CHAPTER 535

No one was shaken by the death of Myuron and Midor.

A fleet of 33 battleships was emitting a red light.

Powerful mana that seemed impossible to control at all caused a resonant sound with the momentum to tear the sky apart.

'Is this the reason why the emperor and Laramaqua were so confident?'

Dante defeated the vanguard, and the Vamel Alliance, Dragon Knights, and 5 Sword saints crushed the first reinforcements.

The great victories of the pre-war and mid-war that were obtained were overshadowed. Even though the sword emperor castle camp was still in good shape, it was impossible to deal with over 60 Spectres.

'Even if the resurrected Spectres have less skills than when they were alive....'

Each Spectre has at least 9-star level mana, and the ships driven by them will have powerful performance that's incomparable to those operated by the previous reinforcements.

The battleships were pulling out their main cannons with their barrels wide open like mouths.

"Enya, hold on tight. The mana of the mirror is infinite. In theory, you can handle thousands of them. Increase the strength of your shield, open your eyes, open your eyes and breathe...…."

Veris said that, but she knew that Enya was already reaching her limit. Blood flowed from her nose and mouth, and her body trembled.

Enya barely nodded her head.

"Haha, I can do it. Huk, huk! I can do it!"

Block it-!

As soon as Jin shouted with all his might, the battleships fired their cannons.

It wasn't comparable to Kozec's golden main cannon, but the 33 cannons mixed with the red mana unique to Spectre Corps, seemed to easily finish off the sword emperor castle.

It was thanks to Enya that the Sword Emperor Castle didn't collapse the moment the first bombardment was fired.

She succeeded in controlling the mirror, and her dragon fire shield, endowed with near-infinite mana, was perfectly blocking the bombardment.

"Well done, Enya, well done!"

Even Veris hugged Enya proudly.

'But it's over, if she tries to control the mirror one more time... she will become like me.'

Enya's body in her arms was hot like a ball of fire. Veris' clothes turn red in an instant from her convulsions and severe blood loss.

"Heuk, huk! Hoo!"

Enya had a hunch that if she continued to use the mirror, she would either die or never be able to use her magic again.

Nevertheless, she reached for the mirror again.

"Enya, no more than this."

"If I don't..."

Too many people die.

That thought was making Enya move again.

Most of the people gathered in sword emperor castle were strangers to Enya, but she did not hesitate to risk her life to save them.

It was because she believed it was the right thing to do.

Mass-produced battleships seemed unable to reload their main cannons as quickly as Kozec.

But their means of attack were not the only cannon fires of the fleet.

Red Abyss.

The chain magic of the Spectres began to spread in the sky and on the ground.

[Eradicate the enemies of Zipfel....]

[The patriarch wants the white stone. Kill them, and find them…!]

The gloomy voices of the Spectres spread. They all had the same voice, and their tone was rather slurred, like someone on a drug or something.

'The density of the Red Abyss is also lower than I remember.'

It was not difficult to infer from such factors.

All of them have the same voice, the resonating sound unique to the resurrected dead, and the magic that is inferior to the original.

There was a clear gap between the summoned Spectres and the Spectres Jin had experienced in the past.

Of course, compared to the Red Abyss Jin had encountered before, it was only slightly inferior. From a general standard, it was still great magic.

It felt like a rain of blood.

The red mana turned into swords and chains, wreaking havoc on the ground. Most of them were blocked by the dragon fire shield, but Enya continued to endure the onslaught.

Murakan also spread a curtain with his shadow force to protect the ground, and Cuicantelle let out a roar and spread out the divine power of time.

However, the mana was too great.

In addition to the red abyss, various offensive magic was pouring down from all over the sky.

Elemental magics such as hell wind, flame orb, and ice blades burst forth and break the dragon fire shield.

The dragon knight and the sword saints tried to counterattack, but it was not easy. Hairan's decisive killing moves were offset by countless magic spells before reaching the enemies, and even if it barely approached, it was often pushed back by momentary concentrated attacks.

The magic of the Spectres was permeating through the cracks in the dragon fire shield.

The magic did not differentiate between the Imperial Army and the Sword Emperor's Army. Because of this, the Imperial Army suffered more damage than the Sword emperor's Army, which was protected by the Vamel Alliance.

"You bastards, we are allies…!"

"Ah!"

A giant cauldron of death boiled over with screams and thunderous explosions.

The battlefield was once again transforming, and Jin had to make a decision.

'Mother... has no intention of joining the war yet.'

There was no sign of Rosa and Runcandel showing up yet.

The reason was no different.

'My mother is waiting to destroy or loot the White Stone. Or she has planned to appear when the sword emperor castle is completely destroyed and can no longer counterattack.'

Unlike Jin, Runcandel's purpose is not to rescue the Sword Emperor Castle.

It was a 'white stone'. As for Runcandel, its sole purpose was to prevent Zipfel from profiting from the stone.

Rather, it would be the best result for Runcandel if neither side could get white stones and were destroyed. Zipfel knew exactly what the stone was for, but Runcandel didn't.

Moreover, the moment Runcandel directly intervened, the risk of an all-out war increased. That's why Rosa was hoping for the result of Jin urging Hairan to destroy the White Stone.

Thus, the Runcandel would appear when the Sword Emperor castle camp completely collapsed and pushed back.

Do I somehow grit my teeth and keep blocking it?

Or do I save the power of the Vamel Alliance and make Runcandel appear even if the sword emperor castle suffers great damage...….

 Jin chose the former.

It was by no means an efficient decision. There was a high possibility that it would be better in the current situation to make the Runcandel to step in even if the sword emperor castle collapsed and thousands of knights died.

However, Jin believed that using his friend and his people as collateral in this way was not the right course of action. Some might dismiss it as an immature and naive perspective, but he was convinced it was the right choice.

So to speak, Jin was making a choice for the sake of his friend and his people, while Rosa was making a choice for Runcandel.

'If I had only considered Runcandel's interests from the beginning, I would have raised Runcandel's banner as the 12th flagbearer, not as the leader of the Vamel Alliance.'

As always, Jin needs to prove why this is the right choice.

'I can't use the Plutonian reign sword.'

If it's the Plutonian Reign Sword, he would be able to break through the protective shield of over 60 Spectres and destroy the fleet.

However, if Jin executed the Plutonian reigning sword, there would be no "next."

As the commander-in-chief of the Vamel Alliance, Jin had to observe the beginning and end of the war and give judgments and orders.

Zipfel and Runcandel, no matter what forces went wild, he had to protect the flame of Hairan.

Only Jin wished for the survival of Hairan, unlike the others who were after the White Stone.

Jin opened his eyes and called out Shuri. Shuri, who was stirring the battlefield after transporting Dante to the sword emperor Castle, came to Jin's side like an arrow.

"To the castle walls!"

[Mya, mya!]

As Shuri ran at full speed, the Spectre corps' magic began to focus on Jin. More than half of the dragon fire shield had already been destroyed, unable to provide adequate protection.

"Protect the lord!"

[Help the kid!]

The martial artists of the Vamel Alliance, including the Proch siblings and Valkas, rushed towards Jin, clearing a path and deflecting magic.

Jin also swung his sword frantically, and Shuri also let out a roar and shot beams from her eyes.

Several attack spells and beams fired by enemies hit Shuri directly, but it couldn't pierce the curse of immortality.

Meanwhile, Enya was still trying to control the mirror.

"Enya! Stop, you will die!"

"Ha, ha, people keep dying...!"

"Lord Jin is coming, if something happens to you, then it will affect his mind. That could end up killing more people! Is that what you want!"

If it weren't for Veris' words, Enya would have strengthened the dragon fire shield once more and died.

In the end, Enya put down the mirror and screamed with a face stained with tears and blood.

"They're too... such awful people. It seems like there's only bastards in the empire and Zipfel, haha!"

"Argh!"

A red spear made of mana impaled the ground where Enya and Veris were standing.

Fortunately, the first one only brought down part of the castle wall, but the second spear that followed was aiming precisely at them.

At that moment, Shuri leaped onto the castle wall, and Jin deflected the second red spear away from the two.

"Lord Jin…!"

Jin took off his flagbearer coat and wrapped it around Enya's shoulders.

Enya looked at his back and burst into tears. It was because the corpses of Hairan knights were piled up under the castle wall beyond his steel-like back.

Enya wasn't as strong as Jin. Confronting so much death was a dreadful agony in itself.

"Nice job, Enya, and Veris. If it were me, I might have fallen short of this."

Upon hearing those words, Enya lost consciousness.

Jin picked up the mirror lying on the ground.

"Veris, get on Shuri. Take Enya to the healers and tell Dante. I don't know much about the white stone, but don't even think about using that damn thing."

Contrary to Jin's concerns, Dante did not yet know how to use the white stone.

But as the war intensified, Dante could clearly hear a dark voice whispering to him.

It was the voice of the white stone.

Come to think of it. Even when Jin obtained the mirror, Zipfel trampled on countless Colon natives and coveted only power.

Now it was Jin's turn to trample them with the power that Zipfel finally missed.

A magic circle formed under Jin's feet.

Kaaaaaang...…!

Then, the sharp spinning sound unique to backflow magic spread, and a sphere of backflow continued to rise into the sky.

It was like the moon rising right in front of them. Reverse sky, which far exceeded the limit of Jin's mana, absorbed the mana of the red abyss and showed a gigantic appearance every time he blinked.

"It is a reverse sky with infinite mana. Even if your mana is enormous, I wonder if you can show off in front of me."