The Crazy Battle God Has Returned - Chapter 267

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A Mad Swordsman Returns – Chapter 267

BOOM!

A fierce battle raged within the Sanctuary of the Dead.
With each collision, space itself shattered, and soldiers unable to withstand the shockwave fell lifeless—this was the clash between the Lord of the Dead and Kakasha.

[How much longer…]

A massive scythe infused with tremendous power tore through space.
From the rifts poured an overwhelming aura of death, claiming the lives of every soldier in the vicinity.
Countless soldiers collapsed like puppets with severed strings.

【Deathbind】.

The Lord of the Dead gripped the scythe with all his might.
The life force flowing from the fallen soldiers was absorbed into the Lord of the Dead, transforming into his own power.
Flames danced violently in the Lord’s eyes.

ROAR!

[You dare stand in my way!]

Immense life force surged into the scythe.
And countless souls filled the entire area.
The Lord of the Dead roared with fury and swung the scythe with devastating force.

【Impermanence】.

Space fractured like shattering glass throughout the region.
The scythe had unleashed dozens of 【Deathbind】 simultaneously.
From countless rifts, overwhelming waves of death energy erupted.
It sought to annihilate every living creature within this entire Sanctuary.

WHOOSH!

Kakasha’s flame of tribulation intercepted that aura.
A flame that incinerated the essence of death itself.
But not all flames could be consumed, and the death aura that slipped through engulfed the soldiers of war.
Even the Oath-takers who failed to evade in time were swallowed by it.

“Kugh…!”
“Gaaahhhhh!”

Soldiers and Oath-takers gasping their final breaths.
Normally, death in a Lords’ War does not lead to actual death.
But the Holy War is different. Oath-takers who die in the Holy War face eternal death without resurrection if their Lord is defeated.
And so their corpses remained scattered across the Battlefield.

– Grraaaaahhh….
– Uuuuhhh…!
[Undead, rise! Tear apart the one who was once your Lord!]

The dead were resurrected as undead.
The Lord of the Dead laughed mockingly at the sight.

Crack!

Kakasha gnashed his teeth.

[Do not insult my soldiers!]

Kakasha, consumed by fury, swung his blade with tremendous force.
The burning blade tore through the void, and countless flames of war erupted, surging toward the Lord of the Dead all at once.
Kakasha did not stop there, creating countless blades of flame that he unleashed upon the undead.

[Weak! Still far too weak compared to the flames of your prime! It seems my judgment was correct after all!]
[Hmph…!]

The Lord of the Dead burst into maniacal laughter, raising his great scythe high.
Tremendous killing intent erupted from the scythe, engulfing the Sanctuary.

【Domain of Death】.

The earth was shrouded in death’s veil.
The wind ceased, all color drained away, and every sound faded into silence.
But that was not all. The skin of the War Covenant Members and soldiers grew pallid, their lips tinged with blue. Even their bodily movements became sluggish.
And those who had already fallen were resurrected as undead.

[The Lord of the Dead has declared 【Domain of Death】.]
[Living creatures within a certain range gradually lose their life force and cannot recover from wounds. Additionally, the deceased are immediately resurrected as undead and join the Ash Legion.]
[Furthermore, living enemies receive various debuffs as time passes, while the dead receive buffs.]

Domain of Death.
Kakasha bit his lip and summoned his power. Fierce flames engulfed all directions, and he immediately created a massive Battlefield of Raging Fire.
The domains created by the two Lords collided.
But it was unmistakably Kakasha who was being pushed back.

‘As expected, this one is no easy opponent….’

Kakasha clicked his tongue as he shielded his allies from the deathly aura.
His forces had been greatly diminished, yet the Lord of the Dead’s inherent power remained formidable.
He was a difficult adversary to face in his current state.
But there was not without hope.

‘Unimaginable, truly.’

Intense flames erupted across Kakasha’s entire body.
The face of a certain man appeared in his mind.

‘That I would find myself awaiting the aid of a human in a battle between Lords.’

Kakasha became a colossal pillar of sacred fire, hurtling toward the Lord of the Dead.
The promise made to Han Yu-sung.
To keep his word—to buy time and create an opportunity.

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While the two Lords clashed fiercely.
On the ground below, a fierce battle between Oath-takers was also unfolding.

“The undead are swarming in!”
“Wait! The Ash Legion will go first! Move after them!”
“There are so many of them…!”

Undead poured in from all directions.
Their numbers were beyond counting.
What made it even more troublesome was that these undead included the ‘Hero Legion’.
True to their name as heroes, each undead was formidable.

Crash!

The Ash Legion that Han Yu-sung had summoned collided with the undead.
But they wouldn’t last long. Though both legions possessed comparable power, the numerical difference was overwhelmingly in the enemy’s favor.
That’s why now was the time.

– Screeeeeech!
– Groooooaaah…!

The colossal beasts that served Kakasha stepped forward.
The first to appear was the Fire Phoenix.
It soared through the sky, raining fire upon the ground, incinerating the undead including the Hero Legion.
Following in its wake came Surtr, charging forward and burning all enemies in his path.
And The Nameless One, rampaging across the Battlefield and devouring foes.
Mighty beasts were annihilating the undead legion.
Naturally, the enemy didn’t remain idle either.

Crash!

– Groooooaah!

The ‘Phantom Fleet’ hovering in the sky attempted to engage the Fire Phoenix, while a ‘Giant’ constructed from countless undead blocked Surtr’s advance.
And numerous ‘Hero Legion’ units as well.
The undead that the Lord of the Dead had painstakingly created faced off against the beasts.
The result was a chaotic melee of epic proportions.

“Go! Battle Command, advance!”
“Don’t overextend! Just reduce their numbers and pull back immediately!”
“Brother Gyuil! We’re moving out first!”
“Damn it, I know…!”

The War Covenant Members did not miss that opening.
Chaos erupted across the Battlefield. The War Covenant Members surged forward at tremendous speed, swiftly ambushing the disoriented enemy forces.
The enemies, belatedly regaining their senses, launched their counterattack.
But that was precisely what Baek Min-jun had been waiting for.

Whoooosh! Boom!

Baek Min-jun absorbed the assault using the sacred relic, the Guardians’ Covenant.
And seizing that moment, he withdrew with practiced speed.
The War Covenant Members toyed with their enemies through relentless mobile warfare.
In the process, gaps began to form in the enemy’s formation.

“The commander’s moving in! Clear the way!”

Whoooosh!

Han Yu-sung and the Draken exploited that breach mercilessly.
His unleashed True Flame devastated the surrounding terrain, conjuring a ferocious inferno that consumed all enemies in its path.
Followed immediately by the Blood Sea Crimson Flame Field, which swallowed them whole.

Void.

And the cascading counterattacks were absorbed by compressed shadow.
Han Yu-sung shattered their formation, and the Draken following in his wake slaughtered the enemies without mercy.
Both the undead and the Covenant of the Dead members alike.
This combination could not be stopped.
The Covenant of the Dead reached that conclusion.

“…Retreat! The Apostles are coming!”
“Prepare to support the Apostles! They will stop that monster!”

They hastily withdrew backward.
In their place, the Apostles of the Dead surged forward.
Their number was merely three. Originally there had been more Apostles, but a considerable number had perished in the Dead’s Paradise.
There would likely be two or three more stationed elsewhere.
Those would be tasked with pushing forward in other areas while these three engaged Han Yu-sung.

“….”
“….”

The Apostles of the Dead watched Han Yu-sung in silence.
Resolve emanated from their hardened faces. They knew that if they fell here, both the Lord they served and they themselves would be finished.
Sensing this, Han Yu-sung let out a scornful laugh.

“Planning to rush me all at once? That works for me.”
“….”

Still, no response came.
But that silence was answer enough. These three had come to stop Han Yu-sung.
The Apostle of the Dead at the very front, wielding a greatsword, stepped forward first.

– We move as promised beforehand. You understand…?
“I understand, Caldra.”

The Apostles of the Dead nodded their heads.
The apostle called ‘Caldra’ raised his greatsword high.
It was an Eternity-grade weapon entrusted to the apostle by the Lord of the Dead.

【King of the Dead】.

The core effect of this item was to transform its wielder into the highest-ranking undead, known as a ‘Death Lord’, for a limited time.
It was equivalent to elevating an ordinary human to a superior race.
That effect was now granted to the apostle called ‘Caldra’.

– Power… I feel such overwhelming power flowing through me…!

Caldra trembled at the force coursing through his body.
A power he had never felt in all his life. For a moment, he was seized by the delusion that he was ‘omnipotent’—such tremendous power surged through him.
From Caldra’s hollow pupils, a sickly blue flame ignited.
That flame’s gaze was fixed upon Han Yu-sung.

– For the Lord….

Caldra drove his sword into the ground.
Countless specters erupted from the earth, materializing into knights who took their stand behind Caldra.
Sensing the presence of the knights that followed, Caldra grinned wickedly.

– Knights, follow me! We slay the Lord’s enemy…!

Caldra pushed off the ground.
His form grew translucent like a phantom, then shot toward Han Yu-sung at tremendous speed.
The other spectral knights did the same.
I could feel immense power gathering in his blade.
Han Yu-sung walked forward slowly.

– Krraaaaaaagh!

The distance closed in an instant.
Countless phantoms coalesced within Caldra’s sword.
The moment he thrust his blade, those phantoms would transform into sword energy and be unleashed.
If that energy was released, our forces would suffer catastrophic losses.
My senses were screaming a warning.
Then.

‘I’ll eliminate him before he can attack.’

I possessed the means to do exactly that.
I drew in a deep breath and focused on the power dwelling within me.
Then I wielded it naturally, as I had countless times before.
Gripping my sword, I stepped forward slowly.

【Domain of the Blade】.

In that instant, silence consumed everything.
The roaring Battlefield, the countless spectral knights pursuing Caldra, even Caldra himself charging toward me.
The movements of all existence suddenly decelerated.
Only one being could move normally within this distorted time.

Kurrrrrr!

Only I remained.
Pushing off the ground, the distance between myself and Caldra vanished in a heartbeat.
The blue flames flickering in his pupils trembled with shock.
A crimson mark was etched upon his heart.

Kuuuuung!

Mana erupted explosively from Han Yu-sung’s entire body.
The surrounding earth, unable to withstand the shockwave, fractured and split, while all the mana condensed into the black blade gripped in his hand.
Han Yu-sung drew the crimson-heated blade back in a wide arc.
His gaze fixed on a single target—the heart.

Halden Style Swordsmanship, Fourth Form: Annihilation.

Literally, in an instant.

Thwack!

The black blade’s edge pierced through Caldra’s body.
And then.

Boom!

The condensed mana detonated, unleashing a catastrophic explosion.
A tempest of mana erupted from his heart, shredding Caldra’s entire form into tatters, his armor scattering as fragments into the air.
Caldra stared down at his own body in disbelief.
What he saw was a massive hole torn through the center of his chest.
The edges were charred black by the searing heat of mana.

– What… exactly…?

Caldra asked, his voice trembling with incomprehension.
But he would never receive an answer to that question.

Slash!

Before that could happen, Han Yu-sung’s blade severed his neck.
Caldra’s body, robbed of any remaining strength, simply ceased to exist.
And in that moment, silence fell over the entire area.

“…”
“…”

One strike.
There was no time to react.
Han Yu-sung rushed toward Caldra at an unbelievable speed, annihilating him with a single attack.
The Covenant of the Dead members froze at the incomprehensible sight.

‘An A-Apostle has….’
‘Caldra is dead.’

Even with an Eternity-grade item bestowed by the Lord of the Dead, he couldn’t mount any meaningful resistance.
All they could do was watch, frozen in place.

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