Chapter 49: Sunflower (4) (1/2)
Next chapter will be released on Thursday.
For this chapter, some of Jude’s thoughts are italicized to prevent confusion.
Farragut thought that there was only one entrance to Frost Anvil, which is the Great Gate, but that wasn’t the case.
There were several dog holes.
And in one of them…
The moment they came out of the vent, Jude and Cordelia became nervous.
The strong and rotten smell of blood irritated the tip of their noses.
In front of the Great Gate, it was not an exaggeration to say that the bodies of many monsters had covered the entire snowfield.
Fortunately, this was near Frost Anvil where the temperature was cold. If it had been elsewhere, they would have found it hard to breathe because of the rotting bodies’ smell.
And the demon stood there.
Sisioth stood with his two bladed arms hanging down, as if he was guarding the front of the Great Gate.
On his skinny body, pitch-black shells were connected in succession, forming a shape that was like an armor.
He remained motionless with his head slightly lowered, as if he fell asleep while standing.
Although the restriction technique cast by the leader of the Devil’s Hand had been released, that didn’t mean that he was completely free.
Until his consciousness damaged by the Devil’s Hand was restored, he stayed around the Great Gate, bringing death to all those who faced him.
And on his opposite side.
As Jude had expected, there were some people who could be considered as their allies.
“Are they…trying to seal him?”
Jude nodded at Cordelia’s question.
About a dozen meters away from the quietly standing Sisioth, six wizards wearing the robes of the Guardians of the Holy Cross were maintaining the seal.
However, that was only buying them time.
Moreover, even that time seemed to be running out.
“It’s the flag of Count Hræsvelgr.”
Jude turned his gaze following Cordelia’s voice, and saw an outpost built some distance away.
There were four knights of Count Hræsvelgr and around thirty soldiers.
Instead of saying something, Jude closed his eyes once.
Considering the general arrangements of Count Hræsvelgr’s troops and the Guardians of the Holy Cross, it seemed that they had already suffered considerable damage as he had expected.
“Let’s join them.”
At Cordelia’s words, Jude nodded.
Technically, the Devil’s Hand came here because of Jude and Cordelia.
Of course, the two were also victims, so they did nothing wrong, but that did not mean they were free from responsibility.
Hunt the demon.
Knock it down.
After all, it was a path they must pass in order to get to the perfect happy ending.
And right at that moment…
“It’s going to break.”
Cordelia abruptly said.
Her intuition felt at that moment the slight change in mana.
And right afterwards…
Jude pounced on Cordelia. He pushed her down to the ground and made her lie down, and at that same time, the air let out a howl.
Cordelia’s intuition was correct.
The space between Sisioth and the Guardians of the Holy Cross collapsed like breaking glass. The moment the invisible wall was destroyed, Sisioth swung his arm.
One slash.
A huge slash split the space.
“Get down!”
Shouted someone from the Guardians of the Holy Cross. The knights moved and shouted too, but not everyone managed to react.
Two of the Guardians of the Holy Cross who were near Sisioth lost their heads. None of the soldiers lost their lives because of the distance, but most of them were terrified, and couldn’t move.
The seal of the Guardians of the Holy Cross was broken.
Sisioth began to move again.
Out of all times, it had to be at this time.
No, it was rather fortunate.
If it had been before Jude and Cordelia appeared, everyone would have been massacred!
“Go!”
Jude said to Cordelia who was under him. Cordelia responded, and Jude became a gale.
Twenty-Four Gale Steps.
Cordelia followed the whirlwind that Jude created, as she moved forward and unleashed the witch’s power!
“Aaaahh!”
Cordelia had activated the Witch Transformation.
She had yelled out loud.
Sisioth reacted with the destructive power of a demon. As he was about to deal a second slash, he turned to Cordelia, but a gale suddenly struck him.
Demon Sisioth.
He was not comparable to demonic human Farragut.
His physical ability was truly a wonder itself.
Sisioth saw Jude.
His pupils turned into slits, like that of a cat, as his yellow eyes caught the sight of Jude.
“!”
Cried Cordelia. Sisioth wildly swung his second slash and Jude evaded it at a close distance. The slash was so fast that without Cordelia’s , Jude wouldn’t have been able to avoid it.
“!”
Cordelia cast in succession.
Overlapping the use of was in a sense, poison.
Not only did it place a considerable burden on Jude’s body, but it was also possible that like everyone else, Jude would be unable to adapt to the speed that had become too fast.
And it was true for Jude.
Jude was not Cordelia.
It was too much for him to adapt to the speed that had suddenly accelerated.
So Jude calculated it.
His own body.
His movements.
His speed.
The trajectory he wanted to draw!
Jude critically avoided Sisioth’s attack.
A smile spread over Sisioth’s face, and Cordelia shouted again.
“Don’t just watch!”
At the same time as her cry, she activated her magic.
Dozens of magic missiles rushed like a storm towards Sisioth, and the Guardians of the Holy Cross regained their senses at Cordelia’s cry. They turned to each other and began to chant their spell.
And Jude’s Cheonmujiche shined.
Because of Jude’s calculations, he was able to adapt to the speed that had gradually increased.
Their operation was simple.
Narrow the distance.
Cordelia or the Guardians of the Holy Cross somehow slows down Sisioth’s movement.
And Jude himself will strike and thrust the restriction technique on Sisioth’s body.
“Kahahahahaha!”
Sisioth burst into a fiendish laughter and began to swing both of his arms simultaneously.
Jude deliberately turned his back on the Great Gate, and more than ten attacks slashed through the space where he had been, which then collided with the Great Gate.
Kaaaaak!
His slashes were so sharp that several deep lines were drawn on the thick and hard Great Gate.
Jude held his breath. Even the movement of exhaling or breathing was a luxury for the current Jude.
He focused and concentrated again.
His understanding of the Ninth Heaven’s Nine Doors further developed with the opening of the second door, giving Jude a wider and more sensitive sense.
The scary thing about Sisioth was the fact that his range of Space-Breaking Slash was very vast.
Therefore, it was rather bad to widen the distance. This is because if he deals Space-Breaking Slash one after another, Jude wouldn’t be able to avoid it.
So Jude must fight at a close distance. He must create a situation in which he can avoid Sisioth’s attacks one at a time.
The spell of the Guardians of the Holy Cross was completed.
Dozens of golden chains stretched out toward Sisioth.
Sisioth used Space-Breaking Slash again.
He rotated his body and split the space several times, breaking the golden chains.
But that was enough for the two.