Chapter 401

"The resurrected corpses were a dozen in total. Their physical abilities were so strong that they were difficult for ordinary soldiers to deal with, but they couldn't be opponents for me and Olivia. Although there were many who were stronger than me, I was still on a different level from ordinary people as a superhuman. I subdued one with the help of Olivia and six others who had regained their sanity, and the purified corpses of Tiamat did not move, as if Olivia had stopped their movements with her power. However, the situation was terrible. There were many corpses that had their necks torn or their heads smashed, and their limbs torn apart. There were at least fifty corpses. A massacre occurred in a very short period of time. Many people ran away, but there were also many who were frozen in fear. If they had killed them thinking they were cultists, they should have thought that a terrible incident might occur outside their scope of thought. Although I didn't want to laugh at those who couldn't move in fear, the urge to curse was inevitable. The guards were near the awakened corpses, so there were many guards armed with weapons among the dead, but those who had regained their sanity fought with weapons. The person in charge, of course, and other guards still had expressions of fear. "First, take care of the people. I don't have time to explain who I am." Not everyone recognizes the relic. They might think Tiamat in my hand is a strange object. I didn't plan to appear in this way, but am I going to be known as a hero who jumped into an unexpected massacre and exterminated the undead? Olivia approached me from afar. "Reinhardt...this is probably..." Olivia trailed off. I knew what she was trying to say. There is a possibility of black magic, but she seemed to focus on other possibilities. The power to resurrect the dead. It was the power that the cursed Tiamat had exerted, and it was also the power of Kier, the reverse of Tuan. There is a high possibility that the divine power of the demon is being used. That means there is a possibility that real cultists have intervened in this situation. And. Although the situation in the square was under control, there was no sign of additional guards arriving. "Kyaaah!" "H-help me!" "Run awaaay!" Screams of people could be heard from afar. Olivia could feel the awe-inspiring gaze of the guards and the people who had lost their legs. Olivia had a sad look. It was because people now knew what to do. They probably didn't recognize Olivia and me. It was obvious what people who saw a man and a woman of a spirit who appeared as a savior in a terrible situation would do. "God has sent us a messenger...!" "You saved us!"

Olivia looked at the people bowing and prostrating themselves with a complicated expression.

Some people hang others at will, while others worship at will.

Olivia looked at the square without looking at those people.

Although the massacre in the square had subsided, the resurrected corpses displayed physical abilities that surpassed ordinary humans.

The important thing was that these things seemed to be happening not only in the square but throughout Rajien.

Where it started was unknown, but flames were engulfing the city and scenes of resurrected corpses attacking people were unfolding everywhere.

If dead bodies were resurrected and attacking people, it was natural that the scale would grow.

If this continued, Rajien would become a sea of resurrected corpses.

"This... "

When I cut the moving corpse with Tiamat, a white flame burned on the cutting surface, burning away the evil energy.

If this was the real power of the Mage Kier, then Kier was also a tool, and it was a situation where the same power purified the same power.

Rajien, which was already chaotic, was becoming a chaotic mix of slaughter.

Not only that.

"Yeonbyeong, it's alive."

The corpses that Olivia and I dealt with did not come back to life, but the corpses on the street began to move grotesquely after a while.

Unless it was purified by divine power or completely crushed into a formless state, dead bodies would rise up soon.

Olivia crushed the head of a corpse that was just starting to move with a stern expression.

Olivia's expression was terribly distorted, even if it was an undead, it was still crushing someone who was alive until recently.

"Don't be afraid!"

"Cut off their limbs! Cut them off!"

Fortunately, there was a shout somewhere that sounded like a battle was going on.

This fight required not just ordinary soldiers, but priests and paladins.

But how many high priests were there in the small province of Levain? Even the priests who were actually in the square were helpless and were killed. They were not used to fighting.

"When will the Empire's support arrive...? No, will they come...?"

Olivia muttered despairingly.

With the Warp Gate, if the news reached the Empire, a support unit would come, and there were also personnel from the Special Forces installed by the Empire, so they could cope to some extent, but could Rajien withstand this strange situation where dead bodies were resurrected? Suddenly turned into a living hell, Olivia and I ran and ran to find the source of this situation. While cutting and slashing through the resurrected corpses they encounter while running, they come across burning buildings that are collapsing at an unnatural speed. They see a group of people in black robes who seem to be setting the fires. Among them is a figure riding a phantom steed, and they feel a warning from it. The figure in the black robe attacks them with a spear and sword, and when asked what they want, the knight riding the phantom steed says they want the destruction of Levaina on behalf of the demon king. The protagonist is confused as to why the demon king would want that and wonders why the church hasn't done anything about it. However, the phantom rider charged at them again with two weapons stained with darkness. Its speed was on a different level than a regular horse. This time, it attacked only Olivia, as if knowing that she needed to be eliminated first. Olivia infused Tiamat with powerful divine energy, making it more efficient than when the protagonist wielded it. The clash between Olivia's sword and the rider's spear created a fierce shockwave, but the rider emerged unscathed and stared at Olivia. The group in black robes disappeared, and they couldn't escape from the rider's phantom horse, which seemed to defy the laws of physics. The rider's attacks were powerful and fast, and even with magical reinforcement, the protagonist felt intense pain just from blocking the attacks. The rider's movements were unpredictable, and it charged at them without giving them a chance to counterattack. Olivia managed to deflect the rider's spear just before it could pierce the protagonist, and they realized that the rider's skills surpassed theirs. They wondered how to deal with the rider and its phantom horse, which gave it an overwhelming advantage. Olivia prepared to fight with Tiamat and her holy power, looking like an angel of judgment in the burning surroundings. - Kiiiiii!

The phantom horse rushes towards Olivia and me, emitting a strange noise.

- Kwang!

The sound of weapons clashing is deafening, and the rider doesn't pass Olivia this time.

No, he couldn't pass her.

Olivia's attacks pushed him back with their rebounding force.

But that wasn't the end of it.

- Kang! Kacang! Kang!

He was attacking relentlessly, preventing the horse from moving. Olivia aimed for the horse and swung her sword, but the rider parried all her attacks with his lance and sword as if he knew what she was going to do.

Olivia was Olivia, but the Death Knight's power was incredible.

He skillfully parried all of Olivia's attacks while wielding both his lance and sword.

He was an unbelievable monster.

But...

Cooperation is absolute.

While he was concentrating on protecting the phantom horse from Olivia's attacks, I caught up to the rider from behind.

First, I had to knock him off his horse to think about what to do next.

What I needed now was not strength or skill, but speed.

It's been a long time since I used it in a real fight.

Swift.

I focused my self-suggestion power on speed.

Other powers were added to it.

The stronger the enemy is than me, the more Alsvinr enhances me. The condition is clear since the enemy is clearly stronger than me.

One step.

The moment I put my foot down.

I caught up to the rider's back at a speed even I wasn't used to, amazed by my own speed.

But the rider reacted to my speed and blocked my sword with his lance.

- Jjeokeok!

"That was my maximum speed, but the rider reacted to it."

But as I said before.

Cooperation is absolute.

With his left lance blocked, the ghost rider, who had parried Olivia's sword with his right sword, was in a situation where he couldn't move forward or backward with both arms blocked.

He moved as if ignoring the laws of physics, but he never moved sideways.

In that moment when the way out was blocked.

- Kadeuk!

Olivia grabbed the rider's sword with her free left hand. She grabbed the rider's sword completely while twisting the direction of the sword roughly.

- Ssuk!

She sliced the phantom horse's neck with Tiamat.

- Kieeeee!

With a creepy wail, the phantom horse turned into blue mist and disappeared, and we immediately fled the scene.

The rider finally got off the horse with abnormal movements and landed on the ground.

- Kung!

The rider in black robes didn't say anything about losing his horse. He didn't say anything at all except for his first words, and his emotions and feelings couldn't be read at all.

- Jjeolgeureong!

The rider threw his lance, which was longer than his own body, in any direction and held only the dark sword.

"What are you guys?"

Olivia asks, holding her sword still and looking at the rider who is watching us. "Are you the minions of the Demon King?" Olivia seemed to think that identifying the identity of these guys was more important than the rider's skills. The rider, who showed no emotions, claimed to be his subordinate. Olivia asked if they were minions of the Demon King. The weapon he held began to stir with black energy. Olivia no longer needed to plead for the power of authority. She commanded the light to come to her. The white light in Tiamat began to turn golden. Olivia was chosen by God, so she tells the God to give her strength. The practical ability may be in favor of Leberiya Ranche, but Olivia felt that the divine power itself had surpassed Leberiya Ranche. The atmosphere was so turbulent with divine power that even I standing nearby could feel it. However, the evil presence in front of Olivia did not back down at all. The black energy boiling in the body of the black knight was also fierce, but the storm of divine power that struck Olivia was too huge. Olivia's divine power, which was already huge, amplified through Tiamat, seemed like it could cover the world just by releasing that condensed divine power. Olivia with light and the knight with darkness. The black knight rushes towards Olivia, but it looks small and pathetic like a boat against a tidal wave. Facing the charging black knight, Olivia focuses her divine power on Tiamat. The dazzling golden light began to concentrate on Tiamat. The condensed divine power that seemed to explode at any moment clashed with the black knight's sword. Olivia thrusts the sword from top to bottom. She delivers an honest blow, but it feels like it could destroy the world. At the moment when the two swords collided, I saw a flash of light that swallowed the world.