The 9Th Class Swordmaster: Blade Of Truth [EN]: Chapter 376

236. The Final Battle (7)

“Perfect timing, as always.”

Kairn spoke, addressing Wingel’s Revol.

[Could it be… Did you complete Ascalon? Master Calypsen and I decided that you had ultimately failed due to the activation stone issue and would focus on enhancing Revol.]

Despite his praise, Wingel seemed astonished by Ascalon’s appearance and spoke in surprise.

“I was able to activate it because I had completed all the other parts except for the activation stone.”

[As soon as I saw the blueprints that my lord gave me, I was so captivated that I couldn’t take my eyes off them. Wolfgang Schumar is truly a genius among geniuses.]

Wingel seemed to have already fallen for the magic engineer who left behind Ascalon’s blueprints from the Magic Era.

“Well, I’m actually more curious about how much stronger your enhanced Revol is compared to Ascalon.”

At his words, Wingel replied sheepishly.

[Please don’t say that. My golem is nothing special…]

KWA-KOO-KOONG!!!!

Revol raised one arm as if to guard his face. Then, the White Gold Dragon’s sharp wings struck his arm with full force.

With a tremendous noise, Revol staggered but quickly regained his balance, gripping the White Gold Dragon’s wings, and he said, sounding a bit embarrassed.

[……?!]

However, the White Gold Dragon, who had launched the attack, stared at the white golem that had withstood his blow with disbelief.

[The Dragon’s attack is just as unimpressive.]

As if mocking the White Gold Dragon, Revol’s eyes gleamed, and as if waiting for this moment, the two giants lunged at the White Gold Dragon.

JWA-AH-AH-AH-NG—!!

The sharp talons protruding from Revol’s back pierced the White Gold Dragon’s wings, and Revol twisted and tore the wings with all his might.

[KREEEEAAAAK—!!!]

With the White Gold Dragon’s scream, the torn skin of the wings fluttered raggedly.

KOO-OONG! KWA-GA-GA-GA-NG……!!

But the attack didn’t end there.

While Revol held onto the White Gold Dragon, Ascalon, who had circled around to the rear, stabbed his greatsword into his waist.

PIZZZZ……!! THWOOK!!!

The protective magic that had been shielding the White Gold Dragon shattered like glass, and Ascalon’s greatsword pierced deeply into his abdomen.

CHWAAAAAA……!!

The White Gold Dragon’s blood flowed along the blade of the greatsword.

[KREEEEAAAAK—!!!!]

With his scream, the beast writhed and thrashed in agony.

[AAAAAA!!!]

Wingel pounded the Gold Dragon’s face relentlessly with Revol’s fist. The sharp spikes on the fist tore away pieces of the White Gold Dragon’s flesh in every direction with a thud! Thud!! sound.

[No matter how great a dragon from mythology may be, it can’t stand up to two giants at once.]

Arun laughed as he watched the White Gold Dragon, whose head was swaying from side to side like a reed.

“Hoo-eup…….”

While Revol held onto the White Gold Dragon, Kairn pulled out the greatsword he had plunged into the beast’s waist and slowly began to focus his magic.

WOOOO-WOOOO-WOOOONG……!!

KA-GA-NG……!!

The blade of the greatsword began to tremble violently. The veins in Kairn’s hands, which were gripping the lever, bulged as if they would burst.

‘A little more…….’

Even though the massive greatsword looked precarious, as if it would break, Kairn poured in even more dragon magic, as if challenging his limits.

[KREEEEUUUUUUUU……!!! KAK!!!!]

The White Gold Dragon, who was being relentlessly beaten, knocked away Revol’s fist with his wings and bit into the golem’s shoulder and neck with his sharp teeth.

JI-JIK……!! JI-JI-JI-JIK……!!

Revol’s shoulder armor shattered, and the connected circuits were severed and popped out.

As if tearing apart muscles, the White Gold Dragon pulled out Revol’s circuits with his mouth.

[Keeuk?!]

The White Gold Dragon stomped on Revol’s right leg, which was losing its balance and collapsing, shattering the joint and sending it bouncing across the floor.

With a bloodied face, the White Gold Dragon roared.

[You lowly……!! Bastards!!]

The force of his roar, infused with magic, was so painful that it felt like his ears would burst. The White Gold Dragon roughly tore off the armor on Revol’s chest.

The cockpit was clearly visible, and inside, Wingel Hart was looking at him with trembling eyes.

[Beg for your life. If you do, I’ll kill you without pain……!!!]

“Crazy.”

Wingel Hart responded to his cry from inside the cockpit by raising his middle finger.

He was just an engineer who had been terrified of going to the battlefield during the Principality War, but he, too, had changed like everyone else.

[This……!! Eee-ik……!!]

The White Gold Dragon was unable to continue speaking, seemingly enraged by his brazen actions.

The moment he raised his massive foot towards Wingel, Wingel threw away the helmet he had been wearing to control Revol and shouted.

“Now’s the time!! My lord!!!”

KOO-OONG……!!!

The sound of footsteps.

It was only once, but the White Gold Dragon belatedly recalled Ascalon, whom he had missed due to his rage in that moment.

Second Unicorn Posture.

Ascalon drew the greatsword towards his chest with lightning speed and then thrust it forward.

Swish-

A sharp sword aura cut through the air, piercing the White Gold Dragon’s neck, which had been roaring just a moment before.

[Keok……!! Keo-eok……!!]

The White Gold Dragon stared at the greatsword piercing his neck in disbelief.

He tried to say something, but he could only move his mouth, as blood flowed from it.

“Simple.”

Arun said coldly as he looked at him. Kairn didn’t stop there and once again raised the greatsword vertically and slashed.

THWOO-OONG……!!

The moment the greatsword moved, the White Gold Dragon’s head was severed and fell to the ground in a parabola.

“We won…….”

Jigra exclaimed without realizing it as the severed head, with its eyes wide open, collided with a dull thud.

“Our lord has succeeded in hunting the White Gold Dragon!!!”

Even though it wasn’t infused with magic, Jigra’s cry seemed to echo throughout the imperial capital.

“WAAAAAA!!!!”

Wingel, who had escaped from the destroyed cockpit of Revol, also raised both arms high into the sky and shouted at his cry.

A complete reversal of the situation.

Now, there was no one left in the empire who could stop them.

Bellen and Kadin Luer, who remained, looked lost, seemingly unable to muster the courage to stop them.

“Y-your Majesty…….”

Kadin cautiously called out to Oliven, driven by the single thought of escaping.

“You shouldn’t even think about running away.”

However, Kairn, as if reading his thoughts, aimed Lakna [Kairn’s weapon] at Kadin from Ascalon’s cockpit and said.

“It’s time to settle things. This is the end.”

Kairn said in a cold voice, addressing Oliven, who was still sitting on the throne.

“Is that so? Do you think so too?”

However, Oliven replied in a rather relaxed voice. Kairn frowned and slowly turned his head, realizing that his words were not directed at him.

“You’ve shown a truly unsightly appearance.”

It was then.

A voice was heard from the end of the shattered Sun Hall.

“Hoo……. All three dragons were captured like idiots, so I couldn’t easily leave the battlefield. So I had the Order on standby and hastily sent even the White Gold Dragon.”

Although it wasn’t a loud voice, his voice was even louder and clearer than Jigra’s voice, which had been shouting with all his might.

“One is trying to commit a pointless act, and another is dying pathetically to such toys…….”

The man, who appeared scratching his head nervously as if messing up his hair, met Kairn’s gaze.

Then, Kairn called out his name with a hardened face.

“……Neil Blanc.”

He placed his hand on the severed head of the White Gold Dragon, which was lying on the floor, and said.

“I really can’t believe it. To drive the White Gold Dragon to this extent. I expected Revol to come, but Ascalon was my mistake. No, is it good luck? But even so, I made it so that even a golem operated by a Sword Master wouldn’t be easily defeated……. To think that you were the one who controlled the golem. If it’s the Dragon’s Heart, it can generate nearly infinite magic power, so the White Gold Dragon wouldn’t have been a match.”

Neil Blanc slowly moved his steps and picked up the relic that had fallen next to Rael’s corpse, which had been shattered to the point where even the remains couldn’t be found, wiping away the blood on it, and said.

“To think that you would even know how to control golems. That was truly beyond my expectations.”

“Made? What does that mean?”

Kairn said with a hardened face, watching his actions.

“Just what it sounds like.”

Neil Blanc raised the relic and gestured towards himself, then pointed to the severed head of the White Gold Dragon once again and pointed to himself in the same way.

[Could it be……. Does that mean that that guy made the White Gold Dragon and Rael?]

Arun asked with a slightly trembling voice at his appearance.

“Haven’t you ever thought it was strange? Unlike other dragons, the White Gold Dragon was always in dragon form. You could simply dismiss it as the pride of the dragon race, but……. Is there any dragon in the world that can’t even polymorph [change shape]?”

WOOOO-WOOOO-WOOOONG…….

The White Gold Dragon’s corpse slowly began to turn gray and crumble. In the midst of the rapidly disappearing corpse, he realized that Arun’s words were true.

[No way…….]

“It’s not impossible. It’s just an illusion, not a real living being.”

It was then.

“Puppet.”

Another voice was heard from the darkness.

“The Rothschild family’s puppets are so perfect that they can’t be distinguished from living beings. There has only been one time in the family’s history when a puppet has opened its eyes. Kairn, if it weren’t for you, even I would never have seen a puppet come to life. But among those who are not descendants of the family, there is only one other person who has witnessed this puppetry.”

Sa-bak- Sa-bak- Sa-bak-

The woman, who appeared leaping over the rubble of the shattered ruins with light footsteps, looked at Neil Blanc and said.

“Nardie Mauge. You.”

“……!!!”

“……!!!”

Everyone couldn’t help but be surprised at her words.

“If it’s the wisdom of a dragon, making a golem wouldn’t be difficult. But what everyone is overlooking is that they think a puppet must be in human form.”

She slowly raised her hand.

“As you said, there can’t be a dragon that can’t even polymorph. That’s because it’s just a giant puppet you made. Isn’t that right? Nardie Mauge.”

[In the end, Kairn, was your prediction correct? Neil Blanc was Nardie Mauge. We were deceived by the appearance of a dragon, and even the Spirit Kings were mistaken. No one could have imagined that he could create such a giant puppet. Was the sense of incongruity we felt at that time because he was controlling the dragon we thought was the White Gold Dragon?]

Kairn gave a faint bitter smile at Arun’s words. The anger hidden within that smile was faintly felt from him.

[He must have needed a vessel to possess the power of God, the power of spirits, and even the power of dragons.]

[To think that he would create the vessel himself instead of finding it…….]

[White Gold Dragon. How far have you gone astray?]

The Spirit Kings looked at him and spoke in low voices. Their voices seemed to be intertwined with various emotions.

“What about the battlefield? Why are you here? Kay Rothschild.”

He called her name.

The Empress of the Dead, who had been sent as Miliana’s reinforcements, had appeared before Kairn, looking more mature than he could have recognized. Maturity didn’t simply mean her outward appearance.

Was it because she had experienced the battlefield?

The aura emanating from her had changed.

“I came with permission. After seeing the White Gold Dragon fly to the imperial capital in a hurry, Miliana said that there was no more danger, so it was okay to follow him. Thanks to that, I was able to confirm Neil Blanc’s movements.”

Kay pointed to another puppet standing behind her and said.

“You haven’t forgotten, have you? Kairn, you and Arun aren’t the only ones who have a grudge against the White Gold Dragon.”

She asked Kairn.

“Besides, he knows the forest path that even the White Gold Dragon doesn’t know well, so thanks to that, I was able to avoid being detected.”

The corners of her lips lifted slightly.

Surprisingly, there was nothing where her fingertips were pointing.

“He said that he had to come to this place no matter what. Besides, I don’t understand. Even the Spirit Kings didn’t know. How could that be? He recognized it as soon as he saw it.”

Tseu-eu-eu-eu…….

“If you’re a revenger, you shouldn’t miss your enemy. Isn’t that right?”

Kay Rothschild raised one corner of her mouth and said. A smile was drawn on her doll-like face, which had almost no change in expression, for the first time.

[Finally met.]

The eyes of the elf, who was already taking advantage of the darkness to aim a sharp dagger at Neil Blanc’s neck from behind, were blazing.

[I’ve never forgotten even once. You who turned the Elven Forest into a land of death.]

He shouted as if he would draw his sword at any moment.

Then, Kay Rothschild, still smiling, pulled the string connected to him without hesitation.

“Too much talk. Just slash. Jarka Hoch.”