I Became a Dark Knight the Empress Is Obsessed With

174 – Millia Liantour – (6)

“Phew. Huh.”

Milia took a deep breath.

My heart feels like it’s going to burst.

A thick magical energy seeped out from his breath. This was because the unrefined, raw mana flowed out without passing through the circuit.

Woohoo.

The mana that was stored up is also leaking out severely due to the ship being pierced. It will probably last for about 10 minutes.

The magical armor on your body and the magical sword in your hand. You managed to implement it somehow, but if your concentration is even slightly disturbed, the magical power will flow back and you will lose your life.

That’s why Millia focused all her strength on mana tuning.

As I let out a deep breath, blood gushed from my throat.

He’s got a serious internal injury. He’s trying to stop the bleeding with a rope projected from mana, but that won’t last long.

“Hueueueu.”

Since it came to this, I had to finish it quickly.

Arwen also sensed the ominous atmosphere, as she had turned up the sepia to the max unlike before.

But there is no time to deal with Sepia.

The target is the main body, Arwen.

Fight!

Milia has made a huge leap forward.

Each bracer made of pure mana increases each person’s strength by several times.

In an instant, he arrived in front of Arwen. Surprise filled Arwen’s eyes.

“Ugh!”

Kwak-kak!

He tried to stab the spear he was holding in one hand, but it was blocked by Sepia’s thick body.

The damage that should have been inflicted from the recoil was blocked by the magical helmet and breastplate.

Millia then stabbed the rapier she was holding in her other hand towards Arwen.

Bang!

Sepia’s body moved with a sound like a metal plate hitting, and the sword created by magic was shattered into pieces.

But that’s okay. It was weak to begin with.

And you can make as much as your body allows.

Once again, bright mana appeared in both of Millia’s hands, and she grasped two swords.

Just swing it through the gap.

“Ugh!”

Black blood spurted out, leaving deep scars on Arwen’s skin.

Sepia twisted her body hastily. But Millia had already stepped back.

He immediately summoned his sword and summoned his bow. He aimed an arrow at the bow and shot it. He repeated this dozens of times.

Unlike Seira, who was a total idiot at shooting, Millia was also quite skilled at archery.

Pavababak!

Several arrows sprouted from Sepia’s body, but it didn’t seem like she had suffered much damage.

“Damn it! Damn it! What the hell are you doing!”

Arwen’s face twisted as she touched the wound from which black blood flowed.

“Why on earth can you move? It doesn’t make sense!”

Arwen drew her power, bursting into rage. A refreshing sensation. Millia flew away. A thorn sprouted from where she had just been.

Sepia leaps forward and swings her fist, and Arwen fires a black magic bullet that aims for Millia’s heart.

An unavoidable situation. But it wasn’t like there was no way out.

――Thump!

A dull sound rang out.

It wasn’t the sound of Milia’s body exploding.

“Bar, shield?”

Arwen opened her eyes wide.

In front of me was a knight who was summoning a shield the size of her body to block attacks.

Milia smiled in conversion.

The hand holding the shield felt like it would fall off at any moment, but unlike regular shields, it was disposable. That meant that even if it broke, it was fine as long as you could block it.

“You, you… …! G, How dare you attack me!”

Arwen screamed, clearly embarrassed.

Even though I already had a ringing sound in my ears, hearing someone yelling like that in front of me made my ears sting.

Millia’s eyes were spinning and turning, and she somehow managed to hold onto the thread of consciousness that seemed like it would slip away.

He spat out the blood that had accumulated in his mouth and raised his weapon again.

‘… … I can’t win like this.’

In reality, that was the situation. I managed to somehow injure Arwen and withstand her attacks, but her body was reaching its limits.

Arwen, on the other hand, has lost a lot of stamina, but is in a better situation than Millia.

What Millia needed now was ‘one very big hit’.

It’s not that there aren’t any good ones. The forbidden magic I learned from my older sister when I was young. These ancient magics that reproduced the original destruction could be implemented with only unrefined magic power. It meant that they could be used even in situations like the current one where the mana circuit was blocked.

But hitting this target is as difficult as picking stars from the sky.

To make matters worse, mana is running low.

‘Maybe once in the future.’

Milia sighed deeply at the grim truth.

What would it have been like if it were my old self? Would I have given up?

“No way.”

Milia grinned and muttered.

He would have charged forward with his sword in hand, not caring what damage he might suffer in the process. That was the proof of uprightness in Millia’s mind.

Because that’s just how she lived.

The way a man named Fred Iscobal lived his life would not be much different.

“The important thing is speed.”

One chance.

The key to making that happen was speed.

You can’t achieve anything by relying on your shield like you did just now. Even if you get hurt a little, even if you give up an arm, even if you die, you have to get right in front of Arwen.

It dodges all of Arwen’s magic and Sepia’s attacks, and casts forbidden magic without any support from the mana circuit.

How would her sister react if she heard about this plan?

Obviously… … .

“Hahaha. That’s funny.”

Yeah, that’s probably how I would have reacted.

“Oh, are you laughing?”

Arwen said in confusion, but Millia just laughed.

I wasn’t particularly nervous.

That would be the case, as Millia’s nickname as a Guardian Knight is…

“Quick. That one will do.”

“This guy and that guy… … . They’re all the worst… … . I’ll take back the offer to make you an apostle. You… … I’ll kill you no matter what.”

Arwen trembled with anger and gestured to Sepia.

“Sepia! Just crush it! Don’t even leave the body behind!”

A passionate instruction. But it was a welcome development for Millia.

Because Sepia was running towards her with great momentum, the distance between her and Arwen grew longer.

Millia kicked away from the spot. She didn’t block the incoming attack. She didn’t dodge it either. She simply swatted it away with the magic sword she had summoned in her left hand.

Snap!

“Huh!”

My wrist is twisted. It’s barely holding on. Even if I survive, I’ll probably never be able to use my left hand.

But that’s okay. With this, I was able to shake off Sepia’s attack.

Phew!

The next moment, Millia’s eyes turned black. It was Arwen’s attack.

This too was blocked by taking the left arm as it was. Dark red blood gushed out like a volcano. The pungent smell of death lingered at the tip of my nose.

But Millia was still alive, and her feet were still moving.

“Why, why on earth!”

Arwen drew out her power in confusion.

It was because I was surprised to see Milia’s actions, which were no different from a suicide attack.

However, he soon realizes that there is mana in Millia’s right hand that he has never seen before, and his mouth drops open.

My whole body was numb from the exhaustion. It was hot and cold at the same time. Perhaps it was because I was drawing out all my life force.

Jeeeeeeing!

An eerie sound echoed through the courtyard.

We’ve already reached Arwen’s doorstep.

In his hand, the forbidden magic, Solar Burst, is loaded.

Neither Sepia’s support nor Arwen’s power can outrun her.

“You, you… … .”

Arwen muttered, but Millia ignored her and gently placed her right hand on her chest.

And then he spoke slowly, twisting his lips.

“Get off.”

The next moment, everything went dark.

*

sick.

I feel like I’m going to die.

No, actually Arwen was dying.

“Ugh!”

It was worse than when Iscoval’s sword pierced his chest. If only his heart had been hit, it would have taken a long time to heal through his powers. He actually survived that way.

But this time it was different.

Solar explosion. The overwhelming will to destroy literally turned every corner of Arwen’s body into a wasteland.

I don’t even know how twisted my organs were. I couldn’t even tell if my limbs were properly attached in the first place.

The situation was still gloomy, with Sepia eating Arwen’s body at the moment of death and hastily escaping outside the palace.

“Ugh. This… can’t go on like this. I have to tell Cleta… .”

At least his plan failed.

But it wasn’t that Crete and Casimir failed.

In the end, Arwen will have no choice but to return to her hideout to survive, leaving the rest to the other two to handle the rest.

Arwen, thinking so, raised her body to speak to Sepia.

“……uh?”

It just froze over.

Outside the castle walls, a view of the capital.

There, thousands of believers and foreign correspondents were strewn about in shreds.

“Why… … ?”

There was no reason for the troops outside the castle to suffer? And in such a miserable way?

As Arwen was thinking that, a person who shouldn’t have been there appeared before her eyes.

“It’s late. I’m tired of waiting.”

The person who brought that up was… … a person with golden hair that made Arwen feel a fear that was almost like PTSD.

A blonde woman who looked to be in her late twenties was sitting naked, wearing only a blanket.

Finally, the woman raised her head and her blue eyes were like bullets, piercing into Arwen’s chest.

“You, you… … No way… … .”

“The bomb… … was more surprising than I thought. No matter how bad it was, it was enough to kill me. Who would have thought it would have stuck the apostle’s arm in there?”

“… … Uh, how?”

Seira Liantour.

She, who had been expected to be dead or incapacitated, was now before Arwen’s eyes.

Unlike before, when she had the form of a girl, she had a clear virginal appearance.

Arwen shook her head.

That’s ridiculous.

Seneca’s bomb is so powerful that it can even kill divine beings.

Why is it that a mere human being is still alive and well?

“It’s nothing special. I just saved time.”

“… … Me, save?”

“I guess you thought what I was using was a simple aging spell, but you were wrong.”

“… … .”

“As much as I stopped growing on my own, I ‘saved’ that extra amount. So that I can take it out and use it whenever I face a major crisis.”

Arwen doubted her ears.

Save time? Stop growth at will?

“So… … To put it simply… … .”

Seira nodded and then chuckled.

“It means that he has about 10 years of mana saved. That’s how much mana he used to survive this bomb.”

“… … That, that can’t be.”

That’s ridiculous.

It was impossible.

“that…….”

“That’s right. Only God can do that.”

Seira cut Arwen off, perhaps anticipating what she would say.

“Of course I am not a god. It is merely an illusion. Even though I look like this on the outside, my physical condition is the worst. My circuits are in shambles because I have passed more mana than the available amount.”

Seira continued speaking, not knowing whether she was aware of Arwen’s shock or not.

“Thanks to someone, I won’t be able to use mana for the next few years. I’ve become weaker than my father. At this rate, I might have to retire as an Archmage.”

“… … .”

“What… … Still.”

At that moment, Seira’s eyes received mana and shone brightly.

Arwen felt a primal fear in those eyes.

“It’s not like I don’t have the strength left to kill you alone, right?”

“… … Ha, hahahahahaha.”

“I saw you earlier and it looks like you had a huge fight with my sister?”

Arwen laughed in vain, and Seira Liantur smiled broadly at her hideous appearance.

“You see, Leah is a very talented child. She doesn’t know it herself, but… … In my opinion, she has enough talent to become an Archmage. That’s why my father and I desperately wanted to bring Leah to Hirings.”

There was no refutation to that statement.

In reality, he, who was the strongest apostle, was defeated by a mere human wizard, even though he was not in perfect condition and let his guard down.

If that’s not Archmage material, then who else is an Archmage?

“I love Leah so much. Sometimes more than the world.”

“… … .”

“And then you tried to kill Leah.”

What followed was easily predictable.

Seira wiped the smile from her face.

“Did you wash your neck well, b*tch?”

“… …hiccup.”

A storm of mana began to rage around Seira.

And Arwen sensed that her long lifeline was finally coming to an end.