Radiant Dragon’s Otherworldly Reincarnation - Chapter 263 : Chapter 263
Chapter 263. How Absurd (1)
Bereto Ziegler.
Bentley Crawford.
Stellon Pereira.
Mateus Edwards.
Davis Kaikara.
They were all powerhouses of the Kaisar Kingdom who had pioneered the supreme realm and made their names known.
Against as many as five 7-star knights, the Hegemon King and the Black Knight fought bravely.
It was a tremendous sight.
The roar of exploding Aura Blades and the flash of detonating light.
The shouts and roars of the powerhouses fighting with all their might.
All of it was extremely dangerous, yet at the same time, it was a magnificent and spectacular scene.
Looking back at the history of the continent, there were not many cases where so many superhumans who had reached the supreme realm fought on one battlefield.
Just the aftershocks spreading from the clash of Aura Blades were life-threatening to ordinary soldiers.
Even a trained knight would have to risk their life to endure in this space.
Naturally, this space became the exclusive domain of only the seven knights, and there, desperate attacks exchanging lives were coming and going.
A 5 vs. 2 duel.
From the outside, it was difficult to gauge the outcome, but in reality, it was the Hegemon King and the Black Knight who were at a disadvantage.
These two were much stronger than ordinary 7-star knights, but their opponents numbered five.
Moreover, the Hegemon King had overused his Lord of Sword in the early stages of the battle.
Even in the Jianghu, the Emperor Sword Form was a sword art whose power was impeccable, but it was an attack that consumed a great deal of internal energy.
The Hegemon King, who used a similar sword art, had already consumed more than half of his aura hole.
In such a situation, to be facing five 7-star knights….
Honestly, just holding on was amazing.
“Die!”
“This is the end, Hegemon King!”
The attack of Count Stellon Pereira and the subsequent blow from Marquis Bereto Ziegler.
The Hegemon King, who was tired and had let his sword droop, momentarily bit his lip and swung his sword with all his might.
“Haaaaaaat!”
Kwakwang!
Count Pereira’s longsword and Marquis Ziegler’s mace were deflected by the Hegemon King’s strike, but that was all.
Unlike before, the two themselves were not pushed back and held their ground.
And the continuous attacks that followed pushed the Hegemon King back fiercely.
Kwang! Kwaang! Kwajik!
A continuous series of Aura Blade attacks where a single hit could decide the outcome.
“Keuk….”
The Hegemon King had no choice but to assume a defensive posture and retreat.
And behind his retreating figure….
“An opening!”
The long lance of Count Mateus Edwards, charging with his red hair flying, aimed for the Hegemon King’s back.
The Hegemon King gritted his teeth in his defenseless state.
He, who could barely block the fierce offensive from the front, could not avoid that attack.
A moment of life and death.
“Who do you dare to aim for?”
Kwwaaaaang!
It was the Black Knight, Matias Karvan, clad in half-destroyed black armor, who rushed in like lightning and saved the Hegemon King’s life.
He sent Count Edwards flying with his black Aura Blade.
“Tsk, what a persistent old man.”
Count Edwards did not bother to resist with force and retreated while grumbling.
And he aimed his spear again, looking for an opening to deliver a fatal thrust.
Seeing this, Matias Karvan’s eyes grew cold.
‘That one is the most dangerous.’
All the other 7-star knights here were dangerous, but the one with the highest risk was that red-haired spearman.
He never engaged in a direct confrontation and circled around, unhesitatingly stabbing the back of any enemy who showed an opening.
A fighting style closer to that of a hunter than a knight was the most dangerous in the current situation.
“Are you alright? Sir Karvan.”
“Are you alright yourself, Your Highness?”
“I’m still alive. It would be difficult to hope for more than that.”
“……”
Matias Karvan’s expression soured.
Seeing the large and small wounds all over the Hegemon King’s body, it seemed he would not be able to last long.
A desperate crisis with no chance of victory in sight.
In this situation where he could not hope for reinforcements due to the Decator Kingdom’s betrayal, he had to make a choice.
“Your Highness, I will hold them off. Please break through and retreat.”
“Abandoning everyone?”
“You must plan for the future.”
“I refuse.”
Hegemon King Cierion spoke as if it wasn’t even worth considering.
Matias Karvan frowned and said.
“This is not the time to be stubborn. Have you forgotten your duty, Your Highness?”
“Of course not. However….”
The Hegemon King licked his cracked and bleeding lips and said.
“One cannot run away from a battle where victory is in sight.”
“You mean there is a chance of victory?”
To Matias Karvan, who asked back with a surprised expression, the Hegemon King spoke with a serious gaze.
“Sir Karvan.”
“……”
“Trust me.”
“Understood.”
The doubt disappeared from Matias Karvan’s face.
In the first place, he knew his lord well.
When a man named Cierion Baisus Yusef spoke like this, there was a reason.
If so….
“Heup!”
The fading Aura Blade surged up powerfully again.
He was squeezing out every last bit of strength without thinking about the consequences.
The Black Knight, in that state, glared sharply at the enemy and said.
“Come. Let’s end this.”
***
“Am I supposed to just stand here and watch this?”
“……”
“I’ve lived and lived…. I thought I’d seen all sorts of things, but this is the first time I’ve experienced such humiliation.”
“……”
“You want me to endure this? This?!”
Sword Queen, Leona Maybus.
She watched the scene before her, her whole body trembling faintly as if she were truly enraged.
Allied forces were dying before her eyes.
Yet she, a knight, could not move a single step from this spot because of an order.
Was this right?
Was this truly what she was supposed to be doing?
Grit.
Blood seeped from her tightly clenched lips, unable to contain her anger.
Marquis Robski approached her and said.
“Your Grace, you must endure.”
“How in the world am I supposed to endure this?!”
To her who shouted in a shrill voice, Marquis Dustin Robski said.
“…It is His Majesty the King’s command.”
“……”
“And if we consider only our nation’s position, it is not entirely incomprehensible…. Ugh!”
Marquis Dustin Robski, who was speaking, had to shut his mouth when he met the Sword Queen’s murderous killing intent.
But apart from that, his thoughts remained unchanged.
The Sword Queen looked at Marquis Adolph Raines on the opposite side and said.
“Marquis Raines, do you think the same?”
“……”
“Speak. Are you planning to continue following this dog-like order?”
At the Sword Queen’s question, Marquis Raines, after a moment of serious conflict, said.
“Your Highness, we are….”
“Speak.”
Marquis Raines continued with difficulty.
“We are His Majesty the King’s subjects.”
“……”
Did she understand the conflict and anguish contained in the single sentence that Marquis Raines had painstakingly uttered?
Even the Sword Queen could not bring herself to reprimand Marquis Raines.
And Marquis Raines closed his eyes tightly and continued.
“On the battlefield, one must not assert personal justice and positions. You know that well, don’t you?”
“Dammit….”
The Sword Queen bit her lip tightly.
Marquis Robski, who considered the interests of the nation, and Marquis Raines, who sought to fulfill his loyalty to the royal family and his duty as a subject.
Their motives were different, but the result was the same.
Both of them were unwilling to move from this spot.
Even if the Sword Queen tried to move alone, the number of her direct knightly order and soldiers was just over 1,000.
She, who was among the ranks of the strong even among 7-star knights, might be able to help with that, but still….
“Damn it.”
She couldn’t bring herself to force death upon her vassals for the sake of her own justice and beliefs.
In the end, she too had to just clench her fists and watch the battlefield.
Watching the 40,000 soldiers of the Yusef Kingdom and the Hegemon King fall within the Kaisar Kingdom’s encirclement.
It was then.
“Your Grace. An unidentified army has appeared from the north.”
“What?”
A major turn of events occurred on the battlefield.
A group of soldiers suddenly appeared in the outer area of the encirclement created by the Kaisar Kingdom.
Their scale appeared to be about 10,000, but the strength of their elite was extraordinary.
And the messenger, who confirmed a single flag slowly rising at the head of that army, hurriedly shouted.
“A lizard that holds flames, it is the emblem of the Spirit Knightly Order.”
The Spirit Knightly Order.
The flag of that knightly order, which had once reigned as the strongest name in the Flame Kingdom, had appeared here.
If so, who on earth was the person leading that knightly order?
***
Fiery red hair.
Eyes that shone more brilliantly than gold.
A woman who possessed both beauty and dignity, dressed in white plate mail, stepped forward to the front and raised her sword high.
Then….
Hwarurururuk.
The flames of a spirit ignited on her sword.
There was only one person on the current continent who could wield the flames of a spirit in a human body.
“All troooooops!”
Her voice rang out clearly across the battlefield.
Katherina bin Flame.
She, who was called the Salamander Princess, had now appeared on this battlefield leading the Spirit Knightly Order and 10,000 soldiers.
And then….
“Chaaaaaaarge!”
With her command, the Spirit Knightly Order, which had once firmly established itself as the strongest in the Flame Kingdom, charged forward.
***
“The Spirit Knightly Order?”
Marquis Ziegler’s head snapped around.
Of course, he knew.
That the Yusef Kingdom had swallowed the Flame Kingdom and had become engaged to the Salamander Princess.
And the Spirit Knightly Order that followed her had also changed their allegiance to the Yusef Kingdom.
But they had never once appeared in this war until now.
And for a good reason; the Spirit Knightly Order was the pride of the Flame Kingdom.
Although they had surrendered to the Hegemon King, had they truly submitted in their hearts?
It was better to leave them in the home country with the Salamander Princess to be used as a defensive force rather than bringing an unreliable force to the battlefield and risking a counter-effect.
In fact, it was because they were protecting the Yusef Kingdom’s mainland that the Kaisar Kingdom could not divide its forces to invade it.
But….
Of all times, the Spirit Knightly Order had appeared at this very moment.
Grind….
“Was this the aim?”
At Marquis Ziegler’s words, Hegemon King Cierion, barely supporting his blood-soaked body, said.
“It is best to keep a trump card hidden until the very end. So said my close aide.”
“…Marquis Noah Gregory, I see.”
“Thank you for knowing.”
Noah Gregory, known as the Hegemon King’s Serpent, had made his presence known several times in the early stages of this war.
Due to his mysterious and unpredictable strategies and tactics, the Kaisar Kingdom had suffered great damage.
But from some point on, he had gradually disappeared from sight.
There were rumors that he had lost the Hegemon King’s trust and was demoted, or that he had fallen ill and retreated to the rear, but….
‘To think he was preparing such a move.’
Marquis Ziegler bit his lip.
Now that it had come to this, he had to make a choice.
A big fish that was already in the trap.
Hegemon King Cierion Baisus Yusef.
Would he give up this prey and retreat to preserve his army?
Or would he somehow end this war before the Spirit Knightly Order completely broke through their encirclement?
“……”
Marquis Ziegler looked at the Hegemon King and the Black Knight before him.
Both were a mess.
Their armor was shattered, the output of their Aura Blades had weakened significantly, and their entire bodies had long been covered in blood.
‘I can’t let this go.’
The Kaisar Kingdom was also feeling the fatigue of war and the severe famine.
If they let the Hegemon King go here and a tedious war of attrition continued again, the future of the Kaisar Kingdom would definitely not be good.
‘It wasn’t even a choice to consider.’
Marquis Ziegler, having made up his mind, said.
“Count Edwards. Count Kaikara.”
“Yes. Speak.”
“Give your command.”
After confirming their answers, Marquis Ziegler said.
“Go to the outskirts and stop the Spirit Knightly Order. We will take care of the battered Hegemon King and Black Knight.”
“Hey, you’re asking us to give up something we’ve pretty much caught?”
“Understood. Your Lordship.”
Unlike Count Kaikara, who answered obediently, Count Edwards had a sulky expression and twirled his unfortunate spear shaft.
Then Marquis Ziegler bowed his head slightly and said.
“I ask this of you. Count Edwards.”
As Marquis Ziegler, the current commander-in-chief, even bowed his head to make a request, Count Edwards could no longer be stubborn.
“Tsk, you owe me one for this.”
“I know.”
And the two 7-star knights retreated.
Seeing this, Matias Karvan said.
“We can breathe a little now.”
“Right? Since it’s gone from five to three, can we take a little break?”
At the Hegemon King’s nonchalant reply, Marquis Ziegler frowned and said.
“You talk big for someone who’s about to die.”
“Who are the incompetent ones who can’t finish off a guy who’s about to die and are just fumbling around?”
“……”
There was nothing to say.
In fact, the fight had dragged on for too long.
He had thought he could settle the score and take the Hegemon King’s head within 20 minutes at the most, but this battle had already lasted for over an hour.
And for over that hour, the Hegemon King and the Black Knight had stood back to back and endured their fierce onslaught.
Thanks to them holding the feet of as many as five 7-star knights, the damage to the Yusef Kingdom was less than expected.
Now, if the encirclement was breached, the fish they had caught might all escape.
But….
“Even Count Kaikara and Count Edwards will not be able to win against the Spirit Knightly Order. Even if the Salamander Princess does her best to handle one, how will they stop the other?”
That was true.
No matter how much the Salamander Princess inherited the bloodline and protection of the spirit royal family, she was not strong enough to stop two 7-star knights.
But….
“Hey, Marquis Ziegler.”
“……”
“Want to make a bet with me?”
“What nonse….”
“I’ll bet my life that the encirclement will be shattered in less than a minute. Will you bet on the opposite?”
“What is that….”
Kwakwakwakwang!
It was then.
The Spirit Knightly Order from outside the encirclement charged into the encirclement.
The brilliant explosion of flames and, through it, the radiance of an Aura Blade that flashed clearly….
“An Aura Blade?”
To the surprised Marquis Ziegler, a voice that resounded thunderously across the battlefield was heard from afar.
“Clabin Taerion is here!”
“It is Vector Bridges! You dogs of the Kaisar Kingdom!”
“Marius Shuraiman here. Those who do not value their lives, come before me!”
The three 7-star knights who had once been active in the Flame Kingdom.
All of them had appeared on this battlefield.
