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Chapter 727
Chapter 727
Shall We Begin in Earnest? (2)
“Ghhk...”
The thought didn’t last long. Ismogen staggered, losing his balance under the sensation of pain wracking his entire body.
It wasn’t enough to kill him, but it was a considerable shock. He nearly blacked out for a moment.
Ghislain didn’t miss the opening. He immediately swung his staff and struck Ismogen hard in the chest.
W е́b̆ n̂ ŏ v̄ е l̂ E ńúm а
Kwaang!
“Guhh!”
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Ismogen screamed as he was sent flying backward. Barely managing to regain his posture, he coughed up blood.
“Cough!”
Ismogen didn’t even have time to recover. Ghislain was already upon him again, swinging his staff.
Kwahaaang!
É n̈ ŭmǎ
This time, Ismogen didn’t just stand there and take it. He swiftly released his energy to block the attack and launched a counterstrike.
“You coward! You really fight in the most infuriating way!”
He was furious now. He had already been mocked several times.
Black energy erupted from Ismogen’s body once more. He pressured Ghislain, swinging his blade-like arms.
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Their movements began to accelerate. With the sound of air ripping apart, their clash intensified at a speed too fast for normal eyes to follow.
Kwaang! Kwaang! Kwaaang!
W̄ё b́nо v еl̂ Е̂ n̆ûm a
Each time the black blade collided with the blue-glowing staff, intense light and shockwaves burst forth.
Ismogen hadn’t been bluffing when he claimed he was confident in close combat. He was holding his ground well against Ghislain.
“Hooh... You’ve really trained a lot.”
Ghislain watched Ismogen’s skill with a continuous smirk of interest.
Ismogen’s martial technique was truly top-class. It combined the ferocity and freedom of a wild beast with refined structure.
This was not a technique developed overnight. It was clearly something built and refined over a long period of time.
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Most likely, it had been developed by the Salvation Church based on their accumulated experience from battling humanity.
Kwaang! Kwaang! Kwaang! Kwaang!
Ismogen launched an even more frenzied assault. He hated the look of calm assessment on Ghislain’s face.
“Let’s see how long you can keep up that smugness!”
Snap!
Leaving behind only a black shadow, Ismogen suddenly vanished then reappeared behind Ghislain. His blade came down towards Ghislain’s back.
W eb̆n̆о_v̂е̇ l̇ _Е̃ nǔ m ӑ
Ghislain twisted his body to dodge, but his clothes were torn and a shallow cut appeared.
“So that’s your limit in speed, huh?”
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Smirking, Ismogen drove Ghislain back even harder. At this rate, it felt like victory was within reach.
In response, Ghislain slammed his staff into the ground. In an instant, bright light spread across the ground.
“Hmph! Cheap tricks like that!”
Ismogen leapt high into the air to avoid the light.
Е n̊u m̈ а̀ . і́d̈
But that was exactly what Ghislain had intended. As he snapped his fingers, the light that had spread across the ground split into dozens of streams in an instant.
The beams of light transformed into arrows of light and shot toward the airborne Ismogen.
“Eh?”
With no way to dodge, Ismogen crossed his arms and took a defensive stance.
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Puh-puh-puh-puh-puh-puh-puh-boom!
The light arrows struck Ismogen’s body rapidly and forcefully. Thick black smoke billowed from him.
W e b̆ ṅо vе́ ĺ Е_n̆ ù m a
“Ghhk! You bastard!”
Ismogen ground his teeth. The enemy’s intermittent use of magic kept disrupting the flow of combat.
He had to stay even closer so that Ghislain couldn’t use any magic at all. As Ismogen thought this and rushed at Ghislain once more—
“Huh?”
Ghislain suddenly appeared before him and swung his staff with great force.
Kwaaaang!
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“Guhhhk!”
Ismogen screamed as he crashed down to the ground.
There was no time to regain his posture. Ghislain had caught up with him at incredible speed and was mercilessly swinging his staff.
Kwaang! Kwaang! Kwaang!
“Gghrrkk!”
The situation had reversed. Ismogen couldn’t even defend himself properly and kept getting struck.
Е́ ṅ ū m̌ а . î ď
With every blow from Ghislain, black smoke erupted violently from different parts of Ismogen’s body. He couldn’t understand what was happening.
‘W-What the...? He suddenly got stronger!’
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Just a moment ago, they had been evenly matched. No, he had even been slightly ahead. He had Ghislain on the ropes.
But now, he was overwhelmed without a chance to respond.
‘Was he hiding his strength?’
No. Ghislain’s power and speed were still about the same. If Ismogen focused, he could still keep up.
Е ñ u m̂ а̄
But the way Ghislain moved his staff was bizarre; he couldn't predict where it would go.
Even when he blocked it, the force flowed along his body and struck elsewhere. Even when he dodged, the staff somehow caught up and landed blows in unexpected spots.
This meant his opponent’s technique far outclassed his own.
‘N-No way.’
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The Salvation Church had fought humanity and developed their techniques by stealing and improving upon them. That’s why Ismogen believed the combat methods he’d learned from the Church were superior to any others.
Yet they were utterly ineffective against this opponent. Even as the blows landed, Ismogen couldn’t believe this was reality.
Е̃ n u mà
Pushing the dazed Ismogen back, Ghislain smiled.
“I’ll give you credit for managing to wound this weak body. Your technique was impressive. It’s just a shame you couldn’t fully bring it out due to lack of real battle experience.”
“You... you dare...”
“If you’d had more experience, this might’ve been a more entertaining fight. Well, I still would’ve won in the end. Either way, thanks for the good show.”
Ghislain had intentionally let Ismogen display all his techniques. It was to study them and later inform the Hero’s party on how to counter the Salvation Church.
Once he had finished analyzing his opponent, Ghislain stopped holding back and began pummeling Ismogen without mercy.
Kwaang! Kwaang! Kwaaang!
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“Ggghhh...”
Ismogen’s eyes were filled with confusion as he took hit after hit. Each blow drained a massive chunk of his energy.
Though he was managing to endure it for now thanks to his abundant energy, if this kept up, he’d end up beaten to death.
To think that he, a High Priest and a Transcendent, might die from a beating!
The thought filled his heart with despair and rage.
‘Does this mean my technique amounts to nothing? Are the Transcendents outside the Holy Land really this powerful?’
Е ňu̇m̊_а
This was his first real fight against a Transcendent.
Back at the Church, they had told him that with his level of skill, he should be able to defeat most Transcendents in one-on-one combat. Those were the words of the Elders - he had never doubted them.
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But the very first Transcendent he met in the outside world was overwhelmingly strong. It was like crashing into a colossal wall.
Their power and speed seemed roughly equal, but Ismogen couldn’t land a clean hit. Meanwhile, his opponent handled him with unsettling ease.
For the first time, Ismogen truly felt the gap in their skill.
In truth, Ghislain’s technique and combat prowess were abnormally powerful, but as this was Ismogen’s first time facing a Transcendent, he had no way of knowing that.
Ẁёbn о̆v̆ е́_ľ En̈u m̈ ӓ
‘Ghhk... We were just frogs in a well.’
He didn’t want to admit it, but he couldn’t deny it, his opponent’s combat ability was superior.
‘In that case...’
Ismogen’s eyes turned red.
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His identity was already compromised. On top of that, many people had seen his face.
If he wanted to keep his identity hidden, he’d have to kill them all. But at this rate, he was the one who would die instead.
Е́ ṅ u m̄ а̌
He had to use every ounce of strength he had to somehow create an opening.
His opponent would surely be off guard now. After all, he had been completely overwhelming Ismogen so far.
He had to strike at that moment and kill him in one blow. It was time to use the trump card he had been saving.
Kwaang! Kwaang! Kwaaang!
Even as he was being beaten down, Ismogen held on. He was waiting for a single chance.
Kaang!
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With tremendous focus, he barely managed to block Ghislain’s staff. At the same time, he used that force to leap backward and shouted,
“I’ll show you my true power!”
Kwaaaaah!
In an instant, Ismogen’s energy exploded outward, dyeing the land black. As he raised both hands, black energy burst from the ground like thorns.
“Oh?”
Ghislain ascended into the air using magic. But the black energy kept stretching endlessly, chasing after him.
Е̄ñ u m а
And that wasn’t the end. A darkness deeper than the night began to gather in the sky. It was a phenomenon born from the concentration of Ismogen’s power.
Kwaaaaahhh!
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Soon, black energy began to pour from the sky like rain.
Ghislain looked up.
“That’s...”
It was the ultimate technique used by the High Priests of the Salvation Church, even in his era.
W e b̄n о̀.vеĺ Е n̂ũm а
But what he was witnessing now was nothing like the technique used by those half-baked Transcendents he’d seen back then.
Goooooo...
The black energy crashing down from both sky and earth looked like the fangs of a monstrous beast trying to devour the entire world.
“This one’s pretty impressive.”
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With the black energy engulfing everything around him, there was nowhere to run. Even for a Transcendent, dodging every single raindrop of that attack was impossible.
Ghislain gathered his mana and summoned a powerful shield around his body.
Е́nu m а
Kwaang!
A black beam shot down like a meteor and slammed into Ghislain. His body flinched and was pushed back.
And the barrage didn’t stop, those attacks from sky and ground continued without end.
Kwaang! Kwaang! Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwaang!
An overwhelming mass of energy bombarded Ghislain. The black energy completely surrounded him, to the point where his form could no longer be seen.
Ismogen watched and grinned with delight.
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“K-Kuhuhuhu... I did it. I didn’t expect it to be this powerful...”
It was his first time using this technique with everything he had. His energy had been drained dry, and his body felt like it was falling apart, but the result was worth it.
That arrogant mage must’ve been reduced to shreds by this sudden attack. Even he, the caster, had been surprised by its power, imagine how the target must have felt!
“Uwahahaha! This is the power granted to me by the true God!”
Kwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwakwaang!
The black energy that blanketed the heavens and earth continued its relentless assault on Ghislain. Overwhelmed by the destructive force, Ismogen watched with a satisfied smile, mocking Ghislain.
W_ẽ b̄ n̄ o v̇ е̂l̆ Е̌ n̄ û m ӑ
“Hhuhu... This is why you should never let your guard down until the fight is truly over...”
Wiping the blood from his lips, Ismogen straightened his back. The black energy that had filled the entire area was now slowly dispersing and fading away.
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“There won’t even be a corpse left... Still, this is bad. I don’t have any strength left to deal with the remaining ones...”
The two top-tier knights he’d seen at the start were the problem.
The Crusaders would eventually collapse. Since their power was amplified from what they originally had, there was a clear limit to what those weak bandits could output.
And the duration of the amplification wasn’t long, either. It could be extended slightly with supplementary energy but he no longer had the strength for that.
Ё n ü_m̄а
Still, if he ran away now, he’d only end up exposing his identity. He had to make sure the remaining ones were eliminated somehow.
“No choice, then. Before the Crusaders run out of strength, I’ll have to burn through my own life force to assist them...”
Doing so would shorten his lifespan and leave severe aftereffects. But there was no other way.
Ismogen hurried toward where the Crusaders were. But when he looked in the direction where the mage had stood he froze in shock.
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“W-What the...”
At the center of the fading black energy stood the mage. Surrounded by a magical shield, he looked completely unscathed.
Е̃n̊ u m á .îd
Around him were numerous shadowy, human-like forms. They seemed to be protecting him, forming a circle.
“W-What are those...?”
As Ismogen muttered, the figures slowly dispersed like smoke.
From one of the fading shapes, a mutter could be heard.
“You lunatic... Your first summon is something like this...?”
“Puh!”
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Ghislain let out a deep breath and straightened his back. That last attack had been truly dangerous.
Astion’s body still wasn’t as strong as his original one. So, Ghislain had momentarily summoned Death Knights to cushion the blow.
The leader of the Death Knights, Gasco, who’d been summoned out of nowhere only to take a beating, grumbled irritably as he disappeared.
Watching the dispersing Death Knights, Ghislain chuckled.
“Ah, I burned through a ton of mana this time.”
The Death Knights created by Ghislain were of incredibly high caliber. Astion’s mana still wasn’t enough to command them all properly.
Е̌ ń ũ ḿа̊ . ì d̂
He’d only summoned them briefly to focus on defense, yet his mana was nearly depleted.
But his opponent was in the same boat. Ghislain smirked and twirled his staff.
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“Looks like you’re out of strength too. Time to take your beating, right?”
“Y-You...”
Ismogen’s face turned pale. He was in worse shape than Ghislain.
He had poured every ounce of strength into his attack, and yet the enemy wasn’t dead. He even looked like he still had fight left in him.
Ē.n̄um а̌
Ismogen staggered back. This was no longer a situation where he could worry about hiding his identity. His only choice was to run.
He turned and bolted, burning through his life force in a desperate bid to escape.
At that moment, Ghislain pulled his arm back and said,
“Magic Missile.”
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Pang!
The staff Ghislain hurled flew straight and struck Ismogen in the back.
Е̊ nũ m а̃
“Gahhh!”
Ismogen coughed up blood and collapsed forward. It hadn’t pierced through his body, but his spine had been shattered.
“Ggghhh...”
Even so, Ismogen struggled to rise. As he continued to burn his life force, his hair turned white.
Ghislain approached and picked up his staff. He, too, was breathing heavily.
“Whew, this body still isn’t there yet. I’m out of shape.”
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Though Astion’s body had grown strong enough to appear like a human weapon to others, it still didn’t satisfy Ghislain.
If he had his real body, he would’ve walked right through Ismogen’s attacks.
“You should never let your guard down until the fight is truly over. Still, it’s been a while since I fought someone this strong. You’re better than the Inquisitors from where I came.”
“Ggghh... Who... who are you...?”
Ismogen asked with a look of despair in his eyes. No matter how he looked at it, the enemy seemed to know far too much about them.
Ghislain raised his staff with a cruel smile.
Е́_ṅ um å
“I’m the one who’ll wipe out your kind in the future.”
And with that, he swung the staff at Ismogen’s leg.
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