Tale of the Fake Hero - Chapter 272



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Season 3: Episode 80

“Demon, Mauna Loa in the old tongue. Literally translated, it means ‘incarnation of kings.’”

Demons are a collection of nightmares that are the remnants of the that took on flesh and took on different forms depending on the king.

If I had to describe the demon of Negalas in one line, I would say it was a ‘walking volcano’ (you can think of the Gluttonous Lord Behe-Rik as a moving volcanic zone).

The volcano shakes the earth’s axis with its two feet, sweeps the mountains and rivers with its tail, crushes life with its two hands, and spits out lava from its mouth.

“In the history of all wars since the dawn of time, the emergence of demons has meant a threat to the survival of humanity.”

During the turbulent times of the 12th century, the fire dragon Bel’dakidun and the Ristar party defeated the demons of Shu’yulcula and Naegalas and their followers, and created and brought peace.

Even during the Ashron Incident in the 15th century, the demons of Ashron slaughtered this human race before Yong-Hyeon sealed the Spider Lord and his five henchmen, the Five Elements.

Likewise, during the Anridal Incident in the 16th century, the Void Apostle Arzen and the Red Flame Akira had to destroy the demons of the Time Lord.

“At that time, in the early and middle stages of the ‘Black Summer,’ the demons of the Sea Lord appeared, but since the burden was carried by the two of them, Nohyang and Cheongseong, humanity never directly encountered the demons. That is, until 1675.”

The old professor, that day, that era… … the nightmare from that time came flooding into his mind, so he took off his glasses for a moment and pressed his eyelids with his fingers.

“Gentlemen, you complain of pain when the temperature exceeds 30 degrees Celsius. Don’t you get irritated to the opposite sex you’re interested in so that they don’t approach you? Because of the smell of your own sweat.”

The cadets laughed.

“But when the Neigalas Demon appears, the temperature is ridiculous at 40 or 50 degrees. It easily goes beyond 60 degrees, and even 70 or 80 degrees.”

In an extremely high temperature that even heat dissipation magic cannot stop, humanity is forced to the extreme of survival.

“Dehydration was setting in, and hallucinations and mirages appeared in the midst of the raging haze. In the midst of the pain of not being able to breathe and my lungs burning, it was impossible to even think, let alone fight properly… … .”

How, how on earth, can I explain that nightmare to these children… … .

In this splendid age of peace… … .

To these ‘Children of Spring’ who were born and raised in the eternal spring, which has finally blossomed at the end of all those sacrifices and devotion…

The road to defeat, hope is the back side of despair (2)

The battles of the final years of ‘Black Summer’ were completely different from any battles experienced up until then… … in short, an unfamiliar nightmare.

“Sister, with the annihilation of , a large enemy force is moving north! We need to gather at the coastal area and board the Steel Fleet landing ships!”

Who, who can blame the strangeness? Who can blame the clearness for not foreseeing and guarding against it?

In that era, the concept of “fire as far as the eye can see” was a part of nature, like the sea or mountains.

If you tell someone, “The sea will disappear tomorrow,” who would say, “Oh, that’s scary?” They would say, “That’s crazy.”

“ was lost… …?”

The priest of Hong, Aydin, absentmindedly recited the truth out loud.

that……?

That short sigh seemed to contain an agony that had to be accepted but could not be accepted.

“And besides, His Excellency Noehyang and His Excellency Cheongseong are both incapable of fighting. What on earth is going on…?”

When Ashir sensed the commotion of the Blood Horse Legion, he drew his Extreme Sword, Renod, and cut off the disturbance with one stroke.

“I’ve confirmed it. Blood Horse Corps, our goal is to collect all non-combatants remaining in the city area! Make sure to put at least one person on each horse!”

What made the situation at that time a nightmare was none other than the Demon.

It’s absurd to discuss summer with those who have never faced a demon.

Demons are usually different from the demon race.

It’s like a disaster straight out of a madman’s notebook, running wild.

When she first encountered him, Camilla felt a shock that almost made her heart stop.

“Blue flares from the coastal area! Vice-Captain, it looks like they’re trying to lure the demons over there!”

Because of that guy… … .

Because of that one guy… … .

All defensive tactics become meaningless. It turns the defensive strategy of occupying fixed positions and gaining an advantage into a blank slate.

“Senior Tars, are you going to take care of it? Alright, if you encounter a demon, don’t draw attention to it and just let it go!”

The enemy’s momentum was fierce.

If everything went as planned, we should have gained some time at the southern gate, which was the only intact part of the city walls. That was the first line of defense.

But that outburst was crushed ridiculously easily by the demon. The despair I saw while riding a horse through the old city of was… .

“Demons! Avoid direct conflict! Camilla, you and Aydin, go over there! Split up here, gather the survivors, and regroup in the old city to the southwest!”

But the despair didn’t end there.

This was my first encounter with the Uruk inland tribes, and to make matters worse, the first opponent I encountered was Kiral, the strongest of the inland tribes.

Unlike the sea tribes, they raise the monster wolf Blashurp in groups and use it as cavalry.

– Kiral, the ruler of the Julad Plains. Dominating that vast plain means that the tribe members are strong and numerous.

Blashuurp was not just a wolf. He was bigger, more brutal, and more greedy for human flesh than a tiger or a lion.

When the war horses that had just been deployed to the battlefield encountered them, they would often foam at the mouth and run away, throwing their riders away. They were gripped by primal fear.

Based on this experience, the horses of the ‘Red Summer’ were trained from the time they were young not to go crazy when they encountered Blashurp, but this time there was nothing like that.

“Ki ga shi! Advance, advance! Hahahahahahaha! Anything that walks on two feet is okay to eat!”

According to Aydin’s explanation, there are six strongest warriors in Kiral called ‘Kiranzuki Gaga’.

The only criterion for selection is ‘strength’.

The system was such that if someone who was not part of the Kiranzuki Gaga applied for the sword and won, they would take that position away.

In short, the strongest warriors in Kiral.

At that time, the guy that Camilla ran straight towards and confronted was none other than Golkarn, one of the Kiranzuki Gaga.

Kiranzuki Gaga ranks 5th in the hierarchy.

He was the vanguard of the Kiral Clan and was at the forefront of the massacre of humanity during the invasion in September 1675 AD.

“GraHahahahaha! Rin Hobukume Shku ku du baha (That human bitch doesn’t know fear)!”

The Golkarns used strange weapons with long chains and iron mallets attached to the ends, but the weapons of the Kiral warriors were unique compared to those of other clans.

– Among the inland tribes, it is the one with the best troop system and logistics production system along with the Nuwigin.

As he swung the weapon around, a murderous whirlwind arose, and a curtain of slaughter spread around him.

The third form of the ten-letter alphabet is dull.

The gap in the curtain, the linear gap that an object that is not naturally circular but forms a circle through circular motion inevitably has, a dull point is used to widen that gap.

– You should also be careful of Kiranzuki Gaga.

The 7th form of the Ten Characters Alphabet, Jinnoeryong.

The ten-character swordsmanship, the woodcutter.

– Each and every one of them is a master of the highest level. In a small or medium-sized clan, they would be worthy of being the chieftain.

If you try to counter that power with force, you will fall first. Take a final breath.

The fastest… … .

Most agile… … .

In order to penetrate that gap, I choose the swordsmanship technique. Since I need to have at least some power, I wrap the blade with a thunder dragon.

‘It appears to be a circle because of the ultra-high-speed circular motion.’

Pull out the sword.

‘That’s not a surface, it’s a line. If you can aim for that line.’

Boom, boom boom, boom boom boom, boom boom boom boom boom boom boom… … boom boom boom boom boom booooooo… … Chaeaeaeaeng!

When the Blashurp and the Red Stone crossed, there was a loud crack that could rip through eardrums and sparks flew.

‘I kicked it out… …!’

But it feels like my wrist is going to break, my body can hold on but the blade can’t. I have no chance of winning in a long fight.

“Come on!”

The redhead stamped his stubbed feet on the ground, applying the brakes.

When inertia pulled her body, Camilla did not resist the force, but rather stepped onto the saddle and jumped up.

As the sledgehammer grinds to a halt on the sand, Camilla forms five magic platforms.

Chachachachachachacha… … !

He took down the Kiral Wolf cavalry that was advancing from his son-in-law in an aerial battle and settled back into the saddle.

“There’s no time. Let’s end this match, you idiot.”

By the time they settled in, the Red Stone was already running towards Golkarn and his Blashurp, who were turning towards him.

‘The important thing is speed.’

When you fight strength with strength, it is the law of nature that the one with less absolute physical strength will lose.

‘Then, before the opposing force reaches you, you should use a method to deal with that body.’

The 9th form of the ten-letter alphabet, the lightning diagram.

A type of sword with the fastest casting speed among all the ten-letter swords, so it is called a lightning slash or a lightning-like slash.

‘If we connect this to the fourth form of the ten-letter alphabet, Bal (發).’

The speed increases by at least 1.8 times. With a mortal body, you can mimic the afterimage even if you cannot enter the realm of sonic speed.

Nabdo: Ilseom (納刀: 一閃).

For a moment, Camilla kicked the saddle of the saddler,

The sword light extends in a straight line.

It squeezed through a gap in the chain, tore through the flesh beyond, split the cervical vertebrae, and squeezed through another gap.

Choaaaaaaah… … !

Camilla lands on the sand while keeping her attitude, and while suppressing inertia by creating friction with her combat boots, Golkarn’s neck is cut off from behind. Blood spurts out from the cut surface.

‘What is it…?’

‘One blow to Golkarn… …?’

‘This little brat… … .’

At that moment, as dozens of Kiral cavalrymen following Golkarn surrounded Camilla, the spear of thunder struck down.

The field of vision becomes completely white.

In the light where nothing can be distinguished, the primordial light that burns away the flesh eroded by the abyss… … is Terbel’s Changcheolgeuk.

“Camilla! Are you okay?”

When Aydin came belatedly to speak, Camilla was sitting blankly in front of the enemy.

Oh my god, this is what happened… … .

When I turned around after dealing with Golkarn, the enemy was having his neck ripped off by Golkarn’s Blashurp.

‘Vinessa… … .’

When the lightning of the Changcheon Geuk exploded, I hastily kicked the ground.

By the time he had cut and cut Blashurp’s tough fur and brought him down, it was already too late.

The redhead was dying with blood foaming at the mouth.

‘It’s a gift that Lady Vinessa gave me… … .’

Another friend who had been by Camilla’s side for four years, never once giving her a hard time.

He was the one who was always by my side from the beginning to the end of my journey, which started when I was temporarily assigned to the Blood Demon Corps.

Even at the moment of his death, he simply looked at Camilla calmly with his dying eyes.

“Sorry, sorry, you idiot… … .”

Perhaps he wanted to say that it was okay, as the red-faced man waved his worn-out shoe-covered foot feebly, spewing out foam.

Aydin jumped down from his horse.

And then, with a hand filled with golden light, he carefully stroked the stone’s head and closed its eyes. It was a painless euthanasia.

“Camilla, you must follow the signal flare order. Get behind me.”

No, you can’t.

It seemed hopeless, but maybe he wasn’t dead, just asleep.

How, if only I could get a carriage from somewhere and take it… … .

“Camilla.”

Did you catch that thought?

Aydin grabbed her shoulder firmly and shook his head firmly.

“He’s dead. We have to go. The signal to withdraw has gone up from the coast.”

They had no choice but to leave the corpse of the stone in a place polluted by volcanic ash and melted by lava, unable to bury it in a sunny place.

It was heartbreaking.

In a situation where so many people were dying, it seemed like there was no such thing as righteousness in his heart as he buried his face in Aydin’s back and cried over the death of a single horse…

“This is a rallying signal. It’s from the Blood Demon Corps. Let’s go over there for now.”

However… … when they arrived at the location of the signal flare, the Blood Horse Corps was not there.

Strictly speaking, there was.

It was already a dead corpse, but its brain was pierced by the tail of a ‘living nightmare’ and its entire body was under its control.

‘That’s it, that’s it… … .’

The strongest of the six great demon tribes.

Mauna Loa.

‘The air is heavy… … .’

It seemed as if the extreme heat of the entire world was radiating from him.

‘I feel like my lungs and brain are going to burst.’

The demon of Neigalas spewed out abnormal amounts of heat, so wherever it was, mirages and haze would always appear, confusing the five senses.

‘It’s better than the Ibajorn Logkus I faced last time.’

My breathing was crazy.

My heart was pounding like it was going to burst.

‘Even at a glance, he’s several times stronger than that guy… … .’

The thing I encountered back then was neither an ‘incarnation-level demon’ that was like the king’s incarnation, nor a ‘high-ranking demon’, but it was classified as low-level.

“We’ll take care of him. You lead the survivors to the coastal area─!”

As Mauna Loa opened her mouth wide and let out a roar, the brain of Aydin’s steed suddenly exploded.

No, this is… … .

This is ridiculous… … .

There was no time to be lost in thought, as the demon leapt through the ground, spreading its wings and flying right up to us in one breath.

‘Priest Hong is a priest, so he can’t move as fast as me… … .’

If you dodge alone, you can avoid it, but then Aydin will be caught in the demon’s clutches and die.

The realm of imagination, the net.

From a fragment of the future that your imagination unfolds in an instant, you choose the best course of action to take at this moment.

‘in action.’

The ten-letter alphabet is linked, 4-7-11. If we list them, they are as follows.

The fourth form of the ten-letter alphabet is bal (發).

The 7th form of the Ten Characters Alphabet, Jinnoeryong.

The 11th form of the ten-character alphabet, Thunder Strike.

‘Move, move, move!’

Brain attack was a technique that formed an electric current-shaped sword energy on the trajectory of a strike.

‘The trajectory of that bastard’s hand… … .’

This is a slash designed to deal with enemies that cannot be defeated with a single slash.

‘If only I could twist it just a little bit… … !’

When the season arrived, a dozen or so lightning bolts would pulse across the orbit, and thousands of magical currents would hit the target, but Camilla could only create two lightning bolts.

‘Enough, this is enough!’

The blade, wrapped in a flashing current, slammed into Mauna Loa’s upper arm just before it grabbed Aydin.

“Yaaa …

It’s heavy, it’s hard, the sensation itself transmitted through the blade is foreign.

Is this exactly like cutting a rock?

No, it feels like a volcano has been cut down.

In short, the feeling of despair as if swinging a sword at something that cannot be cut will break the blade and break the bones in both arms.

“────AAAAAAAHHH!”

To shake off that despair, to free herself from that oppression, Camilla gritted her teeth.

I know, I know. I knew from the beginning that I couldn’t call you. But wasn’t that the goal from the beginning?

There has never been an enemy who overestimated his own strength.

Dismissal, dismissal, dismissal, dismissal, dismissal… …!

The first slash, and the cutting force of the thunderbolt it brought, slightly distorted the trajectory of Mauna Loa’s arm.

A little, just a little.

But that insignificant ‘little bit’ saved a life.

“Ugh!”

Mauna Loa’s claws tore through Aydin’s red robe and shattered his inner chainmail armor, but did not penetrate his sinews.

Aydin rolled around on the ground.

Mauna Loa’s target changed. The other hand turned to the girl inspector who was hanging onto his arm and striking him with a slash.

‘The sword, the sword won’t come out──!’

At that critical moment, when it was too late to even put down the knife and run away, a golden force field appeared between Camilla and Mauna Loa.

A shield of light that overlaps five times in an instant.

The super-fast chanting of prayers is one of Aydin’s specialties. Camilla had never seen a priest who could perform miracles as freely and quickly as Aydin until the day she died.

────Chaeng, chaeng, chaeng, chaeng, chaeng!

The light field was unable to overcome Mauna Loa’s might and shattered with the sound, but it certainly gave a reprieve to the power’s path.

Camilla placed both feet on the demon’s arms. Using all her strength, magic power, and both of her abilities, she pulled out the sword.

The moment I pulled out what was stuck, I converted the elasticity that occurred into strength, and in one breath, I escaped from the bastard’s embrace and landed on the sand.

“Haa, haa, haup, haa… … .”

He regains his composure, barely able to exhale the huge lump of air that had been blocking his throat.

‘Even though my goal was to save the priest, I did my best, but I couldn’t even leave a single trace… … .’

What should I do?

What should I do?

How on earth can I defeat this monster?

‘uh?’

Was it a gap in breathing?

“Camilla!”

Or is it because of the mirage that the extreme heat causes in the atmosphere, or is it because of the vertigo it causes in the brain?

“Avoid!”

Mauna Loa, which had clearly been far away, was suddenly lifting up Camilla’s sight with its huge tail.