The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 431



432 – Black Sword of Destruction

This is an enemy that does not appear in the novel. When I swallowed nervously, it quietly opened its eyes. In his hand, he had been holding an old black sword for some time. My heart is throbbing. I don’t know if it’s fear or a desire to win, but it’s because my heart is filled with it.

I tried to attack first before I lost my cool. But the other person was suddenly standing in front of me as if he had used space magic. It’s a speed that the eye can’t keep up with. They didn’t even attack the defenseless me. They were just observing us.

Everyone instinctively backed away from me at the sight of that presence, but Ellie remained by my side. Realizing that she was in danger, Ellie tried to swing her wand, but her wrist was completely bent back.

Crunchy―――!

With the sound of Ellie’s bones breaking, all of my frozen senses awakened. She used her intangibility to push Ellie away and at the same time stabbed the Spear of Shadow.

Tung-!

The enemy, who blocked the attack by pushing the spear pole with his forearm before it reached him, swung his black sword. It was impossible to avoid attacks coming through the gap created by inserting the spear. However, the black sword was pushed away using space distortion, which can distort everything that enters the occupied space.

But that wasn’t the end. The magic power released from the black sword pushed the space itself, causing him to lose his balance and fly backwards. The moment I regained my balance in the air and landed, three severed heads fell next to me.

Blood splatters everywhere. Three adventurers who reached the realm of transcendence with just one attack lost their heads simply because they were within the range of the attack. The enemy, who caught the headless body, chewed it and swallowed it with the mouth on its abdomen. The sound of human bones and flesh crushing reverberated throughout the dome.

“―――!”

Valentine, who momentarily went behind the enemy’s back, shot out a red flash. The flash of light that seemed to melt everything with its overwhelming firepower failed to reach the enemy. The eyes that had been closed on the back of my head opened, and the enemy turned around and slashed a flash of light with a black sword. You cannot cut magic with a sword. Just like you can’t water the water.

However, the flash that Valentine shot was blocked by the black sword and shattered. Everyone who witnessed it held their breath. Valentine’s arm was shaking like crazy as he aimed his wand at the force that literally shattered the magic.

“… “It makes no sense.”

The energy flowing from the black sword was familiar to me. It is the power of destruction sealed in the Spear of Destruction. The enemy destroyed the magic itself with the power of destruction.

“Scatter away!”

Derok came to his senses and shouted loudly. The adventurers who were dazed around the enemy tried to escape, but the enemy moved first. A black sword fell towards the head of a nearby adventurer. The adventurer could not even react and did not even realize that death had come to him.

Shuuu!

However, the black sword could not split the adventurer’s head. Using space magic, he created a dimensional passage so that the black sword could attack the enemy’s head. However, the moment the black sword entered the entrance to the dimension, it must have felt strange and quickly used the black sword’s power of destruction to collapse the dimensional passage.

Ordinary weapons were cut along with the space as the dimensional passage closed, but perhaps because it was surrounded by the power of destruction, the black sword escaped from the space unharmed. Meanwhile, the adventurer who almost died was fortunately able to escape. When there was a moment, Raelan urgently shouted to everyone.

“Except Lily, attack everyone in sequence!”

Derok immediately swung his sword. As the most skilled among adventurers, he decided that if he did not come forward, the damage would be greater. However, Derokk was overwhelmingly outgunned in his speed and strength.

“… Crazy, so fucking heavy!”

The enemy’s attack was so heavy and threatening that Derok’s feet were partially stuck in the road with just one collision. There was no way for Derok to stop the ensuing attack. However, because we decided to attack sequentially in preparation for this, we were unable to finish off Locke because we had to block the magic coming from behind him.

I quietly prepared, and almost at the same time the black sword destroyed the magic, I opened the dimensional exit above my head and stabbed the spear. However, the enemy, who recognized the attack above his head through the eyes on the back of his hand, pushed his body forward and avoided the attack.

The adventurer, whose distance suddenly narrowed, hurriedly swung the axe, but the enemy, who avoided the axe by rotating his body as if dancing, lightly cut off the adventurer’s head and rushed towards Colton, who was aiming his staff.

“Ugh, ugh… !”

Colton hurriedly tried to create magic to block the approach, but as the black sword moved, everything blocking its path turned into bright light-emitting powder. Before the sword reached Colton’s neck, he used space magic to grab Colton’s back and pull it out.

I couldn’t afford to worry about Colton, who lost his balance and fell to the floor. The enemy gave up on Colton, who was already far away, and started attacking Lamine, who was closest. Lamine skillfully controlled the distance and swung the spear.

“The power… That doesn’t make sense-”

I responded to my opponent’s attack by looking at my shoulder, but I kept getting pushed back due to the sheer difference in power. As the huge impact sound continued, the blood flowing from the torn palm fell down the spear and onto the floor. The black sword struck strongly from top to bottom. Thinking that she couldn’t stop it, Lamine pulled her body back, but the enemy had already calculated it and was pushing it with her shoulder.

A black sword fell towards Lamine’s head, which had lost its balance. Because of his experience with spatial magic, the black sword continued to be engulfed in the power of destruction. So, rather than blocking the attack towards Lamine, I aimed for the enemy’s head and used my intangible breath to throw the Spear of Shadow.

The enemy’s judgment was quick. He must have thought that he could dispose of Lamine at any time, so she ducked her body and dodged the flying spear without even looking at Lamine, who had fallen to the floor. Meanwhile, Raelan used magic to pull Lamine’s body. However, the enemy had already finished preparing to attack Lamine in a low posture. The enemy lunged at Lamine like a beast, scratching the ground with his black sword and swinging his sword lightly.

Kaaang!

If it hadn’t been for me who threw the spear and rushed at him, Lamine’s head would have fallen to the floor. After blocking the black sword, I unleashed a barrage of attacks, raising the magical power of my entire body. Using intangible breathing, the afterimage did not disappear at an incredible speed and it looked as if I had dozens of arms. Nevertheless, the opponent swung his black sword and countered all of the attacks. Then, black light emitted and the spear was struck with the side of the sword, causing the spear to bounce away.

The force of the spear broke my balance, and the black sword fell on my head as one knee touched the floor. At that moment, Ellie, holding the staff with her other hand, completed the synthesis magic and fired it at the enemy. As soon as I saw that, I created a dimensional passage next to me and rolled over to get out of the spot.

bang—!

An explosion occurred where the enemy had been, accompanied by a huge bang. Black smoke and flames poured out as if they were filling the dome. However, soon, as if rewinding, the smoke and flames that had been pouring out were sucked back into one place.

“uh… ?”

Ellie’s magic disappeared without leaving a trace. The enemy suffered no damage from Ellie’s most destructive synthesis magic. The mouth on her abdomen kept licking its lips again. The mouth swallowed Ellie’s magic. She didn’t even have time to panic. The enemy moved straight away and instantly killed the nearby adventurer.

The man next to the dead adventurer hurriedly swung his sword, but the enemy’s fist pierced the man’s head. The enemy threw the body around carelessly and charged at the nearby adventurer again.

“Hey, you son of a b*tch… !!!”

Derok gritted his teeth and threw himself down to save the adventurer. However, the enemy, who glanced over his shoulder and blocked the attack, skillfully adjusted his stance and kicked Derok’s abdomen, then trampled on the body that fell as he lost balance, jumping on the adventurer holding the shield and tearing his body apart.

Kaaang!

I barely managed to block the black sword that was thrown towards Derok, who had fallen on the floor. However, the enemy who caught the bounced black sword in the air did not lose his momentum and began to push me. After three clashes, the spear of shadow was completely shattered. I executed the spear again, but the enemy took advantage of the gap and approached me by pushing his shoulder, striking him in the solar plexus with his elbow.

“… “Ugh!”

My upper body folded spontaneously due to the intense pain. He saw a shadow trying to strike with a black sword, but for a moment his body was paralyzed and he could not move. As the sound of death got closer, I felt something pushing me away.

Push!

Lamine pushed me away and tried to block the black sword with the spear, but the spear was cut off by the power of the black sword, splitting his chest and spilling blood. Magic poured down on the enemy who was about to finish him off. As I swung the black sword and destroyed the magic, I was freed from paralysis and moved to a distant place with Lamine using space magic.

“Lamine!”

Although he did not die immediately, it was a dangerous condition that could lead to death if not treated immediately. As I was taking out a potion from the space warehouse and pouring it into the wound, I heard the sound of someone dying from behind.

“Ellie, stay with Lamine!”

“… okay!”

After entrusting the injured Lamine to Ellie, I materialized the soul into the lily mask and raised all my magical power.