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“Do you think this is a joke?”
I muttered, recalling what Cariosa had said before we started.
“I have always been sincere.”
Cariosa attempted to organize a decapitation force before landing.
Their role was to circle south and attack the islands corresponding to the anchor wings.
'We're targeting the pirates who handle Arins and Ballista from behind.'
I took it a step further there.
I'll create a firestorm to attract attention, so the decapitation force can bypass the islands south and target the pirates wielding ballistas.
Cariosa asked with some concern whether he could do it.
“I told you I could do it.”
To be honest, I was thinking of pushing myself a little bit, if only out of guilt.
The fact that he had come to see her and was trying to sneak the pirate admiral away stuck in his throat like a fishbone.
We must struggle, do our duty, and make atonement.
I don't know if it would actually work, but the idea that I could fight and atone for my sins sounded hollow and sweet.
That's why Gwangmyeonggyo is popular among people.
Contrary to what I thought, it only took about 10 minutes to prepare for the typhoon.
The flame itself created an updraft, and with a single wave of Cariosa's hand, the updraft turned into a typhoon.
The level of maintenance was sufficient with my flames and spirits alone, and my body was controlled by the updraft and telekinetic armor.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Mana flowed endlessly from my heart, but it wasn't that burdensome.
With just one word, you could gather more mana than you ever used before.
It was enough to kill a normal person if their mana rod burst.
However, since absorbing Az, my mana rod has become as strong as the royal road, and I can easily handle the mana that surges in like a tide.
The flames of resonance using Az's power have not yet been used.
Maybe there's no need to write it.
“Let’s go, brave soldiers!”
“Kill all the pirates!”
“We will go to the deepest part!”
The most brutal knights and soldiers from the East landed on the southern side of Wing Island in the Anchor Archipelago.
The Union port where the landing craft fleet was now heading was in the eastern bay where the main body and wings of the Anchor Islands met.
The water there was not very deep, the waves were calm, and there were few reefs, but in the southern bay where the decapitation force landed, the waves were as strong as a storm even on a clear day.
The sea men, with their loyalty and honed skills, made their way through the waves and landed, grabbing the pirates' backs.
“They are knights!”
“Why is an article popping out here!”
“Fight- ugh, ugh!”
The sea men steadily slaughtered the pirates.
He threw a sharp harpoon and pierced the back of a captain-level pirate, cut down pirates with a swordsmanship that resembled a crashing wave, and dug into the enemy lines with a long stab.
I smiled contentedly and slowly dissipated the power of the fire typhoon.
Down below, a hooded pirate was heading towards the Union Port with my personal guard.
It seemed like he was thinking of joining the harbor defense.
Of course, I had no intention of watching that with my eyes open.
* * *
Arinth gathered the hundreds of his men who had survived but did not flee and ran to the port.
“You go to bridge number 4! You go to bridge number 3!”
The islands were connected by several to ten suspension bridges, and they had to be joined and separated repeatedly to avoid getting tangled up and falling apart.
'The ballista battery is already ruined. It would be better to block the port properly.'
Contrary to his subjective assessment, he was a pretty good pirate admiral, and more men than one might expect moved to the port under his command.
Even the pirates who had been isolated here and there on the island joined in, creating a group of a total of 1,500 people.
Arinth thought that perhaps it was still worth a try.
His body was sleek, his gaze was sharp, and his bow was sturdy.
At that moment, I felt a burning heat behind my back.
“Ugh!”
“Admiral!”
“Ahhhhh!”
As the cloaks worn by several of his subordinates began to burn, Arins realized that this heat was not a simple hot air.
Percussion!
He jumped up and turned around, and saw a being descending from the sky.
“Ha, hahahaha.”
Arinth let out a hollow laugh that didn't match her beautiful appearance.
There was a deep depression in his face beneath the hood.
'How do you beat that?'
As the dark clouds swirl across the sky, a fiery typhoon dyes them red.
Twelve giant fire spears lined up like clock numbers.
Valencian, standing at the center of it all, was coming down towards the ground.
“Get on your knees and bow your heads, you lowly beings!”
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The golden aura shone like an adult's halo, and the vertically slit eyes were as cruel as a wild beast.
His clothes were too stylish to be considered barbaric, and he had a wild laugh that was too polite to be considered polite.
It was like an angel of destruction descending on the last day of the world.
He was the scoundrel archduke, the vanguard of the Holy Emperor.
“It’s a fire demon!”
“An angel has descended!”
“Cariosa has summoned the battle angel.”
“We’re all going to die!”
The pirates who were moving towards the port began to flee into the port.
The relatively large remaining ones were about to collapse again.
There were also those who were trampled and fell while wandering around.
Arinth lifted her bow with a sigh.
'If this continues, we'll be wiped out. We need to change the mood. That guy has come down a lot too. About 30m. We can easily hit him.'
In his homeland, there was a myth about an archer who shot down the second sun.
“I’ve never killed a member of the Dragon Blood Royal Family… … .”
Ddudduk-!
The bowstring tightened, and the spirit of the wind took hold of the arrow.
The arrows glowed blue, and Valencian, descending like an angel, raised his eyebrows.
“Spirit Archer?”
Ping, and waaaaaaaaa!
Blue arrows rushed towards Valencianus.
The translucent figure of a young girl flashed like a vision next to the arrow.
It was a sylph, the spirit of the wind.
It was powerful enough to pierce even the most well-made magical armor.
But Valencian licked his lips as if he disagreed, and lit a flame on his palm.
'It's amazing that it wasn't eroded even in the midst of a group of pirates.'
“It’s a shame we had to meet like this!”
Whoosh! Whoosh!
A giant figure with a muscular upper body and the head of a monitor lizard lunged toward the arrow.
It was the upper-level spirit of fire, the salamander.
With a bang, the arrow exploded and the girl's figure scattered.
The salamander charged straight towards the ground.
The spirit's form distorted and turned into a fireball, and Arinth's face hardened as she flew away.
bang-!
The fireball that hit the ground swept across an area 40 meters in all directions.
Dozens of pirates were caught up in the chaos and rolled around on the ground, while Arinth was lifted up by the shockwave.
“Ugh!”
But instead of losing consciousness, his eyes lit up as he recited the spell.
“The wind that blew towards me!”
In that moment, the translucent figure of a girl appeared again behind him.
He turned around and drew his bow as he fell through the air.
Wheeeeeeeek-!
puck!
A ray of blue light brushed past the Grand Duke's ear, and red blood dripped down.
Percussion.
Arinth landed deftly and ordered his men to disperse.
“Spread out and shoot! There’s only one left!”
He too immediately picked up his bow and fired another arrow.
Wedge!
“He bleeds too! If he bleeds, I can kill him!”
“Hey, profit!”
“Shoot! Shoot! Follow Admiral Arinth!”
“Whether I die this way or that way!”
“Let’s fight like pirates and then run away!”
The pirates who had been fleeing in disarray regained their momentum.
Wedge! Wedge! Wedge!
Arrows and crossbow bolts split the wind.
Officers and captains also had magical tools such as crossbows, and many of them were strengthened by the power of curses or spells.
Valencian responded by unleashing twelve volleys of fire.
Saaaaah!
The fire spears that had been lying like clock numbers rotated in the air, and the red lines turned into red dots that marked the pirates, and soon fell down leaving meteor-like trails.
Boom! Kwaaaaang! Kwaaaaang!
Each and every step swept across a radius of several tens of meters.
“Don’t expect them to die peacefully. All living things struggle for their own lives, no matter how insignificant they may be.”
Valencian controlled the flames that had bloomed and supplied them with mana.
“So I guess I’ll have to do my best to collect them!”
Sparks exploded, embers flew everywhere, the flying embers turned into sparks, and the sparks began to fly and swirl like flames.
Hwarrrrrr-!
Soon, a flame twice as tall as a person burst out from the black rocky Anchor Wing Island, and it became a terrifying wave of flames that drove the pirates out to sea.
“Eww!”
Half of them threw themselves into the sea below the cliff to escape the approaching flames, while the other half ran towards the southern coast where the eastern knights had landed.
And the school of sharks from the East instantly crushed the pirates who had come in such numbers.
Valencianus looked at all of this, then stood down in front of Arinth, who now had only a few dozen men left.
Swish.
His unbleached white hair and uniform were incongruous with the blazing island.
The black gloves disappeared into his hands, and he looked at Arinth with a slightly pale face.
“Spirit Hunter. Are you Arinth?”
“… …Archduke Valencian.”
“I originally said that I would spare your life if you surrendered. But I’m not the commander right now, so I can’t make any promises. You could die if you surrender, but won’t you surrender for now?”
“… … .”
* * *
I made a suggestion to Arinth and the last of his subordinates.
Of course, I never thought this proposal would be accepted.
Arinth slowly raised her head.
I stared at his handsome face for a long time.
The nose was high, the eyes were deep-set, and the facial features were distinct overall.
Considering that he lived as a pirate and was not good at managing his affairs, it wouldn't be strange if he were a noble of half-elf blood.
He wore armor made of leather and thin silver plates under thick gray robes, carried several short swords, and carried a bow.
Judging from the mana energy I could feel from the robe, it seemed like it was some kind of magical tool.
He turned his head slightly and looked at the harbor.
This anchor wing island was very close to the harbor.
A stone-paved wharf, a wide open space for loading and unloading cargo, and a thick wall that doubled as a quarantine station were all clearly visible.
The faces of the pirates lining the walls and behind them were clearly visible.
Considering that the bastard's purpose was probably to join the port defenses, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was close to achieving that goal.
Arinth shook her head slightly.
The surrounding pirates also had determined expressions on their faces.
The bastard glared at me and tried to shout cheerfully.
“Stop talking nonsense, you monster!”
"……under."
I looked back at my men and took up my bow.
“Fight bravely, and if it doesn’t work out, run away!”
Saaaaah!
The blue energy spread in all directions, carried by the wind.
The pirates' bodies glowed with a soft blue light, and I felt my limbs become slightly heavy.
It was a blessing from the spirits that boosted the physical abilities of allies and held back the enemies.
“Yeah. That’s how it should be.”
“Wow!”
Dozens of pirates and Arinth rushed towards me.
One carrying a harpoon, one wielding a hook and cutlass, one carrying a trident and a net, one carrying a sword like a skewer, one wearing a blindfold and carrying a large shield, one leading five huge parrots with blade-like beaks, one carrying a hatchet in each hand, one carrying a copper whip, one carrying a forked spear… … .
“Then I won’t feel bad even if I kill them all.”
I pulled out the blacksmith's sword while drawing out the spirit of the dragon.
The Mana Blade was young in the black tower, my left hand was wrapped in scales, and the sylph energy that had been entangled with me was torn to pieces.
I smiled coolly and kicked the ground.
“Sink to the bottom of the sea and wander forever.”
The brawl didn't last very long.
I broke the harpoon of the one carrying the harpoon and cut off his head, I pulled out the hook of the one carrying the hook and struck him on the head, and I burned the net that the one carrying the net had thrown and cut down his trident.
The one with the skewer-like sword had his head blown off with a black hammer, the one with the shield had his shield pierced with his fist and his eyeball pierced, and the one with the bird was burned to death along with the bird.
The one with the hatchet in each hand split him in half from head to leg, the one with the copper whip strangled him with the whip, and the one with the forked spear impaled him on his spear and threw him into the sea.
“You are the last.”
I grabbed Arinth by the collar and thrust my sword at his neck.
He fought to the end, and managed to land a few arrows and a few sword strikes on me, but I didn't die from that.
“I’ll send you back to your subordinates soon. Do you have any last words?”
“Please save me! I, I have to live!”
"what?"
It was a rather dull will compared to the spirit he had shown.
I frowned, and the bastard continued to twist his body.
Swish.
The bastard's hood got caught on the scales of my fingers and fell off.
It was then that I could see a rather oddly shaped body part attached to the bastard's face.
“Elf?”
The creature's ears were nearly half a span long and sharp like leaves.
If I remember correctly, they were real elves, not half-bloods, who officially appeared for the first time in about 130 years.