Chapter 244
Dozens of warhorses carrying knights raced through the dark forest.
A flag fluttering above them bore the head of a roaring wolf.
The Gray Wolf Knights.
Among the groups known as the strongest in Wordsworth, only a small portion of them had broken through thousands of undead and were heading toward the location where the Demon King's Fourth Legion was stationed.
The battle between the main force and the huge army of undead was still raging fiercely behind them, but not a single one of them looked back.
“Yah!”
“Hurry!”
Their only target was straight ahead.
They were going to support Young Master Glenn, who had to fight against thousands of demons with only a small number of people.
“What kind of knight would stay behind the master he serves on the battlefield?!”
At the front was a middle-aged man with one eye, Jaber Lemarque.
He shouted bravely.
Soon, dozens of Gray Wolf Knights spurred their horses and followed behind him.
Thud, thud, thud, thud—
As if expressing their determination, the warhorses kicked off the ground with all their strength and charged forward.
“Just wait a little longer, Young Mas—”
BOOOOOM—!
That was when it happened.
A tremendous roar came from straight ahead, followed by a powerful gust of wind that brought the charging warhorses to a stop.
Hiiiiiigh!
“What?!”
“Grrr! You damn horse!”
The Gray Wolf Knights urged their horses forward as the animals raised their front legs, overwhelmed by the force.
Jaber Lemarque roughly controlled his horse and charged straight ahead.
Ignoring his subordinates who tried to stop him, saying that going alone was dangerous, Jaber left the forest and reached the enormous plain where the Demon King's army was stationed.
“…Hmm?!”
Jaber's eyes narrowed sharply at the scene before him.
He had imagined Glenn fighting desperately while surrounded by thousands of demons and undead.
But the situation at the Demon King's camp was the complete opposite of what he had imagined.
Screams and explosions continued to ring out from every direction.
Kiaaaak!
Kyaaaaaaaak!
The sharp cries of undead and the screams of demons echoed everywhere.
Dozens of thick pillars of light fell from the sky and exploded on the ground.
But both the undead and demons were trembling in inexplicable fear, unable even to think about dodging.
Some demons barely managed to overcome their fear and threw away their weapons before running away.
But that was all they could do.
SHAAAAK—
Huge ice spikes appeared everywhere without distinction.
The demons were pierced through before they could do anything and died instantly.
The Fourth Legion, which had been leading thousands of undead and attacking the fortress of Ovenue, was being swept away as helplessly as a swarm of ants.
And this entire battlefield was being turned into chaos by only four people.
“What in the world is this…?”
But it was still too early for Jaber to be surprised.
Soon, in the middle of the camp that had become a battlefield, Jaber witnessed two enormous powers repeatedly colliding with each other.
BOOOOOM—! KUUUNG!
One side was demonic energy.
The other side was a strange power that was neither holy power nor demonic energy.
And the person wielding that strange power was Glenn.
Jaber could see that Glenn was slowly pushing his opponent back.
“Whoa…”
Every time Glenn swung his sword, the air tore apart.
Thunderous sounds erupted, and powerful gusts of wind spread through the area.
Jaber's mouth fell open.
He had known for a long time that Glenn and his companions were strong.
After all, Jaber had been one of the people who recognized Glenn's talent from the moment he had only just begun walking the path of a swordsman.
But what in the world is that power…?
The last time Jaber had seen Glenn fight, he clearly had eight rings.
Yet after only a little more than half a month, Glenn had reached the ninth realm…
No, he had reached a realm even higher than that.
“Sir Jaber!”
“Are you alri—Huh?!”
The Gray Wolf Knights who had hurried after him also fell silent as they stared at the scene before them.
The sudden appearance of the Demon King.
But Glenn had already considered even such a variable.
Therefore, even after the Demon King appeared, the flow of the battle did not change at all.
Even without Glenn, Romina, Lucheria, and Penelope were more than capable of dealing with Kacerto Rienz.
It was his cruel and cunning plan that was frightening.
An unprepared Kacerto Rienz was still only an Eight-Star Mage.
Therefore, while those three dealt with the Fourth Legion and Kacerto, Glenn only needed to keep the Demon King occupied.
He still could not defeat the Demon King.
But for about forty minutes, while the Gray Ring was active, Glenn could maintain the advantage over him.
CLANG!
BOOOOOM!
The Demon King's broken sword and Einheria, wrapped in holy demonic power, crossed at a single point and caused a massive explosion.
“Grrr!”
The one pushed back was Demon King Lupellos.
Glenn stood firmly in place, holding Einheria upright.
“What the… hell is this…?!”
Lupellos spat out the words through gritted teeth.
Even though he had become the incarnation of Nox and transcended the rings, he could not withstand holy demonic power.
“Hah.”
It was ridiculous.
Lupellos had surpassed the demonic energy he had honed throughout his entire life, pushing it beyond its limits.
Meanwhile, Glenn had only just balanced the rings of holiness and demons and awakened holy demonic power.
In terms of understanding power and ability to control it, Lupellos should have overwhelmingly surpassed Glenn.
But holy demonic power completely ignored those factors.
It was like the saying about the dragon's tail and the snake's head.
Nox's demonic energy was infinitely close to the dragon's head.
Yet it was defeated by holy demonic power, which was nothing more than the dragon's tail.
“You bastard… What the hell did you do…?”
Confusion and anger filled Lupellos's sharp eyes.
In a way, his reaction was natural.
Common sense dictated that there should be no power superior to holy power and demonic energy.
“A fusion of holy power and demonic energy… You're using some ridiculous power… Without that, you're fucking useless…!”
It seemed Nox had told him that Glenn's power had been created by combining holy power and demonic energy.
Of course, Lupellos did not seem to know exactly what effects holy demonic power possessed.
Tap—
“Isn't the same true for demonic energy?”
Glenn strengthened his body using holy demonic power.
With that transcendent speed, the distance between Glenn and Lupellos, which had been several steps apart, suddenly narrowed until their noses were almost touching.
Glenn himself had failed to control his speed and gotten too close.
“Grrk?!”
Lupellos was horrified by the sudden approach he had failed to notice and hurriedly stepped back.
But it had been extremely effective.
“Where do you think you're going?!”
Of course, Glenn had absolutely no intention of letting him create distance.
For a brief moment, Glenn concentrated his mind and transferred the holy demonic power strengthening his body into Einheria.
Then he swung it.
Lupellos once again reacted with astonishing speed.
