Main Character Hides His Strength

Chapter 328 326: Counterattack (4)

The Floating Palace was a symbol of the Emperor's right to rule.

To drop this was no different from giving up on being an Emperor.

The followers and servants doubted their ears as they looked upon their Emperor.

And the moment they saw his face, they finally understood.

That the Emperor who was so beset by anxiety and fear had finally found peace.

And that the Emperor meant what he had said.

The emperor put down his Imperial Crown.

And instead, his eyes were shining brightly with cunning and wit on par with his heyday.

"Now, quickly."

The Floating Palace that were liberated from their anchors slowly migrated over the 4th District.

The Barbarians who were previously busy with besieging the 4th district looked up in unison to look at the Floating Palace.

"Ino?"

That was when a chain of explosion went off at the lower parts of the Floating Palace.

The Float Stone keeping the Palace afloat were destroyed by magic and explosives.

In the midst of continuous explosions that looked not too dissimilar from the end of year firework celebrations, the Floating Palace began its free fall.

The symbol of the Imperial right to rule fell on top of the countless Barbarians who did not respect such rule.

"And with this, we should have bought ourselves some time.

Now the man who neither had a crown nor palace changed into an ordinary clothes as he watched from above.

The Barbarians were running amok, unsure what to do.

But The Emperor understood. Beyond them were tens of thousands of Barbarians in reserve who were seeped in the desire and expectations of slaughter and pillage.

"Everyone, draw your sword and follow me. We shall fight and fight again until the light from the east reaches us."

The Emperor began to lead from the front.

The forces of old humanity whose morale was beginning to dry out was reinvigorated by the appearance of the Emperor, like an ember lighting up dried log.

"Fight and fight back again!"

"Until the light reaches us!"

A desperate battle began.

Arrows and magic fell like rain, and the remnant imperial fleet poured all of their remaining firepower onto the packed urban streets where the Barbarians stood.

The Barbarians were no pushoever.

The winged Divine Beasts began their attack.

Due to the appearance of this strange new foe no one has ever seen before, the Imperial fleet began to lose ships one by one.

Atop the walls, the battle of attrition began likewise.

Each Barbarians who pushed through the rain of arrows and spells would kill dozens of soldiers alone.

Despite the Emperor's rallying cry at the vanguard and the fierce fighting from the entire army, the fate of La Grange continued to be sucked into the darkness.

And in the midst of bloody battle, the Emperor noticed one man gasping for air by his side.

It was a familiar, but now-uncommon armor.

It was the armor of the Iron Blood Knights.

"What is thy name?"

The Emperor asked the warrior from a order of knights he had not seen in a long while.

"There is no need for me to share my name, sir. I am merely a resident of 8th district who fights to defend the paradise."

Kimchi answered calmly.

"8Th district."

The Emperor repeated the name as he thought of the district he personally ordered to have quarantined.

"If we are to emerge victorious from this fight."

The Emperor began.

All those who were fighting turned to look at the crownless Emperor.

And with their eyes upon him, the Emperor resumed.

"I shall remove all distinctions between the districts."

Prejudice died with the fall of the Floating Palace.

The only thing remained for them to do was to make a new future together.

The Emperor drew his blade and charged towards the Barbarian who climbed up the wall.

The Emperor swung his sword with everything he had.

The Barbarian let out a fountain of blood and fell back down the wall.

The night was growing deeper inn the midst of this game of tense tug of war for the defense of the city.

The end of the promised week was approaching.

But there was still not a sign from the east.

But the Emperor did not blame Sungchul.

'I did the best I could. If this is the end, I shall accept whatever outcome follows without regret.'

It was then.

He noticed something in the sky.

The Emperor's keen eye did not miss this small glint of light.

'Is that the dimensional gate?'

The Emperor's eyes were not mistaken.

In the midst of fierce battle, danger close to the Barbarian main encampment above the skies of the suburbs of La Grange were several airships that completed a long distance teleportation.

And at the very front were two Avians.

"Alright, Jaras. This would be the ideal place to install the dimensional gate those Order of Extinction fellows lent us!"

Black feathered Marakia said with a bright tone. The one to obey his command was a white feathered Avian.

"Yes, my king! It is unquestionably so!"

The two avians took out blue stones embedded with black fragments and held it up in the sky.

The stones remained in place in the air on their own.

The two of them went around in circles, putting stones in place.

Once the circle was complete, Marakia made a declaration with an arrogant voice.

"This is nothing for the King of the Final Age!"

And as soon as he was done speaking, each of the blue stone gave off white lights from above.

They were Magic Formations.

Marakia and his follower number 1 managed to open a dimensional gate above the main camp of the Barbarians.

But it was no ordinary Dimensional gate.

It was one large enough for an entire flotilla to pass through.

A faint giant magic circles began to form in the sky.

The Barbarians on the ground noticed too late that something unusual was going on above their heads.

"Jenka! Ishui! Rai!"

The leader of the Barbarians quickly ordered the Divine Beasts fighting in the skies above the Imperial Capital city to return.

But the Magic Formation was complete faster than the Divine Beasts could return.

And from beyond the dimensional gate, a red airship made an appearance.

And above the red airship stood Sungchul who wielded the hammer of fate.

He was holding onto one end of a chain that Sylphid and several dozens of ships were carrying together.

"Fairy light."

Three greenish balls of light emerged from Sungchul's body to illuminate the ground.

He could see it.

The Barbarian Magic formation that could only be properly seen from the sky.

The fact that it was giant without any redeeming quality was quite like the god they worshiped.

A god-like power flowed through Sungchul's body.

His two hands lifted up the chains of Panchuria.

Sungchul jumped off towards the ground.

The giant chains that extended on for several kilometers were released in sequence and began their landfall.

Barbarians who recognized Sungchul from afar shouted desperately.

"Brins Arnolt!"

"Jenka!"

The magicians of the Barbarians quickly began to cast their spell.

The prepared sacrifices quickly became absorbed into the magic formation.

But even before it could finish, the giant chains fell upon all the magicians gathered atop the formation.

Boom!

Sungchul landed at the center of the Magic Formation.

God-like power flowed through his body once more.

And in that moment, Sungchul noticed for a split second, black flames in his vision.

His surprise was just as brief.

Even before the afterimage of the flames could disappear, Sungchul understood what it meant.

'So that was the cause of my power all this time.'

The strength he had was from sealed black flames from within himself.

That meant he had been fighting to save the world using power that was created to destroy it.

The strength itself had no concept of good and evil.

The only thing that mattered was direction.

Within this moment of revelation, Sungchul grasped the chains and began to spin.

The chains that had fallen in a straight line down the middle of the Magic Formation began to slowly spin with him.

Down the lengths of the giant chains were countless spears like thorns.

Sungchul steadily increased the speed of his spin.

The spears stuck between the immense weight of the giant chains began to dig up the dirt like a tiller.

The Barbarians couldn't help but watch their giant Magic formation be undone by a single man.

Once the tornado-like spin was finished, there was nothing left.

The entire magic formation was completely destroyed.

What remained in its wake was tilled arable land suitable for farming.

Sungchul let go of the chains that he had been holding on and let it fly towards the enemy.

The chains whose weight itself was a destructive weapon on their own destroyed an entire tribe in one strike.

At the center of the cloud of dust and after the earth shaking rumbling, a magic formation appeared with Sungchul at the center.

And from his body came a welcoming warm ray of light.

This was a completely different type of light from the God of Order's light, which was only blindingly bright.

It was at this moment that the people of La Grange realized that the promised light were to come.

Sungchul felt sufficient energy and light gather within him before speaking the activation words.

"Glory."

The light extended out from Sungchul and illuminated the entire eastern sy.

Strictly speaking, it was closer to a East North Eastern direction, but no one would blame him for this slight error.

Because this incredibly bright ray of light illuminated the final army of the humanity that had been quietly advancing in the darkness.

Don. Don. Don.

The voices of commanders echoed in the fields.

"All forces Attack!"

"Go kill the Barbarians!"

With the Order of Extinction's Lesser God transformations at the vanguard, the relief forces began their assault against the Barbarian hordes.

The Barbarian warhorns began to blow from all over.

The Barbarians began to leave La Grange to rejoin the fight against the humanity's last army.

As the signals were exchanged, Sungchul focused on finding where the signals were originating from.

The warrior's eyes opened wide.

A muscular Barbarian wearing ornate helmet riding atop a Palanquin came into view.

'That must be the leader.'

He had seen him before.

He was there when the God of Order was first summoned.

Fal Garaz appeared.

The faint sound the Fal Garaz gave off seemed to speak to him.

To deliver righteous fury to those who dared to mock and humiliate it.

"And it shall be so."

Sungchul gripped his divine artefact and charged towards the enemy main camp.

Marakia and another Avian flow above head to help direct Sungchul towards the enemy.

Bertelgia also shook in rhythm with the war drums and voices to cheer on Sungchul.

Sungchul literally tore apart all the many Barbarians that tried to get in his way until he reached the Barbarian boss.

"Brins Arnolt…!"

And in his hand was a familiar sword.

"Eat shit, you son of a bitch!"

And it was Krumbui.

The Barbarian Chieftain glared at Sungchul while grinding his teeth, but that was the end of it.

Smack!

With one strike, the head of the Chieftain was reduced to a splatter of blood and Krumbui became free once more.

Sungchul lifted up the ornate helmet high in the sky. And as he increased the brightness of the light of glory, he shouted out loud.

"The enemy leader is dead!"

"The enemy leader is dead!"

Krumbui who had to entertain the enemy king against his will also shouted out in joy.

It was a moment that cemented the defeat of the Barbarians that had been threatening humanity for the past few months.

The final army of mankind marched forward to swiftly carry on the attack, and the imperial army that had been withdrawn in the city opened their gates to join in the attack.

Under the blessings of the light, the humanity gave it its all to move step by step towards victory.

Meanwhile one man atop the vessel of the Floating Archipelago was having other thoughts.

"You somehow managed to eek out another victory it seems."

It was Schnellmerker.

Although he had diligently carried out his orders upon the removal of Oom Brook and had contributed greatly to the war effort with the Order of Extinction leading the charge against the Barbarians, it did not stop him from turning traitorous.

"Commander in Chief. You used to be such a cautious man. But you've become too soft. You've let Ryze, who all but destroyed you, go for free. And you even released I, Fritz Schnellmerker, a former officer of the Federal Defense Forces of Germany, from my shackles."

A gleeful smile appeared in Schnellmerker's face.

'If we use the combined powers of all our Lesser Gods and strike him from behind, we shall have our perfect victory.'

He currently had several Lesser Gods on the field. If he were to have them group up and fight Sungchul all at once, even Sungchul would have difficulty surviving such an attack.

And the World Parliament without Sungchul was nothing.

The final victory would belong to Kromgard.

Feeling completely confident of his victory, he looked to his either side as he gave the order.

"Convey my orders to all members of the Order. All units are to stop the assault and focus all firepower…"

Schnellmerker couldn't finish his words.

A cold blade slid into his neck before he could finish his order.

In the midst of surprise, death, and terror, Schnellmerker saw the woman who had slain him from the shadows.

'T…that woman, the returnee with the Emperor?!'

That was his final thought.

Schnellmerker died spitting bubbles of blood as he fell to the ground.

Ahmuge emerged from the darkness while wiping her dagger on her robe as she glared at the officers and members of the Order of Extinction as she said to them.

"So, anyone else want to die?"

Schnellmerker's rebellion ended here.

It wasn't only the Barbarians who had lost their leader.

The Last remaining members of the Order of Extinction as well as armies of traitors were consumed and killed off in the frontlines of the battle field.

It was a perfect victory through and through.

The Emperor watched his old friend with eyes full of respect and awe.

"Sungchul Kim. You are an amazing man."

As soon as the Emperor said that, the Emperor called together his loyal subjects and commanded with a dignified voice.

"Go prepare a crown. So that we may immediately offer our Imperial Crown to the One King."

The Barbarians were scattering across the plains.

The unrecorded Calamity was over.

That was what everyone had thought.

But then a vile and sticky voice echoed from within the Emperor's mind.

[Do you know why Kromgard never used me, despite having me?]

He had heard this voice in his head before.

The voice continued to speak.

[It was because he's better than you. In every way possible, you see.]

And in the next moment, a heretical and truly profane heartbeat could be heard from below the surface of La Grange.

Thump.

The Heart of the Ancient God began to beat once more.

Although it was just once, it was a beat that was far more vile and disgusting than the tens of thousands of other times it had beaten.

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