Chapter 428
The battle between the Dragon, the Legion Commander, and the Saint had begun.
As Simon summoned Mirras, Karisa likewise unleashed her forces. With a breath of frost, she covered a spot in the desert with ice, from which she raised ice monsters.
Soon, a melee between mummies and the ice monsters broke out on the ground. In the sky, the ice dragon Karisa and the white dragon Ran exchanged breaths.
Blue and white breaths clashed in the air again and again. The remnants rained down, sometimes shifting the tide of battle below.
“Persistent!”
Stars flared in Lete’s pupils as she sat atop Ran.
As she pressed her index and middle fingers together and brought down her palm, a meteor shower rained down from the sky.
KWAAAAAANG!
KWAAAAAANG!
Countless craters formed all over the desert. The sheer force shook the very ground.
Karisa twisted and writhed like an eel, dodging the celestial onslaught in the air.
[Hey! Kiddoooo!]
Herseba screamed from the sky.
[Crazy girl! Stop her! The dungeon won’t survive this!]
She had spoken aloud, not via thought, so Lete immediately understood and paused her bombardment.
Even within the dungeon, such destructive power.
Simon had invoked the World of Sand to prevent Karisa’s escape and to allow Lete to use her holy authority freely, but her firepower was overwhelming even for the dungeon itself.
[What’s the point of a power you can’t even control!]
Karisa sneered, unleashing another breath of frost.
Ran responded with a breath of holiness, blocking it, but was visibly tiring. Ran was still a juvenile divine beast, not yet fully matured.
“You’d die in one hit if I got serious.”
Lete raised her arm.
“Keep yapping, it’s pathetic!”
FWOOOOOSH!
A meteor streaked down like a shooting star, tearing the night sky in two. Karisa effortlessly tilted her head and dodged it.
“Useless...!”
<La Corde>
At that moment, Karisa’s body was pulled toward the descending meteor.
Lete had activated a gravity-based white magic using the holiness of the meteor.
[What the!!]
KWAKWAKWAKWAKWAKWANG!
The comet crashed into the ground, leaving a massive crater.
Karisa narrowly avoided slamming into the ground.
Shrrrrk!
Shrrrrrrrrrk!
As if waiting for this moment, hundreds of bandages shot up from the desert floor and wrapped around Karisa’s body.
“Nice one, Lete!”
Simon rushed in wielding the Greatsword of Destruction. Though aerial combat was difficult, the ground was his domain.
He leaped and landed on Karisa’s thrashing tail, driving his greatsword into the gaps of her scales.
Just like this—
“Charge!”
Simon sprinted forward with the irreversible greatsword embedded in Karisa’s body. Karisa let out a maddened, anguished roar.
KWAKWAKWAKWAKWA!
Ice spears hurled by Karisa rained down. Simon kept running with the sword embedded, there was barely any room to dodge.
“Feer, I’m counting on you!”
[Keh keh keh! I’m on it, boy!]
All of Simon’s bones, except for his right arm and shoulder armor, detached and formed into Feer’s body.
“Catch!”
With only his left arm, Feer caught the greatsword Simon tossed from subspace.
[Brings back memories!]
Then, matching Simon’s pace exactly, Feer ran and began swinging the sword.
Shk! Shk! Shk! Shk! Shk!
He slashed down every shard of ice flying toward Simon with his left-handed blade.
“HRAAAAAAA!”
And gripped the Greatsword of Destruction in his right.
Same stride, same speed.
Their coordination was nearly perfect.
[Why!]
In agony, Karisa glared at Feer with bulging eyes.
[That woman too! And now you! Why do you immortals aid these pitiful mortals?!]
[Hahaha! Foolish dragon!]
Feer bellowed as he shattered all the incoming ice.
[Precisely because they are mortal, their lives are noble and fierce!]
Feer dissolved once again into Bone Armor and equipped Simon’s body.
Now Simon held the Greatsword of Destruction in both hands.
[You, who live for eternity—]
Simon stopped running and brought the greatsword forward.
[Have you ever lived a moment fiercely?!]
SWWWAAASH!
A blinding slash soared from the middle of her body and struck Karisa’s face. The ice dragon coughed blood and collapsed.
“Herseba! Lock her down!”
At Simon’s command, elongated golden structures rose and began restraining the fallen Karisa. Mirras emerged from the opened doors and wrapped bandages around her body.
“Got her at last.”
Lete smiled as she approached, riding on Ran.
[Heh. Hahahaha...!]
Despite the golden structures tightening around her, Karisa laughed.
[Fools! Look to the sky!]
FWWWWWWOOOOOOOOH!
Simon and Lete both looked up.
As it had outside the dungeon in the snow mountains, an intense cold began to sweep through the air.
‘Why is there frost… inside Herseba’s dungeon? Huh?’
Crack!
Craack!
The space began to fracture. Simon shouted in alarm.
‘Herseba! Are you okay?!’
[Ugh! That damn dragon…!]
Her voice, now back to thought transmission, trembled.
[It’s the same as me…!!]
Her words were cut off.
SMASH!
The World of Sand was utterly shattered. All the golden cities and Mirra legion vanished. Simon and Lete were swept out like driftwood from a broken dam.
The chaotic surroundings twisted and spun.
And when Simon came to, they were outside. Back in the village of Escaille.
“Professor Shaun!”
“Th-The Saint has returned as well!”
The villagers had come outside. When Karisa was dragged into Herseba’s dungeon and the cold stopped, they had ventured out.
Lete shouted,
“What are you doing?! Everyone get back inside!”
KWAAAAAA!
Now free, Karisa soared into the sky and roared. The peaceful blue sky was instantly blanketed with frost and blizzards.
Simultaneously, a breath of frost surged from her mouth and poured toward the villagers.
“Damn it!”
Lete stomped the ground and once more raised a Holy Barrier.
[I admit it, mortals! You truly might have the power to bring me death!]
Karisa turned and fled.
[This wasn’t expected, but I’ll move up my plans! I will now cover this world with my power!]
Karisa broke through the blizzard and began her escape, while Lete withdrew the barrier and climbed onto Ran.
“Si—no, Shaun! Stay here and protect the people! I’ll go after her!”
Leaving only those words, Lete zipped after Karisa. Before Simon could even say a word, the dragon chase had begun.
Moments later, holiness shimmered and the ground rumbled—Lete must have activated her authority.
Simon went to wake Herseba.
‘Herseba! Are you okay? Snap out of it!’
[Ugh! My head! Migraine! Tsk!]
Herseba, now returned to her staff form, opened her eyes.
‘Why did the dungeon suddenly collapse?’
[That bastard. She’s the same dungeon master type as me!]
Herseba continued in a strained voice.
[You know how my authority is to create a dungeon and summon opponents into it, right? That woman's authority is to just turn someone else’s world into her dungeon!]
‘Then the reason the dungeon collapsed……’
[Yeah. She overlaid her own dungeon onto mine and broke it. We’re totally incompatible. Ugh!]
‘You did well, Herseba. I’ll take it from here.’
Simon opened the subspace to let Herseba rest.
[Remember this, kid.]
Herseba spoke seriously.
[If we can’t stop that bastard’s rampage, the whole world might be swallowed in frost. We have to catch her before she hides somewhere!]
‘……I’ll remember that.’
Simon placed Herseba in subspace and prepared for the next phase.
* * *
Roca Region.
“Sn-Snow!”
“All of a sudden?”
Velesgo Region.
“It’s snowing, Dad!”
“Snow in Velesgo? The world’s finally gone mad.”
Galli Region.
“What is all this? What’s happening?”
Already, the ice dragon Karisa’s authority was spreading across the continent. It was still early, but no one knew how far her power would reach.
Tap!
Simon was galloping on Akallion.
A meteor shower fell, shaking the land. From the sky came the roars of two dragons.
‘As expected of Lete!’
Lete was holding Karisa down better than Simon expected, but her holiness wasn’t infinite. And seeing how agilely Karisa dodged the meteors falling from above, it didn’t look like she’d get hit easily.
‘I want to join them quickly too!’
There had never been a moment when the ability to fly felt so urgent. The Ancient Undead Akemius did have wings, but he was currently fighting elsewhere.
Woong!
“What is it, Akallion?”
Simon looked ahead. A sheer cliff loomed in front of them, with a path stretching out some distance away.
Going around would take far too long.
“Akallion! You can fly, right?”
Simon activated the holy magic circle drawn on his back by Lete. A matching circle appeared on all four of Akallion’s legs.
Wooong……!
Akallion responded uncertainly. Simon gently stroked his head.
“You flew last time, didn’t you? You can do it!”
Woouong.
“No, you really can! Believe in your strength!”
Simon rummaged through subspace and pulled out a fruit.
“Remember this?”
Woong!
Akallion’s eyes sparkled.
“Just recall that sensation!”
Simon threw the fruit high above the cliff’s edge.
“If you fall, I’ll catch you! Let’s go!”
WOOOOOUUUUNG!
Thudthudthudthud!
Akallion charged forward, kicking up dust.
THUMP!
Then launched off the ground.
His massive body soared through the air, holiness crackling from his four legs.
“That’s it!”
Simon cheered.
“Now just move your legs like you’re climbing air……!”
CHOMP!
But Akallion chomped the flying fruit too early. With no target left, his four legs flailed dangerously mid-air.
Woouuuuung!
In the end, Akallion couldn’t make it across the cliff and began to fall.
Woong! Wooouuuung!
Despite his size, he was a huge scaredy-cat.
Simon retrieved Akallion’s holiness and shrank him down to cradle him, then stretched out his right arm.
<Cloud>
An emerald rope shot out and latched onto the cliff’s edge.
But then—
Meow!
Nyaaang!
As Akallion shrank, Whitey and Blacky tumbled out.
“Gah! When did you two sneak out?!”
Apparently, they’d been hiding in Akallion’s fur, afraid of being scolded for coming out uninvited.
Startled, Simon canceled Cloud, and threw himself into the air with Akallion clutched at his waist.
‘Cloud!’
Emerald light once again burst from Simon’s arm, snagging the two kittens mid-fall. Simon kicked his legs against the cliff wall and summoned Darkness.
SWWWAAAAAAAASH!
Using friction against the steep cliff, Simon braked, then opened subspace.
‘Open Gate!’
Overlord’s tentacle-blades sprang out and safely coiled around Simon’s body without cutting him.
He barely managed to stop himself.
“Phew.”
With Overlord’s help, he carried the divine beasts back up the cliff.
Meow!
Nya! Nya!
Back in their tiny forms, Akallion looked a bit dejected with his head lowered, while the two kittens, oblivious to any wrongdoing, jumped around begging for holiness.
“You two, seriously……!”
Just as Simon was about to scold them—
“……”
Meow!
Nya! Nya!
The kittens weren’t asking for holiness.
They were frantically using gestures and paw movements, as if trying to convey something to Simon.
“……”
A spark of realization flashed in Simon’s eyes. Finally, he rose to his feet.
“All right.”
He was already too far from Lete and Karisa. If he failed here, catching up would be impossible.
“Let’s try it—Objectification.”
Superb.
When are we getting more free chapters?
Thanks for the new chapters
Very good story and translation but half the chapter aren't for free and it is wayyyy too expensive will it stat like tjis foreve or will it get free after some time