Regressor Of The Fallen Family [EN]: Chapter 375

The Holy Kingdom, a land known for its deep faith, was under attack.

“Damn it!”

“Aargh!”

“Hold them back!”

Except for the north, the Holy Kingdom’s forces were collapsing everywhere.

The total number of troops was significantly different, but the enemy had almost twice as many knights as the Holy Kingdom. This made the fight very unfair, and a few isolated struggles could not change the situation.

“Hold them back! There is no retreat! We are acting on behalf of God!” Harman shouted from the eastern wall, but he couldn’t stop the slowly collapsing front line.

‘This is happening too fast, faster than I thought.’ Harman gritted his teeth and looked at the enemy’s main camp.

Neither Geomhon nor the Stormwind Sorcerer had even shown themselves yet.

Egon Miller, leading the 1st Legion, was fighting far away. He seemed to be attacking priests and paladins specifically, and staying away from Harman, almost like he was told to do so.

‘I can’t afford to conserve my strength any longer.’

At the moment he made that resolution…

– The will of God descends upon this place…!

A resounding voice echoed in the minds of everyone in Noviens.

Everyone’s eyes turned to the sky above the wall, as if of their own accord. There, a woman wearing a pure white judge’s hat was floating in the air.

“Your Holiness!”

“Saintess!”

“O, agent of God!”

In the urgent situation, the soldiers of the Holy Legion cried out to her as if begging for salvation.

And as if responding to that, the Saintess, Ilia, began to emit a brilliant light from her whole body.

– Warriors of God, punish the enemies of God!

With that resolute voice and the pouring light, the Holy Legion, which had been pushed back, changed in an instant. They felt a surge of strength, like all their tiredness was gone. Wounds seemed to close before their eyes.

“Waaah!”

“The Saintess is with us!”

“Our God is with us!”

Those who had been staggering with strange cries straightened their posture, and those who had fallen with their arms cut off grabbed their healing wounds and stood up.

Among the Holy Legion, those who were known for their deep faith all emitted a faint red light from their bodies.

“God, God is with me!”

They spewed out mad cries with bloodshot eyes, and for a moment, they showed a monstrous power that even knights could not ignore.

“W-what is this!?”

“Crazy…!”

The Empire’s forces, which had been gaining momentum, retreated with pale faces, and the Holy Kingdom’s forces, which had been pushed back, began to push back the enemies beyond stabilization.

And at the center of it all were the priests and paladins, who looked stranger than anyone else.

“Aaaaargh!”

“He is coming!”

“He is with us!”

The priests and paladins were shedding tears and emitting pure white light from their whole bodies.

An ordinary priest showed monstrous power and threw a soldier into the air, and the paladins drove the Empire’s knights with several times their usual strength.

Tears of blood flowed from their eyes, and the arms and legs of the usually weak priests were twisted grotesquely, but they didn’t seem to feel any pain.

The tide of the battle turned in an instant.

But outside the east gate, the Empire’s leaders, who were leading the war, smiled instead.

“The Holy Kingdom was in a hurry. Gallen!!”

“I will begin. Do not worry,” the Stormwind Sorcerer responded to Geomhon’s cry, and the magic corps of over a hundred, led by him, began to emit a tremendous amount of magic power from the large magic circle they had prepared in advance.

At the center, the Stormwind Sorcerer, who was spewing out tremendous magic power into the air, shouted with a flash of blue light in his eyes.

“The Holy Barrier is made with magic similar to dark magic! We can use that against them!”

A cry that would be met with anger as blasphemy if heard in the Holy Kingdom.

Oooooong.

“Let us show that the power of humans can overcome God!”

Starting with that cry, the blue light emanating from them began to penetrate the pure white light that surrounded the Holy City.

Bzzzt!

Pure white light and bright blue light collided. The collision of the enormous energy containing mighty power was enough to attract the attention of the frenzied battlefield.

Above all, there was a noticeable change.

“Huh?”

“Aaaargh!”

“Ugh, my body……”

“W-why me!?”

From the moment the collision started, the Holy Legion’s frenzied behavior began to falter. When the Saintess’s light faded, it was like a warm feeling was suddenly ripped away. They felt empty and angry, desperate to get that feeling back.

Then, the tide of the battle that had been reversed began to turn again.

Slash!

Three Imperial knights who were about to cross the eastern wall collapsed with a single slash.

But Harman’s expression, the owner of the blade, was not so bright. He could vividly feel that the holy power that had been surging from his whole body as if it would explode was gradually becoming dull.

It was pointless to control his power, being conscious of Geomhon, but his vitality was rising, but on the contrary, his mood was falling to the lowest.

‘Stormwind Sorcerer, I wondered why I couldn’t see him, but he was doing this……’

The scale of mana mobilized for that magic was so enormous that even Harman could not estimate it. It was probably a magic created by adding a large amount of magic stones or artifacts to the Empire’s magic corps, including the Stormwind Sorcerer.

At first, it seemed like a loss to only neutralize the effect of the barrier with such a huge energy, but when he saw the effect that appeared, he could easily guess what they were aiming for.

“Look at that miserable act of invading God’s miracle!” His subordinate, Line Harper, who was foaming at the mouth and shouting next to him. He, who was usually calm and rational, was making a fool of himself with bloodshot eyes.

That was not all.

“Invading divinity!”

“Are you not afraid of divine punishment!”

“Punish those heretics!”

The sight of the paladins rampaging more than during the ‘Descent’ of the Holy Law Barrier in various parts of the wall painfully pierced Harman’s eyes.

The paladins, as if forgetting to command the soldiers, were madly attacking the enemy with bloodshot eyes. Among them, there were a few who even jumped over the wall and charged towards the enemy camp.

“Defiling God! I cannot forgive you!”

And the price of that brainless behavior was terrible.

“Kuaaack!”

Their whole bodies were pierced by swords swung from all directions.

I understand that they feel a sense of loss because the ecstasy disappeared after the surge of divine power, as if God had descended into their bodies.

But to do such crazy things to that extent?

Even that absurd seizure was not limited to ordinary paladins.

“Commander! Immediately open the gates and order a general attack!! We must wipe out all those immoral people……!”

“Get a hold of yourself!!”

Wham!

The adjutant Line, who was hit in the jaw by Harman’s fist, vomited blood.

But Line, with bloodshot eyes, only spewed out nonsense again.

“A divine punishment to the humans who dared to reject God……!”

Wham!

“Look at reality, you idiot!!!”

“Commander! The gods have been insulted!!!”

Rhine was hit again and again. Fists pounded his helmet, but he fought back even harder.

‘How utterly pathetic.’

Harman was shocked and couldn’t speak for a moment. Then, enemies yelled and attacked, bringing him back to the fight.

“Die!”

“Enemy of the Empire!”

Whack!

“Aaaargh!”

Harman was angry. He swung his sword, cutting down the Imperial knights climbing the wall. Then, he grabbed his helper, Rhine, by the collar again.

“Do you think the gods will be happy if we just open the gates and run out to die like fools?!”

“But… this anger… this pain… we’ve lost so much… uh… uh…!”

Maybe it was because Harman seemed so powerful and angry.

Rhine Harper regained his senses relatively quickly.

“Wh-why did I say that…?”

Rhine realized he had said foolish things because he was angry. He felt embarrassed.

But Harman didn’t give him time to think about it.

“If you’ve come to your senses, then command the soldiers! The formation is collapsing!”

As he said that, the defensive line was falling apart. The paladins were acting like madmen, and the priests were running around with crazy looks in their eyes.

At least when the paladins went crazy, they got stronger for a short time, like when they first received their power.

“You fools, aren’t you afraid of God…! Kraaah!”

“Divine punishment upon you…! Ack!”

The paladins were strong fighters even when crazy. But the priests were different. They had magic power, but they were not fighters. They were just running into danger and getting killed, without any plan.

“P-Priests!”

Seeing this made the Holy Corps soldiers lose hope quickly. They were already close to losing their minds.

“We must! Make those madmen come to their senses!”

“Yes, sir!”

Harman sighed. He watched his helper waving the flag like crazy.

He had read about what could happen after the Descent, but it was worse than he thought.

It was like everyone had suddenly gone crazy.

‘Could the side effects be worse because the Descent was stopped early? Or….’

Even though things were urgent, Harman remembered what had happened before.

The divine power had left his helper’s mind, like it was running away from the power he had used without thinking.

It felt similar to the magic power he had felt before from someone else…

‘No! No!! How could I think such a bad thing?’

Harman shook his head, trying to forget the scary thought. But he still felt worried and uneasy.

To get rid of that feeling, Harman kept swinging his sword at the enemies coming closer.

He tried not to look at the other side of the wall. He couldn’t see anything from that far away anyway.

‘I have to trust the leaders on the other side.’

Luckily, the fighting soon died down.

It seemed like the three leaders had done a good job, just like Harman had hoped.

But just as the Holy Kingdom’s army was starting to get back in order…

The white and blue lights in the sky had been moving and changing, but now they stopped completely. They were still, like frozen.

At the same time, the Holy Magic Barrier started to become weaker. Everyone could see it was not working as well.

“W-What’s going on?”

“The holy power is disappearing!”

The Holy Corps soldiers had just started to feel hopeful again, but now they lost hope even faster.

Harman’s face turned serious again. He looked at the enemy’s main camp.

‘Did they plan all of this? Damn it!’

Harman thought he needed to do something to change things again.

Then, a very loud voice came from the enemy camp and echoed across the battlefield.

– Divine Sword! Let us fight again!

In the distance, the person who had caused all this was coming closer.

It was Sword Spirit. He appeared at the perfect time.

‘He seems to have a plan….’

There was no reason to say no.

‘I am different now than I was then.’

Harman’s eyes showed he was determined. He saw his enemy getting closer very quickly.

Tris was like a ghost, light and fast. He jumped on the heads and backs of his soldiers climbing the wall and shot up like an arrow.

But before he could even step on the wall, a bright white light fell from above. It was so strong, it seemed like it could break the castle.

“Hmph!”

Kawaaaang!

Rumble.

The force of the impact shook the walls like an earthquake. Tris was thrown back down below the walls.

“Ugh!”

“Aaargh!”

“Get him!”

The knights around him were also knocked down by the powerful force.

The Divine Sword had been saving his energy since the fight started. Now, he used all his power for the first time. It was incredibly strong.

Tris landed on the ground like he had fallen, but he was not hurt. His face looked serious.

“Indeed….”

Tris was not injured, but he looked at the tip of his sword. It was shaking a little, and he seemed worried.

‘He really has learned it.’

He had become much stronger in just a few months.

Before, he had a small advantage, but now he wasn’t even sure about that. And he had been fighting hard for hours already.

‘I must defeat him here.’

It was strange that someone could get so much stronger in just a few months at their level.

He was now completely determined to kill the Divine Sword right there.

“For the Empire!”

Tris shouted loudly and flew into the sky again.

Red energy burst out from Tris’s body like a wave. He moved like an arrow. The red energy grew and grew until it was a giant ball around him, ten meters wide.

It was a strange sight. The red ball, almost as tall as the castle walls, rose above the walls and took over one corner.

The soldiers and knights of the Holy Corps who went inside the ball all fell down. Blood came out of their necks or hearts.

They died instantly, without even a scream, as if cut down by an invisible sword.

Then, through the gaps in the deadly red energy, a bright white light flashed. Imperial knights in that area also fell down, one after another.

In that moment, a space just for them was created on one side of the eastern wall.

The two powerful warriors looked at each other and smiled. Their eyes were full of hate and a desire to kill.

“I believe that’s a technique I haven’t seen before.”

“The same goes for you.”

When Tris said that, Harman looked like he was holding a white lightning bolt instead of a sword. It was an amazing sight.

The situation was different than a few months ago. Back then, they had fought without thinking, holding back their strongest moves.

Just by looking, it was obvious they were both using their strongest, most tiring moves.

‘This fight will not end with both of us unhurt, like before.’

They both thought the same thing, and the two powerful warriors began to fight fiercely.