Chapter 256: Night at Argon Port (4) (1/2)

Late post. My house’s internet connection got cut off yesterday because I was late in paying the bills, so I had to use mobile data for this. Oops. ????

Terms used in this episode:

Claymore mine – an antipersonnel mine designed to produce a direction-guided, fan-shaped pattern of fragments upon explosion.

The battle at the port proceeded very quickly.

Because the difference in fighting power between the two sides was too great.

No one could stop Landius on the battlefield where Matteo and the two adult Black Dragons had dropped out of.

Or rather, even if the three were still present in the battlefield, it wouldn’t have changed much.

“The Power of the Sun!”

When Landius raised his clenched fist, the Power of the Sun was focused on its end.

The golden aura gave off a strong light and heat, making it seem like he was really holding a small sun in his hand.

“Haa!”

Landius jumped high and moved the sun to his palm that had been focused on his fist earlier, and then spread his hand wide. And in that manner, he threw the now-huge sun into the middle of the demons.

“Kiaaaaaaaaaa!”

The screams of the demons did not last long. As the sun exploded, immense light and heat were released, and the demons within a radius of about 10 meters were literally annihilated.

It was a truly incredible power.

But instead of being satisfied with that, Landius kicked off to the air again in order to prevent the movement of the demons.

“Help me!”

Landius jumped in between the demons and moved his hands and feet, killing five demons in an instant.

The one who was struck on the head lost its head, and the one who was struck on the chest lost its chest. In the face of such destructive power that was beyond common sense, all things were equal.

Therefore, Kajsa and Scarlet couldn’t understand Landius words quickly because they saw the demons being defeated with only the shock waves in between the moments Landius flew again.

No, they had heard it clearly, but it was almost like their bodies were unable to react immediately.

‘Help me?’

Help who?

Kajsa blinked again, but Scarlet came to her senses.

Because she understood what Landius meant by asking for help.

“We have to stop them! We must fight too!”

“Huh?”

“Civilian casualties!”

She no longer explained it further. Scarlet gripped her whip sword and rushed right away, and Kajsa blinked a few more times before coming to her senses like Scarlet did.

Landius was strong.

Even if the demons were ten times more than now, that invincible Iron Man would eventually defeat them all, but it would clearly take him a long time to do that.

But the civilians at the port were different.

They were weak and needed protection.

“These trash!”

The demons scattered everywhere instead of fighting Landius.

Because Sicilia changed her command.

‘Buy time.’

It was foolish to focus their forces on Landius.

If she had done that, it would have shortened the time rather than extending it.

So Sicilia dispersed her troops in all directions.

The place they were fighting now was not an open field or an uninhabited ruin.

It was a port city with a large number of residents, so she took advantage of that.

“Uoooooo!”

Landius flew again and used his hands and feet to crush the demons. He couldn’t blow them up with his energy or sweep them away like he did before.

‘Because it will harm the civilians.’

The situation was different from the central square where it was open on all sides. So if he used a powerful destructive technique, the buildings would instantly collapse, and the people inside it would be unable to escape death.

“Haaaa!”

Scarlet swung her whip sword and cut the throats of the demons who were about to jump inside a private residence. Kajsa beat up the Vorgs from the Black Hand Mercenaries and took the weapons they were holding before she began to run wild.

“Lena!”

When Landius shouted again, Lena who was defeating the wyverns in the sky then nodded her head.

“Cordelia! Go to the ground! Leave this place to me!”

“Yes! Lena-nim!”

Cordelia immediately answered and turned her body in the air as she scattered dozens of magic missiles. She swept away any nearby wyverns as if a claymore mine had exploded before she flew to the ground.

Lena glared at the wyverns instead of following Cordelia. As expected, the wyverns in the back began to retreat rather than scattering around like the demons or attacking civilians.

‘The wyverns must be rescued.’

Sicilia had decided that.

With the forces she had now, she couldn’t steal Carlos’ legacy, Ultimate Three – Dragon Sword Ascalon.

Or rather, they would only be annihilated if they tried to steal it.

So she had to save what she could save, and give up on what she could give up.

Sicilia chose the wyverns and Matteo whom she could save, and gave up on the demons and Vorgs of the Black Hand Mercenaries.

“Kyaaaa!”

“It’s a demon!”

“Help!”

“Heeeelp!”

Screams began to erupt everywhere.

It was the screams of people who woke up to the sounds of fighting, opened their windows, or were attacked by the demons.

“Stay away!”

Cordelia landed on the ground and simultaneously summoned five black spears that pierced the heads of five monsters afterwards.

“Are you okay?”

“Haaaa… haa… I-I’m okay…”

The man who seemed to be a store owner replied with a teary face. He did not seem to be injured, so Cordelia quickly turned back and summoned more magic spears. Her senses were telling her something like always.

‘We need more people.’

They needed a few more people to completely stop the enemies.

The Black Hand Mercenaries and the demons numbered over two hundred. Even if Landius and Cordelia were skilled, it was difficult to stop them if they were scattered like now.

“Pink Bomb!”

Just then, Scarlet shouted loudly as she ran on the roof, and Cordelia turned to the direction she was pointing. She then shouted with a big smile.

“Carmen!”

A veteran Saint (holy fighter) of the Guardians of the Holy Cross.

She wasn’t alone. Members of the Guardians of the Holy Cross including Manuel, were running from roof to roof.

“Nice!”

The demons could be stopped.

If it proceeded like this, they would be able to protect everyone.

Cordelia spread her wings and flew up before flying towards the demons again.

And at the same time, Jude cut the chest of the second dragon and extracted the Dragon Heart, thereby killing the dragon.

One heart was absorbed by Ascalon, but the other had to be taken and given to Cordelia.

“Woah, woah, calm down.”

But contrary to Jude’s words, a biting cold rose from Ascalon’s white blade like a flame. As a dragon who hated dragons, Ascalon wanted the dragon’s soul and body.

“You can’t.”

Because I have to give it to Cordelia.

Jude suppressed Ascalon again before turning his gaze away from the Dragon Heart, a gem that was slightly larger than a fist. Because the sound of a horn was heard amidst the noise of the battles everywhere.

‘Are they finally here?’

The royal knights and guards in charge of the port’s protection.

The wyverns who had covered the skies then dispersed in all directions and fled. Instead of chasing after them, Lena headed to the ground to clear the demons and Vorgs while treating the wounded civilians.

‘Has the situation settled down?’

The members of the Guardians of the Holy Cross and the guards were now present, so Jude thought that there was no need for him to step forward.

Therefore, Jude turned to the small presence he felt behind him.