Chapter 348: 348: A Hopeless Battle For… (3)

Chapter 348: 348: A Hopeless Battle For... (3)

Chapter 348: A Hopeless Battle For... (3)

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Neji took care of Mordred in under a few minutes. In that short time, the war at the gate of Uruk had progressed quite a bit.

The big battles against Sir Tristan and Sir Lancelot were still going strong, but the soldiers' side was nearly ending. The Hollow Armor soldiers were stronger than the Babylon soldiers on average, however, the Babylon soldiers had three strong leaders leading them.

So not only did that balance things out, the Babylonians actually had an upper hand.

The 500 number of the hollow soldiers had come down to nearly 100. While the Babylon side only lost half a dozen.

– Klink!

"Impressive."

On the other hand, Mash was going strong against Sir Lancelot. In the canon timeline, she had defeated Lancelot on her own—though it was worth noting that Lancelot wasn't going all out against her due to recognizing her shield that once belonged to his son.

In this timeline, though Lancelot still recognized that Mash, in a way, had half of his son's soul—he didn't hold back. Because he knew he couldn't be defeated if he wanted the world to live. So the chance of Mash losing was high.

Thankfully, Mash also had a benefit unlike the cannon timeline. In the form of Leonardo da Vinci who was aiding her in this battle. Though the universal genius wasn't much of a fighter, she could use her invented gadgets and magic to at least help Mash from the side.

Still, it didn't look like the battle would end anytime soon.

"Watch out for your openings...!"

On another part of the battlefield, Jaguarman yelled as she leaped to dodge an incoming magic projectile. That side of the battlefield was filled with musical tones as Sir Tristan played music in his lyre-like bow. Each time he stroked a string of the bow, it shot out mana bolts of great speed.

Jaguarman wasn't physically that strong—but her Tier 10 was focused on her speed. A jaguar, while not as fast as a cheetah, was still one of the faster cat types. So she could dodge the bolts that easily broke the sound barrier.

"Akk-!"

"Are you all right?"

"I-I am... Keep going!"

Someone who did have trouble against those beams, though, was Jaguarman's current partner. Fujimaru Ritsuka.

The red-haired Godako was Tier-3 when she first came to this world, but thanks to Neji's [Sage Seal] her base stat increased to Tier-6. In her hybrid dragon form, she was Tier-10.

A dragon was an all-rounder creature, and in hybrid form, it was fast too. But still, Fujimaru couldn't dodge all the incoming projectiles. Some of the elongated mana bullets hit her, piercing her in and out, causing her expression to twist in pain. At the same time, she could heal right away and continue fighting.

"I am good now. Let's push him."

In truth, the wielder of [Sage Seals] could be considered half-a-Neji's Avatar. It was similar to the three girls from back then, in the Nawab battle, when Neji used his temporary God Authority to grant the girls his abilities—using the authority to choose three [Avatars].

With the Sage Seal, however, he could 'bless' multiple people a part of his Dragon power—without losing any power himself.

What this allowed was that the pseudo-Avatars like Fujimaru could collect faith points for him.

When a person prays to an Avatar of a God, the faith point goes to the aforementioned God. So on this battlefield, as Fujimaru got hurt continuously but still continued fighting, it generated a lot of faith points through the observers and soldiers.

All that Faith Points rushed to Neji, through Fujimaru's link.

"Good grief, what a harvest. Desperate people do provide more points."

That's why Neji didn't enter the battle even though he reached the battlefield a while ago. He stood in the sky, casually observing the battle and only acting when a soldier of his was about to die.

A few soldiers had already died, sadly. Thankfully for them, the Goddess of the underworld was present right beside Neji, floating beside him. Rather than beside him, she was in his arms, resting in a princess carry.

"Um—there, that man will lose his life in ten seconds. Look out for him."

Wearing a gentle blush, she often pointed down at the field to notice Neji about a man who would soon lose his life. She could feel his death incoming from earlier.

For sure, just like she said, one of the hollow soldiers threw a spear to sever the soldier's head. Thankfully, Neji locked on it with long-ranged Kamui and erased it from reality.

Lancelot groaned, and lost consciousness, inside the blue wave that had nearly peeled his skin off. His bones felt as if they had been separated from the flesh, the wave was too strong.

Finally, Sir Lancelot's unconscious body fell to the ground, just as the Omni-Neji vanished into essence.

"Last one done."

"...But why isn't the quest completed yet?"

There was a secret "???" bonus objective on the quest page. Usually, the quest got completed as long as the main objective was dealt with. The main objective was to defeat the three Knights with his own hands, However, this quest appeared special. It wasn't yet completed.

Neji supposed dealing with the remaining soldiers would do. So he turned to them and activated Jōgan.

"Everyone, step away from the enemy soldiers."

Neji shouted, and the soldiers followed. It was rather awkward to move away from an approaching enemy, but the soldiers worked it out somehow.

Then, Neji channeled [Blackflame] into the enemy soldiers' bodies via his Jōgan. Their bodies flared up before turning into golden light.

Due to having assimilated Sasuke's eyes, he could now use his Voidmancer Skill, Blackflame, by mixing it with Amaterasu. It meant he could snipe-skill people with more skills than just Kamui.

In an instant, the enemy soldiers vanished. Sadly, as they were hollow soldiers, Neji didn't receive any experience from them. It was a pity.

"Guys,"

Neji looked around the soldiers, giving everyone a victorious grin.

"Tie Sir Lancelot too. We have won the battle."

There was a short silence, as the soldiers exchanged glances. They broke out into a cheer, as the morning sun started to rise over the mountains in the far, greeting them with the light of victory.

The Demonic Beasts will soon come—as it was morning. But nobody worried about that. Their king would take care of it.

"Huh? What's- Holy shit?!"

The joyous mood suddenly turned gleam.

The cheers stopped, replaced by an eerie atmosphere.

While the sun was rising in the eastern sky, another light was shining down at Uruk from the high sky.

It was a glowing point that stared down at Uruk—sadly, staring wasn't the only thing it did. It was coming down.

The construct that was mostly hidden by clouds, the size of a small country, was rushing down at the city of Uruk.

"That's..."

Neji floated up a little while focusing on it with his Jogan.

"...The spear, Rhongomyniad."

The entire region of Sumeria was in an existential crisis.

And their King, Neji, had zero ideas on how to counter it.

Neji could do nothing.

It was a hopeless battle for them, against the Anti-Planet Attack, Holy Judgement.

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