How A Mythical Holy Knight Lives As A Villain (Novel) - Chapter 115
Chapter 115
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Through the Black Gate, that cursed door, Dark Elves stepped down onto the earth one by one.
Whoosh.
Each time they appeared, the aura of Yggdrasil spread and the protected land turned black, with evil mana polluting the air.
“……”
The elves, appearing tense, gripped their weapons and seemed ready to engage in battle at any moment.
“Hold back.”
Yggdrasil stopped them.
“…But.”
Sendro spoke to Yggdrasil with a worried face.
“It may be dangerous if not now.”
The look on his face suggested that they should attack quickly while these creatures were few and close the gate.
Yggdrasil and the elves were already pushed back.
The thousands of kinsmen who had existed were mostly sacrificed to block these creatures even a little, and Yggdrasil, their divine being, had surrendered even their own flesh and dignity, leaving only a small piece of land remaining.
“World Tree…”
This might be the last time.
Sendro pleaded thus to Yggdrasil, but.
“It is his request.”
Yggdrasil said, looking at Go Johan’s back.
“…! Does that person wish for our destruction?”
Sendro asked, unable to believe it.
The answer was.
“No.”
Of course not.
Yggdrasil shook her head and quietly retreated.
The domain of the World Tree grew narrower and narrower.
“……!”
Only then could Sendro understand.
The Dark Elf invasion was not a sudden thing.
“…World Tree!”
Though it could be called an instant by elven standards, the World Tree Yggdrasil had opened her territory to them despite time remaining.
It was practically an act of suicide.
Thud, thud.
In the meantime, Dark Elves continued to emerge through the Black Gate and formed ranks.
“Why…!”
Sendro could not understand.
Did Yggdrasil truly intend to abandon everything?
“Sendro.”
Yggdrasil called him.
“Have you forgotten?”
What?
“Who we are standing with now.”
I know, Michael.
The one currently called Go Johan, betrothed to the World Tree and the one who was called the Divine Envoy in Travania.
But even if that were so, could one person face so many Dark Elves?
Clang! Clang!
Black lightning sparked from the Black Gate.
The power colliding with the World Tree’s force as it passed through the gate was like crushing entire worlds.
Ziiing.
That which appeared, no, those which appeared.
Thud.
Slowly descended to the earth and opened closed eyes.
“That, that person…!”
Yggdrasil’s elf forces and the demon realm’s Dark Elves had already been waging war for a long time.
A fight continuing from Travania.
A familiar face, no, an unforgettable face.
“Romanette…!”
An archdemon with seven horns, her dignified appearance looked like she had become a demon lord, and the Dark Elves who had formed ranks knelt at the sight of her.
She was the one who had hunted thousands of elves in Travania.
“Ah, this won’t do….”
It wasn’t even the end.
Clang! Clang!
Another surge of electricity.
The one tearing through the Black Gate also possessed seven horns.
“Vanessa…!”
Never seen in Travania, but the one who had single-handedly torn a third of Yggdrasil’s body and caused it to fall.
Two archdemons simultaneously revealed themselves as lords of the Dark Elves.
Kwaaaaaaah!
Sendro immediately notched an arrow in his bow made from the World Tree’s branches.
Regardless of what Yggdrasil said, he intended to fire.
‘The chance is only now.’
The only gap when they emerged through the gate and hadn’t yet formed ranks.
Unable to understand why Yggdrasil waited for them or what Go Johan’s request was.
Taaang!
Sendro fired the arrow first.
That’s when it happened.
Clang!
Sparks flew.
“That won’t do.”
It wasn’t a Dark Elf who deflected Sendro’s arrow imbued with all his power, but rather the one Go Johan had brought.
Kim Si-on.
“…Why?”
Sendro could not understand.
Why was he simply waiting watching death approach?
“Sendro, you’ve forgotten. Or rather, you’ve never properly seen it.”
Yggdrasil, as if understanding, approached and grasped Sendro’s hand.
“He made a request.”
“What kind of request exactly!”
“To open the gate and invite them all.”
“……!”
Yggdrasil looked at Go Johan.
“He asked us to help him hunt demons.”
“Th-that kind of…”
If not in Yggdrasil’s presence, he would have cursed.
But that serious gaze and holiness.
Crack!
That solid-looking back silenced him.
Finally, as if everything had been poured out, the Black Gates that had gaped wide closed.
Was this the moment they had waited for?
“Is that all?”
Finally Go Johan spoke.
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Thousands seemed to be present.
Between the boundary, the confrontation of black and white appeared, yet white seemed superior.
Ripple.
The Dark Elves hid in the corrupted forest concealing themselves.
It seemed as if only two archdemons and elves approaching white in number showed themselves.
But.
Clang! Clang!
At any moment it felt they would cross the boundary and devour the light.
“Is that all?”
Go Johan asked.
“Illusion Knight. We knew you were here.”
Romanette spoke, one of Travania’s elf heroes and one of the World Tree’s protectors, one in a millennium.
“So we set aside pride, I and Vanessa came together.”
Two archdemons with seven horns.
“Is this still insufficient?”
“I asked if that’s all.”
At Go Johan’s words, both Romanette and Vanessa’s eyes narrowed.
The Illusion Knight, Michael.
In the demon realm too, he was recognized as a fearsome presence and adversary to demons.
Though it wasn’t easy for two archdemons to move simultaneously, this was an isolated world and had undergone much corruption, so it was possible, and they came setting pride aside.
“It seems that is all.”
Despite that attitude.
“Illusion Knight, no matter how much you are…”
As Vanessa spoke radiating pitch-black killing intent.
Crack!
One of Go Johan’s arms began to be dyed like black steel.
And in the next instant.
Flaaash!
Black flames began to bloom from it.
“……!”
Vanessa, sensing something, hastily raised her bow.
Clang!
Romanette drew her sword and charged out in the same moment.
“Then shall we hunt now?”
Crack!
A sound like space being torn completely appeared.
When they opened their eyes, half of Romanette’s body seemed crushed by something.
But it wasn’t enough to kill her.
Splurt!
Surging tree stems immediately restored the lost half.
Then.
Ripple!
Suddenly Romanette felt her back burning hot.
Romanette instinctively looked behind and could see.
Flurrrrrflash!
Part of the forest where Dark Elves had hidden was completely torn away, and black flames blazed above it.
Romanette tried to look forward again to vent her anger.
All of this happened in what could be called an instant even by human standards.
However.
Scratch.
With a sound like space being cut, a thin line appeared on Romanette’s neck.
Go Johan stood right in front of her.
And in one hand he held a shining short sword.
Behind Romanette.
Kwaaaaaaaa!
Everything was scraped away by flames and sword strikes.
“Too bad. I could only kill this many.”
Ripple.
Eyes flickering with madness, this was the end of Romanette, who had sold her god and become an archdemon.
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Go Johan had intentionally waited.
He hoped they would appear here as much as possible by using their full strength.
That way.
Flurrrflash!
Wasn’t he able to hunt more?
“…Heh.”
Sendro exhaled blankly.
Now he could truly understand.
Go Johan, the World Tree’s betrothed, had used the World Tree merely as bait.
Anger rose.
Simultaneously emptiness rose.
“Do you remember now, Sendro?”
Yggdrasil said.
“What manner of being he is.”
Nod.
The enmity between the World Tree and Go Johan.
It wasn’t simply that the World Tree had proposed to Go Johan, but rather that Go Johan showed no respect or reverence toward the World Tree whatsoever.
Go Johan acknowledged those called gods, but the only thing he truly revered was the illusion he believed in, the goddess alone.
In an instant, half the Dark Elves seemed torn and dead.
Even archdemons were crushed.
But.
Flurrrflash!
Those black flames – what were they? – still poured out fierce heat burning the entire corrupted forest.
Pappapapapat!
The alarmed Dark Elves, from their shadows, awls burst forth piercing their hearts.
It was the magic of the beautiful woman, Yoon Seung-Ah.
But seeming to overstrain, the briefly swaying Yoon Seung-Ah realized her limits and withdrew.
Again.
Swooooosh!
Go Johan’s Great Sin swung.
Of the Dark Elves who had stepped on this land, only about one tenth remained.
“Heh.”
It was hollow.
Every battle felt so meaninglessly quick.
And then.
“Captain.”
Kim Si-on stepped forward.
“Can I kill these?”
With sparkling eyes, the beautiful boy smiled.
“I’ve felt stuck lately.”
“Permission granted.”
That too was surprising.
That beings of such caliber couldn’t even step forward without Go Johan’s permission.
Clang!
Sparks flew.
Those watching felt goosebumps cover their bodies.
It was him.
Truly.
“……Divine Envoy.”
The realization that the one who fought the world alone stood alongside them felt real.