Published: July 4, 2025
For the royal army, it was as expected, but for the demon Garwin, it was completely unexpected.
“What the… what just happened…”
Two green beams of light sliced through the air.
In that light, seventy percent of the ten thousand physical soldiers were cut down.
It could be seen.
It was visible.
But it couldn’t be understood.
Seven thousand physical soldiers fell with just two attacks?
"It was wind attribute magic..."
Isolda's voice was barely above a whisper as she reported.
Orenju, on the other hand, stood there, mouth agape.
And then, an even more shocking sight unfolded.
Excluding those who had already died, all the injured knights of the royal army were healed.
All of them.
Across the entire battlefield.
All of them…
“That’s impossible! It can’t be!”
Yes, it was impossible.
Such a thing should not be possible.
"Light attribute magic… it spread across the entire battlefield..."
Isolda’s report was even quieter than before.
However, this time, the report had a decisive effect.
“I see… a healing magic that can cover the entire battlefield. What a ridiculous thing to have created…”
The demon Garwin said, forcing the words out.
But he also regained his composure.
“That healing is troublesome. At worst, unless they are taken down in one hit, they will keep coming back. However… there must be some alchemy tools that made that possible. We must crush them. Also, the green light from earlier. If it sweeps through again… we’ll know the origin.”
The moment Garwin finished speaking, two green beams of light swept through once more.
“I found it!”
Garwin laughed ominously and ordered the two stunned generals.
“Orenju, destroy the right device. I’ll take care of the left. Isolda, follow me. Let’s go!”
“Yes!”
Though Orenju and Isolda had been dazed, they snapped back to reality at Garwin's command and responded.
Three lines began to run from there.
They were the charging demon and high-ranking kin.
The royal army, perhaps due to the second sweep of the green light, remained prone.
Near the front lines of the royal army's center, there was a single wagon.
Garwin and Isolda arrived there.
As soon as they arrived, Garwin chanted.
“[Gravity]”
In that instant, the wagon was crushed.
Though it was short-range and mobile, it was a small Vaidra enhanced for rapid-fire capabilities.
That had been loaded onto the wagon… but was crushed in an instant.
The royal army watched in shock…
Garwin saw Orenju slashing through another wagon from a distance.
At that moment.
“Lord Garwin!”
Isolda shouted as she pushed Garwin aside.
Garwin, surprised.
Before his eyes, the green light erased Isolda's upper body.
“Wha—”
Garwin was left speechless.
He somewhat understood what had happened.
The green light that had mowed down the physical soldiers earlier. That had struck Isolda.
But from where?
He had just crushed the device. Orenju had also destroyed the other wagon.
Could it be… another wagon…?
Garwin looked further back at the royal headquarters.
His eyesight was incomparable to that of a human.
When he focused, he could see things clearly over two kilometers away.
There, a ship floated low in the air...
“Damn it! [Excitation]!”
The moment he chanted, a part of the ship two kilometers away exploded.
As if the distance of two kilometers didn’t exist at all...
For the royal army, it was anticipated that the demon would come to the front lines.
And it was also expected that the demon would personally destroy the small Vaidra at the front lines.
The two small Vaidra were decoys.
The main objective was the Aerial Battleship Golden Hind, floating far behind the headquarters, positioned solely to shoot down the demon, along with Vaidra Number One located there.
This was the true mission to eliminate the demon.
It had evolved further since three years ago and had become so powerful that the first duke said happily, “It can even pierce the barrier of the Artificial Golem!”
With this single strike, the demon would be erased.
It was completely as anticipated.