62. The Finish of the Southeast Conflict (3)

With one in every of its legs caught in an enormous mouth, the manticore fell to the bottom. 

The mortally injured imoogi had dragged the beforehand floating manticore right down to the earth. The manticore desperately flapped its wings, attempting to rise again into the sky by any means. However strive as it’d, the imoogi, refusing to launch its catch, succeeded in driving the manticore into the bottom. 

-This… this nasty bastard! 

The manticore swung its thorn-filled tail, and struck the imoogi with its wings stuffed with void power. However regardless that it sustained extra accidents, the imoogi didn’t let go of the manticore’s leg in its mouth. 

And it was not simply the manticore’s leg. 

The imoogi withstood  the manticore’s assault whereas tearing into its shoulder, a wing on one facet and a part of its again. 

Crush!

The manticore set free a roar of ache and turned all its rage in the direction of the imoogi.[1] The place the flesh had been bitten on its leg, inexperienced blood gushed and splashed throughout. As if to indicate that it needed to kill the imoogi instantly, the manticore didn’t care that its leg was nonetheless caught by the imoogi, and launched purple beams of sunshine on the imoogi’s mouth. 

-Kkieeeeekk!

The imoogi gave a grotesque cry, as its thick shell was pierced by way of. Its outer shell that had been weakened within the combat with Iron was now lanced by way of, a deadly damage. Regardless that it had wonderful skill to get well, the imoogi couldn’t maintain out in opposition to the harm this time. Its gigantic determine fell to the bottom, stripped of all power. 

The enormous worms, a step too late, flocked in the direction of the imoogi, however it was past revival, with the extent of harm it had sustained. The imoogi wrigged on the bottom, solely in a position to spew darkish blood. 

Watching the imoogi’s horrible state, the manticore set free an eerie shriek, as if to say that it had ended issues lastly. 

-It’s over!

Because it gave a victory roar, the manticore turned its head in the direction of Iron, aspiring to lastly kill him. 

-Lastly, I can put an finish to this nuisance of a combat!

The manticore roared because it once more despatched thorns flying in the direction of Iron. However the Storm Troops and the Knights Order that had arrived in the course of the combat rushed in the direction of it. Rodem and Ludem, lined within the blood of the numerous monsters they’d lower down, glared on the manticore, their eyes seeming to glow with menace as they attacked it. In the meantime, Nyx Cole attacked chinks within the manticore’s physique whereas it had its gaze caught on the previous duo. 

On the identical time, Gaon, chief of the Raven troops, stood earlier than the manticore swinging his cold-aura crammed sword. 

The manticore put up a combat, roaring, as they furiously focused all of the extreme wounds it had gained whereas preventing the imoogi. However they continued to assault it doggedly. 

Within the midst of the combat, the collapsed corps commanders rose, and joined the assault on the manticore. 

Regardless of how a lot of a grasp the manticore was, it couldn’t ignore the combat it was entangled in and go to assault Iron. 

-Piss off, all of you!

Whereas giving off an aura that was distinctive solely to masters, it unfold an power wave produced from void power throughout that pushed again all of the commanding officers. 

Seeing its probability, the manticore started gathering battle qi. Because it had used a lot of its power, the battle qi couldn’t take form utterly, however irrespective of. If it may  simply unleash all its would possibly to kill Iron after which retreat, it could turn out to be the ultimate victor, the one who acquired the final snigger. 

It charged on the commanding officers, aiming to move them by. It was the identical unsophisticated transfer that the imoogi it loathed had used, however there was nothing else that might be efficient. It could simply be a easy assault primarily based on the manticore’s overwhelming power. 

The commanding officers continued to assault the injuries given by the imoogi however the manticore ignored them. At the same time as its expression twisted in ache, it continued to hurry in the direction of Iron. 

-Simply go die!

Because it thought this, the manticore opened its giant mouth to swallow Iron entire. The second the manticore noticed Iron proper in entrance of it, it smiled brilliantly, even with out realizing. However abruptly its expression froze. 

-Huh?

On the sudden ache it felt on its neck, the manticore was filled with doubt. Its visual field gave the impression to be falling to the bottom. Unable to know what was occurring, the manticore checked out Iron, solely to see the imperfectly shaped aura blade that surrounded Iron’s sword. 

‘Ah…”

Now it may perceive what had occurred. 

The manticore’s head fell to the bottom because it dawned on him how that punk had lastly defeated him. Utilizing the time that Ariel and the opposite commanding officers had earned for him by way of their frantic efforts, Iron had forcefully gathered the remnants of his mana to make an aura blade, and used it to finish the manticore. 

However Iron too was not unhurt. 

With none of his divine beasts to assist him, and with all of the grave inner accidents he had sustained, the second he killed the manticore, Iron himself additionally fainted. 

“Commander!”

Ariel, who had thrown up blood, ran urgently to Iron’s facet, the opposite commanding officers following shut behind. 

“Carry the commander instantly! Hurry!”

Kardro ordered shortly, wanting on the drake knights who had descended from the sky in some unspecified time in the future. Seeing how Iron hung between life and loss of life due to all his wounds, the drake knights hurried shortly to assist carry him to the airships. 

Lastly seeing Iron being taken into the command airplane with medical services, Kardro took a deep breath and turned his head. 

“We… we gained?”

At Kardro’s phrases, all of the commanding officers seemed round them. In all places, there have been traces of the extreme combat that had taken place, and in some locations vestiges of highly effective mana nonetheless remained. 

These had been the remnants of the battle between Iron, who had fought to be essentially the most highly effective, and the monsters who had been sturdy sufficient to place Iron in a repair. Simply watching these remnants gave the commanding officers goosebumps. 

As they had been watching their environment in silence, a voice got here out of the blue. 

“Over there!”

The imoogi’s corpse had been squirming restlessly for a while, and Rodem, having felt one thing unusual, had began to maneuver in the direction of the place the imoogi’s physique lay. A large worm smaller than the imoogi burst out from the corpse. 

“Gia… large worm?’

Whereas Rodem mumbled to himself, the juvenile-looking large worm started molting. 

“No approach! It’s absorbing the imoogi’s power?!”

Ariel replied to Rodem’s mumble with a way of urgency as she ran ahead. 

“Cease it! We should kill it!”

If it had actually absorbed the imoogi’s power, then it was an absolute hazard. If they may not instantly snuff out its life, it could turn out to be an excellent higher hazard. It doesn’t matter what it took, they needed to kill it proper then and there. 

Even with the accidents she had sustained from the manticore, Ariel took out her fast sword, aspiring to kill the large worm.

Clang!

Instantly as she charged, some large worms popped out of the bottom to fend her off. They shrieked as they confronted Ariel’s sword, as an alternative of the small large worm. Their cry brought about different large worms round to start gathering there too. 

Seeing this, Ariel bit her lips after which yelled. 

“Go!”

Listening to Ariel’s yell, the Knights Order charged as one in the direction of the large worms. Different officers quickly joined their advance, however everybody of them had some damage or the opposite. There was no unhurt individual in all the Cellular Subject Military. 

All of them had inner accidents, and a few even had deadly wounds on high of that. 

However nonetheless, they had been resolved, as if desirous to maintain even greater accidents, as they ran in the direction of the large worms. 

“We can not depart them be!”

Regardless of Ariel’s shout, the Cellular Subject Military may nonetheless not break by way of the strains of the large military. The airships above them bombard the worms too, however the large worms continued to withstand, prepared to put their lives down. 

As well as, a few of the monsters who had escaped beforehand returned to assist the large worms in obstructing Ariel’s transfer ahead. 

With all this, Ariel had a severe hunch that the juvenile large worm behind the monsters and the large worms would positively turn out to be an issue later. It was not simply due to the large worms’ protection. The useless manticore’s loyal guards and lord-level troops had returned to guard the large worm, realizing that it was their solely hope. 

“Ah……”

Ariel sighed, her sword hanging by her facet. 

Everybody gritted their tooth whereas partaking in battle, however they nonetheless couldn’t attain the small large worm. 

Having completed its molting, the large worm dove underground, whereas the remaining, seeing that it had safely run away, all started operating in each route. 

“……”

Watching the small large worm disappear, everybody remained silent. The longer term hazard they’d needed to eradicate had escaped alive. Then again, their very own officers’ lives had been hanging by a thread. Regardless that they’d gained, they may not absolutely get pleasure from their victory. 

“…let’s return.”

Ariel’s quiet voice broke the silence. 

That they had suffered unimaginable harm, and even a few of their commanding officers had been barely hanging on. However they’d certainly gained a victory. Though they’d missed eliminating a future menace, the present threats to the security of the southeast had all been eliminated. 

That they had actually gained.

“The battle has ended now, and all that’s left is the security of the southeast. Earlier than the commander wakes up, let’s perform all of the duties he ordered.”

All of the commanding officers nodded as they listened to her communicate. 

That they had emerged victorious in a battle that had appeared unimaginable to win, and regardless that he was in a important state, the commander was nonetheless alive. Glad with that, the Cellular Subject Military assembled at Command. 

Not too lengthy after, the results of the struggle within the southeast started spreading by way of all areas of the empire. 

[Mobile Field Army finally achieves victory in southeast!]

[Field Army commander Iron Carter in crisis, life hanging by a thread!]

[Can the empire’s hero really survive? Situation grave]

Demise was virtually on the doorstep of the sphere military commander, however victory had been gained within the southeast. The information elated all of the residents of the empire, they usually hoped for Iron to make a fast restoration. They had been sure that if he awakened, the empire may pull by way of even when on the snapping point. 

Lastly, after just a few days and with everybody involved about him, information that Iron had survived the disaster was launched, inflicting everybody to cheer. 

However the celebration didn’t final lengthy. 

“Unknown people have led monsters to invade the empire!”

This was the one sort of report obtained at first. Apparently, an unknown group had come out of the jap facet of the chaotic southeast area, and was heading north in the direction of the capital. As these unknown folks had rampaged by way of a few of the fortresses within the east and had been making their approach upwards, the jap military additionally started transferring in earnest. 

Quickly surprising information was handed into the capital. 

“Dra… dragonfolk have appeared?”[2]

“They defeated two regiments of the united jap military and are making their approach in the direction of right here now!”

“The capital is in peril!”

As  experiences arrived  from varied locations, a grave hazard was making its approach in the direction of the capital.The experiences made the capital’s military start readying itself. 

As for the jap area, regardless that they had been in a harmful scenario, they pulled collectively all of the troops they may and moved in the direction of the capital. 

However regardless of that, all of the troops had been destroyed one after the opposite, and the dragonfolk ultimately arrived on the empire’s capital. 

“Is that this the empire’s capital?”

“It appears so.”

A good-looking man with horns on his head requested, and a robe-clad dragonfolk man replied to him whereas kneeling on one knee. 

“These vermin, there appears to be a number of them right here.”

The horned man spoke with an emotionless look on his face. 

“These issues have been accountable for this world for fairly a while now.”

The person spoke quietly to himself, whereas wanting on the human troops that gathered within the distance. As he seemed on the lowlifes who had come to cease him and his followers, his eyes grew to become stuffed with rage. He turned to the dragonfolk man and gave an order. 

“Destroy all of them. You can’t depart even one in every of them standing.”

“It will likely be because the grasp has commanded….”

“Clear the highway up until the place they’ve positioned that abominable excuse for a divine relic. If you happen to do this, this land will belong to you all….”

The dragonfolk man had his head lowered as he listened to the gorgeous horned man communicate, accepting his grasp’s orders. 

And so, that day, the dragonfolk military superior and annihilated one of many capital military’s divisions. 

Not a single soul survived their assault. 

Notes:

[1] Raws stated the imoogi set free the roar of ache. This didn’t make sense within the sentence, so was modified to manticore. 

[2] Dragonfolk: 용인. The outline signifies that they’re human, or no less than human-like, and usually are not full dragons. The wording is perhaps modified afterward if extra element seems.