Chapter 414: Hatred (1/2)
GDK 414 – Hatred
“… With my willpower as a guide, Shatter Earth!” Earth sacred magus Dempus finally completed the long and tedious incantation.
Sacred magus Dempus’ grey eyebrows suddenly creased. He sensed that the direction of the flow of the earth element underground seemed to be somewhat uncontrollable. This was a situation that had never appeared in ten years, causing him to be under the impression that due to his age, did he recite a syllable of the incantation wrongly?
Just as Dempus was somewhat muddle-headed, he suddenly felt a soaring killing intent from underneath his feet. The killing intent was not concealed the slightest. When he had just sensed it, the killing intent had already torn through the solid ground, piercing toward him like an all-conquering sharp sword.
Earth sacred magus Dempus was terrified and no longer had the time to set the out of control ‘Shatter Earth’ right. All his attention was on the danger that suddenly arrived. The soaring killing intent that tore apart the solid ground appeared blood red in color as it stabbed toward his sole.
Warning bells sounded in Dempus’ head, suddenly jumping off the ground in panic and utilizing the levitation skill to fly into the sky. He hastily cast the ‘Earth Armor’ spell at the same time, causing rich earth element to frantically converge from all directions onto his body.
A greyish-brown armor was condensed from the dense earth element, covering earth sacred magus Dempus’ body in a flash. He also released a tenfold gravity magic, only enveloping the area under his feet. Han Shuo who was charging upwards at lightning speed suddenly felt the pressure increase tenfold just as the Demonslayer Edge was about to stab into the sole of Dempus. His rocketing speed was unknowingly delayed. Han Shuo made a prompt decision, frantically pouring demonic yuan energy into the Demonslayer Edge while his body suddenly fell.
The Demonslayer Edge infused with demonic yuan energy suddenly burst out in a myriad of blood-colored light, no longer being affected by gravity after hovering in the air for a moment. With the blood-colored light chopping upward, the Demonslayer Edge exploded toward earth sacred magus Dempus.
Dempus was dumbstruck. He no longer had the time to cast another spell, using his entire strength to smash downward with his magic staff without the slightest hesitation. The interior of his magic staff had similarly rich in earth element, becoming as hard as diamond.
There was a sharp screech as the two weapons collided. Dempus’s magic staff was shattered into pieces by the Demonslayer Edge. The Demonslayer Edge which was like an arrow at the end of its flight, but still persisted in bombarding Dempus, enveloping Dempus who was covered in earth armor, discharging the last of its energy into Dempus’ body.
Dempus’ earth armor didn’t have any marks but strands of cold aura from the Demonslayer Edge had penetrated the physical defenses of the earth armor and directly enter Dempus’ frail body. Earth sacred magus Dempus shivered, his eyebrows suddenly freezing.
It was only at this moment that some experts that were by Dempus’ side had come to their senses. Many spells and weapons shot toward the Demonslayer Edge in a flash. The Demonslayer Edge snaked around like a python, avoid a majority of the attacks before suddenly entering the ground and disappearing.
Rumble…
At the same moment, the rumbling sounds of an earthquake could suddenly be heard from under their feet. These knights and soldiers started losing their balance and swaying around. Out of a sudden, numerous earth spikes appeared from the ground, killing some soldiers and knights who were unable to dodge in time.
Accompanying the fierce rumbling sound, the earth suddenly split open with many gorges, with the bottomless gorges swallowing tens of lives.
Momentarily, the area with Dempus at the center had become the main area affected by the ‘Shatter Earth’ spell. As the rumbling continued, people were constantly killed by the astonishing might of the earth magic.
Dempus could sense the scattered cold aura within his body, feeling his body turn cold like winter. His limbs suddenly became somewhat stiff and numb. He was so cold that he emitted cold air all over, with signs of freezing already appearing on his hair and eyebrows.
Dempus clearly realized the abnormal movement under his feet but at this moment, his limbs were frozen from the cold aura and he was unable to suppress the anomaly under his feet. He could only shiver as he watched the huge number of casualties caused by his earth magic.
“Lord Magus, what-what is going on?” a Temple Knight from the Church of Light who was being pulled up from a gorge by a White Priest looked furiously at Dempus who floating in the air and reproached. “Kaka, kaka…” Dempus panicked, attempting to explain that all these weren’t his fault, but he was only able to let out some trembling sounds.
“Is Lord Magus too old, to have actually made a mistake with such a crucial spell. Do you know how many experts we lost because of your error?” Another White Priest of the Church of Light said, similarly looking furious.
Sacred swordmaster Karel who was charging over hurriedly from afar suddenly sensed something odd from Dempus’ location. Karel was filled with doubts. He sent a few Cross Slashes to force the sacred knight to retreat before looking into the distance at Dempus’ location. He suddenly came to a realization, abandoning the sacred knight to turn around and fly toward Lawrence’s location.
The survivors by Dempus’ side were in a flurry to pick up the pieces, not having the time to care about Han Shuo who had gone underground once again. They rescued their comrades who were still hanging onto the gorges as well as help those who were only injured by the earth spikes to treat their wounds.
Han Shuo rapidly distanced himself from Dempus’ area after he attacked as the Demonslayer Edge returned to his hand. Han Shuo had unknowingly arrived underneath the Church of Light’s sacred knight. He calmly observed the sacred knight through a mystical demon. Han Shuo realized that the sacred knight was looking at Dempus in puzzlement, his brows wrinkled as though he was contemplating something.
Han Shuo held his breath in rapt attention, not in a hurry to act. He merely paid attention to the change in the sacred knight’s expression through the mystical demons, looking for the most opportune moment to strike a fatal blow to the sacred knight. The sacred knight was looking at Dempus in puzzlement when he suddenly seemed to have understood something. His expression changed from puzzlement to anxiety, vibrating the golden pike in his hand and hurried toward Dempus, appearing to want to help Dempus disperse the cold aura within his body.
Han Shuo, who had been waiting for the opportune moment, suddenly unleashing the same skill, once again using the Demonslayer Edge’s all-conquering sharpness to split apart the ground and stab toward the sole of the sacred knight’s left leg that had not moved.
A tremendous killing intent that couldn’t be masked caused the sacred knight’s expression to change drastically. Soon after, he suddenly retracted his right foot that had taken a step forward. A mixture of divine energy and fighting aura suddenly shot out from his right sole. Han Shuo’s Demonslayer Edge had just pierced the ground when the torrent of energy rushed violently toward him.