My Students Regret It After I Retired - Chapter 92



91 – Battle with the Remaining Imperial Knights

The time spent moving didn’t feel that long. Or rather, it would be more accurate to say that everyone was so caught in tension that they didn’t even realize time was passing.

Leos, Rakart, Pharon, Keltazar, Bendict.

The five people had all lived in different environments, belonged to different groups, but now, they were all moving in one direction.

Their goal was the same. To kill the Heavenly Assembly.

Even Keltazar, who was fanatically loyal to the Emperor, agreed on this goal. Because the Heavenly Assembly were the ones manipulating the Emperor like a puppet.

What needed to be done first to catch the Heavenly Assembly was clear. First, they needed to eliminate their core forces. The core forces of the Heavenly Assembly, who were clinging to the Empire, were, no matter what anyone said, the members of the Heavenly Assembly secretly hiding among the Imperial Knights.

“I’ve found them.”

Paron spoke, and Lacart said to Leos,

“The Imperial Guard is in sight. But all five squads are together. Roughly a thousand strong. What do we do?”

Fighting so many at once might have been a burden before, but not in the current situation.

[Blood-Soaked Sword]

A legendary sword forged from the lives of countless people. The more it kills, the more it absorbs powerful energy, growing ever stronger.

※The Blood-Soaked Sword possesses the ability to enhance existing powers.

※Added ability [Bloodfall]: Sweeps away all enemies within a certain radius with a torrent of blood imbued with the power of the Five Swords. Cannot be used again until sufficient blood has been charged.

The Bloodfall added to the Blood-Soaked Sword he acquired after killing a member of the Heavenly Assembly showed tremendous power against large groups. The more blood it charged, the stronger it got, and that energy was expended to use its abilities.

[Sword Demon Spirit]

Allows you to wield five swords at once. From now on, a spirit dwells within the swords you wield.

※Warning: Only five swords can be used at once. As the ability is strengthened, the number of swords that can be used will increase.

That wasn’t all. Leos had awakened the power of the Sword Demon Spirit, enabling him to execute extraordinary swordsmanship at range, no matter how many enemies swarmed him.

Combined with the wide-area skills that rained down from afar, the performance of the Five Swords, cutting through the air, made him feel like a thousand-man army, fearing not even a force of a thousand enemies.

“What do we do?”

Leos looked at Lacart and said,

“We advance.”

No sooner had the short words fallen than they all formed ranks and rushed forward. Leos tried to take the lead, but Lacart, Paron, and Bendict wouldn’t allow it.

“Stay behind, Leos. If you die, we’re all done for. You are our hope.”

Bendict spoke, but Leos instead picked up speed and replied,

“You are hope as well. So no one will die. I’ll make sure of it.”

As the five figures began their charge, the Golden Sword Order soldiers, spotting them instantly, snapped into a state of high alert.

Perhaps because they’d suffered an attack before, their reaction was overwhelmingly swift. They’d fortified their post with numerous artifacts, making it resemble a fortress.

“Fire!”

Hundreds of mana projectiles rained down from the sky, a clear sign of how much the Golden Sword Order had sharpened their blades and prepared. But as danger approached, Leos’s swords began to shine with an almost beautiful intensity.

-Whoosh!

Leos’s five swords shot into the sky, then promptly sliced apart every single one of those hundreds of mana projectiles, whirling through the air. The energy contained within the mana projectiles temporarily imbued the five swords, and beautiful blue blades flickered here and there in the sky.

Some of the Golden Sword Order soldiers, witnessing this astounding spectacle for the first time, completely lost focus and simply stared.

The process of the five swords eliminating the mana projectiles was repeated, drawing beautiful curves like a painter’s brushstrokes. The speed began to rapidly increase, reaching a point where it became difficult to follow with the naked eye.

The soldiers, their gazes captivated, belatedly began their charge forward.

Their target was, of course, Leos. Killing Leos as quickly as possible was their top priority.

“Kill Leos! If we kill that b*stard, we win! Ignore the rest and prioritize Leos!”

A thousand Golden Sword Order soldiers. All units, from Squad 1 to Squad 5, began rushing toward Leos. Leos, in turn, began to cut down the projectiles in the sky using a slightly different method with his five swords.

Where he had originally shattered the projectiles completely, causing them to explode in mid-air, he now sliced them diagonally, without directly striking the core of their mana energy, making the remnants fall to the ground.

Since the projectiles had been fired from the center of the Golden Sword Order, naturally, if they fell midway, they would land in their own troop’s center.

-Boom boom!

-Boom!

The mana projectiles failed to reach Leos, instead being sliced in half mid-air, falling to the ground, and exploding belatedly, beginning a massacre of the Golden Sword Order soldiers.

“Damn it…operation start. Don’t bother hiding your identities, everyone draw on your powers!”

As one of the Heavenly Society members raised their hand, others around them also raised their hands to the sky. Instantly, the mana projectiles that had been suspended in the air detonated.

“From now on, the use of mana projectiles is forbidden. They are useless against Leos.”

Iteon, a high-ranking member of the Celestial Assembly hidden within the Golden Sword Corps, shouted, and the other Assembly members nodded. Leos didn’t miss a single flicker of their reaction.

Leos, watching them from afar, muttered,

“About 50, give or take.”

The number of people capable of using abilities. More precisely, about 50 out of the thousand members of the Golden Sword Corps were part of the Celestial Assembly.

In Leos’s eyes, the light of power manifestation began to bloom. Fifty-odd members of the Celestial Assembly unleashing their powers all at once.

Soon, the place where Leos stood was sure to be struck by abilities akin to natural disasters. But he didn’t care. Because while they were preparing, Leos had already activated the Blood-Soaked Blade.

[A waterfall of blood is unleashed.]

Thanks to the numerous enemies who had died, the Blood-Soaked Blade was already filled with enough blood. Thus, the moment the ability was used, waves of blood immediately erupted. Red streams of water began to engulf the enemies.

“Deploy defensive magic! Retreat to the rear and break Leos’s power!”

Iteon, the Celestial Assembly executive, had apparently prepared countermeasures against the blood waterfall, instantly switching from an offensive stance to a defensive one, and immediately began using defensive abilities.

A giant shield blocked Leos’s blood torrent. Behind it, countless iron rods provided support, and behind that, another massive wall was erected. This layered arrangement of abilities, designed to reduce the speed, disperse the power, and ultimately completely block the blood waterfall, showed how much the Celestial Assembly members within the Golden Sword Corps had agonized over how to stop the blood waterfall.

But as if anticipating this, Leos immediately ran forward, saying,

“Keltazar. Summon the undead and stop the enemies from reaching us.”

Before Rakart, Faron, and Benedict could even react, Leos climbed onto one of his swords and began flying forward with insane speed.

“That crazy b*stard!”

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Iteon, the Celestial Assembly executive, was taken aback, clearly not expecting Leos to move personally.

“Leos! Focus fire on Leos…!”

He stopped himself from ordering the barrage. Because there were still four swords surrounding Leos. If they recklessly attacked from range, they’d just get intercepted by Leos, resulting in the loss of their own troops below. And using offensive abilities would leave them vulnerable, weakening their defenses.

“Damn it, I was trying to stop that grotesque blood first…!”

If they didn’t stop the blood waterfall, most of their forces would be annihilated in an instant. But if they poured all their power into stopping it, Leos would break through and kill them all. With this in mind, the Celestial Assembly members all began to retreat.

“There’s no choice. First, deploy all defensive magic to prevent Leos from approaching us. Retrieve some of the frontline defense abilities. Use more robust defense abilities on our side, the Celestial Assembly.”

Fifty-odd members of the Celestial Assembly simultaneously retracted their power, deploying defensive abilities directly in front of them. As a result, about 50% of the defensive abilities at the front lines vanished. Leos didn’t miss the opportunity.

Hovering in the sky, Leos seemed like he was going to rush straight towards the Celestial Assembly members, but as soon as he confirmed that about 50% of the frontline defense abilities had been retracted, he immediately changed direction and started flying towards the front lines.

“Damn it! He’s not aiming for us! Abilities… redeploy abilities to the front lines…!”

Itheon, belatedly realizing Leos’s goal, urgently ordered, but it was already too late.

Leos, who had been floating in the sky on his sword, suddenly leaped off and began to plummet towards the ground. And around him, five swords circled.

Leos grabbed two of the five swords that had been hovering in the air, and started to tear apart the defensive abilities.

“Shatter.”