What Happens When The Second Male Lead Powers Up [EN]: Chapter 533

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Cadenza! (2)

“Madam Corleone.”

“Long time no see, Zibyl. How is your mother?”

“······.”

Zibyl frowned at the sudden greeting.

He knew it was too late, but he finally felt the harsh cold.

White breath poured from his cracked lips, and his body, exhausted and bruised, desperately needed warmth.

The man wiped the water from his face with his large hands and asked again.

“I thought you quit that. Are you still interested in the Duke?”

“Your sharp personality is still the same. It’s just a greeting.”

“······.”

“I already met my match.”

Admiral Emma Corleone replied with a grin.

The hedonist didn’t seem to feel the cold, dressed in a light autumn shirt and a white uniform.

Zibyl had never been curious about her whereabouts, so he staggered up and looked around.

He had been thrown too far, to the edge of the spruce forest, so everything was eerily silent.

You could believe that the commotion just now had never happened.

Only the night owls and night insects were too frightened to make a sound.

The coniferous trees, soaked by the midnight splash, dripped tears and trembled, and the white snow that had piled up to the treetops was all swept away by the waves, leaving no trace.

Dozens of shrubs and saplings huddled at the entrance were tragically broken and tangled together.

It was a complete mess. The lights of the guild hall flickered in the distance like another world.

-Splash!

He was too distracted to notice until now, but the two were floating on a wide ditch.

“······What happened? Did you come alone?”

It was the Admiral’s specialty, ‘Buoyancy.’ He decided to skip the thank you.

“Of course not.”

Emma said the same thing as before.

“My subordinates are hiding and waiting on the southern Atsuma border, and the troublemakers who followed from the Erie have been moving separately since dawn.”

“Isn’t that alone? How did you get here······.”

“Like I said. I met my match.”

Emma held a cigar with her index and middle fingers and blew out a long stream of smoke. ‘Phew.’

Ignoring the young man’s frown, who was a non-smoker, she looked around, as if searching for someone.

Zibyl roughly scattered the smoke with his hand and looked around.

Anyway, now that he was alive, he had to check on the safety of the Pink Princess.

He also had to find the staff he had lost earlier.

“Hey, Princess! If you’re alive, shout!”

He gathered all his remaining strength and shouted with all his might, but the Admiral muttered in a languid voice.

As soon as Zibyl turned to look at her―

-콰앙! [Sound of an explosion]

‘Ssaeeeng!’ With a stinging aftershock, Corleone shot out somewhere.

He reflexively tensed, wondering if that damn Cardinal was still alive.

The battle mage gritted his teeth and gathered mana again.

-Uuung······

“······My mermaid.”

He couldn’t hear well. Anyway, it didn’t seem to be about the Cardinal. It seemed like there was a carp somewhere.

“Crazy, Emma? Why are you here?!”

His eyes widened at the familiar scream.

The mana that had been gathering in his dantian [energy center] scattered in confusion.

Wait, isn’t that Rambouillet?

······Is the Admiral holding the Pink Princess, not a carp?

“Dazzlingly beautiful. It’s spectacular.”

“Ugh! Don’t touch me, my back hurts. Wait, wait!”

‘Aigoo, my body aches!’ Rambouillet, still half her face covered in blue gems, stiffly got up and fell back into the muddy water.

The Admiral chuckled and grabbed the back of her neck.

The place where the Princess fell was deeply pitted, as if a large meteorite had fallen, and its width was vast enough to fit dozens of cars in a row.

Zibyl trudged to the edge of the pit and blankly watched the Admiral and the carp Princess’s skit.

“Tsk. You should have listened when I told you to stay in the fleet.”

“You keep saying you want to put me in a tank day and night, any sane person would run away. I’m not some sashimi, our Princess······. Ah! Where are you touching, stop it!”

‘Clang, clang, clang······!’ Fierce sapphire hand blades struck the Admiral’s arms and back.

The man didn’t want to think about it anymore, so he ignored them and trudged down.

A sigh suddenly flowed out, and all the energy drained from his body. What else could he do?

The one who tamed that Admiral was over there, so it wasn’t surprising anymore.

All sorts of strange people swarmed around Juliette Princess like wasps around a honey pot.

So he had no choice but to check the Cardinal’s body and move on to the next step.

“······So you’re His Majesty’s support? What about the Versailles crew?”

“They followed. They’re loyal to you.”

-Splash

“······Here it is.”

Not far away, about fifty steps from where the Princess had fallen, the unconscious knight was lying.

Zibyl, who had found his staff on the way, roughly wiped the mud off his shirt.

The Cardinal was dead to anyone who saw him.

His whole body, swept up in the explosion, was covered in blood, and his flowing Shin-guk style robes were torn to shreds.

After all, the ‘Water Splash Bomb’ was a technique whose impact even he could not have predicted.

Bluish skin and half-open eyelids, unfocused eyes.

Lips that had vomited blood and fingers that were more than half gone.

Decisively, from the chest that had no movement, Zibyl was certain of Lynn Isenia’s death.

But there was no need to be careless anywhere.

“I have to seal it.”

-Jiiiiiing!

At the same time as the muttering, a huge magic circle unfolded.

Blood-colored lines moved breathlessly, drawing intricate shapes.

‘Whiririk!’ Zibyl swung his staff with an ice-cold expression. At that very moment,

-Flash!

The corpse opened its eyes and looked up at him.

‘Kut!’ The horrified mage was about to summon lightning from the sky―

[Púteus Jugis.]

“Damn it!”

A stigmata [mark of disgrace or symbolic scar] of unknown power was chanted.

‘Hey, get out of the way!’ The man shouted and switched the sealing magic to defense magic.

‘Chaechaechaechaeng―!’ Eight squares that appeared under Corleone’s feet moved in unison and lined up in an arrow shape.

The sharp crimson light of 8th-grade battle mages was being emitted over the black ground.

Gain, who was practically exhausted, had her jaw wide open while being held by her side. That’s because, that―!

-Saaaaaa!

“Damn it, what is this······!”

-Clang, clangclang······

“Your power is······. Very thrilling. I didn’t expect such an attack.”

‘I’ll never forget it.’ Isenia’s body, which whispered so, was rapidly turning into water from the tips of her hands and feet.

A sacred radiance enveloped her whole body, and the face that had been filled with pain slowly regained its peace.

The three people’s eyes widened at the unbelievably grotesque sight.

-Chilleong, chilleongchilleong······

Leaving only tattered clothes, the Cardinal was melting in the form of a clean and pure liquid.

It was such an unreal scene that it felt like a dream.

The swaying eyeballs captured Christel’s face in sight for the last time.

Then, a gasp burst out at the sight of it merging with the muddy water of the wide ditch.

The two mages, awakened from a moment of bewilderment, immediately cast attack spells―

-Kkirurururu!

At that time, the roar of a demonic beast that resonated to the bones pierced the ears.

It was an intense roar that could not help but stop the movements.

Goosebumps rose from the spine to the top of the head.

It was the appearance of the Griffin clan, who had not forgotten the ‘deal.’

The dark sky trembled with fear, and the chaotic ground trembled up and down, pouring out eerie echoes. ‘Kkiruru, kkiruru, kkirururu······!’

-Flutter! Flutterduck, flutterduckflutterduck!

“Everyone, duck!”

-Papapapapa―!

Zibyl’s cry and the disastrous flapping were almost simultaneous.

The sky, where a beautiful crescent moon was hanging, was dyed black by the appearance of a magnificent herd of demonic beasts.

-Hwiuuu······

In the place where the Gugus had disappeared like the ebb tide, old braziers occasionally fell over, making a clattering sound.

The knights who had been burned all over and fainted were all silent.

I swallowed hard, trying to keep Herrit’s gaze fixed on the top.

The sacred ground, reflecting my feelings, was constantly drawing erratic and geometric patterns. Charrreureu, charrreureu······.

“······.”

We were briefly preparing for the next situation in the air. We had no choice.

Everything had proceeded as planned, and now the rest was up to the Gugus.

My chest tickled and my fingertips tingled with anxiety.

No one coming out of the guild hall was unsettling, but also not.

If the lizards had raided the secret chamber, shouldn’t a crowd be pouring out by now?

But on the contrary, it could be that the little ones had properly shut everyone’s mouths, which is why it was so quiet.

I have unwavering faith in Cedric and Sir Johann.

But soon the Griffins will rush in from over there······.

Wow, so this is what the eve of the storm is like. It’s thrilling.

“Eueum.”

Still, since there’s a child, I shouldn’t show that I’m scared.

-Hwiiiiing······

“Hu······.”

I looked back at the spruce forest with worried eyes.

Around the time the fire lizard group was marching towards the hall, there were several explosions that shook the ground over there.

I clearly saw the flashes and lightning falling.

But it was too far and dark, and even in the midst of the chaos, there was a limit to grasping the situation with the naked eye.

I wonder if Gain is okay. What about Prince Dioph? Are Grandpa and Francois hiding well without any problems? Around here by now······.

“Sir Heineken, please hold Herrit well.”

“I’m fine, Teacher Tess.”

“No, the earthquake is unusual, so hold on tighter!”

What? I turned my head blankly and was horrified.

“Heok!”

-Kugugugugu······

-Jjeok, jjeojeojeok!

I didn’t know because I was flying in the sky, but a wide area centered on the hall building was cracking open.

Tenggeureong, tteng! Swords and torches that had lost their owners fell like matchsticks into the deep cracks.

Herrit’s beautiful eyes sparkled as if he was interested.

I held the young man’s body even tighter and looked around.

The vibrations became more and more intense and faster, and I had the illusion that even our bodies in the air were shaking.

The tall hall roof fluttered as if it would collapse at any moment. Urrreureu, kukukung······!

“What’s going on?!”

Tess, who was nocking an arrow on her bow, asked loudly.

Fallak! Herrit lightly flew away to create distance from the building.

“I still don’t know! There’s no way to know the internal situation―”

Jjarit!

“Ah!”

Herrit and I exclaimed at the same time.

We opened our mouths wide and hurriedly looked at each other. Just now, just now that―!

-Kwaaaaaang!

Before we had a chance to exchange opinions, the hall roof exploded with a deafening noise.

Herrit, who staggered for a moment, flapped his wings to a higher altitude.

Kwakwakwakwang! I gritted my teeth, covering the child’s ears tightly. Crimson bricks, thick wood, and shattered furniture soared into the sky like popcorn.

For a moment, my eardrums were muffled and my head was dizzy.

I couldn’t remember the faces of my friends that I had seen last―

-Keureueueueo······!

Following that, a roar that split the celestial palace struck the back of my head numbly.

The breath of a gigantic beast rushed in like a fierce wind, wildly shaking the group’s clothes and hair.

Out of instinctive fear, my eyes were tightly closed.

We couldn’t even scream at the overwhelming presence, the overwhelming momentum, and we were pushed back flailing.

I felt like I would be punished if I dared to make a sound. And, and······!

“Heoeok······. Heok!”

It felt like ten seconds had passed since then, but nothing had happened to us.

Only a gentle and kind energy was warming everyone’s backs.

I hurriedly opened my eyes and turned around.