Radiant Dragon’s Otherworldly Reincarnation - Chapter 273 : Chapter 273
Chapter 273. Ganging Up is the Truth (1)
Oliver’s house.
Waiting for the colleagues who had arrived with wine and a bouquet of flowers as gifts were….
“Welcome.”
“It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m Stacy.”
“I’m Aria.”
A light descends from the heavens.
And they all thought the same thing at the same time.
‘I shall have no regrets in my life.’
She’s pretty.
Her personality seems nice too.
Why?
Because she’s pretty.
If you’re pretty, you’re nice.
At least for them right now, that was the truth.
“Please come inside. I’ve prepared some food.”
“Oh my, thank you.”
“We’ll eat well.”
“This isn’t much, but it’s a gift.”
And so, the pleasant house party began ordinarily.
Oliver helped Rita carry the prepared dishes, and next to his colleagues sat the beautiful women who were said to be Rita’s friends, one by one.
They were all beauties rarely seen, and they were showing favor to the knights.
“Oh my, is the training that hard?”
“You’re amazing. To already be at the 5th star realm at such a young age….”
“Please tell me about when you participated in the war with the Harbor Kingdom.”
At the actions of the beauties who skillfully lifted the knights’ spirits and showed favor, the knights drank more alcohol than usual.
They just emptied whatever was poured for them.
And then….
‘Huh, am I a little drunk?’
‘For me to get drunk on a few glasses of wine….’
The knights gradually felt themselves getting tipsy.
But they couldn’t show a weak side.
“Oh my, you drink well.”
“Drink it all up. All the way….”
“I like men who are strong with alcohol….”
The women, as if they had done this many times, skillfully poked at the men’s pride and continued to offer them drinks.
In fact, they were all Lust’s disciples and had been deployed on similar missions before.
It was no big deal to have these suckers in the palm of their hands and control them.
With the continuous flow of alcohol, the knights’ minds became tipsy.
Including the host, Oliver, everyone was.
And around that time….
“Master. It seems to be done.”
The women’s complexions changed completely.
The image of them fawning over the men and catering to their whims was gone, replaced by cold and detached expressions.
To them, Lust let out a sigh and said.
“They’re not as much as I thought. Was I too worried?”
Lust had taken extra precautions because Oliver was there.
She had suspected that the Aura Blessing that the Double Dragon Knightly Order practiced might have a resistance to demonic energy.
But these men, who were Oliver’s colleagues, fell much more easily than she had thought.
Although she had used a drug created by Greed in conjunction, it was ridiculously easy.
“If it was going to be like this, I wouldn’t have needed to ask Greed for help….”
Her brow furrowed at the thought of having to share the credit for just making one drug.
She had to achieve more credit to gain a higher position on the day of the triumphant falling sun.
“Well, it can’t be helped. For now, shall we get to work?”
And Lust approached Oliver among the fallen knights, grabbed him by the hair, and bent his neck back.
And then….
“Consider it an honor. To become my slave….”
And Lust’s mouth opened impossibly wide for a human oral structure, and from within it, something like a wriggling insect popped out.
That insect was about to enter Oliver’s open mouth, but in that instant….
Shiiiik!
An arrow flew to pierce Lust’s head.
Lust caught the arrow without even looking.
And she glared fiercely in the direction the arrow came from.
“Who dares….”
Her words were not finished.
Because before that, countless arrows pierced through the walls of the house and aimed for her entire body.
“Hmph.”
Lust, as if there was no need to dodge such arrows, raised demonic energy in her body.
Pitch-black demonic energy surged up from under her feet, forming a barrier to protect her body.
The fast-flying arrows could not pierce the protective barrier and fell to the ground.
But the attack that came next was much more powerful than an arrow.
Kwaaang! Kwaang!
Two streaks of light that broke through the wall and rushed towards her.
[ Twin Dragons Eight Sword Forms: Third Form: Flashing Dragon Strike ]
Sanson and April.
Lust’s expression hardened at the surprise attack simultaneously launched by the captain and vice-captain of the Double Dragon Knightly Order.
“Heuup!”
She concentrated demonic energy in both hands and blocked the two streaks of light.
But….
Kwaaaaaaang!
The impact of the two Flashing Dragon Strikes was beyond her imagination.
As Oliver’s house shattered into pieces, she had to be pushed back significantly.
“How dare you…. Who are you?”
To Lust, who shouted with a venomous expression, someone’s voice was heard.
“Who are you? No. Here, you should be asking who are we, you black mage hag.”
Lust, looking in the direction the voice came from, chewed her lower lip and said.
“Patrick Schneider.”
“Having a good evening? I heard there was a party, so I came to join.”
And Lust’s expression hardened as she looked around.
The Double Dragon Knightly Order.
Evolved Orc warriors.
Mages and magic swordsmen who appeared to belong to the Tower of Truth.
And there were Elven warriors too.
They had literally mobilized the elite forces of the Schneider Duchy to surround this area.
To secretly surround the area with such an elite force.
It was something that couldn’t have happened without being certain and preparing in advance.
“Since when did you know?”
“Let’s see? Since when? Why don’t you try to guess?”
“……”
At the sight of Patrick, who was trying not to reveal even a small piece of information, Lust was conflicted.
‘Should I fight? Or should I flee?’
The skill of the Double Dragon?
Actually, she didn’t know for sure.
According to the cult’s investigation, he was said to be on par with the Imperial Sword Saint, or perhaps even stronger.
But….
‘Does that make sense?’
Whether it be sword or magic, the power of an individual could not ignore the weight of time.
No matter how much of a monster the Double Dragon was, who had made a name for himself across the continent, his personal martial prowess could not possibly be compared to the Sword Saint.
In fact, if he was confident in his own martial prowess, why would he mobilize so many forces like this?
‘I can do it. I am one of the direct disciples of the Venerable Master.’
Although Lust’s individual martial prowess was the lowest among the seven disciples, she thought she could handle someone like Patrick on her own.
‘Good. Then I’ll give it a….’
“Hey, hag.”
For a moment, Lust was startled.
The moment she heard the voice, she came to her senses and saw that Patrick had already reached right in front of her.
In that moment of panic, while she hesitated about what to do….
Bboooong!
A powerful power emission that exploded at close range.
“Keoook….”
Lust flew backward with the pain of her entire ribcage collapsing.
“Master!”
“Nooo!”
Lust’s disciples rushed to their fast-flying master, put up a shield in Patrick’s direction, and stood guard.
And Patrick took that opportunity to command.
“Take Oliver and the others and wake them up.”
“Yes, Grand Young Master.”
He had quickly rescued the knights first, as it would be troublesome if they were taken hostage.
And the Double Dragon Knightly Order slapped the cheeks of Oliver and his colleagues to wake them up.
“Get up, you punk!”
“Don’t sleep, open your eyes quickly.”
Oliver and his colleagues, who had sobered up a bit after being slapped, couldn’t grasp the situation.
“What? What happened?”
“Where are the ladies?”
Towards the guys who couldn’t get a grip, Patrick shook his head and said.
“Tsk tsk tsk, pathetic things….”
Patrick clicked his tongue in disapproval.
And Oliver, who seemed to have quickly come to his senses, ran to Patrick and said.
“No, Young Master, what is going on?”
“Do you want the quick explanation? Or the detailed one?”
“The quick one, please. Why is my house all destroyed and why are you here….”
Kwakwakwakwakwa….
It was then.
Before Oliver could finish his words, terrifying demonic energy surged up from the direction Lust had flown.
And….
“Double Dragoooooon!”
Lust, with a red baleful star bursting in her eyes and emitting vicious demonic energy, appeared floating in the air.
Patrick pointed at her with the tip of his sword and said.
“That’s the reason.”
“…Why is my baby doing that?”
“Because she’s a black mage.”
“……”
Oliver momentarily had a look of immense shock.
He reflexively wanted to argue, ‘Does that make sense?’.
But….
“I’ll kill you. You damn brat!”
Seeing her current state, no one would be able to deny Patrick’s words.
Patrick let out a sigh towards Oliver and said.
“There’s a lot to say, but….”
“……”
“Let’s do that later. For now….”
Patrick raised his sword and walked towards Lust, saying.
“I need to catch that thing first and torture it.”
The playfulness completely disappeared from Patrick’s face.
***
A single streak of light shot up into the sky.
And….
“Blink!”
Lust dodged the attack with the spatial movement magic she had pre-cast.
No matter how high-level a black mage she was and a being that transcended humans, a close-quarters battle with a swordsman estimated to be at the 8th star was not something she wanted.
‘After creating enough distance….’
“Keuk!”
Kwaaaang!
“Where do you think you’re going? How disappointing.”
“Double Dragon, you dare….”
Patrick had already charged at Lust again.
If it weren’t for the demonic energy barrier Lust always kept up, her neck would have flown off.
No, even now, her barrier was precariously flickering as if it would go out at any moment.
Patrick put more power into his sword and said.
“Should you let your guard down just because you dodged once?”
“This brat…. I’ll kill you!”
Kwaaaang!
Demonic energy and the Aura Blade clashed head-on and exploded.
Lust created distance and shouted to her disciples.
“Kill them all!”
“Yes!”
As the disciples who received their master’s command raised their demonic energy, Patrick turned his gaze towards them.
‘Those things aren’t ordinary either. Should I take care of them first?’
But he couldn’t do that.
“Hell Fire!”
Lust summoned a fireball of terrifying size in the air.
And then….
“Die!”
Patrick, looking at the fireball falling with terrifyingly high heat, thought.
‘I guess I don’t have time to look away.’
She wasn’t an opponent he could deal with casually while having one foot in two places.
[ Twin Dragons Eight Sword Forms: Second Form: Great Dragon Cross Sword ]
A dazzling cross of light split the flames of hell and exploded spectacularly.
And once again, the dazzling flash of light and the black light of demonic energy repeatedly clashed.
