The Bastard Swordsman Of The Imperial Guard [EN]: Chapter 183

“It feels like an hour has passed already… What state is this exactly?”

Carlson tapped the sphere of magic with his sword.

Lucifer, surrounded by his own magic, was as unresponsive as if he were tapping the ground.

“It’s a seal that invested all the remaining magic. Since it’s a seal that invested all of the Demon King’s magic, it can’t be broken unless Lucifer breaks out of it himself.”

“Does that make sense? Then could he just stay still like this forever?”

“If a saintess or the Pope injects divine power with holy magic, the seal can be broken. Lucifer will want to break the seal before that happens, and anyway, we have no choice but to wait for support to arrive.”

“Yes. The banquet must be over by now. It’s strange that Lord Rael hasn’t arrived yet, but… it’s not far from the banquet hall, so reinforcements from the allied forces will surely arrive soon.”

Lucas steadied his breathing and raised his sword.

He focused his senses, organizing his understanding of the realm.

“I’m calling the Elven race with the magic of nature, so it won’t take long.”

“Reina, is that true?”

“Yes. Elves can communicate through nature. I’ve been sending signals since earlier, so support will come soon.”

“…So that’s why you were burying your hands in the dirt. Sorry for misunderstanding.”

Gent bowed his head towards Reina.

He wondered what kind of nonsense she was doing in this urgent situation, but it seemed she was contacting the Elven race.

“Misunderstanding? I don’t know what you mean, but it’s okay.”

Reina closed her eyes and focused on sending the magic of nature.

The moment the signal reaches the Elven race, reliable comrades will rush over.

‘Damn it… Why isn’t the magic returning? What is that stupid human, Leopold, doing?’

Meanwhile, Lucifer, surrounded by magic, felt uneasy.

Quite some time had passed, but the magic had not returned.

At this rate, humans might actually gather.

Even though he was the Demon King Lucifer, he didn’t want to take unnecessary risks.

‘Surely the preparation was perfect… What variable was there?’

He arranged time alone with the Imperial Family at the timing of the banquet’s end, and he prevented the hero, who was the only concern, from moving.

But why isn’t the contract being fulfilled?

‘I shouldn’t waste any more time…! This is why you shouldn’t trust foolish humans!’

Swoosh-

At that moment.

The magic began to flow into Lucifer’s body.

‘It’s done! It’s not too late!’

Lucifer was delighted and slowly gathered his magic.

However, contrary to his expectations, only about half of Lucifer’s magic was filled.

‘Unbelievable… Could it be that the contract wasn’t properly fulfilled?’

The opponent is just one woman.

There’s no way the Emperor, who has Lucifer’s magic, couldn’t subdue her.

‘Tch, I need to get out of here first.’

Figuring out the situation can wait.

He needs to get out of here immediately and join Calliope and Mistra.

The declaration of war from Alheim [Lucifer’s domain] is not far off.

If he doesn’t cause the Ghost King to go berserk before Maledrax moves, he will be late for the grand plan.

‘I was planning to make the Ghost King go berserk before the Empire could properly react after contracting with the Emperor… If the contract wasn’t properly fulfilled, it will be difficult.’

The contract not being fulfilled means the Emperor is dead.

Since he can’t control the Empire’s leadership from Alheim, he needs to make a different plan.

More importantly, he must not die no matter what.

Crack-

“Lucifer is awakening! Prepare for battle!”

“I received the magic of nature from the Elven race! If we hold on a little longer, the Elves will come! I’m sure of it!”

At Gent and Reina’s words, Carlson and Lucas also raised their swords.

“Lucas! Ugh, magic…!”

“Lord Carlson! Are you alright?!”

Lucas frowned and stared at Lucifer.

The monster, emitting a much darker magic than before, was slowly breaking out of the egg.

[Insects… You don’t even know your place and you’re not even running away!]

Lucifer released his magic as he broke the seal.

Lucifer’s magic, which instantly dominated the space, was much more destructive than before.

“May the light of Gaia [the goddess of earth] be with us. Eclipse.”

But at that moment.

A pillar of divine power fell from the sky.

[Kuhhhhh! W, who is it!]

Beyond the pillar of light that even swallowed Lucifer’s magic, the allied forces began to walk in.

“Since justice does not stand in the world, demons are rampant. It is time for the Righteous Heaven Alliance to set things right.”

“Mucheon. Focus. The opponent is the Demon King.”

“Great Hero Mucheon! Sword Dragon!”

At the forefront of the allied forces were Mucheon and Sword Dragon.

Sword Dragon, who even brought the Saintess of the Gaia Order, nodded as he looked at the heroes confronting the Demon King.

“…. Lucas, you’ve crossed the wall.”

Sword Dragon was impressed by Lucas’s changed energy.

A life-or-death battle made the young swordsman bloom.

“Yes. Sword Dragon. The great sword that Sword Dragon guided me with was a great help.”

“We need to create another executive position in the Soma Association. We’ll talk about the details later.”

“Yes!”

Behind Sword Dragon and Mucheon, Saintess Cecilia, accompanied by the holy knights of the Order, also appeared.

She immediately approached Lucas and Carlson and gave them blessings.

“Lord Carlson. Lucas. Are you alright?”

“S, Saintess. Thank you! I almost died!”

Carlson took a sigh of relief as he felt the divine power dwelling in his body.

The dark magic of Lucifer, who had awakened from the seal, was completely different from before.

If there was no support from the Saintess, there might not have been a victory like before.

“Yes. Um, Lord Carlson. Where is Rael?”

Cecilia looked around, searching.

She moved urgently at the news that he was confronting Lucifer, but Rael was nowhere to be seen.

“Brother Rael is fighting elsewhere. We were blocking this place!”

“Ah… I see. I understand. I will help you with the blessing of Gaia.”

“…? Yes! Saintess. Thank you!”

Carlson tilted his head, looking at the Saintess who seemed somewhat disappointed, but soon focused on the battle.

Lucifer, who was ambushed by the Saintess’s holy magic, was releasing his magic again.

“Is this the ruler of the forbidden Alheim, the Demon King, who plagues the world….”

The Righteous Heaven Alliance Leader chuckled as he felt the magic piercing his body.

They had been blocking such a monster with only four people until now.

“Is this the power of the Empire’s Three Pillars? It’s unbelievable that only four people were confronting Lucifer…”

Even if the two different races are like that, Lucas and Carlson are still swordsmen around 20 years old.

Indeed, the talent of those two was also as great as Rael.

[I can’t die like this…! I am Lucifer. The ruler of Alheim!]

Lucifer spread his magic and glared.

The sky darkened and the dark magic covered the sun.

The magic, the natural enemy of humans, weighed down on the shoulders of the allied forces.

He is the devil of the contract and the Four Great Demon Kings, Lucifer.

He couldn’t just die in a place like this.

“The allied forces, stand behind me. The opponent is the Demon King, but we have the Saintess and the Empire’s Three Pillars.”

The leader of the allied forces and the best sword of the Vanessa Kingdom, Sword Dragon.

He stepped forward and released his magic.

“Energy Palace Deployment.”

The extreme of the Childlike Skill, Energy Palace.

Sword Dragon’s realm spread out and infused the allied forces with energy.

The sword energy of the Sword Master rose firmly.

*

“…”

Inside the quiet Emperor’s reception room.

Rael slowly looked at Yuri.

She trembled, enduring the murderous intent of the Heavenly Execution Star [a cursed star], that was trying to devour her.

“I don’t think it’ll work. Rael… I really don’t think it’ll work….”

Yuri felt the murderous intent swallowing her body.

The moment she killed Leopold with the power of the Heavenly Execution Star, it was an unavoidable fate.

She couldn’t reject the murderous intent that was trying to dominate her body.

“Don’t worry, Yuri.”

Rael stood in front of Isabel, who had lost consciousness.

In some ways, she could be seen as just a maid, but she was definitely an important person to Yuri.

If Yuri were to kill Isabel, it could become a trauma later.

‘Even if that’s not the case… It’s not a pleasant thing to see someone die in front of you.’

Rael sighed and drew his sword.

Yuri, who had been standing in front of him, lowered her head and walked backwards.

Stab-

She pulled the sword out of Leopold’s chest.

And slowly turned her body, raising her sword towards Rael.

‘I want to kill him. Rael… I want to kill him.’

How would it be more fun to kill him?

Rael’s body is different from Isabel’s; it’s firm and generally developed.

Maybe he won’t die as easily as Simon, who was covered in fat.

I’ll have to stab, cut, and tear him several times to reveal his flesh.

Yuri raised the corners of her mouth without realizing it.

“…Yuri.”

Rael swallowed as he looked at Yuri.

She seemed like a completely different person from Yuri, who was smiling.

A dark murderous intent, like an abyss with no bottom, pressed down on Rael.

Murderous intent is originally a force that does not clearly exist.

Even if an excellent swordsman feels murderous intent, it mostly comes from senses such as presence, unconscious actions, or tense muscles, heartbeat, and gaze.

But Yuri’s murderous intent was different.

Simply a pure intention to kill the opponent.

The primal emotion of death made Rael realize death.

‘I don’t think I’ve ever seen Yuri use a sword before… She held a sword in the original story too.’

Rael scanned Yuri’s body up and down.

Clearly, he didn’t feel the same energy from her as other strong people.

Yuri’s posture was clumsy, as if she hadn’t properly learned swordsmanship.

Her shoulders were tense, her waist was bent, and her wrists were drooping.

Her legs were awkwardly spread apart, and even her center of gravity was leaning to one side.

“…Rael. I’m sorry.”

However, her eyes were so sharp.

A terribly persistent gaze stared at Rael.

There was not a hint of fear or hesitation in Yuri’s eyes as she said she was sorry.

Only a persistent murderous intent to take the opponent’s life.

Thud-

Yuri’s body rushed towards Rael like the wind.

“…!”

Clang-!

Rael gritted his teeth as he blocked Yuri’s sword.

Clearly, Yuri’s swordsmanship was not excellent.

Rael hadn’t properly learned swordsmanship either, but Yuri was even worse than that.

Her swordsmanship was rougher than a street mercenary and sharper than a beast.

“Rael. Rael. Rael….”

Yuri trembled her lips and focused her gaze on Rael.

How can I kill Rael?

Yuri’s head was filled with such thoughts.

The Heavenly Execution Star, born with a murderous intent that humans cannot contain, Yuri,

The murderous intent accumulated in her body eventually went berserk, and the murderous intent of the Heavenly Execution Star forcibly bloomed her body so that it could release the murderous intent.

It was the rampage of the Heavenly Execution Star that would never end until countless humans were killed.

But, unfortunately, Rael was in front of her.

A human who has evolved like a dragon, capable of handling even the murderous intent of the Heavenly Execution Star.

Whoosh-!

Rael strongly deployed Rotation [a swordsmanship technique] and suppressed Yuri.

He was planning to buy time while slowly gathering her murderous intent.

Clench-

Rael took a step forward with his right foot and cut off the murderous intent that covered him.

The Sword of Ascension, which contains the power of the sky, was strong enough to cut off even murderous intent.

No matter how strong Yuri was, Rael, who was a Sword Master, could not lose to Yuri.

Doo-geun- Doo-geun-

And Yuri also knew that fact.

Rael is different from Leopold, who recklessly handled Lucifer’s magic.

She had to become stronger to kill him.

The murderous intent of the Heavenly Execution Star was being sucked into Rael’s Rotation and was gradually weakening.

And the Heavenly Execution Star, which had been suppressed by blessings for decades, did not want Yuri to end like this.

The result was this.

“What is that….”

Rael clenched his holy sword as he watched the murderous intent and magic power soaring into the sky.

A huge magic power swirled in Yuri’s sword, which had drawn out ‘Sword Force’ [a powerful sword technique] in an instant.

It was like the realm of a Sword Master.

A human who couldn’t even handle sword energy was not only handling sword force in an instant, but was also stepping into the realm.

That was the talent given to the Heavenly Execution Star.

Rumble-! Bang-!

The darkened sky was revealed above Rael’s head.

The dark murderous intent created phenomena like magic, blowing away the ceiling of the Imperial Palace and swallowing the blue sky.

“…That’s good. I can just say the Demon King appeared.”

Rael laughed in vain and looked at the sky.

He was worried about what excuses to make to the allied forces who would arrive late, but he could just say it was the Demon King’s terror.

“Rael. Haa. Haa… If you don’t avoid it, you’ll die. I’m really… going to kill you.”

Yuri’s hands trembled.

The power contained in her sword was abnormal.

Even Rael wouldn’t be able to withstand it.

Yuri smiled and looked at Rael.

“…It’s okay. Yuri. I’m not that weak of a man.”

Clearly, Yuri’s sword force was big and strong.

But just because it’s big doesn’t mean it’s strong.

Sword Force is something that a swordsman who has risen to the graduate level creates by condensing their sword energy.

The process requires precise power control and a lot of experience.

And precise power control is what Rael is most confident in.

Rael drew out even more power from the holy sword.

The power absorbed by Rotation and the divine power mixed together and told Rael the next step.

[R, Rael! Hero! It’s dangerous! Your body won’t be able to handle it!]

Saint shouted in surprise, but Rael lightly ignored the words.

“Don’t worry about useless things. I know my body well.”

It’s a dragon’s body recognized by Tia.

It won’t break with just this much.

“Heavenly Execution Sword Form 4.”

The fourth form of the Heavenly Execution Sword that he could finally reach after learning Rotation.

The sword that pierces a thousand stars unfolded in Rael’s hand.

“Shattering Heaven(碎天) [Sui Tian – a Chinese term for ‘shattering the sky’].”

Kwaaaaa!

Rael’s sword, which forcibly pushed back Yuri’s sword force, pierced the black sky.