The Heavenly Demon Can't Live A Normal Life [EN]: Chapter 267

At first, people didn’t realize the white-haired wizard was using 8th circle magic because they had never heard of such a thing.

Even as the sky flashed, they still believed in their strong magic walls. They thought the fortress was safe.

Flash!

The sky lit up.

A single ray of light struck the fortress walls directly from the dark, cloudy sky.

Boom!

Kabooms!

It was a huge explosion.

Magic defenses appeared. Many shields formed in the air. But the lightning hit them hard, like it wanted to break them. Soldiers of the Cairo-Dmitri alliance lost their balance and fell.

They looked up at the sky, confused. It felt like the beginning of the end. The magic shields and lightning crashed together, filling the whole sky.

The problem was… that was just the beginning.

The sky turned white and kept sending down lightning, like it was spewing out anger.

Rumble.

Boom!

Kabooms!

It was truly overwhelming.

The wizards who set up the magic defenses had said they could handle even 7th circle magic for at least ten days. But with each lightning strike, the magic shields cracked and broke, one after another.

Even people who didn’t know magic could see what was happening.

It was clear that the magic defenses would be destroyed in less than 30 minutes.

Then…

Marquis Vandenberg shouted.

“More power to the defenses!” Marquis Vandenberg’s voice was filled with fear, but he shouted, trying to sound brave. “He can’t keep this up forever! We just need to hold on, we have to!”

It was a desperate struggle.

It was just hope, not based on facts, but on what seemed logical.

The wizards stepped forward.

They stirred their magic and poured it into the defenses, but the reality was terrible.

Boom!

Rumble.

“Kraaah.”

“Ugh.”

The wizards were knocked away.

Pouring magic meant they were connected, so the impact on the defenses was felt, even a little bit, by the wizards.

Even that was too much for them.

Some screamed and fell, while others threw up. The wizards with lower circles had their magic broken just from the impact, and they passed out.

It was certain they couldn’t hold on.

The power used by the white-haired wizard broke the common sense that Marquis Vandenberg knew.

‘…Is this what Count Fabius meant?’

After their conversation, Count Fabius told the leaders what Duke Bamford had said.

It was a very arrogant statement.

He had said he lost interest in the war after learning about Chronos’s real power, which seemed like a threat to scare them.

But what he saw now was different.

The Cairo-Dmitri alliance could only watch the attack, unable to do anything.

In the end…

They just watched the magic defenses fall apart, knowing it would happen.

He swallowed hard.

Now he seemed to understand what the war with Chronos meant.

‘The magic used by the white-haired wizard is stronger than 7th circle. If he’s really an 8th circle wizard, then the Chronos Empire was called the strongest nation without showing their true power.’

He was breathless.

If the Chronos Empire could talk about taking over the continent just with the power they showed, and if their hidden power was even greater, then this war had no chance.

Roman Dmitri was clearly important in history.

Considering what he’s done, even though he’s from a weak country and so young, he might be the only one who could stand against the Chronos Empire.

But…

Chronos had a long history, and there was a wall that one person couldn’t break.

At that moment…

Boom!

The magic defenses broke.

The lightning struck right after and turned the fortress walls, which they thought were unbreakable, into ruins.

Ruuuuuumble.

The fortress walls fell.

Only 10 minutes into the war, the Cairo-Dmitri alliance faced a hopeless situation.

The moment the fortress walls fell, Duke Bamford gave a loud order.

“All troops, attack!”

“Attack!”

“Waaaaaah!”

The Empire’s forces charged forward.

In war, wizards are powerful, but the fighting between soldiers decides the end.

With the fortress walls gone, there was no reason to wait.

Seeing the soldiers charge, the Cairo-Dmitri alliance couldn’t just stand there.

Tap tap tap.

Arrows flew.

The Empire’s soldiers screamed and fell under the arrows, but it wasn’t enough to stop the enemy from rushing in like a wave.

There were too many enemies.

The archers, with trembling hands, knew they would soon face the enemies.

Then, wizards stepped onto the fortress walls.

“Burning.”

Whoosh.

It was the wizards of Felix and Phoenix.

Felix’s power blazed, creating strong fire magic.

“Fire Storm.”

It was 7th circle magic.

Felix had worked hard on his magic and, with the power of Burning, could use 7th circle magic for a short time.

A storm of fire raged. Even the Chronos Empire army couldn’t avoid it.

Fwoooosh.

Kaboom!

“Kraaah.”

“H, hot!”

The enemies were caught in flames. Those who touched the flames burned black, and those nearby grabbed their throats and fell, their throats burned by the fire.

The Phoenix wizards also kept using magic.

Flames rose everywhere, and the forces rushing in seemed to disappear quickly.

Phoenix.

They were certainly top-class wizards in magic power.

The leaders of the Western Front were confident in their defense because they trusted their planning and the Phoenix wizards.

Normally, their magic would have solved the problem.

But the white-haired wizard changed everything. He used magic against Felix and the wizards.

“Wind Storm.”

Whoosh.

The strong wind hit the Fire Storm made by Felix.

The Fire Storm couldn’t do what it was supposed to do. Fire Storm is meant to spread fire with wind. But the Wind Storm stopped it, holding the fire in one place.

The air cracked with power. It wasn’t just the clash of swords anymore. This was magic.

Everyone in the world of wizards knew that power levels, called ‘Circles,’ mattered more than anything. And now, a wind spell, they called it Wind Storm, slammed into the enemy’s fire magic, Fire Storm, and destroyed it completely.

*Pop!* Like a bubble bursting, the fire magic vanished. The wind from the spell scattered the flames everywhere.

Seeing the flames scatter, the leaders of the Western Front realized that even magic could not stop what was coming.

The white-haired wizard stood there, and his presence was overwhelming.

He showed everyone what a wizard could do on the battlefield, and how a very powerful wizard, one of the strongest in the world (an 8th Circle wizard), could change the war all by himself.

The realm beyond the heavens was different.

He broke through the magical defenses, collapsed the fortress walls, and made Felix’s magic stop working with a single spell.

In the end.

“The enemies are coming in!”

“Stop them!”

The Imperial Army charged towards the fortress walls.

Just as they were about to attack the Western Front forces with their faces twisted with anger, a streak of light, like lightning, fell from the sky.

Wham!

Rumble!

“You shall not pass!”

A powerful explosion of energy.

The one who swept away the enemies was Count Nicholas.

Then, Count Nicholas appeared. People once called him the First Sword of Cairo, and now he was here.

He stood before the advancing enemies, raised his energy, and slashed them down.

Flash!

Blood spurted like a fountain.

Count Nicholas charged forward, cutting down every enemy in his way to stop them from storming the fortress.

The ordinary soldiers were helpless.

A very skilled swordsman, known for his incredible talent (a 5-star swordsman), was blocking the way. His sword moved like lightning, and enemies fell before him.

The ranking match with Roman Dmitry.

That day, Count Nicholas was badly hurt.

He had to rest and recover for a while, but it gave him a chance to let go.

The title of being the best (Rank 1).

The pressure from it was heavy, and as Daniel Cairo took control, Count Nicholas escaped from the problems and had time for himself.

So, he had fully recovered.

With even more powerful skills than before, Count Nicholas’s presence exploded.

“Die!”

Rumble!

The Knights of Chronos charged.

There were many of them.

Two in front, three on each side.

They raised their energy, pressuring Count Nicholas, but he calmly blocked their attacks with quick steps.

The light flashed.

A fierce impact occurred, and Count Nicholas seemed to be pushed back for a moment, but each time they clashed, the enemy’s head flew.

“…?!”

They couldn’t even see what was happening.

The moment they tried to attack again, thinking Count Nicholas was blocking them, they lost consciousness.

And then, other swordsmen also fell, spraying blood.

Like wine getting better with age, Count Nicholas’s swordsmanship blossomed.

At the same time.

“Duck!” a voice yelled.

Flash!

Above Count Nicholas’s head, the wind passed.

It was Chris.

After the operation with Roman Dmitry, he and Dmitry’s soldiers returned to the Western Front.

Only Roman Dmitry stayed in enemy territory.

Chris, seeing the fortress walls collapsing, used his energy to help Count Nicholas.

It was fast.

Count Nicholas glanced at Chris’s face.

‘Was Chris this skilled?’ he wondered.

Even with the difference in energy, it was a fast and complete strike, so much so that even Count Nicholas wasn’t sure he could block it.

It was as people said.

People said that the subordinates who followed Roman Dmitry were as strong as him.

Chris was still young, but his swordsmanship showed a bright future.

Following him, Dmitry’s swordsmen appeared, blocking the fortress walls.

The fortress walls collapsed sooner than expected because of the powerful wizard, but the enemies surging in like a flood weren’t strong enough to break through the narrow space.

Still, it was manageable.

Count Nicholas raised his energy and shouted, putting his power into his voice.

Rumble!

“Cairo, soldiers of Dmitry! Do not give up! The Western Front will not fall like this!”

On the fortress walls, Flora Lawrence looked over the battlefield.

Thud, thud.

The Chronos Empire army tried to enter the fortress walls using ladders.

The sky, filled with dark clouds, was struck by lightning, and on the ground, a fierce battle was taking place as enemies tried to enter through the collapsed fortress walls and break through the fortress gates.

The situation was not good.

While shooting arrows, Flora Lawrence thought about the situation.

‘To make our plan work, we need at least 3 days. I thought we could hold out using the fortress walls, but if they collapse on the first day, that doesn’t matter anymore.’

Moreover, there was a problem.

The powerful wizard, watching from a distance, could turn the bad situation into a disaster.

Maybe Chronos had more than just him.

The white-haired wizard was a powerful mage unknown to the world, and there might be others like him.

The Chronos Empire is a country that has the best fighters, like Valhalla.

With Roman Dmitry gone, if those top fighters appear, the chances of winning, even in close combat, were low.

So, one question came up.

‘Should we defend the Western Front to the end? Roman Dmitry wanted time to carry out the operation, not necessarily to defend the Western Front. Defending the collapsed fortress walls will cost more than we thought. We need to decide quickly.’

The war with Chronos meant they were outmatched.

If they fought back in the same way, using strong armies and many soldiers, they would be cornered.

Flora felt terrified.

She felt hope disappearing because of Chronos, but she believed in Roman Dmitry.

He will turn things around.

So, they needed to buy at least 3 days.

Thwack!

She shot an arrow into the forehead of an enemy who had climbed onto the fortress walls.

Then, she ran to Marquis Vandenberg.

“Commander!”

He was also fighting.

When Marquis Vandenberg, covered in blood, saw Flora Lawrence, she spoke quickly but firmly.