Chapter 916
## Chapter 916
A dense demonic energy was pouring out of the crack that had formed in the crystal ball.
Sakiel strained with all her might to contain the leaking demonic energy. When Jin swung his sword once more, Sakiel staggered backward.
In that brief moment, Dante shoved Rashid into the opening. The sharp blade pierced through Sakiel’s back, and crimson blood gushed out.
[Kaak!]
Just as Jin possessed the Eternal Flame, a power equivalent to the absoluteness of the Genesis Knight’s characteristic, Dante also has the powers left behind by Ron.
Therefore, even if Sakiel had tremendous high-speed regeneration, Dante’s strike was still fatal at all times. Sakiel’s stance collapsed as she leaned forward.
She immediately amplified her demonic energy to create a protective shield, but it would likely collapse under the next attack.
‘Jin Runcandel must have been exposed to Lord Zito’s demonic energy when he attacked my crystal ball.’
Zito’s true energy was clearly visible on the blade of Bradamante, as if it was absorbing Shadow Energy, aura, and mana from the sword.
There was also an invisible phenomenon at play.
‘Furthermore, Lord Zito’s energy may have permeated even Jin Runcandel’s mind. However, why does it seem like there is no significant impact…!’
Jin showed no signs of hesitation, no indication of slow movements, not even the narrowing of his brows or the squinting of his eyes.
Instead, his relentless attack seemed to become fiercer with each passing moment. Instead of focusing on avoiding direct contact with the demonic energy, he relentlessly attacked Sakiel’s arms with his sword.
Most knights, even those who had transcended, would have suffered some kind of agony when they felt their heads were about to explode.
However, Jin had already endured a more potent mental attack during the Evil God War. This attack, carried out by a mere demon who borrowed power from Lord Zito, had no chance of deeply affecting him.
“Where did that spirit of overconfidence go? Is this all you’ve got? Sakiel Grosch.”
Thud!
Sakiel was tossed onto the pillar of the castle. Just as the collapsing debris threatened to bury her, Dante’s sword energy, in the shape of a crescent moon, struck Sakiel’s neck.
[Urgh!]
Sakiel instinctively clutched her throat. If it hadn’t been for Zito’s true energy, her head would have rolled on the ground.
It was a miscalculation from the moment the defense lines started to crumble faster than she had anticipated, Sakiel had been recognizing her mistake. So she had resorted to her last option of self-destruction.
But now, Sakiel was feeling an overwhelming sense of anxiety as if that calculation had also been wrong.
What if even the plan to use the Field of Loss through self-destruction was a miscalculation?
Then, if she ended up with no results and faced death here at the hands of Jin and Dante, what then?
Such anxiety was rapidly unsettling Sakiel’s mind. Even while focusing on the battle, she was having more and more distracting thoughts.
In this world, no one could afford to be distracted while facing Jin and Dante and expect to achieve victory.
Sssk!
As soon as the openings increased, Bradamante cut off Sakiel’s right arm. Though her high-speed regeneration was starting to overcome the Eternal Flame, until her arm fully regenerated, her control over the mana flow was decreasing.
‘This won’t work. I need to regain my concentration. I’ve never collapsed to this point, not even when I faced numerous demon gods and Demon Kings in the past.’
Sakiel froze in place out of fear, fear of the overwhelming enemy called Jin.
‘Death is something I have already accepted. As the Chief Strategist of the Great Demon World, as the one who guards the entrance to the True Demon World, I cannot afford to show such a pitiful weakness to my enemies!’
Sakiel opened her eyes and faced the two approaching swords.
At first, her own reflection appeared in the swords. Her pupils were no longer trembling, but filled with unwavering determination.
During that fleeting moment when the blade of Bradamante reached her throat, Sakiel heard two voices.
‘Yes, you have to rise again, even after having walked through despair once.’
‘Sakiel, you must live! You must survive, so that we can meet again.’
The voices of Zito and Paellito.
Zito’s voice was from the present, while Paellito’s voice was from a forgotten past. Sakiel accepted Zito’s voice.
Splosh…!
Bradamante grazed under Sakiel’s eyes.
‘Her behavior has changed. Is she finally prepared to face death for real, or… has she been consumed even further by Zito’s energy?’
The demonic energy transmitted through the tip of the blade intensified.
It was still not Sakiel’s power, but Zito’s. Jin pushed the sword deeper without backing down.
‘Regardless of how powerful Sakiel becomes, she will never be a match for me and Dante. Unless she suddenly becomes the Genesis Knight.’
So, what Jin was still concerned about wasn’t Sakiel’s behavior or her battle prowess; it was the other plans she had prepared.
Kwaaaaah…!
The contracting wall of death caused vibrations throughout Grosch Castle. The wall of death had now come close to the castle.
Screams of those escaping the narrowing wall, the deafening noise of the fleet’s propulsion systems running at full power, and finally the screams of those who couldn’t escape and were dragged into the wall at the last moment: Jin and Dante were feeling it all from inside the castle.
Fortunately, none of the alliance members had fallen victim to the wall of death. The wall had begun when the alliance was at the fifth defense line, and the remaining forces had started evacuating from the third line onward.
“Jin, if this continues, all our forces will soon enter the castle.”
Jin nodded.
“Sakiel is deliberately gathering all the forces that attacked the defense lines…”
Sakiel was firing magic spells, covered in blood. Her newly regenerated right arm continuously cast curse spells on Dante, while her left arm, holding the crystal ball, alternately cast attack spells towards Jin and created protective shields. Dozens of dark magic circles unfolded behind her.
Furthermore, Sakiel was exhibiting signs as if she was wielding a power far greater than her limit.
Her physical body couldn’t withstand that power. Not only her newly regenerated right arm, but her entire body convulsed as it exuded a purple fluid.
Jin soon understood her intention.
‘I thought she was planning to lure us into Grosch Castle and exterminate the human forces with magic spells, but she’s planning to self-destruct.’
Unless it was self-destruction, there was no reason for her to voluntarily destroy her own body. She needed to show a desire to survive and escape, showing that she was thinking about what would come after.
As if Jin realized it only now, Sakiel smiled with a twisted face.
[Arrogance. You have been too arrogant while facing me. We have been risking our lives since the defense lines began to crumble. And you? How about you, Jin Runcandel? Did you come here prepared to face me and die?]
The vibrations and noises from outside the castle were getting closer and faster. Beyond the crumbling castle walls, Zipple’s fleet was heading towards the castle while avoiding the wall. On the opposite side, the alliance forces, and from the left and right sides, the forces of Kinzelo, the alliance, and Zipple, were entering the castle.
[Maybe you thought there was no way you would lose your life dealing with someone like me, who isn’t even Lord Zito. And maybe, that could be true. Jin Runcandel, Dante Hairan. Now that I’ve faced you, it’s clear that you possess a power far greater than me.]
But what about your subordinates out there?
As Sakiel continued to speak, she made eye contact with Jin.
[No, they won’t. Even if they avoid the wall of death, they will be killed by the magic spell that has been set up here… and you will never be able to save them all.]
Meanwhile, Jin deployed the Hellfire and swept away Sakiel’s magic circles. Any hidden magic spells that Sakiel had prepared, he needed to destroy them before they could be completed.
However, Jin felt that it might not have as significant an impact as he initially thought.
Sakiel was already in a state that was as good as dead. Her physical body couldn’t withstand Zito’s power, so it would collapse even if she was left alone.
Therefore, Sakiel had already completed all her preparations, including the Field of Loss.
Jin still didn’t know anything about the Field of Loss, and even if he had, the magic circle for it had already been completed, so there was nothing he could do.
Sakiel thought so as she tightened her grip on the crystal ball.
“You’ve become quite talkative, seems like you’re anxious.”
Boom-!
All the remaining buildings around them collapsed completely, and the forces of the human world entered the castle.
It was only then that the wall of death stopped closing.
[Commander-in-chief! Are you alright?]
“Jin! From now on, my knights and I will try to open a path. So go ahead and finish her off without any worries!”
Jin heard the voices of Peitel and Luna. The Golden Ship aimed towards the wall of death as it charged its main cannon, and Luna fired her crimson sword aura.
The flagship ships of different factions and superhuman beings were also preparing to break through the wall and escape. Amidst the chaos, Sakiel confidently raised her crystal ball, believing her plan had succeeded.
[Either they die by being dragged by the demonic energy, or they become an empty shell, forgetting everything. You cannot escape those two possible outcomes!]
Waaaah…!
Suddenly, the inside of the castle lit up. Incredibly, the dark magic of the demon world, almost like light magic, began to emit a dazzling light like the sun.
The Field of Loss.
The ultimate taboo magic of the Demon World unfolded in Sakiel’s hands.
‘This is… unquestionably dangerous.’
‘I can’t identify it, but my body is on high alert. If we are exposed to this light for a few more seconds, something terrible will happen…!’
Jin and Dante, who were closest to her, immediately closed their eyes when they saw the light.
Sakiel felt a surge of excitement as she watched the scene. The two, who didn’t even blink at Zito’s demonic energy, were reacting for the first time.
Amidst all this, Dante ran towards Sakiel and stabbed Rashid into her chest. Due to the fact that her organs had already melted, she couldn’t feel the impact.
Meanwhile, Jin raised his hand and began to cast a spell.
“Sakiel, I admit it was my fault that I couldn’t kill you in time.”
Reversed Sky, the ultimate spell of reflux-based magic.
A massive mana sphere, which had suddenly formed above the castle, began to absorb the demonic energy that had invaded the entire castle.
“However, there is another way to disrupt magic spells, and it doesn’t necessarily involve killing the caster.”
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