The 9Th Class Swordmaster: Blade Of Truth [EN]: Chapter 481

283. Finale (4)

[Yulla……!!!!]

A rough voice filled with thunder reverberated across the battlefield.

Electricity crackled around Aedan Hamil’s body, spreading in all directions. The giant Lightning Spirit King that appeared behind him raised both arms overhead, creating sharp lightning spearheads.

Chwaazzzzz……!! Kwakwak……!!

Like a downpour, Kungen’s spearheads fell towards Yulla. Each spear contained power that rivaled divine power, not just simple spirit energy.

“Kuh-uck?!

For the first time, Yulla seemed to struggle to defend, raising her sword to cut down the lightning spearheads.

[Good! It seems possible now!! Yulla, try blocking this!!!]

Kungen, the most violent of the Spirit Kings, attacked even more fiercely, as if venting all the frustration he had endured until now.

“Hoo-up……!!”

As Aedan raised both arms, dozens of lightning bolts formed around the lightning strikes and thunder.

“It’s my turn.”

When saving Paul Hend at Piasta, he had used the Thunder Lord’s spirit energy properly for the first time.

However, Kungen said that he hadn’t used his power to its limit.

The Lightning Spirit King’s power was fierce, but unlike the Four Great Spirit Kings and the Two Wildernesses, he possessed all attributes, so the contractor could be overwhelmed by the power and consumed by it.

But now it was different.

The divine power of the Dimension Spiral was the power of a god that encompassed all attributes.

Even though it was a temporary power like the flickering wick of a burning candle, at least for now, Kungen and Aedan agreed.

That now was the only moment to draw out all their capabilities and more.

“You bug-like bastards……!!”

Even while watching the fiercely raging power of lightning, Yulla spoke with a disdainful expression.

Clang-

Yulla pulled out the sword she had plunged into Zarka Hoch’s chest, pushed him away, and shouted at Aedan.

“Give me the fragment!!!!”

Suaaaaaang—!!!

As her sword slashed through the air, space itself seemed to collapse and distort.

The blade roared like a beast, and as if a shockwave was occurring, the space distorted like a vortex from behind Aedan, narrowing as it was pulled towards her.

“……!!”

Everything was compressed and crumpled along with space, and the ghastly gap in space covered Aedan like the mouth of a beast.

Kuggeugeugeugeu……!!!

The ground split, a huge dragon’s roar echoed, and black tentacles burst out from within.

Yulla’s power, targeting him from the front and back, instantly surrounded Aedan.

“Anchar……!!!!!”

At that moment, Aedan Hamil shouted one person’s name.

* * *

“Anchar, you said you are the only one among us who can use the power of corruption, right?”

Aedan, who had been watching the battle between Zarka Hoch and Yulla, asked Anchar.

“Parell appeared, and the spirit energy occasionally went berserk. At that time, I thought the spirits were rampaging, but after Alkhar helped me not to lose my reason, I realized that it was not the power of the spirits but corruption.”

She nodded slowly in response to his question.

“Perhaps it’s because the pure souls of the spirits are tainted by the energy of corruption. Thanks to Alkhar’s power of light, I was able to drive out the corruption residing within me.”

Aedan frowned slightly at her words.

“Can’t you control the corruption?”

Anchar shook her head.

“It’s difficult. Just blocking the energy of corruption around Parell is overwhelming. Conversely, releasing the power of corruption can be done more powerfully than usual, but it can also go berserk more easily.”

“What if there was a vessel to contain the released corruption instead?”

“Are you telling me to become a connection line to transfer the power of corruption?”

“That’s right.”

Anchar tilted her head as if lost in thought.

“It will be possible. It will be difficult to control it artificially, but I can use Alkhar’s light to create a path for the corruption to flow.”

“Good.”

Aedan grabbed her shoulders as if he couldn’t wait any longer and said.

“Don’t tell me…….”

“I will become the vessel of corruption. Please send that power to me, Anchar.”

“No! Corruption is not something humans can handle. Even the great mage Nine Darhon created an immortal legion called Slaves because it was difficult to handle directly!!”

“I am different.”

Chijik……! Chijijijik……!!!

His sword began to glow.

“Because I have the power of thunder. I will be able to withstand the amplified power even for a moment. Kungen is the only Spirit King who has both light and darkness, but his power alone is not enough. All the light and darkness that can be used in this world must be released in an instant.”

Aedan looked at the fallen Miliana and said.

“That’s what I have to do.”

“…….”

Anchar stared at him as if she had lost her words.

“You will die. You are thinking of using Miliana’s divine power in addition to the spirit’s power, right?”

“Because otherwise, I can’t strike a blow to the god. In the same vein, if it’s Kungen’s power, I’ll be able to use it for a while.”

[Crazy bastard.]

Kungen, who had been silent until now, finally opened his mouth at Aedan’s words.

[I have seen many humans so far, but there was no one who lived like you, risking his life.]

“The assassins of the Dark Shadow live in the darkness.”

[……?]

“Nameless, without existence. Just hiding in the shadows and following orders.”

Aedan Hamil’s lips trembled.

“Since the darkness has seen the light, it is natural to disappear. But if I’m going to disappear anyway, I want to shine more brilliantly than anyone else.”

Ironically, even though it was a painful battlefield for him, who had lived as an assassin prepared for death, the current life was precious.

He smiled bitterly.

“I, who had never considered a name important even once while living as an assassin all my life… only after meeting my lord did I think for the first time.”

Then, he bit his trembling lips tightly as if trying to hold back.

“I want to leave my name behind.”

Blood formed on his deeply furrowed lips.

“Aedan Hamil. I will fight in my name for my end. And I will engrave my name in history.”

But as much as the blood that formed, the sense of fear disappeared from his face.

“In a future where there is light, not darkness.”

* * *

“Yan-! Kamun- Ji- Tantra—!!!”

At the same time as Aedan’s cry, the druid’s incantation poured out of Anchar’s mouth. The spirit energy swirled around her, and at the same time, the power of corruption flowing from Parell permeated into the spirits.

[Kaaaaaaa!!!]

[Keureureureu……!]

[Kyaak!!]

The souls of the spirits were instantly dyed black and began to rampage as if going berserk.

“Mew……!!”

Alkhar, who saw the scene, licked her palm with his small tongue next to Anchar, and the fur of the young deer began to shine white.

“Don’t die. Living and having your name called will remain in later generations.”

Anchar struggled not to lose her mind despite the madness of the spirits rushing in, and sent the power of corruption to Aedan.

She had resented her birth, which had been devoted to serving the spirits all her life, but she felt that if she couldn’t even do this much in front of him, who was risking his life, she would regret it.

“Kuaaaaaaa!!!!!”

A black current swirled around Aedan Hamil’s body, which had been emitting lightning. Then, black lightning burst out of his body like an angry tidal wave.

Kwazzzzzzz……! Kwagagak!!

Kwageugeuk—!!

Yulla’s tentacles, which had been covering him, were instantly burned and shattered by Aedan’s black electricity.

The compressed space, which had been rushing to eat its prey, burst like a balloon and was pushed back by the energy emitted by the lightning.

Tudduk. Tududduk……!

The moment he stepped on the ground, clods of earth floated up as if magnetism was attracting objects, and rocks and trees stirred.

Kkuuk-

Aedan twisted his foot slightly, putting strength into his right foot. At the same time, he put the lightning strike and thunder into the scabbard and took a stance for drawing his sword.

Seueup…….

He bent his waist.

Clang-

The sound of the scabbard shaking on his waist was like a signal flare, and Aedan put strength into his hand.

Kwaaaaaaaaang!!!

But surprisingly, it was not his sword that shot out, but himself. The speed of light, which could not be followed even by senses, made it seem as if everything except him had stopped.

“You’re too slow.”

However, Yulla, looking at the light-speed Aedan, said coldly as if she had expected it to be that much.

“Where there is light, there is darkness. But do you think the darkness hidden in the light can kill God?”

She raised her sword in the opposite direction to where Aedan had shot out.

“……!!!!”

Surprisingly, Aedan appeared exactly in front of Yulla, who raised her sword diagonally and slashed behind her in the pouring lightning, as if she knew where he would appear.

“Oh, no!!!!”

Anchar, who was connected to Aedan by the power of corruption, shouted without realizing it at the eerie fear she felt at that moment.

“God is faster, stronger, and greater than you.”

Yulla spoke to Aedan as if declaring, and her sword moved towards his chest for sure.

“What are you doing? How long are you going to be like that?”

A small murmur that no one could hear.

And even now, no one heard the murmur she uttered.

“Are you going to show me the unsightly sight of falling down after taking all sorts of poses?”

It was Kay Rothschild.

Kkwak-!!

The transparent strings connected to the rings pierced in all ten of her fingers were pulled taut.

“If you can’t move, I’ll make you move. If you don’t have teeth, you have to bite the enemy’s neck with your gums… That’s what my doll, Kay Rothschild, has to do.”

“……!!!”

It was then.

Just before Yulla’s sword cut Aedan, Zarka’s body jumped out as if wrapping the sword between them.

Chwaaaaaak……!!!

The sword pierced Zarka’s body diagonally from the shoulder. The sword, gripped tightly by his arms, could not penetrate to the end and stopped with half of it stuck in his waist.

[Keu…… Keukeuk.]

Although the sword pierced from his shoulder to his chest and about half of his waist, Zarka Hoch did not seem to feel any pain and rather embraced Yulla’s sword even more tightly without letting go.

[As expected of my lord.]

Yulla’s face distorted.

[I made an opening.]

Seukang-

A light metallic friction sound was heard.

It was the sound of the twin swords on Aedan’s waist being drawn from their scabbards.