Book 1 Chapter 512

512.

Flash-

A beautiful and brilliant magic circle embroidered in the sky.

But unlike its beautiful appearance, the magic that manifested was truly chilling.

The bright light of the dawn star captures people's eyes.

Kwagagagagagagagang-!

A storm of mana raging.

And the mages who recognized what that magic was, opened their eyes wide.

"Doomsday?"

"This magic, in an instant, without a hint…!"

"Who in the world is it!"

Star Magic: Doomsday.

In the magic of this era, no.

It's the magic that has firmly held the title of 'strongest' since the Age of Calamity 5000 years ago.

It is highly renowned as the ultimate Star Magic and a symbol of Luna.

And it was famous for its extremely difficult usage, proportionate to its power.

After Seirun redefined Star Magic and passed it on to later generations,

The users of Doomsday were renowned as the greatest mages throughout generations.

Whenever the incantation of Doomsday began, a vibration of mana was always felt, as if it would make the atmosphere boil.

But now, there was none of that.

The mages couldn't help but be astonished by the magic that activated at high speed, as if a magic formula for activation had been used.

Lunia opened her eyes wide.

'She just chanted at high speed, that's all.'

She constructed the spell formula and completed the incantation in an instant.

High-speed chanting, something every mage practices.

It was a common, basic of basics, but the fact that the magic completed in such a way was 'Doomsday' was astounding.

Lunia gritted her teeth and watched Luna.

Goooooooh-!

Meanwhile, dark red evil energy poured out from the place engulfed by Doomsday.

Everyone swallowed dryly.

A fear and pressure different from Eljenie was felt.

"That… is the Lich King."

A hero swallowed dryly and muttered, overwhelmed by the aura of death dominating the assembly.

The true ruler of Tartaros.

Master of the Undead Legion.

It was, literally, the worst calamity in existence.

Everyone was filled with fear.

Thud-

As the Lich King took a step, the heroes unconsciously stepped back.

With his every step, the surroundings corroded.

He didn't threaten with power, nor did he engulf his surroundings.

The mere existence of the Lich King was driving the surrounding space to death.

Thud-

Once again, as the Lich King took a step, the heroes who had formed their ranks retreated.

Only one elf stood with her arms crossed, tilting her head quizzically.

"Who is that elf?"

"How can she be fine?"

As everyone wore bewildered expressions.

"Unnie, I heard you call that pretty unnie 'Lady Luna', is she really Lady Luna?"

Lu, who was protected by Lunia, asked with a puzzled face.

In the suffocating situation, the innocent question of a child suddenly rang out, and people began to murmur.

"Lady Luna?"

"Surely…?"

Everyone stared wide-eyed at Luna's back.

The miracles that had been happening recently.

In such a situation, could the progenitor of the nebula perhaps return to save the world again, after the last time?

However, it was impossible to rashly believe the child's words.

Everyone watched Luna's back with tense expressions.

"It truly feels nostalgic to meet you after 5000 years."

It was none other than the Lich King who broke the silence.

"Luna Rubenance."

"Gasp!"

"What did the Lich King just…!"

Voices of astonishment were heard among the heroes.

"Ahhh! It really was Lady Luna!"

"Oh, great progenitor of the nebula!"

"You have come again to save us!"

"To return twice…!"

"Oh, greatest among the great heroes!"

The elves knelt and offered prayers towards Luna's back with reverent eyes.

Among them were elves deeply entrenched in pure-bloodism.

"You have truly resurrected in this world again!"

At that moment, Luna's ears twitched at the delighted muttering of an elf, whom she had been trying to ignore.

Luna, who flapped her ears a few times, bowed her head.

"Hoo."

And after taking a deep breath, Luna spread her palm towards the Lich King.

Wham-!

At that moment, a powerful gust of wind struck the Lich King and Eljenie, who was burning beside him.

Kwagagagagagang-!

The two legion commanders were swept away by Luna's magic and slammed into the city wall of Lumeria City.

Kugugugung-!

From where they stood, everything, including buildings, was swept away all the way to the city wall.

There were no casualties as everyone had evacuated.

"Ooooh!"

Everyone gasped in admiration.

It was, literally, phenomenal magic.

"The legion commanders couldn't even resist!"

"As expected of Lady Luna!"

"Oh, progenitor of the nebula!"

Some elves were busy praising Luna as if they were devotees who had met a god.

Swish-

Luna turned her body towards those elves.

People's eyes were drawn to Luna's appearance, which even Dweno praised.

As the perception-hindering magic was lifted, her overwhelming presence revealed itself.

Seeing Luna, whose real beauty could not be captured in portraits, people forgot the situation and gasped.

Luna smiled faintly.

"Ahhh!"

"Oh, progenitor of the nebula!"

The elves were even more eager to praise Luna.

Thump-

Luna took a step towards them.

As Luna approached, the elves' praises grew louder.

Thump- thump- thump thump thump thumpthumpthumpthumpthumpthumpthump-!

Luna's slow steps gradually accelerated, and soon she began to sprint at full speed.

Wham-!

Luna leaped up and delivered a dropkick to the face of the elf who was 'resurrection'ing at the very front.

"Cough!"

"Aargh! Resurrection? Resuuuurrection? I'm already mad enough to die, are you making fun of me now?! You dog-like pointy-eared bastards!"

Everyone's faces hardened at the sight of the progenitor of the nebula, who was spouting the worst insults for elves and delivering terrifying verbal and physical abuse.

They couldn't distinguish whether this situation was a dream or reality.

The progenitor of the nebula, who had been known for thousands of years as a benevolent person,

was now brutally trampling an elf who had praised her, with harsh words and kicks.

"And! You! You, come here."

"Huh? Kyaaaaaaah?!"

Luna grabbed the hair of a frozen elf woman beside her and pulled.

"I didn't come to save you, okay? I just came, okay! You handle your own problems! I passed on the Star Magic to you! My cute junior, Seirun, kindly explained it all, and a kid named Ren from Lumeren even made it into magic that everyone can learn! You should take responsibility for your own era! Why are you happy that I came to help you! Uwoooooh!"

Luna, her eyes wide with fury, screamed, kicked, and cursed at the pure-blood elves.

It was a moment when everyone was astonished by Luna's true nature, which far exceeded their imagination.

"L-Lady Luna! Calm down! Please calm down!"

"Uwaaaaaaaah!"

Lunia shrieked and held Luna to calm her down, and Lu burst into tears at the terrifying sight.

Kugugugugu! Hwarurururuk-!

At that moment, a pillar of black flame shot up from one side of Lumeria's city wall.

Luna, who had been causing a ruckus, looked over with a crooked eye, then snorted and straightened her clothes.

"Alright, then. Shall we take care of that damn bone-bag and kindling?"

Luna, who had devastated the pure-blood elves, stepped forward.

At that moment, other heroes hastily stepped forward.

"Lady Luna! We will help too!"

"Please leave the front to us!"

Seeing them, Luna shook her head.

"No, leave those to me. You two handle the legions of those two bastards."

"B-but…"

"It's… it's too much for Lady Luna, a mage, to fight two legion commanders alone…"

"Don't worry."

Crackle-

Luna popped her finger joints and grinned.

Gooooooh-!

"Because it's not a situation where I can control the power of my magic anyway."

Luna smiled faintly.

"It'll be a big problem if you get caught up in it unnecessarily."

The heroes swallowed dryly at the mana around Luna.

"Lu."

"Yes."

Lu, who had stopped crying, sniffled and answered.

Lu was with her mother by then.

Luna approached Lu, pressed her finger to Lu's nose, and said,

"You shouldn't become those stupid elves, okay?"

"Stupid elves?"

"Yeah. You're not great just because you're an elf."

Luna smiled brightly.

"You're great because you've done great things, like your mom."

"Ah… Lady Luna."

Lu's mother wore a touched expression.

Luna winked at her and walked away.

Luna, who had completely shaken off her regrets, was unstoppable.

"Lunia, from now on, I'll teach you how to fight."

"Yes!"

Lunia wore a tense expression.

"This Lady Luna's first combat lecture."

Luna crossed her arms.

"Create a special move magic."

"S-special move?"

"Yeah. In my case, that's Doomsday."

Luna's reason for creating Doomsday was extremely simple.

She just needed a magic of immensely powerful, special-move level.

"Second. If you have an opponent you truly want to kill, don't worry about collateral damage. Use magic with killing intent in every single spell."

Lunia made a blank expression.

Luna smiled faintly and waved her hand.

Flash- Crackle-crackle-crackle-crackle-crackle!

With the sound of mana resonating, five magic spells were embroidered in the air.

Magic completed in an instant.

Everyone who saw it opened their eyes wide.

"That spell formula… Doomsday?"

"Five Doomsday spell formulas in an instant…!"

Everyone was astonished as five immense magic spells, each capable of changing the tide of battle, unfolded.

Luna's body floated in the air.

"Well then, shall we begin?"

Luna, with the corners of her mouth curled up, unleashed the magic.

A gigantic explosion of Doomsday magic erupted in the direction where the Lich King and Eljenie had been blown.

Kwagagagagagang-!

With no worries about casualties, Luna was unstoppable.

The clash between the Great Hero and the Legion Commanders.

It was an immense battle that could potentially destroy the entire Lumeria City.

Of course, the main culprit causing the destruction was none other than Luna.

'What does it matter. It's a world made peaceful because of me, so no one will say anything about destroying a city, right?'

Luna ignored the pangs of conscience.

By the way, just as Kyle and Risinas were called 'the surviving hero and the foolish one', and Arion was called 'the coward' as derogatory terms.

Luna also had a similar nickname.

That was…

***

"Unnecessarily flamboyant. Truly fitting of the King of Destruction."

In front of the city wall, the Lich King calmly stood up.

Luna's magic, which had blown them to the city wall, seemed to possess great power at first glance, but in fact, it caused no significant damage to the Lich King and the Blood Queen.

It was only flamboyant, without substance.

'Luna Rubenance must know that fact too. But why did she bother using such magic?'

It wasn't even to buy time.

Given her personality, it would be normal for immense magic to pour out as soon as they met.

After a moment of thought, the Lich King neatly gave up on trying to understand Luna.

He had experienced many long years as her rival.

Risinas, Kyle, Arion, Dweno.

He could vaguely grasp their thoughts, but there was one being he could never predict, and that was Luna.

Knowing this from experience, the Lich King did not waste mental energy.

It was unimaginable even for the Lich King himself that she might have used magic to clear him out just to punish later generations she wanted to beat up.

Then Doomsday poured out.

Watching it, the Lich King let out an 'Hmm-' breath.

"Lich King! You might be directly hit by that abominable magic!"

"Indeed."

"Hurry and avoid it—"

Grab-!

"Cough?"

The Lich King stretched out his hand and gripped Eljenie's neck.

Then he forcibly pulled her in front of him.

Kwagagagagagang-!

"Kieeeeeeeek!"

The Lich King, using Eljenie as a shield, fell into thought with a calm face.

'The appearance of Luna Rubenance. Unexpected.'

The plan went awry.

'Is she remaining in a spiritual state? She feels distinctly different from last time and from Arion.'

The Lich King assessed Luna's situation at a glance.

'If so… her limitations will be clear.'

Gooooooh-!

The Lich King curled the corner of his mouth and raised his hand.

Crack-crack-crack-!

"L-Lich King?"

"You've worked hard, Blood Queen."

Crunch-!

A skull extended from his hand, engulfing and chewing Eljenie.

Blood poured out.

Hwarururuk-!

Dark red flames flared up in his hand, then turned into black flames.

"The sight of a great hero falling miserably would not be bad either."

The Lich King knew.

That great heroes are symbols of peace.

And he knew better than anyone how terrifying that symbol was.

5000 years.

For 5000 years, people respected and followed those who no longer even existed.

Consequently, countless heroes emerged.

"Today, I can kill one of those symbols."