The Mad Dog of the Dukes House - Chapter 195



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Episode 195 62. Advent

One.

It’s already been four days since the battle began.

These were hellish days for Eileen’s elves.

The eastern outskirts of Eileen had fallen to the dark elves, and enemies were pouring into the city through the outskirts.

The only good thing is that the inner castle was not taken over.

Kyaaaaaaaah-!

“Leang!”

“Kwaaaaah!”

Eileen’s guard, Yukal, drew on what little magic power he had left and burned the demons.

I was so tired that I felt like I might collapse at any moment.

The muscles in my entire body were screaming, and the enemies were rushing at me endlessly.

There was no hope.

Eucal, and by extension all the elves here, knew full well that this would become their grave.

Yet they were willing to burn their bodies.

Kwaaaaaaaang-!

The fireball summoned by Yukal burned the wolf-like demon. However, it could not save his comrades who had already been bitten by the demon.

Bam.

The elf who was being bitten by the demon fell to the ground helplessly.

Eucal hurried towards the elf.

“Leang, Leang!”

He’s a friend who’s been with me since I was little.

We went to school together and even enlisted in the military together.

“… … You, Yukal.”

Leang looked at Yukal and smiled weakly.

“Please… … please. Please take care of my parents, my younger sibling… … .”

The will did not last very long.

He reached out and grasped Yukal’s right hand tightly, then said his last words.

“… … Fight me… … .”

That was the end of it.

Leang lowered his head helplessly.

Another friend lost his life like that. Yukal bit his lip and put his hand on his friend’s face. Then he closed his eyes.

Countless friends and seniors are falling here.

Enemies still attack endlessly.

Demons, dark elves, and undead.

A crowd of malicious men were gathering to burn Irene.

Many people have already died.

If you say you don’t feel hopeless in this situation, you’re lying.

-Give up. Give up and accept me.

Since when?

The voice of an unknown person kept echoing in my head.

To forget their duty to protect the city, to give up and accept domination.

The voice constantly urged me to give up.

But at every moment, the faces of my comrades who had died to those monsters came to mind.

I couldn’t give up.

Revenge, at least revenge, must be done before death.

Revenge isn’t that grand. It’s revenge to kill at least one more enemy who did this to Eileen.

Crunch.

Yukal gripped the spear he was holding tightly in his hand. After a while, several dark elves rushed toward Yukal.

‘I’ll kill every single one of them.’

It is impossible to escape.

So, Yukal raised his magic power to take at least one person.

“Kuuuuuu.”

“He’s mine.”

The moment when the dark elves rush in, tearing each other apart.

Crunch-!

The head of the dark elf at the very front fell to the ground, and soon the voice of a young human rang in my ears.

“I really like you dark elves. What should I say… … . Ah! Lunchbox. You are lunchboxes.”

Crunch-!

A dark blue line stretches out into the air along with a playful voice.

It was a scene where time seemed to have stopped.

The gracefully stretched out line gently cut off the necks of the dark elves.

Of the six dark elves who rushed towards Eucal, three lost their lives in an instant.

The dark elves screamed and shouted at the unbelievable scene.

“Evil, evil spirit!”

“A demon has appeared! Everyone run away!”

The dark elves’ words did not end.

Kwajijijik-!

The moment the dark elves turned around in shock, their necks fell to the ground.

Yukal took in the whole scene with trembling eyes.

There is only one person that the dark elves call a demon.

Caron Reston.

The grandson of a great hero who came to help Eileen.

That name has now become the name most feared by the dark elves.

“It’s so uncool to just run away, isn’t it?”

Caron smiled at Yukal and said, and Yukal nodded with a weak smile.

“… … Thank you for saving me.”

“You can step back for a moment if you want. You look like you have a lot of injuries.”

It was a kind offer, but Yukal shook his head firmly.

“I can still fight. That way… … I can protect at least one more person.”

A strong will was shown.

Caron nodded with a bitter smile at Yukal’s words. Then he asked in a low voice.

“What is your name?”

“Eucal. It’s Eucal.”

“Yes, Mr. Yukal. I won’t stop you from fighting. Just give me your hand.”

Eucal obediently held out his right hand. Then, Charon lightly stabbed his palm with the guillotine.

The dark blue light of the sword dug into Yukal’s palm, and soon pain was transmitted from his palm.

But the pain was only temporary.

Woooooooooo-!

Yukal felt magic power rising in his empty magic core.

A very pure form of magic.

My whole body was filled with pure power without a single trace of impurity.

“It’s not condensed magic power, so there shouldn’t be any problem using it.”

Charon, who had given Yucal some of the magical power absorbed by the guillotine, lightly patted Yucal on the back. Then he spoke in a low voice.

“It’s almost over. So let’s hold on a little longer.”

Yukal nodded slowly at Charon’s words. Then he jumped back into the battlefield.

2.

Two hours later.

The fighting reached a lull, and the enemies who had been attacking the castle began to retreat at a rapid pace.

“Shall we chase after them?”

Leo, covered in blood, asked Charon in a low voice.

But Caron shook his head firmly.

“It’s suicide, brother.”

“I can’t just sit by and watch those bastards get away with it, right?”

“You’ve become a lot more aggressive?”

“Phew.”

The four-day battle brought Leo to a higher level.

Now I sense a strong fighting spirit from Leo.

There was no doubt that the endless fighting had changed Leo’s feelings.

“You saw that earlier, right? Those little bastards, they were shooting the elf corpses with catapults.”

Leo’s face reveals his hostility towards the dark elves.

The dark elves used every means and method available.

The corpses of the poisoned elves were launched towards the city using catapults.

“That’s not strange. Aren’t all the kids who are imbued with black magic like that?”

“The corpses of those who were once my compatriots were treated like this… … . Those damn bastards.”

Leo’s mouth hung open a little.

Caron nodded with a bitter smile, then slowly looked around.

The surviving elves were hurriedly collecting the corpses of their comrades.

Their expressions were all filled with hatred.

It was obvious that the hatred was directed towards the dark elves.

‘How long can I hold out?’

The number of guards has been drastically reduced.

Even among the elves living in Eileen, all those who could be mobilized for battle were gathered together.

During the four days of fighting, a total of one thousand five hundred elves were killed, and many more suffered minor and major injuries.

‘If you look at it objectively, this is the limit.’

Not only were there losses of troops, but a significant portion of the city’s defenses were also neutralized.

Even the various defensive barriers, from magic turrets to the towers, are no longer functioning properly.

This was because the magic stones stockpiled in the city were running low.

“Brother Caron.”

The World Tree’s sapling, As, approached Charon and carefully took his hand.

Woohoo.

A warm aura seeped out from As. However, As’s aura had become incomparably weaker than it was four days ago.

Charon nodded while slowly stroking Asa’s head.

“Why don’t you go in and rest?”

“I feel more comfortable this way. My brothers and sisters are fighting for their lives, and I have to do something too.”

Charon let out a small sigh as he examined Asa’s appearance.

Perhaps because he had consumed too much magic power, Asuna’s form was slightly blurred.

Moreover, even at this moment, black magic was rushing towards As.

The Demon King of Sloth was constantly emitting his energy in order to corrupt Asgard.

Up until now, Asgard has been resisting, but if this situation continues… … .

‘It’s going to fall apart.’

The magical power of Asgard is nothing but accumulated by this huge forest.

The entire forest, which could be called the base, was contaminated with black magic, so it was a miracle that it had lasted this long.

-Let’s prepare for the worst.

Guillotine spoke in a low voice.

-They must have already noticed that the elves of the Southern Great Forest sent a rescue fleet. That sly sloth couldn’t have been unprepared, right? That’s probably why he’s not rushing in with all his might now…

“You mean you already deployed troops along the coast?”

-Yeah, definitely.

Things have already gotten worse.

The Demon King of Sloth was slowly drying the elves to death, as if he was torturing them.

-If even the sapling falls to the Demon King of Sloth, it’s over. He’ll have already collected enough souls… … The moment As is taken away, the Chaos Gate connecting to the Demon Realm will open.

The moment the Chaos Gate is completed, everything is over.

Unlike the incident in the Southern Forest where the Slaughter Fragment was in charge, the current situation is one where the Demon King of Sloth is directly involved.

There’s no way a demon lord would open such a foolish chaos gate.

He will eventually draw his legions here, and at that moment, the eastern part of the continent will be covered in death.

-Let’s consider the elder’s proposal positively.

The elder promised to provide an escape route for Caron and his party.

He said that he had prepared a teleportation magic circle in Eileen’s basement so that at least the World Tree saplings could be protected.

Although it was impossible to set exact coordinates due to the Demon King of Sloth, at least we could escape the Eastern Great Forest?

But that was only a last resort.

I was thinking of doing it as best I could.

Justice?

It was a feeling far removed from that. Charon really wanted to give that slothful demon a blow.

Blind hostility.

Charon exhaled slowly, chewing on the hostility.

“Still no contact with the rescue fleet?”

Leo asked casually as he sat down next to Charon.

“It seems like the Demon King of Sloth is blocking the communication magic?”

“We’re completely isolated. Are we going to die here?”

“older brother.”

“uh.”

“People don’t die that easily. Have you forgotten our nicknames?”

“What’s our nickname?”

“We are just like cockroaches.”

“… …Who said that?”

“I built them. Caron Reston and Leo Reston. Cockroach-like cousins. Do you like them?”

The two of them relaxed by joking around as they always did.

It was then that the two cousins ​​were sitting down to take a short break.

Woof woof woof woof-!

The guillotine began to resonate loudly.

-master!

There is only one case in which the guillotine resonates to this degree.

When a tremendous amount of black magic is detected.

Charon frowned and stood up, and Leo followed suit.

The sky in the distance was turning purple.

“Chaos Gate.”

A Chaos Gate with more vivid colors than the one I saw last time near the Southern Great Forest.

“Why all of a sudden?”

The Demon King of Sloth has not yet obtained Asgard. That means he is currently summoning an incomplete Chaos Gate.

It seemed clear that some variable had occurred. Otherwise, the Demon King of Sloth would not have gone to such lengths to summon the gate.

But now there was no time to ponder why the Demon King of Sloth was acting like that.

“Brother Leo, drink this.”

Charon took the elixir out of his subspace pouch and handed it to Leo.

“Listen carefully to what I say from now on.”

“say.”

“Take As and head to the basement of the Capitol right now. And if I don’t hear from you within an hour, you’re leaving. Understood? The time for me to explain in detail is… … .”

That was when.

KWAWWWWWWW-!

A terrible roar erupted from the distant sky, and Charon stopped talking and looked in that direction.

Giant wings.

A cold air that is constantly being exhaled.

And even the purple glow in his eyes.

Although it was his first time encountering it in person, Caron was able to realize it the moment he saw ‘it’.

“Bone Dragon.”

A being that stands at the pinnacle of all undead.

A great race has emerged, not even permitted to rest.

There’s a mad dog living in the duke’s house