The Shepherds Are Dense – Chapter 633

Chapter 632
Caligula’s Right Arm

When Eivass’s lightning spear landed, a bucket-thick bolt of lightning simultaneously descended from the sky!

The violent lightning danced like snakes coiling around the giant dog, which was as mighty as a giant bear. Amidst its agonizing roars, lumps of wriggling flesh bulged beneath its skin before exploding! Countless fragments of dark red flesh and blood scattered. Eivass, riding the Ghost Pegasus, landed gracefully, unstained by any of the splatter.

Flashing lightning, far denser than before, pulsed around him. Visible azure lightning had already formed a second layer of armor outside his dim yellow armor. This was due to Eivass activating the reverberation effect of the Lightning Rod Halberd for the first time!

[Equipment Card: Lightning Rod Halberd (Wheel of Fate)]
[Requirements: Wind 3 or Darkness 3]
[Actions, Summoning, Reverberation]
[Effect: Summon the “Lightning Rod Halberd” (Extraordinary Weapon – Halberd, Heavy, Punishing, Armor-piercing, possesses the “Demon Slayer” module, lightning attribute attack)]
[Effect: Use again, increasing the Holder’s “Lightning Affinity” by 3 levels for one minute]

A full three levels of Lightning Affinity! This was equivalent to three blue-level Path Traits, or one blue and one purple… that is, an improvement achievable only through two entire energy level advancements! If applied to Shadow Affinity, this could turn an ordinary person into a superhuman who had completely merged with the shadows. For the King of the Wild Hunt, Helchin, this would also grant a significant immediate increase in power! His charge, which previously merely enveloped him with lightning, now transformed him into a God of Thunder, where every attack invoked falling lightning!

After he had previously sent Caligula flying, he first threw his Dragon Bone Spear into the sky, then summoned the Lightning Rod Halberd. Caligula clearly hadn’t reacted when the King of the Wild Hunt produced the Punisher Demon’s innate weapon. Eivass’s spear struck the “Shield with an Eye” directly. This shield, which resembled a heavily armored Hell Knight’s eye, actually fell victim to the “Punishing” special attack, just like an Eye Demon.

This time, the flawless offensive finally broke through the obstruction. The halberd pierced the intangible, yet all-blocking obstruction, and stabbed through the massive eyeball! Just one heavy blow, and the eyeball exploded! It violently burst into a large mass of shattered flesh, resembling countless small, bleeding worms. Although the heavy armor remained indestructible, the “Shield with an Eye” became blind. It could no longer accurately track Eivass’s position, always arriving late. Its movements also became sluggish, with immense inertia.

After bypassing the shield, Eivass attempted to attack Caligula’s main body. However, Eivass immediately discovered that he still could not easily penetrate the defense of his dark red armor. This must be a Divine Artifact from the Supreme Heaven. Only then could the King of the Wild Hunt’s full-force attacks not harm him in the slightest!

Under these circumstances, killing Caligula quickly would be too difficult. He was already missing his limbs, and the only weakness not covered by his armor was his head. Four magic circles were maintained on his missing limbs, simultaneously chanting four layers of spells. Eivass was essentially fighting five casters hiding behind an indestructible barrier, with their only fatal flaw being Caligula’s head.

After just a few exchanges, Eivass immediately realized that this was not a battle that could be ended quickly. If it dragged on, Caligula could easily recall his limbs; if Caligula’s silent spells finished their chanting, there might be unforeseen consequences. Therefore, Eivass decisively chose to maneuver! He transformed into lightning and charged back, destroying the giant hound with a single strike!

As Eivass rapidly withdrew from the “head battlefield,” the four spells that were gradually locking onto him became ineffective. With the two lethal hounds destroyed and the head capable of firing deadly laser beams knocked away, the pressure on the Knights significantly decreased. As more Knights were freed, the Winged Sword immediately fell into an irreversible disadvantage. It couldn’t even escape; the formation of Knights trapped it, ordering it to fight them to the death!

“Hah!” After more than ten exchanges, Gawain found an opportunity, leaped high, and fiercely swung his blade with all his might! An extremely dazzling radiance of the sun disc extended from his sword, a ring of light slashing towards the Winged Sword! Lancelot, with perfect synergy, launched an extremely powerful attack. He effortlessly broke his green two-handed longswords into two short swords and then launched an incredibly swift series of thrusts at the Winged Sword!

The two attacks hit one after the other. Lancelot engaged the opponent, while Gawain’s golden sword qi directly severed its wings! Golden flames burned fiercely on the ground, forming a longitudinal trench. When the wings snapped, blood and shredded flesh exploded. It was a heap of tiny, worm-like fragments, similar to those of the “Shield with an Eye” and the two hounds.

Deprived of its wings, the Winged Sword, though still intact and sharp, lost its ability to fly and clattered to the ground. At this moment, Eivass made a move that none of the Knights had anticipated— King Helchin of the Wild Hunt suddenly raised his left hand, and a dazzling, pulsing bolt of lightning shot from between his fingers. The electric current struck the sword, then pulled it back into Helchin’s hand.

“…Huh?” Seeing this, one of the Knights let out a hesitant voice.

“This is formed from the tyrant’s flesh and blood. Will it be unsafe…” Someone else warned Eivass. However, the King of the Wild Hunt, pulsing with lightning, ignored them. He simply lowered his head, tightly gripped the sword, and gazed at it. The greatsword, slightly longer than Helchin’s riding lance, shuddered violently, defiantly emitting a burst of bloody light. But in an instant, it was instantly filled with extremely intense lightning! The crackling lightning activated the entire sword to an almost transparent state. The small amount of residual flesh and blood on the blade turned into white smoke under the high temperature. The sword trembled violently, trying madly to escape Eivass’s grasp, but was powerless to do so under the lightning punishment. Its current “wildness” was inferior to a simple tendon gun. Apart from making the armor on Eivass’s left arm clang, it could not exert any effect whatsoever! Finally, after being struck by the Punisher Demon’s lightning from the Lightning Rod Halberd for a long time, it gradually stopped vibrating and ceased emitting bloody light and white smoke.

As it was subdued—or rather, lost consciousness—its attribute list popped up in Eivass’s eyes:

[Caligula’s Right Arm]
[Extraordinary Weapon (Deep Purple)]
[Greatsword, Two-Handed Weapon, Ultra-Heavy, High Toughness, Sharpness]
[Giant Style: Weight significantly increased, Toughness increased]
[Extraordinary Trait: All attacks from this sword are considered unarmed strikes and sneak attacks]
[Extraordinary Trait: The Holder can animate this sword; the animated weapon is considered the Holder’s clone, possessing one-fifth of the Holder’s life force and durability (Caligula can activate)]
[Extraordinary Module – Bloodlight Calamity: Wounds inflicted by this sword cannot be healed by normal means; until the wound is healed, the injured party will accumulate a penalty to luck]
[Extraordinary Module – Blood-Drinking Demon Sword: 50% of the damage dealt by this sword is converted into healing for the Holder]
[Divine Module – Tyrant’s Punishment: If the Holder can wield this sword with one hand, the sword’s attack speed is locked at three times, and all attacks are silent attacks; when attacking an enemy affected by “Bloodlight Calamity,” all attacks are considered heavy strikes]
(End of Chapter)