Regressor Of The Fallen Family [EN]: Chapter 139

I had told my closest aides that I expected Bipross to leak information, leading the enemy to us.

However, I didn’t think it would happen so soon, or that we’d be facing an army of transcendents.

“Bloody hell, does he not care if the main base gets raided?!”

If McLane still cared about the Second Prince’s faction, he would have contacted us immediately.

With the Storm Blade and his best soldiers here, he could order an attack on the First Prince’s castle right away.

The damage would be terrible.

Even though we have many soldiers, one transcendent is worth more than even two margraves in a fight. They are very strong and make our soldiers scared.

This meant the First Prince’s faction valued McLane more than Logan thought.

“Damn it, the timing is just…!”

Just as one battle was ending.

With casualties not yet known and troops spread out.

“Quickly, get in formation! Quickly!”

Heinkel shouted, but the enemies were approaching so fast that they would probably crash into our lines before half our troops could gather.

Especially that Wicken Kalia.

“As soon as squads are formed, start firing! The squad leader decides when to fire! Target the approaching transcendents!”

Heinkel’s urgent shout made the troops move a little faster.

And…

“Fire!”

Pababa-bak!

The first group of soldiers, a thousand crossbow riders, got into position. They pointed their crossbows at just *one* person – Wicken Kalia.

More soldiers rushed to join them, forming lines.

Then, they fired!

Thousands of bolts flew through the air, like a dark cloud blocking the sun.

It was a huge attack, so strong that even a transcendent should be worried.

‘If it were any other transcendent, that is.’

The Storm Blade, Wicken Kalia, smiled confidently as he watched the crossbow bolts rain down.

Even his rival would have to stop and defend in this situation.

Without help, he might get hurt or worse.

But Wicken Kalia was different.

Whoo-oong.

He used his wind power to create a strong barrier around himself.

‘At least, a perfect barrier against projectile weapons.’

The wind blocked the crossbow bolts, deflecting them and breaking them apart as they collided.

Taking advantage of this, he got closer, reaching the front lines of the enemy camp before the soldiers could fire again.

“Alright! Let’s play!”

The wind power around his body made him even faster, and his sword, Transfixio, began to glow white.

Thrusting was his specialty. He had practiced it since he was young. When he became a transcendent and added the power of wind, it became a secret technique that could pierce through many enemies in a straight line.

‘Voltex!’

Just as he was about to unleash the white vortex from his sword, a massive golden greatsword crashed down in front of him.

Kwaaaaang!

“Ugh!”

Logan was thrown backward, confused by the impact, like his Earth Divide strike had been shattered.

It felt different from when his power was blocked by an equal or stronger force.

Whoo-oong.

When his attack was stopped, Logan felt a pain in his chest, like his power was taken away.

Logan managed to regain his balance and saw Wicken Kalia’s rapier, glowing white, coming towards him.

“-McLane!”

He faintly heard the enemy’s voice, but the sword was already touching his armor.

Fortunately…

Kwaaaang!

“Cough!”

A red blade of energy appeared and blocked the sword.

But it came at a cost.

His father spat out blood and stumbled backward.

It was a bad internal injury, but there was no time to help him.

Logan frowned as he saw the enemy stabbing his sword at both his father and himself, as if splitting his body in two.

‘Not yet!’

Even a transcendent couldn’t be defeated so easily.

Ignoring the enemy’s sword, Logan thrust his own sword at the enemy.

The golden light from his sword stretched out towards the enemy’s chest, showing his strong will.

Paaang!

Logan’s face hardened as his attack passed through the enemy’s afterimage, but he sighed in relief when he saw his father regain his balance.

Of course, that was only for a moment.

“You’re more formidable than I heard? Quite the impressive young man.”

The gaunt transcendent’s cold smile was right in front of him.

“Waaah!”

The enemy knights began to shout nearby, and his allies shouted back.

This battle might decide the fate of his family, but Logan couldn’t focus on the big picture.

The enemy in front of him was strong enough to kill him in an instant if he lost focus.

“Ugh!”

Pshwook.

Even a light breeze from the enemy was dangerous.

Logan thought he had dodged, but he couldn’t stop the enemy’s sword from piercing his left shoulder.

The enemy seemed surprised, and his smile grew darker as he continued to wield his sword.

The enemy’s sword moved so fast, it looked like many swords at once.

Logan felt like he couldn’t block it no matter what he did.

Logan unleashed sixteen layers of golden waves from his body to block the attacks, but…

Pshoo-shook.

“Ugh! Damn it!”

He was stabbed in both thighs, his right side, and his right shoulder.

“Hooh. You protected your vital spots even in that situation? Impressive… Where do you think you’re going!”

Pwooook.

“Father!”

His father had tried to surprise the enemy, but the enemy pierced him through the stomach.

Logan blamed himself for holding back his last resort and brought out his final means.

Woong.

The white light from his left wrist healed the five wounds instantly.

Then, he fired golden beams of light in quick succession.

This was just the beginning.

The Iron Cleaver, using lessons from the last fight to be even faster, fired powerful beams again and again at the superhuman in front of it.

But it was no use.

Clang! Clink!

Wham!

Each strike of the Iron Cleaver was blocked easily.

Even when Logan attacked with all his might, the enemy blocked every blow easily and wasn’t even scratched.

The enemy’s face became harder, and he looked a little less calm, but he was not afraid at all.

You could see on his face that he was sure Logan’s sword could never hurt him.

‘Such a difference in power…,’

Logan had felt so strong after learning the Snake Blade, but now his confidence was disappearing bit by bit.

And it wasn’t just his confidence that was being chipped away.

Wham! Clink!

Each time Logan’s Force Blade (his sword made of energy) hit the enemy’s rapier, which glowed with white light, Logan’s sword seemed to disappear for a moment, and it shook him deeply.

It wasn’t a huge crash, but a weird, strong feeling, like something was pulling the energy out of his sword.

Logan knew Wicken Kalia was supposed to be weak at strong hits, but fast and skilled. This made no sense! How could he be so strong?

‘This can’t be! How can there be such a difference…?!’

Despair started to fill Logan’s mind.

His golden Force Blade, which had been getting weaker but kept coming back, now disappeared completely.

‘No!’

By the time he realized his mistake, the enemy’s pointed sword was already approaching his eyes.

He could clearly see the enemy’s sword going into his eye, through his brain, and out the back of his head.

‘Move!’

Danger made his mind sharper.

He ignored the pain all over his body and the strange power hurting him, and tried to move, just a little at a time.

But he was still much slower compared to his opponent.

He felt a sharp pain of regret.

He remembered he had already used Lux’s time trick, which he could only use once a day.

Suddenly, the white halo surrounding Wicken Kalia seemed to weaken.

Then, he saw Wicken Kalia’s face twist, and he turned his head away.

‘Huh?’

It was unbelievably lucky timing, giving Logan another chance.

Logan felt the strange energy around Wicken Kalia and his sword suddenly vanish.

It was like watching the energy disappear in reverse.

And then, Wicken Kalia shouted in confusion, “What is this?!” He moved much slower now.

Logan realized: ‘His aura is gone! Maybe… maybe it was blocking my Force? If I can avoid touching whatever is left of it…’

Logan made his Force Blade move like a snake, dodging around the last bit of energy, and tried to hit the enemy.

“Prepare to charge!” Heinckel shouted.

He was leading the McLaine knights because the lord and his son were fighting the superhuman.

The knights answered by clashing their swords together. Clink! Clink!

They knew they couldn’t get involved in the fight against the superhuman.

He moved too fast to even see clearly.

Even though they had lost some knights in the fighting, there were still over 160.

They waited for orders, full of fighting spirit.

The knights were in good spirits.

Winning battles had made them confident.

Even the Pereta knights, who were used to fighting, now felt like they belonged.

They were all friends now, fighting together.

On both sides of the knights, McLaine soldiers stood ready.

They kept firing crossbows at the Kalia knights who were coming closer.

On another side, golems (magical stone soldiers) from the Magic Tower kept throwing bombs called Liberatios.

The bombs exploded far away, ahead of the enemy.

Boom!

Ratatat!

“Aaaargh!”

Sometimes, you could hear screams from the enemy.

But the Kalia knights kept coming, just as fast.

Then, the screams almost stopped.

Heinckel saw that some enemy knights were throwing things up to stop the bombs in the air.

One knight stood out.

He was at the front of the enemy knights, with a huge red Force Blade, over 3 meters long.

He used it to block crossbow bolts and bombs.

A chilling aura that could be felt even from afar.

‘That’s Jorge, the Kalia Knight Commander.’

He wasn’t famous because he didn’t go out much, but everyone knew he was the second strongest knight in Kalia.

Heinckel looked hard at the enemy knight.

He could see Jorge was stronger than him.

Heinckel looked for any weakness, any chance to attack.

But no matter how he looked, he knew he had to trust one thing.

‘They must be tired after running through all those crossbow bolts and bombs. I can beat him!’

Even though they were trying to protect themselves, the crossbows and bombs were still hurting the enemy.

Besides, Heinckel knew no one else here could stop Jorge.

The only people who could easily beat him were…

Heinckel tried not to look back at the fight between his lord, his son, and the superhuman.

That fight was too fast and dangerous for anyone else to get close to.

He knew he shouldn’t try to help in that fight – he would just get in the way.

His job was to fight this strong knight here.

Thinking that way, he made himself ready to fight.

– Father!

Heinckel heard a loud, familiar shout and turned his head quickly.

And in his eyes, he saw his lord, bleeding from his abdomen, collapsing powerlessly.

In that moment, his mind went blank.

– Even though I’ve given Logan most of my power now, you need to back him up too. If you clearly follow him, it will make people respect him as the next lord.

– What? Haha. But you’re still the Lord! Of course, I’ll be loyal to Logan too, but…

– Hey, listen to me.

I’m saying you need to put Logan first, even before me, from now on.

– I can’t do that, Lord.

I’ll retire when you do.

– That’s… annoying.

You still have…

– You’re still strong, Lord! Have you forgotten?

When you made me a knight, you promised I could rest when you retired!

– Hmm, you remember it too nicely.

I meant I’d work you to the bone! Back then, I didn’t know I’d have such a great son like Logan.

– Then please stay as my lord until I die.

Logan still needs to learn.

– Heh.

You’re probably the only one in our lands who thinks that anymore.

– You’ll always be my only lord.

– Heh.

But still… if something happens to me…

– …Why are you saying that, Lord?

– I just have a bad feeling, that’s all.

Just in case… promise me you’ll really support Logan.

– I don’t want to hear that.

– You’re impossible…

The conversation ended with a sad laugh from the lord.

The moment that conversation flashed through his mind, Heinckel’s body moved on its own.