The Bastard Swordsman Of The Imperial Guard [EN]: Chapter 205

Magi is a power that only certain races are chosen to wield.

A power wielded only by some demi-humans and the Demon race.

A power that flows in opposition to the world’s natural laws, penetrating the very soul of existence.

That was Magi.

That is why the Human race is considered inferior.

Not only are they unable to handle Magi, but their souls are eroded simply by coming into contact with it.

The Human race, which dominates the continent through sheer numbers, is destined to be devoured by the Demon race.

“…”

However, the Demon King possesses a power even stronger than Magi, a power granted through selection.

Maledrakas called this power… ‘Divinity’.

A power from a different dimension, granted solely to him.

“It’s quite a sight.”

Maledrakas gazed down.

The humans and the continent’s creatures now appeared as small as ants.

This was the result of Maledrakas’ Divinity.

The entirety of Alheim was floating in the sky.

A feat that no other Demon race member could achieve.

Maledrakas, at this moment, had become stronger than any other Demon King.

He could wield Divinity, and Maledrakas’ Divinity was growing stronger even now.

He made the entire Alheim fly, allowing him to look down upon the continent.

The demons of Alheim, realizing the difference in status with Maledrakas due to his unbelievable feat, both feared and worshiped him.

The creatures living on the continent felt the same.

They felt fear at a phenomenon they couldn’t comprehend with their limited understanding.

Maledrakas was receiving fear from countless creatures.

All of that became nourishment for him.

“I will bring the demons out of the Abyss Sea.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Mistra, who had been waiting in the darkness, revealed herself at Maledrakas’ words.

She was also one of the strongest in Alheim as a Demon King, but in front of Maledrakas, she felt as insignificant as a candle in a hurricane.

“Mistra, I will entrust you with handling the demons of the Abyss. Take care of any troublesome elements within the Order [likely referring to a demonic organization or hierarchy].”

“I will ensure that the Order does not suffer even the slightest harm from other demons.”

Maledrakas nodded in satisfaction and scanned the entire continent.

Now was the time to unleash his Divinity.

He would show the creatures of the continent what true fear was.

Maledrakas sensed it.

The Divinity that had gathered within him was nearing the limit of what a mortal could contain.

A little more.

If he could just fill a little more of his dimension….

He would transcend the Demon King and become a ‘God’.

A god who would rule this entire continent. That was Maledrakas’ goal.

“Until the Abyss Sea is fully opened… I must demonstrate the power of Alheim.”

Maledrakas closed his eyes.

It was time for the Magi dwelling in Alheim to greet the humans.

*

Alheim moves.

That massive landmass exuded tremendous pressure even with the slightest movement.

But what about now?

“…Heh, they’re showing off.”

Raël slowly watched Alheim descending from the sky.

Just as he was wondering why they had floated it in the first place, Alheim stopped at a lower altitude than before.

And the massive storm of Magi revealed itself in full force.

Naturally, an enormous amount of Magi dwells in the land of Alheim, where demons live.

The natural Magi dwelling in the land is forcibly drawn by a massive force, creating a storm.

It was just like what he had seen with the Gui Wang [likely a powerful entity or being].

If a strong force is forcibly released, the power that bursts out instantly will rage like a storm.

“Th-there’s something falling!”

“Demons…! It’s demons!”

“Sh-shit. How can there be so many demons….”

The demons in Alheim fell to the ground like heavy rain.

The countless hordes of demons seemed to demoralize the Allied Forces just by looking at them.

Each of them was a mid-tier or high-tier demon imbued with dense Magi.

The Allied Forces were overwhelmingly superior in numbers, but it would take ten soldiers from the Allied Forces to kill just one of those demons.

And behind them.

An alien phenomenon appeared for anyone to see.

“A sea…?”

Someone who saw something shimmering beyond Alheim murmured in dismay.

A sea imbued with the Magi of the Abyss.

During the Great War, demons who could not control their nature and greed.

Demons who lived only for struggle began to awaken from the sea.

The demons that leaped out of the sea exuded sharp killing intent and scattered Magi in all directions.

Finally revealed, Alheim’s full power.

All of that was terror to the Allied Forces.

“Ugh, ugh…”

“No. How are we supposed to fight those monsters….”

The fear that spread slowly like dye soaking into water could no longer be stopped.

“Gaia-men [followers of the god Gaia]. Lord God Gaia, grant us hope and blessings.”

“…Gaia-men.”

The prayers of the priests and paladins grew louder.

All they could rely on was divine power to block the Magi.

However, the Magi spewed out by the demons from the Abyss Sea penetrated even their divine power.

“Tch. This has become troublesome.”

Raël watched all of that unfold.

The demoralization of the Allied Forces was a problem, but the real problem was that massive storm.

He was the only one who could stop it.

Raël thought as he placed his hand on Seomgwang [likely a sword or weapon].

“The end is coming faster than I thought.”

At that moment, someone approached from behind.

The Sword Dragon, who was standing next to Raël, looked at him in surprise.

“Ch-, Celestial Sword Lord?”

The continent’s greatest swordsman, the Celestial Sword Lord, who had rarely shown himself since the Great War.

He was walking over.

‘Th-, this….’

The Sword Dragon felt killing intent from him for the first time.

He was also a Sword Master, but just looking at the Celestial Sword Lord made his knees tremble.

“Disciple, the time has come.”

“Have you come to say goodbye before you die?”

“Yes. From the beginning, that was my only purpose. Before that, I wanted to express my gratitude. Thanks to you, we were able to reach this situation.”

The Celestial Sword Lord raised his head and looked at the sky.

Alheim is right in front of him.

And Maledrakas must be inside that Demon King’s castle.

It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Celestial Sword Lord.

To go through that massive storm and kill Maledrakas.

That was the best he could do.

“Master, wait for me.”

However, Raël shook his head.

“What are you talking about waiting for? There is no more time. We must kill Maledrakas before that storm engulfs the Allied Forces and the demons advance.”

“…. Well, you can at least watch your disciple’s sword, can’t you?”

“Raël…?”

Raël did not answer the Celestial Sword Lord and walked forward.

The Celestial Sword Lord’s plan might not be bad.

If Maledrakas and the Celestial Sword Lord were to perish together, it would objectively be a huge benefit to humanity.

‘But… is that really possible?’

His usually useless intuition bothers him only at times like this.

The current Maledrakas cannot be killed that way.

Suddenly, that thought flashed through Raël’s mind.

“Let’s stop this storm first and then think about it.”

Raël walked towards the storm without hesitation.

Standing at the very front of the Allied Forces, he drew his sword before anyone else.

“W-, waaaaaah-!”

“Gaia-men! Bless the hero…!”

A tremendous roar erupted from the surroundings.

However, that roar contained fear.

They were not sure that Raël would do something.

It was just a roar to forget the fear for a moment.

Sreung-

Raël drew his sword without paying attention.

The magic power and divine power dwelling in Seomgwang shone as brightly as the sun.

The hero Raël, a commoner who was becoming a legend for saving the world.

The faith of the humans was building towards him.

“Raël! It’s dangerous!”

“We’ll follow you too!”

The first to rush over were Commander Rein and Commander Marco.

The commanders of the largest knight orders in the Empire and the Order approached Raël.

“Please go back. You’ll lose an arm if you come near me.”

“Raël…”

“Commander Rein, you have things you need to do. I have to handle this, because I’m a hero.”

Raël gave a faint smile.

It was a sorry thing to say, but these people could not face the storm of Magi.

What they had to do was kill high-ranking demons and command the knight order to save as many people as possible.

Raël was just doing what he had to do as a hero.

Hwaaaaaaaak-

The massive storm of Magi raged before Raël’s eyes.

The Magi that had gathered in Alheim for a long time was certainly powerful.

“Alheim… it’s not as great as I thought.”

But on the other hand, he also had that thought.

Compared to the Gui Wang’s storm, it was nothing.

The Gui Wang, created by the gathering of human malice.

The Magi sleeping in Alheim was weak compared to her power.

And Raël had already overcome even the Gui Wang.

“Celestial Sword Fifth Form.”

The best swordsmanship created by the Celestial Sword Lord, the Celestial Sword.

Raël infused the sword with familiar magic power.

In fact, the sword he wields is no longer in the form of the Celestial Sword.

It was safe to say that it was already a completely different sword.

However, since he was showing it to his master for the first time, he had to give it the name Celestial Sword.

Hwaaaaaaaak-

The blue magic power and pure white divine power that burst out from his entire body mixed together and climbed along the sword of Seomgwang.

An indescribable powerful light, a force like a huge flame, dwelled in the sword.

“Celestial Divine Sword.”

Raël gripped Seomgwang.

The sword imbued with his will became Seomgwang as Raël wished and rushed towards the storm.

Immediately after that.

The sky split.

“Reversal of Heaven? No, this is….”

The Celestial Sword Lord raised his head in surprise.

It was a completely different sword from the Celestial Sword and the Reversal of Heaven.

The swordsman chosen by the Celestial Sword Lord did not carry on his legacy.

However, he used the Celestial Sword to draw out an even stronger power.

Kwaaaaaang-!

The storm of Magi twisted its body as if it had a self.

In order not to be dismantled by that massive force, it gathered all the Magi and collided with the Celestial Divine Sword.

It was meaningless.

The slash created by the Celestial Divine Sword did not diminish even as it cut through the Magi.

That was the power of the divine power that Raël possessed.

The aftermath of that power reached the edge of Alheim.

It also reached the Demon King’s castle.

“…Divinity?”

Maledrakas’ eyes widened.

A cold smile lingered on his lips.

“I see. Was I arrogant?”

Divinity.

He thought that power was his alone.

That was Maledrakas’ arrogance.

“A hero of the era. I see. I understand now.”

If a human possessed such power, uniting the Human race would not be difficult at all.

Maledrakas looked down at the hero with a cold, hardened expression.

Huuuuuuuu-

“….”

“….”

Silence lingered on the wide plain.

The soldiers belonging to the Allied Forces were among the best in each country.

They had experienced many battlefields and faced many strong opponents.

To them, that storm of Magi was a disaster in itself.

It was a disaster like a tsunami, earthquake, or typhoon that humans could never stop.

They thought that they would be swept away by Alheim without even putting up a proper resistance.

However, that storm was blocked by a single human.

He single-handedly blocked the storm of Magi that was powerful enough to engulf the entire Kamen Empire.

“Hero….”

“H-, hero. The hero saved us!”

“We have a hero!”

Waaaaaaaah-!

A roar full of joy, without fear.

Raël smiled at that roar.

Divine power fills his heart.

People were trusting and believing in Raël.

“Raël, you really….”

Shortly after, the Sword Dragon and the Jeongcheon Alliance Lord [likely a leader of an alliance] approached.

The Sword Dragon was admiring the vanished storm of Magi.

“The disciple of the continent’s greatest swordsman, the Celestial Sword Lord, has surpassed his master. Raël, he deserves to be called the greatest swordsman of all time….”

Beyond the Celestial Sword Lord, the greatest swordsman on the continent… the greatest swordsman of all time.

A title bestowed only upon the strongest swordsman throughout all ages, past and present.

The Jeongcheon Alliance Lord was proud that he was the master of such a person.

“Jeongcheon Alliance Lord.”

“Raël, I believed in you…!”

The Jeongcheon Alliance Lord grabbed Raël’s shoulder with a heart-filled expression.

And Raël lightly removed that hand.

“Don’t give me that kind of title.”

“Okay….”

The Jeongcheon Alliance Lord lowered his head as if he was disappointed.