Chapter 333 : Chapter 333
Chapter 333. Are You Okay? Still Alive? (3)
CRASH!
“Keoheok….”
The Hegemon King vomited blood and was sent flying.
He, who was evaluated as the strongest on the continent in terms of pure sword destructive power, could not handle the opponent's attack and was thrown back.
The person who had achieved such a great feat against the Hegemon King was a peerlessly beautiful woman with a slender frame that seemed to be half the Hegemon King's size.
But contrary to her slender frame, the size and power of the Aura Blade held in her hands were far larger and more powerful than the Hegemon King's trademark, the King's Sword.
The moment she brought down the sword in her other hand to deliver the final blow….
CRRAAAAAASSSHHH!
The Sword King intervened in front of the Hegemon King and received April's attack.
CRACK.
Although he had received it with the subtlety of the soft overcoming the hard, he could not completely deflect the overflowing power.
He had succeeded in deflecting about 90 percent, but the power of the 10 percent he could not deflect made the Sword King's whole body creak.
And this wasn't even all of it.
“Hup!”
As April swung the sword held in her other hand horizontally, her giant sword swept the ground and engulfed both the Sword King and the Hegemon King at the same time.
RUMBLE!
It was truly an overwhelming destructive power.
April's blow now was comparable to the breath of the Dragon Lord of the past.
“Huuuuu….”
After sending the two enemies flying, April composed her breathing.
As much as she was emitting great power, if she did not wield that power carefully, she felt like her balance would collapse.
‘It's not easy.’
The power she had now was obtained by exhausting and rampaging both her life force and aura.
Because of that, it was not easy to handle.
A terrifying aura was being emitted as if volcanoes were erupting through both her hands.
Controlling this was no ordinary task either.
‘But I can do it.’
This was all as expected.
Including the fact that if she did this by exhausting her own life, she could defeat those two.
Looking at the two who were stumbling to their feet, April once again raised the swords in both her hands to her sides.
And then….
“Here I come!”
Unlike her usual self, she let out a powerful shout and charged forward.
And whenever she swung her sword, it swept away everything around it, like the flapping wings of the legendary phoenix.
CRASH! BOOM!
That overwhelming destructive power was so immense and splendid that it drew the attention of everyone on the battlefield.
* * *
“N… no way.”
“The Flash Queen was that strong?”
“No, if she could do that, she would have done it sooner….”
The person who was speaking hurriedly shut his mouth.
It was because the knights of the Schneider Duchy around him were glaring at him with fierce eyes.
And Oliver said to Sanson.
“Big brother, that right now is….”
He couldn't explain it with words.
But the divine martial prowess that April was showing right now was by no means a normal state.
And Sanson felt that too.
“Entire knightly order, charge! Clear a path to Her Highness, the Grand Duchess!”
Sanson gave the order without hesitation.
To get to where April was from here now, they had to defeat countless demonic beasts, demons, and even powerful Red Knights.
However….
“Hyaaaaaap!”
“Let's gooo!”
No one in the Double Dragon Knightly Order hesitated.
They formed a wedge formation for a charge and began to cross the battlefield.
Towards the place where those two giant wings were visible….
* * *
“Haaaaaaaaap!”
CRASH!
April's powerful attack swept over the Hegemon King and the Sword King.
In fact, her calculations were correct.
The amount of power overflowing in her body now was superior to that of the Hegemon King and the Sword King combined.
However, what she did not know was that she had not grasped the nature of the Sword King's martial arts.
The moment her giant sword was about to strike the Hegemon King, the Sword King stepped forward and drew a large circle with his sword.
Taiji Wisdom Sword.
The essence of the Wudang Sect's swordsmanship and the absolute defensive sword known as its final secret art.
The moment the Taiji Wisdom Sword was unfolded, her attack lost most of its power.
CRASH!
Although the remaining attack power that could not be completely deflected was still quite powerful, it was not enough to take down those two.
‘What in the world is this? This feeling of cutting through water?’
If it had been the Saber Lord or the Divine Fist in this place instead of the Sword King, it would have been better.
If those two were her opponents, April, who was emitting such overwhelming power now, would have been able to win.
But the Sword King was a very bad match-up.
Since most of Wudang's martial arts were based on the principle of the soft overcoming the hard, it was impossible to suppress him with a difference in power from the start.
Moreover, the person in front of her was the Sword King.
In the martial world, he was called the Taiji Sword King.
He was a man who had once held the title of the Wudang's number one sword.
Although his reason had been eroded, his swordsmanship was engraved in his body.
The only time her attack had been somewhat effective was the very first time.
After that, he focused on defense, deflecting April's attacks instead of taking them head-on.
As a result of swinging her sword at the Sword King's wisdom sword several times, April realized.
‘This won't work.’
She couldn't do it.
The Young Master might be able to, but with her own skills, she could not break through that unknown swordsmanship.
She had to face him with a different approach, not just by increasing the amount of power.
April took a sword stance.
It was a difficult form to use in a situation where her power was rampaging like this, but….
‘If it's necessary, I have to do it.’
[ Twin Dragons Eight Sword Forms: First Form: Black and White Twin Dragons Dance ]
April's left-hand sword and right-hand sword began to show completely different movements and pressure the enemy.
CLANG! CLANG! CRASH! CRASH!
The form with the most irregularity among the Twin Dragons Eight Sword Forms.
The left-hand sword and right-hand sword showed completely different movements and pressured the Sword King.
But the circle of the Taiji Wisdom Sword that the Sword King unfolded did not waver even against such irregular attacks and continued to neutralize the attacks directed at him.
In the first place, he was used to this.
A martial artist of the Wudang Sect could even perform two martial arts simultaneously if they used the Yin-Yang Heart Art.
The defense of the Taiji Wisdom Sword could not be broken with just two irregular sword forms of different properties.
And….
‘Of course he'd block it.’
April knew this too.
She had attempted it knowing this from the start.
While fiercely attacking the Sword King.
April's attack suddenly changed its target.
The target was the Hegemon King.
Right now, her target was him, whose life would be in danger if he allowed even a single blow from April.
It was an attack aimed suddenly after focusing the Sword King on defense with irregular continuous attacks.
The Hegemon King raised his sword to counter April's attack, but….
CRASH!
Ordinarily, it might have worked.
But now, the difference in their destructive power was greater than that between an adult and a child.
Naturally, the Hegemon King was sent flying far away, and April flew towards him to deliver the final blow.
“This is the end!”
The Hegemon King, who was sent flying far away by April's attack and could not even control his body.
April, aiming for that Hegemon King.
Because of this, very naturally, April's back was exposed to the Sword King.
“What are you doing? Stop her, quick!”
Seeing that, Greed shouted urgently.
The Hegemon King was a person whom Jonsa had decided to make his retainer by taking his soul hostage even after the Day of the Falling Sun and his ascension to godhood.
If the Hegemon King were to be destroyed here, it was obvious that Jonsa would hold them responsible.
The Sword King, who received Greed's order, flew up, aiming for April's back.
And….
‘Now!’
This very moment was the single opportunity April had been aiming for.
April had no knowledge of the Taiji Wisdom Sword, but after facing it a few times, she could tell that it was a technique of defending first and then attacking.
In other words, at this moment when he was attacking, aiming for her opening first, it would be difficult for him to deploy that tricky defensive form.
Creak. Creeak.
As she twisted her body sharply, a powerful load was placed on her body, to the point where April's spine was dislocated.
But in that state, April deployed the greatest sword form she could.
‘The Young Master told me not to use it, but….’
She could use it now.
Hadn't she already seen how Patrick used it?
There was no way she couldn't.
[ Twin Dragons Eight Sword Forms: Eighth Form: Final Secret Art: Dragon God's Reign Under Heaven ]
A radiant golden dragon appeared.
No, its appearance was closer to a winged dragon than a dragon.
A giant dragon of light.
That dragon, which was the manifestation of April's mind's image, charged straight towards the Sword King.
For a moment, the Sword King had to choose.
Turn his sword form to defense?
Or counter with an attack?
Between the two, what the Sword King chose was….
Supreme Purity Wind and Thunder Sword.
Among the swordsmanship of the Wudang Sect, it was the one with the strongest hegemonic color.
From the tip of his sword, a storm-like gale and lightning that filled the heavens and earth spread out.
Power against power.
A contest of pure strength unfolded.
And….
Grit.
April realized that she had to pour everything into this moment.
She, who had become one with the dragon of light created by the Dragon God's Reign Under Heaven, jumped into the storm of wind and thunder sword qi without hesitation.
CRRAAAAAASSSHHH!
With a deafening roar that shook the heavens and earth, a terrifying collision swept through the surroundings.
* * *
“April!”
Sanson shouted urgently.
He was so frantic that her name came out instead of her title of Grand Duchess.
The moment the giant dragon of light collided with the terrifying storm of lightning, a terrifying flash of light exploded, blinding the onlookers.
To Sanson, it looked like April's final radiance.
The only fortunate thing was….
“Big brother! The path is cleared.”
“What are you doing, you bastards! Run!”
“Uwoooooooar!”
That the enemies in the area had been completely swept away by the explosion just now.
Thanks to that, a path was cleared for the struggling Double Dragon Knightly Order to advance.
Sanson, taking the lead more than anyone, swung his sword to clear the path and shouted.
“Get out of the way, you bastards!”
“Get lost if you don't want to die!”
From behind Sanson, his comrades who felt a similar sense of kinship ran with all their might.
* * *
“This…. This is impossible….”
Greed wore a dazed expression.
Before his eyes were the remains of a corpse whose body had been shattered to pieces.
And next to him, Envy and Las, who were also conducting this war, also had pale expressions.
“H… how are we supposed to explain this to Jonsa?”
“How do we explain it? How do we say we destroyed the Outer God's retainer?”
Envy and Las also had greatly troubled expressions.
Although they had gathered their strength to control him, the Sword King was fundamentally a retainer of the Outer God.
He was a retainer that the Outer God had lent to Jonsa, and even Jonsa was not supposed to destroy him carelessly.
After all, his master was the Outer God.
But not even Jonsa, but Jonsa's direct disciples had destroyed the Outer God's retainer during a mission.
There was no way to atone for this sin.
At this moment when the Day of the Falling Sun was just around the corner and the path to godhood was in sight, they had become sinners.
Emptiness and futility.
Terrible despair and frustration.
What brought them out of their daze was….
“Cough…. Kugh….”
The voice of April, who was lying on one side, groaning.
She had defeated the Sword King by exerting all her strength, but in return, she had exhausted all her power.
Her blonde hair, which had shone more radiantly than gold, had turned white, and her resilient and white skin had become wrinkled and dull.
She had completely exhausted and dried up her life force itself.
“Th… this damn bitch!”
Greed, driven into a corner, became greatly enraged and ran to April.
And then….
THWACK!
He kicked April.
“Kugh….”
April, who had exhausted all her strength, could not withstand Greed's kick and groaned in pain.
And Greed, with bloodshot eyes, mercilessly assaulted April.
THWACK! THWACK! THWACK!
“This bitch, because of you….”
“Because of you, we…. How will you atone for this sin?”
“Die! Die! Die!”
Following Greed, Envy and Las also joined in the assault.
Although they were high-ranking black mages, at this moment, to release their pent-up anger, they chose barbaric violence instead of magic or curses.
As if their anger would only be released if they personally inflicted pain and punishment on April with their own bodies.
April, with no strength to resist, was unilaterally beaten and thought.
‘Ah… so this is how I die.’
She could see her comrades shouting and running towards her from a distance.
Sanson, Oliver, and the other knights….
She had no regrets.
Wasn't it her fate to have died long ago?
Thanks to the Young Master, her life had been extended, and after that, she had received more love from him than she deserved.
If she had been of some help to him by giving her all in the final war, she had no regrets….
Drip.
A thick tear flowed down her cheek.
And April realized her true feelings.
I don't want to die.
I want to see him.
I want to hear his voice one more time.
I want to be held in his arms one more time and feel his warmth.
And it was at that moment.
“A….”
A small voice heard from a distance.
But April saw it.
A small dot in the high sky getting bigger and bigger as it approached her.
“…pril….”
“Ah…. Ahh….”
“priiiiiil!”
CRRAAAAAASSSHHH!
The man, who fell like a single lightning bolt, cut off the heads of the three black mages with a single flash-like slash as soon as he landed on the ground.
The black mages, who were Jonsa's disciples, were always surrounded by high-level defensive spells, but his sword cut off their heads so easily as if such barriers didn't exist.
And so the man who fell from the sky embraced the fallen April and shouted.
“Are you okay? Still alive?”
“Youn…g Master.”
Patrick Schneider.
The reason for her life, whom she had longed for even in her dreams, was right before her eyes.