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Chapter 65: Rushing Assault

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Starfall Year 831, 14th of December, Southern Forest of the Great Ajax Mountains, Dark Forest Fortress

In the midst of the howling snowstorm, snowflakes the size of a goose's feather floating along the northern wind. The entire sky was covered by a layer of gray haze.

The snowstorm was so heavy that it obscured the view of anyone who stood in the middle of it. Even the elves with the sharpest eyesight could not see further than tens of meters into the surroundings.

Right outside the fortress, everything had been frozen into a land of ice in front of the city gates. Even so, there were tens of knights who were heavily equipped with heavy armors standing guard in the middle of the snowstorm. They were lined in a row standing on top of the white layer of frost. There was a black flag with golden linings on its sides set up right in front of the knights' formation, floating in the direction of the cold wind.

These knights were wearing bright silver armor. Right by their waists hung a broadsword and an axe. There was a symbol of the head if a winter wolf engraved right on the surface of their breastplates. One of their hands was holding on their helmets while the other hand was holding on the reigns that were tied around their battle horses. The horses were standing right beside their masters looking strong and sturdy. Each of their backs was hung with a leather pad that seemed to be able to keep them warm. Right beneath the pad, the horses were equipped with light armor made of metal. Meanwhile, a silver metal lance hung at the side of each horse.

These were the warhorses from the northern land. They were all well-trained and they craved for meat and blood. They were ferocious. However, they were very tame in the presence of their masters… Furthermore, theoretically speaking, according to the weight of the full set armor on them, normal horses would not have been able to move properly after wearing them. So it would be impossible for normal horses to walk across the snowy land. However, these strong knights in silver and their half-dragon warhorses did not seem bothered by the weather at all, moving about normally.

In the middle of the snowstorm, the surroundings were silent. There was no one talking among the men. The knights were standing straight in the middle of the freezing howling wind. They seemed to be waiting for something or someone.

Finally, after a brief moment, the sound of the horn that signaled regrouping was blared. At the same time, a masked knight who stood in front of the others spoke loudly with a low voice of a man, "Knights, regroup! Fall into position!"

The voice echoed across the flying snow into the ears of everyone in the vicinity.

The knights who had lined themselves up nicely in position heard the command of their captain. They remained still in their position. However, their eyes widened. Some of them who were younger could not help but look sideways. Then they attempted to turn their heads to the side for a peek at the direction of the fortress's main gate.

Thud thud.

Following the sound of the horses' metallic hoofs stomping against the layer of frost that covered the entire land of the north, two shadows, one big and one small, slowly walked out of the snowstorm.

Everyone fixed their eyes on the tall man without being instructed.

As the man was approaching, his face became visible to the knights. They could see that the man was wearing a full set of armor. He was tall. He also held a helmet in one of his hands while his other hand was holding on a reign tied over a black battle horse. He was walking slowly towards the knights who were lined up in their formation.

However, when his face was completely revealed before the eyes of the knights, the knights were intimidated to the point that they could feel an intense numbness throughout their entire bodies, followed by an intense chill all the way up from their spines to their skull. Every single hair on their bodies were standing straight up. That was pure fear.

Presence! This was the Presence that was much more dreadful than the Dark Tide besieging the city and the existence of the Gold-tier giant beasts that happened and appeared days ago!

Most of them were feeling so intimidated that they began to raise their guard. Although their basic instincts were telling their bodies to flee at once, they were Silver-tier knights after all. These knights held their impulse to flee in place. They were staying still from where they were standing. They were fighting their basic instinct.

Meanwhile, the source of the Presence, that man with red eyes wearing a full set of black armor had arrived before the knights. The ancient Maximilian-style armor was surging with intense intimidating aura. The craftsmanship of a crow could be vaguely seen across his armor shoulders.

Even after tens of knights heavily equipped with full armor and half-dragon warhorses, the warrior did not seem to feel nervous at all, his heart unwavering. After all, he had seen countless incidents that were at least ten times more serious and larger than this one. So he was very used to this sort of situation by now.

The warrior stood by the side of the waving flag. He was looking at the fifty knights in the vicinity. He nodded and praised, "Not bad, the formation is neat."

After seeing clearly that it was their own liege, the knights finally put themselves at ease. Upon hearing the praise, they felt pumped and stood still with burning spirit.

"However, I'm not here to inspect you today."

After that, the warrior in black armor suddenly changed the topic. His face looked deadly serious all of a sudden. Then he said, "I believe that you've known this earlier on. I'm your Count, Joshua van Radcliffe. A day before, I've put up a call to summon you all here. I need you all here only to tell you one thing."

"The battle is yet to be over."

"All of you know that we've been attacked by the Dark Tide a few days back. We've never seen such ferocious Berserk Daemons attacking a city before. They've even used Chaos magic to interfere with our communication systems. Our fortress almost fell. Fortunately, I managed to arrive at the crucial moment. Or else, not much of you would have survived the slaughter."

Upon hearing his word, the nervous knights tensed up even more. The formation of the knights became slightly restless. However, none of them were angry. Some, in fact, looked ashamed. After all, what their liege said just now was true. As the knights that protect the fortress, they did not fulfill their duties. They failed to uphold the oath they had sworn to carry.

Most of the shame, fear, and rage the knights were feeling came from the fact that they felt that they were incompetent. As the knights that held oaths and virtues, they would not deny their failure.

The conversation continued on.

"I'm not showing off my power to you all. I'm just trying to explain to you about how ferocious the Dark Tide can be in reality—The Dark Tide this time is far more difficult than any one you've encountered in the past. Even if you have been a little neglectful, we might get wiped out for good. Once the fortress is breached, the villages and cities right behind you shall lose their best protection. They will almost be totally powerless against the daemon horde!"

Instantly, Joshua looked at the people before him with serious eyes. He raised his voice as well and said, "Some of the people that live in the villages and the cities might be your family, your wife, your child, and your friends. I believe you have chosen to be a knight, training in the art of war and training your bodies to the limit not because you wanted to fill your rice bowls more. You chose to be a knight because you want to be ready to protect them. So let's imagine this. If the monsters manage to breach the perimeter and run across the snow land with their own free will launching their assaults on your families and friends. Imagine the monsters pulling your families and friends out of their houses and tear them apart into shreds. Imagine if the monsters swallowed them in front of your eyes… I believe that you would give your lives because of your glory and duty. However, do you wish to see those gruesome scenes?!"

"No! Never!"

"I swore to protect the fortress until I draw my last breath! I'll never retreat!" Some of the knights lined up in the formation could not stay silent anymore. They were frowning intensely, their faces filled with anxiety. They seemed to be imagining the images that Joshua just described. So they swore on their lives immediately, "I'd rather die before them and get eaten by the daemons alive than allowing those horrible things to happen!"

However, there were also some of them who questioned, "However, my liege, ever since you've killed the giant beast and pushed back the horde, there are no signs of any daemons in the surroundings of the Dark Forest… Doesn't that mean the Dark Tide is over now?"

Another knight went straight to the point. "That's right, my liege. We've succeeded in holding down the fortress. Our families should be safe now. So you saying all that… Are you trying to scare us?"

"Of course not." The warrior in black armor shook his head and looked the knight who raised the question in the eye.

"Not only what I said was not something to scare you, it has become the truth. There are at least 200,000 Berserk Daemons attacking Moldova that is located not far from where we stand."

Upon saying that, Joshua raised his hand, his fingertip ignited with a red flame. The flame stayed on his fingertip for a brief moment before it vanished, leaving a red trace in the air. Meanwhile, he was using that trace as the tip of a pen and started drawing a simple map in the middle of the air. "The four territories in the north are actually one. When the fortress in Moldova is breached, then our plan to surrounding the entire region of the Dark Forest in Mount Great Ajax will collapse. The ferocious Berserk Daemons would appear and go around our defenses easily, entering into the land where the residents are staying to lay waste to them all."

Joshua drew a large red arrow on the location of Moldova on the map. The arrow sign was obvious, "Over? No. Just like what I said in the beginning, everything has just begun! We shall never have peace if we don't destroy this Dark Tide!"

The disturbance in the formation became much more unsettling. It was not out of fear nor doubt. While the knights were discussing among themselves, a middle-aged knight with gray hair took a step forward. Then he asked Joshua a question with a very serious face, "So, my liege, what should we do now?"

"What should we do? It's simple. We get over to Moldova as soon as we can and give aid to support them in defending the fortress."

Joshua's words were direct and clear. He did not hesitate at all. "It will be much better to battle on others' territories than having the battle on our own territory. Although things did not happen on our land, we can protect our families and sons and daughters."

"That we're going up against 200,000 Berserk Daemons." Another knight walked forward from the back of the middle-aged knight. The feeble-looking knight had a doubtful expression on his face. "50,000 Berserk Daemons were enough to force our fortress into despair. Having 200,000 monsters is like having four times of what we had just experienced days ago. I'm afraid it won't do any good even if all of the fortresses send out their support over to Moldova."

Well, that actually sounded right. Even if they were to take advantage of the magic and alchemy tools available on the city walls, 3,000 men would barely even hold on. Summoning another fifty knights to go up against the horde of 200,000 Berserk Daemons sounded meaningless at all. Even though they were all Silver-tier elite knights, they would not last long with the endless waves of daemons.

However, the warrior shook his head. It seemed that he had a different opinion towards the young knight's words.

"It will be different from the time where you guard the fortress." Joshua explained, "That time, you were at a disadvantage because of your numbers. Also, your average power level among yourselves did not give you any advantage. On the other hand, the daemons had Gold-tier daemons on their side. You only had three Silver-tier officers who were at the pinnacle of their current tier. Under those circumstances, it was really admirable that you could still last for so long. Truthfully however, those Berserk Daemons are not as powerful as you think."

"They have a Gold-tier mage to support them in fending off the daemons in Moldova. That's why they could hold themselves against the 200,000 Daemons until now to send out a distress message. Not to mention that…"

Upon saying that, Joshua interrupted and revealed an insane smile on his face. "Because you have me this time. With me leading you, we shall obtain absolute victory."

Listening to the man in black armor talking with such pride and vigor, none of them had any doubt about him. Looking at a man that could fend off 50,000 daemons all by himself, even if there were more monsters in the upcoming horde of monsters, none of them would have any doubt towards his capability. The knights nodded as they think they should. Then they roared out in high morale for the first time after they had gathered around, "For victory!"

"For victory!"

"For victory!"

"Then get on your horses!"

"Yes, my liege!"

Following the sound of the command, all of the knights lifted their helmets and put them on. They leaped onto the back of their warhorses. They hung the bags filled with dried food supplies by the side of their horses. The horses with the blood of dragons were neighing as white steam was spewing out of the horses' noses and evaporated into thin air.

Joshua had also slowly wore his freezing helmet. In between the V-shaped gap in the middle of his helmet, his two red eyes were glimpsing so bright that they looked as if they were blazing. He leaped onto the back of his battle horse first before pulling Ying onto the back of his horse. Only then, the others only noticed that the second shadow they saw was a silver-haired girl. However, no one was bothered by that at a time like that.

The warrior in black armor gave the command, "Listen to my command. Our target is Moldova. Move towards northeast. Forward!"

Upon that command, he immediately rode his horse and led the knights in the front.

Perhaps, only such a man could lead them towards victory!

The knights were hyped. They could feel their chest boiling in flames that raised their spirits. They cried out loud, "Forward!"

Following the command, the frost across the ground splashed up from the impact of the stomping by the horses. The neighing of the horses was rumbling into the surroundings. In the middle of the snowstorm, the knights were riding swiftly across the snowy land, splashing whatever ice and snow on the ground up, trembling the ground with the heavy stomping by their running horses. They were riding against the direction of the howling wind from the north, like a sharp arrow piercing through the wind at super high speed.

They pressed forward with indomitable wills.

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The sun had set.

A massive black and gold dragon was resting on a gray rock cliff. It was looking afar at the giant fortress that was located right in between the mountains and the river.

Half of the dragon's body was glittering with the light of a golden sun while the color of the other half of its body was so dark that it looked like the dark night sky in deep space. Also, it was quite obvious that the golden part of its body was stronger than the black part of its body on the left. The dragon horn that stood up straight towards the sky on one side was like a spear. It looked as solid as metal and stone.

Dark purplish dragon scales were continuously falling from its fluttering wings. As the scales fell, they dispersed into the snow, slowly turning into Chaos mist. The mist followed the direction of the wind and spread throughout the forest. After that, the mist got mixed into the shadow of the forest and disappeared.

Deep in the shadows, there were countless shadows of bodies. Their eyes were flashing with bright blue lights. The Chaos had blinded the eyes of these wild beasts. The mist was corrupting their sanity like corrosive air. Now, the beasts had totally lost their minds to think, consumed by the bloodlust. Other than the 'King' and their enemies, they could no longer see any other things.

They could only stay so calm while they were in the middle of the dark purplish mist.

"… Hiss…"

A normal Chaotic Gore Magala did not have intelligence. They would just act based on the instinct as a beast. However, this one was different.

Upon fluttering its wings wiping away the layer of snow that rested on it, the enormous dragon stood up slowly on top of the rock cliff. It took a glance at the army of beasts which would only act under its command. Its eyes were flashing with unexplainable radiance as if it was having thinking about something.

Pure species of Gore Magala were the descendants of the Ancient Dragons that spread plagues. They were born from the corpses of Berserk Daemons that were deeply infected. They would spread like spores of bacteria. Deep inside the heart of the Dark Forest across the mainland were thousands of Gore Magala surviving and replicating. However, only one of them could breakthrough its limit and transcend into the white golden being called the 'True God'.

The dragon that was having deep thoughts was once one of them. It succeeded. However, it also failed.

Back in its lair deep in the mountains, it had broken through its own limit. It had begun undergoing the process of metamorphosis that brought excruciating pain all the way deep into its every single bone across its entire body. However, when the process was only halfway through, there was another Gore Magala of the same species that managed to attain awakening faster than it. Under the strange sense of it, the murderous aura covered the entire forest and the mountains. The black and gold dragon felt that it was locked on as a target. To survive, the dragon could only flee, abandoning its own lair and in the process stopped its own awakening that could only happen once in a lifetime.

The dragon flew across the Dark Forest through the clouds across the sky. It was flying at a speed where it could fly across the kingdoms of humans and elves over one night. By doing so, it managed to arrive at the southern sea where none of its species had ever reached. There, the dragon had finally managed to get away from the newly born golden ancient dragon that was pursuing it… Back then, it had not obtained any intelligence. The weak and vulnerable dragon had finally found a place to breathe out in relief. By instinct, it picked a deserted island and landed there.

On the island, it found a secret hidden cave where there were many corpses and skeletons of humans. There were also a lot of strange and bizarre patterns all across the walls of the cave. The evil illustrations and the altar in the cave were full of unfortunate senses and smells. However, the exhausted black dragon would not be able to understand all those things. It went straight into hibernation and was ready to sleep for a long time.

However, before it could go into hibernation and lose consciousness, the endless excruciating pain that it must endure for interrupting its awakening process was still tormenting it. All the way down to his bones, the pain was like ants chewing it outside in and inside out. That was a torturous pain that even the dragon could not endure. Even the black dragon without any intelligence could not help to have doubts in its mind.

Perhaps, it should not have interrupted its own awakening process. It should have tried its best to finish the process. It should have taken a bet to see if it could have completed the process before its nemesis could reach it.

Perhaps, even though it had interrupted its own awakening process, it should not have fled the scene like a dog. Instead, it should have put up one hell of a fight to at least wound the enemy even if it got itself killed.

However, nothing could be said much about it anymore. What done was done. The most important thing now was that it was still alive. It only wanted to live on.

Endless excruciating pain followed by despair entered the heart of the dragon. The dragon's will continued to fall.

Just when it was feeling lost and despair, the dragon felt as if it was sinking. At the same time, the rune and patterns on the walls looked slightly brighter as if they were beginning to glow. The altar also began to glow in a dimmed light. Not long after, a strange and bizarre voice echoed across the heart of the black dragon that was about to hibernate.

That was an extremely obscure language of the dragon. Even the top scholars would not dare to say that they knew this complicated language. However, the dragon could clearly understand the language. That was the moment when the dragon obtained the intelligence of thinking and replied the voice in its heart.

"Give, and take."

"Chaos is upon everything. You insolent dragon, make your choice."

After recalling back on its past memories, the black-and-golden dragon slowly closed its one and only eye.

So what did it really give up on and what did it get in return for it? Even the dragon could not remember.

Regardless, the black dragon who already obtained intelligence knew that it was no longer the Chaotic Gore Magala who failed to awaken itself in the past. The Chaos power that was surging in its body had been altered, using its scale dust and viruses to spread. The dragon had become much more intelligent and much more powerful than before.

Where Chaos went, Order would follow. Pure chaos would only mean silence for eternity. Life and souls were the most orderly chaos. Or perhaps they were the most chaotic order…

The mysterious voice had given the dragon a destiny. That would be killing as many intelligent lives as it could, using their blood and souls as sacrificial to unlock the few seals across the northern land. By providing more sacrifice, the seals could be unlocked in a shorter period of time. Meanwhile, the power and lifespan the dragon would be stronger and longer. There would even be a possibility that it could obtain a second chance at undergoing the process of awakening, erasing the pain for the first failed attempt to awaken.

The sun had set completely. The radiance of the two moons was beginning to shine brightly in the night. The silvery-white radiance was shining upon the land.

"Hiss! Roarrr!"

Following the insane howling of the Chaos dragon, the Dark Forest that was once quiet suddenly boiled. The moving footsteps trembled the entire land. Countless beasts and monsters that were infected with Chaos were galloping out of the forest. Their roaring pierced through the heavens.

Their main target was the fortress that was far ahead of them.

The war had begun once again.

At the fortress.

The twin moons rose up high in the sky.

Holding a gray metal staff, the violet-haired woman was standing on the city wall that was covered by a thick layer of snow. She remained silent as she looked far at the white mountains, the forest, and the Berserk Daemon horde that were charging towards the fortress. After seeing that, she could not help but sigh lightly.

Vale Dani Scarlet, a Gold-tier mage. She looked young because she had a remodeling when she crossed into the Gold-tier's Extraordinary grade. However, it had been tens of years ever since she had inherited the title as Countess of Moldova. This thirty-three-year-old woman was already a mother to two children. She had also experienced fending off the Dark Tide for decades. She could be deemed as a very experienced mage in that regard by now.

However, even though she had seen many and experienced a lot, the mage could not help but feel lost upon seeing the scene that lied before her eyes.

The blizzard was falling from the gray sky. The cold winds were howling. Countless daemons were gushing from the forest and charging towards the fortress. There was no end to that. There was no edge to that. The monsters were gushing in furiously. Among the monsters, there were tens of thousands of winter wolves, frost mammoths, white bears that went berserk and some low tier dragons charging on the frontline. Giant bats and wyrms that were flying in the sky were coming in like dark clouds.

"200,000…"

That was the number of Berserk Daemons.

The calculation made by the purple-haired mage was not wrong; the truth was obvious. All the daemons on Mount Great Ajax were gathered in a spot by some sort of entity. That entity had also been commanding the daemons to go back and forth at the fortress that was on the brink of collapsing.

The fortress was not going to take more than a few more impacts before its defenses were crushed.

Vale Dani looked upon the number of daemons that were coming at them. The number did not decrease even after a few days. Then she looked at her own feet. She looked at the city walls that were about to crack and shatter. She was starting to feel the despair lurking in her head.

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Chapter 67: Reinforcements 2

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The Berserk Daemons had no intelligence. They would only act with brute force without taking in consideration of using any skills. They only knew how to climb the walls and how to breathe. However, even though that was the case, there was enough reason to fear them. If it weren't for Vale's Legendary grade 'Fortification' that was cast on the walls, the walls would have been crushed to bits by the magical breath attacks of the daemons that came in like a fierce tidal wave.

Turning her head to the side looking at the defensive army of the city getting armed with all sorts of weapons in a hurry and the warriors that were getting into formations, the violet-haired mage knew. Every single fighter and soldier throughout Moldova were gathered right here, right now. That included the civilians that could battle as well. Even though that was the case, their number was still far from enough to battle against the insanely large army of daemons.

"The distress letter was sent out three days ago… there's no reply letter, nor are we getting any reinforcements."

Knocking her staff against the ground with might, there was no telling if Vale Dani was feeling frustrated or heartache. Then she clenched her teeth and said, "Those bunch of people. Why can't they just understand! If Moldova Fortress is breached, the entire northern land will not escape the same fate! Without the blockage of the fortresses that are made of the mountains, these Berserk Daemons will be running wild with their own free will, launching assaults on the manors and villagers all over the land!"

After venting her rage and frustration out, the mage knew that there was nothing she could do about it. So she remained calm once again. Shaking her head, the countess looked at the approaching Dark Tide while she frowned intensely having thoughts to herself.

Thud, thud.

Footsteps were heard from behind the violet-haired mage.

Turning her head over, Vale Dani saw a golden-haired swordsman with red eyes.

"You've come."

Facing the swordsman who wore brown leather armor on his body and had two broadswords hanging by his waist, the countess sighed and did not say anything further. Meanwhile, the swordsman walked up to the mage and hugged her in silence. Then he said, "I've rushed all the way from the Empire. Dani… leave with me."

Letting his hands go and looking the violet-haired mage in her eyes, the swordsman did not wait until she replied. He continued to speak, "The Dark Tide this time is way beyond the ones we've ever seen in the past. I can see the breath of Chaos lurking behind all these. This is not something one count or countess, one territory can handle. I will report this to the Emperor. I'll request the Emperor to mobilize the Five Armies to aid you in annihilating the lair of the Dark Tide… However, before that, you must not stay in this dreadful place."

Upon saying that, the golden-haired swordsman with red eyes was looking at the mage with unmovable eyes. It seemed that his determination to take her away from the place was unmovable as well.

"Brandon Kaos…"

Upon shaking her head, the countess smiled bitterly and refused. "Let's not talk about the Five Armies that are currently occupied with annihilating the lair of the daemons in the middle of the Empire… They cannot afford to be distracted now… Let's talk about me. Are you telling me to abandon my territory and my people so that I can live in misery all alone? That's impossible. I understand your goodwill. However, I must refuse your offer."

"Battling against the tide of 200,000 Berserk Daemons. You're not going to stand a chance in defending this place."

Brandon did not reply straight away. He only pointed out a problem, "As a Gold-tier mage, it will be meaningless for you to sacrifice yourself here."

Upon saying that, his tone changed a little. He even sounded like he was begging already. "Dani, if it was years ago, I would have fought alongside with you to guard this fortress. As long as we're together, I'm willing to sacrifice everything even if I'll die… However, now you the mother of two children. If you're not thinking for yourself, at least think for your two daughters. They can't lose their mother."

The violet-haired mage remained silent. The image of two young girls emerged in her head. The elder inherited the violet hair that her mother had. Meanwhile, the younger one inherited the golden hair of her father's.

The countess' eyes softened. However, she insistently rejected the offer, "Brandon, I admit that I failed at being a good mother… You can take our daughters and go while I shall share the same fate as my territory. This is my fate."

"Are you saying that as a Golden-tier warrior as well, I should just witness my beloved being chewed up in the mouths of daemons while I flee like a coward?"

Well, that is not your fate to begin with!

The violet-haired mage shook her head a little in silence. She did not answer the question he asked.

Without knowing how to persuade his woman before his eyes, the golden-haired swordsman was deeply frustrated. However, he could not speak out the information he knew.

As the descendant of the legendary mage called Carbala Kaos who sealed the crack to the Outer Dimension, of course Brandon Kaos would know the truth behind the land. Among, the main four families in the north, three of them were the explorers of the outer world, the descendant of the heroes who sealed the dimensional passage. However, currently, other than the incident where feud happened in the Radcliffe family not long after the new liege took over, the other families had chosen to give up on that so that they could just be regular noble families.

Meanwhile, there was a small number of Aragami mixed among the monster horde. It was obvious that there were signs that Chaos believers or even Evil Gods were involved. The people that were supposed to confront them would be himself and the new Chaos Guardian of the Radcliffe family, not the mage who stood before him and did not want to listen to him!

Facing the persistence of the woman he loved, the Gold-tier swordsman did not know what to do. He could only stand by her side and witness the approaching monsters getting nearer and nearer every passing second.

Worst comes to worst, I will knock her out and take her away from the place by force!

Just when Brandon was thinking quietly about that, the Berserk Daemons had already leaped pass the nearest hill from the fortress. They were about to reach the walls. All of the guards and soldiers from the defensive force of the fortress were standing by with their highest alert. Although they were already very exhausted from the long and restless war they've been fighting for, they had mastered some rich experience and all sorts of alchemy cannons and enchanted catapults were locked and loaded. Meanwhile, the war mages and the elemental archers were ready to unleash hell upon their enemies.

The patrol force that was formed by Silver-tier warriors were on high alert all the time as well. If there were daemons making their way up to the edge of the walls, they would be responsible to strike the daemons down from the edge. As long as the walls did not collapse, no matter how many daemons were charging at them, they would still be able to take on one or two thousands of them at the same time.

It would not be possible for the 200,000 daemons to charge towards them at the same time. They would be divided into tens of waves. Each wave would have different species of daemons mixed in. If the daemons came here in number only, these warriors could have been confident to take them all on.

The daemons were approaching fast.

3,000 meters.

2,000 meters.

1,000 meters.

The beasts were about to reach the wall.

"Enemy, 500 meters ahead! Battle ready!"

The sound of the battle horn blared on the highest spot of the tower. It vaguely sounded as if it was torn apart by the howling winds of the north. However, the sound still managed to reach every ear in the vicinity. All of them raised their spirits getting their mood ready for battle. The mages joined forces to charge their magic power across each another. They were constructing some spells with complicated runes and magic circles. Meanwhile, the archers were pulling their bowstrings back with arrows loaded right in the middle of their bow. The soldiers of the defensive force of the city were adjusting the cannons and catapults. They were ready to fire.

"Attack!"

Following the command, the radiance from spells had lit the entire sky bright as day in an instant. Countless war spells with all sorts of patterns were combined and cast forward. Tremendous thunderbolts went across hundreds of meters forward and struck right on top of the Berserk Daemon horde. Silver blue electrical charges were surging across the surroundings. At least hundreds of daemons of different types were killed in action on the spot. Those that did not die had also lost their ability to move around. Right after the bombardment of the thunderbolt attacks, the flame and frost attacks followed in. The daemons were either incinerated or frozen to death.

The mages of Moldova were the strongest mages among the mages from all four territories. Even the Countess of Moldova was a Gold-tier mage. Meanwhile, right after the first wave of spell attacks came the arrows. The arrows were so many that they covered across the sky shading the entire land before bombarding down onto the daemon horde with intense whooshing sounds, penetrating through the daemons killing them and nailing them on the ground. In the meantime, some of the stronger daemons were also wounded by the arrows with barbs and blood. Dark purplish blood that was tainted by chaos were dripping fast out of their wounds. Their stamina was exhausting slowly over the time.

The alchemy cannons and enchanted catapults would leave a large hole in the ground among the daemon horde every time they fired once. The fierce explosions would stir the dust and sand up from the ground into the air, together with the dark purplish dust that came from the dead daemons. After that, the dark purplish dust would disperse and vanish into thin air. However, that was only the first wave of the Daemon horde. After that, there would be a large army of daemons that covered the entire land outside the wall all the way to the horizon of the land. The holes caused by the explosion from the cannons and catapults were swiftly covered back with the daemons that were gushing in as if the holes were never made there.

Meanwhile, the daemons were also returning the favor by spitting magic breath attacks back at the humans. Although they had no way to use much more powerful gifted spells because they went berserk, their simplest attacks were not weakened at all. Instead, their magic breath attacks became much more powerful for becoming berserk.

The magic breath attacks were spat onto the city walls one after another. Shattered stones were flying everywhere. Countless holes were left on the surface of the walls. Some of the soldiers that were unlucky fell from the wall because of the continuous tremors. They were either frozen, or incinerated, or got electrocuted after falling down. They would just die immediately after that.

Under the protection of the tower, the mages did not receive much damage. Their magic power was replenished at a fast rate all thanks to the support of the magic circles on the walls. They could cast their spells repeatedly one after another without having to worry much about not enough magic power to cast their spells. Meanwhile, the archers did not even have a brief moment to breathe properly. They were busting their *sses trying to slow down the pace of the daemons approaching the walls. However, the daemons on the frontline could still proceed one step after another. Slowly, they arrived at the bottom of the city walls and got in contact with the walls. Meanwhile, the countless giant bats and wyrms had also arrived right above the fortress.

The supersonic attacks that could cause headaches and confusion and the frosty breath attacks were beginning to bombard down upon the walls. The assaults from the sky had interrupted the rhythm of the attacks from the alchemy cannons. Instantly, the pace of the daemons approaching the wall became faster because of that. The walls that had countless holes on them were now crawling with countless daemons. They were making their ways up the walls now.

"Annoying pests."

Upon seeing the scene, the countess that had been keeping quiet the whole time grunted. Then she lifted her staff and aimed the tip of her staff towards the sky.

The radiance in the fortress suddenly became brighter. The haze was swiped away clean. Red lines emerged one after another forming into a complicated magic circle under the will of the Gold-tier mage Vale Dani. The lines were stacking on one after another until the magic circle was formed.

Gold-tier Magic [Star of David].

On the next moment, countless crimson golden lights were illuminating out from the magic circle as the center point, hitting the giant bats and flying dragons in the sky in light speed. Every time these lights hit their target, a large explosion would take place. Right after the explosion, the lights would continue to change their course aiming for other daemons.

Instantly, countless smelly dead bodies that were burned to crisp fell to the ground. The flying daemons seemed to be terrified by the attack. They began to leave far from the scene. They no longer dared to approach the sky above the fortress. Instead, they kept a safe distance and started spitting their magic breath attacks and using their gifted abilities to disturb the humans.

The battle was a tie. The humans did not gain any advantage at all. Even though Vale Dani and Brandon were both Gold tier, they could only use their skills once a while to prevent some Gold-tier monsters that were flying around the sky from ambushing them. The both of them also could only fend off those daemons that were about to reach the top of the walls. Although the mages, archers and all sorts of alchemy weapons on the towers were dealing tremendous damage to the daemon horde, their efforts seemed pointless when there were endless daemons coming at them.

As time passed, the bodies at the bottom of the walls were increasing. Meanwhile, some mages that were lower in their levels and tiers could no longer keep their minds focused on the task to read the spells. Each of the archers had also used more than ten bags of arrows by now. What's worse was that most of the alchemy cannons had stopped firing. The soldiers that manned the cannons began to pull their swords out of their sheaths and made their way over to the edge of the walls along with the patrolling forces. They worked together to kill off any daemons that had made all the way up to the edge of the walls.

After days of battling against the endless horde of the daemons, half of the supplies in Moldova had been depleted. Now, they only had the last batch of supplies that they kept for emergency use only.

"We can't! We can't let the situation continue on like this."

Brandon was a wielder of two swords. His dark green Combat Aura blazed across the wall, wiping out a group of daemons that was about to climb up from the edge of the walls. He chopped all of their heads off clean. At that moment, he frowned and spoke to Vale Dani who just unleashed two waves of Gold-tier magic attacks to fend off the flying daemons, "You could hold on because we had enough supplies back then. But you can't anymore. These Berserk Daemons are determined to breach the defenses of the fortress now. They even used the dead bodies of their own kind as a stepping ground, a ladder to climb the walls. Under the circumstance that we do not have many weapons that could deal area damages, you're not going to be able to defend the fortress!"

"If I can't defend it anymore, I'd rather die here!"

Because the mages were exhausted from using their magic power continuously, the countess looked pale. She looked like she was just barely holding on. "I cannot give up on the soldiers and comrades that are fighting alongside. I can't just run away like this!"

"You can only avenge your defeat here today if you're alive and well. It's pointless to persist staying here now!"

Just when Brandon was about to give up on persuading the countess and was getting ready to ambush the countess so that he could knock her out and take her away from the fortress, he suddenly noticed that there was a red radiance shining brightly on the far end of the other side of the land.

Dark clouds were torn apart and dispersed without a trace by a condensed explosive Combat Aura. The stars of the northern night and the magnificent purple-blue sky was displayed right before everyone. Meanwhile, under the shine of silver moonlight, a lance blazing with dark red radiance was thrown over a thousand meters and landed in the middle of the horde.

Shoof!

There was no explosion that trembled the land. There was no dust and sand flying all over the place. The dark red light burst out and dispersed without a sound. However, no one ignored the occurrence of that strike. Because the spot where it landed became deadly silent. Every single one of the daemons that got in contact with the red light was dead without even making a sound. Meanwhile, the impenetrable frosty ground that was frozen for over a thousand years immediately cracked and collapsed. It actually looked more like the ground was evaporated in an instant. There was only the lance which was made of metal standing firmly and straight right in the middle of a hole.

The Gold-tier swordsman was astonished, as he stared straight at the spot where the radiance came from.

Along with snowy mist, dust, and sand flying all around, shadows of men appeared in the view of the mountainside one after another. It did not take long before they arrived before the city walls.

"That, that's the flag of the Radcliffe family!"

With the enchantment of the 'Eagle Eye', the elven archer was able to clearly see the view on the mountainside far from where they stood. He could not help but let out a cry of surprise, "It's the reinforcements!"

"What?!"

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Chapter 68: Charge, Onrush (1.2) Two Chapters Combined

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The red radiance was shining bright like a star in heaven. The dark clouds in the sky right above the radiance was instantly ripped away.

Under the glimmer of the stars and the moonlight, the knights were riding their warhorses, rearranging their formation a little by the hilltop.

They pulled the reins over their horses and slowed down a little. They sighed along their horses' neighing as well. White vapor wafted out from their noses and dispersed by the cold wind.

Their shiny silver armor was covered in frost. The sign of wind blowing across was everywhere. Although they had been riding forward for days without any rest, these Silver-tier knights were no longer normal beings as they should be tired as hell. However, that level of exhaustion was still bearable for them.

The surroundings of the hills were covered with only snow and frost. The old trees that had already lost all the leaves were covered in snow as well. They were standing along with the gray rocks across the hills.

The knights were marching forward slowly together in a formation. They looked down at the edge of the hills and saw nothing down there. Everything was pitch black.

The scent of blood of the beasts filled the air, followed by some audible roaring that shook the mountains. Endless tides of Berserk Daemons were charging out of the Dark Forest like an unstoppable wave.

So these are the enemies that we're going to face?

Without any fear in their hearts, the knights looked at the man that was standing in the frontline.

The man riding on his black warhorse was the same one that pierced the sky with a lance. That man was currently standing right by the flag that carried the insignia of his family.

Joshua.

Joshua van Radcliffe was currently standing on the highest point on the hill. Everyone looked forward, glaring at the ferocious beast horde down the hill in silence.

The dust and sand on the ground were swirled into the air by the violent movements of the daemons, followed by the dark purplish mist. The charging of countless monsters had lit up the battlefield.

The force of the daemons was so intimidating as though the sky and ground was about to turn upside down. Even the violent snowstorm and the howling winds could not stop them from advancing forward.

Facing the army of countless berserked and distorted monsters, even the bravest among the brave would feel some doubt.

However, it was different for the warrior.

Fear?

No… He looked forward to it even.

There was no better feeling than this. The delight he felt whenever there was a battle. He had no intention of hiding his glee either.

He was just like a hungry wolf that craved for raw meat and fresh blood. He craved the rush and satisfaction of battling without needing to hold back at all. It seemed that the man had found himself the thing he wanted most in his entire life.

Wearing his black armor, the black-haired warrior with red eyes tightened the grip of his right hand on the hilt of the silvery-white greatsword while holding a metallic lance in his left. The cold breeze that blew against his face made his cape billow. Facing the charging horde, his eyes were so bright as if they were ignited by flames. He smiled wordlessly.

So this is supposed to be my moment.

"My knights, on my command!"

The voice commanding the knights sounded like resonating steel. Joshua cackled like a madman as he gave his command—

"Follow me—charge!"

"Charge!"

The fortress.

"Reinforcements? What's the status?"

Other than the archers and Brandon, many others also noticed the red radiating lance that was plunged into the heart of the daemon horde. However, most of the soldiers that were focused on fending off the daemons did not notice it. They were repeating their attacks like machines, taking the lives of the daemons one wave after another.

Vale Dani was focused on repelling the large number of daemons that came from the sky and thus did not notice it either. However, when she overheard the word 'reinforcements', she could not help to turn her head over and looked at the archer who was looking through the binocular. Then she asked, "Did they really come?"

Ever since she sent out the letters a few days ago, she had been waiting, praying for reinforcements to arrive. However, she was disappointed day by day because no one came. She almost lost faith that someone would appear.

Putting more thought into it, the countess smiled bitterly. Who would cross thousands of miles just to provide aid to someone they barely kept in touch with, someone who could potentially be a threat to their territories? As for the fact that the daemons would bring about unimaginable threats across the entire continent of the north, people would only know if they were to experience facing the horde themselves.

"Yes, Dani. The reinforcements are here."

Killing off the few daemons that was climbing onto the edge of the wall, the Gold-tier swordsman Brandon turned around and looked at his loved one before he spoke with a serious face, "I've seen it. Someone with unleashed Combat Aura threw a lance across thousands of miles into the heart of the horde causing massive damage However, the daemons were replaced too swiftly. So you couldn't see it."

"Is that so?"

The countess believed him of course. If there's anyone in the entire world that would not lie to her, it would be this Gold-tier swordsman. Vale Dani cast an immediate spell 'Eagle Eye' on herself and looked towards the distant land where Brandon was looking at.

Through her vision, the flag that bore the insginia of the Radcliffe family was fluttering along the strong current of the wind. The mark of two hands bearing swords was visible.

The knights that were riding their warhorses following right behind the flag were marching in from the hillside in a neat formation. The leader was a tall man in a full set of black armor holding a greatsword and a lance, his body ignited with Combat Aura of a Gold-tier warrior.

Those were really reinforcements.

However, she could not help but sigh in disappointment after seeing that.

"Just fifty of them?!"

Fifty of them?

Upon hearing what their countess said, some of the soldiers and patrollers nearby her had puzzled expressions on their faces. Some of them even yelled immediately, "Fifty of them, what good can they f*cking bring?!"

"What do they think this is? A drill?"

"This is a f*cking tide of 200,000 daemons! Fifty of them will be wiped out by the horde in an instant! If we did not have the walls to protect us, we would have been wiped out clean as well!"

One of the warriors struck a wolf daemon off the edge of the wall. He wiped off the cold sweat on his head and looked at the gushing wave of daemons that looked like a black sea of hell. Then he said loudly, "We can't afford to waste our breath now. Look at that. Our city gates have been blocked by a mountain of dead daemons. Even if they can make it here, we won't be able to open the city gates for them to come in!"

What he said was true. There were already thousands of dead daemons piling up right in front of the city gates. Not to mention that each of the daemons was large in size. If the city walls were only tens of meters tall, the piled up dead bodies would have formed a slope that would allow the daemons to breach the walls easily. Even though the gigantic walls in Moldova that were made of mountain rocks would be tall enough not to be drowned by the dead bodies of the daemons that were piling up quick. The city gates had been shut tight with the huge pile of dead bodies.

"It's no use. There are only so few of them. It's pointless even though they've come to our aid."

Sighing out loud, the army of the fortress had once again looked at the seriousness of the situation. Facing such a large scale Dark Tide, it seemed pointless even if the reinforcements arrived. Let alone fifty, even if there were thousands or tens of thousands of them coming to aid the fortress in defending it, it would still be unclear if they would be able to win the war.

The hope that was ignited upon hearing that reinforcements had arrived was extinguished by cruel reality just like that. The morale that they fought so long to the point that they became numb just to maintain instantly dropped tremendously. It was obvious that the pace of the forces defending the fortress had slowed down.

The daemons would give no sh*t about how bad the morale of their enemies had become. They had already lost their sanity and became ferocious all the while. They only had one thought in their minds. That was to tear their enemies apart and swallow their blood and bones whole.

Some much more powerful daemons could not resist their hunger any longer. When they could not reach the wall or attack the humans near them, they stopped to pick up the corpses of the other daemons and chewed them all up. The blood and flesh in their mouth mixed with the dark purplish liquid were dropping and splashing as they chewed. The purplish-blue glow in their eyes became even brighter because they had obtained more viral dust from consuming their dead comrades.

"Rawgh!!"

Upon swallowing a corpse of its own kind, a daemon that looked like a white bear let out an intimidating roar as every single muscle on its body expanded. Crackling sounds were heard echoing across the battlefield. Its eyes had now become dark purple. Each time it let out a breath, there were visible magic light dots and black mist emanating from its fur throughout its entire body. After that, the daemon had expanded into twice its original size. The snow-white fur across its body had been pumped up so much that they appeared like spikes all over its body. Incredible power was surging across the daemon's entire body at the moment.

Intense Berserk!

"Phew!"

The purplish-blue breaths that were mixed with a sense of chill that could go deep into the bones were gathering in the mouth of the giant bear that grew to approximately eight meters tall. After that, a beam of light surged violently out of its mouth. The condensed cold breath was shot out straight onto the wall. It was a direct hit.

Boom!

The violent explosion caused a large impact which left a large crack on the side of the gray-white wall. The rocks that were covered by a layer of solid ice fell from the wall and crushed right on top of the daemon horde by the wall outside the city. Instantly, a few number of monsters that were weaker were crushed to death, splattering flesh and blood everywhere. Meanwhile, the other daemons did not hesitate but instead became more violent than before after they picked up the scent of blood from their own kind. They roared and climbed up the walls at a faster speed than before.

"God damn it! That's not good!"

Arriving at the scene with the speed of the howling wind, Brandon whirled his two swords and sliced the few daemons that came up to the edge of the wall into pieces. Then he turned around and shouted at Vale and the city guards, "Even if we don't have reinforcements coming to aid us, we should not feel despair. Dani, at least someone has willingly come to aid you. Meanwhile, their leader should definitely be the level of a Gold tier. Set aside the others, that warrior should be able to charge through the daemon horde to lend a hand to use!"

"Three powerful Gold-tier fighters should at least be able to guard the city!"

The Gold-Tier swordsman's boomed from his Combat Aura. His voice managed to echo across between the city walls and the tower. Instantly, everyone heard his voice and snapped out of it—even if the fifty knights could not do much good to the current situation, at least there was still one Gold-tier warrior among them! No matter what, it would be a better formation than before. There was no reason for the soldiers' morale to drop.

"That's right!"

The countess had understood it at that moment. She also immediately tried to cheer up her knights and other soldiers from her side. "Everyone! Let's guard the fortress against the waves to come!"

Right after that, the Gold-tier mage did not waste her breath at all. Her face turned deadly serious as she lifted the gray staff in her hand up high. Then she charged her magic power with all she's got, causing a stir in the elemental power in the air.

As the surroundings had already been infected with Chaos, the magic and elemental power had become contaminated. However, the violet-haired mage was not bothered by that. She still managed to unleash her full potential as a Gold-tier mage.

Instantly, the northern winds that were howling strong went still. The blizzard also stopped. The dark clouds seemed to be separated by some sort of mysterious forces layer by layer. The clouds were rippling slowly into the surroundings in the sky. After that, the stars were shining brightly in the sky. The scenery in the sky right above the fortress had not been seen for tens of days. Everyone felt refreshed and determined after seeing something that seemed like a miracle right before their eyes.

"…"

The countess remained silent while she was using everything she had to control her power. As a Gold-tier war mage that used magic and elemental power, the spells that Vale Dani knew were created for handling large-scale wars. That being said, it would mean that her attacks were extremely powerful. So she could never simply use her spells and magic whenever she liked.

The countess knew that with her current strength, if she used her most powerful spell with all she's got, she would definitely fall into a vulnerable state for quite a long period of time. She might even go into a coma. If she did not have anyone to protect her, she would become a target that would drag the others down with her. So during the first few waves of getting attacked by the daemons, she did not use her strongest spells no matter how dire the situation was.

However, Brandon was right beside her now. Meanwhile, the situation had become too dangerous now.

So…

"Witness the power of the stars!"

[Glorious Strength: Starbow Break]

Upon that command, countless beams of lights instantly rained down upon the ground by using the shining stars as their power source.

Instantly, countless explosions and flashes bombarded the area where the Dark Tide was. The impacts were visible, like ripples on the calm surface of a lake. The dark purplish mist was instantly removed by the intense light and high temperature that was bombarding the land. After that, the daemons suffered tremendous casualties. The stench of burnt meat could be picked up along the wind that was blowing strong.

Vale Dani's Glorious Strength [Starbow Break] could link the shadows of the stars in the heavens. Using the countless stars across space as the initial point, the magic bombs that were charging at light speed could inflict tremendous damage to the enemies.

"Great job!"

This was the first time the golden-haired swordsman saw the love of his life unleash such a powerful spell. Currently, he was slaying the daemons on the frontline. He could instantly feel that the pressure on the frontline outside the wall was reduced tremendously.

However, right after that, he was shocked to see what was happening before his eyes. The violet-haired mage was holding her staff to support herself, as she slowly collapsed to the ground.

"Dani!"

He immediately dashed over to Vale Dani and held her in his arms. Brandon then lifted her head with a worried expression on his face. He put his hand on the mage's head trying to see if she was alright. After that, he let out a breath of relief. "Thank god. She's just over exhausted. Not a big deal…"

However, that was not the time to celebrate just yet. He immediately turned his head around in a hurry to look at the monster horde.

Although they had annihilated over a thousand Berserk Daemons, the daemons coming in from the sky would oppress the human army without the support from the Gold-tier mage's large-scale spells to intimidate and fend off the daemons. Furthermore, an endless wave of monsters that arrived right after was beginning to charge towards the fortress at the same time. The situation became even worse than before!

This was also one of the main reasons why those of Gold tier could not use their powers on a whim. Sometimes, they could just stand their ground without having the need to move. They were capable of suppressing their enemy's attacks by not moving at all.

Upon turning his head back, the Gold-tier swordsman saw a scene that made him hold his breath.

The huge hole that was caused by the collapsing star was still there. The daemons on the city walls were wiped out clean. The soldiers had finally gotten a chance to catch their breath. They could finally take a brief rest.

The Dark Tide… has stopped?

Impossible! Brandon felt an intense tremor in his heart. He knew that there were no powerful forces that could actually scare the insane monsters that were infected by Chaos. They would not falter just because they were scared. Look at the cannon attacks from the alchemy cannons. Even though the cannons had bombarded the horde leaving lots of holes across the land, the holes were swiftly loaded by the monsters that were charging forward. Although killing thousands of daemons was actually an achievement beyond imagination, it only took tens of seconds for the monsters to restore their numbers.

"Wait a minute, they're not faltering or stopping!"

After all, Brandon was still a Gold-tier swordsman. He could sharply sense the strange movements of the daemons. "They're heading over to a spot to gather!"

Could it be…

His eyes widened, the Gold-tier swordsman looked into the distant hill.

That area was the area where the daemons were gathering around. Right within the tide of death that looked pitch black.

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Chapter 69: A Warrior's Creed Is to Go All Out When They Meet

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Rumble—

The warhorses trampled the ground, stirring up all the snow on the ground up into the air. The layer of frost on the ground was crushed. The ground faintly trembled while the fifty strong warhorses with the blood of dragons coursing through their veins ran across the land; these tremors gradually increased. The rumbling sounded like an avalanche; of a thousand horses marching forward towards their enemies.

Every single inch they charged meant trampling. Every step they moved forward meant conquering.

It would be like sanctioning the hammer down from high above the sky, annihilating the enemies with unmatchable speed and tranquillity that could usher inner strength.

Sensing the chill in the wind that was blowing against his face in between the jolts of his warhorse while it was rushing forward, Joshua was approaching the countless daemons right before his eyes. He did not feel doubt or panic, but instead felt like his soul was somehow blazing.

That's right… That's how it should be!

That's a real battle ahead of him! There was no need for him to hold back. He only needed to go all out on his enemies to survive. Any tiny little miscalculation would end up with his own demise! It was a dreadful place to be. It was despair and fear—

Therefore, it was worth looking forward to! It was worth the excitement that was overwhelming his senses right now!

Like meeting an old friend, the black-armored warrior raised his metallic lance and gripped tightly on the hilt of his silvery-white greatsword while he fixed his eyes upon the countless hideous and wretched faces of daemons. He chuckled like a maniac.

I've come to collect!

So die!

It did not matter what type of daemons they were, they were all colossal. Even the most common deer-type daemons that were vegetarian were at least one to two meters tall and hundreds of kilograms heavy. If there was only one or a few of them, the situation would still be manageable. However, in the middle of the Dark Tide horde, there were tens of thousands of daemons forming themselves into an army of darkness that seemed like an unbreachable black wall.

Facing that sort of monster horde, the tanks might not be able to charge through the tide of monsters.

However, Joshua did not show any hesitation. He led the fifty Silver-tier knights charging straight into the horde fearlessly.

So why did he only choose these fifty Silver-tier knights instead of recruiting more soldiers before coming over here? That was because only Silver-tier knights would be able to keep up with his pace in handling the threats that the Dark Tide brought. Joshua would not need to worry much about his knights while he could focus on slaying the enemies himself.

Meanwhile, the warrior himself…

Who was he in the first place? He was the previous legendary warrior. He had encountered countless battlefields compared to any normal person could in their entire lives. So there was no one in the vicinity that could match his power!

Dark Tide? They were like maggots to him!

Boom!

The metallic lance was thrown forward at a speed where normal eyes could not see. A few Berserk Daemons were blown away like they were blown up by high-speed cannonballs. Their bodies were torn apart like they were sacks made of cloth. After that, the lance continued on piercing through the other daemons behind those that were torn apart. Instantly, a large disturbance was spread across the horde. In the meantime, there the black monster horde was breached. A hole was presented right in the middle of the horde.

With Joshua as the leading point, the fifty knights went into a sharp formation like an arrowhead. They were charging into the horde like having a hot knife cutting through butter. They broke through the side of the Dark Tide with ease and cleared a path into the middle of the Dark Tide.

Instantly, they were surrounded by the daemon horde the moment they went into the middle. Every single direction Joshua and the knights faced was filled with foul breath and the scent of daemons' blood.

Daemons from the Dark Tide did not have any tricks up their sleeves. They were only fighting their enemies with numbers. Facing a barrage of enemies that came out of nowhere, the daemons approached swiftly without any fear of dying. They were ready to press against the knights to restrict their movement and space.

Under the circumstance where they were surrounded by enemies in all directions, no matter how swift the knights were or how ferocious they were attacking their targets, they were all forcefully stopped by the daemons. After losing their speed to move forward, they were shredded to pieces. Especially the daemons right before them, the daemons had those dark purplish dust dispersing out across their entire bodies. It was pretty obvious that they had all entered the first stage of Berserk Mode. Their power was swelling tremendously that they were a couple times much stronger than the regular daemons. They were much more ferocious as well.

Although the Berserk Daemons looked extremely powerful, regardless of flesh or magic power, both were boosted to the max already. However, by the end of it, they were merely a bunch of puppet beasts without intelligence and wisdom. They only knew how to attack based on their basic instincts…

"Garbage."

Saying the word with disdain, Joshua activated the hidden power that was resting deep within his body after he made contact with the daemons right in front of him. The red radiating flame was ignited right before his chest. Following the blood flow across his entire body, the red rune pattern that was radiating like fire began to spread across his skin all the way throughout his entire body.

Even if he was a Gold-tier warrior, Combat Aura should not be simply activated on a whim. There was only limited number of skills one could use in a battle. The same applied to Joshua. Meanwhile, the most suitable skill to be used in this crucial time was…

[Mastery: Divine Power!]

There was no room to be surrounded or stopped. He had to annihilate the enemies before him as soon as he could. At the very least, he had to push the enemies to scatter into the surroundings. Riding on the back of his horse, the unstoppable warrior decisively used his Ultimate Skill. After that, he began to whirl his gigantic metallic lance and struck the tip of his lance straight towards the daemon army that was so near him right now.

The length of the lance was about two meters. It was made of pure metal and was extremely heavy. The initial design of the lance was to fit a Silver-tier warrior or even a barbarian. It was designed to pierce the formation formed from extremely large shields that weighed hundreds of pounds.

When a Gold-tier warrior could swing it like a normal lance, what kind of effect could it offer then?

Poom!

The moment the lance came in contact with the second wave of the Dark Tide, the lance pierced the air and let out an explosive sound. The lance tore through all obstacles right before its tip. Short bursts were heard one after another. Right before Joshua, the weak spots of all daemons were penetrated in that instant. They were blown away backward in the shape of a perfect arc. In the meantime, with a swing of the greatsword in his right hand, he slaughtered the few daemons that attempted to attack him from the back. Flesh and bones splattered across the battlefield. The blood splashed on the ground all around, the stench trailing up to his nose.

Although there were still countless daemons charging at him, right before Joshua's absolute power, none of the daemons could make it in front of Joshua. With the warrior as the center point, within the attack range of the greatsword and the long lance, there were no living beings that could actually get near to Joshua at all!

The warhorse that had dragon's blood coursing through its veins could not help but let out a miserable neigh. The strong forces which came from the rough movement Joshua did earlier on had strained the backbone of the horse a little too much. The horse was suffering badly. The four limbs of this magnificent and strong horse were beginning to tremble lightly showing that it could no longer sustain the powerful force of its own master. However, the heavy hooves on its legs were still trampling on the blood of the daemons on the ground without slowing down at all.

"Onward, do not slow down!"

"Yes, my Lord!"

Responding to the command of their leader, the Silver-tier knights went into a formation that looked like a moving steel fortress. Their formation had perfectly blocked off the attacks of the daemons that were aimed at them from all directions. After all, the hardest task to clear a path for them to go through the Dark Tide to the city gates had been taken care of by their liege. So they only had to charge and block off their enemies' attacks. Their job was much easier. Under the speedy charge forward, they had also unleashed their full power. They were using their lances, swords and all other weapons to slaughter the daemons on the spot.

Joshua and his knights looked so puny among the Dark Tide that was formed from countless waves of daemons. However, they looked like solid rocks that were thrown into the sea. They were sinking deep into the Dark Tide but seemed unstoppable as they kept breaching deeper and deeper into the Dark Tide.

As they were pushing forward, the red light on Joshua's body was radiating brighter with every passing moment. The radiance became so bright that it illuminated the entire night sky. Meanwhile, under the influence of their liege, the knights right behind Joshua roared with rage. Then their bodies began to emit different colored auras on each of them.

Steel tier represented Revelation. Silver tier represented Radiant Spirit, and Gold tier represented Glory. Why did Continental War categorize the power tier by giving them such names?

Because the radiance unleashed by Silver-tier beings could shine and burn the souls of their enemies. Meanwhile, the radiance unleashed by Gold-tier being symbolized victory!

The knights that were in the formation of a moving steel fortress earlier on were now under the protection of the radiance of soul and will. This would be the biggest reason why humans could still resist and fend off the Dark Tide. Under the leadership of the Gold-tier warrior who was emotionally agitated, all of the knights' souls began to resonate. Their strengths combined during a short period of time, becoming indestructible!

"Uargh!!!"

The daemons in the surroundings began roaring in anguish the moment they were exposed to the penetrating radiance. They could not help to feel the excruciating pain spreading across their entire body as the radiance burned through their souls. Their souls were much weaker than the souls of the humans. After being corrupted by Chaos, they became as weak as a match compared to a bonfire. Under the circumstance where they were feeling the piercing pain in their souls, the Berserk Daemons in the surroundings were not able to maintain their current form anymore. They could only retreat in panic. After that, they relaxed their muscles and deactivated their berserk mode. Only then they were able to acquire a brief period of time to take a break from the excruciating pain they were feeling since the moment they were exposed to the radiance.

Wielding their lances in their left hands picking off the enemies before them while swinging their greatswords in their right hands to fend off the enemies that attempted to get them from their sides, the Silver-tier knights made sure that the enemies would not get to their back. With the powerful heavy armor protecting his body… The warrior was basically invincible! In the meantime, the daemons that deactivated their berserk mode had finally remembered what fear was and thus retreated. Some of them were even overwhelmed by fear to the point that they were paralyzed to the ground. They could not even move a muscle on their bodies.

More surprisingly, some of the daemons did not retreat. Some of them remained where they stood all the while under the blazing radiance of Combat Aura. The retreat of their comrades did not affect them even by a bit.

Their heads were covered by smooth shells. They looked like insects with strong and powerful limbs. The transparent crystalline materials were bulging out across their entire bodies. Following their movement, these crystalline materials were glittering with blue-green radiance. They seemed like strange creatures that came from another world.

These bizarre looking daemons were trampling across the ground and charging forward at their enemies in a very swift speed. They ignored the blazing radiance that was scorching the souls of the other daemons like nothing. They were moving in over the countless Berserk Daemons corpses. They revealed their wretched giant teeth as they roared, before heading straight towards Joshua.

However, everything was pointless. Even though they seemed to be tougher and much stronger than the other daemons, even though they were moving faster than the other daemons to the point that the knights might not be able to see their movement clearly, they would be deemed too slow still right before the warrior in his black armor.

The silver greatsword flashed across the air. Joshua swung his sword so fast that he did not even bother to look at the monsters to see what happened to them. Wielding his weapon consciously, the monsters were sliced into many pieces by Joshua. The pieces of their bodies dropped onto the ground. After that, they were trampled by the knights that were charging in into piles of minced meat.

"What kind of clowns are they?"

After slashing them to bits, Joshua came to his senses and muttered to himself, "They were a little different than the other daemons. They looked very bizarre and strange. However, their appearances seemed very familiar to me…"

Another new wave of Berserk Daemons started their assault. Their souls were not yet scorched by the Combat Aura of the knights, so they had not taste fear just yet. Because of that, the warrior once again put all his attention on wielding his greatsword. The sharp blade of the greatsword cut right through the throats and the limbs of the daemons that were as tough as steel. In the meantime, he pierced his lance forward and picked on the other monsters in his surroundings.

Suddenly, a blazing heart came across the front of his chest. While he was slaughtering up his enemies across the battlefield, Joshua did not stop at all. He glanced at his chest briefly.

That was the spot where the Azurite hung. Suddenly, Azurite that looked like a regular stone without any effect started to glow. It looked as if it just received some sacrifice and reacted to it. It began to spin slowly, unleashing some power into the body of the warrior.

The stamina that was exhausted was suddenly replenishing. Same goes for the warrior's power. He could feel that his power was slowly restored as well. However, his Combat Aura did not recharge too much. After he charged into the Dark Tide and killed tons of daemons along the way, he seemed to be restored back to his initial state. His power and stamina were once again replenished!

Meanwhile, Joshua limited his communication to his silver greatsword. At the same time, Ying passed a message over to Joshua through Spirit Sense.

"Master. The monster that you just slew was an Aragami!"

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Chapter 70: A Warrior's Creed Is to Run Their Enemies Over Without Hesitation

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In the middle of the blizzard that was getting heavy and heavier, the warhorses were marching forward. The team in front was pushing forward without slowing down at all. Right after they broke through waves of daemons, Joshua and his knights had finally broken through the Dark Tide. They approached closer to the center of the horde.

The monsters in that part of the Dark Tide had weaker bodies compared to the monsters with tougher hides and brute force. However, these monsters had more powerful magic than the monsters they encountered earlier on. Upon sensing the presence of the knights approaching them, those Berserk Daemons immediately opened their mouths or the other organs to gather energy. Aiming at their enemies, they unleashed waves of magic breath attacks to inflict damage on their enemies.

However, because they were currently in the north, most of these magic breath attacks were ice or water elemental attacks. There were not much thunder elemental attacks that could not be dodged so easily. Those magic breath attacks were not that fast to begin with, so the knights were able to dodge most of the attacks while riding on their warhorses. Even though they were hit a few times over while they were charging towards the monsters,the knights did not suffer much damage as they were protected by condensed Combat Aura shield and everyone was wearing heavy armor and holding shields.

"Run them over!"

Joshua ordered loudly and swung his left hand forward. The gigantic metallic lance suddenly disappeared, followed by a loud explosive sound in the front. An invisible shockwave was caught against the howling wind that was blowing in the opposite direction. Not only did a few magic breath attacks that were shot at Joshua disperse, the Berserk Daemons were penetrated and blown backward. Countless dark purplish liquid with the stench of blood was splattered across the ground and the stains dried and turned into crystalline materials.

After that, taking the opportunity of the brief moment he got by killing the daemon before him, Joshua finally had time to ask his Divine Armament about what she meant.

"Ying, what did you say just now?"

"Master, those monsters that you slew just now—they were Aragami."

Within the silver greatsword, Ying was sending a message through Spirit Sense. Her voice sounded agitated, "There's something wrong with the Dark Tide this time. There's actually Aragami mixed among the daemons. More surprisingly, the daemons did not attack them!"

"Those are Aragami?"

Because he had not stopped slaughtering the daemons and pushed forward ever since he arrived on the battlefield, Joshua could only spare a little of his attention to recall the past and speak with his personal Divine Armament, "It felt like they're not as strong as I thought they should be. I've never seen them before… I've no idea what their appearances look like… Furthermore, daemons would usually attack the Aragami."

"This is just the first form of the Aragami. They seem like infants that were only born less than a month."

Regarding that sort of question, Ying seemed to be extremely familiar with it. After all, every single detail about the Aragami had been carved into the core of her soul since the beginning. She was using Spirit Sense to speak in a clear voice, "They'll need one to two years to grow into fully grown Aragami. By then, each of them would at least have the power level of a Silver tier… Meanwhile, the Aragami are intruders from the other world after all. Even the will of the Dark Forest would resist the existence of these monsters. The daemons and the Aragami aren't on the same side. That's a truth that is backed up with proof."

"If that's the case, it seems really odd then. After looking at the Dark Tide this round, other than the conspiracies of the Corrupted Black Dragon and the Pentashade Dragon, the shadow of Chaos must be somewhere there as well."

Upon that conclusion, Joshua also understood the strange feeling that came across him all of a sudden—the description on the Azurite said [The Blood of Chaos, the Source of the Flame]. That was randomly pulled out of nowhere. By killing one Chaos daemon, the Azurite could provide a certain amount of recharge based on the kill.

So it seems like I can also get a quest reward without having the need to kill a Gold-tier daemon? No, that should be the only objective of the quest. It appears that the effects of the Azurite only applies to the holder. Those thoughts went through his mind. Joshua suddenly understood one thing he thought was unusual; the warrior was confident enough that he was currently the number one in the entire realm of Gold tier. There should not be anyone more powerful than he currently was. However, he would not dare to say that he could single-handedly take on more than a dozen Berserk Daemons or Aragami. That would be insanely challenging even for him. Cast aside the consideration of everything else, stamina exhaustion was more than enough to cripple any powerful beings in the entire world.

Meanwhile, according to the records, every time the Aragami breached the seals, the heir from a family of generations would enter the dimensional rift to suppress the monsters. So the amount of stress they would feel while engaging the Aragami would be the same with the amount of stress that Joshua and the knights were feeling right now. However, the heir could always succeed by the end of it. Thinking back on it, that must be because of the benefits that the Azurite had to offer. Therefore, Joshua's ancestors could face so many Aragami all alone killing them one after another even though they were not as powerful as Joshua himself.

A warrior without a limit to his stamina could get a lot of things done.

"My liege."

The heavy breathing came not far from his back. Joshua did not turn his head around as he could tell from the heavy breathing that it was voice of one of the knights from the second formation. "A shrapnel from the explosion has wounded the foreleg of my mount. It seems that it can no longer hold on for long."

The voice of that knight sounded very nervous. However, he became calm after a brief moment. His voice became firm and confident.

"I'll stay right behind you."

"I know what you mean."

Without being swayed, the warrior shook his head and said, "With me around, such wound will not matter much at all."

"None of you are falling behind."

In order to handle most of the unexpected possibilities, Joshua had come ready equipped with many skills. He was no longer a newbie who had never step foot on a battlefield. His consideration was very thorough.

Just because the leg of his horse was wounded, that young knight decided to stay behind and die? Pfft! It would not be so easy for that knight to seek a glorious death!

The knight did not say a thing about it. Upon hearing what his liege had to say, that knight could only continue to ride on his horse charging forward into the heart of the battle. However, just like what he said, the pace of him riding on his horse had slowed down a lot. He had been keeping up with the frontline all the while since the battle started. Having no choice left, he could only switch positions with the other knights so that he could slowly move back to the rear of the formation.

Meanwhile, Joshua was almost done adjusting his breathing while he was slaughtering the daemons. He was getting ready to use his skill to support the knight who seemed to be wounded. Suddenly, the situation changed.

Initially, the entire sky was covered by dark clouds. There was an obvious and drastic change right in the middle of the dark sky. The clouds in the sky were being peeled off layer by layer by some sort of force. Then the clouds dispersed. By the end of it, a hole of a concentric circle shape that looked nearly perfect appeared right in the middle of the clouds. The magnificent scene of the sky and the beautiful stars were revealed right beyond the empty hole. The moonlight mixed with the starlight was shining down upon the land.

"That is…"

That was the essence of Glorious Strength! Gold tier!

Sensing the nature of the power in the sky, Joshua did not put his attention on the changes in the power later. Instead, he shouted, "Everyone, slow down. Power up on your Combat Aura defense."

"Brace for impact!"

Listening to the command of their liege, the knights slowed down on their charging speed. Some of them lifted their shield, placing it in front of them while the others were increasing the intensity of their Combat Aura. Although they could not sense the wave of Glorious Strength, they were not blind either. After all, they were Silver-tier knights who had experienced so many battles involving magic. So they naturally knew what the change in the sky was all about.

A brief moment later, as expected by Joshua, there was slight trembling right in the middle of the circular hole among those gloomy clouds. The stars were shining brightly, and countless magical powers, guided by a powerful soul, were gathering above the reflections of the stars. They soon turned into white lights and rained down upon the world below them!

In an instant, a huge explosion and a blinding flash were seen from afar. It felt like a giant meteor crashing down to the ground. Even Joshua and his knights could see and sense the tremors on the ground very clearly. The hot air and impact that came from the source caused the endless wave of the Dark Tide to slow down a little. On the other hand, the knights were only affected a little since they had made preparation to defend themselves earlier on.

The moment was here!

"Everyone, the fortress is currently supporting us with everything they've got."

With the intensity of their Combat Aura increased, Joshua gave his command as loud as he could. His voice could be heard thundering throughout the battlefield.

"We must not let them down—"

That was the moment where the knights had prepared themselves for. They adjusted their breathing pace accordingly. The red radiance that was initially blazing on only Joshua began to spread and fused with the radiance of the fifty knights. The radiance became so blinding and strong that it lit up the surroundings across the sky.

The radiance not only shrouded Joshua and the knights but also their warhorses. In fact, the radiance was fused together closer than ever. Because of that, the tremendous Combat Aura of the Gold-tier warrior was exhausted intensely until everyone had the unusual radiance throughout their entire bodies.

Having to cover fifty knights and their horses as well was a little much… Perhaps not.

The warrior sighed and revealed a wretched and wild smile on his face. "Listen to my command and charge forward with all you got. Charge!"

"Yes, my liege!"

Rallying wildly in the middle of the battlefield, the Ultimate Skill [Mastery:Stampede 1 ] that originated from the centaur warriors blazed on!

Time seemed to have slowed down. At the moment when Joshua had charged up to his full strength and unleashed the Ultimate Skill, the red radiance that looked like the color of blood began to spread across the entire formation like a large light beam. Translucent airwaves were stirred around intensely. The strong air pressure instantly surged across everyone's body and shielded around them like a layer of invisible protective barrier.

Shoof—

Like a blast of air, or even faster than the speed of winds, the rectangular formation of the knights that were as firm and solid as steel instantly speeded up forward. Their speed had somewhat reached the limit already. They clashed with the front row of the daemons that turned around and charged at them because of the explosion that happened earlier on.

However, unexpectedly, the impact of the air pressure around the charging knights had already caused havoc across those daemons. The impact of the running horses clashing with the daemons was much more lethal than that—in an instant, blood and bones were flying all over the place. The miserable screeching of the daemons was echoing throughout the surroundings!

Under the crunching sound of the bones, the daemons that were charging towards Joshua and his knights were crushed over like being run over by a metallic fortress. Their flesh was splattered across the battlefield and their broken bones were crushed further and scattering into the surroundings. Their remaining parts that were scattered into the surroundings were then trampled in the mud. The horde of daemons had just suffered a great loss in numbers.

The first layer, second, third, fourth… Under the intense impact from the charging strike, the daemons' countless layers of defense were torn apart easily. The toughness of their bodies was like of paper. They were easily crushed by the impact of the charging strike from Joshua and his knights. In the meantime, the knights in their formation charged forward with the howling wind, making their way straight towards the fortress.

"Rawgh!!!"

They had crossed over thousands of meters in just an instant. Other than Joshua, none of the knights could react to the situation. They were just focusing on unleashing their Combat Aura to maintain the red radiance surrounding them. An accident was bound to happen sooner or later. Not long after, not far from the direction where Joshua and the knights were charging towards, a few gigantic shadows emerged and blocked them! They looked as firm as the mountains!

Among those Berserk Daemons, there were a bear, a wolf, a giant snake and a deer. However, they had one thing in common. Each of them was shrouded by dark purplish mist. Their eyes were glittering bright like the purplish-blue stars in the sky. That was the most obvious trait of one undergoing a 'Dragon's Berserk'.

Could that be the pinnacle of the Silver tier after undergoing two Berserk processes?

"There's no need to slow down! Charge!"

Sensing that some of them were slowing down a little because of fear, Joshua shouted out and gave his command again, After that, he revealed a wretched smile on his face and patted his horse's belly.

"Black!"

The black horse which had the blood of a dragon coursing through its veins seemed to have a spiritual connection with Joshua. It seemed to understand what its master meant. Along with countless red lights gushing into its body, it neighed and hissed. After that, the muscles across its entire body began to swell and expand. It seemed that the horse was activating its berserk mode now. Its movement speed became much faster after that.

So, a Silver tier at its peak—

The dark red radiance slowly engulfed the blade of the silver greatsword and the metallic lance. They looked like they were blazing in flames reflecting the radiance across them like the complexion of red crystals. In the meantime, Joshua had entered his purest explosive battle mode. He was charging like explosive lava. The muscles across his body expanded and swelled insanely. He looked extremely intimidating and scary at the moment. His aura was unmatchable in the battlefield.

The daemons that went through Dragon's Berserk were charging at the warrior in black armor showing not even the slightest fear in them. That would mean those daemons had already completely gone berserk. Those monsters no longer had any emotion called fear. They were swinging their claws, their teeth, their horns and their tails towards their enemies at the same time. They were so worked up to crush the tiny humans before them into piles of meat right now.

Trash!

Slash—

The blade blazing with red radiance flashed across the monsters. The monsters stopped as if time had been frozen. The knights charged forward like there were no obstacles in front of them. They charged out of the daemons that attempted to surround them up. Right after the charged passed the horde, blood oozed out from the throat of the giant bear intensely all of a sudden. Meanwhile, the black body of the giant snake was sliced into four parts where each part was still wiggling on the ground. At the same time, the colossal deer's head fell off onto the ground as it died on the spot.

The giant wolf that was approximately three meters tall was the only one left. It was then pierced by the lance that Joshua was holding. Its eyes popped out because of the impact of the strike. It was skewed on the tip of the lance Joshua was holding up towards the air with an intensely stunned expression on its face before it died.

Not far before them was the spot where the corpses blocked the city gates.

"My liege! Do we charge on? The wall is just right before us!"

"Of course!"

Following the brief conversation, the knights that were engulfed in the red radiance disregarded every single obstacle right before them as they charged on. Under the support of their Combat Aura, they violated the rule of gravity and charged onto the gray wall of the city—vertically!

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Chapter 71: Brandon Kaos

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Under normal circumstances, a Silver-tier warrior who trains day and night by strengthening his body and Combat Aura would be able to run vertically along the wall while the fundamental laws of gravity. After all, a Gold-tier warrior could propel himself off the ground and fly. Although the idea of anti-gravity was amazing, in a world filled with magic and Combat Aura, sacred light and bloodlines, walking vertically along the wall was naught but trivial.

However, the difficulty of defying gravity for one's self was a whole level lower than the difficulty of defying it whilst mounted, especially when the battlefield is chaotic. There was barely any leeway for anybody to prepare themselves.

Thud thud thud

Leading the knights on horseback, Joshua slayed four daemons that were at the pinnacle of Silver-tier and did not feel the slightest hint of fatigue. Instead, he felt refreshed. Endless streams of power gushed out of the Azurite stone, nourishing Joshua endlessly with unending stamina and strength. The sable knight led his band as they charged with great strength and vigor to tear through the formation of daemons impeding their way. They were crushing the daemons against the wall into meat pies. Meanwhile, the guards on the wall were bewildered after witnessing the brutality. Joshua and his knights had finally set foot on the inner walls.

"Halt!'

Reining Black to a pause, Joshua remained solitarily on the wall of the fortress. He patted the head of his war horse and infused some gentle force along with his Combat Aura into its body. His intention was to purge Black of its Berserk state as it was currently exhausted. After that, he immediately dismounted Black, and addressed the knights behind him.

"Alright, get down from your horses. We've arrived."

"Yes…"

It seemed as though they were only able to react to the situation after a brief moment of respite. The knights felt as though they had just been roused from their dreams. They turned back and looked at their count with puzzled faces, their eyes void of emotion. They could not believe what had just transpired.

That… just then, how did they do it?

Their heartbeats were insanely fast; those knights did not know where they were at the moment. They could not recall what they should do next; their minds scrambled.

It was only approximately half an hour from the time they felt the hot blood surging in their chests as they began to charge until the time they arrived at the city wall.

They actually made it here just like that?! Without going through the city gates, they arrived by running along the wall?!

The knights had predicted a lot more possibilities on how they would arrive at the fortress. Most of the prediction involved a lot of them dying while they were fighting the daemons; none of them were idiots. None of them thought that they could be heroes. By engaging such a dreadful and powerful army of Berserk Daemons, even if they were to rely on the defenses of the fortress to fend off the daemons, none of them would be confident enough to claim that they could survive this battle. Therefore, a formation with merely fifty knights would be far from sufficient to charge through the Dark Tide. If they did not believe in the insane prowess of their own count, none of them would be bold enough to say that they could survive until the end. They had even imagined how they might die on the battlefield.

However, at this moment… they lifted their heads towards Joshua, the warrior in black armor who was armed with both his greatsword and his lance. A gigantic daemon wolf was skewered right at the tip of his lance. Even though it was dead, the ferocious aura of the dead wolf was still extremely intimidating. The knights believed that everyone in the vicinity would have been in a tough spot if they were forced to battle the wolf one-on-one.

However, the four similarly powerful daemons could barely survive long enough to take one or two breaths before getting slaughtered by their count.

Meanwhile, the knight whose horse was wounded prior to this gazed at Joshua with respect… no, it should be said that he was in admiration of Joshua.

Under the effect of 'Stampede', the wounds suffered by his warhorse eased immediately. Even though the wound was not completely healed, the wound did not worsen throughout the charge. The knight himself expected to die and mentally prepared himself. However, it turned out that it was even better than the best outcome he could imagine!

As for Joshua, he was currently standing solemnly. He adjusted his back to normal. He allowed all his muscles to gradually contract after they rashly swelled up the moment he went all out.

Although it seemed like the warrior was the one responsible for leading all the knights to the top of the wall safe and sound, Joshua knew better than anyone that he actually borrowed the strength of everyone in order to make that happen. He was merely the person leading them forward. The charging effect of the Combat Aura was able to persist throughout the journey by relying on the collective effort of the knights.

After all, the warrior was still in the first stage of being a Gold-tier warrior. Even if he was extremely powerful and very experienced in battling, his level of Combat Aura was still not very high.

Meanwhile, on the wall.

The defending army of the fortress was so weary that they looked like they could barely hold on for much longer.

The knights were unable to assess the situation of the battlefield because they were following Joshua's lead. They were completely unaware that they were akin to an unstoppable tank bulldozing their way through the battlefield. However, the guards were able to monitor their entire progress from the start till the end.

Not long before that, one of the elven archers noticed the presence of Radcliffe's reinforcements. It only took Joshua and the knights approximately thirty-five minutes to scale their way to the top of the wall. Most importantly, they only moved in a straight line, directly cutting through the Dark Tide from the hillside all the way to the top of the wall without making any turns at all!

What the guards and the soldiers saw was that there was a red beam of light projecting towards the wall at lightspeed. They could vaguely count the fifty-or-so people in the red beam. These knights were charging forward like an indestructible metallic fortress. Any daemon that positioned themselves in front of them were crushed into meat pies. Blood spilled and flesh splattered onto the surroundings. Even though there were also giant beasts that were at the pinnacle of Silver-tier, they were massacred in one hit by the Gold-tier warrior one after another as though their existence was worthless.

Was that the reason why they only sent fifty-plus men to provide support? What sort of monstrous reinforcements were they?!

While everyone was discussing how unbelievable it was to witness all that, Joshua looked around to inspect the Dark Tide.

Currently, the army of Berserk Daemons no longer possessed a formidable formation. Initially, one layer of defense would have approximately two thousand daemons in it. Quite a number of defensive layers of the Dark Tide had been disrupted. They became completely chaotic. That was also because the Gold-tier mage had activated her Glorious Strength from within the fortress and rained down stars upon the daemons, taking out at least 3,000 of them.

Truth be told, if that was the only thing that had occurred, the situation would not have developed as such. However, Joshua and his fifty knights had charged across the monster horde, disrupting them… Now, there were still many of the daemons who assumed that the enemies were still among them. They were focused on tracking and locating their enemies across the battlefield.

However, these brainless monsters could never imagine that Joshua and his knights had already arrived on top of the wall even if they were given tens of thousands of years to ponder.

It was time to hold their thoughts and emotions back.

That Gold-tier mage was the master of the fortress. So where was the countess of the Scarlet family then? His actions were clear as day for all to see on the battlefield. Thus, she could not have overlooked that.

Just when he was wondering about it, Joshua suddenly felt a strange presence approaching him from the rear.

That order was extreme. Having the same source as the power he inherited, he could also sense that the two powers were completely unique from each other. He turned his head around and saw a golden-haired swordsman with crimson eyes. The swordsman looked handsome. He wore a brown leather armor and two swords hung by his waist. He walked towards Joshua right now.

Joshua frowned a little.

This was a Gold-tier swordsman. It was not that mage he was expecting to see… The more alarming aspect of this rendezvous was the visage of the swordsman.

"That face, those eyes… and the pattern on those two swords."

He was muttering all to himself in silence. He felt that the appearance of this swordsman seemed somewhat familiar. "Somehow, I've seen his appearance and his clothing in my previous life."

Meanwhile, Brandon had no idea at all what the warrior in black armor was thinking at the moment. He walked up to Joshua in a very formal manner and greeted Joshua with the most traditional gesture of a nobleman. "Thank you for coming over to aid us, Liege of Moldavia of the Northern Lands, Imperial Count Joshua Radcliffe. As Brandon, the Baron of the Imperial City's Kaos family, it is my honor to be in your presence."

Kaos, Brandon… Brandon Kaos?

Upon hearing that name, Joshua could not respond to Brandon immediately. He was shocked as his memory was jolted. He finally remembered why the man before him looked so familiar.

This man, these two swords— isn't this the prominent sword that protected the northern lands in his previous life, the [Sacred Sword of Annihilation, Brandon Kaos?!

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Chapter 72: First Encounter

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As one of the extremely rare Legendary warriors in his previous life, it was to be expected that Joshua would pay extra attention to those of other classes who were on the same level as himself. It did not matter if they were players or NPCs in the game, Joshua would still treat them the same.

As for the prominent swordsman that protected the northern land in Joshua's previous life, Brandon Kaos the [Sacred Sword of Annihilation, Joshua would definitely keep track of him as well.

A powerful individual with a title, Brandon's name was known throughout the entirety of Continental War. He was renowned for his might, good looks, and gentle attitude. At the very least, he was exceedingly popular in his party.

However, it was not the time to ponder about the significance of Brandon's fame. No matter what could occur in the future, at least Joshua needed to resolve this important issue he is faced with.

"I, Count of Moldavia, Joshua van Radcliffe, have come forth to provide my support."

Because he was wearing a full set of black heavy armor, Joshua only nodded slightly and made a military gesture at Brandon.

According to custom, regardless of what they were wearing, the two noblemen should exchange their names and reveal the insignia of their family to each other. Then, they should proceed with small talk before discussing real business. However, both the warrior and Brandon were not people fond of wasting their breath on fatuous intricacies. They did not have that much time to squander.

Joshua immediately said, "The situation is dire, do you have any…"

Before he could finish his words, Joshua abruptly frowned. All of a sudden, he stopped speaking to Brandon. Instead, he lifted his head and looked into the night sky that was pitch black.

The Gold-tier swordsman was no ordinary man either. He was not infuriated by Joshua's sudden reaction as it would normally be inappropriate and rude. He knew. Joshua was willing to travel all the way to Moldova to provide support. That should be enough to prove that Joshua was not a rude and arrogant fanatic. The warrior in black armor should have his own reason for acting in such a way.

Thus, Brandon looked in the direction Joshua faced. He stared into the night sky that was as empty as the void. A blue radiance flashed before his red eyes.

The warrior suddenly shook his head. The metallic lance in his hand trembled, and in one swift and powerful stroke, flung an impaled three-meter long giant wolf from his lance. The thrown corpse smashed into the city walls. The unleashing of his red Combat Aura had splattered the flesh and blood of the wolf's corpse all over the place. A flurry of freezing wind instantly froze and solidified the blood into red crystalline structures.

"I've been wondering all this while. Where is this leader of the daemons that are attacking us?"

Looking upon the Dark Tide that seemed to embody chaos, Joshua removed his helmet. His visage relaxed, as indicated by his eyebrows. His red eyes were fiery as molten lava. "There shouldn't be a leader in the Dark Tide. If there were Gold-tier daemons emerging from the outset of battle, even if they could not breach the fortress, they could definitely wear us out. That would be a strategy used to prepare for the next step of their invasion. To add to my hypothesis, I've charged into the monster horde and engaged in battle with some Gold-tier daemons. However, the battle was anti-climatic. There was no thrill to it at all."

"I had not thought that it could be roaming around here."

"It's actually here! It's actually here!"

The golden-haired swordsman seemed to have noticed something as well. The red and blue in his eyes fused as his sight went beyond the giant bats and flying dragons across the sky. A hint of surprised washed over his eyes. "It has been right above all this while… It has been watching us from above!"

"That's right."

Joshua said lightly, "That's really arrogant."

He grinned a little. However, it seemed more like he was smiling. The warrior then raised the lance in his left hand and contracted the muscles across his entire body. The Combat Aura that was surging through his left hand turned from red to dark red. A sense of murderous and intimidating intent began to surge around the metallic lance, refining it into a magical lance that had countless black runic patterns inscribed along the shaft.

"Let's deal with it then."

Boom!

In a moment's breath, Joshua directed and launched the lance with all his strength. The propelling of the lance birthed a series of sonic booms that stirred waves of winds across the surroundings. The impact shoved everyone other than Brandon a few steps backward. Even the solid city walls that could withstand the impacts of the daemons' assaults had cracks emerging on its surface.

The lance vanished from everyone's sight in an instant. It penetrated through the atmosphere, rending the heavens asunder in a horrific whistling sound. The air distorted and the surroundings trembled. Right before everybody's eyes, this lance launched towards the sky like a crimson shooting star!

"Hiss… roar!"

Instantly, a miserable roar could be heard echoing across sky. In the middle of the dark sky, a monstrous shadow emerged. Dark purplish dust scattered across the surface of the black shadow in the shape of a dragon. The lance that was surging with a dark red hue had just penetrated the right wing of the dragon.

Glaring with rage at the warrior in black armor, the black dragon did not hesitate at all. It immediately stretched its mouth open revealing all its fangs. A beam of mystical breath that was as fast as the speed of light projected from its mouth. The magic breath was directed towards where the city wall was!

Under the night sky, the black dragon observed a ceremony on the sacrificial ground where it was harvesting souls for its own nefarious purposes.

It did not matter if it was the death of humans or the death of daemons, the black dragon felt nothing in its heart. Regardless, as long as they belong to world, they could serve as sacrificial offerings for the black dragon to present to 'that existence'. While the lives of humans seem to slightly outweigh that of the daemons, it did not really matter which side had accrued more deaths.

More and more deaths… More wisps of fire extinguished could bring much more pleasure to the Chaos across the land… bring more pleasure to me…

The black dragon began to recall that close to the center of the Dark Forest existed a portal emanating absolute darkness. It was opened by the black dragon itself.

Close to that portal were two descendants that had accepted its 'egg'. By the portal that glittered in mysterious rune inscriptions and the chaotic miasma of the dark Chaos… They were mutated, strengthened beyond limits and one's imagination.

Following the slaughter and harvest, the black dragon and its descendants would grow stronger… until the day they could surpass the golden-white Elder Dragon's strength.

It would not matter any longer.

For as long as the two descendants were safe and sound, it would not matter even if all of the daemons perished… By the end of everything, the Berserk Daemons were just like an army of ants, beneath it. They were not of the same species as the black dragon.

That being said, it would still be better if it could harvest more souls as soon as possible. The black dragon would still need a large number of daemons to aid it in breaching the defense of the fortress. Otherwise, the black dragon could never succeed in achieving its goal solo. It might even meet its maker before that.

In the past, to prevent that possibility of setting in, the black dragon had lurked in its own lair in hiding. It had never stepped out of its lair since. It only decided to fly out of its lair this one time. However, an unforeseen circumstance occurred…

According to the estimations of the black dragon which had obtained wisdom, by unleashing the full force of the daemons upon the fortress, even if they could not breach the Moldova fortress, they could definitely cause a great deal of damage to the fortress. Many would die. However, in truth, other than sensing a large number of daemons dying on the battlefield all of a sudden, it only managed to harvest the souls and lives of a few humans.

That was really odd. The dragon could not fathom what had happened in the battle below.

Thus, it decided to fly over and observe the situation of the battlefield… it must be noted that the dragon had not left its lair for quite some time.

A layer of dark dust concealed half of its body that was golden in color, as the Chaos magic surged across the dragon and the inky black body of the dragon slowly camouflaged into the pitch black sky. The dragon, then perched on a cliff, alighted towards the battlefield.

The dragon decided to terminate its flashbacks.

While it was roaming about in the sky, the black dragon seemed to discover the reason as to why there was a massive number of daemons dying all of a sudden.

In the battlefield, there was an intense mark of an explosion. The magic wave was still raging about in the vicinity.

Has that Gold-tier mage gone mad? That seems to be a spell that was activated under the circumstance that the mage was forcing herself beyond her limit! The black dragon also noticed that there were two new Gold-tier combatants on top of the fortress' wall. Although it could not sense any magical aura from them, the two of them seemed quite powerful just from their appearances. Their bodies and their willpower seemed to be quite intimidating. The dragon could also tell that their Combat Aura should be quite full and abundant as well.

That should be the reason why the Dark Tide did not prevail in the first place.

Feeling disgusted, the black dragon could sense the presence of those two humans that were antagonistic towards itself. It was repulsed by its rigid thoughts.

Suddenly, a chilling sensation washed over the dragon's entire physique.

The black dragon could sense that its disguise born of Chaos magic had been compromised.

Right on top of the wall, that warrior who had a set of black armor on him suddenly turned his head towards him. His eyes were looking at it as if they were staring at a dead corpse.

Murderous intent—it was violent and cruel. The ferocious murderous intent was aimed directly at the dragon. That sense flooded the dragon, crushing the dragon's mental spirit. The black dragon could not help but recall the feeling when it was once hunted by its own kind. That golden-white Elder Dragon that traversed half the continent in an attempt to hunt it down was a painful memory that continued to torment the black dragon endlessly.

Because of that, it hesitated for a split second.

Thus, it became the sole reason it was hit in the first place.

With its sudden appearance, the lance traveled at a speed far faster than the time anyone had to react. At that moment, the black dragon did not even have the luxury to think about evading. Its wing was penetrated. The dark red Combat Aura corroded the solid dragon scales and dragon skin, causing black blood to profusely ooze out from the wound.

"Hiss… roar!"

Upon letting out an enraged roar, the black dragon knew that it had made a careless mistake. Overwhelmed by its own rage, it immediately gathered the virus scale powder and the Chaos energy that had been accumulated across its entire body. Then, the dragon aimed in the direction of the city wall and launched an attack straight at it!

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Chapter 73: The Story Is Different From What I Know!

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The daemons' breath attacks would normally be powered up by the magic power within their own bodies, which would be spat out right at their targets along with the special substances in their body parts.

Fire dragons spat flames. White bears let out frosty breath attacks. The speed of their breath attacks had nothing to do with their own power. It was related to the medium that transmitted their power; dragon breath was powered by the combustion dust that their bodies created. Meanwhile, white bears relied on the freezing liquid within their bodies to create frost breaths.

The magic power would convert this medium as the material and act as the catalyst to use them as the source of power. At the end of the process, the magic power would turn the combustion dust into fireballs that could melt steel and gold, and turn the frost liquid into frost or ice attacks that could break solid rocks. Naturally, the conversion speed of the dust form would be much faster than the conversion speed of liquid form and crystalline form. Needless to say, the Chaos power and the scale dust on the black dragon were quite similar in nature to begin with.

As fast as the speed of light, the scale dust that was carrying the virus was instantly converted into pure Chaos energy, turning into a dark beam of light which shot straight at the target.

The dark and contaminated radiance went across the night sky without making a sound. The passing beam did not stir any wind or waves. It just went straight towards the warrior standing on top of the wall at a speed faster than the speed of lightning.

The beam of light was greeted with a hand that was lifted earlier on.

After Joshua threw his lance, he already predicted that the enemy would definitely fight back. So he had made preparations to defend himself earlier on. With his left hand lifted up, his Combat Aura began to surge through his hand. Meanwhile, by wearing the black armor forged from the toughest metal with magic runes crafted on the surface of the armor, Joshua just stood there and took on the light beam that looked as large as half of his size with no intention of evading at all.

"Get clear—"

Brandon who was standing right beside him had also noticed the enemy's attack. He panicked and screamed. However, compared to the speed of the black dragon's breath attack, he reacted and spoke too slow. He only managed to say a few words before the dark light came across the sky over thousands of meters and landed right on the warrior in black armor.

Boom!

Black smoke rose. A pungent scent began to gush into the surroundings. The high temperature and the dark purplish mist instantly shrouded the spot where the breath attack landed on.

"…"

Gulping, the golden-haired swordsman had no idea what Joshua was thinking. It was rather obvious that the enemy would fight back instantly after being attacked. However, Joshua did not dodge. Even if the defense and resistance of the warrior might be much more powerful than the ability of the swordsman, Joshua should not have been so reckless. After all, that was a magic breath attack of a Gold-tier dragon-type daemon. Although there was no way to differentiate the type, that sort of attack must surely come from the best among the best.

However, if Joshua was confident enough to take the attack head on, then he should be able to sustain that without suffering much damage.

Well, the truth was exactly what he thought it would be.

Drip—

That was the sound of something dripping onto the ground.

In the middle of the black smoke, there seemed to be some golden-red substance flowing around.

The knights that put their heads down to resist the explosion looked towards the shadow in the middle of the thick smoke.

"This armor would be much more useful if it's used against a Silver-tier enemy. However, facing a Gold-tier enemy, it seems that the armor is not enough at all."

The voice of the man was heard, followed by his footsteps. The man walked out of the range covered in smoke.

The hot wind that was surging around had melted the frost and snow in the surroundings.

Currently, with the warrior's left hand as the center point, the horrific high temperature was beginning to spread throughout into the surroundings. The initially black armor had been melted by the dragon's breath. The melted metal turned into golden-red molten steel form and it was slowly dripping down onto the ground. However, Joshua did not seem to give a damn about it at all.

The black dragon's breath managed to breach Joshua's Combat Aura protection layer and armor, but failed to penetrate Joshua's skin. Joshua's Steel Armor Kokyu-ho had really enhanced his defense. Even though the red-hot molten steel dripped on his body, he did not feel the scorching heat at all under the support of his Combat Aura and his Kokyu-ho skill. Instead, the heat felt like warm water from a hot spring.

At the same time, when Joshua used his hand to stop the dragon breath attack, he managed to grab a small amount of black mist which seemed to be spinning around endlessly, as though trying to break out or disperse. However, under the imprisonment of Joshua's Combat Aura, it could not do anything.

The warrior then looked into the sky seeking for the shadow of the black dragon. After that, he furrowed his eyebrows and said, "So it fled after using a puff of its dragon breath?"

There was nothing in the night sky that looked pitch black. The blurry shadow of the black dragon was no longer there.

However, the warrior did not appear to be disappointed. He lowered his head and looked at the black mist within his grip. Then he smiled coldly and said, "I've blocked your dragon breath attack out front on purpose because I want to acquire this… You're not getting away now."

Joshua had already expected that the black dragon would flee. Currently, the Dark Tide had descended into chaos, and the dragon had a wounded wing. So for the black dragon who had most of the advantages and the initiative to strike, it was not the perfect time for the final showdown just yet. So it was perfectly natural that it would retreat now.

However, even Joshua felt there was something odd about the situation. The most superior being among the Dark Tide, the Corrupted black dragon should not have come forth to the frontline of the battlefield like this. Before the warrior threw his lance, Joshua thought he was aiming at some other Gold-tier daemons. So after he noticed that it was a Corrupted black dragon, the warrior immediately changed his strategy in battle.

That was really odd. Could it be possible that there was no Gold-tier daemons at all in the entire Dark Tide? After all, during the Dark Tide back in Moldavia, there were still colossal Gold-tier beasts like the mammoth attacking the city.

"Rawgh—"

Right in the dark clouds in the far distance, a long roar of a dragon was heard echoing into the surroundings. Meanwhile, following the long dragon roar and the sudden upsurge of the Chaos magic, the daemons below the walls were beginning to regroup. They were slowly falling back into position. Then, they began to retreat.

The dark purplish mist was evaporating into thin air like how snow evaporates under the intensely hot sunlight. The daemons also returned to the Dark Forest. Those monsters had left behind piles of corpses and blood with bad stench across the land. Meanwhile, the scent of the Chaos magic still remained in the vicinity, spreading around like a disease.

Whatever the situation was—the Dark Tide was retreating.

"I'm sorry. I noticed the enemy earlier on. So I couldn't finish my words earlier."

While the Dark Tide was slowly retreating, Joshua turned around and walked back up to the golden-haired swordsman. He greeted Brandon casually, "Now that the Dark Tide is retreating, allow me to repeat. My name is Joshua Radcliffe."

Reaching out his hand that was still had golden red molten steel dripping down, the warrior asked politely, "May I know what is your name?"

"My name is Brandon Kaos…"

With a confused face, Brandon looked at Joshua's hand with mixed feelings. He did not know what to say or what to do at the moment.

Swordsman was a Class that leaned more towards skills. In term of defense and resistance, that Class would not be able to match the warrior Class which had thick skin and high defense. Even when they were both Gold tier, Brandon did not dare to make contact with the molten steel… What the f*ck! Even regular Gold-tier warriors could not do this without getting burned!

Brandon swore quietly in his heart. However, he had to maintain public persona. So Brandon clenched his teeth and grabbed Joshua's hand firmly. "My sincerest gratitude to you, on behalf of Countess of the Scarlet family."

… Countess of the Scarlet family? Mr. Sacred Sword, weren't you the Baron of Imperial City's Kaos family? So why are you showing me gratitude on behalf of the Countess of Moldova to me then…

Joshua was doubtful but proceeded to shake hands with Brandon anyway, to express his respect towards him. "It's nothing. For the people of the north, this is my duty as one of the lieges. However, may I asked about the whereabouts of the liege here? May I know where's your countess, Vale Dani?"

"My wife… the countess has overstrained herself by using too much battle magic. Her current mental state is weak. So she passed out a while ago. Now she has been sent over to the central tower as we speak. She'll get to rest for now."

Without saying anything, the golden-haired swordsman withdrew his hand. Then he quickly put his hand that was about to get burned behind his back. He was trying to use his Combat Aura's cooldown healing to heal his hand. At the same time, he tried to look solemn. Then he said, "I can represent her in all matters. So if you have any matter to discuss, you can talk to me straight away."

Wife?

Joshua was not a dumb man to begin with. Although Brandon only accidentally spilled a word or two about it, Joshua could guess the rest. Especially the word 'wife', the warrior furrowed his brows the moment he heard the word. After that, Joshua looked at the golden-haired 'Sacred Sword' with suspicious eyes.

Brandon Kaos. As the direct descendant of the Legendary Grand Mage Carbala Kaos, even with all the excellent talents ion the arts of magic, Brandon did not choose to become a mage. Instead, he chose to become a Sacred Swordsman. However, his achievement was even higher than the achievement of his ancestors.

In the previous life, his name as the Imperial Sword had spread across the void and many other worlds. As the Guardian of Order, many Chaos and evil entities would shiver in fear the moment they heard the name [Sacred Sword of Annihilation]. In the middle of the fourth expansion, this 'Sacred Sword' had led a legendary party to the largest base of daemons in the abyss. With the support of the players, they succeeded in laying waste on the fortress of the base and they even slew the Demonic Baron [Goliath, The Demon Lord of Gluttony]. By doing so, they ended the second invasion war from the void.

Even among the players, this golden-haired swordsman was quite popular as well. As a true powerful fighter with both strength and looks, there were quite a number of girls from Joshua's party that would buy merchandise related to Brandon such as action figures and posters that were introduced by the game developers. The girls worshipped and went crazy over their dream guy.

Of course… even with so many fans around, he did not manage to rid himself of the curse that had been passed down for generations in the family of mages.

Brandon Kaos, who would be the Sacred Sword in the coming days, was currently a Gold-tier swordsman… He was supposed to be the famous holy bachelor of Continental War!

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Chapter 74: The Dual Blades of Order

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Continental War was game with a very high degree of freedom where players could immerse themselves in completely. There were millions of constant players and hundreds of millions of registered accounts. It could be deemed as one of the largest masterpieces that crossed into a new milestone of a new era.

As the name suggested, the sword and fire, the blood and steel, and also the endless war was the main theme of the game. Under the light of the blazing sun and the twin moons during the days and nights, players continued to explore and take on adventures across the Mycroft Continent. They were slaughtering monsters in battle and completing quests one after another. Along with the passing days, the history of the game world was slowly moving forward.

The players could freely join in the progress of the history mode of the game. They could affect the direction where the world was heading in the story. The situation could be turned around as well. With the push of the players and all sorts of things happening around in the game, the story mode of the Continental War could be divided into four stages, or the four expansions.

In the first expansion, the main theme of the game was the war between different races.

There were the people of the north and the orcs, the people of the far south and the zergs, the people of the west and the mountaineers, the people of the east and the sea monsters. Regardless of whichever regions or areas they hailed from, the sides that the players chose to side with would have their own opposition race to deal with. Annihilating them or conquering them would be the choices and quests that the players need to complete.

In the previous life, the kingdoms of humans and elves from the far south had conquered the zergs. A covenant was signed during that incident which was later labeled as one of the historical events known as [The Eternal Vow]. Meanwhile, the Empire in the north had completely crushed the orcs across the northwest flatlands during the historical event called the [Glorious Expedition]. The orcs had been totally annihilated.

In the second expansion, the main theme was the wars between civilization and nature.

The Dark Tide from the Dark Forest was considered one of the most frequent and also the most dreadful natural disaster that civilization needed to face. Calming down the Dark Tide, find out the reason why the Dark Tide happened, or completely solve the problem that stagnated the growth of the civilization over the years were the main objectives of this game's expansion.

In the previous life, there was no force that could calm the Dark Tide down and find out the truth behind it. Everyone only managed to fend off the Dark Tide until it subsided. Then they would just let the matter drift along with time. Even though that was not considered as a failure, history continued to repeat itself like an endless loop, an existing cancer.

For the last two expansions, the main theme of each of the respective version would be the wars between the gods and the wars between worlds. Anyway, those events were still far in the future.

In any case, the tide of those times was replaced and pushed by countless legends and epic historical events. Furthermore, these events naturally required people to participate. Everyone would have the opportunity to become the center of the historical turning point. That being said, they could take the opportunity to become the so-called [Hero].

Before transmigration, Joshua was participating in the world-class epic historical event [Downfall of the Stars] in the fourth expansion of the game together with his party members. Their goal was to fight off the third invasion of the demon army. If they succeeded, they could then affect the world and reverse the course of history and make them real heroes.

Unfortunately, because of some people's betrayal, the warriors got themselves kicked out of the game at an early stage. Even though he did not see the follow-up on the event, however, since that even the captain was assassinated. So it seemed that they had failed in the end. They could not reverse the fate that befell Fort Naya.

However, the situation was quite different now.

Joshua had transmigrated into a world that was familiar yet not… After all, this was a world that existed for real.

Meanwhile, it was still many years from the failure in his other life. So there was still a long time for him to get ready for it.

Since that was the case, there shouldn't be anyone that could stop him, even fate. Facing the warrior that was attempting to change it, the fate would no longer be the same.

Joshua looked at Brandon Kaos that was standing right before him.

This golden-haired man was undoubtedly one of the most hardcore heroes in the fourth expansion [Continental War, Tens of thousands of worlds and tens of thousands of armies] in the previous life of the 'Continental War'. The warrior had worked together with him in battles before.

While Brandon was leading the other legendary champions into the abyss of Fort Tear Valley to slaughter the Demonic Baron [Goliath, The Demon Lord of Gluttony] that caused the invasion to happen in the first place, Joshua was leading his own party into the battlefield as one of the human alliance armies to battle against the massive demon army. The main task was to divert the enemies' attention.

The two of them did not really meet before. However, from a certain point, the two of them were really familiar with each other.

Therefore, Joshua was in disbelief about Brandon.

This bachelor… No, this celibate… when did he have a wife?!

"Since you can represent the Scarlet family to handle all matters in need of attention, then things should become much more convenient."

Even though his ingrained impression of Brandon was crushed, Joshua did not ask directly. He continued on with the previous conversation with a calm expression on his face. "My knights have been charging in the battlefield for quite a long time under such weather. Their bodies are exhausted at the moment. They are in urgent need of rest… Although it's a little rude to make such request, can you provide us a place and some food so that we can rest up?"

"It's a must."

Brandon nodded without any sense of hesitation as he agreed to provide food and shelter for them to rest up. Brandon would never reject such a simple request from the knights that came all the way to support them. He waved his hand and instructed a guard, "Tell the men behind over there to prepare rooms and food—the best ones there are."

"Thank you."

"That's something I should do. We should be thanking you for coming all the way here, my fellow warriors."

After showing gratitude towards each another, the golden-haired swordsman looked around before he spoke to Joshua grimly, "Mr. Count, now that the Dark Tide has retreated… if you're not in a hurry, I would like to discuss something with you in private."

"No problem."

Joshua had no reason to refuse. So he accepted and said, "You can tell me now."

"Then follow me."

Brandon nodded and turned around immediately. Then he walked towards the entrance to the spiral staircase by the corner of the city wall.

The warrior followed behind him.

The guard that was stationed near the stairs initially noticed the approaching of the two Gold-tier powerful beings. He immediately saluted the both of them. Under the signal of the golden-haired swordsman, That guard then nodded nervously and went outside to patrol around. He intended to give the two Gold-tier men some private space.

"Mr. Brandon, this place is quiet."

Joshua was not a person who spoke a lot or beat around the bush. After waiting until the guard left, he immediately said, "So no matter what it is, you can now tell me straight away."

"Nothing…"

After all the time, the swordsman remained silent instead. He furrowed his brows slightly, as though he did not know how to word it properly.

However, after a brief moment, this golden-haired swordsman with a handsome face shook his head and sighed lightly. "Let's just forget about it. It's quite troublesome to explain it from the beginning. However, you should be able to understand when I show you this."

After they were done with words, Brandon put on a grim expression, gripping the hilts of his two swords tightly. Then he slowly pulled the two swords out.

Joshua raised his eyebrows a bit. His red eyes were fixed on the waist of the man; he would not be mistaken that the swordsman would attempt to attack him of course. The warrior could see that Brandon was just trying to display his weapons.

Meanwhile, even if they were really going to battle each another, the warrior had absolute confidence in defeating the Gold-tier swordsman who would become a legendary Sacred Swordsman. He was confident enough to beat that pretty face so badly that the pretty face would cry out the names of his father and mother.

However, it was not the time to have those odd thoughts. As he was puzzled on why the pretty face was revealing his blades, Joshua's attention was completely fixed onto the two blades on the waist of the swordsman.

The two swords that were hanging from the waist of the golden-haired swordsman were not appealing at all. At that moment when both swords were pulled out slowly from their sheaths, with the Combat Aura of the golden-haired swordsman infused into both swords, a radiance shone across the entire spiral stairs along the pathway. Some sort of strange power was surging across the blades of the two swords slow and steady like waves rippling in the air, showing a slight tide of a wave.

This rippling felt incomparably in order like the rule itself. It was the most severe, but also the most gentle power—just like the power that was contained in the Azurite, or even exactly the same as it.

"Origin by fire, birth by steel, wisdom unquenchable, order eternal."

The golden-haired swordsman voiced aloud. He was wearing a smile on his face while he said, "This is the keepsake of the family, the sharpest among all swords, the ordinal blade. It was also the Sacred Swords that were forged by the third saint of the sage, the [Shrine Keeper's Dual Blades of Order]—just like the [The Sealed Guardian's Azurite] that you possess. It's a relic, an inheritance, and keepsake left by the sage to fight Chaos."

"The new Chaos Guardian. It's such an honor to see you here."

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Chapter 75: Messages from the Past and the Future

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"I see. The honor is mine."

Upon hearing those words, Joshua instantly understood. The messages in his head were linked. Instantly, he recalled the many messages he received into his head earlier on.

Brandon Kaos. The Imperial Sword of the previous life, the descendant of the Legendary Grand Mage Carbala Kaos.

However, at the same time, he was also one of the mage families that sealed the passage and knew about the existence of the Evil Gods. He knew this through the secret letter that his butler left for him.

The messages from the past and the future, they were mixed together. Instantly, the warrior understood a lot of things.

I know now. If I did not rush over to support Moldova, then Countess Vale Dani Scarlet would have died fighting the Dark Tide. She had passed out even before I arrived. From that point of view, it was obvious that she would sacrifice herself to defend the fortress. Meanwhile, it is obvious that she is Brandon's wife that was not known to the world.

Reaching out his left hand out touching on the radiance of Order, Joshua could feel that Brandon was the same as him from a certain point. The power that he inherited to become the Chaos Guardian and the power that was presented on Brandon's swords were basically the same. They might even come from the same source.

Meanwhile, in the future, the power embedded in these swords could even slay the Demon Baron of the Dark Abyss. The scene where it was revealed of its true name was so memorable that it was almost impossible to forget.

However, Joshua was also putting his thoughts on other matters. As for the reason that the two of them did not hold an official wedding ceremony, it is quite easy to explain… As the descendant of a legendary combatant and a Gold-Tier swordsman that serves for the glory of the Empire, Brandon's identity and the Scarlet family are a little complicated. After all, both of them are the heirs to their own family and they are both leaders. There would be problems when it comes down to the issue of inheritance among their children. Meanwhile, the Scarlet family and the Kaos family would never merge… Furthermore, they are far away from each another. The two sides would never leave the north and the Imperial City. Since that was the case, marriage has less meaning to these two Gold-tier combatants.

Setting thoughts upon that, Joshua lifted his head and looked at the Gold-tier swordsman who had already kept his two swords back into their sheaths. Joshua could not help but sigh. He was trying to suppress his sexual urges. He seemed ready to be a bachelor for his entire life. That was probably because Vale Dani had passed on. I can't believe that he's such a faithful lover.

Brandon had no idea that Joshua had labeled him as a faithful lover. He kept his swords back and displayed a solemn expression. "Joshua van Radcliffe, even though you've just inherited this power not long ago, but as a comrade that fights against Chaos, I believe that you've also sensed the shadows of Chaos that lurk deep within the Dark Forest."

"Indeed. There's really a putrid scent within the forest. I've even killed some infant-stage Aragami while I was on my way to the fortress."

Recalling that, the warrior nodded and said, "There's also condensed Chaos energy on the Corrupted Black Dragon's scale dust. I am very certain that the Corrupted Black Dragon is completely corrupted by Chaos now. Meanwhile, the Marine Abyssal Dragon and the Pentashade Dragon must have something to do with that kind of corrupted. It must have corrupted the entire Dark Forest across Mount Great Ajax."

"You actually knew this much?!"

The Gold-tier swordsman was astonished. He frowned and said lightly, "The Pentashade Dragon is currently communicating with some sort of mysterious existence deep down in the abyss of the deep sea. That's the latest news that the Empire confirmed recently. Even Count Beirut de Radcliffe would not know about this when he was still around. So where did you get this…"

He looked perplexed.

"Before the Dark Tide in Moldova happened, my territory experienced the Dark Tide once."

Joshua reached his left hand into the small pouch that was hanging by his waist. The outer layer of this pouch was coated with a thin layer of metal. It seemed that the layer was formed from the dripping of the molten steel earlier on. However, the pouch was not destroyed even after being exposed to extremely high temperature. Instead, it was coated with a layer of metal.

Tearing apart the metal layer with one hand, the warrior took out a grain-sized silver bead. Right after the bead was taken out, a sound that indicated the magic power was deactivated was heard along with the flowing air. This silver bead instantly became a silver egg-shaped object. There were some traces of corruption on it.

The shrinking spells of this world were not regular. It was extremely difficult to perform one. Other than the truly powerful combatants, the others would not even be capable of using storage like this one. However, the people in this world were very skilled in using shrinking spells and the spells to cancel weight of the objects. So it would not matter if they were weapons, heavy armors or other things, most of the people could use shrinking spells and the spells to cancel weight of the objects so that they could just keep the objects into their pockets.

Joshua revealed the giant white egg to Brandon and said, "Among the monster horde during the siege, there was a Gold-tier mammoth. Its ability to go berserk was far beyond those daemons that were affected by the Corrupted Black Dragon. This egg is the reason why that ability to go berserk that was way beyond out imagination exists."

Taking the silver giant egg over with a serious face, the golden-haired swordsman was very surprised. He seemed to recognize that thing. "I see… So this is really the Marine Abyssal Spawn! What a condensed scent of Chaos. There's also the remaining scent of the Corrupted Black Dragon's power… It seems that the mages of the Empire were right all along. All of the Marine Abyssal Dragons are here in our world because they were fleeing. It seems that the world of the Abyssal Sea must have fallen, just like the land of the sealed!"

The Abyssal Sea was naturally the home of the Marine Abyssal Dragons. It was a deep-sea world filled with water without any land to begin with. Long even before the ancient time, that world was already linked to the Mycroft Continent. The dragons were coming into this world through that passage. That was one of the outer worlds that was linked to the Mycroft Continent.

"It's not necessary that they are running. Some of them must be the believers and messengers of the Chaos. Ever since the Pentashade Dragon accepted many dragon species from this sort of outer world, more strange and bizarre phenomenon seemed to emerge."

Based on his memories from his previous life, Joshua was trying to match the messages in his head to the current situation. He looked at the civil war between the Pentashade Dragon and the Metal Dragon in a different perspective. "Because the lifespan of a dragon is long and their willpower is extremely strong, so the process of corruption would definitely be longer. However, because of that, if they had truly fallen, they would be corrupted for good. As astral realm dragons that could travel across realms and worlds, they are different from the dragons in our world like the Corrupted Black Dragon. These dragons have the ability to communicate across realms and worlds."

"That's right. That extremely dangerous… it's possible that those dragons are actually communicating with the Evil Gods!"

Brandon was touching the silver giant egg. He had never been seen so serious in his entire life. He raised his head and looked at the warrior. "My comrade, I hope that you can let me keep this creature of the Abyssal Sea Realm… When the Dark Tide ends, I will need to travel back to the Empire. With this as proof, I can inform the Emperor about the danger that the Pentashade Dragons can unleash upon us. This is about the survival of the human race. It might even involve the survival of our entire world."

Truthfully, Joshua took out the item because he wanted to pass it to Brandon in the first place. So he agreed without hesitation, "No problem, just take it."

Looking at the golden-haired swordsman handling the egg cautiously, Joshua could not help but sigh.

As a player in the other life, although the warrior had built a powerful party, they were still a little far behind from the royals of the Empire and the senate families in term of power. Although the players were considered as part of the people that could affect the direction of the history, they would not be able to understand so much about the entire situation.

Especially at the current time, in the previous life, it was still the first expansion of the game. In the beginning of the second expansion, the players had not built up a force that could influence the world just yet. They had also not acquired any trustworthy information and messages at that time, Most of them were still focused on building their strength and power level. Because of that, they omitted in that regard.

However, currently, in the meantime when Joshua received a lot of messages from the future, he also received information about many secrets of the past. After comparing both messages from the past and the future, he could now make more assumptions and predictions that yet to happen in the future.

It seemed that in his previous life, the God of Might and Justice had acted upon the situation. Not only did the God of Might and Justice aid the Metal Dragon to sanction the Pentashade to the mortal world, the God of Might and Justice had also aided the Church of the Seven Gods in annihilating the Marine Abyssal Dragons. There should also be reasons for the gods attempting to dispel the seeds of Chaos out of this world.

Upon resting his thoughts here, the warrior could not help to feel a little excited.

This mother*cking Dark Tide. The water seems deep indeed, however, it is somewhat interesting.

Well, an opponent that could put up a good fight would be a must forever in this world. It could keep things interesting at the least.

"Mr. Divine Armament, you don't have to stay in your weapon state. You can rest now."

Keeping the creature from the deep sea to aside, Brandon looked at the silver greatsword that Joshua was holding on tightly since he arrived. He spoke out of courtesy just to remind, "I'm also one of the Seal Guardians, so you don't need to maintain your Divine Armament form."

"You're wrong, my friend. This is not a mister, it's a miss."

Joshua lifted up the corner of his mouth with amusement. Then he shook his head and said, "But you're right though… Ying, you can deactivate your Divine Armament mode now."

"… Yes, Master."

The silver greatsword rested on the hand of the warrior for a brief moment before it trembled lightly, deactivating her Divine Armament Mode.

Following the flashing radiance of the magic power, the shadow of the Divine Armament slowly emerged right before the two of them.

"… Hmph."

After returning to her human form, the first thing that Ying did was glare fiercely at Brandon and huff with anger. After that, she walked behind Joshua. Her face was emotionless. She did not say anything after that.

"…"

Baffled by what just happened, the golden-haired swordsman was not an idiot either. He noticed that he was obviously hated. He had no idea why though.

Could it be because he had mistaken her gender earlier on? No, that should not be it… Most of the Divine Armaments were male. Furthermore, it was impossible to tell their gender by looking at their appearance in their weapon mode. So it made perfect sense that he made a mistake in guessing. Meanwhile, that mistake only happened once. This lady shouldn't be so mean, right?

Brandon felt dejected. He did not intend to offend the cute Divine Armament. After all, everyone was part of the force that went up against the Dark Tide. There was no need to be hostile towards anyone on the same side.

Joshua did not say a word about it. He was looking into his past memories to retrieve as much information and messages as he could with a calm face.

Meanwhile, Ying remained silent. She seemed to keep quiet because she noticed that her Master did not say anything as well. She just stayed by the side of the warrior. Brandon instantly realized that the spiral stairwells became quiet all of a sudden. Meanwhile, he did not have anything to say as well. Everyone remained quiet.

Thud thud thud—

A series of footsteps had broken the awkward silence of the situation.

"Lord Brandon!"

Right by the entrance to the stairwell, the voice of a guard echoed in, sounding breathless. "The Countess has woken up!"

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Chapter 76: Loyalty

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The sky faded. The moon was wiped off the sky as dark clouds were beginning to shroud the entire sky. It began to snow again.

The sky that was torn apart by 'Starfall Break' was once again covered by layers of clouds under the rush of the howling winds. Light snowflakes were beginning to fall from the sky. At first, no one seemed to notice that. However, after a brief moment, the snow began to get heavier like puffs of dandelions flying all around the air. The snow then turned even heavier like goose feathers floating in the surroundings.

Moldova was much further to the north then Moldavia was. So half of the time throughout an entire year, the place would be covered in snow and frost.

Right in the middle of the snow, on top of the wall, the resting knights were waiting for the arrangement for them to take shelter for the days to come. They were waiting for the soldiers on duty to inform them. With their heavy armor dragging them down a little, they removed their helmets and placed their weapons on the ground right beside their warhorses, breathing quietly. Once in a while, voices could be heard.

"Huh. The shadow that appeared just now, that was our Liege's head of servant, right?"

Nearby the spiral stairwell, one of the young knights with good eyesight caught a glimpse of silver hair beside their Count and that golden-haired swordsman while the two of them were walking towards the middle tower.

The young knight immediately turned his head around and asked his comrades, "I've wanted to ask much earlier on actually. Why did our Liege bring his head of servant along? We've been rushing all the way right? We didn't even rest all the while… Meanwhile, that young lady vanished without a trace while we were on our way here. We don't even know where she went. So how is it possible that she just suddenly reappeared again?"

"Don't read too much into it."

One of the knights who seemed to be very experienced shook his head and said, "Our Liege need not report to you about what he does every time. In other words, it's pointless even if you knew the answer to your question. Furthermore, do you know anything about the Class called Shadow Guard?"

"What's that?"

"You'd understand just by its name."

The young knight was filled with curiosity. Meanwhile, the old knight was willing to explain, "Usually, important people would bring along some bodyguards and elites while they are out or into the battlefield to protect themselves. Even when our Liege is extremely powerful, he would still meet some unforeseen danger. However, normal bodyguards would not always be by his side. That is where the Class called shadow guard comes in."

He explained patiently, "The shadow guards have an ability called 'Shadow Lurker'. They can conceal themselves in the shadows of someone else and follow the targets that they aim to protect. Of course, they could also use their skills to assassinate their targets. However, their power was more to defensive side if they are compared to the same Class type called assassin."

"According to rumors, the butler of our late old Count was a shadow guard as well. His name was Fang Amos. I heard that this young lady servant should either be the descendant of Mr. Fang or his apprentice. When she vanishes into thin air, she should be in our Liege's shadow all the while."

"Maybe…"

"You guys are annoying. What's there to talk about, huh?"

Another knight joined the conversation. Then he said, "Regardless of what Class she is, or whether she vanishes or not, we don't need to care about that as long as our Liege did not say a word about it. Shouldn't we knights focus our minds on how to slay our enemies?"

"True to that."

"Indeed."

Upon remaining silence for a moment, they agreed and nodded at the same time. The three of them instantly abandoned the thoughts they had on the pointless topic. They shrugged and said, "Anyway, it has nothing to do with us. Let's just keep our minds on our own roles then."

The female Divine Armament would not know that she had been labeled as a shadow guard out of the blue by the others. God knows what they were guessing about. However, that would not matter much after all.

Following the rushing footsteps along the way, the three of them arrived at the middle tower.

Snow was raining down from the sky. In the middle of the blizzard, the two banners that represented the Scarlet family's [Golden-lined hexagram with red background] crest were standing right by the entrance to the building. They were fluttering along the direction of the wind quite violently. Because all of the soldiers and available combatants were gathered by the wall of the fortress, there was no guard guarding the entrance of the tower. There were only a few female servants that looked flustered while they were running in and out of the tower in a hurry.

Meanwhile, there was a beautiful female servant with short silver hair and blue eyes that looked like blue gemstones standing at the entrance to the tower. When she saw Brandon with Joshua and Ying walking from afar, she walked up to them to greet them. Then she spoke to Brandon in a soft voice, "Sir, your wife is in the bedroom right now. However, her condition is not that good… You should go in and see her first."

"Yes, I'll go at once!"

The golden-haired swordsman had a troubled and worried look in his eyes. However, before he was about to move his body, he halted and turned his head towards the warrior and Ying. Then he apologized, "I'm sorry. Now, I need to…"

"You need not say another word."

Reaching out his hand, Joshua shook his head and stopped Brandon from explaining himself. Then he spoke briefly, "Just go."

Feeling relieved, Brandon immediately told the silver-haired blue-eyed servant, "Miss Yue, can you escort our two important guests to the guest room? I'll be right there in a moment."

"Yes."

Upon hearing the calm servant agreeing to his request, the golden-haired swordsman immediately turned around and walked into the tower. He strode in a hurry like it was the uttermost emergency he had ever had in his entire life.

"…"

Such a good man who loved his wife very much.

Before he even had time to sigh, the silver-haired servant with blue eyes called Yue was already standing right before Joshua and Ying. She lowered her head a little and bowed at them. Then she continued to speak in an impassive tone, "Please follow me, the guest room is just ahead. We'll arrive there shortly… you can wait for Sir and Madame in the room."

"Thank you very much."

Without saying much, the black-haired warrior followed the female servant and the three of them walked into the tower. After passing two sets of stairs, they arrived at a vast room that was well decorated with fancy and comfortable decoratives.

Cream colored mattresses covered the floor of the room. The warmth of the place came from the burning fireplace in the room. There were quite a number of masterpiece paintings hanging on the four walls of the room. Meanwhile, there were a few chairs that looked very comfortable to sit on them. Under the glimmering light from the chandelier made of crystals and gemstones, a plant in a pot that looked green and healthy was placed right in the middle of a big table across the room. There were also visible green lines across the entire surface of the plant that were radiating with uncertainty. Sometimes, they looked bright and sometimes, they looked dim. It was obvious that the plant was some sort of magical plant.

"If you have any need, you can just inform the female servants right outside the room."

Standing before the door of the living room, Yue did not enter. She narrowed her eyes while she smiled. Her attention did not seem to be there. Nonetheless she still spoke politely, "They will do their best to serve the two of you. You're both our distinguished guests."

"That's very kind of you."

A brief moment after, Joshua realized he was not being very polite. He lowered his head and looked at his half-naked body that withstood the dragon breath attack from the Corrupted Black Dragon earlier on. He requested, "Please provide me a full set of decent clothes then."

Yue who did not reply just nodded slightly. Then she looked to the female servant beside her and gave her some instructions. After that, the servant turned around and walked towards the spiral stairwell on the high level of the tower.

With the warrior's listening capability, he could easily hear the quiet servant increasing her walking speed. She had begun to feel anxious as she started to run.

"They're very loyal." Joshua stated casually, while seated on a chair. After that, the warrior turned his head towards Ying who was standing by his side without saying any word all the while. He smiled as well and reached his hand out. Then he patted on the head of the little girl and praised her, "Ying is also very loyal to me. You have performed well today. Many of the bones of the daemons are solid. The lances would not have penetrated them. However, they became so vulnerable right before your blade. They were torn apart like they were made of paper-thin material… Stop standing there like that, come, sit down."

Upon saying that, the warrior recalled the scenes of the intense battle. He could feel an excited rush through his chest. Then, he could not help but replay the scenes in his head again.

Upon hearing her master praising her, Ying was naturally very happy. The female silver-haired Divine Armament turned her head to the side and looked at her master. She was looking forward to seeing a smile on her master's face. However, what she saw was that the warrior in the black armor looking at the crystal chandelier that was hanging from the ceiling of the living room. His eyes looked distant as if he was recalling some interesting moments of the past.

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Chapter 77: The Problem Among Weapons

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Ying listened to Joshua's words and sat on a chair right beside him.

Looking at the warrior who had begun recalling the past, the silver-haired girl sighed lightly. She felt vexed because her master suddenly drifted off.

Because her master always behaved in such a way.

Perhaps as a newly born Divine Armament, Ying did not yet understand the attitude and habits of her master. However, from observing him ever since she followed him, she knew that Joshua would sometimes space out. She knew that Joshua would suddenly let his mind drift off for unknown reasons while he spoke.

Meanwhile, the warrior remained as calm and quiet as a statue. No one could have known how crazy he could turn out to be when he was engaged in a battle, blazing like scorching lava.

The immovable statue and boiling lava. Sometimes, there was no telling that how could these two different images that contrast so much would exist in the same person…

The female Divine Armament did not know the reason, and she did not intend to know as well. Anyway, she had no reason to think so much as long as she just followed her master.

"I really want to have a battle with him." Suddenly, Joshua spoke and sighed.

Ying understood instantly. The 'him' that her Master spoke of must be that Gold-tier swordsman they met earlier on.

Even though she had vague reasons that made her dislike the swordsman, she had to admit that he was not weak at all. Especially when Brandon was searching in the sky for the hidden Gold-tier daemons with his red and black eyes… Even though Ying did not look him in his eyes, she could still feel like she was seen through as if she could be killed anytime.

That was the weakness of the eyes that were blessed by the power of Order to see through everything.

Meanwhile, Joshua continued on muttering to himself.

"The future Sacred Sword should already be as powerful as he should be in the future even now. After the Dark Tide, if he has time, I would want to have a battle with him. I want to experience the legendary 'Instant Death'…

However, before he could finish his words, he could hear light footsteps approaching from outside the guest room.

After the door was opened, a lady in a white servant uniform appeared right before the door of the room. She was holding hunter clothes that noble hunters would wear while looking into the room anxiously.

"S-s-sir, your… your c-clothes are… here…"

The servant was looking at the black-haired warrior on the chair who seemed like he was deep in thought at the moment. Instantly, she could feel that there were all sorts of illusions appeared right before her eyes. She knew better, that this man was the man who led an entire platoon to provide aid to the fortress. She knew that should pay her highest respect to the man sitting before her. However, in her eyes, that man was the most dreadful person, a combination of monstrosities, who was emitting intimidating waves around his surroundings.

With her hands trembling a little, the servant could not help but gulp before speaking in a trembling voice, "This is Mister Brandon's clothes that he prepared to go on a hunt during the winter with his wife. They haven't been worn before…"

"Thank you. You can just place them on the chair over there."

Interrupting the girl's trembling voice, the warrior was asking the girl to place the clothes on a chair not far from him.

Looking at the girl who was intimidated by his eyes to the point that she was about to pass out, Joshua could not help but sigh quietly in his heart.

Could it be that I've obtained a new ability that increases my intimidation aura from the previous battle? Judging from her reaction for seeing me for the first time, it was obvious that this is something as powerful as an Aura of Fear.

Upon leaving the clothes on the chair, the female servant quickly bowed and left the room on her running feet.

Speaking of which, that female servant called Yue is not an ordinary person. The others had not seen blood. They should react this way when they first see me. Meanwhile, Yue looked at me like she was treating others as well. She was calm and steady all the while. Judging from the way she treated Brandon, she seems to be more than just an ordinary servant in this place.

Having those thoughts in his mind, Joshua walked towards the chair and picked up the clothes. The muscles in his body contracted a little. Then he shook his body vaguely and created a vacuum of shockwave across his entire body, clearing off the remaining dust and dried blood on his body. The broken steel armor pieces were swept off his body as well. After that, he put the new clothes on.

… they were a little tighter than expected. Brandon's clothes seemed to be one size smaller than Joshua's. The warrior made an assumption that he ever attempted to bulge his muscles, the clothes he was wearing would be torn apart.

There was no news coming from Brandon and the Countess of the Scarlet family yet. However, Joshua was not bothered at all to wait for them for a little while more. After all, he felt quite comfortable right now. So it was not so bad just to take a seat and relax a little.

After staying and enjoying the calmness of the atmosphere in the room for a little while more, a series of footsteps that sounded not consistent was heard echoing across the hallway of the spiral stairwell. Then the door of the guest room was opened.

The golden-haired swordsman was helping a woman that looked very vulnerable on her feet with great care.

She had a long violet hair. Although her face was that of a young girl, the expression in her eyes showed that she was mature. She had a tired expression which she was trying hard to conceal.

She looked at Joshua who just stood up from the chair he was sitting on. The two of them greeted each another and spoke politely, "Joshua van Radcliffe, the Count of Moldavia, you have my sincerest thanks for coming to our aid to fend off the Dark Tide… your courage and virtue shine like the stars. Please accept the utmost gratitude from me, Vale Dani of the Scarlet family."

"I came here not just for you. I'm here for other matters."

Upon shaking his head, Joshua did not speak courteously but instead went straight to the point. "If the Dark Tide is breached, our territory would have been affected as well. I would not have rushed here so quickly in the first place."

"At least you're willing to come. No matter you're here late or early, you've proven your sincerity much more than anyone else."

While the violet-haired mage was speaking, the warrior did a quick scan on her and the golden-haired swordsman. His overwhelming battle instinct instantly started analyzing the status of this Gold-tier mage right before his eyes, and he easily saw through her countless vulnerabilities.

— having a distance of 8.71 meters between him and the lady mage, she has no defenses on her. Her spell radiance is dim. She is also not equipped with protective items. Both Brandon and Vale Dani are extremely tired. The delay in their responses and reflexes are 0.31 and 0.91 seconds respectively. Both of them have not taken any precautions against me at all.

If Joshua decided to ambush them right now, he might stand a chance at surprising them. Perhaps he could take the both of them out for good directly by paying a certain price.

Brandon was focusing his full attention on Vale Dani. However, because of that, his reflexes would decrease tremendously if he faced a sudden attack. The attacker could attempt to gain an advantage by being the first to attack.

Although that was merely the analysis of Joshua's instinct, however, Brandon and Vale Dani could still felt a chill surging through their spines. Even though they were currently in a warm room, they suddenly felt like that they were like standing right in the middle of a snowy area with a temperature of negative 30 degree Celsius. It felt just like they were being stalked by a ferocious beast.

They naturally noticed that the threat came straight from the warrior right before them. Both of them frowned and looked at Joshua with suspicious eyes.

"I must apologize."

All of his thoughts flashed across his mind in one split second. Joshua reacted to the situation immediately. He shook his head and apologized. "Because the status for both of you are not that decent for now. So I've consciously had…"

The impulse to attack? The desire to attack? Or was he getting ready to battle?

Pondering with his wordings in his head, Joshua still felt that he was being inappropriate after thinking about it for a brief moment. So the warrior decided not to say another word about it. He just shook his head.

"It is alright. Or perhaps it's a good thing for a warrior like yourself that you have such a strong desire to attack."

The violet-haired countess coughed after looking at the Gold-tier swordsman. After that, Brandon continued to speak as he shrugged, "Sometimes, I would also feel the urge and desire to battle when I ever meet a worthy opponent. So this is perfectly normal."

Currently, the fortress was being attacked by the Dark Tide. It would naturally be better if they could have a stronger and much more aggressive person on their side. The strength of this black-haired warrior was extraordinary. Although his appearance was not of a decent person, he did not seem like not a bad person that would simply attack them.

"Perhaps. But that doesn't mean I'm allowed to behave in such a way."

Upon replying, Joshua frowned. He felt like he had been judged.

Seeing the two of them cuddling each another intimately, Joshua sighed and said, "Regardless of anything, Vale Dani, the fact that you're well is the greatest news of all. I have to admit. A mage that can unleash a power far beyond the power of me and Brandon, two Gold-tier combatants is really something to admire. However, I'm not a person of many words…"

Instantly, the warrior decided to get straight to the point. "So let's get straight to the point to make things easier. I'm going over to the premises around the wall to understand the situation about the damage on the wall. I need to know about the morale of the soldiers as well. If there's nothing else here, I shall leave you two to rest."

"No, I've come here to provide you special information on the Dark Tide… You're right. There's no need for small talk in our current situation."

Roughly understanding Joshua's meaning, Brandon nodded. As a swordsman, he felt much more comfortable for being treated with straightforward attitude. "However, before that, I think there's one more thing we need to be clear among ourselves. That will not be just some pointless small talk."

The warrior who stood aside remained silent. He was expressing that he was listening.

"Your armor was destroyed by the dragon's breath attack when you were supporting us…"

Looking at the hunter outfit that was worn tightly on the warrior, the golden-haired swordsman could naturally tell that that set of clothes belonged to him. Then, he remembered when his palm was hurt by the molten steel that dripped across Joshua's body. He could not help but sigh before speaking, "If you don't mind, we are willing to provide you a new set of armor. Although it might not fit you perfectly, at least it could provide you with decent defense. It's definitely not that bad."

Although normal armor had no use at all when compared to the toughness of his body, having told him that they would compensate the loss Joshua suffered during the battle, was a matter of good manners.

"Furthermore, if you're still not equipped with a weapon in hand, I can bestow you a weapon more than just extraordinary, Count Joshua."

The violet-haired mage spoke right after her husband, suggesting that she would compensate Joshua with something else. With a prideful smile, she added, "The main city of the Scarlet family is right above the Unfrozen River. Our trades might even exceed Wilson family's in the market. We even have some of the finest legendary weapons in storage. However, there is none in the warehouse of our fortress. Or else, it would not be any problem to provide you one right here right now."

"Huh?"

Suddenly, a soft voice was heard coming from the back of Joshua.

Brandon and Vale Dani only noticed the presence of a small silver-haired girl with green eyes standing right behind Joshua.

Meanwhile, Ying was staring at the two of them cautiously like they were both evil people. Then she spoke in a soft voice, "New weapon?"

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Chapter 78: A Progressive Transitional Period

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"Master… Are you looking for a new weapon?"

The voice of the little girl was very soft. The warrior was not even sure if she said anything at all.

The warrior had a false of sense that the girl was not talking at all. However, Joshua could sense that he was being glared at so intensely, like eyes of a mother cat that was protecting its kittens. The cuff of the clothes he was wearing was tightly grabbed on by a pair of soft hands. She was tugging on the cuffs so tight that the clothes were about to be torn apart. All of his senses were reminding him that what he heard was not just his imagination.

Stop tugging already. If you keep this up, the clothes are going to get torn apart…

"Don't you already have a greatsword before this…. Why do you need a new one?!"

This time, the voice of the girl was raised a little. Joshua could not help but sigh a little. Then he turned his head to the side and looked at the female Divine Armament. After that, he said, "Alright, alright I've not even said that I want it. Just let go first."

Upon hearing what her master said, it was natural that Ying would let go of the cuff of the cloth that was made out of orc skin. At that moment, the fiber by the cuff of the cloth made of daemon skin and orc skin had already been torn a little.

No one would have thought that those soft-looking fair hands actually had the strength to tear the clothes made of daemon skin.

Joshua shook his head. He knew that any Divine Armament would at least have the power level of a Silver tier. Because Ying looked so small in her size whenever he saw her, he tend to forget that…

Turning his head back to look at Brandon and Vale Dani, the warrior said, "Thank you for your generosity. I shall accept the offer of getting a new set of armor gladly. However, I'm not short on great weapons. After all, a weapon must be easy and smooth to wield in order for anyone to kill their enemies without any problems."

While Joshua was speaking, Ying was still standing right behind Joshua staring at the countess of the Scarlet family and golden-haired swordsman with non-threatening eyes that reflected slight disdain.

Violet-haired woman and golden-haired man, I'll remember you both!

Meanwhile, standing at the side being stared at with that sort of eyes, Vale Dani did not feel the slightest bit uncomfortable—for a good reason.

Although she had no idea why she was hated so much, having a cute girl staring at her like that did not make her feel anything. Who would actually hate a small and cute cat who was trying to protect her own food? Instead of placing her attention on the little girl's eyes wouldn't it be much more interesting for her to guess the relationship between the servant and her master? After all, she was quite interested in knowing what relationship Joshua had with this little girl.

… Although she had observed them for over half a day, she only saw that these two were like father and daughter. Joshua seemed like a father who was trying to reassure his daughter that seemed unsettled.

Speaking of which, the violet-haired mage could not help to think about her two little daughters. Her two little daughters were adorable. The elder one was more mature. She would behave like an adult saying that she would become a Countess of the city in the future. She said she wanted to become like her mother, dignified and fearless. Meanwhile, the younger one was naive and romantic. Her natural gift was extraordinary as well… When the two little girls were fighting over a toy and Vale Dani had to separate the two of them apart from each other, the two of them would stare at her like how Ying was currently staring at her now. Their eyes looked exactly the same.

As for Brandon who was secretly marked by the young girl, he knew Ying's true identity as a Divine Armament after all. Looking at the scene right before his eyes, he could not help but chuckle. After a brief moment he sighed, realizing why he was disliked by the girl in the first place.

He never thought that the Divine Armaments would look at the other weapons in such a way… what a wonder. However, how could he not have encountered such a situation before?

Pondering for a moment, the golden-haired swordsman suddenly realized that even though there were men and women as Divine Armaments in past history, old and young, but most of them appeared as young people in front of everyone. It was not that he had not seen a young female Divine Armament before. It was just because he had never seen a Divine Armament with the appearance of a teenage girl under the age of fifteen.

"So that's it then…"

The violet-haired mage responded to Joshua, "To prevent you from getting a set of armor that doesn't suit you or your taste, we shall provide you access to the armory later. When you find some time later, head over to the armory and pick one that suits you. You don't have to hold back on that."

"There's no need for all the trouble, you can just provide the access to her."

Shaking his head, the warrior waved his hand and patted the shoulder of the silver-haired girl. Then he turned towards her and said, "Alright, Ying. I'm giving you an assignment. Can you help picking out an armor for me?"

"Huh?"

Upon given with such an assignment, Ying could not help but be fazed. However, she then got herself fired up and said, "Yes Master! However, what's your size?"

"Hmm. If you're talking about fitting my body, it would probably require…"

While talking about that, Joshua hesitated for a brief moment—as a complete warrior who excels in all the arts and skills of a warrior, he even knew how to go into Berserk Mode. It had become normal to see his muscles swelling up bursting off the clothes off his body during battles. A set of armor that fits the wearer would require being custom made in order to maintain a perfect compatibility to the wearer when he was in normal mode or in Berserk Mode. Meanwhile, armor that could normally do that was enchanted armor. He was wondering if the armory would have any enchanted armor to begin with.

After all, this was a fortress. No matter how rich the territory of Moldova turned out to be, it would be impossible for them to keep all sorts of rare and powerful enchanted equipment in a place where basically no one could use them.

As a Gold-tier swordsman, although Brandon wore leather armor every day, he was still an aristocrat after all. His knowledge and experience on using armor were rich. So, of course, he would know what the warrior was worrying about. So he immediately explained, "You don't have to worry about whether the armor will fit your body or not. There are fine enchanters and blacksmiths in our fortress. As long as you pick one that is about your size, they can modify and get it done within half a day."

"Then I shall leave the rest to them."

After nodded his head, the warrior gave the silver-haired girl a series of numbers and patted her shoulder to encourage her. "Go ahead. I look forward to the completion of the task I just gave you."

"Yes, Master!"

The young girl bid everyone farewell and left the guest room. Vale Dani had granted her and Joshua the highest level of access to the fortress. So they could now just walk into most of the places in the fortress.

After they were done with the trivial matters, it was time to talk about the serious ones. The atmosphere of the entire guest room instantly became grim.

"Countess, what is the current situation of the fortress?"

The first one to start asking questions was Joshua. He was currently sitting on the left side of the table. Meanwhile, the others were sitting on the other side of the table facing him. "Do you have any strength left to face the next Dark Tide? Their final assault should just be upon us."

"The situation is far worse than we can imagine. The main reason is that we're short on ammunition. As for the other supplies such as rations, winter clothes, and coals are all enough. Meanwhile, there are a large number of mages in my territory. So fixing and restoring the wall should not be a problem for us."

Vale Dani spoke in a troubled tone. Her face remained pale. Ever since she came into the guest room with the aid of her husband, it was quite obvious that the infliction of the spiritual concussion still remained. "Actually there are still a few remaining. However, we can't afford to have another long battle. On the next Dark Tide, if there are no Gold-tier daemons among the horde, the fortress should still be able to hold on for a few more hours. If the three of us join forces and fend off against the Dark Tide on the battlefield, guarding the fortress should not be a difficult task."

"The supplies are an issue too big to be ignored. If our supplies are sufficient, we could rely on the number of the alchemy cannons, enchanted equipment, and arrows to fend of the Dark Tide. Even if there are Gold-tier daemons among the monsters, we can still hold the fortress without losing the wall."

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Chapter 79: You're Such an Annoying Woman. Why Shouldn't I Just Charge Out and Kill Them All?

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Brandon was the one talking. The expression on his face seemed much better than when he was worried about Vale Dani. It was much better now. However, he looked deadly serious at the moment, "However, even if that's the case, we cannot ignore the problems that the soldiers were having. Their stamina and morale have to be taken into consideration though. In previous years, the normal Dark Tide only had approximately 10,000 to 20,000 daemons. Meanwhile, that number of daemons is considered so abundant that they could have covered the land and the sky. Their massive army would seem boundless… However, what we are facing here is all daemons from the entire Dark Forest."

"These daemons are mainly reindeers, giant wild boars, winter wolves and white frost bear. Meanwhile, the flying daemons are mainly the giant bats from Mount Great Ajax and some frost wyrms… If I'm not wrong, all of them can go into Berserk Mode."

Speaking up to that point, the golden-haired swordsman spoke in a firm tone. "We are sure that these 200,000 daemons are all infected with the Berserk Virus from the black dragon."

"Speaking of which, there are 200,000 daemons waiting for me to slaughter them."

Nodding his head, Joshua thought to himself. After being infected with this kind of strange mutated virus, it'll be extremely hard to revert to normal again. If we don't kill them, we will be keeping the source of the plague.

Meanwhile, the experience of the daemons that went berserk would be much higher than those normal daemons. Truthfully, from the Dark Forest all the way to the fortress of Moldova, the number of monsters that the warrior slaughtered was abundant. So the amount of experience he acquired was tremendous, which made him level up three times.

Currently, his level was [Level 34 5, Gold-Tier Glory]. Joshua could finally acquire his true [Glorious Strength] after one more level. If he could just slay one Gold-tier Chaos Daemon, he could directly level up five times. He could cross over Level 40 into the realm of Intermediate Gold tier.

Being in the same realm, the true combat power level and level would not truly define a person's strength. Joshua knew that better than anyone. He was currently in the Lower Gold tier. However, humans or monsters of the same Gold tier might not be able to defeat him. However, those of even higher tier would have higher attributes and stats. They might be able to force Joshua into using more of his skills in the same battle.

Upon resting his thoughts there, he could not help but frown a little. Then he asked with some doubt in his eyes, "In the previous Dark Tide, there were usually over 10,000 to 20,000 daemons only. There would always be a Gold-tier daemon among them. However, just like what I told Brandon just now, there was only one Gold-tier daemon among the Dark Tide that invaded my territory… So why is there no sign of any daemon of that tier while I was charging towards the Dark Tide that you guarded against?"

Joshua thought to himself that he could kill one Gold-tier daemon to complete his quest conveniently.

"At first, there were two Gold-tier daemons. There were at least two, I think."

As Brandon rushed all the way from the Empire to the fortress after he received news that the Dark Tide was invading the fortress, Vale Dani was the only one with the knowledge to answer that question. In her still weak voice, she explained, "When the Dark Tide was invading the fortress for the first time, those Gold-tier monsters revealed themselves on the battlefield. It was a gigantic Dragon Spider and a Frost Butterfly… The Dragon Spider looks similar to the Sea King, Cancer. It also has a rock solid shell on its body. It also can resist most of the magic attacks just like the dragons. The webs that it spits are not like normal webs. Instead, the webs had become some magical substance. The webs could now work like high-level restraining spells."

Upon recalling that, her face was stricken with fear. "If I'm not a war mage who could use meteorite attacks that rain down from the entire sky or other skills that could summon stars to fall upon the enemies scorching them all with blazing flames, I'm afraid that one daemon could have taken down the entire fortress all by itself. Because no matter how tall the wall is, it will become pointless to a spider."

"As for the Frost Butterfly, although the creature itself was not powerful when we were battling it face to face, however, the negative effect of its frost-type magic came at us like blizzards. Without the support from the fortress's heavy assault force to push them back, there might not have a later to think about. We would have lost."

Upon saying that, the countess had a perplexed look. "However, those two monsters did not reveal themselves after the first encounter with them… Frankly speaking, if one of them reappears again for the next few waves, I might not have lasted so long for you two to reach the fortress."

Brandon did not say a word. He just cuddled Vale Dani and comforted her with a few soft words.

The two of them went lovey-dovey as if they had ignored the others around them.

Joshua sighed and paused for a moment before asking for more information. "Frost Butterfly is common. They can be deemed as one of the most common frost-type daemon insects. However, it is extremely rare to see a Gold-tier one… On the other hand, the Dragon Spider is a close relative of the Sea Dragons and the Cancers. The only difference is that the Dragon Spider lives on land. So it can't be deemed as a rare Gold-tier daemon as well… including that black dragon, there should be three Gold-tier monsters."

"Indeed. If the black dragon had launched their assaults on the fortress at the same time, judging based on the defense of the fortress, things would have gone pretty ugly."

Brandon had witnessed the breath attack of the black dragon. If it wasn't for the black-haired Warrior right before him, he could not be sure if he could have survived that attack back there.

Joshua nodded and said, "That's right. These creatures are a great threat to all of us. So the next time when they reveal themselves, I shall make them my priority on my to-kill list. That should ease the pressure exerted on the fortress's defenses."

???

"Hold on, sir. I'm sorry. Did I hear it wrong… What did you just say?"

The violet-haired mage was expressing her confusion, not believing what she just heard.

"I said, when the Dark Tide hits the fortress next time, I shall slay the two Gold-tier daemons first. Without the two of them on the battlefield causing havoc, defending the fortress should become much easier."

Vale Dani was stunned and she dropped her jaw. She did not know what to say. She felt that her thoughts and minds could not sync with the man at all—no, everything about this man was wrong in the first place. The words coming from this Count of the Radcliffe family had been strange from the start! What did he mean by 'there are 200,000 Daemons waiting for me to slaughter them'?! Even if he was given a year to kill that many daemons, he might not even be capable of wiping all of them out! Those were daemons, not ants!

I told you the news so that you can be more cautious instead of getting yourself killed. That would be a loss to the fortress's defense force! I only briefly explained the current situation and some information about it to you. I had no intention of asking you to help solve the current problem…

Vale Dani could feel that blood rushing to her head. The young-looking face of hers was unreadable. If there was another Gold-tier priest here with them, they could have formed a small Gold-tier party of four and easily charge into the heart of the Dark Tide, a massive army of at least 200,000 Daemons. They could have easily slain the Gold-tier daemons easy. However, if there was only one of them…

"If we talk about logic, we follow the code and honor of the Count and the aristocrats. The soldiers will be guarding the wall with everything they've got, ensuring that there will not be any losses at the rear. Meanwhile, the Gold-tier combatants should lead a small elite party to charge into the middle of the Dark Tide to cut off the head of the Gold-tier daemon. That's how the way it should be, right?"

Joshua was not perturbed; it was not enough for him to feel that way. He led a platoon of fifty Silver-tier knights in order to combine the strength of everyone and charge straight into the Dark Tide, clearing their own path towards their destination. Meanwhile, reality had proven that the knights were actually capable of charging through those daemons under Joshua's leadership.

"That's not the problem. You're right. As lieges, we should lead a party or a platoon to slay any powerful monsters that could pose a threat to the fortress and the city. However, that would require strength. According to the comparison between the strength of a daemon and the strength of a human in the current situation, we should not be capable enough to kill one monster that seemed so powerful right in the middle of the Dark Tide."

The countess was still attempting to explain. However, right before the eyes of Joshua staring at her, she felt that her words were meaningless. "You can't just charge into the Dark Tide just like that… That'll be wasting the firepower of the fortress. It will also be an irresponsible thing to do for anyone…"

Joshua narrowed his eyes and looked at the woman with the thought, You're such an annoying woman. Why shouldn't I just charge out and kill them all? . His thought was reflected right on his face. He furrowed his brows and adjusted his tone appropriately. After that, he slowly said, "However, truth to be told, our strength is similar to the strength of the Dark Tide. According to my prediction, the plan could totally work. We do not need to waste out battle power while I can try my best to unleash part of my power on the monsters."

Well, it was not about whether it could work or not…

"I'm sorry, I'm feeling not well now…"

With a hand resting on her forehead, Vale Dani's voice shook. "Rest is needed if one wants to recover from the effects of 'Spiritual Concussion'. So allow me to remove myself from this room…"

The violet-haired female mage was looked feeble. She looked into the eyes of Brandon who was standing right beside him. Both of them nodded at the same time. After that, they spoke to the black-haired warrior who was right before them, "Brandon can make any decision on behalf of me… Mr. Radcliffe, if you have anything on your mind, you can just talk to him about it. As long as it meets the criteria reasonably, we will not reject your request… Yue, come here and help me get upstairs."

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Chapter 80: The Azurite

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Right in the center of the sky and earth at the far north of the Mycroft Continent was a mountain where its peak went straight through the clouds. That mountain was just located on the frozen land of the Empire's border.

It was spitting hot smoke releasing black mist continuously, expelling endless lava coming from the core of the earth, which looked like golden rivers flowing down the ridge of the mountain. This boiling mountain was the starting point and the center point of everything. Numerous mountains and hills have emerged around the land ever since then. As time passed by, the entire area grew into a vast expanse of mountains, with thousands of years of snow falling on it, covering the dark gray mountains with a layer of silver white snow.

This mountain was named after the name of the Emperor during that time. Because of its magnificent height, there was the word 'great' added right in front of the name. Hence, the place was called the [Great Ajax Volcano]. The name of the mountain was [Mount Great Ajax].

Right next to the golden lava river, the melting water from ice and snow was flowing from the top of the snow-capped peaks of the north. The water then gathers at the bottom of the mountain to form an unfrozen lake. An endless stream of river emerges from it and it kept flowing towards distant lands.

The flow of the water was the flow of life while the accumulation of water was the gathering of life. The Dark Forest originated from that. That was how the forest began to grow and trees began to plunge their roots into the snowy land. That was when the sign of life began to emerge on the land. The daemons began to breed there… Relying on the warmth of [Magel's Unfrozen River] and the lava deep beneath the ground on the frozen land that was boundlessly cold, finally, there was an area that was full of life.

Countless years later, human arrived at the place. They cut down the forest which drove the daemons away, built cities and fortresses, separated territories, and populated the area. They were usingMount Great Ajax as the center point in separating the land into four different territories. That was how the [Four Territories of the North] existed in the first place.

Currently, at the west side of Mount Great Ajax, the territory of Moldova, Dark Forest fortress.

Right in the middle of the guest room, Brandon was staring at the man before him.

Meanwhile, Ying had gone over to the armory to pick a suitable armor for her master. Vale Dani on the other hand had returned to her room to rest. There was no sign of any enemy in the surroundings of the fortress at the moment. This Gold-tier swordsman finally got to observe this mysterious ally of his right before his eyes—this new generation Chaos Guardian.

Joshua van Radcliffe. A name that was hard to pronounce. However, the family name was often seen around. This man was also a guardian of Order. Of course, the Kaos family would naturally keep an eye on the same kind in the north. Brandon must have seen Joshua's name on the list of the future Chaos Guardian. Furthermore, Joshua had been showing himself at banquets held by the aristocrats most of the time. So he had become a person of interest or suspicion among the others.

After all, this man was rumored to have ridden a horse for seventeen days, got back to the territory and slaughtered everyone on the seat of power for the territory. At the same time right after he crossed into Gold tier, he had slain another Gold-tier warrior. That sounded like a legendary story. The story would not become dull even after years later. Even Brandon was oddly curious—about Joshua who was very confident in his own strength, who appeared like the God of War. So how powerful could Joshua be then?

However, when he received news that his lover was facing imminent danger where her territory was invaded by the Dark Tide, the golden-haired swordsman immediately forgot about that. He knew how serious the situation his lover was in. So he immediately departed for Moldova. He was ready to take the countess and leave the fortress. Unfortunately, before he could do that, the violet-haired mage had already made up her mind to stay there to fight. Even if the fortress ran out of ammunition and all supplies, she would not leave her territory in ruins. Helpless, Brandon could not just abandon her. He also did not get a chance to knock her out and take her away from the fortress… He was basically ready to die together with Vale Dani.

Without supplies and ammunition, without morale and stamina, naturally, without any reinforcement, they were in despair. He truly overestimated his own capability and resolution then.

Just as he was chiding himself, a red radiance suddenly appeared far from the fortress.

As the smoke rose, following the drifting of the red light, with a warrior in black armor as the leader of the platoon followed by a small number of knights, the platoon went over the mountains and hills just to get to the battlefield. The swordsman could see the insignia of two hands bearing swords right on a black flag with gold linings. That was the flag of the Radcliffe family; the flag of the Count of Moldavia.

Reinforcements?

However, the number was too small…

Upon shaking his head, Brandon's glimmer of hope that was ignited deep in his heart was instantly extinguished again. He sighed heavily.

However, he was wondering if the warrior in black armor was Joshua, whom he knew quite a lot about from the rumors? That man actually led such a small number of knights over to provide support. There was no telling that either it was reckless or brave, inconsiderate or confident.

Is he really as strong as rumored?

Just when doubts began to emerge in his mind, the reality had responded to his doubts and questions.

Yes, he is.

The Dark Tide from afar was being breached layer by layer by the knights that were underestimated by the people. They were charging and ramming through the daemon horde, leaving blood raining down upon the ground. The air was instantly filled with bloody scent. Even with Vale Dani's Glorious Strength [Starfall Break] wiping out part of the Dark Tide, Joshua and his small platoon could still maintain their speed and impact while they were charging through the Dark Tide towards the fortress. They were just overwhelmingly powerful at some point.

It was unbelievable. It was an act of invincibility. They could no longer be deemed as a normal army in this world. Instead, they seemed like the came from…

There was no word to describe their strength. Brandon took a deep breath.

There was no doubt that all of the credit should go to the warrior who was leading right at the front of the entire platoon. After all, he was both the collision and cohesion point of the entire platoon while they were charging forward ramming through anything that stands in their way.

Their movements seemed reckless. In truth, however, they had unleashed all of their strength to their fullest potential. They had not wasted a single sense of power while they were attacking forward breaching the horde, killing the daemons as easily as eating and drinking. Even though Joshua was just a Lower Gold Tier, he had done the one thing that most of the Upper Gold-Tier combatants could not do. If this man could not be deemed as a powerful being, then there should not be anyone in the world who could be deemed as a powerful being.

A man with such skills and power would definitely not be reckless and inconsiderate. A man like this would not need to consider too much because he was confident enough with his own strength.

"It seems that you have perfectly inherited the power of Order of the Radcliffe family."

Upon sighing, Brandon broke the awkward silence that took place because of Ying and Vale Dani leaving the room. Then he smiled. "Speaking of which, I have not thanked you for saving Dani's life."

"Why did you say so?"

Because the clothes were too tight, Joshua felt a little uncomfortable in them. He raised his eyebrows a little and spoke with a puzzled expression, "If you're talking about my support for your cause, I think that's a must. You don't have to thank me. Furthermore, the duchess herself had already thanked me just now."

"No. If you haven't come here while she had to face the Dark Tide that brought despair upon us, Dani would have used magic potion to suppress the 'Spirit Concussion' that made her so weak now regardless of minding the condition of her body. She would have forcefully used more ultimate grade magic… I know her well, I know what she would have done. So I have to show my gratitude to you for coming here. Because of you, I didn't lose her."

Upon shaking his head, Brandon sighed a little and said, "I know you have many questions to ask. The late count passed away a little too early. Because of that, you cannot complete the inheritance… I can ease your doubts by answering your questions. So just go ahead."

"If that's the case, I'll just fire away."

Joshua liked the golden-haired swordsman for being straightforward. Furthermore, without the countess around, he could just simply ask anything he wanted to know. Joshua remained silent for a brief moment before he started speaking again, "Where did the Azurite come from in the first place? Why did my family accept the fate of becoming Chaos Guardians? What is the nature of the Aragami? So what's behind the dimensional passage…"

"Stop!"

Interrupting Joshua's barrage of questions, Brandon smiled bitterly and said, "You'll have to ask them one at a time. How'd I answer if you don't give me the time to explain?"

"Then let's start with the Azurite."

Joshua roughly knew about the other matters. However, the only mysterious legendary origin item that he had zero knowledge about would be this Azurite.

Meanwhile, the golden-haired swordsman remained silent as he was reorganizing the information in his mind. Then he started explaining, his face giving off a strange expression,"It seems that the late count didn't tell you anything before he passed on… To be frank, the Azurite came from nowhere. It has been in the hands of your family in the first place. It has been deemed as proof of the Inheritance Keepsake and the insignia of your family."

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Chapter 81: Cut the Crap, Let's Fight

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Was it in the hands of my family right from the start?

Joshua was doubtful at first when he heard this information. The Azurite was in the Radcliffe family's possession right from the start? Then, how do you explain the legacy of the Chaos Guardian which only began 400 years ago?

Although Joshua had tons of questions to ask, he believed that Brandon would explain to him clearly. Thus, he kept silent and listened carefully.

Brandon did not fool around as he recalled something and spoke, "Your ancestors were the same as my clan. There was a glorious period where your ancestors were knights of the empire for generations. However, your ancestors still did not own a territory back then. If it isn't that your family produces a Gold-tier warrior for each generation, the names of your family would probably long forgotten, devoured by time."

"Despite having an era of prosperity, there will still come a time where the name of the Radcliffe family will be slowly forgotten. Until the fateful event where the Ancient Dragons triggered the Great Ajax volcano to erupt, the flames and blaze magic caused a disruption in space. This event has caused a temporary malfunction of all teleportation portals between the Empire and Lost Sea."

This event was known to Joshua as it was written down on the secret letter given by the old butler.

The golden-haired warrior continued to speak, "The king of the era had gathered 200 scouts towards the Great Ajax volcano to determine the existence of the Ancient Dragon—Blazing Black Dragon Alatreon. The group was a Gold-tier army, with Perfect Silver-tier elemental mages being the weakest link in the group. This group of warriors were known to be undefeatable during their era. Even if they were to be attacked by a group of a 100,000, they could easily deal with such threats. Your ancestor was one of the leader for the group. "

What happened afterwards was quite predictable. The nearest teleportation portal could only deliver items without life forms. It did not have the capability to send humans directly to the spot. The scouting group then traveled by foot all the way to the northern lands. Their effort had made a path directly towards the volcano. They were able to discover that the Ancient Dragon was no longer in the vicinity and proceeded to settle the issue that was brought forth around the volcano.

At the end of it, they had discovered a dimensional path towards the other world and met with the Aragami invasion.

The creatures that brought forth by the Aragami were not vulnerable to magic or combat aura. These monsters were only susceptible towards physical attacks. At first, the scouting team had a huge challenge in terms of dealing with the onslaught. After swapping out their existing equipment, finally, they were able to deal with this monsters easily. Four brave warriors were even successful in invading the borders of the dimensional rift and created havoc within, leaving only dust and destruction in their world.

"The evolution of the Azurite began at that point."

Brandon's felt very respectful towards these warriors as he continued speaking, "As the joint forces were destroying the group of Aragami, the Radcliffe's protective charm, the Azurite suddenly morphed into the shape of a stone and burst into flames. It was then raised into the skies and released a green radiance, the source of Order."

"The Azurite utilizes the remains of the Aragami as a fuel to burn up itself and releases a strong radiance towards the whole area. The chaos aura around the vicinity vanquished in an instant. The Aragami feared the light and tried to escape from it. Those which did not make it in time were destroyed without any traces left behind.

"… So that's how my ancestors inherited the will of the Chaos Guardian?"

Joshua frowned and said, "The Blood of Chaos, the Source of the Flame. So that's what it meant."

"That's right. Chaos was the fuel for the Initial Flame of order and brilliance. The Azurite was a part of the legend, a treasure that was extracted by the Sages from the abyss, thus it has similarities to the Initial Flame."

Brandon explained all the information he knew about the Azurite, in addition to some of the information which Joshua only knew after being verified by the system. "After the Starfall timeline, the new Seven Gods of Humanity had toppled the initial beliefs of the human race. However, they had still left behind the legend of the Sages. Within the records of current human race, the story of Sages and Holy Light were even earlier than the origin of the seven gods. This fact itself had proven that the information about the Sages according to the legends are mostly true."

"Based on my assumption, the inheritance of the Chaos Guardian were long lost within the history. At a certain point in time, it had landed in the hands of your ancestors. The Mycroft Continent had not face the invasion from the Aragami for a long time, thus the inheritance does not have a chance to awaken. Due to that fact, the Radcliffe family who had known about the legend might have kept this inheritance for themselves."

Brandon finished most of his explanation. Finally, he stopped for a moment and drank some water. He looked at Joshua who was in his own thoughts and begin speaking, "Look, most of the questions you've asked have been answered. If all the event were to be explained in a sequence, it is easier to understand the whole picture rather than having to understand the history part by part."

The ancestors of Radcliffe had inherited the Azurite, yet they did not know the way to utilize the treasure. Up until 400 years ago when they started disrupting the Aragami's invasion, then only the existing of the enemy blood, the Aragami triggered the Azurite to recognize the enemy of Order, thus only allowing the Radcliffe to gain the inheritance from it.

"That is correct indeed."

Joshua nodded as most of the complication had been solved, then he thanked Brandon and said, "However, the legend of the Sages and the Azurite is too long. There is a lot of details that we are still unable to link to the stuff that is happening currently. What I am most concerned right now is the information regarding the edge of the dimensional rift. Is this place a nest of unlimited Aragami only?"

"The information from the legend is not useless. At first, we thought that all the legend were stories about a part of the happenings in the past. But we were wrong, it wasn't that simple."

Brandon shook his head in denial, stood up and grab himself another glass of water. After pausing a moment and drank some water, he continued speaking, "In fact, when the Azurite radiated throughout the world and disintegrated the bodies of the Aragami, four of our ancestors had noticed that a strong force from the outer world was heading towards their direction. They decided to retreat back to their original world immediately. On their way back, they accidentally found a stone table and took it back with them as well. Later on, my ancestor, the legendary mage Carbala Kaos, led all the magicians from the Empire to seal off all the passageway to the dimension rift."

"Due to the fact that there will be a large amount of Aragami attacking the seal once in a while, no one dared to reopen the seal after that. To solve this issue, your ancestors had manufactured Divine Armaments to gain strength and could easily defeat an Aragami of the same rank as the warrior. The Empire's leader also tried to search around for artifact left by the Sages to fend of the Aragami invasion. My Dual Blades of Order and the White Jade Book that existed before was found it such a way."

Joshua was still unable to understand the whole case and asked, "All these equipment require to kill a lot of chaos beast as a sacrifice to display their power, just like how the Azurite works. Based on the analysis, these equipment were made before the Starfall timeline; it is probably somewhere between the 300 years of slump during the Glorious Era. The weird part is that we could not cross over the rift with Order powered equipment. However, we cannot defeat the Aragami without these weapons. Unsealing the pathway would pose too much of a risk to this world. We can't really take the risk just because we are curious about the other side."

"These are indeed the issues on hand. Just imagine that one of those parasite-type Aragami invades our world, and one had managed to slip through us, this could cause havoc. We can't take actions that could endanger mankind due to our own curiosity," said the Warrior.

"That is correct. Being invaded by dimension demon twice, we can no longer predict how chaotic the other world is," replied Brandon.

Joshua again furrowed his eyebrows. With a serious expression, he said, "Then our current status is very complicated. The Corrupted Black Dragon was infected with chaos energy in some unknown lands and is now heading directly towards the northern dimension rift. This could only mean that the northern dimension seal was not the only entrance for the dimension demon to enter. They had other methods on hand to create havoc… Luckily for us, we have ways to deal with it."

"What solution?" asked the golden-haired swordsman who was in distress.

"Isn't it obvious?"

Joshua shook his head and looked directly on the wall. His current vision passed straight out of the wall, toward the snowy lands far away and landed on the chaotic dragon.

"Just slay it. Then, every issue that has been bothering us can be solved."

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Chapter 82: The View from Behind

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What sort of confidence does this warrior have in the first place, to be able to pull off such a statement?

After listening to Joshua's plan, Brandon was stunned by his ambitious action.A Gold-tier warrior against a Chaos Corrupted Black Dragon? That sounds more like a suicide mission. Ordinary Gold-tier teams would not take up that task. Joshua is just a single warrior of his own, where does that confidence come from?

The surprising part comes later as when Brandon thought about it, Joshua's plan was not wrong in the first place.

No matter how they plan, or how many plots were hidden behind the agenda, to stop this beast tide, they had to kill this black dragon. Screw the dragon! Infected or not, they had to confront each other at the end of the day.

If that's the whole case, was there even any necessity to further think about what plots were behind the scene in the first place? Grab your sword and slay the beast!

Brandon shook his head while feeling absolutely flabbergasted by the whole train of thought. He also felt that Vale Dani's thinking and logic were quite different, and was unable to adapt to it. Still, he does not feel too bad about it.

Such upfront plan, a plan which only needs to end the life of the monster. It was a great attitude requirement for a successor of the family which was tasked to fend off Chaos. As a protector, they had to be brave enough to face the battle against the daemons and Chaos.

The brave would only be rewarded with victory, and the weak ones could only wait for their demise.

As a matter of fact, Joshua was able to give such a statement all due to his confidence in his own strength.

When compared to his ancestor, Joshua's capability far exceeds expectation. It could only be said that he was way more outstanding as compared to the past. The Joshua of the past was like a small little kitten, which had transformed into a fierce tiger out of a sudden. There was no trace of the innocence that he had back then.

Being the descendant of the legendary mage, Brandon had a high affinity with magic. He could easily identify the elements and magic energy movement around him. This ability helped him to identify the elements around the warrior in front of him.

Precisely due to his current ability, he could easily identify the movement of the elements around Joshua. As soon as they get close to Joshua, this particles will stagnate and stop moving. This scene was so weird as if the combat aura from Joshua had actually rejected and suppressed all the movement of the elements around him.

Ordinary magic attacks could not hit directly on his body. As the attack gets close to him, it'll get blocked by an invisible barrier. Even if the attack were to hit, it would not cause a lot of problem for Joshua. Recalling the event of the dragon's breath, such high-level elemental attack was inconceivable in a battlefield, however, Joshua was still easily dealt with it. That breath was just giving a hot bath for Joshua only. Even under the condition where his armor was melted away, it will still not done any harm towards his physical body.

Having such a strength, this black haired warrior could easily slay any daemons which were the same rank as he was. That was even under the circumstances which he did not perform any high-rank skills.

Not only that, being the guardian against Chaos, the protector against foreign invasion, Brandon himself was considered the most talented among his family members within a hundred years. However, he was unable to completely control over the power of Order within his body. The Dual Blades of Order which had been bestowed upon him was still unable to unleash its full potential. He would have to damage the Chaos Daemons to actually increase his weapon's killing potential. This pair blades had no real threat in an ordinary battle.

However, this golden-haired warrior saw the new inheritor for the Chaos Guardian which was no longer than half a month had an invisible form of power surrounding his body. It was as if the power of Order had turned into an aura which buffed up Joshua's body.

Although this condition will only bring in a bit of benefit for the user to go against Chaos beings, Brandon still felt shocked as his talent was easily surpassed by others.

"Okay, I think I get most of the idea about the situation now."

Joshua slapped the table lightly and stood up. With ease, he spoke to the lad who was still sitting, "I'll go and observe the situation around the walls. If I had more time, I would also patrol the Dark Forest. If there is any out of the norm stuff, I'll inform you all immediately."

As he finished his last sentence, Joshua smile and finished his line, "After this Dark Tide, we will have a match if there's a chance."

"My pleasure."

Brandon agreed without any hesitation.

Even if his opponent was strong and astonishing, Brandon still had the urge to fight. The blood within him boiled in crave of battle. The golden-haired swordsman said, "Looking forward for that day to come."

Joshua nodded his head and turned around. Then, he headed towards the entrance and left.

The golden-haired swordsman stared at the back of this young man.

Brandon was claimed to be the top talent of the Kaos family within the hundred years. He had very high chance of achieving Legendary tier. The reason that he could choose to become a swordsman rather than a magician within his family without any objectives was not without reason.

This main reason was that his eyes had the capability to look at the 'beginning' and the 'end' of living beings. He had activated this paired of magical eyes as he had pulled himself back to life from a sudden death.

Due to his battle instinct, Brandon decided to unleash his magical eyes when he saw the defenseless back of Joshua.

A green glow emerged within his eyes, slowly swirling around. The original red iris merged with the green glow, forming a violet color. (Note: Mystic Eyes of Death Perception)

At that instance, the view in front of him turns into a scene of a shattered mirror. Numerous amount of cracks covered everything items around. Brandon felt that, if he were to unleash his dual blades and cut according to the cracks shown, he could easily destroy or kill that particular existence. Even the hardest crystal would be destroyed by his blade.

Precisely because he had such capability, he was brave enough to travel alone to Moldavia. Facing of the onslaught of 200000 mad beast tide, he still had the confidence to bring Vale Dani away to safety. His only fear previously was the safety of this countess. He was not concerned about his own safety at all.

However, right now…

There's nothing.

Looking at the back of Joshua, Brandon noticed that he could not see any cracks or lines. This outcome had caused an a Brandon to feel tense, which he had not felt that for many years.

"There was not even a single crack…"

Brandon's violet eyes looked all over Joshua's body and had yet to find a crack. He could only see this small vague gaps quickly moved around Joshua body. These vulnerabilities would suddenly disappear and reappear on other parts of the body.

There was no significant weakness shown at any point in time on Joshua's body. There was actually a person who was capable to achieve such terrifying capability. It was unbelievable.

Joshua had long noticed that he was being observed by some weird technique. However, Joshua didn't really care too much about it and allow Brandon to look at whatever he was trying to find out.

Joshua had complete confidence in his own strength and physics. Even if he were to expose himself right in front of his enemy, the other one could hardly see through the weakness of his defense. This is the confidence that Joshua had as a legendary warrior.

"He really has reached the pinnacle of a warrior."

Brandon praised Joshua's after a few seconds later.

Without any words, Joshua waved his hand to the back and left the room.

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Chapter 83: The Gloomy Fortress

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Starfall Year 831, 17th of December. Evening. Dark Forest fortress in Moldova. On a snowy night.

The weather did not provide any form of mercy for the poor soldiers who had just finished a tough battle. The snow and cold wind blew onto the alleys and between the towers and layers and layers of thick snow.

The gloomy sky had created a heavy atmosphere for the soldiers to live in. Now, there was nobody left walking along the stony path. There were only broken weapons and damaged armor scattered on the side of the road. Their masters were probably dead by now or maybe a few lucky ones who had still managed to survive. Needless to say, a catastrophic occurrence had just happened there.

There stood a young lady with silver hair, walking down the path with green eyes glancing at her surroundings. There were no emotions that could be seen from those pair of eyes.

Her steps were light, yet filled with the energy of a young person. She was wearing her white uniform, paired with long trousers and a silver colored leather boots. A pair of gloves closely keeping her hand warm. Between her sleeves and her gloves, you can see a white slender hand hiding beneath them. It was certainly unfitting for such a beautiful lady to stroll on this land.

However, Ying thought otherwise. She believed that she was meant for this place.

Looking at the surroundings, all the houses and the towers, the Divine Armament could taste the scent of battle lingering in the place. Within the aftermath of a battle, she glanced towards the weapons that were no longer capable of being wielded again, sitting by the side of the road. Her gaze turned soft and gentle, as if she were able to communicate with these weapons which were on their last breath. However, she never stood there for long and continue progressing forward.

The silver leather boots collided with the frozen stone path, releasing a 'ting' as she moved forward. The noise was then carried by the wind and transmitted across the land.

"What a miserable place."

Ying sighed and said, "Facing the same Dark Tide at the fortress, this place has an even worse outlook as compared to Master's territory…"

When Moldavia was at its critical moment, Joshua made it in time to slay the Gold-tier daemon. If that's not the case, the wall would probably fall due to the fierce attack of the daemon. The outcome of that battle could have gone terribly wrong and would have cost thousands of lives.

It was a good thing that Joshua made it on time and dispelled all the problems caused by the daemon. The liege of this land could not achieve the same result due to his lack of capability, as a result, the sorry state of the territory was what's left behind.

When she thought for a while, she felt that it was reasonable to have such a different result between the two territories. After all, how can she compare her master to an ordinary person?

Ying finally reached the center of the fortress; she could finally felt the presence of humans from within. There were knights patrolling while wearing their battered armor, moving from an area to another. One could see that their faces were all covered with dust and dirt, there was even signs fatigue, yet these knights still strengthened their will and continued moving forward.

The places that they patrolled were mostly empty residences and shops. There were only a few houses which you could see signs of fires burning and smoke was traversing upwards as if it was contaminating the white sky.

The surrounding was like an empty city.

Facing the onslaught of 200000 Berserk Daemons, the damages caused by this Dark Tide could not be considered too bad as compared to other places. However, people who had gotten injured and tired due to the attack could be spotted all over the place. This agenda had caused quite a lot of people to be anxious and had given numerous sleepless night for the people. Despite all these difficulties, soldiers were still holding themselves together and faced the problems ahead. It was definitely not an easy task.

The soldiers held dearly onto the responsibility; their own pride and orders to boost their spirit to continue performing for their lord. It was their will that prevented them from collapsing and lay wasted on the snowy land.

Within the center of the alleyway, these soldiers had put their focus onto Ying. Those who didn't know about the existence of Ying were shocked due to the fact that a girl who was energetic and attractive was walking within this dead zone. However, they did not take any malicious actions against her. In fact, they advised her, "Young girl, this zone is off-limits for civilians. Don't simply wander around at night. It is dangerous. Go home to your mom and dad, don't let them be worried about you."

"The weather is too cold, there's no reason for you to wander around."

There were even some soldiers that made a little joke about her appearance. "Come on, she ain't gonna be facing danger. Look at her clothes, hair, and skin. They were all as white as snow. Nobody could even notice her if they did not pay attention."

"You're right, she's all white indeed."

Everybody laughed at the jokes that were made. The tension that the soldiers felt was eased up a little by the joke. As for Ying, her thoughts were simple. There wasn't even any danger in this place anymore! Little that she knew that all the soldiers were only advising her to go home early. Of course, teasing her was another objective.

This silver-haired girl was not pleased by their teasing. As the soldiers left the vicinity, Ying mumbled disgruntledly, "I'm no little girl here. Master is probably twenty one or twenty three… Somewhere around there… Yup, I'm actually twenty one myself!"

Her explanation was a little bit too late for soldiers had already left the place and weren't able to hear a single word.

As Ying wandered a little further, she had reached near the center warehouse of the fortress. Well, this was the place where all the resource within the fortress were gathered. There were around twenty to thirty soldiers guarding the area. These people here were dressed in chainmail with a helmet. They were all holding onto their broadsword and shield while patrolling.

Although not all the daemons would group together and identify resources owned by human to attack, there were still some clever daemons that would know how to attack the important resource for the human. These soldiers would not take the chance to allow these daemons to attack what's important to them, thus they would not easily let their guard down. The soldiers here had a way better condition as compared to the previous group. Although some fatigue could still be seen on their faces, at least they seemed to have sufficient sleep.

At first, the guardians of the warehouse would try to stop the young lady coming before them. It was fortunate that the current leader of the guards had received an information about Ying. Thus, this leader had confirmed that Ying had the rights to pass. This man with an unbearable face, as if he had not slept for days, led Ying into the warehouse.

As the leader of the group, he rarely had the chance to sleep.

"… It is such a waste. Although our warehouse does not lack armor and weapons, we are lacking tremendous human resources."

This leader here could only lament about this issue. "Ordinary civilians do not have the strength to wear such heavy armor. The armor we had might not even be suitable for some of the soldier as it might hinder their movements. Now, we are really lacking in terms of chainmail and wooden bucklers. If these heavy armor were able to help the reinforcements, you may take them away with you. We do not really need them here."

He was not really trying to save any money for his lord, in fact, what he was doing now was for the sake of Moldova. Having extra fifty Silver-tier knights during a beast tide might not be much. However, stationing fifty Silver-tier warriors within the fortress wall would ensure that the defense within a few hundred meters of the vicinity would be secured. The Scarlet family was not lacking in money after all.

To be frank, if the fortress was not built from a small stone hill in the first place, the scale of the fortress would be too big. These fifty Silver-tier knights would have been a very crucial part of the forces to defend the fortress. Having too wide of a place to defend against invasion would cause the relevance of these knights to diminish. It would be very hard to defend as there were too many places that could be invaded.

"The knights would have their own armor. I came just to collect for my master."

After explaining her reason, Ying asked a few questions about the things that she never saw before as she surveyed the warehouse. This fatigued man here had tried his best to explain them to her.

When they have reached the second level of the warehouse, both of them went into silence. In the center of the second floor, they saw white lights illuminating all the equipment, whether it was armor or swords. The equipment shone brilliantly under the radiance given out from the lamps.

"Well, which type of armor does the Liege of Moldavia prefer? Tell me his measurements. I might be able to pick a suitable one for him.

He noticed that Ying hesitated, as she was not able to make a decision. The leader of the warehouse immediately responded confidently, "I am very familiar with all the equipment here. You could say that there is no one more familiar with all the stuff here than me in Moldova."

"If that's the case, then I shall leave it to your recommendation."

Making a decision on the choice of armor had been too much of a hassle for Ying. So, she decided to leave the choice for the chief of the warehouse. With a smile, he quickly brought forward the armor which was deemed suitable for Joshua.

Using the shrinking and weightless skill to scale down the size of the armor, the chief then put it into a small box and gave it to the silver-haired girl.

"Thank you very much."

"It is my pleasure."

The middle-aged man shook his head then replied, "Without the help of that brave young man that day, leading his troop to halt the advancement of the beast horde, we would have faced our demise today."

He then sighed and continued, "Well, at least we could rest after all these troubles. Blessings to you and your liege."

"Umm…"

Ying took the box and left the city center after bidding farewell to the chief. This young silver-haired girl then continued her own journey within the cold night wind and silent road, walking towards the direction of the Dark Forest fortress.

That was where her master was at.

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Chapter 84: Pure and Simple Combat

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Along the pitch black corridor, climbing the spiral stairs, Ying approached the castle wall.

It was different when battling with the monsters during daylight. The castle wall stood silently, faint echoes of footsteps from patrolling soldiers could be heard, the white snow covering the rocks was slowly melting. One of the patrolling soldiers with a torch saw a glimpse of a young girl with silver hair in the snow. He rubbed his eyes and looked again but there was nothing there; he started to think that he must be seeing illusions due to fatigue.

Ying focused on the pact's resonance. After awhile, she found her master.

The last light has completely died out, the heavy snow covering the fortress under the pitch black sky, the dark-haired warrior stood at the castle wall, eye gazing at the distant white mountain terrain and black forest.

At first, Ying thought of greeting Joshua happily and telling him that she has brought him the armor, but after seeing him gazing at the scene, the silver-haired girl slowly closed in, holding her breath while approaching him.

The eyes that revealed his desires.

What does Master desire?

This question had been in her heart ever since she was drawn out of the blade-sealing chamber.

Slaying enemies, retrieve back the lands, from Moldavia to the fortress, driving back the monstrous invaders, then defeating the monsters at Moldova, holding down the fort, through endless battle and slaughter, many have paid their gratitude and praise for his arrival; they placed their admiration and trust in him.

For a warrior, what more could one ever desire more? Has he not achieved the highest accomplishments in his life?

It was useless to take a wild guess; any doubts will be cleared with questions. Ying slowly approached Joshua and stood beside him.

"Master… What are you thinking about now?" she asked.

"What is it that is keeping you awake, sitting here on top of the lone fortress in darkness feeling the chilling breeze and looking at the distant mountains?"

"Ying, you're back."

Joshua was aware that the silver-haired girl was approaching him, but continued staying still and did not answer the girl's question.

The snow was heavier than ever, along with the howling wind blowing relentlessly; both of them stayed on top of the castle wall silently.

The time felt extremely long, the snow had long covered the shoes, as it started to freeze and Ying thought that she will not be getting the answers. As she was preparing to accompany her master doze off, she heard her master answering her unexpectedly.

"I guess it is the eagerness to fight."

The voice came from Joshua, while still gazing at the snow as white as feathers covering his body and continued to say, "It may also be desire."

Upon getting the answer, the girl felt confused and asked, "But why? Master, you are not like me, that exists as a weapon…"

"My desire to battle is to hope that you use me more as I can fulfill my purpose and responsibility, this is what I exist for, but you are a human."

The girl recalled those broken weapons at the fortress, exhausted soldiers, those homeless people who have lost their home and those armor stained with blood and residue of steel.

Although it may not be appropriate for a weapon to voice out these thoughts, to be away from home for thousands of miles is to build a better life, it should not be due to the desire for battle as it was against the law of nature.

Ying did not say the last phrase aloud but since she has said it out there is no use to say further.

Joshua sat there silently and did not answer her doubts. Raising his head, the snow on his head fall off. He looked at the sky and the clouds but the moonlight had long gone, but his eyes gazed through the clouds and looked straight at the starlight. After a while, he mumbled, "Human nature differs from others."

Covered in the snow, his cloak must be frozen. Joshua slowly turned around and look into her eyes and said with seriousness in his face, "Ying, not everyone is born to enjoy peace and love, there are some who are born to fight and slaughter."

"Without people like this to fight, without people like me, how do we protect this world and create peace?"

This time Ying was the one stayed silent frowning, thinking about what her master said, but this type of problem seems to be a bit hard for her to understand.

The dark haired warrior stood on the castle wall and looking from where he stood, there were crawl marks of daemons everywhere; he can still smell faint blood in the breeze, the smell of explosions had long seeped deep into the castle wall.

Joshua recalled the memory before he traveled through time when he was asked by the girl.

In his previous life, he was born to an old and normal dojo; his mother passed away while he was still young. His father as the head of the dojo raised him up with the harshest way ever without showing love towards him.

As the next heir of the dojo, Joshua learned all knowledge about fighting, to be an ultimate killing machine, that was all he needed.

Continuously training his body, storing up strength and then learning how to control strength, learn how to stack up power, there were countless ones, whether it was killing or infiltration, or art of riding a horse or to learn how to use all types of weapons, he learned all the skills from the dojo.

Although all the training was harsh, to Joshua it is all unusually fun and interesting, it is as he was born for it. After a period of time, his father had taught him all the techniques but he was still not satisfied.

To be able to know better about human body, weak points, and blind spots, Joshua asked his father to get a medical professional to teach him all about anatomy, to understand what a battle was, using the most advanced knowledge of science, how to defeat a person quickly and even kill an enemy.

Due to his unusual passion for battle, he was eager to learn all related knowledge; he trained relentlessly day and night, until the year he turned seventeen years old when he defeated his father and take up the seat for the master of the dojo. It could be seen that his strict father smiled after he was defeated as his son surpassed him.

To Joshua, a battle was elegant as it is humanity's big assembly which comprised of everything, no matter what it is, feelings, determination, dreams, future, knowledge, skills, strength, and soul as everything is united as one.

In order to implement one's thoughts and determination, humans would fight, betting everything on the line to determine who the best is.

Yet, to Joshua at the time, everything he learned until then had become meaningless, for that was already the Age of Great Unity, and the original Age of Martial Arts and the Age of War had ceased, never again to be had. Humanity entered the bright golden era of peace, needing neither fight nor labor, having the ability to realize their dreams and obtain whatever they want…

To humans, it was the happiest time.

But to Joshua it was meaningless.

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Chapter 85: A Huge Snowstorm

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At this moment, the silver-haired girl felt a strong rush of memories from the pact in her mind.

There are infinite minuscule fragments of memories flowing into the memory core of the Divine Armament.

"You were born in the wrong time."

There was once a person from a distant time who told him this.

In the memory from a long time ago which was forgotten, there was an ancient yet simple dojo and in it was a middle-aged man. The old man's eyes were only half open, as if that was the furthest he could open them. The man breathed heavily and his eyes were filled with astonishment looking at his son who defeated him that was standing in front of him.

"You have surpassed me in every way."

The man took a deep long sigh as he slowly got back on his feet. The man was a veteran warrior who had triumphed in countless battles, however, upon seeing his son who defeated him, he felt impressed and yet pity as he added, "What a pity, although you have learnt all the martial arts and become the strongest under the heaven, it is useless in the world we are living in now."

It was not a time of chaos, and fighting was useless in this world…

The eyes of the middle-aged man could be seen filled with compassion.

"You are a starved wolf among the herd of sheep, what you crave for is meat filled with blood but all you can have is green grass and lying on the plain field. No matter how hard you find, there will be no one who is even comparable to you in fighting in this world."

The youth stood there silently looking hard at both his fists while he gripped and loosened them. He seemed to be unaffected by what his father had told him. In the bottom of his heart, he had a tiny doubt on whether what his father told him is true or not.

All he ever desired was to fight to his heart's content; the desire to fight by putting one's life on the line. Unfortunately for him, it will not happen again, no matter whether in the Dojo from distant times or the battle that had just ended. The compassion within his soul would never be lit again.

This is a harmonious world, a world without any disputes where all races stood as one, there is no need for the warrior to exist.

The memory fragments slowly faded away into the distant sky, the flying dragon flying on top of the mountain inhaling the frost, the howling of the beasts can be heard along with the breeze echoed past them to a faraway place.

When the cold breeze passed through Joshua, he suddenly smiled and stood by the edge of the fortress wall. He looked at the mountain clusters and the sky, it seems as though he can see through the obstacles and see all the Daemons that were lurking in the shadows and darkness.

Joshua reached out his hand, a red flame burning on his palm and the Combat Aura gave out a bright light. It slowly turned into a darker color and became dark red, it shone throughout his face.

The flame seemed to be held back, the dark red blaze unable to darken its color furthermore, it stayed like that and ceased to move no matter how vigorously it lit up.

"The killing intent which showed out that does not have a target will only be like that."

As he mumbled with slight regret but there is confidence and hope, "Nevertheless, when the next battle starts it will be my glory."

This was a real world.

There is no doubt this was real; the heartbeat from his heart or the thin ice underneath his feet or the passion in the warrior's blood or even the enemies' flesh and blood. They were data in the game, not beautiful posters; their very existence of the above mentioned was real, no matter in the distant past or the current times.

In this world, everything was real regardless of the battle; killing or even dying together with Combat Aura, the concept was same with the non-stop flow of the stream.

The triumphant dark-haired warrior would rest in peace here.

The glorious strength which laid deep in the soul was the combination of determination and passion which was released together to the fullest. It cannot be defined by a mere game or could it be deciphered by the system. In order to become a legendary warrior, one had to work hard and earn through his both hands.

Joshua was a drifter of time and not a good person in heart; he did not have any feelings for the world that he was currently in no matter what ill fate may befall this world. He only cared deeply for the safety for those he cared about. The calamity consisted of endless waves of strong enemies. Just like at Ares Fortress invaded by creatures from the abyss like countless worms, this was an opportunity for battle.

As long as the killing urge was released, then the battle could be continued, it was all that matters.

"Ying, the hour is late let's head back," said Joshua without caring that the silver-haired girl was confused with his words while patting her head.

"Yes Master," said the girl.

The confused girl hadn't had the slightest clue about what her master said, thought and even with the memory synchronization, she was unable to see things clearly. She vaguely understood what her master meant and felt that her questions were answered as she nodded with some doubts and followed him on his back.

Although, she did not get answers to the questions there was one thing which is clear to her.

"My master Joshua yearns for battle, thus he needs me, which is enough."

Feeling satisfied that she was needed, she smiled as she followed her master while leaving the castle wall. It is not a matter of feeling nor loyalty, just like a warrior is destined to fight, a weapon solely belonging to its master.

The snowfall continued as they walked away.

Somewhere along the direction where Joshua had gazed upon, behind the cluster mountain, deep in the forest, there laid a huge dragon which had half of its body black and gold color resting on top of a gray cliff, licking its wounds.

There was a red-black halo circling the steel spear which pierced the wound, the wound which should have been healed is still flowing with blood and draining its energy.

"Arghhh…"

The soaring rage filled the forest and the black dragon's body emitted chaotic magic. Purplish black mist shot up the sky, spreading throughout the forest. Countless Berserk Daemons breathed in this energy; they were relieved as their evolved body had special needs. Their bodies then created a crystal-like exoskeleton around their bodies, containing unknown energy.

In the middle of the Black Forest, a bright light was emitted; a chaotic and foul mist came gushing out of a black dimensional rift.

On top of a hill, there was a huge amount of energy from other dimensions coming to this world through the dimensional passage. There were many crustacean bug-like creatures with crystalized shells coming out of the dimensional passage and they lingered around the area while their numbers kept increasing.

In the chilly black mist, an invisible wing could be seen vaguely as both wings flapped in the sky; there were strange lines carved on the wings with shining ice blue magic light. As the blue light shone, the snow seemed to be heavier and the wind was stronger in a ten-mile radius. The air flow also change its direction due to the wings and is heading towards Moldova Fortress.

Buzzzz…

The buzzing sound caused by the icy blue wings split the cloud in half as an enormous half transparent butterfly as huge as a castle emerged through the dimensional rift.

The snowfall was getting heavier and heavier.

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Chapter 86: Chaos Dimensional Rift

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Starfall Year 831, 18th of December.

According to local traditions, November was known as the month of Frost-Fall, December was known as the month of Snow-Drift and January was known as the month of Ice-Grip. The three months were called White Winter.

At that time of the year, it snowed the heaviest throughout the world; even the south of the Empire would also have snowflakes as big as feathers. Not to mention, the ever-snowing north of the Empire.

However, the snow that fell on Moldova Fortress was heavier than usual.

The gloomy dark clouds were gathering and stretched as far as the sky on top of the grayish city. The ash had been frozen to snow and as they fell they were not small flakes but like big clouds falling from the sky.

The allocated snowfall like a waterfall came down from the sky and was quickly piling up the ground and the snow-driving wind blew through all the alleys of Moldova Fortress.

In that weather, even the strong Steel-tier soldiers were unable to move normally; regular civilians would have an even rougher time. There were only a handful of people who could still manage to move; they were Joshua's knights and the Silver-Tier patrols stationed at the fortress.

"If the Dark Tide happens at this time and the daemon attacks the fortress, I don't think we can hold it off."

One of the Silver-tier patrols brushed off the frost from his hood and said, "We have to fight in this cursed weather with our vision blurred while we barely see anything in a five-meter range. How are we supposed to fight like this?"

"If you feel uneasy, so would the daemons."

"We are made of flesh and blood, don't think that they are any different from us… Curse this weather, the snowflakes got in my mouth again, pfft," murmured another Silver-tier patrol.

These complaints can be heard from every corner of the city, cursing this ill weather. As northerners, they had faced many unexpected snowfall but they had never faced a blizzard before. Despite facing this harsh weather, they patiently waited for the storm to pass.

"The snow will pass soon, let's wait patiently."

Somewhere in the heart of the fortress, in one of the many houses, an ordinary middle-aged man threw in some firewood to make the fire bigger. "Eight years ago the snow was heavier than today's snow and it stopped after half a day. Do not worry it will stop soon enough," said the man to comfort his anxious wife.

As the man said, everyone thought that this type of blizzard would not last long.

However, what they thought was far more different than what it was to come.

Starfall Year 831, 20th of December.

The blizzard had no signs of ceasing as it continued getting heavier as each day went by.

The streets in the fortress have were filled with snow up to knee-length and as it continued to snow, it was pointless to clear it off. In some of the narrow lanes, piles of snow had reached the same height with the roof. It was pointless to ask the mages to use magic and transfer the snow pile elsewhere. It was unwise to discard the snow outside of the fortress wall as it would serve as a foothold for the daemons.

Starfall Year 831, 21th of December, dawn.

The ferocious blizzard showed signs of slowing down but was still heavy. On the scale of 1 to 10 of the rate of snowfall, regular days was level 1. It was 10 for the past few days but was now 8.

Countess Vale Dani in her mage robe was pacing up and down in her study room and would walk to the windows feeling anxious.

She was a Gold-tier mage who had the foresight that allowed her to see as far as ten meters in the snow. Not to mention common folk who could only look two meters in the snow, they could be considered blind compared to the mage.

"Dani, don't be so anxious, you have recovered your spirit and are even stronger than before. Moreover, the merchant group from the capital has arrived at the fortress yesterday. Although the ammunition replenished is far from enough but it is sufficient to defend the fortress for a few rounds."

"In this weather, even the wyrms are unable to fly off, not to mention the giant bats. Even if the Daemons attack in this weather, they will only be slaughtered by you, me, and Joshua; the perfect Gold-tier trio. It is not even a problem if a Gold-tier daemon appears," said Brandon as he sat on the stiff armchair, looking through some of the pages from a goatskin book, with his usual appearance of leather mail, dual blades on the waist and his extraordinary confidence.

"Brandon, you know this is not what I fear."

She shook her head hard worriedly as she sighed and said, "When the supply reached here yesterday, it should have been a joyous moment but there was no sign of happiness. At that moment, I felt that something was not right and now it seems my hunch is correct."

"What do you mean by something is not right?"

Brandon closed the book and frowned putting it on the table. He stood up and went the mage's side. "If there were something wrong, why you didn't tell me sooner?"

"You all have low magic sensing capability."

Vale Dani squinted her eyes as she pointed at the golden-haired swordsman and the empty space and sighed while saying, "The reason that I did not tell you is I'm afraid that I may be overthinking. There is disruptive magic in the air in this snow. At first, it wasn't obvious but as the snow got heavier, the amount of disruptive magic rose and it started to affect people's mind and spirit."

"Now that I think of it, it seems that the uneasy feeling has come true. I have been affected unconsciously."

This was the effect of Chaos power.

Brandon immediately understood the nature of the strange Chaos power. There is without a doubt, the snow had brought in disruptive Chaos power which caused the people to feel anxious.

I am still unable to fully grasp the power of the Sacred Guardian's Dual Blades of Order. I am still weak as the only person I can protect is myself.

The image of Joshua's power of Order wrapped around him which cast a ten-meter radius giant halo that can ward off the effect of Chaos power.

The swordsman sighed as he thought of the grand image and he wrap himself around the mage and used his inner aura to clear off the effect. The mage instantly felt that something was lifted off from her and she felt refreshed and her thoughts became sharper.

"I never thought that you have some skills, anyway thanks for your help. Hmm, the Dragon Caravan can still continue to send supplies for now. However, seeing the scale of this weather, we might be buried alive soon if we don't do something."

Feeling much refreshed, the countess recalled about the shadow that looked like a giant butterfly. She gazed out the window as she said, "This indirect manipulation of the weather is without a doubt caused by that giant butterfly. That Gold-tier daemon had finally made a move; I thought it had been eaten by the Dragon Spider since we have lost track of him a while ago."

The countess turned around and looked at Brandon as she said in a stern voice, "There is not enough time to make the snow stop and we must not let the people continue being affected. We must hurry and find Joshua, we must stop the spread of the Chaos power from continuing to affect warriors in the fortress losing their will to fight."

"What you say is correct. We must make haste and attend to this matter."

Brandon nodded and agreed with Vale Dani, he recalled where he last saw Joshua.

"Joshua must be still at the castle wall, he doesn't go to other places besides there."

After they set the location, the Gold-Tier warriors teleported to the castle wall instantly. They used Spirit Sense and arrived at where the warrior was.

Suddenly, a shocked voice said,

"Joshua, what are you doing?!"

"Hmm? Brandon, Vale Dani, what you doing here?"

Standing at the edge of the castle wall with full armor, carrying a shield on his back. The warriors standing behind Ying were surprised as they heard a sudden voice and looked back. Joshua was not surprised at all when he saw the puzzled faces of Vale Dani and Brandon. He added calmly, "There is something wrong with this snow, and I'm just getting ready to go to the Dark Forest to scout."

But who would go scouting bringing a full set armor, spear, axes, shield, and broadsword?!

Brandon's observation skills were good and could be considered is the best of the best. In a single glance, he could see that the waist of the warrior had miniature weapons. There were two steel spears, four axes, and a greatsword. Unable to hold it in anymore, he said, "Looks like you have equipped yourself for war, even an army of foot soldiers would not pack that big of a firepower like you do. Joshua. Listen. You couldn't have felt…"

Brandon suddenly remembered that Vale Dani was there, he stopped and saw the warriors nodding at him to answer his questions. He avoided the previous questions and said, "Are you thinking of going to the Dark Forest alone to search for the source?"

"It is as you said, I am going to investigate the source of this blizzard. Not to worry, I will scout a little and be back in no time."

After he finished what he said, he shrugged and the visor closed. His expression behind the helmet could not be seen, so Brandon was unsure if he was telling the truth.

If the source is found, we would get rid of it . This thought was not expressed by the soldiers.

"At the very least you should have consulted us first."

Exhaustion was clearly seen on Vale Dani's face as she spoke to the soldiers, "You are the fortress' main force. If anything happens to you all, it will not only affect Moldova…"

Boom!

Suddenly there is a low but loud sound coming from a distance as the vibration could be felt in the air. Heaven and earth lost its light and the clouds blocked off the sun. The bright rays were consumed and the world was being engulfed in pitch black darkness.

Joshua, Brandon, and Vale Dani were astonished by the sudden event. All of them look at the sky at the same time.

At a distant place on top of the center of the Dark Forest, the thick gloomy clouds were being forcefully torn apart and it was not the sunlight which shone through. It is a giant dark curtain where a great surge of magic could be seen with the naked eye. Strange magic runes could be seen folding and appearing; it was a spectacular sight but made one feel uneasy. Countless twisted strange pictures appeared in the sky, disappearing and reappearing in a loop.

Giant patterns as big as a beast's head appeared in the sky. The spectacular scene could not be erased even with the most ferocious blizzard.

Joshua's eyes looked like molten steel; his eyes filled with burning red flames as he looked out to the distant darkness.

"This… feeling…"

"W-w-what..?"

An inconceivable sound echoed through the sky and mountains; the vibrations causing a small avalanche. At that moment, a black pillar of light shot straight from the ground into the sky, splitting heaven and earth in half!

Joshua and Brandon looked at each other; their eyes filled with shock.

"The dimensional rift is finally open?!"

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Chapter 87: Wait, Are You Going to Act Recklessly Again?!

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Right before everyone, a black light column rose from the surface of the ground and shot right into the sky. It broke through the layer of mists and the clouds, straight through the dark sky and left a small 'hole' in the middle of the sky.

—Meanwhile, right from the 'other' side of the hole, the presence of the other world was beginning to seep in.

At that moment, the violet-haired mage had lost her ability to speak for an instant. As a mage, she could naturally sense the presence that was gushing through that crack in the sky. Because of the curiosity of her instinct, the countess even used her spirit sense to see if she could pick up anything up. And because of that, the pure evil Chaos energy had caused a large effect on her spiritual mind.

"Damn it, where does all the power come from…"

One moment right after she tried to sense it, Vale Dani could feel that there was a power as strong as a lightning struck back straight to her brain. Under the intense shock, she immediately knelt down to the ground and put her hand on her forehead. She looked like she was in agony.

If it was not because she had strained herself in using her magic spells, she would have reached deeper into the connection with her sense. If that was the case, the mysterious power from afar might have hurt her soul bad.

The countess took a few breaths before she lifted her head to look at the black light column. Then she grabbed on her gray staff tight, using it as a support to stand back up on her feet. Upon tightening her teeth, she said, "I know my territory well. There's definitely no ancient artifact or any strong natural wondrous object on my turf… So why is there such a strong phenomenon happening here? Where did this power come from? What is lurking behind that hole over there?!"

Of course, that world was an outer world that had been dominated by the Evil God, an outer world that was totally corrupted by Chaos.

Standing on the edge of the wall, Joshua knew the answer to it. On the other hand, Brandon who went down to help Vale Dani up also knew the answer to that question. However, it was not a good time to explain it to Vale Dani. Currently, both men were looking deadly serious.

Truth to be told, there was no way that there would only be one 'rift' that connects the two worlds. For instance, back in Moldavia, there were already three existing dimensional 'rifts'. They were all once sealed by the ancestors of Brandon, the legendary mage, about 400 years ago. Even though there would still be Aragami walked in from the other world, there was no way that the seals all around the Mycroft Continent could be broken.

Meanwhile, the bizarre phenomenon that was happening right before their eyes was the phenomenon when the passage that connects the two world had been completely opened. The hole and the black light column that emerged in the sky were merely the shadows of the dimensional power. Meanwhile, the passage on the ground must have been opened wide by now. Endless waves of Aragami must be gushing into this world right now.

"Although we have guessed that there is one dimensional passage here in the Dark Forest in Moldova, however, we did not expect it to completely open up… Joshua, how about the ones back in your territory?"

Muttering softly to himself, Brandon immediately turned towards the black-haired warrior and asked Joshua anxiously, "And also your fortress. I think you better contact and have a check on it!"

Joshua naturally knew what Brandon meant. Brandon was worried that the other three rifts back in Moldavia might have been opened at the same time. So he shook his head and said, "There's no need for that, everything is normal at the moment. I've just contacted them."

Right before Joshua and his knights depart for the Dark Forest, he had already contacted Moldavia once. So he knew that everything was fine. There was no strange or bizarre movement back at the church and the main city as well. Furthermore, there was no sign of any daemons in the Dark Forest by Moldavia. The sky was clear as the blizzard had stopped for days now. It did not look like winter at all.

Because of that, Joshua was sure that there was some mysterious power deep in the Dark Forest that was manipulating the movement of the blizzard and snow, moving them over to Moldova. In the meantime he had also told his educated guess to the two right next to him.

"We also have the same thought. However, one frost butterfly could not have manipulated the entire weather over the northern region. Furthermore, the phenomenon over here right now is a little strange and bizarre. It seems that the black dragon had kept itself busy these days. It did quite a lot of things behind our backs."

Brandon could feel the expanding power of Chaos gushing across the land. He tightened his grip on the hilt of his sword, trying to suppress the anger that was rushing up to his chest, "Goddamn it. If it weren't because we're short on men and we do not have the initiative to attack, we would not have given it the chance to prepare all that! However, fortunately for us, the crack is smaller than we imagined. So the more powerful beings and existence will not enter our world just et. We might still stand a chance now."

The violet-haired mage was still feeling the effects of a mild concussion. While she was listening to the conversation between her husband and the black-haired Warrior, she felt like she could not understand a lot of things they were talking about. However, she did not have the urge to go and ask questions about all that. Vale Dani shook her head a little and calmed her mind, nullifying the impact that she got from the psychic attack by Chaos.

Why does my mind and spirit always get attacked? The countess asked herself, quietly, sighing. She could feel that her mind and her spirit had calmed much more now. However, she could still feel the dizziness all over her head. Well, at least she could stand on her feet on her own now. Meanwhile, Brandon had let go of his hand on supporting her. Then he walked up to the edge of the wall and stood right beside Joshua. Both of them looked at the Dark Forest with some thoughts in their minds.

"I actually believe that we should not worry that much. This passage seems to be opened by force with an external power."

At the same time, after observing for a while, Joshua, had a different opinion than the golden-haired Swordsman. He was focused on looking at the magnificent black light column. His eyes had regained their calmness.

In the previous life, he had witnessed multiple activations of the dimensional rifts. The warrior had rich experience in that matter. So he could easily see through the anomaly of the phenomenon and discover the true nature of it, "If my prediction is not wrong, that thing is not going to last long before it collapses on its own. So in such little time, no much Aragami are coming through the rift into our world."

However, there was no telling at all about how long before the rift would completely open up.

The moment after he said his last word, just like what the warrior said, the black light column suddenly vibrated and distorted. After that, the entire thing shattered like glass being broken into pieces, dispersing into magical light dots all over the place. Meanwhile, the dark sky had also dispersed away at the same instant. The sunlight that was blocked had reappeared right in front of everyone's eyes. It shone down upon the middle of the Dark Forest like a golden sword plunging right in the middle of that forest.

The strange and bizarre phenomenon had suddenly vanished. The dimensional rift was shut tight. The power of Chaos had also vanished instantly as if it was never there.

Meanwhile, at the same time, sounds of neat and uniform footsteps were heard coming from the entrance by the passage on the wall. Brandon turned his head around to notice that there were many knights and soldiers marching over to the wall from afar.

Although the raging blizzard and the howling winds were still vigorous to the point that people could not bear to lift their heads up. However, as a soldier, they would not hide in their houses while such unsettling phenomenon was occurring out there.

Along with neat footsteps, the guards, soldiers, and knights of the defensive force came into their posts one platoon after another. They opened the door to the armory that was covered in snow. Then they took out the alchemy cannons and enhanced heavy bows out of the armory one after another. They were loading on with tons of ammunition as well. Their captains and their barons did not even have to give any orders. These experienced soldiers had already made preparation to face their enemies all by themselves.

"Attention!"

A man with dark skin tone who had swollen eye bags right under his eyes walked up the Vale Dani. With a quick glance at him, anyone could tell that had not been taking much of a good rest recently. Upon standing in front of the count, the man reported with a clear voice, "The defensive force of the fortress has been prepped for battle!"

Meanwhile, the violet-haired mage nodded with satisfaction towards their performance. Then she praised, "Very good. Stay vigilant. The enemies are just ahead of us. They will show themselves anytime now. The first wave will be extremely ferocious. I permit all of you to use the special ammunition!"

"Yes, Ma'am!"

Upon receiving the orders from their countess, the knight replied and turned his body facing the others. Then he immediately gave the order to the others so that they began making some adjustment and reloading their weapons, "Those at the rear, take the Cloud Dispersers that the achemists always blow into the sky. Let us show those daemon b*tches some manners!"

Instantly, everyone on the wall began to get themselves busy preparing. In the meantime, the clear voice of the lady was suddenly heard.

"Master…"

Ying had been remaining quiet from the beginning suddenly spoke. Then she approached Joshua and spoke in a soft voice, "I can sense that there are a lot of Aragami appearing right in the middle of the Dark Forest. There are at least 1,500 of them."

Upon saying what she wanted to say, the silver-haired girl stopped and thought for a brief moment. Then she added, "I can trace every single existence of Aragami in my surroundings without missing any one of them. That is one of the functions that I'm created along with. To maintain precision."

"That's good. That's actually a great news. I was still worrying about what I should do if there are too many Berserk Daemons and my stamina is exhausted."

Upon hearing the good news, Joshua nodded in satisfaction. He stood right on top of the frozen wall. He grinned. His eyes were as firm as steel. "However, now that I have so many cannons and weapons backing me up, I can charge into the center point of the Dark Forest without having anything to worry about."

"Just a second Joshua, what did you say you wanted to do again?"

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Chapter 88: The Warrior and the Coward

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Standing right beside the warrior, Brandon who was looking far at the Dark Forest was shocked as he turned his head around and frowned at Joshua. Then he turned his entire body to face towards Joshua and spoke in bewilderment, "You're going to enter the Dark Forest, now?"

"Didn't I say it earlier on?"

Joshua was not bothered at all. He adjusted his helmet on his head and spoke in a low and steady voice, "I am going into the Dark Forest to do some scouting. It would be the best if I can locate the daemon that is causing the blizzard. Now, I don't think I need to locate it anymore. That daemon must be taking advantage of the dimensional power to create such a strong blizzard… It must be over there."

Along with the eyes of the warrior, far from where they were currently standing, the clouds that were dispersed by the magic light column that activated the dimensional rift earlier on had not closed back just yet. The golden sunlight that shone down from the big hole in the middle of the sky looked like a sharp blade plunged into the ground.

That was the most obvious indication. All he needed to do was to go towards that direction. It would definitely be there.

"You're insane! The dimensional rift just got opened since a while ago. There must be countless Aragami and daemons over there! You're going to get yourself killed if you go there now!"

Brandon could not fathom Joshua's current thought about charging straight into the heart of the forest. He knew that Joshua was a man that would always crave for battle, and he also knew that Joshua was just as eager as him in wanting to annihilate Chaos and wipe its existence off this world. However, one must make sure there was a working plan before taking any action! Facing an army of 200,000 daemons and Aragami with the idea to take initiative to attack; that was no longer a person craving for battle, that was a man that has gone completely insane!

"Although I have no zero knowledge of what those things you two were talking about… however, regardless of everything, we still need to hold down the fortress and wait for reinforcements from the Empire. I've already told the Empire about this after the last wave of the Dark Tide. It would only take a few days before the Empire's Mastery combatants will arrive."

With one hand resting on her forehead, Vale Dani was clear that the two men were hiding something from her. She must have only known very little of the things the two men already knew. However, she could not hold it in anymore, so she said, "Although this strange phenomenon seems unsettlingly scary, with the three of us working together, we should be able to hold out for another few days."

"No, you're all wrong."

Upon tidying up his armor and his other wearing, Joshua took out a figurine of a regular greatsword from his waist. Along with a magical radiance, the greatsword turned into its original size and it was gripped in Joshua's hand. The warrior shook his helmet a little. The sound of metal rubbing on another metal surface was heard. He spoke in a low voice, "We need to move now and strike at it. You don't understand how the dimensional rift works. There's not enough time left anymore."

With the experience he got in his previous life and the Azurite, the memories that he inherited from his ancestors had told Joshua how serious the current situation had become.

The newborn Aragami were really very weak. Just like when he was raiding the Dark Tide while supporting the fortress defense killing anything that came into his way while he was charging forward, he did not feel anything threatening at all. He slew multiple Aragami with ease. However, truth to be told, Aragami was a type of parasitic creature. They had been infesting the bodies of the civilized races in the outer world from the beginning. They hid in the Void Battleship and arrived into this world.

In his inherited memories, Joshua knew that Aragami could acquire the abilities of the daemons by infesting them. Solely saying that without getting the abilities of the daemons through their infestation ability, these Aragami would already prove to be troublesome to handle even if they were given enough time to grow stronger. So one should just kill all of these parasitic-type Aragami when they were still weak and small. If the dimensional rift was once opened for another few times and send thousands of these parasitic Aragami over to this world, the problem would be escalated to a whole new level.

Currently, there were 200,000 Daemons that were being completely corrupted. They were the most suitable hosts for the Aragami to infest. The daemon horde was boiling with devious intents while evil raged on. The dimensional rift was on the verge to be reactivated again. The power of Chaos was lurking about. If he does not go now, there would not be another chance anymore.

"Listen, Dani and Brandon. I've told you earlier that I'm here with my own purpose as well."

Joshua lifted his head. The snow that was pouring down from the sky were landing on the armor Joshua was wearing. With a cold look that could give people a chill up their spines if they ever locked eyes with Joshua's, he looked around at the soldiers who were busy preparing to defend the fortress. Then he looked over at the wall that was covered in a layer of snow and frost. After that, he spoke coldly, "I've come over to support you in fending off the Dark Tide because my main goal is to handle the Aragami problem. So whatever you say will not matter. I've come here with that purpose; I've brought along fifty Silver-tier knights. They should be able to provide enough support for your fortress defense. Meanwhile, I shall go and take out those monsters and that dragon. It will be a great thing if you two can come along to aid me in that task. However, if you're not willing to do that, it would be better for you to focus on defending the fortress. I do not hope to see my Knights dying on the battlefield like this."

Upon finishing what he wanted to say, Joshua held a greatsword that was forged from steel in one of his hands while he held Ying on his other hand. Then he charged himself up with his red radiating Combat Aura, followed by a loud explosive bang. The blizzard that was falling around him was blown apart while the howling winds were stirred up so violent as if they could attack people now. The frost and the accumulated snow on the wall were instantly swept away by the outburst of his Combat Aura in an instant, revealing the gray and white rocks that were sued to construct the wall.

The warrior who was wearing his black armor leaped into mid-air. At the same time, the red rune box that was bestowed by the Emperor of the Empire was right in the pocket compartment that was located right before his chest beneath the armor.

Even in his previous life, he had not actually use a dragon-slaying stone, such an expensive stuff, to slay a dragon.

Right beneath that helmet, Joshua was grinning. His eyes were filled with the will to battle that was blazing on like fire.

They were just experience points. There was nothing to worry about.

Without giving the chance to Brandon and Vale Dani to persuade him, the warrior went straight towards the Dark Forest far from the wall. He was heading over to the spot where the sunlight landed on as fast as he could.

In silence.

On the wall, although Joshua's leaving had stirred up some disturbance among the people, however, it did not take long before all of them returned to preparing themselves for what to come. Because the dragon caravans had delivered the latest batch of supplies to the fortress wall, these soldiers were bringing the alchemy items up to the cannons one box after another. They were almost ready to launch their attacks.

"The activation of the dimensional rift will cause the daemons to be enhanced by Chaos magic power. They will definitely be much more ferocious than before."

Suddenly, the golden-haired swordsman that remained in silence had spoken, "Dani, you're a war mage. Although you also know the skills and spells that normal mages know, however, regardless of all that, your individual magic power and your Glorious Strength are more suitable for causing damage to a larger-scale area and for defending the fortress. You're not suitable to charge forward into the frontline of the battle…"

Upon sensing something was not right, the countess turned her head over and looked at her husband with a doubtful face. "Brandon, you…"

"Joshua was right. If we don't take out the dimensional rift right now, it won't take long before it will officially be activated. There will be an endless horde of monsters gushing into our world. It might still be alright for you and me, but we will lose the fortress when that happens… Actually, if Joshua did not come that time, the fortress might have been lost."

Upon interrupting Vale Dani's words, Brandon looked calm and determined. "We've hidden many things from you, but trust me, this is for your own good. Your ancestors had chosen to leave this incident alone for a reason. I will not allow you to step back into that dangerous part of the world."

"What are you really trying to do, Brandon?!"

Without getting bothered by the rage that the mage was throwing at him, the golden-haired swordsman held onto the dual swords he hung on his waist. Being the sharpest among all swords, the dual blades of Order were Holy-tier weapons that could generate an endless stream of strength of Order. As the Chaos Guardian's blood was coursing through every single vein in his body, there were light green vortexes rotating slowly in Brandon's eyes that were blood red.

He turned around and looked at Vale Dani who looked worried and panicked with a serious face; ever since he departed from the Empire, his main goal was to protect the woman that was standing right before him… It was just like Joshua who came here with the purpose to annihilate Chaos. Protecting Vale Dani was Brandon's sole purpose.

Perhaps, securing her safety would be the most important thing for him to do. If something were to happen to the mage, the golden-haired swordsman would not know how he would react and what it would become of him. He could not even imagine a day without her…

However, would it be a good idea to stay by the side of Vale Dani just like that?

Looking into the distance that was still within his vision, the chi of Chaos had lifted up a pillar of smoke that rose straight through the clouds into the sky. After that, along with the blizzard spilling all over every inch of the land, that distasteful atmosphere had made the dual swords of Order to resonate and vibrate at a violent frequency. Their reactions were still vigorous and violent even when they were still being kept in their sheaths.

That was his calling. That was his responsibility.

That's right… I, Brandon, am also a warrior!

The knot that was once tied in his heart had been undone. The golden-haired swordsman smiled softly and said, "Everyone has their own responsibility. Just like you, Dani. You could not abandon your own calling as the baron of this place. You rather die than give up the territory. Now, I'm fulfilling my own calling. It's time for me to uphold my responsibility."

Warriors that were willing to uphold their responsibilities would deserve respect. Even if they died, they would still earn an honorable funeral to bury them nicely and peacefully. On the contrary, a warrior who would abandon his own calling would surely be deemed as a coward that deserved being spit on.

Opening up his arms, Brandon took Vale Dani in his arms. He looked into the eyes of the countess that seemed unsettled and scared. After that, he kissed her with all his heart. After that sweet moment, he let go of his arms. Meanwhile, the mage had nothing on her mind that she could say to persuade Brandon not to go.

The golden-haired swordsman then told his lover softly, "Don't worry, I'm going to become the strongest swordsman in the entire world in the future. I will not die here."

"Your husband is no coward… So, I'm going to help Joshua."

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At the outskirts of Moldova. Midnight. Falling stars. At the first light of day.

Dark clouds were covering the sky. There was some faint radiance shining through the gaps between the dark clouds. The entire land of that region was violently suffering the wrath of the blizzard. Everything was dark. However, right on the icy land covered in snow and frost, there was a small green light flying towards the direction where the mountains and the forest were. It was moving forward at an extremely fast speed.

Directing his dark green Combat Aura to charge himself up, Brandon departed from the fortress. He was charging forward at lightning speed. The howling cold wind was blowing in his face. However, the wind was blocked by a layer of green translucent energy wave. In one brief instant, he had crossed the snow-capped hills and arrived at a small plain land in front of the Dark Forest.

The corpses of the daemons had filled the plain land and the hillside right in between the Dark Forest and the fortress. The remains of the daemon corpses that were bombarded by all sorts of spell attacks and alchemy cannons were basically shredded all across the ground that was covered with snow. Purplish red blood that was frozen could be seen all over the place. The violent winds had blown away the scent of blood. With a quick glance, one could tell that there were approximately tens of thousands of dead daemons lying around in the vicinity.

However, for the army of 200,000 daemons that were lurking deep in the Dark Forest, this number of casualties was considered insignificant… not to mention that the spring was just around the corner. At a time where the Dark Forest was sowing seeds all around, these corpses would become the best fertilizers that the Dark Forest could ever ask for.

"If the fortress is breached, the Dark Forest will expand until everything is taken over. All sorts of distorted plants might even grow all over the fortress… so there's no room for any failure in this raid!"

Brandon's body was radiating. The special attributes of his Combat Aura were the 'wind' and the ability to 'shred'. In the middle of this ravaging blizzard, the golden-haired swordsman was actually much faster than Joshua's speed. And because of that, he had the confidence to start later than Joshua did. He believed that he could catch up with Joshua who had already gone deep into the Dark Forest.

Regardless of anything else, the two Gold-tier combatants who covered each other to share the stress load in facing the Dark Tide would definitely be able to progress faster than one, By doing so, they could be more confident in killing the Gold-tier daemons that were nearby the dimensional rift.

"I need to hurry. I need to be faster."

Taking a deep breath, Brandon initiated the impulse of his power deep within his body through this breathing. His body was completely blazing with his dark green Combat Aura. His moving speed had become even faster on a whole new level. The strength of the wind seemed to be rejecting the gravity from setting in, in the meantime, the air resistance seemed to be nullified as well. Lending the power from the surrounding in the middle of the blizzard storm, the golden-haired swordsman was moving forward like a shooting star. He went so fast that he looked like he was moving in a vacuum.

Boom!

Along with the sound that seemed to have broken through the sound barrier, there were some long waves of green aura dragging along on the back of Brandon who was charging fast towards the front. The invisible shockwaves were rippling out from the center of his body as he moved forward. The violent shockwaves had pushed the blizzard that was violently pouring down on the earth away. The hot air that was formed from the high-speed friction between the air and Brandon's Combat Aura passed into the surroundings of the earth. Frost and snow were dissolved into some dirty ice water all over the place.

Under the violent friction against the air, there were even small electrical charges surging in the air all around him. The electrical lights were sparkling. Countless snowflakes evaporated upon touching the electrical charges, leaving only water vapor floating all over the place that Brandon went through.

Under that sort of speed, Brandon only took a few breaths before he went straight into the Dark Forest that was shrouded by dark purplish mist.

However, upon entering the Dark Forest for a short moment, Brandon quickly slowed down his pace a little. He even stopped moving after a brief moment of slowing down his pace. He landed on a large black leaf that seemed to be decaying.

"The chi has vanished…"

Brandon observed his surroundings for a moment. He seemed very puzzled all of a sudden. He furrowed his brows and said, "The Chaos magic in the mist is just too damn condensed already. Is this the reason why Joshua's chi is blocked?"

Everyone had their very own special chi. The stronger you are, the deeper the others could feel your chi. If someone was blocking their chi on purpose, then that was a different story. However, with the knowledge he had, the swordsman knew that Joshua was not a person that would conceal or block his chi. So that left only one answer to the question. The purplish dark mist all over the Dark Forest must be the main reason why Brandon could not sense Joshua's presence.

The dark purplish mist was formed from the black dragon's scale powder as the source. This dark purplish mist that shrouded the entire Dark Forest was infused with magic and snow dust as well. Even with the eyesight of a Gold-tier combatant, one could only look no further than thirty meters. Furthermore, this mist could also cut off the ability to sense the chi of others. It would be unwise even for the Gold-tier combatants to walk around in the Dark Forest. To trace the route that Joshua went through, Brandon had to observe all of his surroundings for any signs or traces left behind.

There was no blizzard or violent wind in the middle of this Dark Forest that was distorted by the Chaos power. The leaves were still strong and nice and the trees were fine even though it was already winter. Compared to the other normal forests, the trees in the Dark Forest looked darker. Regardless of the leaves or the tree trunks, there were also signs of scratches and teeth marks all over them as if any ferocious battle would happen in the forest. Naturally, the Chaos energy that was surging all around the forest had caused the trees to grow larger. Each tree should be approximately twenty to thirty meters tall.

Fortunately for him, Brandon managed to find the signs and footprints of Joshua. Along the dark passage he was walking on, the hot air was still staying still in the area. The hot air did not disperse. Meanwhile, there were countless corpses of the daemons scattered all over the place.

So that was the main reason nothing had come to block him from moving forward. So they were all here!

Before he could let out a sigh, the golden-haired swordsman suddenly froze for one split second. He saw that among the pile of dead daemons, there were also large bodies with gray-white shells covering on them. Each of the large daemons was at least five meters tall. They were like mini mountains lying on the ground by the side. Dark purplish blood was dripping off the headless bodies of the monsters, leaving warm stinky blood stench all over the place.

"White-shelled bears? Six of them? And all of them were decapitated in one hit?"

Upon seeing these predators in the forest lying dead on the ground like they were nothing, Brandon was not too surprised as well—with Joshua's strength, killing these monsters that were at least Silver tier would not be hard at all. However, judging from the fact that these bodies were still warm, he must be getting nearer to Joshua now.

Without any delay, Brandon immediately continued to move forward at high speed. Along the burned trail that was left on the path, Brandon followed the trail down to the path while he was bursting and charging up his speed. One shockwave after another was seen right behind his back every time he tried to boost his speed. Countless black leaves were falling for the trees after being blown off by the shockwaves that Brandon made. However, the next scene that appeared right before his eyes had forced Brandon to stop and observe the surroundings.

Huge dark trees were cut off. Some of them collapsed onto the ground. Right by the spots where the tree trunks were cut off, there was some dark red radiance flashing about, scorching the trunks of the tree. There were also wretched faces on each of the skin on the tree trunks. The roots and twigs of the trees looked like limbs.

"Demonic Treants?!"

Brandon let out a shout full of surprise. His eyes were filled with shock, "This piece of Dark Forest nearby Mount Great Ajax can actually nurture and create demonic treants?! That's not right. They were not Gold tier. Furthermore, their chi was chaotic. These are just inferior beings that were nurtured by combining Chaos power."

The demonic treants were the guardians being nurtured by the Dark Forest. They would only exist in vast forest areas. They were naturally born to be as powerful as Intermediate Gold-tier beings that possess extraordinary powers and many strange and bizarre abilities. For instance, they could take the life force from the other trees to heal their own wounds, to enhance their bodies. Relying on those sorts of abilities, they were nearly unkillable when they were in the Dark Forest. Even if they were just inferior demonic treants, they could still be able to become as tough as Gold-Tier daemons under the support of the Dark Forest.

Although it was just a quick shock, however, Brandon was still very worried about the current situation, "Things have escalated to this point now. Fortunately, there was no delay at all back there. If we had waited until the dimensional rift was completely activated, the Dark Forest that is corrupted by Chaos might have nurtured and create a few more demonic treants. By then, these monsters might have become an impenetrable wall of defense. We would have to face a large problem just to breach that defense by then."

Other than feeling fortunate, he also felt a little amazed. From the wounds of the dead demonic treants, he had not felt any trace of chi of Joshua's Divine Armament. There were only scent of rust being left on the cut wound. In other words, Joshua only used a normal metallic sword to kill all of these demonic treants which were deemed to be as powerful as the Gold-tier daemons, the guardians of the Dark Forest!

On the tree bark that was supposed to be tougher than steel, there were countless traces of sword cuts that were deep and severe. However, these seemingly rough sword marks layered on top of the other sword marks one after another. After that, there was another huge wound cut that was cut precisely on top of the other cut marks. Such a cut could be found all around the body of any demonic treants that were over twenty-meters tall. There were even some small wounds all over their bodies, weakening to demonic treants to the point that they could be killed by a final blow that left the huge wound on each of them!

What a ferocious and yet amazing skill!

Brandon knew. Unless he activated his own magical eyes, or else he would not have done that… Meanwhile, that dark red power's attributes was terrifying as well. That was definitely not some normal Combat Aura. It might be something even more dreadful. It looked a little like the Glorious Strength.

"Ha!"

Suddenly, a thunderous roar came echoing not far from here.

Along with the raging roar came a strong red light. This red light went straight through the shrouding dark purplish mist. It was unleashing dense Berserk aura like a bright shining star.

"Just right over there! It seems that the battle has already begun!"

Brandon instantly slapped his face to lift his spirits. It was obvious that Joshua was just not far in the front. It was obvious that the battle was intense!

Along with the trembling air and the rumbling sound, he once again unleashed his Combat Aura and charged towards that direction at extreme speed.

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Chapter 90: Not Far from Here

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Right in the middle of the thick Dark Forest, the dark purplish mist continued to shroud every corner of the place. The corrupted ground that turned black was trembling on. Endless hordes from the Dark Tide were gushing out of the forest like an unstoppable flood that devours anything that stands in their way.

Following the closing of the dimensional door in the middle of the Dark Forest, the disappearance of Chaos power had led the corrupted daemons to no longer suppress their true nature of being enraged and chaotic. So, under the order of their leader, they began to charge towards the direction where the fortress was located. They were ordered to raid the location that was the highest populated in that region, also the place with the most breath of lives.

Devour, crunch, annihilate everything and devour every single living being in the entire world!

With such a pure evil instinct planted deep in their conscience, these Berserk Daemons became unstoppable even though they knew that they were going to die. The daemons were massive in size and powerful in strength. They could no longer suppress their urge to feed anymore and thus began shredding up the smaller and weaker daemons to feed on them. Blood was spilled all over the place. The scent of blood had agitated the monsters' frenzy even further in. The daemons' roars had pierced through the blizzard, rising above the clouds along with the howling winds.

Unlike the types of daemons that were living by the borderland of the forest, these monsters that had their eyes radiating with green blue radiance had no longer possess any intellect at all. They no longer fear death. Any part that was left of them only knew how to attack. Facing such an insane Dark, even the metallic forts might be overrun by them with ease. The humans could only rely on the gigantic big wall and countless alchemy machines to fight against the Dark Tide now.

Based on logic, that would be the case.

However, today, there was a red source of light charging through the Dark Tide full of unstoppable daemons.

Seeing two flashes of cold flash across the air, the steel-made great sword pierced through the atmosphere in the air, bringing black lines out of the void one after another, killing the few wild boars with ease. The bodies of these wild boars that were enhanced after getting into berserk mode were split open like they were made of mud. Even their solid sharp fangs were crushed into pieces by the strikes. Blood and internal organs along with the stench of blood came right out from the cut wounds. After that, the blood was evaporated by the blazing Combat Aura into bloody red mist shrouding the entire area.

Along with each of his steps, one full power swing of his sword would take out a dozen daemons at the same instance!

In the center of the red blazing radiance, there stood the warrior in his black armor holding on one silver greatsword in one of his hands while his other held on to another black greatsword. The warrior was wielding the two gigantic weapons that were actually larger than the size of a normal human with his unspeakably powerful strength. The violent movement of the wind that was caused by the swinging of his greatswords was whirling around so vigorously that they were like a meat grinding machine, grinding on the daemons that were caught into the whirling wind. The whirling sound of the metallic weapons was so loud that they had covered over the roaring sounds of the daemons. Right in the middle of the Dark Tide, Joshua's attack was like a blazing flame whirling through the horde, incinerating any living being that got too near to Joshua, scorching them all down to earth. The daemons that were scorched would be turned into gray-white ashes flying along with the wind like snows.

Wearing his armor along with his two giant weapons, the warrior began slaughtering anything that came at him without saying a word. He was slaughtering the daemons up like a machine. Any sounds in his surroundings did not bother him, not even a single bit. The roaring of the daemons, the sound that the daemons swinging their claws that could pierce through the air, none of those actually mattered to him. Currently, the only thing Joshua felt was serenity. The warrior who had immersed himself in battle could hear and smell nothing.

Facing such a ferocious tide, Joshua actually closed his eyes.

A battle would require blood to boil. At the same time, serenity was important as well. One's heart must ignite like the flames, and also be as calm as steel. In other words, one must be like a steel that burns.

Upon closing his eyes, he had increased his senses beyond the senses he could get from his body and organs. Even though he could only see darkness after he closed his eyes, his heart could also project out every single detail on the view within the area of ten-meter radius all around him. Even the dark purplish Chaos mist could not dull these senses.

The sense of his heart was much superior to his eyes that he could use to observe the surroundings. He could sense every movement of each daemon within range through his mind. Engaging these daemons that were relying on their eyes and instincts that made them all vulnerable while they were attacking, Joshua did not have to defend much. All he had to do was to whirl his two weapons around to nullify all attacks that the daemons threw at him. He could just easily shred those daemons into pieces. Along with getting the daemons shredded, the dark purplish blood of the daemons was oozing all over the place. Shredded meat and internal organs splattered across the surface of Joshua's armor. Meanwhile, the warrior in black armor was charging forward like nothing was stopping him.

Boom!

A tall and large tree that turned demonic was instantly rammed over and got its trunk broken. Meanwhile, the giant white bear appeared right in front of Joshua. The berserk Chi of the bear even terrified the other daemons all around it, stunning them momentarily.

However, Joshua was not affected by its appearance at all. Facing this gigantic monster, he did not feel any sense of fear nor panic. Joshua's eyes lit up behind the helmet he was wearing. The muscles on his legs were tightened up like how the string would behave when being pulled tight. After that, he burst into action! He even increased his movement speed to a whole new level as he charged towards that monster.

Along with waves of explosive sounds and shockwaves that came back and forth, the soft and decayed ground that was covered in fallen leaves was stomped. A deep hollow footprint was left on that spot after that. Along with those explosive sounds, Joshua swung the black greatsword in his left hand at the head of that ten-meter tall gigantic bear that looked tough and sturdy in the speed that exceeded the speed of sound.

The dominators of the northern forest were not the Blade Fang Tigers, nor the White Frost Wolf King. Not even the gigantic two-legged Frost Wyrms could redeem the title as the dominators of that region. The true creature that was worthy of having this title would be the Shell Armor Giant Bears which had a body size larger than a large-scale tank and the strength to crush hills.

Once this monster had reached their maturity, its strength would automatically become as powerful as Upper Silver-tier beings. Well, it did not have any nemesis in the entire world. It would consume metallic rocks and frost woods as its food source to survive. The armored shell that it had over its body had some rune patterns over the surface of it. This armored shell was actually much tougher than the armor that was enhanced with magic. Normal blades would not be able to hurt it at all. The moment when normal weapons came in contact with the armor shell on the bear, the weapons would just be deflected off and get shattered by the deflecting force.

The black greatsword in Joshua's left hand was not Ying the Divine Armament. It was also not an extraordinary magically enhanced weapon either. It was just a normal greatsword forged to serve the purpose of a normal weapon. Based on common sense, such weapon would even get stuck in between tightened muscle of the flesh it plunges in. So it would be impractical to say that this weapon could even leave a scratch on the surface of that armored shell over the bear's body.

However, the person who was using it was Joshua, definitely not a normal person.

"Ha!"

Upon letting out a raging roar, Joshua's Combat Aura expanded. A thunderous bang echoed through the entire forest region. Through the intense breath that he let out, Joshua directed the power in his internal organs and his bones to unlock the shackles over his muscles. His heart was pounding rapidly. Endless power was surging on both of his arms. His body was unleashing an enormous amount of heat energy that was overflowing out from his armor, forming streams of distorted airwaves.

The power that was hidden deep within his body was not only for using his skills. As a martial art fighter that masters all sorts of killing skills, Joshua could also use his exquisite 'Respiration' to amplify the outburst of power from his flesh and bones. That attack was called [Effective Chi Enhancing Slash, a strike that would need to be assorted with some use of Combat Aura and the weapon in hand. It was a strike that was enough to cut anything open!

The enormous Combat Aura air blade was surging along the giant blade of the greatsword. The air blade had hit the head of this giant bear before the sound of it breaking the air was heard. The friction between the steel and the armored shell had caused fierce sparks and some buzzing sounds. Along with the loud noise, the greatsword in Joshua's left hand was shattered because it could not withstand the overwhelming power of the impact. The fragments of the shattered greatsword shot out in all directions, killing a few low tier daemons that were nearer to Joshua and the bear. Meanwhile, the head of that giant bear was like it was hit by a meteor, putting a dent in its head.

Before the bear could even let out half of its roar, some white brain juice violently squirted right out from its two eyes, two ears, and nose. Joshua did not give a damn about the dead bear anymore. He leaped off the ground and jumped over the massive corpse of that bear. Then he threw the broken giant greatsword that he was holding in his hand towards the direction where there were more daemons.

His two arms were solid and powerful, with green veins were emerging on the surface. They looked like a bunch of metallic veins that were surging with powerful attributes and power. Using his full strength to throw, the half shattered blade went off from Joshua's hand and flew towards the daemons along with some violent winds surging along with the blade. While the half broken sword was flying towards Joshua's intended target spot, a low and ear-piercingly high-pitched sound was heard. It tore the air and was flying faster than the speed of sound, which penetrated the faint purplish mist that was shrouding the entire place, leaving a cylindrical hole in the middle of the mists.

Along with the deafening screech, the remaining of that greatsword landed on a black giant worm not far from where Joshua was standing. The pitch-black armored shell on the body of the worm was instantly shattered into pieces and dust. The milky white liquid splattered into the surroundings of the worm. Meanwhile, the fragments of the broken blade exploded at the same time. The red Combat Aura burst apart and brought a violent explosion to happen right after, defeating all of the daemons that were within range, clearing a small area out in the middle of the battlefield.

Without checking on the battle result of himself, Joshua decided to charge himself out of this small empty area and charge back into the heart of the Dark Tide. He whirled his Divine Armament that he held tightly in his right hand around at the daemons. The blade of the great sword that was unbelievably sharp was used by Joshua to slay the daemons and cut the trees in the surroundings into countless pieces. Meanwhile, the left arm of the warrior had never got the chance to rest yet. He took up the small action figure of a greataxe that had been hanging by his waist all the time since the moment he acquired it. A large-scale greataxe that seemed to be enough to smash a wild boar to death just by using its weight itself. Anyway, the weapon had appeared right in Joshua's hand now.

Joshua was using those weapons like the weapons were his to begin with. The greatsword and the greataxe could provide him both melee and ranged attacks. So there was no effect on him at all. His face did not show any signs that he was using a weapon that he was not fond of or familiar with.

While charging forward at high speed, Joshua directed his Combat Aura around his body and rammed right into the daemon that was charging right at him from his front. He crushed the daemon into pieces of torn flesh. The black armor was being splattered with blood once more. Meanwhile, the warrior had a wretched smile on his face that was protected right behind underneath the helmet.

No matter where one goes, there would always be war. War is endless. It always will be. Killing their own kind had become a normal occurrence now. Battles would be just as normal as a person breathes.

Currently, the situation was the same as well.

That is really… the survival method that I was craving to use!

Upon lifting his head up, under such long period of time where he only focused on charging forward, he was not far from the middle of the Dark Forest now. Even though the air had some dark purplish mist shrouding the entire atmosphere in the air for the moment, he could still see the golden light of the sun shining down from the sky. The blinding radiance was like an indicator that guided Joshua on where and which direction he should be heading towards.

"Just right in front!"

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Chapter 91: The Reopening of the Dimensional Rift

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The moment when Joshua had entered the Dark Forest, he had noticed that because the Chaos energy and the dark purplish mist were too thick to begin with, he instantly lost his sense of direction. He also could not sense the presence and the coordinate of the sunlight that was obvious. All he could see were countless ferocious daemons right before him.

However, things like losing the coordination and target were still within the warrior's expectation.

There was a small black mist circulating about in a small jar that was hanging by Joshua's waist. That was his special purpose that he took the full blast of the black dragon's magic breath attack head-on. He wanted to obtain a little amount of the dragon's chi; with the guidance of this chi in the jar, Joshua could still avoid walking into the wrong path without the sun's indication guide. He only needed to follow the correct path all the way straight. He only needed to go straight to the location where the Corrupted Black Dragon was. That spot was also known to be the most dangerous spot of the Dark Tide.

"Rawgh!"

Joshua whirled his greatsword and greataxe around slashing up any daemon that came in between him and his targeted location. After a few encounters with a few daemons in front of him, Joshua suddenly heard a low-pitched howl of a wolf coming from behind him!

Joshua could sense a great danger approaching as an intense chill right up his spine. The instinct of his body had led him to turn around. There he saw a huge gray giant wolf lurking in the shadows by the trees. It then charged forward ferociously!

This four-legged daemon that was four meters tall had these visible dark Chaos energy surging all around its body. Because Joshua evaded in time, it did not manage to lunge at Joshua. Instead, it lunged at another mindless daemon that was charging towards Joshua at that time, Instantly, that poor daemon was corrupted and devoured completely by the thick shadow magic, leaving nothing behind.

The Shadow Wolf, also known to be a Upper Silver-Tier daemon. It was similar to the other shadow type daemons. It had the ability to conceal itself in the shadows and ambush its targets! It had the ability to use the power of shadow in devouring most substances!

After missing its target, the giant wolf did not stay for a battle. It immediately hid in another shadow among the trees. Charging up its magic power, it went back into the shadows ready for another chance to ambush Joshua.

"Naive."

Upon a roar followed by a horizontal swing of his greatsword, the sound of wind and thunder echoed into his surroundings.

Joshua would never let an enemy ambush him and get away with it! He whirled his giant greatsword and charged his Combat Aura up to the tip of his blade. A red radiating air blade that looked deadly sharp was released from his greatsword, traveling across tens of meters like a deadly laser strike straight towards the spot where the giant wolf was hiding about.

Meanwhile, the giant wolf was only beginning to hide. Only having its two front feet fusing into the shadows, the giant wolf that was purely relying on its instinct to hunt had not thought possible that it would still get attacked even after it had hidden.

Attacking on with one strike after another, Joshua did not stay to see what was left of the monsters he slashed. He was focused on maintaining his speed as he was making his way through the woods. It only took a brief moment before he vanished into the depths of the forest. One moment after Joshua left the vicinity, the body of the giant wolf was slowly splitting in half. The distorted shadows lurking in the forest then devoured its remaining body parts. In the meantime, the huge tree right before the dead wolf was slowly collapsing, as if it was just being cut by a shapeless invisible force.

Boom! Boom!!

The stomping of footsteps that was trembling the entire forest was echoing throughout the place. The Dark Tide was getting through the forest with ferocious intentions. There seemed to be no end to the horde. The scale of the horde could no longer be described with numbers. The horde was like a gushing black fountain coming out of the misty forest. Meanwhile, the red radiance was blocking firmly right in the middle of that gushing tide of Dark Tide. That red radiance was immovable. Instead, it was pushing forward.

Joshua could feel that the Chaos power in the front was increasing rapidly. Meanwhile, the number of daemons was increasing as he progressed forward towards that source of power he felt. The bodies of these monsters had some very obvious crystalized mutation. Their powers were much stronger than those he encountered before.

"Master, these daemons show the signs of undergoing Aragami transformation!"

Ying passed her message through her Spirit Sense from the silver greatsword in Joshua's left hand. She reminded Joshua, "I believe that normal weapons will not work effectively on them anymore."

"No, there will still be a little effective."

Pulling out the greataxe from the skull of a mammoth that was already been crushed, Joshua was standing right on the top of the corpse of that large daemon. Resting his feet on top of the monster for almost half a second, he determined the direction he wanted to go from where he stood. At the same time, he was also talking to his own Divine Armament through his own Spirit Sense, "So, about this Aragami Transformation, do they all have this sort of crystallized substances all over their bodies?"

While he was talking, the warrior tossed out the giant axe which had a small crack on its edge. The greataxe was flying towards the direction Joshua threw it and it went so fast that it broke through the sound barrier, causing a powerful upsurge of airwaves all around it. Initially, the greataxe was designed to be a heavy weapon that was meant to be used as a flying axe. So the greataxe went forward so fast that it could be only seen as a blurry black flash. The weapon then hit a bunch of giant wild boars that were randomly charging at him. From the looks of it, their fangs had begun to crystallize, and the Chaos energy in the surroundings had begun to form into small black whirlwinds.

However, the surge of Combat Aura on the greataxe had brought a tremendous amount of damage upon the monsters. A thunderous explosion was heard, followed by a translucent shockwave that was so powerful that it swept back and forth in the space around the impact. That bunch of monsters was killed on the spot. Their flesh and bones were shredded into pieces in an instant.

"That's right… but Master, it would be better if you use me to handle them. My special attributes will make it easier for you to cut open the shells of the monsters and kill them…"

"Relax, Ying. You don't have to worry. You'll have the battle after this."

The clock right behind Joshua which was splashed with dark red blood was fluttering loud as Joshua was charging forward at a very fast speed. Along the way, Joshua reached his hand to his waist and swiftly summoned a knight's lance that was approximately two meters long, forged from steel. He wanted to maintain wielding two weapons throughout the entire war. Engaging in an extremely intense battle, he was surprised to notice that he had disposed of many weapons after the weapons were broken. At the same time, he still had one greatsword, one lance, and three axes hanging on his waist as a reserved weapon. He also had a shield right on his back that yet to be used.

Using a Divine Armament can only cover so much ground and attack so many times within a period of time. If humans had more than just two arms, Joshua would have used all of the weapons he had with him to speed up. He could have slaughtered his enemies like those bunch of six-armed Demonic Snake beings from the abyss.

Boom!

Suddenly, a heavy bang echoed from the middle of the Dark Forest like a continuous roll of thunder descending onto the earth. It seemed as if there were endless boiling magma rushing out of the ground at the same time. Joshua suddenly frowned; his face that had never changed much since the beginning of the battle. After noticing the sudden change that took place not far in front of him.

"The dimensional rift… it's being activated once again!"

How could it be so fast?! He was really running out of time.

Right after he spoke, along with the intense dimensional wave, a column of black light was shot out from the middle of the Dark Forest like a fountain of black light. The black light came right out from the middle of the darkness, shining out straight along the path of the sunlight, piercing through the clouds, reaching the sky and stained the sky into pale black color.

"Rawgh!!!"

While the Chaos energy was gushing out like a tidal wave, instantly, all of the daemons in the surroundings went insane once again. Initially, they only knew how to charge forward. Even if they saw Joshua, as long as Joshua was not standing in front of them, they would not attack him. However, these daemons currently set their purplish blue radiating eyes onto the Warrior that was surging with the flames of order. They seemed to have completely abandoned their initial target. Now, they just wanted to take out the loathing chi of their enemy right beside them.

"So are they completely corrupted by Chaos now? That should be a good thing as well."

Without turning his head back or looking around, Joshua could still clearly sense and see everything and every single movement of the daemons that were charging at him through his heart and mind.

That was not it.

Right in his heart and mind, right in the middle of the circle where he was heavily surrounded by the daemons, there were quite a number of daemons that were at least three meters tall had been covered in faint silver shiny armor shell. They were lurking around as they were approaching Joshua with their bodies that had metallic complexions.

These monsters had the body of an insect. They looked thin and long. Right behind their back, there was a layer of crystalized substance, a crystalized armor shell. Colorful hues could be seen from underneath the armored shell. There was also an enormous amount of Chaos energy circulating within the shell, providing each of them enormous power to make them strong.

"Master, there are many mature Aragami around us!"

Ying's Spirit Sense suddenly came in intensely, "They are not like the normal daemons, you must be careful, Master!"

Joshua was not bothered with the reminder from his Divine Armament. Facing a horde of daemons that seemed to want to use their numbers to kill him, Joshua stood on top of a rock and took a deep breath. He even closed his eyes once again.

His chi began to circulate vigorously within his body that was protected by his black armor. Instantly, along came a loud crack between bones, followed by his blood circulating vigorously deep down his veins. His Combat Aura was pulsating along with his heartbeat as if he was devouring the power itself.

In that moment, the power and chi all over the warrior was completely kept back into his body. He seemed just like a normal guy. Meanwhile, the daemons that saw that were roaring with excitement. They began to charge at Joshua at a speed faster than before.

However, on the next moment, Joshua opened both of his eyes, followed by a burst of red radiance into his surroundings.

"Break!"

Joshua had completed charging his power up in an instant. With a breaking roar and exerting strength into his legs, Joshua stomped the ground and left quite a large hole in the ground. There were innumerable web-like cracks that spread out on the ground from the point he stomped. Numerous stones and wood in the surroundings were crushed. Along with the wind and dust that were swept up into all directions in the surroundings, his entire body suddenly turned into a red comet that was facing forward—that was also the strongest point of his enemies. Then he charged forward at full speed!

Multiple large ring-shaped white mist appeared right behind his body as he was moving forward. Instantly, Joshua arrived and made contact with the first line of enemies.

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Chapter 92: Giant Monsters

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Right at the frontline of the Dark Tide, there were a bunch of gigantic demonic insects. Their bodies were approximately one meter long. These gigantic monsters looked like beetles. They all had rock-solid shells and gigantic horns on their foreheads. They were fluttering their wings as they got closer to the ground towards Joshua, stirring up enough dust and sand to block everyone's sight.

Facing the warrior in black armor who was charging at them with one a lance and a greatsword in each of his hands, it seemed that these monsters did not intend to evade. Set aside the fact that they had already lost their minds after they went berserk, even if they did not go berserk, these insect-type monsters did not have any wisdom or even brains begin with. Not to mention that there had not been any beings that were daring enough to charge at them head-on. So these monsters thought that the situation would remain that way even for this time.

Indeed, the situation did remain that way.

Because nothing ever survived after colliding with the warrior.

Buzz—

Charging faster than the speed of sound, Joshua shook his body for a split moment. Then the black armor that was forged from steel let out a buzzing sound as if it was being knocked violently by something. In the meantime, the muscles all over the body of the warrior exploded in power, tightening up and knotting up like the string of a bow being pulled back. These muscles were charged up with the destructive power. Countless veins emerged on the surface of his strong skin across his entire body. Also, his body size expanded by a lot to the point that his body was pushing against the armor tightly.

If Joshua was not wearing a heavy armor that was specially picked and enhanced but ordinary military grade armor, he would have undoubtedly broken the armor off his body with the power that was surging in every part of his muscle. Even if that was the case, the warrior could feel that he was being restrained. The endless power was infusing into his whole body along his Kokyu-ho, gathering into his body like water in a dam. That furious urge to destroy everything was really driving him crazy to crush everything right before him.

Facing these ignorant insects that were actually daring enough to charge at him, Joshua had no intention to dodge them. He adjusted his breathing pace and lifted his lance. That was a gigantic lance that was two meters long. It was forged by the dwarfs with crystal steel for over a hundred times. There were circles of iron liquid patterns surrounding it.

Demonic insects that went through Aragami Transformation?

They were merely experience points to Joshua!

"Die!"

Letting out a roar, having his chi circulating vigorously within his body, the warrior leaped off the ground with his tightened muscles all over his body. Then, along with a loud explosive bang that was loud enough to pierce through eardrums, Joshua was focused on using the explosive power of his body. He put the tip of his lance right in front of him and charged forward in the speed of a flying meteor. Instantly, he crossed over tens of meters that remained between him and the demonic insects.

The ground beneath his feet was like being trampled across by a Berserk Dragon. He left a gigantic drain as large as a tunnel. Countless crack patterns that looked like spider-webs were spreading into the surrounding of the ground, shaking many dark giant trees in the surroundings. Along with a series of loud bangs, countless trees were collapsing onto the ground.

Facing the demonic insects that were lining up right before him, Joshua's eyes were cold as steel. He stretched out his hand. Instantly, the tip of his lance suddenly shook out numerous shadow image of it. After that, the tip was returned to a point. Then again, the lance was pierced forward, stirring up an insanely violent wave. His Combat Aura was overflowing. The sharp tip of the lance pierced right through the atmosphere in the air, causing continuous loud bangs to echo into the surroundings.

Boom boom boom boom boom!!!

Before the insects could even react to the situation first hand, the tip of the metallic lance had already struck one of the demonic insects. When the lance pierced right through the shell, it sounded like a lance cracking the shell of an egg. The sharp tip of the lance had also pierced deep into the organs and the body of the insect monster, crushing all of its air ducts and internal organs. Right after that, the body of the insect and the air behind it were torn apart by the red radiance, his Combat Aura. The other demonic insects were pulled into the explosion as well. Their wings were splattered with dust and shredded meat of their friend. Instant, they slowed down a little.

Giving no quarter to his opponents, the flashes of his silver blade and the piercing strikes of his lance had not stopped at all. Following countless flashes of his attacks by wielding his sharp Divine Armament and his long lance, Joshua was slaughtering the remaining demonic insects that had crystallized horns one after another. The shells of these demonic insects were pierced through or even split open easily. Internal organs with foul strench were falling out of the holes and cut wounds like a waterfall.

Without any intention to pursue those remaining demonic insects that were blast far away from him, the warrior took out the enemies in front of him before he continued ton to push forward at his own pace, charging himself out of the daemons that were surrounding him up.

"Look at this, Ying."

At that time, he still had the time and mood to talk to his own weapon. At the same time, there were only a small number of daemons scattered in front of him and on the sides. The daemons were drooling with their sticky saliva. They charged towards Joshua, ignoring the fact that the black armor of the Warrior had been soaked in the blood of many daemons. They were ready to bite the man that disgusted them so much with his presence.

However, they were too weak for that. Joshua had pierced through their hearts and skulls by merely wielding his lance around. He struck all of the daemons down, sending their heads flying all over the place. If that didn't work, he used his greatsword to finish the job, cleaving the bodies of the daemons in halves.

Right on his face that was covered behind the thick helmet he was wearing, he smirked. "Isn't that right? Dual weapons—it's much more convenient."

That's not because equipping 'dual' weapons is convenient! It's because Master's the one who's equipped with 'dual' weapons! How's it possible that normal people could use two different weapons at the same time up to this standard?!

Ying opened up her mouth a little, as her heart was perturbed. However, the Divine Armament chose to remain in silence, not knowing what to say to her Master. Meanwhile, Joshua treated her silence as a sign that she agreed with what he just said. Then he laughed out loud before charging deeper into the middle of the Dark Forest.

In the meantime, the black light column that initially pierced through the clouds and tore the sky remained the same. It turned into a light source that spread Chaos energy for the second time. The Chaos energy went along with the sunlight that reappeared and was distributed among the Berserk Daemons across the entire forest like snowflakes pouring down from the sky.

"The time interval that it opens is getting much shorter already. We need to destroy it fast."

Upon calculating the time it took to activate the dimensional rift once again, Joshua did not stop running at all. He was approaching the center of the Dark Forest.

He could feel it. Right before his chest, the Azurite was unleashing unlimited power attempting to recover his stamina.

After the daemons had completely fallen to the corruption, Joshua would still be able to recover his stamina after he killed them all. Although the amount of energy he could acquire would be much lesser than the amount of energy he could get from killing Aragami, that amount of energy should be enough for Joshua to exhaust in killing his enemies.

In order to reserve enough strength to battle against the Gold-tier daemons, the warrior had not use any skill that would involve the use of his Combat Aura. He was relying completely on his skills to kill and his martial art experience to operate his internal organs and bones. The enormous strength that was hidden deep in his body burst out constantly. The Gold-tier warrior was worthy to be deemed that he had crossed into the Extraordinary Tier. His body was no longer the same as the body of a mortal. The toughness of his body was terrifyingly though. Regardless of how much he tried to push it, his body would not hit a limit.

Currently, the Dark Forest was shrouded by a layer of thick Chaos energy. The dark purplish mist was exhausting the power of Order in Joshua's body. Meanwhile, the cold winter and the strong winds were also exhausting his stamina fast. Along his way, the warrior had slain at least 500 to 600 Intermediate Silver-tier daemons. He also slew countless monsters that were of lower grade. Without the recovery power that the Azurite, Joshua might not make it so far into the forest and kill so many daemons along the way.

"Master, wait. There's something superior right in front of us…"

Passing through the trees, the warrior blazing with his red Combat Aura was advancing forward at full speed. However, Ying suddenly warned Joshua that there was something to be aware of in front of them. The warning that Ying gave to Joshua continued to ring in Joshua's mind.

However, before she could finish her words, a loud rumbling sound was head!

Rumble—!

The ground in front not far from Joshua suddenly collapsed, causing waves of explosive rumbling sound one after another. There was a flickering shadow over there. A gigantic shadow of a monster emerged from beneath the ground. A massive body that was approximately tens of meters tall along with a blood stench came at Joshua like a hurricane in a strange and bizarre state. It was moving in a swift speed as fast as the lightning bolt.

Meanwhile, at the same time, a strange force flitted over and shone on him like a light. Instantly, Joshua felt that his body became incredibly slow. His body seemed to be confined and imprisoned by some sort of invisible force. Every single movement he made was difficult. It was as if he was completely soaked in glue.

The strong enemy was charging at him while he was bound by this strange power. However, Joshua managed to get himself out of trouble in time. Joshua did not dodge, nor did he tried to flee from battle. He just simply lifted his long lance and struck the tip of his lance straight into the abdomen of the monster that was charging at him. The explosive sound in the air was head. The wind pressure itself had already stirred up the dust and sand all around the ground in his surroundings. He was behaving as if he had totally lost his mind launching suicidal attacks at his enemy like he no longer cherished his life.

Boom! Woooh!

The two sounds came out at the same time. Upon withstanding the impact of the strike from the gigantic monster, Joshua was pushed backward and flew out entirely. He flew backward tens of meters, crashing into a tree. Instantly, countless leaves were falling from the trees and the snows that were accumulated on the trees fell and buried the warrior underneath. Meanwhile, the gigantic insect-type monster had also withstood a full-power strike by the warrior right in its abdomen. The lance that was two-meter long including its handle had plunged straight into the body of that monster. Milky white with a tinge of greenish-blue 'blood' dripped nonstop from the wound.

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Chapter 93: The Encounter and the Red Wooden Runic Box

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Everything before his eyes was snowy white. The icy cold feeling overflowed his entire body. The translucent ice crystals were melted by his body's high temperature, evaporating them into warm vapor. Lying right in the snow, Joshua took a deep breath. That was no accident. He could sense Chaos energy that was extremely condensed, attempting to corrupt his body.

This entire place had been completely corrupted now. Without a few advanced level priests to purify this place, even if the dimensional rift was closed, the darkness would remain deep in this land for the next hundreds of years. The darkness might even fuse itself into the land once and for all.

At that time, the warrior could not help to retrieve his memories on what [Chaos] actually was.

… In actuality, there was nothing much to think about. The one explanation that covered its aspects was that it was the source of all disaster, regardless of previous life or this current life. It would remain like this. There would be no exception.

Chaos would devour anything that was not being shone upon by light. It blurs existence, wipe off order, and eventually, it would destroy civilization and corrupt wisdom. However, whenever there was life, such devious act would not be allowed. Joshua chose to fight Chaos. The reason was not that he was moved by any sentimental values, at least not by such light reason. He was bounded by the responsibility of Order, Wisdom, and Life. He could not run from that responsibility.

Even though Order and Chaos were complete opposites, the fire would also need it to ignite, giving out radiance to exist, being the origin of a world to exist in the middle of the void. However, regardless of whether it was the invasion of the dark abyss or the corruption of the void or even the bewitchment of the Evil God, the descending of the demons from other worlds—these incidents that had something to do with Chaos would not be a good thing. Each incident would leave a large number of casualties behind.

Same went for the dimensional rift incident.

If Joshua could not close it as soon as possible and allow the dimensional rift to open completely, then the existence behind all this would reach out its tentacles, causing a catastrophic event such as the descent of a daemon lord. That sort of incidents would require the legendary combatants to resolve and were be significant enough to be recorded in the history.

Despite Joshua's bloodlust, he did not want that sort of incidents to happen near his home.

Fortunately for him, the current incident had not escalated to that level of seriousness just yet. Although the continuation of the upcoming plans would be a little troublesome, however, it would be better for him to focus on killing all of his enemies now and think about the complicated issues later.

Boom!

Snapped back to reality, a red radiance glimmered from the layer of snow he was under. Heat began to rise as the Combat Aura all around Joshua pulsated. He pushed himself out of the snow that buried him with ease. After that, he let out an outburst of impulse and pushed all the snow around him away. Tightening his grip on the hilt of his silver-white greatsword, he stood up and spat out some blood.

The attack seemed extremely powerful, however, it did not hurt the warrior much.

"This monster, is actually a little stronger than I thought."

Joshua set his eyes on the giant daemon that was also had its eyes fixed on him from afar. The daemon was just waiting for the right moment to strike. Joshua's face had finally look deadly serious for the first time since he entered the Dark Forest.

Zergs were monsters that had a body mass hundred times larger than normal insects. The demonic insect that Joshua encountered earlier was one of the zergs.

The physical bodies of these monsters were tougher than the bodies of the regular Steel-tier daemons. They could even crush the Steel-tier daemons like they were nothing.

Even though these Demonic Insects did not have enough wisdom to learn all sorts of skills, they could just use their tough bodies, their natural abilities and all sorts of spells to survive. They were also powerful enough to be called one of the more prominent species on the continent. They could really breed their own kind and survive on this continent that was always filled with war.

Back in the year in the distant south, the humans and the elves only managed to barely suppress the zergs from breeding insanely fast after the two races had given it their all. That incident had been listed as one of the historical events known as the [Alliance of Nature]. By the end of it, the two races had made a peace treaty with the Heart of the Swarm. The three races had pledged to live together in harmony since then.

Relying on their bodies, they were powerful enough to battle the humans and elves that had already advanced into their magic era. That should be enough to emphasize on how powerful and scary each of them could turn out to be.

However, they were just living beings after all. They could be hunted and killed easily by powerful beings of their same size. Some beings that were larger than them even hunted and feed on them.

Those dreadful hunters that prey on these demonic insects would be the spiders. They looked like insects, but they weren't.

Meanwhile that Gold-tier daemon, the dracospider, was one of those species.

Far away from where Joshua was battling, the gigantic body of an insect or rather, monster with a golden-grayish shell remained still. The eight gigantic legs that had some crystalline substances covered all over them were ready for battle. The stab wound that was caused by Joshua's lance right below its abdomen was dripping with a milky greenish blue liquid. The eight eyes on its head were glittering with purplish blue radiance. Meanwhile, that wretched-looking mouth and fangs of the spider were opening and closing from time to time. Translucent venom liquid was dripping right out of its mouth.

The dracospider had a giant shell of a crab right behind its back. It also had the magic resistance that dragons had. The explosive power of a spider was dreadful. Regardless of its defense, speed, or their attacks, the spider was just a dreadful being that one should not reckon with it. A normal Gold-tier warrior would not be able to last ten rounds battling with the spider. Encountering such a monster would require at least a party with four elites that could work and cooperate together. Only then, could a party take on the spider.

Some pure dragons which were the same level as the dracospider might not be able to win against the dracospider.

Upon checking on his armor plate right before his chest, Joshua found that there were two large holes on the surface of it. He was not surprised as it fell within his expectations.

Just then, the dracospider came out from beneath the surface of the ground and struck right at Joshua. Joshua who was already experienced in dealing with all sorts of sh*t in battle had led him to know what to do the moment he was about to get struck by the dracospider's attack. Although he had many more ways to evade the attack of the dracospider Joshua decided to take the hit head-on after thinking about it.

As Joshua's body was much smaller than the dracospider's, Joshua was bounced by the impact of the strike by the end of it. The giant spider had also reached out this fangs right before its mouth in an attempt to penetrate Joshua's body to pump some venom into him. However, with his Combat Aura and his armor protecting his flesh, the spider's bite was blocked by Joshua's Steel Armor Kokyu-ho. That bite did not even leave a scratch on his flesh.

Even though Joshua had suffered some internal injuries, however, he had also struck his lance which was powered up with his Combat Aura into the body of the giant spider at the same time when he was struck and sent flying away by the dracospider. That two-meter long lance had completely plunged into the body of the giant spider. Furthermore, the Combat Aura had detonated deep within the body of the spider as well. So the injuries that the dracospider suffered must be much heavier than the injuries that Joshua had on him.

"…"

Without saying a word, the warrior remained silent while he was facing the gigantic spider. Meanwhile, countless daemons were charging towards Joshua from the surroundings. After all, that was the center of the Dark Forest. It was not a place for him and the dracospider to engage in battle. That was literally the base of the enemy. The daemons came charging in at Joshua like a dark tidal wave. Their roaring and hissings were echoing in the surroundings. However, even though these weaker daemons had already lost their sanity, none of them dared to attack the warrior before them.

They were just waiting.

Meanwhile, the dracospider that still had a slight wisdom left in it was hesitating.

As a Gold-tier daemon with dragon blood coursing through the veins in its body, it still had some awareness even though it had been corrupted by Chaos. It could still determine whether its next action would do it more good or more harm. Therefore, the spider had become very serious in taking on the warrior after receiving a solid blow from him. It no longer showed any ferocious intend towards Joshua, instead, it looked calm now.

As a tarantula species that purely relied on venom and its ferocious instinct to hunt, the spider had no need to make webs. Its webs and web sacks had long evolved over thousands of years to become magical organs that release magic power that could bind or stick its preys. It was precisely that magic power that had Joshua stuck on the ground earlier on. Because of that, Joshua could not move at all while he could only take the spider's attack.

However, the toughness of Joshua's skin was beyond imagination.

The dracospider had tasted human flesh before, and not just one or two, it had tasted many humans. Hence, the spider knew that as long as it could peel off the metallic armor layer off its preys, it would be able to taste some flesh and blood… However, the man before him… even though it penetrated its fangs through the armor, the skin beneath the armor layer was actually much tougher than the armor.

For most of the monsters or beasts, when they ever encounter such a situation, they would just give up on preying on their target. They knew that they were not powerful enough to prey on that target. They would switch their target onto smoothing weaker and smaller. However, the current situation was different… the Chaos power that was lurking deep within its body had caused the dracospider to get agitated by the Order power buried deep inside Joshua's body. At the same time, its instinct was telling it that it would be extremely foolish to battle the warrior right before its eyes.

Its instinct and awareness were at war. Because of that, the dracospider became more cautious than ever while facing the warrior. Meanwhile, the daemons all around in the surroundings were also intimidated by the warrior's power. They remained themselves in spots they were standing. Because of that, they had provided Joshua plenty of time.

"I first thought that it would become troublesome as the battle went on."

Joshua reached his hand into the hole of his armor while he muttered softly to himself, "I've never thought that things would turn out so smoothly."

If you guys did not take the initiative to react, that would mean that you chose to die.

Smiling wretchedly, he tightened and expanded his muscles all over his body. He exerted strength on his arm after that. Then the black armor he was wearing was being torn apart as if it was made of paper. A long crack appeared on the armor. Then he reached his arm into the crack and searched the compartment right before his chest. Then he took out a small box.

It was a red box that was crafted from wood with countless runes floating all over the surface.

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Chapter 94: An Instant

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The dark green light radiated across the land, followed by a strong air current that was as sharp as a blade that went straight across the formation of the Berserk Daemons, leaving a mess behind, stirring up a wave of blood across the battlefield.

In the Dark Forest, Brandon was running at an extremely high speed.

Continuously slaughtering the daemons while making his way across the forest, his entire body was covered in a dark green Combat Aura that looked like a layer of mist. This condensed power had stirred up the movement of wind and the atmosphere in the air. In the meantime when the speed of the swordsman was getting up to another whole new level, the Combat Aura was also powering up his two blades preparing him for his next strike on his enemies.

At that time, the pale green vortex spun in Brandon's eyes. In his eyes, the world has become a twisted otherworld filled with cracks. The face of the swordsman who activated the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception was cold and unfeeling, while not even one drop of the blood from the daemons torn asunder by the sharp blades spattered onto his face.

Brandon Kaos, the man who possessed the strongest swordsmanship gifted by the gods in the whole Empire. The Kaos family that once had a legendary mage had to admit it as well that his gift was extraordinary. His gift had even stirred up debates among his own people— Well, by the end of the debate, they had decided to allow the direct descendant of the family to become a swordsman instead of becoming a mage to fulfill the tradition of his family.

Yes, instead of forcing this genius in swordsmanship to become a regular Gold-tier mage, it seemed better for him to become a legendary swordsman. Such change and tolerance would mean that the prideful mage family had acknowledged his gift.

Crossing across a small hill, the scent of Chaos had become even condensed. The flying wyrms that were circling around the sky above could no longer suppress their urge to attack. So they began to charge towards Brandon who was running across the battlefield.

Looking at the black flying wyrms in the sky with disdain, the swordsman swung his sword across the air and his intense Combat Aura radiated and tore the air. The attack hit the 'rift' and sliced the monsters in half. The foul dark purplish blood together with some internal organs of the monsters were raining down to the ground heavily like cats and dogs!

Without minding about these monsters that seemed to be committing suicide, Brandon kept the two blades that seemed to be the source of luring the monsters which were emitting waves of Order energy that were intense. He was charging forward with high speed, his eyebrows furrowed tightly.

Something was not right.

This number of Berserk Daemons was very unsettlingly not right.

Brandon was feeling that everything was too smooth.

This was a large-scale Dark Tide. There were over 200,000 Berserk Daemons. Their footsteps could have trembled the entire area of mountains and forests—so why was there only so few of them here?!

He had prepared himself to face thousands of daemons surrounding him from all directions. He had prepared himself to clear a path towards his destination with everything he's got!

In the beginning, Brandon could still hear Joshua's roars. He thought that he was about to catch up with that warrior who went forward alone. He thought he would be able to give support to the Warrior when he caught up with him. However, he had never thought possible that even with his Combat Aura activated and he was moving as fast as the wind, even though the battles were easy and simple, even though he had been charging forward in high speed for quite some time already, he had not been able to catch up with Joshua.

That was insane—logically speaking, Brandon should be faster than Joshua in terms of speed. He should have caught up with Joshua a while ago. However, in truth, the swordsman was not able to do so. All he saw was the aftermath of the battle left behind by Joshua.

Along the way, Brandon saw a large number of corpses of daemons—for instance, the thorn beast that had thorns and spikes all over their body like a porcupine, a beast that had rock solid shell over its back, a mammoth of the size of a small hill, and also large and powerful giant bears that were powerful enough to tremble the mountains with their stomps. The corpses of these monsters were all over the place like garbage. They were left behind in a mess along the route that Joshua went by.

There was only one wound on each of the monster's body. Other than the heart, the wound would be on their heads or they were completely cut in half by either a blade or sword. Some of them seemed to have been pierced by spears. In other words, every single one of the monsters died of one hit.

Undoubtedly, that was the main reason why the swordsman could only see so few monsters along the road. Because right before him, that warrior had already taken out those monsters that could have caused a lot of trouble.

"This level of power… this is a little outrageous…"

Swiftly slaughtering up all these monsters while having his own pace maintained without being affected at all, Brandon believed that he could have done the same as well. However, he would be forced to activate his 'Demonic Eyes' and he had to be fully focused in order to do so. Joshua did not have a pair of 'Demonic Eyes' like Brandon did. He should not be able to instantly kill the monsters by hitting the 'rifts'. Furthermore, Joshua had been battling for quite a long time. So what made his attacks so precise then?!

He had no answer to his own question at the moment. Furthermore, it was not the time to think about it as well. The most important thing currently was to catch up to the warrior in black armor.

The moment he decided to focus on catching up with the warrior, a sound beyond the sound of all the insane noises in the world, a wailing sound that could almost tear the eardrums of a person came from afar.

In the depths of the Dark Forest, a spot was covered by dark purplish mist and large waves began to ripple into the surroundings. The mist was rippling out into the surroundings like tidal waves as well. Meanwhile, the dark gray impact was stirring up the air, spreading into the atmosphere across the air. Anyone witnessing that would not be able to stop the feeling of dread in their hearts.

Boom!

Following the waves of mist, a thunderous tremble and an explosive sound of a volcano erupted echoed through heaven and earth. Instantly, another black light column appeared right in the middle of the sky. In fact, this light column looked even much thicker than the one Brandon previously saw right above the fortress. It brought along much more scents from the outer world.

"Why is it so soon this time?!"

The golden-haired swordsman was at a loss for words. The reactivation of the dimensional rift was much faster than he had anticipated. He clenched his teeth and said, "Joshua was right all along. If we allow things to escalated on, we're not going to make it in time!"

As a Chaos Guardian as well, Brandon could also feel the endless wave of Chaos power overflowing out from that light column. The power in the Dual Blades of Order was protecting his body from being corrupted by Chaos energy. However, the trees and daemons in the surroundings did not have such a good benefit. They were breathing in the condensed power from the other world and they were swiftly corrupted and turned.

There were colorful layers across the surface of the tall and strange trees in the Dark Forest. A thin layer of crystalline substance was slowly spreading. Meanwhile, the points where the Chaos energy gathered around the bodies of the monsters had mostly been crystallized.

The appearance of Chaos would usually mean that the territory had been corrupted. When Brandon was young, he followed the elders of his family over to a sealed land at the west mountains. The entire hidden secret realm seemed to have completely been corrupted by Chaos. Countless monsters that seemed odd and mutated were roaming around. They were blocked by the seal. So they could not wander into the Mycroft Continent

Unlike the crystallization here, the corruption in the secret realm was viral. It would not matter if they were plants or animals, any living things that stayed in the hidden realm would definitely be corrupted by the viral infection and they would all be turned into monsters that creep and wiggle around. They basically existed like a bunch of goo monsters.

Breaking through the monster horde at lightning speed, Brandon suddenly felt that the pressure on the battlefield suddenly got lifted a little. There was no sign of any daemons in the vicinity all of a sudden. The Dark Forest that was initially filled with noises suddenly became vast and empty. That should be a scene that eased up the mind of anyone that was running across the battlefield killing monsters. However, the scene gave Brandon a very strange feeling. Instead, he felt more pressure than before.

"What the hell happened here?!"

There must be a reason behind this bizarre and strange occurrence. Brandon told himself with a soft voice. He did not slow down his pace. He had a hunch that the reason that caused this to happen was not far ahead.

A beam of green light was flying fast through the forest. Brandon was running as if he was riding along with the strong winds. After a brief moment, he arrived at a high ground, The golden-haired swordsman stood right on top of the peak of a hilltop. He was looking down at the bottom from the top.

His sharp eyes and observation had allowed himself to locate what he wanted to find on the battlefield. Meanwhile, because of what he saw, he widened his eyes and stared at the scene.

Under the sky that was shrouded by dark gray mist within a visible range, there were countless horrific daemons lurking in the shadows of the forest. The scene looked similar when the daenibs were getting themselves ready to attack the fortress. The horde was surrounding a vast area of the forest, roaring and hissing ferociously. They seemed to be surrounding a shadow of a man right in the middle. However, they did not dare to launch any attacks on the man just yet.

Brandon looked over there with his focused eyes.

Far apart, right in the middle of the daemons, an energy wave of Order fused with the red radiance illuminated on. Joshua's entire body was ignited with red Combat Aura that looked like red blazing flames. He was currently standing in the middle of the wide and empty forest. It seemed like he was looking at the daemons all around him like they were nothing. Then he took out a red box out from the armored compartment on his chest like there was nothing all around him. There were countless glittering runes floating all around the box.

Looking at the glittering box from afar, Brandon suddenly felt a chill straight up his spine. He could sense a heavy and yet intimidating pressure vaguely coming from the box itself.

Click—

The box was opened.

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Joshua opened the box.

Chi—

It sounded like a blade penetrating rotting meat.

It was as if a hurricane with the heavy scent of blood and rust from the ancient times had been stirred up around Joshua. Waves of the incomparably ordered yet dreadful power fluctuations representing Austerity, Sealing, Purification, and Annihilation spread in all directions, utterly eliminating and completely penetrating the surrounding chaotic atmosphere."

The Berserk Daemons in the surroundings were terrified by the sudden wind along with the scent of blood. Those daemons that were corrupted by Chaos earlier could not be even stopped by death. However, they were retreating just because they felt the waves of energy surging out from this little box. The army of the Dark Tide was taking tens of steps backward. It seemed that they did not dare to get near to Joshua and the box.

The reason was they had lost their awareness. The only thing that remained was instinct. It was fear which made them take a few steps back from Joshua and the box.

Ignoring all of the monsters in the surroundings, the warrior took a breath of the contaminated cold air of Mount Great Ajax. Then he took out a black stone from the box.

Dragon-slaying stone.

Dragons. Regardless of which dimension the Astral Dragons came through from, or the dragons that were born on the land of this initial world, there were many differences. However, they had one thing in common.

They were extremely powerful; naturally born that way!

Before the flame of the human civilization was ignited, these monsters that were on the top of the food chain were roaming around the continent, preying on the other races and species. They were acting like the predators of the world hunting other living beings. After all, they were born with extremely strong bodies and gifted with terrifying magic power. They had skin and magic resistance that was unbelievably tough.

However, that was it.

Regardless if they were Astral Dragons or the dragons from the initial world, they would still have a common weakness, the greatest weakness of all. They would act alone.

That weakness was fatal.

Even if the Astral Dragons had intelligence and civilization, most of the time, they would just stay in their nest all alone. They would just do research based on their own interest. Their long lifespans and their prideful souls had led them to care nothing about communicating and socializing with the other races or even their own species—that was their most significant reason that they would fail.

Facing one weapon specifically designed to kill one specific race, the one weapon that was forged by the efforts of the humans, elves, dwarves and many other races after experiencing untold hardships—the [Dragon-slaying Stone] that was produced from the strongest alchemy with the aim to destroy the dragon bloodline. Even the mindless Berserk Daemons would also tremble in fear.

Not to mention that the warrior was currently looking at a Gold-tier daemon which had dragon blood coursing through the veins in its entire body. Its full name was 'Ajax's Aurumseeking Draconian Spider'.

As one of the arachnidan daemon's evolved state, the dracospider was as its name suggested, a giant dracospider that prey on weaker dragon species and flying dragons as their food source. It had the dragon blood coursing through the veins in its entire body. And because of that, when it sensed the chilling power that was designed to exterminate its bloodline, the Aurum-colored Dragon Spider could not help to take a few steps back.

Overwhelming with fear while shivering, the eight crystallized legs were moving backward. This powerful Gold-Tier daemon was behaving just like the other normal Daemons. It also backed away tens of steps. Well, it might even have backed away more steps than that.

"… Hmph."

So it retreated just like that?

Upon shaking his head and humphed coldly, a sense of disappointment flashed across the Warrior's eyes. He held the dark dragon-slaying stone on his hand and rubbed it across the surface of the silver-white blade of his greatsword, his own Divine Armament.

Sha—

The grinding sound echoed and a faint dark red powder was seen resting on the blade of the greatsword. After that, the power vanished without leaving any trace behind. Meanwhile, waves of magic power mixed with some sort of strange power flashed, leaving line patterns surging with the power to destroy.

"Master… So this is the dragon-slaying stone?"

Right across his mind, Ying's Spirit Sense was a little blurry. The voice of the girl using Spirit Sense quivered. "This presence, it's so… scary…"

"Fear not, Ying, this is the power that you and I possess."

"Overcoming the fear was the source of the development of the human's civilization. Just like how human overcome their fear towards the fire they first discovered in the middle stone-age era. While from building the order of the civilization, as my weapon, you must overcome this sort of fear," Joshua added.

After keeping the dragon-slaying stone, Joshua lifted up the silver greatsword. Red Combat Aura was gushing out like a torch. The lines on the blades were glittering with radiance, emitting out waves of intimidatingly dreadful pressure.

The strength of civilization was the strength of the human. As a warrior, one must be familiar with using that power. One must be prideful for being the wielder of that power.

Backing up step by step, the ferocious dracospider deep could not accept the fact that it showed its vulnerable side and thus rebounded like a spring. The more pressure it was facing, the more the dracospider tried to fight it. Facing Joshua who was getting more intimidating with each passing second, this powerful daemon's desire to battle finally overcame its own fear.

The power of Chaos was overflowing. Disgusted by the power of Order coupled with its will to battle shattered its fear.The Gold-tier daemon knew that the aura of its opponent was building up into an unstoppable tidal wave soon. So if it retreated now, it would only provide the time and opportunity for its opponent to accumulate enough power to instantly kill it!

Upon understanding its own situation, it totally abandoned the notion to retreat. The dracospider lifted its forefront legs without making any sound as if it was trying to intimidate its opponent with its sharp fangs and legs. Then it looked at the dragon-slaying stone like it was nothing. Right after that, it lunged towards Joshua ferociously.

The dracospider seemed to have triggered a signal that led the other daemons to react to the situation. The daemons that were retreating backward in fear began to roar in rage. Then they also charged forward towards Joshua. Right after the Dark Tide retreated a little from Joshua, they lunged back at Joshua ferociously. The initially large hole in the middle of the dark condensed Dark Tide suddenly shrunk. The daemons looked like a tidal wave that could devour anything that they charged at. They charged at the warrior in black armor once again.

"That's how it should have been in the first place."

Picking up a statuette of a lance from his waist, a magic light flashed across the sight of everyone and everything. There was another two-meter long gigantic metal lance appeared right in the hand of Joshua. Facing such a dangerous situation that could be deemed as a situation of despair, the warrior did not feel even a vague sense of fear. Instead, he let out an insane laugh and charged forward at full speed!

The man holding a greatsword and a lance in his hands was charging forward with all his might. The aura of that one man felt like a thousand soldiers charging forward fearlessly. Every step he took stomped the ground with intimidating strength and left cracks in the ground. With shockwaves and wind accompanying the moving greatsword, the warrior in black armor charged right into Dark Tide and began his onslaught on the daemons. A huge wave of blood splattered across the battlefield. Along with Joshua charging forward, the daemons around him fell to the ground in pieces one after another. The monsters that charged blindly at Joshua were all sliced up like dried straws being harvested by the farmers. They were easily slashed and sliced in halves. The remaining of their limbs and broken body parts were flying across the battlefield together with daemon blood. Their meats that were being sliced up by Joshua were flying all over the place. The blood and the body parts were then frozen up on the ground because of the cold freezing weather.

The Divine Armament that had been smeared with the dragon-slaying stone had acquired a powerful source of strength to annihilate. Even though the targets were not dragons, Joshua could still slaughter up the daemons with ease. Initially, these daemons that were infected with Chaos had a strong and powerful life force. Even if their heads were cut off, they would not die on the spot. However, the situation was very different. Daemons that were sliced by the silver greatsword would lose all their strength instantly and fall to the ground. After that, their body would dry up and decay into corpses almost in an instant.

"Trash."

Do you really think I took out the dragon-slaying stone to take care of you trash?

Right in the middle of the gaps in between the helmet, Joshua's two red eyes were blazing with two dots of red radiance. Upon bathing himself in the blood of the daemons with a stench that only a few could stomach, Joshua lifted the lance in his hand and started stomping on the enemies repeatedly clearing out as many weak daemons as he could. In between the explosive sounds coming from the impact of the lance hitting on any daemons that came in contact, the dracospider also lunged towards Joshua. The crystallized legs broke through the atmosphere that brought along an impact that looked like a white mist. It also rammed into the other Daemons into meat pile, splattering the blood of those daemons into the surroundings. The gigantic body of the monster that was tens of meters tall suddenly charged towards Joshua like a moving mountain. Meanwhile, the strong binding force that came along with the spider web magic appeared on the warrior once again. The webs were binding the warrior up like sinking the warrior into some sort of gooey substance, causing him to become unable to move.

Meanwhile, the warrior did not need to move at all.

After observing the situation in a calm manner, a shadow of a lance flashed across like a shooting star. It was the lance that Joshua was holding earlier on, being thrown out right at one of the legs that were coming at the warrior at the speed of sound. The sharp tip of the lance penetrated the tip of the gray-golden shell on dracospider's leg. The tough shell that was supposed to be as tough as metal was shattered into countless pieces just like that. After losing one leg to support its balance, the part where the dracospider received the impact was a little slanted.

Coincidentally, the second leg of the dracospider crashed into Joshua at the same time. The immovable Joshua who had activated his Steel Armor Kokyu-ho had become tougher when he embraced the impact of that hit head-on. After that, he borrowed the heavy impact of the hit to flip himself out of the entanglement of the webs and avoided the dracospider's ramming with its gigantic body that was as heavy as the impact one would feel for being hit head-on by a tsunami.

Landing himself on the ground and balancing his body, Joshua gulped down some fresh blood that came out from his lungs. Then he widened his mouth a little and took advantage of the dracospider after it failed to hit its target and lost a foot. During the brief period of time where the dracospider lost its balance a little, its two feet were stomped to the ground explosively, stomping the dirt, rocks and solid frost into pieces. The impact of the insane explosion stirred up some dust into the air, allowing the warrior's body to break through the speed of sound and to turn into the speed of light. Because of that, Joshua was able to charge towards the enemy's front.

Wielding his great sword towards his enemies, the deep lines on the blade seemed to have sensed the presence of the dragon's blood. Instantly, it unleashed a tremendous wave of immense power. Joshua directed this immense wave of power on the sword and swung it towards the gigantic dracospider.

Kachak!

A crystal clear sound echoed. The strike was powerful enough to shatter the shells that were tough enough to withstand the blast from the alchemy cannons. Right after the dracospider had its one leg penetrated, its another leg was chopped off.

The dragon-slaying stone was extremely rare. How could Joshua waste it on handling one daemon? How would that be possible?

Even if this was a Gold-tier dracospider that was intimidatingly powerful, it would not be qualified enough for Joshua to use the stone on it!

Although daemons could be stupid sometimes, they would not even think about battling their enemies one on one. That included regular Berserk Daemons. Meanwhile, the Gold-tier daemons were also behaving the same.

Just as Joshua had gotten the upper hand in the battle with the dracospider, a wave of cold wind whistled through the air. The snowstorm that was originally pouring down from the sky suddenly intensified. The snowstorm even broke through the barriers on the Dark Forest and poured down upon the black land and rocks of the forest. The small ice dust began to surge on. The dark purplish mist was beginning to get thicker as well. Initially, people could still see everything that was within twenty to thirty meters. However, people could only see everything a few meters away front them.

Upon chopping off the third leg of the dracopider, while the warrior and the dracospider were battling against each other, two dreadful presences that were heavy, just like the extreme cold and Chaos, suddenly appeared on Joshua's left side and his back.

The real deal had come forth!

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Chapter 96: Praise the Sun!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Far to the left, the cold winter had finally arrived. The snowstorm that covered the entire sky was pouring down upon the land. The frosty winds were surrounding around a pair of translucent, giant wings with flashing ice-blue line pattern on the surface of the wings. Under the flapping of the giant wings, nearly endless ice-type and negative magic power were gushing towards Joshua like an avalanche. The attack was also aimed at the dracospider, treating it and Joshua with no distinction!

In the meantime, there was a long and deep roar of a dragon coming from the back of the warrior. The dark purplish mist had dispersed. The intense waves of the Chaos suddenly began to ripple from the middle of the forest like a tidal tsunami. Meanwhile, a beam of dragon breath was shot towards the back of the warrior in a godly speed that was as fast as the speed of light, breaking through the strong current of wind, trembling the atmosphere around the surroundings.

The Corrupted Black Dragon and the Frost Butterfly! The other two Gold-Tier daemons other than the dracopider had appeared at the same time!

After all, Gold-Tier daemons were not dumb. They at least knew that ganging up on their opponent would be far more efficient than battling their opponent alone. Even though Joshua was much more powerful than any one of them individually. None of the three Gold-Tier monsters could actually beat him now and so the three of them decided to engage Joshua together.

It seemed that things had become more interesting now.

Whoosh!

A sound that penetrated the sky arrived at the battlefield first. It was nearly endless, like ice spears and frost blades flying like snowdrops. Furthermore, not only that this type of magic consumption was low, it was also formed faster; countless frost particles that were as tough as steel was flying straight at Joshua at the speed of sound. The impact of those particles could penetrate any form of flesh and blood. At the same time, the particles were fused with countless negative spells such as Fatigue, Paralyze, and Slow.

In the face of horrific bombardment of spells infused with hidden negative magic that could almost covered the entire vision of the person standing in the position where Joshua was standing, anyone would surely feel fear. They would try their best to avoid or flee from the attacks. However, truth to be told, both Joshua and the dracospider were ignoring the frost magic. They were still focused on battling each other with fierce attacks!

"However, three is a little too much for me."

Wielding his long lance, raising a silver iron wall, Joshua blocked the dracospider and suddenly, he ignored his defense. He looked as if he no longer treasured his life. He only wanted to keep the spider on the spot and attack as ferociously as he could. Upon confirming his target, the warrior revealed a wretched smile on his face. He glared at the monster right before his eyes. Combat Aura began to set ablaze on his entire body. It was much more vigorous, much more blazingly hot than before. There were even scorching sparks coming out of the blazing Combat Aura, leaving a few noticeable traces behind the cold frosty world.

So let's take one out first!

Red patterns emerged on both the warrior's arms, at the same time, a blackish-red flame that only exists in hell ignited along the silver greatsword. The Combat Aura all over his body began to surge. Joshua who looked like he was set on fire let out a roar and took a step forward. His stomp crushed the ground, stirring up countless dust and sand. He was just like the gigantic Gold-tier dracospider, ignoring all attacks that landed on him while he swung out his best strike at the dracospider!

[Mastery, Infernal Blade]

—Beep crunch crunch crunch!

The line patterns on the dragon-slaying stone were flashing violently. Meanwhile, the flame that looked like the fire of doomsday from hell was spreading along the Divine Armament. Facing the crystallized leg of the dracospider that was lifted high up, the greatsword was swung down upon it straight. The sharp blade slashed opened the thick and solid shell of the dracospider that was supposed to be harder than the shell of a Cancer. The blade cut through the shell like cutting through biscuits. Instantly, another leg was chopped off. Meanwhile, the head of the daemon was also slashed opened with a large wound. The five eyeballs on the left side of the dracospider's head were completely destroyed. Greenish-blue liquid splattered right across the surroundings.

Meanwhile, that was not it. The flame of doomsday that could only exist in hell that was initially spreading along the blade of the silver greatsword continued to spread across the wound of the daemon like a wildfire. It looked like the blazing flame had its own will, scorching on every sign of life around it!

"—!!!"

The head of the daemon was scorched. The pitch of the daemon's miserable roaring went up to the point that it became soundless! The attack that the daemon was ready to throw at Joshua was instantly interrupted by that excruciating pain. The flame that was scorching its eyes had really brought hell upon the Gold-tier daemon. Even though it had been corrupted by the Chaos having stripped off most of its pain receptors, the dracospider could not endure that dreadful pain that stung deep into the soul.

Boom boom boom boom!

Meanwhile, the frost spikes that were flying towards Joshua and the dracospider had arrived and plunged into the ground. A series of white and black snow dust and dirt exploded on the surface of the ground where the frost attacks landed, followed by numerous conspicuous pits appeared on the surface of the ground. Meanwhile, the two of them who were standing right in the middle of the attacks had also sustained some damage for the attacks. The translucent frost spikes had hit the shell of the dracospider which was rolling in pain. The powerful resistance on the shell had instantly dispersed the magic power that formed the frost spikes in the first place. Instantly, the frost spikes were shattered into countless tiny pieces of ice. Meanwhile, the warrior could care less about it. His body was tough enough to tank through the attacks.

Pak pak pak pak!

The ice spikes that looked like spears landed solidly on the black armor of the warrior. Instantly, countless dents appeared on the surface of the armor one after another. Some of the ice spikes that hit on the thinner part of the armor had penetrated the armor like a piece of cake. However, there was no blood flowing out from the holes. Even though the magical attack had clashed into the blood and flesh of Joshua, the impacts sounded like a sword clashing with a shield. It was the clanging and buzzing sound that could only be heard from the clashing between two metallic materials! After that, these ice spikes were melted by the Combat Aura on Joshua that seemed like blazing flames. They were instantly evaporated and turned into steams that rose into the air and vanished.

As for those negative spells, they were all dispersed by the blazing Combat Aura. They were ineffective at all.

However, it was not the time to stand there and blank out with such thoughts. After the icicle attacks, there was the other Presence that was dense and intimidating. It was wrapped with rumbling thunder when it flew right over to the back of Joshua. Its appearance like a fog, it was actually the power of Chaos that was so dense that it almost became touchable substance. That was the scorching feeling that emitted from the Chaos power that the black dragon accumulated from the range of hundreds of meters in the surroundings!

Dragon Breath was something that the domineering species, the dragons, were naturally born with. However, Dragon Breath was a much more terrifying attack than the ultimate magic spells that powerful mages could perform.

The Breath Attack of the dragon species could not be compared to those weak and powerless Frost-type magic attack. Not to mention that this extremely powerful strike of Dragon Breath was infused with the power of Chaos. Instantly, along with the screeching sound of having a sharp metallic tip scratching on the surface of glass that could potentially break the eardrums of people, the Dragon Breath attack of the black dragon beamed pass the forest and the ground, battering the hard black giant woods and endless sandy soil rocks into the sky, turning them into grayish magma. The attack was aimed straight towards Joshua and the dracospider which had just sustained heavy damage!

The ring-shaped shockwave spread in the air. However, the warrior gave zero attention to that attack that could potentially cause tremendous damage to him. Instead, he let out an intimidating roar and continued to lift his lance up. After that, he aimed the tip of his lance at the dracospider that was currently helpless against anything and pierced the tip of the lance straight at the dracospider. The atmosphere exploded with a loud bang. The speed of sound was easily broke through. Joshua was ready to penetrate the huge head of that daemon with the lance in his hand now!

Now was not the time to reserve his strength. Regardless of the spider web magic or the dreadful impacts, Joshua would still be vulnerable to great threats when he was being attacked by three Gold-Tier daemons at the same time.

Now that he managed to heavily wounded the dracospider, how would it be possible for the warrior to retreat just because of that Dragon Breath strike— even if he was forced to take the strike head-on, he would not allow the dracospider to regain its ground. He could not afford to be surrounded by the daemons again!

"Die!"

With one hand holding a sword while the other hand holding a lance, the Combat Aura of the warrior began to turn into dark red color like the color of the boiling lava. Joshua was unleashing his insanely murderous intend!

Praise Order, praise Wisdom, praise Humanity, praise Courage.

Of course, those were not the most important things.

Currently, because of the arrival of the Black Dragon, the dark purplish mist was beginning to gather all around it. At that same time, the golden sunlight from afar was shining down upon the land like a sacred spear plunging onto the surface of the ground, shining on Joshua's target, the location of the dimensional rift.

Order shall not perish, Wisdom shall forever exist.

Facing his back at the black dreadful light cannon that came surging intensely, the red flame on the warrior's hand was beginning to turn into golden radiance and lightning. The blinding radiance that seemed like god's miracle was gathering. The lightning flashed as it gathered into the lance he was holding. Joshua was now holding a long gold lance that looked as blindingly as the blazing sun. A smile was revealed on his face.

"Praise the sun!"

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