Book 1 Chapter 961

961.

CRASH-!

A chilling wind swept through.

Chloe, holding her staff, closed her eyes and exuded mana.

In front of Chloe, Abad was also chanting a magic spell.

"Ice World."

"Tempest."

As the unique magic of the two was completed simultaneously.

A giant ice storm began to rage.

"Ugh! If this goes on like this, we'll get caught up in it too!"

Kal screamed, lying flat on the ground.

KWA-GA-GA-GA-GA-GA-!

The ice storm swept away the demons and monsters outside the castle walls.

Kal looked down at the outside of the castle walls, breaking into a cold sweat.

"Wow… As expected, our grade's number one and number two in firepower…"

Literally overwhelming power of area magic.

However, the spots where they were swept away were quickly filled with demons and monsters pushing from the rear, making the magic seem insignificant.

"Don't they feel fear?"

Kal muttered with a look of exhaustion.

"Demons feel the fear and dread of their opponents, so they know. They know that the entire Lysar is swept up in fear."

"Kyle-nim."

"Besides, Erebus will be summoned soon, so there's no way they wouldn't feel fear."

Kyle, speaking indifferently, glanced back and said.

"Kids these days are scary. Especially the girl resembles Luna."

Kyle stared intently at Chloe.

"Oh! In what way?"

To Kal's question, Kyle chuckled.

"The intricate structure of the magic array is at a perverted level of precision."

Chloe, whose eyes met Kyle's, widened her eyes, then hurriedly bowed her head and greeted him.

Kyle, waving his hand as if to say "that's enough" to Chloe, stood on the castle wall.

"What do we do? There are too many."

"What do we do? We have to make them our allies."

"What?"

'I don't know how Elsi was revived…'

The disappeared proof of the covenant was revived, and the presence of the shadow spirit, Elsi, was clearly felt.

*Swish-*

Kyle's hair color turned black, and his pupils began to turn from gray to black.

"Elsi."

Kyle's shadow descended along the castle wall.

-Yes.

"Did your personality change?"

-This was my original personality. Is it strange?

"No, it looks much better."

Kyle chuckled and his eyes gleamed.

Elsi, sitting on Kyle's shoulder, also gleamed.

-Power of Domination.

The movements of the demons and monsters whose shadows were stolen stopped.

Then they slowly turned around.

GRROOOOOOOAR!

"W-what is this!"

Bewildered shouts echoed, and soon chaos ensued.

***

The Tartarus demons attacked incessantly.

"First-year students, provide support from the rear."

Elena, standing at the very front, commanded the students.

"Third-year vanguard, stop the demons climbing the castle walls."

Elena's faint pink pupils glowed dimly.

Normally, her beautiful appearance and sweet voice would have enchanted people.

However, on the urgent battlefield, Elena's demonic power manifested in a different form.

For the first-year students, this was their first large-scale combat experience.

Moreover, their enemies were none other than the demons of Tartarus.

No matter how talented they were, they were still young boys and girls lacking practical experience.

It was easy to lose their lives.

Even if they were defending safely on top of the castle walls, a moment of carelessness, mistake, or hesitation could cost them their lives.

Elena's demonic power stole that hesitation from the first-year students.

The first-year students moved briskly, mesmerized by every word of Elena's command.

Demonic power is also a form of charisma.

Her power was demonstrating tremendous effectiveness on the battlefield.

Of course, in a situation where they absolutely depended on the commander's orders, a commander's mistake could lead to a great tragedy.

Elena's ability to read the battlefield situation was exceptional.

Elena, who literally showed the majesty of a queen, glanced at a demon that had climbed onto the castle wall.

"A tasty-looking wench!"

A demon in monster form opened its mouth wide and lunged at Elena.

Seeing the demon with a grotesquely large head, Elena smiled sweetly.

The demon's body suddenly froze.

The moment the demon was instantly seduced by Elena's demonic power and felt lust for Elena.

CRUNCH-!

The demon's neck was brutally severed.

"Oh my, how vulgar."

Elena smiled sweetly and flicked her finger, and the demon turned to ashes and disappeared.

"It's really unpleasant-looking."

Just then, demons flew in from the sky.

"Target that slutty woman first!"

"I like it! Shall I peel off her face?"

Demons, revealing their murderous intent and lust, began to concentrate their attacks on Elena.

They felt that they had to defeat Elena to cross this area.

As countless demons aimed at her from the sky, Elena crossed her arms.

WHOOSH-!

Countless magic circles appeared around Elena.

A cruel smile formed on Elena's lips.

FLASH!

WHOOSH-! CRACKLE! WHOOSH-!

Magic of fire, lightning, and wind raged.

High-ranking demons were swept away by the top-tier elemental magic completed in an instant.

After all, the true value of a magician is demonstrated on the battlefield where large-scale troops clash.

For Elena, called a once-in-a-lifetime magic genius, this battlefield was literally a solo stage.

Just then, a demon the size of a fist flew in at high speed, breaking through Elena's barrage of magic.

The demon wore a sneering smile.

That demon was a demon that specialized in hunting mages on the battlefield.

Not only did it have immense magic resistance, but it also possessed incredible speed and durability.

'I'll put a hole through the center of your chest!'

The demon's eyes gleamed with murderous intent.

Just then.

FLASH-!

"What is this? A fly?"

"……!"

Iriana appeared right next to the demon.

"Ugh! It looks really weird!"

"Human wench! How did you… my speed…!"

"Hyah!"

CRACK-!

Iriana's sword swung like a flash.

The demon, hit by a single blow, was repelled.

*Tap-*

Iriana, standing in front of Elena, rested her chin on her hand and smirked.

"Light Speed Quick Sword! Iriana-nim has arrived!"

Iriana, drawing attention with her twitching eyebrows, impaled her sword on the ground with a flourish and said.

"As long as I'm here, not a fingertip of our Queen will be touched!"

Looking at Iriana, who was shouting triumphantly, Elena said.

"Iriana."

"Yes! Yes! Elena-senpai! Iriana has arrived now!"

"Can you even pull out that sword?"

Elena asked, pointing to Iriana's sword, which was stuck deeper than expected, and the silent Iriana grunted and pulled out her sword.

"You damn wenches! Simultaneous holes…!"

FLASH! CRACKLE-!

Just then, lightning auras raged from behind the demon.

Durand, wielding a giant greatsword, thrust his sword towards the demon with lightning in his eyes.

The demon, startled, frantically tried to increase its speed to avoid Durand's cleave.

"Hah! Do you think you can cut me with such a slow sword…!"

"Slow."

"You little brats smelling of milk!"

CRACKLE-!

CHOP-!

Golden lightning raged.

The lightning aura concentrated at the tip of the blade severed the demon's neck without hesitation.

"Ah…"

"It's… it's the heroes…!"

The soldiers of Lysar and those from Gardsron were amazed by the overwhelming skill of the hero candidates.

They were clearly too young to be considered adults, yet their power was extraordinary.

Especially those operating at the forefront were on a different level.

"Where on earth did such children come from…"

"There was hope in this world too!"

They felt like they had seen hope in a desperate age.

Just then.

*Sarararak-*

A white light raged.

All eyes turned to where the light was emanating.

There, Nella stood with her hands clasped, eyes closed.

As the aura of light emanating from Nella's body enveloped the injured, their bodies healed.

"Ooooh…!"

"S-Saintess! It's the Saintess!"

"Thank you! Thank you!"

The healed cried out in joy at the healing ability that was incomparable to mere healing magic.

Nella smiled bitterly as she looked at them.

"No. We are the ones who should be grateful."

She realized anew as she fought under the gray sky.

Currently, the allies had overturned history.

They had gathered all the forces they could gather at this point in time.

Not only that, but future heroes and hero candidates who should not exist now were also participating in the battle.

Yet, the future looked bleak.

What would it have been like in the original history?

'It must have been a situation beyond imagination.'

They fought until they died in such a situation.

Thus, Lysar was destroyed.

But that defeat was not meaningless.

Even though they were defeated and destroyed, and disappeared into the annals of history… even though their existence was unknown now…

Because they fought to the end, there were those who survived.

A sliver of hope in despair must have been passed from person to person, creating a great current.

'It must be thanks to them that we exist now.'

GRROOOOOOOAR!

Just then, a top-tier beast, Gigantes, appeared on the castle wall.

He stood on the castle wall and opened his mouth wide as he saw Nella emitting healing auras.

"S-Saintess! You're in danger!"

"Protect the Saintess!"

The soldiers quickly drew their weapons to help Nella.

At that moment, Nella pulled out a morning star from her waist.

WHOOSH! CRUNCH-!

Nella's morning star brutally crushed Gigantes's head.

*Thud-thud-thud!*

Torn flesh and blood scattered from the flesh rained down like rain.

Gigantes, whose head was gone from the immense impact, staggered and rolled down the castle wall.

KWA-GA-GA-GA!

KYAAAAAAA!

KROOOOAR!

Gigantes climbing the castle walls tangled with each other and fell to the ground.

Demons and monsters below them were crushed and screamed.

Nella, with cold eyes, began to smash the heads of monsters thrown onto the castle wall by the Fafnirs.

"Follow the Saintess!"

"Follow the third-year seniors of Lumen!"

"No, I don't think we need to help them…"

Soldiers and first and second-year students from other schools followed Nella.

Nella was not just a healer.

With the power of her wide-area healing aura, she could also serve excellently as a vanguard leader.

Looking at Nella, who exuded a terrifying momentum, Iriana said to Durand.

"Durand."

"Why are you calling me?"

"You must never fight with your wife."

"……"

"From what I see, that day will be your funeral day."

"I am stronger than Nella."

"You won't have a long married life."

"What do you mean?"

"You'll die by Nella's hand. Poor Nella. She'll become a widow at a young age because of a husband with a bad temper."

Iriana tutted.

"You seem to think I'm easy now that I'm treating you nicely."

Durand, who was angered, tried to grab her by the collar, but Iriana quickly ran away.

"It seems you have enough leeway to make jokes."

Elena smiled.

Thanks to Elena's barrage of area magic sweeping away the enemies,

the Tartarus offensive had certainly slowed down in this area.

"Durand-kun."

"Yes, Elena-senpai."

"I'll leave you in charge of this area's command. Can you do it?"

"It's possible… but where are you going, Elena-senpai?"

"I'm going to support another area."

Elena smiled sweetly and moved to another section of the castle wall.