<h4>Chapter 593</h4>
“How can we fail again?! Damn it!” dimir raged with gnashed teeth while making a break for the warp gate. He thought for sure that Siegfried had be no different from a mouse trapped in a cage, but he couldn''t be more wrong.
Once again, Siegfried had proven that he was extremely cunning. He ran around the forest, made a fool of them, and somehow managed to warp in his reinforcements to the Tundra Forest. Thus, the roles were reversed, and the Church of Osric became the mouse being chased down by the Proatine Forces.
<i>Crack!</i>
dimir gnashed his teeth in anger, but there was nothing he could do about their current situation. The Church of Osric still possessed the numerical advantage, but the quality of troops of the Proatine Kingdom was far superior.
To make matters worse, none of the Mercenary Kings could be seen anywhere, and this was the same for Chae Hyung-Seok and his Adventurers too.
dimir was strong , but he was not confident he could fight against tens of thousands of enemies by himself.
‘<i>Just wait and see, Siegfried van Proa. I’m going to kill you with my own–’</i>
It was then.
“For Proatine!”
“For Proatineee!”
“For His Majesty the King!”
The Proatine Forces appeared in front of the Church of Osric, letting out war cries at the top of their lungs.
However, that was not the only problem dimir faced...
“For Proatine!”
More soldiers appeared on their right nk...
“For Proatine!”
Soldiers and knights even appeared behind them,pletely surrounding dimir and his troops.
The encirclement tightened around dimir and the Church of Osric.
<i>Mooooooo!</i>
dimir heard a cow''s cry from somewhere, and he turned to where the sound hade from.
<i>Bam! Bam! Bam!</i>
dimir turned and saw a gigantic ck minotaur rushing toward him like a bulldozer, and the minotaur bulldozed over every single living thing in its path as if they were scarecrows.
<i>Mooooo!</i>
The demon, Maranello, let out a cry after spotting dimir and charged at thetter with reckless abandon.
<i>Baaaam!</i>
Maranello threw a punch carrying his full weight at dimir’s abdomen.
“<i>Argh!” </i>dimir gasped, and then he was sted dozens of meters away. He rolled on the snowy ground for quite a while before sprawling out on the ground. “<i>Argh! </i>What was that monster?!”
dimir was shocked by the sheer force behind Maranello’s punch. He could not get up from the ground, as he was paralyzed by a single punch. He knew it was going to take time before he could recover from it.
This was the reason Maranello was feared. He was powerful enough to knock down dimir, who was a Master, with just a single punch.
“Don’t spare a single one of them! Kill them all!” Siegfried’s voice boomed throughout the forest as mes shot up from the snowy ground when he ced down ze Field.
The debuff field shredded the Defense and Magic Resistance of the mysterious monsters apanying dimir.
<i>Thud, thud, thud...</i>
Dull thuds echoed as Siegfried leisurely entered the battlefield and walked for dimir.
“<i>Argh!” </i>dimir groaned and managed to force himself to his feet.
“The Church of Osric’s Red Cardinal, dimir,” Siegfried said. Then, he sneered, “Long time no see. How long has it been? Five hours?”
“You little rat...” dimir growled.
“Rat? Hey, who are you calling a rat?” Siegfried grumbled in response.
<i>Thud!</i>
Maranello stomped while standing right behind Siegfried.
‘<i>I can’t beat him by myself, but it’s a different story with Lamborghini''s help,’ </i>Siegfried thought smugly. Realistically, it would be difficult for him to win one-on-one against dimir. He had yet to cross the insurmountable wall—forget about the wall; he wasn''t even Level 299 yet.
The chances of him winning against dimir were very slim, and he would need to have extreme luck on his side to win the battle.
However, it was a different story with Maranello on his side. The demon was powerful enough to overpower most Masters, so having such a powerful ally on his side would definitely increase his odds of winning the fight.
Unfortunately for the Red Cardinal, Maranello was not the only dependable ally Siegfried had alongside him.
“Honey!” Brunhilde called out from atop Hyperion, and she dove straight down to the ground. It went without saying that she was apanied by the Flying Squadron of Elondel as well.
“I’m sorry for beingte! I visited Elondel and heard the newste!” Brunhilde eximed.
“No, it’s fine. Nothing bad happened,” Siegfried replied, reassuring her.
“What do you mean by that?!” Brunhilde retorted. Then, she red at dimir with intense bloodlust and growled, “You better forget about forgiveness because I’m not going to forgive you for what you''ve done.”
Brunhilde was a Level 299 powerful knight. Actually, even Siegfried was not confident that he could beat Brunhilde in a duel.
What was going to happen to dimir with Brunhilde joining the fray?
‘<i>Damn it...’ </i>dimir knew that he was in extreme danger.
Maranello was already too much for him to handle, so the fact that he was going to fight Siegfried and Brunhilde as well meant certain defeat or, even worse—death.
However, dimir smirked andughed in disbelief, “<i>Haha...! </i>Are you seriously going to try and kill me?”
“Whatcha gonna do if we are?” Siegfried sneered in response and took a step forward.
“You can’t kill me,” dimir said confidently. Then, he grinned and added, “I shall take my leave now.”
“And who’s allowing you to leave?”
“I don’t need your permission to go.”
“Did you hit your head just now? What nonsense are you–”
It was then.
<i>Sseuuuu...!</i>
dimir’s figure dissipated into a thin cloud of red mist, which flew straight for the warp gate.
Mistify.
This was one of dimir''s skills, and it allowed him to turn into a cloud of red mist that was capable of phasing through any physical object.
***
“...!”
Siegfried was shocked to see dimir turning into a cloud of mist. The Red Cardinal phased through everything in its path and headed straight for the warp gate.
It appeared like he was in a non-physical state simr to a ghost.
“Damn it!” Siegfried cursed and ran toward the warp gate. He had no intention of letting dimir get away.
“How can I let you go?! I can’t let you go!”[1] Siegfried shouted and threw his +13 Vanquisher’s Grasp at the cloud of red mist.
<i>Shwiiiiik!</i>
The +13 Vanquisher’s Grasp, controlled by Flying Sword, flew overhead the crowd and headed straight for dimir, but the +13 Vanquisher’s Grasp simply flew right through the cloud of red mist without causing any damage.
dimir was immune to any physical damage while he was in his mist form, so the insanely powerful Attack Power of the +13 Vanquisher’s Grasp was rendered useless.
“Damn it! That’s cheating!” Siegfried raged upon seeing how his weapon had gone through dimir. However, Siegfried had never been someone who''d give up so easily.
<i>Ziiiiing!</i>
He trusted his hip forward and shot out aser from his Great Champion’s Belt, but it was to no avail as well Theser beam passed through the cloud of mist without dealing any damage.
dimir was getting closer and closer to the warp gate.
Siegfried was running out of time.
‘<i>Damn it...! I have to find a way—huh? Hold on, if he’s a mist right now, then that means he’s just a bunch of water particles, right? What if I freeze him up?’ </i>
A genius idea popped up in Siegfried''s head, and he immediately took action.
<i>Woooong!</i>
Absolute Zero burst out of Siegfried, freezing his surroundings.
‘<i>It’s too far! Can I even reach him?!’ </i>Siegfried was worried that his skill wouldn''t reach dimir before it was toote. Fortunately, Absolute Zero was spreading faster than Siegfried had anticipated, and it managed to overtake and surround dimir.
‘<i>It got him!’ </i>Siegfried rejoiced inwardly.
<i>sh!</i>
A burst of blinding white light shed and froze everything around it.
<i>Thud...!</i>
A block of red ice fell to the snowy ground.
Absolute Zero had frozen the cloud of red mist into a block of ice!
‘<i>Now’s my chance!’ </i>Siegfried seized the opportunity and ced down all of his debuff fields. Then, he infused Touch of Death into his +13 Vanquisher’s Grasp and threw it with all of his strength at dimir.
<i>Shwiiiiik!</i>
The +13 Vanquisher’s Grasp infused with Touch of Death flew toward dimir at breakneck speed.
<i>Boom!</i>
The red block of ice exploded into pieces the moment it made contact with +13 Vanquisher’s Grasp.
***
“Is he... dead?” Siegfried muttered. The red block of ice had exploded into pieces right before his eyes and had scattered all over the snowy ground. He thought it was highly likely that the Red Cardinal had perished from the attack just now.
The red ice melted in an instant and turned into mist; dimir then emerged from the red mist. The Red Cardinal''s regeneration rate was truly awe-striking.
“<i>Cough...! A-Argh...!”</i>
Contrary to what everyone thought, dimir was in a very bad condition.
[dimir]
[HP: ??????????]
[Mana: ??????????]
[Stamina: ??????????]
He was on the verge of death. Thebination of Absolute Zero and Touch of Deathpletely was enough to put the Red Cardinal right at the doorstep of Death.
‘<i>Let’s wrap this up quickly.’ </i>Siegfried hurriedly used Flying Sword and controlled his +13 Vanquisher’s Grasp to deal the finishing blow. He was currently very far away from dimir, so his only option was to use Flying Sword to kill his target quickly.
<i>aaash!</i>
However, a sudden burst of bright light shed behind dimir, and thousands—no, tens of thousands of aura de weapons appeared and rained down like bullets.
‘<i>T-This is...!’ </i>Siegfried instinctively knew that the attack was Torrential Flower Rain, but there was nothing he could do about it.
<i>Shwaaaaa!</i>
The rain of mana weapons became a wall dividing the battlefield in two, and it seemed like a warning to Siegfried not to go any farther.
Siegfried couldn''t take even a single step forward.
Why?
It was all because he would be mercilessly skewered and turned into a pincushion by the mana weapons if he took even a single step forward.
The Weapon Seeker emerged from the warp gate. He picked up dimir off the ground and ced him on his shoulder. “Let’s go.”
The Weapon Seeker stared at Siegfried for a few seconds before disappearing into the warp gate.
<i>Kaboom!</i>
The warp gate exploded the moment they disappeared into it. It seemed that they had nted explosives on it and had set those explosives to trigger the moment dimir left through the warp gate, just in case Siegfried chased after them.
“<i>Tsk... </i>He actually managed to escape...” Siegfried grumbled after losing dimir, but his grumbling didn''tst long.
‘<i>Well, it would be a meaningless victory if I had won it by ganging up on him. How can I satisfy Master’s Regret by lynching a descendant?’ </i>
The quest details of his main quest, Master’s Regret, said that the Debuff Master had to defeat the descendants of those Deus had failed to defeat in his lifetime.
Siegfried knew that there was no meaning in defeating them if he ganged up on them or relied on luck. Of course, Siegfried himself wanted to defeat the descendants in a fair one-on-one duel.
“Honey!” Brunhilde eximed, rushing to his side.
“He got away,” Siegfried said with a shrug.
“<i>Ah...</i>” Brunhilde muttered, looking disappointed by the result.
“Shall we head back now?” Siegfried asked with a warm smile before walking away without any regrets.
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