Level Up Inquisitor [EN]: Chapter 218

218. Team Play (3)

Krrrrrrrr!

The streets and buildings of the destroyed city froze solid.

The sight of the entire front being covered in black ice.

It was the result of Neshua’s large-scale area skill stretching out and creating that scene.

Euron, caught in it, also had his entire body frozen.

As soon as he saw the incoming attack, he tried to dodge by throwing himself aside, but the range of the skill was too wide to avoid.

It was an added disadvantage that his teleportation speed slowed down the moment the skill was activated due to the emitted chill.

‘What is this…’

Not only Euron, who was caught in the attack, but even Aile was surprised by the sight.

With that level of power and effect, it was undoubtedly at least a legendary-grade attack skill.

It wasn’t like only she could get them, but she never imagined that Neshua, who had been with her several times, would have obtained a legendary-grade skill.

“Damn it…….”

Leaving those short words, Euron knelt down on the ground.

He was already fighting against two people.

Aile rushed in from the front, drawing his attention, and then he was hit by an unexpected legendary skill, so it was impossible to cope with it.

No matter how strong he was, being in the position of one of the Six Guild Leaders, that fact didn’t change.

[You have judged an Heretic!]

[The Divinity Quest has been completed!]

[You have acquired a huge amount of experience!]

[Your level has increased!]

Partial rewards were given from Ru’s quest, which was given to the rankers.

As he caught a big fish that was different from ordinary rankers, he was given great rewards, and sponsorships from the divinities who watched the battle followed.

Perhaps Neshua, who fought with him, was also receiving sponsorships from his divinity.

Since he landed the final blow, he might be receiving even more.

Of course, Ru, as well as Aile, who already had a lot of connected divinities, were more likely to earn more.

Thud!

At that time, two rankers fell to the floor.

Rucan and Cyr.

They were two strong players decorating the top ranks.

“Huh? This is completely unexpected… I can’t believe Euron got taken down.”

Rucan, who brushed off the dust, glanced over and stared at the cold corpse.

He was so busy fighting against the rushing Cyr that he missed the moment Euron was defeated.

But what was certain was that Euron had been completely defeated by the two of them.

Even excluding what was visible on the surface, his condition was already after being forcibly terminated.

“You were right.”

“Then you have to pay the price of the bet.”

Cyr’s sword pointed at Rucan’s neck.

Then Aile and Neshua’s gazes were also fixed on him.

“You’re being too harsh.”

Whoosh!

As he had to face three people at once, Rucan turned his back and quickly ran away.

Of course, Cyr didn’t let him go easily.

She used an acceleration skill in an instant and stood in front of him.

Clang!

“Ugh…….”

However, an uninvited guest intervened.

Apollyon’s ranker, who had been hiding his presence, appeared and swung an ax at Cyr.

Of course, Cyr, who reacted quickly enough, blocked the attack.

But in that gap, Rucan ran past her.

‘Damn it…….’

Cyr gritted her teeth and swung her long sword violently.

As Aile, who was following behind, helped her, they were able to easily defeat the ranker who was blocking the way.

But he was just a discarded card.

From the beginning, he didn’t think that he would be able to return alive, leaving him alone, who was only in the 800s [referring to his ranking].

Thanks to his subordinate’s help, Rucan was able to escape.

“Did you take out insurance… It’s a pity that I missed Rucan, but you ended up causing an accident. You two defeated Euron.”

“That’s…….”

Thud!

Aile’s gaze turned to the sound coming from behind as she spoke.

Neshua, who had been standing still, collapsed powerlessly on the floor.

“Wh, what?”

Aile, surprised, approached him.

Generally, if someone suddenly collapsed after a battle, it was usually due to a status abnormality such as poison or bleeding.

However, Euron was not a user who used such status abnormalities.

Aile, who had fought together, had been injured several times by Euron’s fierce attacks from the front, but she had never experienced such a status abnormality.

“He doesn’t seem to be dead.”

Cyr said, watching with her arms crossed.

Aile, who examined Neshua’s condition, also nodded.

Judging from the health status shown on the status window, his life was definitely safe.

It was enough health to be far from death.

“Then why……?”

“Is it the backlash from the skill you just used?”

At Cyr’s words, Neshua nodded.

“Yeah… I’m in a state of incapacitation, so I can’t move for the next hour.”

“A guy who doesn’t even join the guild and says he’s going to act alone learns such strange skills.”

Cyr looked down at her fallen brother as if he were pathetic.

In fact, her expression of strange skill was accurate.

In reality, it was almost impossible to find a case in Warlord where someone fell into a state of incapacitation due to the backlash of a skill alone.

Especially for a very long time of 1 hour.

It was too much of a penalty for Neshua, who was already traveling alone, unless there was a party member or colleague to take care of him.

“Then should I throw away a legendary-grade skill that came out?”

Neshua retorted sullenly.

Although the penalty was unsettling, the story was different if it was a legendary-grade skill.

Because the grade was the grade, it usually had a powerful effect that lightly surpassed the penalty.

Moreover, it was even a job-specific skill for the ‘Shadow Guardian’ he had chosen, so he couldn’t throw it away even more.

The power of the blow he had just shown was unquestionable.

“It’s definitely amazing. To have such a skill.”

“Originally, legendary-grade skills are powerful, but many of them have strong penalties associated with them. There are orthodox penalties such as cooldown time and backlash damage, but there are also unique ones like incapacitation. Whether it’s the effect of the skill or the backlash, it often exceeds the general category overall.”

Cyr, who continued to explain as the most experienced person who had obtained the legendary grade among the three, kicked Neshua, who was lying down, with her foot.

Then Neshua, who frowned, glared at her.

“Stop it.”

“I don’t want to.”

Thud.

This time, she stretched out her foot and touched his head.

Then, Neshua, whose back of his neck was pulled at the moment, tilted his head back and closed his eyes.

Because he was in a state of incapacitation, he couldn’t move, so he couldn’t counterattack and had no choice but to be hit.

“Why are you suddenly fighting here…….”

Aile looked at the two of them with eyes that didn’t understand.

“Well, it’s better to move as quickly as possible… You’re still thinking of solving the barrier, right?”

At Cyr’s question, Aile nodded.

Now that they had succeeded in defeating Euron, who was blocking the way, they had to return to their original purpose and move to neutralize the magic circles again.

“First of all, I have to contact someone to get this guy out of here.”

“Don’t look down on me like a burden.”

Neshua reacted harshly to Cyr’s subtle gaze.

Anyway, before moving, it was clear that Neshua, who couldn’t move, had to be moved to a safe place.

She didn’t say anything more because she was sure of her contribution to dealing with Euron, one of the Six Guild Leaders.

In the meantime, Aile shared her personal screen with Cyr and marked the most suspicious locations on the city map.

“I’ve already found and suppressed one place, so there must be some hidden in some of them.”

“Okay, we’ll help from now on.”

She was busy responding urgently to the unexpected attack and giving instructions to the guild members, so she couldn’t join them, but now the situation was somewhat settled.

From the perspective of the Iron Cross, it was also a top priority to lift the barrier that had trapped the city, and Cyr, the guild leader, was also planning to track it down herself.

* * *

A huge underground waterway in the metropolis of Belhaven.

Inside, there was a group of three people hiding precariously from the pursuers.

Loden and Lia, taking Seia with them.

They hid in the complex terrain and continued to move from place to place so as not to be detected.

Currently, the pursuers were going around to check all the places, and if they were just holed up in one place, they would eventually be discovered. During such a heart-wrenching hide-and-seek, messages arrived on their screens at the same time.

It was a message sent by Aile.

It was good news that the Iron Cross rankers, including Cyr, had actively stepped up and had already defeated more than half of the target.

“It’s more unexpected than I thought. If they knew they were aiming for the barrier, I thought Apollyon would thoroughly protect the wizards…….”

“I guess the problem was that there were too many places to protect. To spread such a huge barrier across the entire city, there would be a lot of people scattered here and there, but on the other hand, we only have to destroy a few of them. It would be difficult to place all the top rankers one by one in those places. Well, anyway, it’s good news for us who have to hide. They say there are cracks in the barrier covering the city. Let’s hold on a little longer.”

“Yes. As it is…….”

Lia’s words, which she was about to say with vigor, were cut off.

It was because she suddenly noticed that the shadow of a person seen on the road ahead was cast long.

“……!”

The two, who were just about to move their position, hurriedly moved to the corner and blocked each other’s mouths.

Even Princess Seia, who was trying to chase after them, was quickly crammed inside.

Hiding their bodies between the cracks in the wall and holding their breath, they focused their senses.

Only the sound of footsteps could be heard from across the street.

They wanted to take a peek to see who was following them nearby, but doing such a thing against the rankers was no different from suicide.

They could only focus on the sound.

“The capture of the inner castle is over, right?”

“That’s why I came here. The Iron Cross guys are so out of it, they seem to have given up on the inner castle early on. I can’t help it because the whole city is under attack.”

“It’s going according to plan.”

‘This voice is……?’

Loden, who was the only one who noticed the identity of the voice, was agitated.

The people who were nearby were none other than two of Apollyon’s top executives, Silas and Dagoth.

The top rankers, ranked 2nd and 5th respectively.

He was on high alert in a situation where he wouldn’t even be able to pick up his bones if he got caught.

“The heretical wizards who were maintaining the barrier seem to be under attack, shouldn’t we go over there?”

“It doesn’t make much sense for me to go over there alone. And…….”

Silas smiled and continued.

“It’s no use trying to break the barrier now. Even if we remove the wizards enough to break the barrier, we’ll be able to hold out for at least an hour thanks to the insurance we heard in advance… By then, the situation will already be over.”

“Are you going to use the Annihilation Magic Circle right away?”

“Yes. That’s why we captured the inner castle. I’m going to blow it up in the very center of the city.”

“The original plan was to leave it as a last resort.”

“Princess is surprisingly sluggish, so Kruger told me to finish it quickly. The city will be swept away except for the inside of the inner castle where the Annihilation Magic will be activated, so it doesn’t matter where the princess is hiding now.”

“…….”

Loden and Lia, who were holding their breath at the shocking fact, looked at each other.

As the footsteps of the executives who were getting farther and farther away completely disappeared, they nodded silently.