Weapon-Eating Bastard [EN]: Chapter 305

Weapon-Devouring Bastard – Episode 305

Henry Russell passed the fifth trial.

Witnessing the history that unfolded before him, he felt anger instead of despair, and soon, elation as well.

The anger was directed at the flawed world.

The elation came from once again confirming that he was right.

‘Indeed, for this world to flow in the right direction, everything related to it must disappear.’

That which crawls out of the Blue Hole, staining the world black.

That is the root of all sin in this world, the cause of the world becoming like this.

Its death is the paramount task given to humanity, the act of rightly establishing the sovereignty on this earth that the Lord has granted to mankind…….

The dwarf, upon hearing that answer, seemed somewhat perplexed but declared the trial passed.

In any case, overcoming despair was the purpose of this trial.

And the trial began again.

Henry Russell stood tall in a vast space.

-Singularities.

-Prove your justice.

-Prove that your destiny is stronger.

The trial explanation had been quite unkind until now, but it had never been this bad.

Henry frowned and turned his head.

And soon, he understood what the dwarf meant.

“So that’s how it is. There shouldn’t have been such a trial… I’m flustered because it’s a trial that never existed before. Heh heh heh.”

Clack!

In front of him, the sound of someone walking with a cane pierced Henry’s ear.

Henry looked at him and let out a complex laugh.

“Haha, prove your strength… so that’s what this trial meant.”

“Indeed. Isn’t it quite perplexing?”

The one standing before Henry used an old British upper-class English pronunciation.

It was something that wasn’t used much these days, something that might have been used during the Great War era.

Henry raised his head and looked at the approaching figure.

“Was this the first time I’ve faced the Master of the Magic Tower… since the Joint Conference?”

Standing before him was the Master of the Eiffel Magic Tower, Michael Garrell.

At those words, Michael wore a meaningful smile.

Henry felt that the smile was quite twisted.

“……No, you’re not the Master of the Magic Tower. Are you… Teacher?”

“Your discernment is good, as expected.”

Between the wrinkled eyelids, jet-black pupils were visible.

He was no longer Michael Garrell, the Master of the Eiffel Magic Tower.

He was the leader of Kabbalah, wearing Michael’s mask.

“But I am not the complete me. To be precise… you could say I am about half of me.”

“What is the reason for your visit, going so far as to do this?”

“Because a troublesome child is interfering, the damage to capturing the Territory Owner is significant.”

Michael Garrell, unable to replenish his forces due to Lee Cheol, was driven to hunt the Territory Owner and suffered great losses.

However, losses are losses, and obtaining the Aerial Fortress is another matter.

The Old Master, called the Great Teacher, could not give up the Aerial Fortress.

So, he inflated the planted soul and seized the body.

“I also think it’s a waste. This body had a place where it would be used greatly in the future… It seems I will have to keep using it like this.”

“I see.”

“But it seems it will be okay. I found another decent child among my disciples.”

As if asking about each other’s recent situation, a calm conversation took place.

And in an instant, when the conversation stopped and silence fell.

Henry politely spoke.

“How about we stop the conversation here, Old Master?”

“You are welcome anytime.”

“That’s a relief.”

Henry drew his longsword from its scabbard without hesitation.

A celestial-grade holy relic, the treasure sword Arondight, emitted a blue light like a calm lake.

Flash-!

Henry swung his sword.

The world is submerged in blue aura.

Facing the storm of rushing aura, the Old Master of Kabbalah simply chuckled and let out a strange laugh.

* * *

I couldn’t help but frown.

Because I heard the explanation about the trial and saw the person who stepped forward before me.

“…….”

The person who was silently staring straight at me.

My brow furrowed involuntarily.

The person in front of me was covering their face and body with something like a thick robe.

But my Mystic Eyes were accurately sensing whose presence it was.

“……Valerie. What a coincidental meeting.”

The person standing before me as my opponent.

It was none other than Valerie.

She sent a blurry gaze towards me.

……Like a doll.

That thought came to me involuntarily.

Not like the soulless corpses that the puppeteer pulled out, but literally like a doll made of cloth and cotton.

No emotion was felt in her expression, and her eyes were blurred and unfocused.

Has she been brainwashed?

Or maybe…… is she dead?

‘Valerie. What happened after you sent me the information?’

Valerie, who warned me about the Magic Tower through the Black Serpent.

She noticed Michael’s change and warned me about it, even saying that she would investigate it herself.

……Now that it has been revealed that the existence of Michael Garrell is a puppet of Kabbalah, it was not difficult to guess that something had happened to her.

‘I wondered why they didn’t properly explain what kind of trial it was…… so this is what it was.’

The moment I faced Valerie, I could understand the meaning of the trial.

The fifth trial of the Aerial Fortress.

It was to determine the superiority of the surviving singularities.

* * *

Valerie didn’t say anything.

She simply raised her magic power without hesitation the moment she faced me.

I looked at that magic and widened my eyes.

‘As expected…….’

Valerie’s level was far stronger than I knew.

Magic light and magic circles filled the sky.

All of them are high-level magic.

If hit directly, they could destroy a small city.

Frankly speaking, it was a magical power wave that was reminiscent of my eldest brother’s magic, even if it wasn’t quite at the level of Sword Art.

It’s not that Valerie’s skills were lacking, but she was never someone who could use dozens of high-level magic spells simultaneously.

I clicked my tongue and nodded.

“I think there are many stories to hear, but let’s finish this first and listen.”

Kwaaaaaang!

Before I could finish speaking, a rain of magic bullets poured down.

Rising mounds of earth and, following behind, storms of magical power poured down.

And brushing off the mounds of earth that had begun to fall again, I took a step forward.

Whoosh!

A net of heaven unfolded, filling the sky.

So many weapons aimed at Valerie that they suppressed the light of the magic circles.

“Please, don’t die. Valerie.”

I grabbed a weapon floating in the air and said that.

Thwoom!

The next moment, magic and weapons collided.

* * *

Martial arts are intuitive.

If you swing, it cuts, and if you stab, it pierces.

As the level increases, martial arts can also do many things, but basically, it should be seen as focused on combat.

In comparison, magic is complex and diverse.

It is used not only in simple combat but also in various other places.

Even in combat situations, it can be used in various ways, from combat assistance, trap installation, mid-to-long-range strikes, and firepower support.

Although magicians can do many things like this, they are ultimately inferior to martial artists when it comes to combat situations.

Basically, when combat situations arise, magicians use things like body enhancement or sensory enhancement, but it is difficult to catch up with the speed of trained martial artists with such things.

Therefore, unless there is an overwhelming difference in power, magicians do not try to engage in one-on-one combat with martial artists.

Even if they do, they never give distance.

If they don’t give distance.

Because magicians are stronger in long-range attacks.

Thud!

The first step was to tie down the feet.

The moment Valerie’s magic power focused on the ground beneath where Lee Cheol was standing, the surrounding air distorted within a radius of several tens of meters.

Kwaaaang!

Soon, an immense weight poured down from the sky.

The dust and mounds of earth floating in the sky were all slammed into the ground, and the flat ground cracked like an eggshell.

Whoosh!

As soon as she unfolded the gravity field, Valerie quickly moved backward.

It would be appreciated if her feet were tied down by that much, but Lee Cheol, who was reflected in her Mystic Eyes, was not such a pushover.

Actually.

Step!

Lee Cheol was walking out of that reverse field without any problems.

Strong Energy Art, Gravity Field.

If Valerie’s magic power was directed from top to bottom, Lee Cheol’s magic power acted in the opposite direction.

Drrrrr!

The gravel and mounds of earth that had been slammed into the ground all floated up and were fixed in the middle.

Having resolved the gravity magic without any problems, I took a step forward.

No, the moment I tried to move forward.

The floor felt mushy.

The brown ground turned red, and I felt heat in the soles of my feet for a moment.

A mine installed while running away after the gravity field. It was explosion magic.

The ground, which had turned red for a moment, swelled up like a balloon.

Crackle!

But it didn’t explode. No, it couldn’t.

A sword floating in the air was slammed into the ground just before the explosion, freezing the magic.

Dense cold air blooming.

It is the power of the masterpiece-grade longsword Effenberg.

The swollen ground froze like an ice rink.

Kwaaaaaang!

That wasn’t the end.

Weapons rained down like rain and slammed into the ground.

The places where traps were installed, the important points for the deployment of magic, all of them were identified with Mystic Eyes and smashed in advance.

“Your combat sense has increased quite a bit, Valerie. Gravity magic and even traps. It’s like… a tactic made to fight me.”

After destroying all the traps, the weapons of the Net of Heaven, which were starting to float in the air again, floated around me.

“But have you forgotten what my Mystic Eyes are?”

Whether it’s a trap, a trick, based on magic power or not, it becomes meaningless in front of my Mystic Eyes.

Valerie should have known that better than anyone else.

Thwoom!

I kicked off the ground right away.

The ground, which had been precarious due to the gravity field and magic mines, collapsed as it was, and I headed straight for Valerie, piercing through the mounds of earth that were bouncing up.

“……!”

Valerie urgently drew out magic power.

Immediately after, an aurora unfolded behind Valerie.

Magic, magic, magic…….

Dozens, hundreds of them.

All the magic spells that appeared as auroras were magic circles, and they began to unleash immense magic power as they overlapped.

Kwarurururung!

The front of Lee Cheol was distorted by the heat.

As if a dragon was wriggling, a fire demon pushed the air away and burst out.

Lee Cheol stood in front of it, holding his sword with both hands and taking an upper stance.

From top to bottom.

A black line is drawn in the air with a descending strike.

Swoosh!

It cut through.

With just one strike.

The central axis that made up the magic was destroyed.

Mujin Style First Form, Demon Subjugation.

Piercing through the fire demon with a gaping hole in the center, Lee Cheol’s body became a gust of wind.

“Ugh!”

Valerie reached out her hand with a short groan.

In an instant, she was surrounded by a wall of defensive magic circles.

It was a quick response.

The reason why a magician could react to the movements of a martial artist was because she was the owner of the Analysis Eye.

If it were an ordinary martial artist, the speed just now would have been quite effective.

But Valerie was facing Lee Cheol, not an ordinary martial artist.

Thwoom! Kwarururung!

Valerie’s defensive magic could not keep up with Lee Cheol’s rushing speed.

Lee Cheol’s body, which had become a cannonball, collided with Valerie’s defensive magic.

The defensive magic couldn’t withstand it.

It swayed greatly like taffy, and soon shattered like a glass window.

Only a few thin layers of the barrier were left cracked.

No, Lee Cheol had left them behind.

“Ugh, eugh!”

Thwoooom!

Valerie was sent flying high into the sky as it was.

Lee Cheol kicked off the ground to pursue her right away.

But at that moment, Valerie’s figure disappeared as if melting into the clouds.

No, she didn’t disappear. She moved.

‘Teleportation?’

The highest-level magic in the space system. A magician below the 2nd class cannot even attempt it.

Moreover, there was no sign or prelude.

‘The back.’

But the Mystic Eyes immediately tracked the afterimage of the magic.

Lee Cheol turned his body right away.

Black energy condensed in his hand and became a spear.

Jjeooooong!

The spear was fired at the same time as he turned his body.

A sonic boom occurred, and a ring-shaped cloud spread in the air.

“……?”

Lee Cheol’s eyes twitched.

Because the spear missed.

The remnants of magic power visible in the place where the spear passed.

Valerie used teleportation not just once, but continuously.

‘The back again?’

No. It’s not felt.

It’s not on the sides, the front, or below either.

The Mystic Eyes searched for the flow of magic power.

And.

Whoosh!

Lee Cheol raised his head.

Even higher in the sky than where Lee Cheol was standing.

A distance of at least 400 or 500 meters [1300-1600 feet].

Valerie, floating in the air, was wrapped in dark clouds.

And in an instant, the hand raised towards the clouds was swung towards Lee Cheol.

Flash!

The sky was momentarily submerged in light.

With a bang! Lee Cheol’s body was slammed into the ground as it was.

Lightning strike.

But it was not an ordinary lightning strike.

As soon as the lightning struck, an explosion occurred, and immediately after the explosion, smoke laced with poison was sprayed in all directions.

It was the moment when Lee Cheol was about to raise his body again from the ground.

Jjeoooooooong!

Another lightning strike struck down.

The air burned away due to the immense heat contained in the magic, and smoke rose, and a massive current spread along the ground.

Kwarung! Kwarururung!

Following the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth.

Consecutive strikes struck down.

A tremendous noise echoed as if an earthquake had occurred.

Valerie did not stop the magic.

Below the thickly rising fog, she continuously struck magic down towards the place where Lee Cheol had fallen.

“Haa…….”

Valerie took a deep breath and looked down at the shattered ground with blurry eyes.

Her breathing was rough, and her overheated magic circuit was creaking.

She poured out 70% of her possessed magic power in this short few minutes.

She won.

That thought spread in Valerie’s mind.

To be able to withstand that and endure. A human shouldn’t be able to do that.

Pathetic!

Beyond the rising dust, it was quiet.

Valerie looked at it for a moment and felt a throbbing pain in her chest and head.

But, it was then.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, a whirlwind blew, and the fog cleared in an instant.

“Hoo.”

A short sigh was heard.

It was Lee Cheol.

He had poured out magic power and hit all the attacks, but Lee Cheol was nonchalantly dusting himself off and looking up at her.

“……!”

As soon as Valerie confirmed Lee Cheol’s survival, she ignored the strange sensation ringing in her head and drew out magic power again.

Dozens of high-level magic spells floated in the air.

But they were only prepared.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Net of Heaven gracefully drew lines of magic power in the air and smashed those magic spells before they could be activated.

“……!”

Lee Cheol nonchalantly swept up his long, dangling hair, then grabbed a spear in the air.

Fzzzzz!

Magic power began to condense in that spear.

Valerie checked the power contained in that spear with the Analysis Eye and was shocked.

Tremendous.

An immense magic power, like all the magic she had unleashed so far combined, began to dwell in that spear.

A celestial-grade holy relic, the Divine Spear Gyeongcheon.

That weapon of immense firepower was prepared.

“……Ugh!”

Valerie swallowed hard.

She realized that if she stayed like this, it would be irreversible.

Valerie scraped together all the remaining magic power.

She didn’t even have the luxury to worry about magic power depletion or runaway. She had to do everything she could.

Flash!

In an instant, darkness came to the world.

Because the black aura that Lee Cheol possessed spread out.

And Valerie was helplessly thrown out like a sailboat meeting a tsunami.