glass for a moment, but it had little effect on the knights wearing helmets, and I protected Marian and Inori, and Golem No. 2’s skin was hard, so it didn’t even get scratched.

‘It’s okay! With this, at least all visible lights were destroyed!’

I thought that this would solve the demon world.

First of all, since Duke Davin was with us, we tried to use him as a leader to resolve the misunderstanding among the knights and catch Berdot.

“…?”

Magi did not disappear right away.

Fortunately, the energy that was interfering with [Shadow Ninjutsu] Disappeared, allowing Inori to use the shadow, and at that moment, Inori’s [Shadow Thorn] Began to pierce the remaining knights.

Push!

Since I couldn’t tell them apart, I neutralized him by piercing his thigh and the battle was over. Berdot, who had controlled two knights from the previous explosion and used his head as a shield to protect himself, said with a giggling expression.

The function that hindered [Shadow Ninjutsu] Had disappeared, but the ceiling had cracked due to the previous bombardment, and the demonic energy that had solidified to the point where it was visible was gushing out even more violently.

“Where did the materials used to repair this castle come from? And… Did you think time was on your side?”

“Gordon! Avoid!”

I used my ‘voice’ to tell him to avoid Gordon, who was about to be hit directly by the flowing magic energy, but Gordon was already so attacked by other knights that he was in no condition to avoid it.

Even if it was avoidable, he wasn’t the type of person to avoid Duke Davin.

“Uhm… !”

Thick magical energy flows down and penetrates into Gordon’s back armor.

While even the knights tainted by demon energy hesitated and retreated, Gordon silently gave his back on the spot for the sake of Duke Davin, whom he held in his arms.

“Grrrrut…!”

And under the influence of that demonic energy, the fallen knights began to emit blood foam and become polluted. Thanks to this, the knights who had been suppressed just moments ago were becoming polluted to the point where they could no longer be restored.

“Inori!”

Push shoo shoo shoo!

Inori began using [Shadow Thorn] To pierce the hearts of the knights, killing them instantly, and Marian and Golem No. 2 also switched to close combat mode and built a defense line to block the knights intruding through the entrance.

“Gordon…”

Duke Davin, who was in his arms, called out to Gordon in a crawling voice.

“Yes, Your Majesty the Duke.”

Duke Davin, who had been crying in pain from being hit by magic a while ago, was looking for Gordon with unfocused eyes.

“I… It doesn’t hurt anymore…”

It was clear to anyone that he was enduring pain, but despite this, Duke Davin was lying for his faithful knight.

Gordon was holding his hand with his left hand, which had had two of his fingers cut off, and Duke Davin’s hand was holding his hand, which had lost its strength and was falling down.

“I’ll wake you up when I’m done.”

Gordon woke up with his magic energy flowing and was glaring at Verdot with an angry expression.

But since he was already using the stunned knights as shields, Gordon wrapped a piece of expensive clothing that the Duke of Davin was wearing around his hand, from which his middle and ring fingers had been blown off, and fastened it to his hand .

Even as his entire body he was eroded by thick demonic energy and he was staggering, Gordon began to use his [Heavy Destruction] Attribute to crush them.

Kwasik!

As he began to charge with his weight, using the weight of his armor as a weapon, the armor of the knights who collided with Gordon was immediately shattered and his knights rolled backwards.

It rushed at Verdot, bouncing and pushing the knights away, as if a huge dump truck was running amok and trampling all obstacles.

“I only did that because if I manipulated the enemy and made them fight against one enemy, I could hurt both of them at the same time. By any chance, did you decide that I have no fighting ability because I have the ability to manipulate ?”

Pop!

Berdot’s arms grow from his skinny body.

As if opening a zippered coat, the back’s splits to reveal the body hidden inside.

As the skin was torn, black demonic energy, one level higher than red demonic energy, spouted out like fog, and the body was not human, but transformed into a race other than that of this world.

Kuuuuung!!

To block Gordon’s charge, Verdot planted four additional arms into the ground and held on to Gordon’s body and mace with the remaining four arms.

Pop!

There was an eerie sound of bones breaking, but Verdot nevertheless blocked Gordon’s charge.

Wow!

However, whenever Gordon took a step, his spine swayed and the sound of something breaking was heard. Verdot became extremely angry, raised all his arms and shouted.

“Trying to deal with demons here, in a place full of demonic energy! How arrogant, how arrogant! This space is mine, {manipulate me and die in my body}!!”

Knights who tried to enter through the entrance were suddenly unable to enter as if they were blocked by a wall.

The knights who had already come in and were pushing Marian and Golem No. 2 were suddenly becoming addicted to demonic energy with blood gushing out from their seven holes.

‘This is coming out already?’

Enclave.

It was an ability that could be used by operatives and high-ranking demons to change the surrounding environment to suit them.

‘Of course, the Four Heavenly Kings… Are strong enemies who can use the Enclave!’

As the demonization progressed more and more severely and the surrounding environment became polluted with demonic energy, the abilities of the party members began to be reduced to nothing.

Holyo was already having trouble breathing due to the thick magic energy, as if pollutants had filled the closed space, and I felt the pain as if I was roughly rubbing salt grains on my skin.

“{What do you think! You worthless human!!}”

Kwaduk!

Unlike earlier, when he was pushed back by Gordon despite giving his best, Verdot lifted Gordon’s body with only his two arms and threw him into the corner. Gordon let out a loud groan and then used his best to throw himself into the corner. [Weight destruction] Was used.

Marian’s sword slowed down a bit, and Golem No. 2 kept malfunctioning, as if it was running out of power or was caught in something, so it wasn’t enough to just block the runaway knights coming through the entrance. On the other hand, those who accepted demon energy and demons’ abilities increased. Berdot was even recovering his broken arm while blocking Gordon’s charge.

There were two ways to attack the enclave.

In the original game, special conditions were set to give debuffs to allies and buffs to demon-type enemies, so it couldn’t be canceled, but it was said that even if it couldn’t be destroyed internally, it could be destroyed externally .

So, the stage ends by killing the demons inside and waiting for the troops outside to destroy them. Sometimes, due to some events, the enclave was demolished in advance to capture the weakened demons.

‘Was it possible to destroy the enclave from the inside with physical force?’

Although it was ‘impossible’ in terms of the game system…

Kwaak.

I needed to test it out with the wooden sword in my hand.

First of all, my wooden sword may not be as effective as it cannot destroy the [Shadow Pocket], But…!

‘If you push it to the side, the royalist soldiers may be hit by the shock wave… So break it in a direction where no one is around!’

Originally, it was a system that prevented friendly attacks, so there was no chance of death from the shock wave of my wooden sword, but soldiers nearby who were eroded by demonic energy were recognized as enemies and were still likely to be disintegrated.

“Watch your head!”

When I swung my sword at the ceiling, a shock wave hit the ceiling, and the bricks on the ceiling, which had been transformed into an enclave, cracked and rose as if a heated iron plate had been lifted upward.

Exactly, the area where I hit had bulged out, so much so that the once flat ceiling was now in the shape of a dome.

The building, which was basically a wide rectangular shape, was transformed into a taller structure like a high-rise building, rising to almost four times its initial height.

So, it was originally supposed to be shattered by an attack from a wooden sword, but because it was forcibly maintained so that it could not be broken through the enclave, it stretched like taffy.

‘In some games, there is a feature that destroys corpses, but in one country, body destruction is prevented due to deliberation, so when you explode a person, their limbs become loose!’

As the shock wave spreads out in all directions, all the tightly closed windows explode and the wall splits open, revealing the red gem inside.

“{What?!}”