Chapter 152

Chapter 152

59. With Death and Words.

If someone transformed, they would undeniably become stronger. If an opponent became stronger, they would become more bothersome to take care of. Therefore, according to Davey’s flawless logic, he had concluded that he should attack without hesitation.

Clash!! Boom!

Davey immediately charged in and tackled Pace to the ground. Then, he quickly used his two twin swords to pierce through Pace’s arms and pinned him down. Soon, alongside a destructive sound, the surroundings were overcome by a great pressure and began forming a nasty gravity field.

“

Co—Cough...

You coward...”

“I’m about to show you something better than that disgusting transformation. What do you think?”

“You will never be able to kill me. That blue sword is damaging, but do you think you’ll be able to do something with that lowly power?!”

[Bl... Blue Ribbon can do it!!]

‘Be a good girl and wait patiently.’

‘You’re underestimating Blue Ribbon too much. She hasn’t even shown you anything yet.’

If Davey wanted to let Pace go easily, he could’ve just done it with the power of Red Ribbon and Blue Ribbon. Pace seemed to think that this was the limit to the twin swords’ power, but their abilities were amplified based on how much power Davey put into them.

At last, the method Davey chose was...

“Do you know something called ‘brutal murder’?”

“What?!”

[5th level Holy Magic]

[Holy Fire Ball]

Boom!!

As if a huge defibrillator was shocking someone’s heart, a white shock wave made of intense holy power burst through Davey’s palm and into Pace’s face.

Pace groaned loudly and glared at Davey with strange, half-closed eyes. “This is not nearly...!”

[6th level Holy Magic]

[Holy Fire Ball]

Boom!!!!

“Keuhuk!

Gurgle...

Keugh?!”

‘[Holy Fire Ball] is a powerful demon-type attack... Perhaps it doesn’t affect you that much? Then, how about this?’

[7th level Holy Magic]

[Holy Fire Ball]

Boom!!!

The huge crater vibrated once again and became deeper. A crater within a crater; the overall size began expanding...

“Does it hurt? There’s still more.”

‘Every flow must have its ebb.’

Davey had told him this when he tried to drive him out with his stigmata and make Carlus the seigneur of the Heins territory.

‘Duke, there is a saying from a very far place. ‘Every flow has its ebb.’ It means that all periods of good fortune have an end. Do you understand me?’

Everything deteriorated with time. Perhaps Davey had predicted this situation then and had prepared for it. No, there was no actual preparation; it was just Duke Bariatta’s mistake to bite at the delicious bait in the trap.

“Ah... Ahh! P—Please?!”

Boom!!!!

With a dense sound, one of the large nobles tumbled into the tent. He was fried to a crisp.

“

Groan... Squeak...”

The man crawled on the floor, groaning in pain. His skin burned unbearably.

“You didn’t run away?”

There were still thousands of rebel soldiers here, and a small number of the battle mages who hadn’t died were probably left as well. However, that didn’t matter considering the situation now. Furthermore, about half of the soldiers were forced to serve; there was no way these soldiers would choose to be loyal to them as they had no legitimate reason. All of them would dissemble into a mess or oppose them if they were given the chance. Duke Bariatta would have used that to pressure them to extend more control over them if they were at an advantage, but the boy in front of his eyes had messed up everything and had led their army to flee. A few of them were attacking his army in anger at what they had to endure for all this time. Even in the midst of this chaos, Duke Bariatta looked up at Davey and said, “You should not have awakened from your coma.”

“You’re right. That was probably your last opportunity.”

“...”

“Davey...” Carlus, who was nervously sitting beside Duke Bariatta, stood up, trembling. Then, he grabbed a bow from the table, loaded it with an arrow, and pointed it at Davey. It was just like he did the day he had participated in the competition at ten years old. “You damn lowly being! You are an obstacle until the end!”

“Get your facts straight, idiot little brother. You should understand that you’ve caused this situation, not me.”

‘Your stupidity from the moment you’ve shot me with an arrow has left our kingdom in this state. Unlike Queen Lynesse who used vampires without leaving any evidence, you blatantly dealt with vampires and kidnapped people as sacrifices for them.’

“Well, since you kept quiet even when you knew about it, Duke, you’re probably old news now, too.”

“The vampires have unbelievable power. If one could harness that power, we could be untouchable conquerors.”

“Those snobby nobles just used you,” Davey scoffed and mumbled, then stared at Carlus, who was trembling like he was about to release his bowstring. Davey asked, “Why do you think I didn’t kill you and Queen Lynesse?”

“What?”

“It’s because I don’t intend to.”

‘So that you can suffer in pain forever.’

“Don’t even think of running away through death.”

‘Especially you and your brother Benedict.’

“A... Ah!!!” No longer able to hold back, Carlus let go of his bowstring in anger.

A luxury bow made with a unicorn’s horn from the western continent was much more elastic than normal ones; it was powerful enough to penetrate human skin without a problem. And since Carlus was able to use it, it was probably a first-class weapon with all kinds of supporting magic spells on it.

Swish!! Splatter!!!

Soon, a horrifying sound of penetration was heard.

“Keuahh!!!!”

A terrible scream rang throughout the tent from none other than Carlus. The arrow that should have flown toward Davey had been seized in one fluid motion, and before he knew it, Carlus’ eye had been struck by the arrow. It was amazing how Carlus was even alive after a fatal hit like that.

“

Wheeze...

Keugh... Ah!!!!”

Ignoring Carlus, who was screaming and rolling on the ground with his hand on his bloody eye, Davey glanced over at Duke Bariatta.