novelraw Chapter 171 : I'll Have to Kill Them All. (2)
Chapter 171 : I'll Have to Kill Them All. (2)
Chapter 171. I'll Have to Kill Them All. (2)
It was just before the stress that had been building up exploded all at once.
The demons had come up to the surface and had pointed their swords at the dragons, and some of the other races had turned to the side of the demons.
The sister of Pola, whom he had finally found, had fallen into the hands of the demons and was acting as a saintess, and Stun, whom he had sent home with his own hands, had killed his parents and had even tried to kill Skir.
'Right. That would be better.'
Nella, who he had thought was getting better, had become dark again, and as Skir's parents died, the arrows of the central nobles began to turn to his own parents.
'I'll just have to kill them all to feel at ease.'
Leaving Stun alive had become the root of the problem, and the rest had become a problem. So now Lucas decided not to hold back.
'I will not be swayed by petty human affection.'
He would kill Pamela, whom he had left alive for Pola's sake, with his own hands.
'Since when was the human empire my concern?'
He would kill all the humans who were threatening his parents.
-Paaat!
Lucas teleported.
***
The nobles who had attended the meeting convened by Marquis Meric Perdiff, who had returned from Sitata, had serious expressions.
"This is a really big problem."
"Everything Marquis Meric said was right."
Meric had distorted and exaggerated the conversation he had had with Count Cibie and had told the people.
"I never thought it would be like that..."
"No matter how resentful he was, how could he do such a thing!"
The nobles raised their voices.
"Haha. But it's not certain yet, is it?"
Marquis Meric pretended to calm the people with a good-natured smile.
"What do you mean by that? What do you mean, what would you do if it were so?"
"That's right. What do you mean by answering 'what would you do if it were so' to the Marquis's question of whether he had harmed the ducal family!"
Although it was a story completely different from the truth, since people tended to believe what they wanted to believe, it was not a difficult thing to make them believe.
"Shouldn't we gather our forces and attack the Count's family?"
"Do you think that's an easy thing to do? There's a mage over there. Even though they're still attending the academy, there are already four children in the advanced class."
At that, the other people also nodded their heads and added their words.
"That's right. And there's a rumor that the owner of the Gold Nine merchant guild is also a great mage. Gold Nine won't just stand by."
It was when the central nobles were chattering for a long time about the Count's family, which was no different from a traitor to the empire.
-Kureung! Kureureung!
The nobles flinched at the thunderous roar that shook the sky.
"W-what is this?"
"Don't tell me, a dragon again..."
The knights standing around quickly checked outside the window.
"Ah..."
Lightning struck the blackened sky.
"What... is that..."
A noble who had approached the window looked down at the square and said in a dazed voice.
"I-isn't that the eldest son of the Rodrigo Count's family?"
A man standing in the empty square, his black hair flying. The jet-black pupils of the young-looking man were aimed directly at them.
As the man raised one hand, the blackened sky opened.
***
Lucas, who had arrived at the imperial capital, had a cold head.
He had nothing to fear, having made up his mind to kill them all.
-Kwaang!
"Kyaak! R-run!!!"
But he couldn't kill all the innocent people.
"It's magic! A mage!!!"
-Kwa-kwang!
Because of that, Lucas first scattered the people by shooting large and small magics here and there in the village and the square.
The knights rushed towards him, and the mages from the Magic Tower began to rush out.
-Saaaa.
He cast a silence spell on the mages to prevent them from chanting spells.
-Paching! Kwa-jik!
He used Weapon Break on the knights to destroy their weapons.
"R-run!!!"
Some of the frightened knights turned around and began to run, and the mages, flustered, made 'eup-eup' sounds, unable to speak.
In less than three minutes. In the meantime, Lucas had cleared the square to some extent and had removed the obstacles.
His actions proceeded quickly, as if he had thought about them over and over again.
-Kureung! Kureureung!
He gathered his mana and made the sky roar.
-Kwa-jijik. Kwa-jik!
Lightning struck from the blackened sky.
-Kukung! Kung!
The earth vibrated.
The ground where Lucas stood was gouged and cracked by the raging mana.
"There they are."
Lucas's eyes turned to a place in the high imperial palace. A noble stood by the window with a pale face and met his eyes.
-Kureureung... kukung...
The black sky began to open.
"It would be better if they all just died."
Large meteors appeared in the open sky and began to plummet straight towards the ground.
-Kukung! Kuuung!
The meteors, which had been falling, concentrating on the imperial palace, began to spread their range and pour down.
"You insect-like things."
-Kwa-kwang! Kwa-kwa-kwang!
The people who had been running away from the square stared at the sky, having lost their minds.
-Kureung! Kuuung!
The hazy dust raised by the falling meteors took away their hope.
"Ah..."
Those who had foreseen their death fell to their knees on the ground and began to pray to God.
"It's okay... it'll be okay..."
A woman holding a child in her arms, hoping for a miracle, wrapped the child tightly in her body.
-Kwaaaang!
And so the Arant imperial palace collapsed.
-Kwa-kwang! Kwa-kwa-kwang!
The empire was turned into a mess.
***
Aman, who had faced the black sky, immediately called his father, Hasel, and tried to stop Lucas.
"No. Leave him be."
"Father!!!"
But Hasel stopped Aman's action.
"The Lord must be doing what is necessary."
"But if we leave him like this, the entire capital will be turned into a mess."
At first, the range of the falling meteors was concentrated on the imperial palace, but the limited range had widened in an instant.
"It's okay."
The mages of the Magic Tower began to protect the private houses.
"You should go and help them."
Hasel, who saw that, said to Aman.
"Hah..."
"I'll help too."
Hasel also had an uneasy feeling. Lucas had also blocked all the magic that was attacking him, but since he was not blocking the protection magic that was protecting the private houses, it seemed that he had the same intention.
And so, Aman and Hasel chose to protect the innocent humans rather than stopping Lucas.
The imperial palace. They had meticulously surrounded all the places except for that place with protection magic. Although some places where the magic had weakened were pierced, it was of course better than nothing.
Hasel thought, looking at the meteors that had covered the sky black.
'This must be what the end of the world is like.'
In the eyes of the humans, this appearance would be the appearance of the end of the world. But this end was caused by humans.
'Lord...'
Lucas's calm, sunken pupils. Aman and Hasel were worried at his appearance, as he poured out mana without a care and made meteors fall.
What was he so angry about? What on earth was he doing this for?
-Kwaaang! Kukung!
The ceaselessly falling meteors. Hasel and Aman moved busily at the protection magic that was being annihilated without cease.
"Is it over?"
The sky, which had been dyed black, gradually regained its original color.
Aman let out a deep sigh as he saw the site of the imperial palace, which had disappeared without a trace.
"Aigoo. Should I just end this play?"
There was no way that a problem would not arise in his life as the master of the Magic Tower.
"Huh? Where is he going?"
Lucas immediately turned his body and teleported.
***
Lucas, who had arrived at Rieberk, began to draw a magic circle without hesitation towards the Saintess's Society where Pamela was staying.
'I'll end it in one blow.'
It didn't matter whether Pamela was in there or not.
'I can just find her and kill her again.'
She was a source of trouble that should not be left alive. That wench might later appear and shake Pola and harm the children.
'I can't see such a thing again.'
He remembered the moment when Skir was bleeding and was in his arms. The moment when the hot and damp blood soaked his hands and body, and his mind went blank.
-Kwareureung!
The earth shook, and the Saintess's Society building shook with it.
As the huge whirlwind of flames that had formed in Lucas's hand was shot towards the building, the people began to run away in a panic.
"Uwaak!!"
"Run!!!"
-Kwa-kwang! Kwa-kwa-kwang!
The wall of the Saintess's Society collapsed too easily.
-Kureung! Kung!
The huge lightning and ice spears that fell from the sky pierced and destroyed the building.
"Protect, protect!"
"Bring the Saintess-nim!!!"
The priests who had surrounded the Saintess's Society shouted and ran around.
-Kwa-jik! Kwa-jijik!
The magic cast by the priests was shot towards Lucas.
"How ridiculous."
-Pasasasa...
Lucas, who had easily scattered it by raising one hand, smirked.
Lucas, who was standing tall in the hazy dust, destroyed the Saintess's Society every time he gestured. The priests died, and the people who were swept away by the explosion collapsed.
"You shouldn't do that."
Just then, an ashen-faced man who had blocked the front of the Saintess's Society said to Lucas.
"Is it you?"
Although his appearance was a little different from before, he could easily tell who he was just by the size of the horn on his head.
"Because she's a saintess I've worked hard to raise. You can't kill a child who helps the pitiful humans, can you?"
Pamela, who was peacefully asleep as if she were asleep, was surrounded by a mana barrier and was floating behind the Demon King.
"It's not your turn yet. Just leave that wench and get lost."
Lucas summoned an ice spear and held it in his hand.
"Ho-oh. Are you going to stab her to death yourself?"
"I told you to get lost."
Ta-tat! Lucas said, kicking off the ground and rushing out.
-Kwa-jijik. Paching!
The ice spear that had been extended to the Demon King was blocked by his protection magic and shattered.
-Kwa-jijik! Kwa-jik!
Dozens of ice spears that had been summoned again were shot towards the Demon King in an instant, but they shattered again.
"I can't hand her over yet."
The Demon King said with an interested smile.
"A human with quite outstanding skills. Ah, are you not completely human?"
The Demon King's tone, as if he knew something.
"Let's just make it your turn."
Lucas said, twisting one corner of his mouth. Lucas's mana was now at a level that surpassed that of a dragon. And since his mana control ability was superior to anyone else's, killing a single Demon King would not be a very difficult thing.
"Shall we?"
The black mana around the Demon King, who had heard Lucas's words, boiled.
-Papat!
The blackish-red mana split into dozens of branches and was shot towards Lucas.
-Pasat! Pasat!
The blackish-red mana streaks that had touched Lucas's protection magic disappeared with a sound like hot iron being cooled.
"Haha. Interesting."
As the Demon King raised one hand, a huge black mana began to gather at his fingertips.
"I think I'll have you."
The black mana gradually grew in size and approached Lucas.
"You're talking nonsense. Who do you think you're going to have?"
Lucas searched his subspace and quickly took out a ring and put it on his hand. It was the Devil's Predator, which he had taken off because it was cumbersome.
As a pure white mana began to gather at Lucas's fingertips, the Demon King's expression hardened sharply.
"I'll annihilate you."
-Guuung!
As the pure white mana and the blackish-red mana collided, a sound as if the air were crying was heard, and then.
-Kwaaang!
It exploded.
[End of Chapter]