How the Shadow of the Marquis Lives - Chapter 167



Chapter 167

‘The remaining mana is about half.’

The consumption in the battle with Elia was great.

Considering that Xian absorbed and melted the energy of various demons as well as the energy of the Dragon King and Psyche, the consumption of half was enormous.

There, Elia is still alive and well.

Considering that he had to fight her again after this, he was in a position that he could not afford to waste.

but.

‘I can’t waste time.’

Time was running out.

Elia went to practice the great law of transferring the soul to Yuseol’s body. If it succeeds, it is the same as if the place Yuseol dies.

For her, it was a gamble in an unstable state, so there was a possibility of failure.

Neither Xian nor Psyche could know that fact.

No, even if he knew, the fact that he had to hurry would not change. Does it make sense to let go of the threat of death because there is a possibility of not dying?

‘I don’t know how long it will take for the soul transfer.’

It probably won’t take that long.

That’s why Elia must have made the decision to use Serge as a shield and discard Garcia’s body to take Yuseol’s body.

That’s why I couldn’t waste my time doing anything other than saving mana.

‘In one stroke.’

Seeing Serge who was blocking his way with a determined expression, Xian spread his aura.

The aura of the night stretches out, encroaching on the space like a black branch. Even more meticulous and hardened than when he blocked the arrow of the World Tree that Elia had shot.

At the center, Xian focused on a single sword.

– What a great power!

Sergeus admired in a pure sense, apart from his own crisis.

The powers emanating from the human child in front of me were by no means inferior to the heroes and warriors of old.

Soon, his eyes sank.

‘I’m going to die.’

He had a hunch that this was the last place.

If he obediently got out of the way and begged for his life, there might be a tiny bit of hope that he could survive.

He didn’t mean to.

-bout!

Serge held out his hand.

At the same time, the atmosphere shakes. From the place where Xian’s aura had not yet been eroded, a rough wave spread and hit Xian’s aura.

Kwakwagwagwang!

The aura of the night and the waves of the atmosphere interlocked simultaneously in dozens of places, and roaring sounds erupted from everywhere.

Sergeus raised all his strength and swung his palm dozens or hundreds of times with bloodshot eyes.

In order to remove Xian’s aura that engulfed the space, countless waves resonated and spread out.

‘Kuh.’

Receiving all the waves with an aura, Xian gritted his teeth.

Now is the crossroads. If we retreat here, it will be impossible to kill Serge in one blow.

If I give him the edge here now, it will take me some time to overturn it.

In that amount of time, Elia would have been able to take over Yuseol’s body.

“draft… … .”

Psyche behind Xian looked at him anxiously.

She too knows the situation. But now there was nothing I could do to help.

The energy of Cian and Serge exploding from all over the place was so tightly balanced that it was impossible to simply join them.

‘Whoa.’

Xian tightly gripped the sword and pulled it back.

Around that place, the aura of the night began to flow slowly but in a huge spiral.

To hinder it, Serge continued to fire waves, but Xian’s aura slowed down but did not stop.

Soon, Xian’s eyes flashed.

[ Heavenly Sword – True ]

A sword was fired to divide the world in two.

Serge gritted his teeth. I raised my strength with the thought that I could only block this.

Everything, even the life force Elia left behind at the end.

Before long, his energy and Xian’s sword collided.

-Suddenly.

Much easier than I thought, Xian’s sword cut Serge’s energy.

And the torso of Serge behind him too.

The air that had been so tense was released with a thud.

As if time stopped flowing again.

cooong!

A thick cloud of dust rose and Serge’s dismembered body fell to the ground.

‘It’s not easy.’

Sergeus gazed at the ceiling of the temple with blurred eyes.

Uneasy. To win, and to live.

‘They say the king is dead, and the other compatriots have now left.’

When his compatriots in the past sparked wars out of ambition, he opposed them.

there is no way to win Turning the whole world into an enemy, there is no way that we alone can rule the world.

I thought so, and that thought actually came true.

so i betrayed

He betrayed the king and put a sword in his back.

He took the weakened king to Elia, who was the queen at the time.

As a price for betrayal at that time, Elia stopped killing her compatriots and sealed them away.

Considering the hatred the giants received at the time, it was a sufficient and overflowing price.

‘Even though everyone died in the end.’

As a result, the giants did not resurrect.

His compatriots, who were barely released in modern times, died after being used by the empire and humans.

‘I have no regrets, my king.’

But I do not regret it.

It wasn’t like I was congratulating myself for doing well, but I also didn’t regret or say that I shouldn’t have done that.

Living was a series of choices, and he thought he had made the best choice.

-Hook!

“Cuck!”

A sword was thrust into the heart.

A human child with cold eyes thrust a knife into Serge’s chest.

His life force, which was only strong, was quickly fading.

He raised his head and looked at the ceiling.

It was okay to die, but the only regret was that the sky was not visible at the last moment.

“Let’s go, Psyche.”

“huh!”

Leaving behind Serge who slowly closed his eyes.

Sian and Psyche rushed inside the temple.

There was no one to watch over the dying Serge.

“Will Seol-ah be okay?!”

“It will be fine.”

Sian and Psyche no longer paid attention to him.

Their only concern is Yu-seol’s safety and the Queen’s trend.

The path to the temple was not difficult at all, and the two went deep into the temple in pursuit of the Queen’s energy.

And eventually, when the queen’s aura was very close.

– aaagh!

A scream rang out.

Xian and Yuseol looked at each other with puzzled expressions.

scream now. It was not a rumored voice.

“Isn’t that the voice of the queen?”

“What is going on?”

It was Elia’s voice.

* * *

A cavity with a magic circle drawn for the great law of soul transfer.

Sian and Psyche ran into it.

The sight that unfolded before the eyes of the two was truly bizarre.

Yuseol lying on the altar and the magic circle densely drawn throughout the room around the altar.

More than half of the magic circles were emitting light, and Elia was positioned in front of the altar.

however.

A white tree root grew from Elia’s body and was entangling her.

“aaagh!”

A scream mingled with excruciating pain rang out.

Even though Sian and Psyche came, Elia couldn’t focus on them at all.

Roots were growing inside her, consuming her.

“I don’t know what… … .”

“You have to stand!”

The two first rescued Yuseol, who had been lying on the altar.

Fortunately, he was not restrained or connected to the magic circle.

However, whether it was a sleeping spell or a drug, he could not wake up.

“I am breathing.”

“Whew… … .”

Psyche let out a sigh of relief as she cradled Yu Seol’s head with her small hands.

It was only after the girls fell to a slightly safer rear, that Xian was able to observe Elia more closely.

‘Those white roots… … .’

I remember seeing

When Elia shot her bow, both the bow and arrow were made of white wood with that feeling.

“sh*t!”

Ellia spat out a harsh curse unlike usual and tried to grab the roots and pull them out.

But to no avail. The roots of the World Tree had already been firmly rooted in Elia’s body, the source of mana inherent in her.

‘How could this happen… … !’

Elia’s head went blank as the pain gnawed through her body.

Why did the essence of the World Tree suddenly run out of control? Even at an important moment like now!

However, the answer was simple.

Originally, the essence of the World Tree is the condensed body of the enormous power of nature.

It was not something that could be suppressed with one person’s body.

He had been suppressing it with his mighty magic power, but due to the battle with Xian, he could no longer suppress it.

‘It’s never been like this in hundreds of years!’

She screamed, but it couldn’t be helped.

I’ve met and defeated many enemies over hundreds of years, but I’ve never had an enemy like Xian.

By the time he met the Dragon King and swallowed the essence of the World Tree, the war with the giants was almost over.

In the hundreds of years that followed, Elia’s status was never threatened.

There were many people strong enough to match her, but she didn’t bother to fight them.

It was only Xian who risked his life fighting with her and pushed the knife to the end of his throat.

“stop! stop!”

She hurriedly raised her magic, but to no avail.

Her mighty mana was now nothing but fertilizer for the World Tree.

The world tree that grew from her body grew rapidly and destroyed all the temples in the forest.

It didn’t take long for a tree tall enough to reach the clouds.

Until that moment, Elia was holding on to her last rites.

‘not… … okay… … .’

I couldn’t stand it any longer.

The wrath of the world tree that has been oppressed for hundreds of years by being eaten by her.

The growing tree trunk roared unstoppably, tearing apart Elia’s body and soul.

All that was left was a ruined temple and a white tree tall enough to reach the sky.

“Are you dead?”

Xian, who was sheltering to one side with Psyche and the fainted Yuseol, muttered while looking at the tree.

Psyche looked at the same place and talked.

“It was eaten by the World Tree.”

“World tree?”

“That tree.”

world tree. Only then did Xian have a vague idea of what had happened to Elia.

Elia was using the power of the World Tree.

It was probably forcibly pulling that power in some way.

But it’s runaway now.

“Then Elia must be really dead.”

“maybe.”

I’ll have to check it out to know, but if that level of power ran out of control, it would be correct to say that he was dead.

Psyche let out a sigh of relief.

It’s all over now. All the threats facing Yu Seol have disappeared.

when you’re thinking

-Quad de deuk!

“uh?”

“Psyche! damage!”

White tree roots that had penetrated the floor began to attack them.