The Crazy Battle God Has Returned - Chapter 269

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A Mad Swordsman Returns – Chapter 269

Han Yu-sung executed his role flawlessly.
I displayed my prowess as brilliantly as possible, drawing the enemy’s gaze upon myself.
By slaying the Apostle called Caldra in a single strike, I had captured their attention, and through successive battles, I drew more enemies toward me.
Now all that remained was for Kaldrex and the Draken to complete their task.

[Unique Facility, ‘Tomb of the Ancient King’ has been destroyed.]
[Unique Facility, ‘Grave of the Ancient Dragon’ has been destroyed.]
[Unique Facility, ‘Obsidian Statue’ has been destroyed.]
[Unique Facility, ‘Gate of Spirits’ has been destroyed.]
[Unique Facility, ‘Burial Urn’…]

“W-What is this…?!”
“Excellent.”

Just as Han Yu-sung had done, Kaldrex had also completed his assigned role.
The Unique Facilities of the Undead Faction began to crumble one after another.
The Covenant of the Dead members were stunned by the unexpected messages.

“Who are these bastards! Who’s destroying the Unique Facilities!”
“W-When did this happen? How many enemies are there!”
“F-From what we’re hearing, there are hundreds of them!”
“Hundreds? How could they possibly…!”

Their shock was inevitable.
The Unique Facilities were located in the Deep Layers of the Sanctuary.
Even with the forces, including the Apostles, concentrated on Han Yu-sung, it should have been impossible not to notice someone approaching the Deep Layers.
Especially if they were numerous.
The reason this was possible was simple.

Night’s Veil.

A skill I possessed.
A skill that conceals the existence of myself and those around me in shadow.
Those targeted by this skill experience a dramatic increase in movement speed.
I had concealed Kaldrex and the elite Draken with that skill.
The detachment that approached in secret had begun destroying the facilities.

– Gaaaaaahhhhh….
– D-Drrrrgh….
“No, this can’t be! The undead!”

And this was the result.
The skeletal wyverns that had been soaring through the sky plummeted to earth, and nearly half of the undead swarming everywhere vanished.
The endlessly spawning corpses ceased to appear, and the power that the Unique Facilities had been granting to the Covenant of the Dead was stripped away.
The Covenant of the Dead members, feeling the sudden loss of strength, cried out in shock.

“We can’t stop them!”
“How is it even possible to destroy the Unique Facilities at this pace? We still have reserve forces stationed there…!”

It was a situation that defied all comprehension.
Everyone understood the importance of the Unique Facilities.
Naturally, the Undead Faction had also deployed forces to defend the Unique Facilities.
Even the Apostles of the Dead were stationed there to guard them.
Yet they couldn’t stop him at all.
No—they couldn’t possibly stop him.

BOOM!

“This… this monster…!”

Kaldrex was currently a War Covenant User, but had it not been for his betrayal, he would have confidently become one of the Star Lords—such was his strength.
In essence, his combat power was equivalent to that of a War Apostle.
And beyond that.

[The ‘Banner of War’ is satisfied with Han Yu-sung’s performance. The blessing of war is granted to Han Yu-sung and the War Covenant Users!]
[The ‘Legion Commander of Blazing Terror’ grants the ‘Battlefield Command’ to our forces. A powerful buff is bestowed upon the War Covenant Users.]
[Through the effect of 【War God】, additional buffs are granted to the War Covenant Users, and the buff effects of the sacred artifact are further amplified!]

Even the buffs created by the sacred artifact that Han Yu-sung possessed.
The War Covenant Users grew stronger the more intense the battle became.
The blessing of war and the exclusive skills of the Oath-takers were all specialized for warfare.
As the battle intensified, these abilities reached their maximum efficiency.

“Grraaahhhhh!”
“W-We can’t hold them back!”

With the remaining forces, I could no longer withstand Kaldrex’s assault.
The Unique Facilities continued to crumble.
This was becoming dangerous.

“The f-facilities! We must protect the facilities first!”
“Anyone who can move, head to the facilities immediately!”
“We’re sending the undead toward the facilities now!”

The Undead Faction began moving in frantic haste.
And in that chaos, an unexpected opening emerged.
An unforeseen development had unfolded.
The Apostles of the Dead, who had been engaging Han Yu-sung, suddenly shifted their attention elsewhere.

[The Star Orb radiates brilliantly.]
[The power of the next spell is amplified threefold!]

I seized that opening without hesitation.

Rummmmmble!

The heavens trembled violently. The Apostles, hearing that sound, involuntarily looked upward, and their eyes beheld something unbelievable.
It was a meteor.

‘No, that’s not a meteor…’

A sphere of flame so overwhelmingly massive it could be mistaken for a meteor.
The spell—Inferno.
Inferno, amplified by the Star Orb’s effect, hung suspended in the sky before plummeting at tremendous velocity.
An Apostle of the Dead cried out in horror, swinging their great scythe.

Shhhhhhhhh!

From the scythe erupted a colossal specter alongside countless spirit wraiths.
The falling Inferno collided with the wraiths.
As the spell detonated, countless hellfire cascaded down upon the ground like rain.
The Apostles of the Dead gritted their teeth, attempting to respond.
In that moment, multiple spells unfolded simultaneously around them.

Whoooosh!

“Ugh, ahhhhh!”
“This bastard…!”

Torrential waves of flame swept across the expanse.
The breath of the Thunder Dragon descended upon us, and in that same instant, shadows erupted from all directions, engulfing the Apostles of the Dead.
The Undead nearby were obliterated by the overwhelming firepower.
Could we evade it?
Impossible. We had no choice but to endure.

“Be careful! Han Yu-sung—if it’s him!”

I would not miss this opportunity.
The Apostles thought as much, and Han Yu-sung moved exactly as they anticipated.
A figure pierced through the inferno of flames, charging forward.
Needless to say, it was Han Yu-sung.

‘The magic was merely a distraction…!’
‘What I truly need to guard against is the attack he’s about to unleash now…!’

The Apostles of the Dead widened their eyes.
The scale of Han Yu-sung’s magic was astounding. Its power was equally formidable. Yet it was not beyond endurance.
However, the attack Han Yu-sung was about to unleash would deal catastrophic damage.

‘We can only weather the magic.’

Both Apostles reached the same conclusion simultaneously.
If we raised bone barriers, we could mitigate the damage. Then, after blocking Han Yu-sung’s incoming attack, we would counterattack.
With the weapons our Lord bestowed upon us, we could deal a devastating blow.

A sharp whistling sound pierced the air.

Immense magical power coursed through Han Yu-sung’s blade.
The Apostles tensed at the sight and raised their bone defenses.
And in the moment they prepared to defend against Han Yu-sung’s incoming sword strike.

“…!”

Han Yu-sung withdrew with a deep smile playing across his lips.
The two Apostles of the Dead froze momentarily, caught off guard by the unexpected maneuver.
Then I sensed it—a presence materializing from the shadows.

“Wait… surely not!”
“You…!”

Behind the Apostles of the Dead.
Casting off the ‘Veil of Night’, a War Covenant User emerged from concealment.
The Apostles spun around in panic, but it was already too late.

BOOM!

“Gah!”

A barrage of strikes moving at the speed of light, blades infused with formidable magic, crashed down upon the two Apostles with devastating force.
An overwhelming impact engulfed them in an instant.
The sheer power was unbelievable—an assault from a mere Oath-taker, not even an Apostle.
Unable to withstand the impact, the Apostles staggered backward.

Halden Style Swordsmanship, Third Form: Lunar Severance.
Heavenly Thunder Sword Technique, Third Strike: Celestial Thunder.

Han Yu-sung closed the distance in a heartbeat, unleashing dual blades.
Thunder-laden steel sang through the air, vast sword auras blooming like a colossal moon, converging upon the two Apostles.
There was no time to react, no chance to defend.

SLICE!

“Kgh…!”
“Ugh… gasp!”

Blades moving at incomprehensible speed severed both Apostles clean through.
THUD! Two headless bodies collapsed pathetically to the ground.
That was the end of it.

“Phew, I thought I was done for. Please, no more of this.”
“Hrrgh…”

Chu Gyu-il wiped the sweat from his brow, and Sung Ha-yan growled like a beast.
Han Yu-sung hadn’t deployed those massive spells to conceal his own presence, but rather to hide theirs.
He shrouded them both in the ‘Veil of Night’, drawing the enemies’ attention to himself while secretly sending them backward, then creating openings through surprise attacks.

“They fell for it perfectly.”

And Han Yu-sung charged forward to finish off the two Apostles of the Dead.
It was something I’d devised on the spot, but it worked better than expected.
Normally, I didn’t care much for fighting this way.

‘But given the circumstances, there’s no choice.’

This wasn’t the time to indulge in preferences.
Han Yu-sung carefully collected the Eternity Items the two Apostles of the Dead had used.
To be precise, they were fragments of those items.
Once I gathered them all, I’d find some use for them eventually.

Whoooosh!

“Looks like that side is finished too.”
“Finished? What do you mean by that?”

At that very moment, a colossal spear pierced across the sky and shot upward.
It was a signal from Kaldrex.

“Huh, gasp…!”

A signal indicating the objective had been achieved.
The Unique Facility had been destroyed sufficiently. With enemy reinforcements about to pour in, pushing further to destroy it completely would be reckless.
Kaldrex judged that now was the time to withdraw.
But before that, there was one troublesome enemy that needed to be eliminated.
That was the Apostle of the Dead, Adrari.

“This… is… impossible…!”

Adrari stared in disbelief at the Thunder God’s Spear that had pierced through his heart.
But only for a moment—his head drooped, and he breathed his last.
Kaldrex, having eliminated his target, shook the blood from his spear.

“It seems we’ve accomplished what we came here to do.”
“Yes. We’ve destroyed all the Unique Facilities in the vicinity. The enemy reinforcements are converging on this location as well….”
“There’s no need to push further here. Everyone, fall back! From now on, we regroup with the Savior and support the front lines!”

Kaldrex sent a signal skyward before beginning his retreat.
A spear soaring across the towering heavens.
Han Yu-sung nodded upon seeing it.

“Kaldrex will be returning. You join up with him and deal with the remaining enemies. There should be one Apostle of the Dead left, maybe two at most—you’ll have no trouble handling that.”

With the Unique Facilities destroyed, the Covenant of the Dead members and Undead had weakened. On top of that, numerous Apostles of the Dead had fallen in battle.
At this point, there was no need for Han Yu-sung to remain on the front lines.

“That won’t be difficult. So what about you in the meantime?”
“What do you mean, what about me?”

Han Yu-sung lifted his gaze.
Beyond, I could see two Lords locked in fierce combat.
The situation was dire.
The Lord of the Dead bore no significant wounds, but Kakasha’s injuries were mounting—small cuts accumulating into larger ones.
I could feel a formidable aura leaking from those wounds.

“I’m going after the Lord of the Dead.”
“Are you really that eager to die…?”
“If we don’t take down the Lord, we’re dead anyway.”

Chu Gyu-il clicked his tongue at the calm response.
The battle between the two Lords was nothing short of overwhelming.
Each collision of power split the very space, and the entire Sanctuary trembled.
This was no arena for a mere player to intervene in.
The moment one stepped in, they would be consumed by the Lords’ overwhelming force.
The soldiers standing near the Lords were already experiencing exactly that.

BOOM!

Still, now was the time to move.
Kakasha, locked in fierce combat with the Lord of the Dead, cast his gaze toward Han Yu-sung, and I nodded before taking my first step forward.
To any observer, it would appear as nothing less than suicide.
Yet my heart was pounding fiercely.

“Then, shall we go?”

Something I had never achieved even in my past life.
The thrill of battling the true form of a Lord set my heart ablaze.
I gripped the black sword and pushed off the ground.
Without a moment’s hesitation, toward the Lord of the Dead.

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