What Happens When The Second Male Lead Powers Up [EN]: Chapter 531

Dragon King’s Onward Rush (11)

-Flutter, flutter flutter!

“There are too many mercenaries and knights here. It seems like there are even more than Alain told me!”

-Whoosh!

Being at a high altitude, the cold wind blew even more fiercely, slapping our cheeks.

Herrit, blessed by the relic, didn’t seem to feel the cold at all and was incredibly strong (thank goodness), but it took Tess and me some time to assess the situation below.

The deep night, making everything dark, also played a part.

This place, especially the Theocracy of Fenetian, was very different from 21st-century Korea, where I used to live.

Since lights were rare, once the sun went down, the whole world became as dark as if ink had been spilled over it.

“Yaaaah······!”

“Never back down, our Lord is inside!”

-Roar, roar, kweeeek!

“They’re just low-level thugs! The kind you’ve caught even back in your hometowns!”

“Soak the arrowheads in oil! Make sure the fire spreads all over their bodies!”

“Aim for the nape of their necks, the nape······!”

-Kyaaaak!

The few spots lit by torches encircled the Guild Hall, and Atsuma’s men were packed tightly like a barrier everywhere.

There were mid-level magical beasts here and there, but the resistance from the Guild Hall side seemed considerable.

Clang, clang, clang! The noise of metal and beast horns clashing was terrible.

I quickly turned my head to look behind the building.

Along the wide uphill path leading to the hills, lines of territory residents were quickly evacuating.

Although I couldn’t see clearly, most of them seemed to be dressed as merchants.

Of course, only a few were real merchants, and the rest were all experiment participants.

The Military-Unity team that went underground must have carried out their mission properly!

“The evacuation seems to be going well, Heineken!”

“Yes! Then all we need are the Gugus. We have to help them!”

Tess shouted loudly, and I raised my voice to answer.

The rope tied around my waist was torn and flying around like crazy.

According to the original plan, the Gugus should be covering the building by now, rushing in and heading underground.

But there were more people guarding the Guild Hall than expected, and their strength was considerable.

I had expected that once chaos broke out, they would quickly fall apart, but they seemed to have something to rely on—probably Lynn Isenia, who had disappeared somewhere—and their unity was also unusual.

At this rate, things could go wrong.

The Gugu were timid and deeply scarred, having spent many years hiding. Someone had to clear the way for them.

I roughly swept back the hair that kept covering my eyes.

Then, I busily looked for the direction where Ms. Gain would be.

-Whoo, whooooo······!

“Stella and her group are not visible! It’s too far and dark!”

“There was a tremor like an earthquake over there, they’re probably fighting well!”

Tess answered urgently, but I couldn’t shake off a certain premonition.

I had put Jibril Diop by her side and given her separate instructions, so there was no way she could be pushed back, but it was strange.

I felt like I had forgotten something.

My heart kept pounding, and my breathing was erratic—

“We need to hurry, or the two underground will be in trouble!”

Ah!

“Yes! Herrit, can you listen to your uncle for a moment?”

“Okay!”

The young man fluttered his white hair and looked at me.

For a moment, an indescribable sense of guilt weighed heavily on my chest.

The thoughts spreading through my head froze as if dipped in ice water.

This kid is only eleven years old. I shouldn’t have let him go through something like this no matter what. I swore I didn’t want to show him this scene… Damn it!

“I’m really sorry. Your uncle was crazy. I should have done whatever it took to send you back to the Imperial Palace when you first came.”

“Hmm.”

“I’m so sorry to your father too. He probably didn’t expect us to receive your help.”

I know this isn’t the time, but as I was about to do something I would never have imagined in my normal state, words like confession poured out.

The white-haired child frowned and shook his head.

Then, he moved his lips in large motions.

‘It’s okay. Really.’

‘I’ve seen magical beasts often since I was little.’

‘I’ve seen adults fighting often too.’

What is he saying!

“You’re still young now, when were you younger than that!”

“Hahahaha.”

“Heineken! Hurry! There’s no other choice!”

“I’m sorry! Herrit, anyway, this additional operation depends on you. I’ll ask you just this once!”

Tess, who had become much calmer than me, shouted, and I apologized to her, Herrit, and everyone else in the world as I recited the details of the operation.

In fact, it wasn’t even much of an operation.

We were the only ones who could clear the way for the Gugus right now, and there was a clear limit to what the group in the sky could do.

“······And your uncle will count to three and then immediately! Are you okay? You don’t have to do it if you’re scared. Your uncle has other plans too!”

I didn’t actually have any. But I hated putting pressure on an eleven-year-old more than death.

Then Herrit, dressed neatly in the Imperial style—I just noticed his clothes because I was so out of it—smiled brightly and nodded.

In a flash, Eva, blushing and talking about her engagement, came to mind, and I felt dizzy.

Why am I thinking about this now! The situation is so urgent that my head must be messed up!

“Tess, Tess, please provide cover. This child and I probably won’t have time to look around!”

“Leave it to me!”

The teacher, who had already loaded a poisoned arrow onto her large bow, replied.

I gritted my teeth and looked down.

‘Ugh!’ ‘Clang, clang!’ A knight in a helmet was bitten in the calf by a magical beast, and a tall brazier was rolling on the floor like a toy.

My heart ached as I thought of my friends who were struggling in their respective positions right now.

I gathered the ether [magical energy] in my whole body and held Herrit’s arm tightly.

“One! Two!”

-Kugugung······!

At that moment, a heavy vibration echoed from the direction of the spruce forest.

I tried hard not to have bad thoughts about Ms. Gain.

“Three!”

-Ssaeeeeeng!

“Heueok!”

As soon as Herrit’s large wings folded in, we fell at an incredible speed.

The moment the winter’s north wind let go of us, my ears went numb.

My lips trembled at the dizzying sensation of all the blood draining from my body.

‘God, oh my God!’ Tess’s short scream seemed to be coming from a very far place, then suddenly buzzed in my ears.

I widened my eyes and stretched out one arm.

And then, I exploded the ether instantaneously!

-Paaaaat―!

[Herrit, now!]

“Damn it, what’s happening all of a sudden!”

A radiance as bright as daylight, a flash so intense it stung the eyes, covered the ground forces.

The shocked mercenaries stumbled and fell.

The priest’s circle, when deployed on the ground, is dome-shaped, but when unfolded in the air like this, it boasts a perfect sphere.

At the same time, Herrit spread his light purple wings wide and flew low. Flutter, flutter flutter!

[Everyone get out of here! Get out of here right now!]

-Ssaeeeeeek!

That means we’re sweeping over the heads of those defending the Guild Hall like a broom!

[Everyone go to the Lord’s Castle prison! Go in on your own and wait until you pay for your sins!]

“Ugh, uaaaaah······!”

I shouted at the top of my lungs, holding dozens or hundreds of people in the holy ground, and then instantly flew forward to aim at the next targets.

Herrit, excited by the chaos, laughed brightly.

I felt like I had become a drone filming an action movie in the sky!

[Don’t dawdle, go to prison! Hurry!]

“I, I was wrong! I was wrong!”

-Papat!

[Give up on defending this place! Shut up and go to prison!]

“Heueok, it’s divine punishment! It’s divine punishment!”

“The angel of the Lord······! Cough, cough!”

Those wearing helmets didn’t budge, as if they had been brainwashed even more strongly, but the lower-ranking knights and mercenaries were different.

Those who were directly exposed to my oracle turned pale and began to run south.

They threw away the weapons and carts they were holding as if they were cursed objects, and nine out of ten ran like madmen, not even noticing that a boot had come off or that a robe caught in a bush was being torn to shreds.

Half of them became bait, drawing the excited pack of magical beasts.

And half of the pack of magical beasts were also caught up in my oracle, stomping their feet and running out.

-Kweeeeek!

-Dudududu······!

“What are those bastards!”

The ‘supervisors’ who discovered us screamed.

Some were so angry that they took off their helmets and raised their voices.

“Kill them! That’s not an angel of the Lord!”

“Intruders! Kill them! Kill them!”

“Protect the Lord no matter what! The Lord!”

“Focus! You weaklings, can’t you keep your minds straight!”

-Piiiing!

At that moment, Tess’s bow fired four poisoned arrows simultaneously,

-Thwack, thwack! Thwack!

“Cough!”

“Ugh!”

“Keuhaak!”

As many as three of them hit the enemy!

None of them seemed to have been hit in a vital spot, but I had applied the poison I received from Her Majesty, so the effect would be clear.

Behind us, a spear aimed at us flew. Ssaeeeng!

-Thwack!

And it was Herrit’s wings, or rather, Dduk-ssim’s will [Dduk-ssim is likely a name or title associated with Herrit’s wings], that resolutely knocked it away.

The ark [likely referring to Herrit’s wings], having gained two wings, flapped them greatly, creating wind.

It wasn’t exerting as much power as its true form because it was fulfilling Herrit’s ‘wish,’ but it was a strong wind that made small magical beasts roll around and even pushed the large supervisors back a few steps.

After spinning around three times in a row like that, the area around the Guild Hall was almost devastated!

“Heueok! Heok······. What are, what are those guys······!”

“Oh my God, that’s it! Herrit, thank you. You’ve done a really great job! Thank you too, Tess!”

“Hahaha!”

“You’re welcome!”

The two poured out excited breaths.

The supervisors and magical beasts hit by the poisoned arrows were lying around powerlessly here and there.

I looked back at the distant twilight and raised my voice as if to vomit.

[Gugu! Gugu! It’s here, it’s okay now!]

-Whooooo······

‘It’s okay, okay, okay······!’ Even though it wasn’t a mountain valley, the oracle [divine proclamation] echoed with a long tail.

I was worried because there was no sign of them returning. Herrit hugged my waist tightly.

I naturally didn’t stop at just once and gathered my energy again.

[Heart of the Four Dragons! Gugu! Your physis [essential nature or being] is here! Come and get it!]

······.

[It’s okay! You don’t have to be scared anymore. Everything’s okay!]

······There was really no response, but I held Herrit’s shoulders tightly and waited.

The sound of Tess swallowing and the rustling of the young man’s coat were so clear.

That’s how sharply my nerves were on edge.

I gritted my teeth, closed my eyes, and then opened them again.

Right then,

-Rustle!

Among the clusters of shrubs that had been crushed like powder, a very small light sparkled like a fire bead.

I was momentarily lost in thought, and Herrit and Tess slowly turned to look this way too.

I just thought it was a delusion, but······.

-Rustle, rustle, rustle······

The sound of the world’s forests trembling in fear was spreading in all directions in an instant.

The noise spreading up, down, left, right, east, west, north, and south was like a raging wildfire.

The moment I realized what it was, a thrill resembling joy arose. And finally—

-Kugugung!

-Swaaaaa······!

From the distant boundary of darkness, a wave of flames began to Dragon King’s Onward Rush towards the Guild Hall.

“Ugh, ugh, uaaaagh!”

“Run away, run to the top of the building······!”

“You son of a bitch! You son of a bitch, you son of a bitch!”

-Ssaaaaa······!

Ruthlessly punishing those who blocked their path, eroding the tall building as if to devour it, and charring even the moss lying flat on the dirt floor black with resentment.

Thousands, tens of thousands. Or hundreds of thousands······.

-Cheeeeeek······!

“Aaaagh! It’s hot!”

“Keu, keuhaaaak!”

A swarm of fire lizards.

*

-Kwakwakwakwa―!

Attacks that one’s physical abilities could never block were pouring down,

“Heuaaak!”

A voice louder than the brain screamed loudly.

-Paaaaaa······!

The immediate vicinity was temporarily dyed pale blue, and nothing more could enter the field of vision or ring in the eardrums.

As one second stretched out long and thin like a minute, Gain’s pink hair also rippled like waves.

It was truly a moment of life and death.

The heart rate, which had been falling without knowing the bottom, was slowly regaining its rhythm.

No—perhaps it was about to stop completely.

What filled Gain’s vessel was the voice of a man.

‘······Christel Rambouillet.’

Ah, shit!

“Ah, shit!”

In a moment when her heart and mind became one for once, her blue eyes flashed open!

“I’m not going to die! Aaaagh! My eardrums are rotting!”

Gain screamed, distressed by the goosebumps on her arms.

The situation just now was so cheesy and disgusting that she felt like she was about to faint.

Fearsome attacks were shooting up from the ground like a machine gun, but the psychological shock was so great that it felt ticklish instead.

At the same time, her cheeks began to be covered with sharp and solid jewels!

-Jjeojeojeok! Jjeojeok, jjeojeojeok!

“Do you think I’m going to die leaving only the Palace Lord and you behind, you crazy bastard!”

‘If you do this again, I’ll really kill you!’ Gain, who shouted in a rage, pulled her fist, which had completely turned into a jewel, far back behind her shoulder.

“Heuaaaaap!”

-Kwakwakwakwang―!

Then, she plunged vertically towards the ground.