The Crazy Battle God Has Returned - Chapter 352

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A Mad Swordsman Returns – Chapter 352

The flow of the Battlefield was spiraling in an uncontrollable direction.
For the Sworn Servants of Justice, it was.
The Apostle Nakamura Kaito, whom they believed could stand against Han Yu-sung, had fallen in vain.
And the colossal war machines gifted by the Gods met the same fate.

Boom!

The colossal war machines were falling one by one.
Those facing them were the War Covenant Users and their soldiers. They were eliminating the colossal war machines while utilizing the ‘degraded war machines.’
This was possible because of the equipment they possessed.
Equipment greatly reinforced by the ‘Wave of Transformation.’

“Utilize the colossal war machines to their fullest. They will serve as our shields!”
“The weapons are so strong now…!”

Magical energy flowed from the equipment of the War Covenant Users.
Perhaps because of this, their attacks were especially effective against the colossal war machines.
And there was one more thing.

Whoosh!

“Ah, Han Yu-sung…!”

The presence of Han Yu-sung, who alone was ravaging the entire Battlefield.
After eliminating the Sworn Servants of Justice who wielded holy relics, he swiftly traversed the Battlefield, sweeping away enemies at tremendous speed.
And he deliberately targeted those Oath-takers among them who possessed the greatest power.

‘It’s collapsing.’

Everyone belonging to the forces of Justice reached the same conclusion.
This was unbearable.
The formation was crumbling, and there was no one here who could stop Han Yu-sung’s rampage.
Achiros, who had been observing them, reached the same judgment.
There was only one choice available.

[“We retreat.”]

Retreat.
Continuing to fight here would only whittle down our forces.
I needed to fall back and establish a defensive strategy on terrain favorable to us.
Achiros issued the command, then channeled his power.

[The armies serving the Lord of Justice rise.]
[The Battlefield buff from the Iron Court of Judgment is granted to the forces of Justice.]

Countless soldiers erupted from the ground.
They were troops meant to support our retreat, and they hurled themselves against the incoming War Covenant Users. The Oath Keepers of Justice had been waiting for nothing but this command.
The Oath Keepers of Justice were likewise prepared for the order.

“Fall back! Deploy the sacred relics!”
“Move quickly while the relics buy us time!”

The Oath Keepers of Justice began their retreat in accordance with the orders.
Of course, Han Yu-sung had no intention of letting them escape unscathed.
He pursued the enemy alongside the War Covenant Users.
Breaking through the forces of Justice blocking the way, he inflicted considerable casualties upon the enemies desperately fleeing toward the Portal.

A deafening roar echoed across the battlefield.

The enemies who barely escaped the pursuit passed through the Portal.
But their numbers had been reduced to roughly half of what they were upon initial entry.
It was a devastatingly thorough defeat.
Yet still, the numerical advantage remained with the enemy.

“Even after eliminating this many, they still have considerable forces remaining.”

Our side was at a numerical disadvantage—there was no helping it.
But it didn’t matter. I had eliminated the enemy’s core strength: the Apostle.
Han Yu-sung recalled the face of the vanished Nakamura Kaito.

‘I never expected him to become an Apostle.’

In my previous life, he had faithfully served Achiros.
A Covenant User of exceptional skill and talent, loyal to his Lord.
Had he contracted with a different Lord, he would have ascended to Apostle status, but because he bound himself to Achiros, he never reached that position in that life.
Lee Su-ho and Maezato—father and son—must have been the ones who became Apostles instead.

[Let me see… the sacred artifact… Ugh! It’s completely destroyed! An SS-grade sacred artifact at that! Such a precious thing…!]
“How am I supposed to control my strength? We’re in a dangerous situation.”
[What a waste, such a terrible waste…!]

Han Yu-sung examined the spot where Nakamura Kaito had vanished.
The ‘Holy Spear’ he had wielded could not withstand the power of the Primordial Force and was completely destroyed. All that remained was the spear blade.
Kakasha burst into frustration and collected the spear blade.

“Benefactor, and my Lord. We have acquired spoils from the enemies. Sacred artifacts they were using. The condition doesn’t seem too bad.”
“Those must be the sacred artifacts those bastards were using earlier.”

Kaldrex arrived with the Draken, carrying the spoils of war.
They were sacred artifacts used by the Sworn Servants of Justice who had tried to stop Han Yu-sung moments before. The grades of these sacred artifacts weren’t particularly high.
At most S-grade, with most being A-grade sacred artifacts.
Instead, the quantity was astonishingly large.
And.
Kakasha, upon recognizing a familiar sacred artifact among them, burst into fury.

[This sacred artifact… Ugh! It’s one I possessed in the past! That bastard Achiros made it his own!]
“Sacred artifacts taken from the Lords you defeated.”
[Don’t say defeated! Well, it’s true, but still!]

Achiros is a Lord of tremendous power. He has fought countless Lord battles and emerged victorious in most of them.
It would be no exaggeration to say he has personally brought down more than one Lord.
The sacred artifacts he seized from them must be abundant, so there would be more than enough to distribute among the oath-takers.

“That should be fine for us to use. Kaldrex, distribute all the acquired sacred artifacts to our forces. Have them learn how to use them as quickly as possible.”
“Will do. Hmm, quite decent spoils indeed.”

Kaldrex grinned with satisfaction.
While Kaldrex distributed the sacred artifacts among the War Covenant Members, Han Yu-sung examined my own body.
I could feel the energy flowing through my entire body was twisted.

‘Deploying the Primordial Force consecutively… it seems I still can’t handle it.’

It was the recoil from using Primordial Essence.
I assessed how many more times I could use Primordial Essence before exhaustion.
If I drew upon my energy to the absolute limit, perhaps twice.
However, using it that way would leave me immobilized.
Realistically, I should consider it as only once.

[Be cautious. It seems Achiros has noticed something. Considering his movements after the Apostle vanished….]
“That’s likely. He seemed to have picked up on my physical condition.”
[Hmm. I suspect he may try to exploit that.]

And the sacred artifact Achiros possessed weighed on my mind.
What was it called—the Absolute’s Gaze?
It must be a sacred artifact bestowed by the Gods.
The fortunate thing was that it wasn’t a sacred artifact with wide-ranging effects.
It concentrated solely on me alone.
Had it been otherwise, the Tide of Transformation would have been far less effective.

[We must remain vigilant, for there may be other artifacts besides that one. The Gods seem intent on eliminating us in this Trial.]

I agreed with that assessment.
Naturally, I had no intention of playing into their hands.

[This Lord’s War is a Battlefield where the Lords cannot intervene through descent. Achiros will not manifest. The concern is that he decided to retreat far too readily….]
“There may be additional Apostles.”
[That seems likely.]

Achiros’s willing retreat also troubled me.
Either there were more Apostles, or he had prepared some other means in reserve.
I could not afford complacency. Not that I had any intention of it.

‘Well, I have my own preparations as well.’

I checked the ‘Crystal’ in my Subspace.
An Eternity-grade item bearing the name Incarnation of Avarice.
Originally it was an item with severe side effects, but purifying it with Primordial Essence this time had considerably reduced those drawbacks.
With this, I could create an unexpected variable the enemy wouldn’t anticipate.

“Preparations are complete.”

At that moment, Kaldrex approached and reported.
He had distributed the sacred relics seized from the Oath Keepers of Justice, and had roughly healed the wounds sustained in this battle.
So now, what needed to be done was simple.

“It’s time we launched our attack.”

* * *

The Apostle, Nakamura Kaito, had been annihilated.
Without even engaging in proper combat—felled by a single strike.
The news dealt a devastating blow to the Oath Keepers of Justice.
But before they could even process that shock—

[The forces of the Lord of War are advancing toward the Iron Court of Judgment.]
[Prepare your defenses!]

A notification appeared announcing the enemy’s advance.
The Iron Court of Judgment, which bordered the Difficult Realm’s Trial of the Blade positioned by the Lord of War, was now crowded with retreating forces mixed among the defenders.
They gazed nervously toward the Portal beyond.

A deep, resonant hum echoed forth.

“Here they come.”
“That monster…!”

The Iron Court of Judgment trembled violently.
It was the precursor to the Portal’s activation, a signal that enemies were breaching the Battlefield.
Soon, countless enemies began pouring forth from the massive Portal.
The Oath Keepers of Justice and their soldiers unleashed a barrage of attacks in unison.

A thunderous crash of colliding forces.

“Attack! Don’t let them establish their formation!”
“Pour on the firepower!”

The soldiers at the very front held the line against that assault.
The Degraded Colossal Construct and the Guardian of the Wall stood firm. And seizing that opportunity, elite disciples including Ugleyn charged forward.
Countless soldiers, including those from the Spirit Mausoleum, surged into battle.

BOOM!

Of course, the enemy’s resistance was far from negligible.
The Oath Keepers of Justice unleashed devastating attacks that neutralized the colossal war machines and the Guardian of the Wall, preventing them from advancing further.
The soldiers defending the Iron Court of Judgment were no different.

– Ahhhhhhh…!

Upon the ground materialized monsters in the form of Iron Maidens.
And from the heavens descended winged angels.
And then, one more.

[The Punisher of Sin has descended upon the Battlefield.]

A horrifying entity leading those angels revealed itself.
A form with an enormous eye and countless wings sprouting from its body.
Merely meeting its gaze imposed a debuff, and with each flutter of those wings, pillars of light crashed down upon the ground.
It was a monster created by Achiros.

“Certainly, he possesses quite the arsenal.”

Han Yu-sung, having just crossed the Portal, perceived the monster’s presence.
It was a creature of astonishing power. Judging by the aura alone, it rivaled the descent form of a Lord without a name.
What was even more startling.

[Be wary. There are likely more monsters similar to that one.]

Achiros possessed more than just that single creature.
Originally, he probably hadn’t intended to deploy it in the previous Battlefield. But with Kaito succumbing to the Primordial Void so suddenly, the opportunity to summon it had vanished.
Then I too must prepare a countermeasure.

Whoooosh!

[The Fire Phoenix reveals itself upon the Battlefield.]

High in the heavens, the Fire Phoenix—a being of pure flame—manifested.
Thanks to Kakasha’s constant feeding of flames, its form had grown to an astonishing size compared to before.
The birds that appeared alongside it were equally formidable.
Gazing upon the Fire Phoenix, Han Yu-sung kicked off the ground without hesitation.

– Kiiiiiii….

I had reached the back of the Fire Phoenix.
What needed to be done now was crystal clear.
Utterly simple.
Leave the Ground to Kaldrex and my allies, and deal with that infuriatingly persistent ‘Punisher of Sin’ alongside the Fire Phoenix.

“Kaldrex!”
“I understand! I’ll handle the Ground!”

I gripped the Spear of Annihilation tightly.
As if reading my intent, the Fire Phoenix flapped its wings and surged forward.
Our destination: the ‘Punisher of Sin’ that stared back at us.

“Let’s end this swiftly.”

The Spear of Annihilation in my grip blazed with brilliant flames.
Moments later, a fierce battle erupted across the heavens.
And likewise upon the Ground below.

[“….”]

The Lord of Justice, Achiros, watched the battle unfold in silence.
As if formulating a strategy for what came next.

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