How To Live As A Third Son Of A Failure [EN]: Chapter 276

‘Would you give your life?’

It was Kerwin’s question.

I nodded.

There was nothing to hesitate about. I wasn’t planning on living here for thousands of years anyway.

I don’t know if defeating Neviros is the ultimate goal, but it was also the reason why I had been dashing around the continent.

In a way, everything I do stems from Neviros.

‘Willingly.’

I nodded without hesitation.

Kerwin, having heard my definite answer, continued.

‘You remember the battle in the north, right?’

‘Yes. Are you talking about the battle against the Drake and the monsters?’

‘I will recreate the situation at that time.’

‘……Yes? How?’

Kerwin smiled at my question.

‘Through my Mana Heart.’

Mana Heart.

Something more precious than life to a mage. How vast would the vessel that a great mage has expanded over hundreds of years be? And what would be the purity and amount of mana contained within?

The collection of a mage’s life and soul. I fell silent at the thought that he would offer such a thing without hesitation.

‘But that mana could end up empowering Neviros. So, receive my power through Aphen [the sword]. And use that power to sacrifice your life and defeat Neviros.’

* * *

Everyone fighting ceased their actions. Even the ferocious monsters shielded their eyes with their hands. The light that Kerwin emitted was that intense.

It was as if two suns had risen.

The light, which seemed to scorch the eyes, soon began to coalesce. And soon, the light, transformed into a pure white stream, began to gather in one place.

Right into Aphen, which I had plunged into the ground.

“Cunning wizard!”

Neviros, who had been watching aloofly until now, twitched his eyebrows. It felt quite refreshing to see his expression, which had been calm all along, crumble.

“Break that sword.”

At Neviros’ subsequent command, the paused monsters began to move again.

In addition, over a hundred Unholy Knights released their power, each emitting a red aura. Furthermore, Neviros also charged at me, engulfed in black flames.

Also, the Drake, sensing Neviros’ will, raised its head. It had lost its wings, but its legs, firmly planted on the ground, remained intact. The red dragon roared and approached.

“Ilia! Redran! Help me! Commander Gilaine! We must stop the Unholy Knights!”

With Ruth’s shout, Gilaine Esteban raised his sword.

“Knights! Engage the Unholy Knights!”

All the knights who participated, regardless of affiliation, gathered according to Gilaine’s instructions.

Ilia and Ruth also summoned their incarnations. There was nothing left to hide, because it was a desperate situation.

Their swords clashed against the Unholy Knights. A fierce battle began.

The monsters, momentarily freed as the knights fell back, rushed towards me.

“Oh no!”

At Ruth’s bewildered cry, Lordain placed both arms on the ground. Blood vessels began to bulge in Lordain’s eyes. Furthermore, his grasping arms twitched. It was a display of immense power being unleashed.

Perhaps because of such efforts, in an instant, the ground twisted and cracked, and soon a dozen giants were created. The towering dozen-meter-tall earth spirits began to fight the monsters with their solid bodies.

“Go!”

Glorian did the same. Although the number had decreased quite a bit due to the previous battle, the tree spirits he had brought joined in. And the beastmen and two elven races filled the gaps between the giants.

“Kalandart!”

There was Rahenna’s cry. Then, Kalandart’s eyes, with his hands on the ground, flickered. Kalandart, possessed by the soul of a druid warrior through necromancy, became a vicious weapon and crushed the monsters.

Rahenna also unleashed her power. She unleashed all the spells she had, spreading both hands, with blue energy filling her eyes. The rushing monsters were restrained from moving, trapped in all sorts of hallucinations and nightmares.

“Breath!”

At that time, a knight’s desperate cry echoed. In the distance, the Drake could be seen opening its mouth.

What it was aiming for was obvious. I could clearly see the Drake’s gaping mouth aimed directly at me.

“Lord! We must stop it!”

At Ruth’s cry, Count Lindaier leaped forward. Graham also leaped, following Count Lindaier, who jumped over a dozen meters.

The two masters rushed towards the Drake. But flames were starting to rise from the Drake’s mouth.

“Pleta.”

I quietly called Pleta.

Pleta, trembling all over, not knowing what to do, turned her head at my call. I held out my hand to her.

“Take it.”

While filled with questions, Pleta took my outstretched hand. The white stream that was being absorbed into Aphen continued to my hand, and then from my hand to Pleta.

“Keugh…….”

Pleta bent over. Then, she spat out a handful of blood. Pleta, who raised her head again, was bleeding an enormous amount of blood from her nose.

“This, this power is?”

“Will you stop that?”

“…….”

Pleta’s two hands, without even wiping the nosebleed, were directed forward. Subsequently, a pale blue light was emitted from her hands, and a huge dome-shaped barrier was created. The barrier enveloped all the allies around.

Pleta shouted, joy spreading all over her face.

“I can’t believe it! I unfolded this!”

No sooner had her cry ended than the breath poured down.

A shower of flames that would melt even steel. She bit her lip so hard that it tore, and she couldn’t help but scream.

However, Pleta desperately maintained the barrier.

Of course, the price was harsh. Whether she had suffered serious internal injuries all over her body, Pleta collapsed helplessly and fainted as soon as the breath stopped.

“Lord Graham!”

“Let’s go, Lindaier!”

Count Lindaier and Graham rushed out together from the thick smoke created by the fire. The mana that had been unleashed to the limit drew the afterimages of the two like shadows.

“Stop.”

At that time, Neviros, with an angry look, stood in front of the two masters heading towards the Drake. A dark aura rose from Neviros’ outstretched hand. It was at that moment that Count Lindaier and Graham were momentarily taken aback.

“Get out of the way, both of you!”

It was Lordain’s shout. Count Lindaier and Graham hurriedly made space by widening the distance to the sides. In the meantime, Lordain charged towards Neviros.

Neviros stretched out his hand. Several streams of whips created by the dark, formless energy stretched out towards Lordain.

But surprisingly, Lordain knocked down all the whips that were digging in above his head, on the ground, in front, to the left and right, and even behind him. It was a chillingly precise movement.

“I won’t be fooled twice!”

Lordain, who finally reached Neviros’ nose, accelerated and slammed his shoulder against his chest. Lordain’s sword rushed in like a beast towards Neviros, who was knocked back and floating in the air from the impact.

However, Neviros, who had been pushed back, did not remain still. He gathered the black whips he had spewed out like tentacles in one place.

It soon took the shape of a huge spear. Neviros, wielding the huge black spear, deflected Lordain’s sword.

“Get rid of the Drake!”

While being pushed back by the backlash, Lordain shouted strongly. Graham and Count Lindaier, the two masters, did not waste the gap created by Lordain.

Graham’s sword, which passed by Neviros’ side, cut off the Drake’s forefoot. Count Lindaier, who charged in afterwards, severed its neck.

The two attacks were carried out almost simultaneously, creating an illusion as if the body was separating on its own.

“Now there are three of us. What are you going to do, you bastard?”

Count Lindaier and Graham, who immediately turned their bodies, and Lordain formed a triangle and surrounded Neviros in the center. Soon, the combined assault of the three strongest swordsmen on the continent began.

Neviros separated the spear again and created a dozen whips. The whips were used to attack, restrict movement, and defend.

Every time the whip touched the ground, black flames rose and exploded. The rising dust and broken stone fragments blurred the vision.

However, the three masters avoided all the whips. Their movements were truly like lightning, appearing as formless shadows.

The three, who had avoided the attack in an instant, simultaneously launched a counterattack.

Count Lindaier’s flashing quick sword cut off all the whips blocking his movement. At the same time, Graham’s three precise sword strikes shattered the whips used for defense.

Finally, Lordain’s sword, swung from below to above as if splitting the ground through the opened gap, penetrated fiercely.

Blood spurted out. It was blood gushing from the scars engraved on Neviros’ chest. Neviros, who had fallen backwards, was buried in the Drake’s corpse.

Neviros remained motionless in that sprawled position for a while.

“Is it over?”

Count Lindaier, who stepped back, said while catching his breath, and Graham shook his head.

“That can’t be.”

Lordain also sheathed his sword and nodded.

“Damn it. I was careless.”

Neviros, who had been motionless in the buried position, slowly raised only his head. Then, he said with a bitter expression.

“It’s really an incomplete vessel. It’s unpleasant.”

Neviros raised his body again. A black haze-like substance rose from the torn wound. Graham groaned at the sight of it completely healed.

“I don’t have enough power yet, but I can’t help it.”

Neviros slowly stretched.

Subsequently, his appearance began to change. First of all, his clothes were torn. This is because of the rising black wings and swollen muscles.

Subsequently, black and long horns sprouted near his temples, and the rising nails resembled those of a beast.

“…….”

Everyone watching gasped at Neviros’ completely changed appearance.

Neviros swept across the battlefield without paying attention to the concentrated gaze.

He would have seen the Unholy Knights who were already falling down. Of course, their power was also considerable, so the number of allied knights who participated had also decreased quite a bit.

The prairie was already red with the corpses of dead monsters and the blood that flowed out. The battlefield was gradually becoming quiet, and the remaining monsters were even being hunted by the beastmen in the distance.

Neviros, who had seen all of them together, raised his hand.

“Let’s start again.”

It was truly a terrible word.

As soon as Neviros finished speaking, the fallen Unholy Knights began to rise again.

That wasn’t the only problem. When Neviros waved his hand again, a black aura began to spring from the corpses of the fallen monsters this time.

The shadows were cast in the eyes of everyone watching as they saw the power being plundered from the extinguished life.

“Arise, Red Dragon.”

The sight of the severed flesh moving on its own and reattaching to the body was quite grotesque.

The Drake, who had regained his impure life in this way, slowly raised his body. The only difference from when he was alive was his dull gray eyes that had lost their vitality.

The Drake, who raised his body, roared again next to Neviros.