Chapter 256 – The Wild Hunt Has Arrived. #03

A dreary fog settled over the night sea.

At the same time, the sea water gushed upward. At the same time, the figures of dozens of ghost ships crawling up from the deep sea were revealed at once.

Aaaaa! Some of the sailors who saw it let out shouts mixed with screams. It is the ‘Wild Hunt’ that the men of the sea, who are not afraid of even storms, fear the most.

If the sailors leading the academy’s fleet hadn’t been veteran sailors, and hadn’t had the valiant warriors and knights around them ready for battle, most of the crew would have been incapacitated by this point.

However, even the warriors and knights, who were supposed to be the spiritual pillars of the sailors, were clearly nervous. Some even had thoughts of wanting to throw themselves into the rolling night sea and be martyred by the side of the goddess.

They knew that the ships that appeared from the bottom of the sea were carrying not just immortal undead pirates or sailors’ ghosts.

As if to prove that fact, right after that, on top of the decks of the ships that appeared in the deepest part, huge stone slabs that were not suitable for ships were floating. The identity of that structure was something that only a very few people knew.

──Gate, a long-distance movement magic device that allows the commander of the Demon King Army to descend on the battlefield. The moment those tombstones emitting ferocious demonic energy are activated, the commanders of the corps descend on this sea.

[Gates are installed on the last ghost ships! There are a total of 3 mounted gates!]
[The gate hasn’t worked yet, now is your chance! Fire the guns of the entire fleet at the gate to disable it!]
[No! All fleets wait with their guns ready for bombardment until an order is given!]

Some captains insisted on preventing the arrival of the Corps Commander, but the Fleet Commander who was in charge of command of the fleet this time resolutely ignored the request.

This was thanks to Artin’s use of the royal ladies to block premature gunfire.

In the first place, the gun’s firepower with magic and alchemy added might certainly be able to destroy those gates, but if it fails, there will be a gap in the firepower to stop them right after the corps commanders descend.

But not everyone can think like that. Rather, it seemed that if you were going to rebel, you would do it to your heart’s content, and without taking any action, the noise grew among the sailors and students watching the ghost ship confronting the fleet.

“Huh, do you dare to provoke something that doesn’t even dare?”

In response, Artin moved. As Artin clenched his fists toward the frontmost ghost ship on the bow of the ship, a spear made of light was squeezed.

──Kwareung!!

Soon, a flash of light emitted from the bow struck the ghost ship. However, Artin frowned as he saw that the beam of light, which should have destroyed at least one mast of the ghost ship, did not damage the ghost ship at all.

Just as the academy’s fleet was now covered with protection magic and barriers, it was confirmed that the ghost ship had a very sophisticated and solid protection magic. Judging from the condition, they probably ignored it a few times even if they fired artillery fire.

“Fucking bone bastard, well prepared. Are you using the protection spells that belong to the demon lord’s nature for something like this?”

To pierce something like that, Violet’s magic bombardment from Mephisto’s descent, or the Heavenly Demon’s blow with all her might would be effective. Either way, it’s too powerful a hand to consume from the beginning.

In Artin’s opinion, it was clear that the cunning Hamon would have been mindful of defense even with the super fire power to destroy it. Bone Tong was always good at such sloppy tricks on the subject of an empty skull.

“Anyway, Harmon’s liver test ended in failure. Now it’s your turn to serve this dish.”

──Unghh! As soon as Artin finished speaking, each gate began to vibrate violently and emit demonic energy.

Then, a dismal green light, like radiation, surrounded the gate. The air quivered, the waves roared, and the unpleasant noise of breaking glass spread as if to warn all life in the area about what was to come.

Even Karen, who came up next to Artine to protect her, felt unpleasant emotions that made her goosebumps at this unpleasant noise and scream. Only Artin is accepting all this gag nonchalantly.

Artin knows. It’s because I’ve seen that all of those effects are just directing by Harmon, and that the gate that operates at a really urgent moment spews out the corps commander right away without even such a crude directing.

‘Harmon liked this poor direction. Because of his personality, the first thing he will appear is… ‘

A man walked out of the first gate. He was a large warrior wearing classic Nordic clothing, which can be said to be of a different era from the academy’s clothing, which blends modern and contemporary aesthetics.

His beard is wild, and his blond hair is long and unkempt. The clothes that seem to be made of wolf skin are very worn and worn, and unlike the muscular body of his, the cheeks that are drawn are hard to hit even as a healthy warrior.

At first glance, he seemed like an ordinary barbarian warrior for an appearance director, but everyone was unaware of the huge hammer that thundered in the man’s hand his.

‘Crazy freak, to send out the strongest corps commander first just because he’s the smallest.’

Fallen Old God Magni. The god of war who abandoned the honor of begging for his own life.
A crazy berserker who kills in search of an honorable death on such a subject.

‘He’s muttering to himself again, he’s probably talking bullshit about wanting this to be my grave.’

Artin hated Magni. If you’re going to take revenge, you’re going to do it, and if you’re going to retire, you’re going to retire. Aren’t you an idiot who acts pretentious while slaughter humans with his enemies and traitors?

However, compared to the monster who appeared later, Artin was sure that that man could be dismissed as a fairy.

[It smells awful. The disgusting smell of humans vibrates.]

At the second gate, a large monster appeared several heads taller than Magni.

The monster, wearing a death mask made of gold, rolls the five large pupils floating behind him and sprays the spirit parol area like a lich.

It is over 6m tall and has huge claws with mouths on its palms. Rich Harmon’s executive with a disgusting appearance and a disgusting soul as ugly as the essence that makes the living repulsive just by facing them.

The one who devours the glow, the eldritch.

[I want to kill them all and make them my objects. Harmon-sama also gave permission to kill everyone.]

That disgusting lich is a uniquely disgusting existence even in the demon king’s army, which is full of unpleasant beings, and his hobby his is to make art using human corpses.

His fighting methods his are as nasty as his hobbies his. A pleasure killer who enjoys killing opponents while enjoying their frustration by absorbing the opponent’s power with the jaws on both hands, casting various curses on his back with the five demonic eyes.

“…Partner, wouldn’t it be right to retreat now and ask the academy for help?”

Seeing the eldritch figure, Karen’s expression stiffened as if she were nervous. Unlike Artin, who already had the experience of breaking through to the demon lord’s nature once, she, Karen, had never fought anything like that before.

The only ones she has fought in the form of Cayenne are the demon lord’s executives who operate outside the wall, and she has no knowledge of those beings that don’t come out of the wall.

Because of that, Karen was anxious. She was worried that she might interfere with Artin, who had not yet fully regained her full power over her.

“Why, seeing in person, she suddenly lost the confidence to fight?”
“But there are three corps commanders. This is close to the worst we’ve ever imagined! So, the best way to increase your win rate is to step back…!”

Seeing Karen looking at him with her young eyes and trying to convince her, Artin burst into laughter.

“Karen, are you sure she became a woman? When she was Cayenne, she never said anything weak like that.”
“…What?”

In Artin’s memory, Cayenne was a man who always fought by silently following his words without showing any emotion.

However, now that she was in the form of a woman, it felt a little strange for her to persuade herself with blatant tension. On the other hand, I also thought that this might be the true face of Cayenne = Karen that I have been hiding so far.

Wasn’t there a type of person like Olga who hid her appearance her and true feelings her in order to look good to herself?

“Karen, do you know why I said I would go out with you alone to subdue Eldritch?”
“…Why?”
“Still, when we fight, you match me the best and are reliable.”

Artine Bang! And she tapped Karen on the shoulder.
These were not empty words. Basically, Karen, who grew up quickly by receiving her Hero Calibration and her Hero Calibration her, always showed strength beyond herself.

In addition, thanks to having inherited the dragon’s power and physical abilities, Karen always fought in harmony with Artin, no matter how tough the battlefield was.

“Besides, didn’t you brag like that earlier? Anyway, after sparring with me and winning 2 more wins, I even took my sword.”
“That…”

At those words, Karen’s gaze turned to her waist.
Artine’s sword, which was placed side by side with the holy sword Elentar, the badge of a warrior he received at the appointing ceremony, caught his eye on her.

“Have confidence and follow me. Karen you are strong enough More than you think.”

Right before the battle, Artin wasn’t disappointed or bruised by Karen, who was now hesitating.
Instead, as always, she held out her hand towards her, believing in her her potential in her in Karen.

── Karen suddenly remembered why she fell in love with Artin.

Every time it’s the hardest and most exhausting, that look that always lifts yourself up.
Not the hero Karen, but the human Karen who told me she could do it.
As she watched them, she suddenly remembered that she had fallen in love with Artin at some point.

“Have confidence, I’ve been told that if it’s just you and me, we’ll be able to kill the demon lord. What about the two of us?”
“…Partner.”

Partner. You always called me that so you trusted me

“So, are you ready to fight now, partner?”

──The third gate opened and a gigantic monster appeared.

A corpse giant with a thousand arms and five hundred heads, the celestial monster Hecatonkeil sobbed a grotesque cry with half his head his and howled and roared with half his head his.

Strangely, he didn’t feel afraid or worried like when he saw Eldritch earlier. Instead, there was one certainty in Karen’s heart her.

Until Artin gave up, he was confident that he would be able to fight without giving up.

“Yeah, I’m always ready, partner.”
“Great. Let’s go.”

With the sound of gunfire announcing the start of the battle, Karen and Artyn jumped from the ship and rushed toward the Eldritch.

Running out, Karen pulled out a sword.

What was held in that hand was not the hero’s holy sword, Elentar.
She clutched a nameless sword that her own partner trusted and handed to her.