Chapter 631
Charge! Charge! Charge!
However, this time, his attack failed to pierce through the opponent directly.
The scarlet armor protecting his body was so sturdy that Eivass’s spear tip could not penetrate it at all!
—That should be a Divine Artifact from the Supreme Heaven!
However, even if it couldn’t pierce, the force was still there.
Eivass, carrying “Tyrant” downwards, smashed heavily onto the ground, kicking up a rain of water splashes.
After the giant landed, Eivass was grabbed by the giant and then violently thrown out.
Then, he extended his remaining hand and aimed his palm at Eivass.
A scarlet barbaric Ritual Array seeped out from his palm, turning into a Floating magic circle in the air.
As Eivass spun in the air, like fierce artillery fire, the scarlet light sphere, accompanied by a huge noise, roared and flew out, landing on the unsuspecting Eivass!
One shot, two shots, three shots!
These were scarlet light spheres stretched by high-speed flight. They possessed strong impact and explosive power, containing explosive curses—curses that were effective even on inanimate objects.
If such an attack hit a city wall, even the thickest wall would shatter. Scarlet cracks would spread like a spider web, corroding the remaining parts.
Even the King of the Wild Hunt’s body would not fare well against such an attack.
If not for the halberd in his hand strengthening Eivass’s defense, Eivass would have been severely wounded after these three shots!
But fortunately, the King of the Wild Hunt’s defense was much higher than Eivass had anticipated.
These three shots exploded in the air with increasingly intense scarlet fireworks, but Eivass was only somewhat disheveled. His dim yellow armor did not break, not even a crack appeared.
And at this moment.
The knights, with roars, charged into the battlefield!
In a trance, Eivass thought they were coming to offer themselves as food. But soon he realized that their combat was extraordinary.
Their fighting was extremely pragmatic and orderly, looking like professional Players—they carried just the right buffs and entered the fray at the most opportune moments. Some provided support, some attacked, some healed, some harassed.
Without command, relying only on tacit understanding, this Round Table Knight Order, composed of many Fifth Tier individuals and a few Fourth Tier individuals, was actually fighting back and forth with the Apostle “Tyrant” Caligula, whom Eivass had knocked to the ground!
“…Is this a trap?”
Soon, Caligula became serious.
He muttered in a low voice.
Under the astonished, disgusted, or enlightened gazes of the knights, Caligula’s remaining three limbs suddenly detached from his body.
His two legs turned into two giant scarlet hunting hounds—one strong and powerful, like a Giant Bear; the other slender and agile, as lean as an alien. His remaining arm turned into a “Winged Sword,” which darted freely at extremely high speeds!
—This was the power of the Path of Love!
“Tyrant” Caligula possessed not only the Path of Power but also extremely powerful abilities of the Path of Love.
He looked like a Child of the Moon transformed from a Giant—although he did not possess any abilities that Children of the Moon were known for, he could not be purely considered a Giant.
Including the previous “Shield with Eyes,” Caligula had suddenly split into five individuals!
The pressure on the Knight Order increased sharply, and after just a few exchanges, their formation was on the verge of collapse under the assault of the “Winged Sword.”
Each of his limbs had a magic circle suspended around it, and another magic circle was on his forehead.
His eyes turned scarlet, and then two laser beams shot out!
The lasers swept across and severed the bodies of three knights in an instant, cutting them in half.
But just then, Guinevere suddenly erupted with sacred radiance—countless flying light needles shot out from her sleeve, instantly stitching the severed bodies back together.
And Merlin, staff in hand, slammed it heavily on the ground, activating the defensive Ritual Array he had previously prepared. A hemispherical shield emerged, blocking the scarlet laser beam.
But it only blocked for a moment before immediately emitting a powerful and increasingly fluctuating wave.
“…Still too much of a strain?”
Merlin gritted his teeth, his pupils turning a vacant azure.
Runes crackling with electricity emerged from under his skin, and the veins on his forehead and temples bulged.
In Super Intelligence Mode, he analyzed Caligula’s attack patterns through the attacked Ritual Array, constantly adjusting its structure.
As the Ritual Array gradually stabilized, the fluctuations visibly slowed down.
But just then, the Winged Sword, from who knew where, swooped down with incredible speed, shattering the barrier with a single strike!
Merlin’s eyes suddenly became bloodshot and burst, and a tear of blood slowly flowed from the corner of his left eye and bridge of his nose.
But the moment the barrier suddenly shattered.
Eivass, enveloped in lightning, charged again!
His charge was blocked by the shield—but not entirely.
Eivass’s attack could not damage the shield in the slightest, but the Shield with Eyes could not stop Eivass’s charge at all.
So, Eivass, carrying the shield, crashed into Caligula, who was left with only a body and a head!
Caligula was forced to turn his gaze to Eivass.
The laser beam, blocked by Eivass using the “Shield with Eyes,” continued to charge forward.
And at this moment, Caligula had to stop the laser.
He opened his mouth and unleashed the “Tyrant’s” most famous ability—
“—【Stop】!”
As dark red ripples spread, the knights’ movements were frozen one by one. They were covered in a layer of red light, as if turned into red stone statues. Even Eivass’s dim yellow armor was covered in a faint blood-red hue, making his movements sluggish.
This was the original form of “Command Spell.”
【Command】 was based on the laws the target had already broken. However, Caligula the Tyrant’s Word Spirit came from the Tyrant’s personal decree—unreasonably altering others’ will and controlling their actions without any justification!
This was precisely why the Tyrant was called “Tyrant”!
For the weak, Word Spirits were absolute control that could not be dispelled.
—A Word Spirit from a top-tier Apostle, once effective, could not be dispelled by anyone in a short period! Even at the Sixth Tier in the Material Realm, Eivass had to endure the control of the “Tyrant’s” Word Spirit!
But at this moment.
“—Ineffective.”
Arthur, who had been observing from the side and had not joined the battle, suddenly spoke.
Without any fluctuation of Path of Power, the red light screen suddenly vanished without a trace.
“…What!”
Caligula was greatly shocked.
But at this moment, Eivass, enveloped in lightning, crashed over!
His armor was indestructible, and the shield formed by his arm was indestructible—so Eivass, carrying them, smashed them far away!
And when the distance from the main body was pulled far enough, the hounds, which had been arrogantly trying to attack the controlled knights, began to become somewhat slow.
Because of this, they revealed tiny flaws.
Lancelot seized the opportunity, roared, and with a single sword strike, severed the head of one of the hounds!
And Gawain, holding a greatsword that shone like the sun, loudly recited the name of the Candlemaster.
Beside him were two young knights, exuding the twilight radiance of the Pope’s Guard. In their support, light flowed continuously from them into Gawain, making him increasingly brilliant.
Merlin, disregarding the blood dripping into his mouth, continued his work.
More and more runes appeared on his body, and he quickly chanted something, while more runes materialized on the ground and in the air. The shattered barrier began to recover at a visible rate, and new runes began to form on the ground. A golden phantom was nested on Gawain, allowing him to directly combat the Winged Sword!
And at this moment, Eivass, from afar, charged back again, enveloped in lightning!
Up until now, every charge Eivass had launched had either shattered something, severely wounded something, or torn apart the enemy’s formation…
—This was Eivass’s fourth charge!
The halberd in his hand had changed its appearance at some point.
It was a halberd shimmering with lightning radiance—
Merlin could see at a glance that it was the natural weapon of a Punisher Demon!
Eivass, enveloped in lightning, bent back from afar like a bolt of lightning.
—Piercing the most troublesome, bear-like giant hound!
(End of this chapter)
