Chapter 115

EPISODE 115 – TWIST (2)

Great warrior Garammaru .

He was originally a powerful spirit warrior, but completely changed after accepting Overlord Belial’s power through Haraken .

He extinguished the spirits that were no different from his kin with his own hands, and accepted the ancient evil spirits, thus becoming a powerful being who knew many ancient secret arts .

‘He was quite unusual even in the game . ’

It was the great warriors, and not the chieftains of each tribe, who led the barbarians in the destruction of the northern part of the Sälen Kingdom .

Therefore, they reigned as rulers of the north, and were not meant to be encountered in the early stages of the northern barbarian event .

Fighting them would only lead to death .

‘Because the level difference was so great . ’

The playable characters’ levels were bound to be low since the northern barbarian event itself was an event that took place in the early stages of the game .

Though Cordelia had relatively enough time to level up then, she still had a low level because the time-skip – ‘A few months have passed since then,’ suddenly appeared in her route . On the other hand, Jude had begun his route right before the northern barbarian event started, so his level was obviously low too .

‘20-30 levels at most . ’

And the levels of the warriors were around 65 .

There was such a disparity that no one would think of trying it given the odds of winning .

One way or another, levels were like bullies in RPGs .

‘Level 65 . ’

The great warriors were confident of their own strength .

Haraken was also confident in them .

This was natural since they were stronger than Black Knight Billvine, the strongest mid-ranking demonic human in the Devil’s Eye .

‘Great Warrior Garammaru . ’

In the game, he was someone to be avoided .

A man who was like a reaper of death when one faced him .

But now…

“Sorry, we’ve become too strong . ”

Cordelia spoke as her canines glistened, and Jude spoke as he wrote down Cordelia’s words in a notebook .

“We’ve become too strong…memo . ”

“What, why are you writing it down? What’s that? Eh?”

“This, this is just for blackmail- no, for negotiation later . ”

“Blackmail?!”

Cordelia’s eyesight sharpened as she read the text on the cover of his notebook .

‘Cordelia’s collection of shameful lines . ’

“Hey!”

“Ah! The flames are rising!”

As Jude quickly closed his notebook and shouted, Cordelia looked at the front while gritting her teeth . Just as Jude said, the great warrior Garammaru had flames rising from his body .

“You b*stard and b*tch!”

A huge flame rose from Garammaru’s whole body .

Having acquired the power of the ancient evil spirit, Flame Master Killoman, he was able to create a strong flame even in the wild lands where coldness dominated, and it was also possible for him to quickly turn the surrounding area into a land of scorching heat .

He then glared at Jude and Cordelia .

Once again, he tried to burn everything with the flames of hell .

“Uoooooh!”

He roared . And Cordelia chanted the spell .

And what happened afterwards…

“You b*stards!”

Splash!

A tremendous amount of water poured down just above Garammaru’s head .

But his flames were clearly the flames of hell .

Although the intensity weakened a little, the flames were not extinguished .

Garammaru shouted again .

“I’ll thoroughly-!”

Splash!

Once again .

Because Double Casting and Spell’s Echo were not mere decorations .

“Burn you-!”

Splash!

“I’ll make you-”

Splash!

x4 .

The flames died down, and Garammaru became like a rat that was wet with water . But he didn’t give up .

Because the evil spirit told him that the spell was over .

So now was the time to start the flames again!

“Uooooh!”

The flames rose again . And Cordelia said .

“ . ”

It was a spell that she chanted again .

Fsssssssh!

Water poured down from the air like a waterfall and extinguished the reignited flames of Garammaru again .

However, Garammaru never gave up .

“I’ll-!”

Splash!

“Never-”

Splash!

“Give up-”

Splash!

“Hey! You f*cking b*tch! Hey!”

Garammaru lost his temper and cursed, and Jude nodded his head as he said .

“T-that’s too much . ”

He must have worked hard to gain that power .

He must have had a clever wife, cute children, and an old mother waiting for him at home .

Cordelia immediately protested at Jude’s stare .

“Hey, why is this too much? And wasn’t he a really evil b*stard? Didn’t he kill his entire family with his own hands?”

She also knew the background setting of the mid-boss to some extent .

It was as Cordelia had said .

After becoming an evil spirit warrior, he became an immoral person who destroyed his clan with his own hands .

“I’ll give you a beating!”

Garammaru angrily shouted and ran as the muddy water splashed around .

Even if he couldn’t use the flames, he had a strong body .

He was about 2 meters tall, had wide shoulders, and his forearms and upper arms were thicker than a woman’s waist .

He had enough power to kill the slender Cordelia in a single beating!

But Jude blocked her front .

After standing firmly in front of Cordelia, he received Garammaru’s charge from the front .

Boom!

Jude and Garammaru faced each other . Their hands confronted each other in a battle of strength .

“A weak b*stard with only a handsome face!”

Although he had recently grown fast, Jude was still in the mid-to-late 170s .

He was a head shorter than Garammaru, who was nearly 2 meters tall, so their difference in height was more than twice .

Added to that was their difference in muscle .

Just by looking at the thickness, the difference was already several times more, so it was normal for Jude to be crushed .

However .

“Sorry . ”

Jude was not pushed back a bit .

At their current level, Garammaru was still above them, but Jude and Cordelia were not ordinary playable characters .

They had stats from the titles they had accumulated so far .

They had all kinds of auxiliary magic on them .

They also had an overwhelming difference in items (overgeared) .

It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that Jude’s strength was virtually a superpower .

“Euaaaaah!”

Garammaru tried to push and twist Jude’s arms, but he screamed as his own arms were the ones that got twisted instead .

Jude then pushed back Garammaru . After he shook off Garammaru, he turned to Cordelia .

‘You know, right?’

‘Yes . ’

.

The blue light coming from Moonlight swallowed Garammaru who had fallen on the floor in one fell swoop .

Garammaru couldn’t resist the magic since he was soaked with water and they were in the cold wild lands .

Tsuk-tsuk-tsuukk-! Tsuk!

Garammaru became a frozen ice sculpture and Jude used the black dragon’s power to strike Garammaru on the chest as he yelled .

A white ring of light surrounded Jude and Cordelia when the ice shattered .

“Haa, defeating him was easier than I thought . ”

“Because the place is cold, both water and ice magic are strengthened . Moonlight also got a serious power-up . ”

If it weren’t for Moonlight having the Snow Queen incorporated into it and thus becoming stronger, it would not have been possible to defeat him that easily .

“Hehe, anyway, it’s awesome . ”

She was naturally happy to easily defeat great warrior Garammaru since he was someone who couldn’t be defeated at the beginning of the northern barbarian event .

Jude lovingly looked at Cordelia and her flopping rabbit ears, and soon turned his gaze away .

‘Demonic magic circle . ’

The two were standing at a huge altar located some distance from the dragon vein .

A large magic circle was engraved on the floor for a large-scale ritual and nine pillars inscribed with demonic characters were around the altar .

‘As I thought…is this it?’

Preparations for summoning the great demon Kriemler .

It was a simple and effective way to hold small rituals in various places to store power for a larger ritual .

“Doesn’t it look like the ritual here is already…over?”

Cordelia said as she looked at the altar .

The entire stone altar was stained with the blood of so many sacrificed offerings .

‘Did they even sacrifice the demon followers?’

Despite the existence of such an altar, there was no enemy around here except for Garammaru .

Given that there were few people in the village, it seemed that a large number of humans were sacrificed .

‘There’s too many . ’

Too much blood had been offered .

It was naturally true that great demon Kriemler could not be easily summoned, but even if that was so, Jude felt that it was still too much .

‘Because this isn’t the only ritual . ’

The rituals of the demon followers varied in form according to its purpose .

And the ritual that was now held here was just a preparation ritual for the bigger ritual that Jude knew well .

‘Too many . ’

Jude thought so again .

Too much blood was offered for preparation .

What is this for?

Does summoning Kriemler require more offerings than I thought?

Or the preparation ritual was not conducted by all of the great warriors, but only a few including Garammaru, and the preparation rituals that had to be done in five places were only conducted in three places, so more blood had to be given .

‘That would make sense . ’

But it was strange .

He still felt that something was out of place .

“Jude?”

At Cordelia’s call, Jude raised his head .

She was frowning as she stood in front of the altar .

He had admired Cordelia’s intuition several times since they started working together .

And such Cordelia’s intuition was telling them .

Something was different .

The altar in front of them was far different from what Jude and Cordelia thought .

And her intuition wasn’t wrong again .

Following Cordelia’s gaze, Jude’s eyes widened as he studied the magic circle that was engraved in the center of the altar .

‘Different . ’

It was different from the one in the game .

It was not the original magic circle that was found in the ruins of the northern part of the Sälen Kingdom .

Jude rushed to the altar and began analyzing it .

The complex magic circle was disassembled on his head and arranged in a row .

He read the truth contained in the magic circle .

And at some point .

Jude understood .

The ritual conducted by Garammaru .

The reason they needed more blood .

And why all of this happened .

What drove Haraken to make a different choice from the game .

It was Jude himself .

What Jude himself had done so far led Haraken to make a different choice .

Red Gale did not die .

As a result, the Great Storm tribe survived .

Violent Avalanche, Gentle Snow Breeze, and Blue Whiskers did not become corrupted . The mid-ranking demonic humans who were dispatched to the east were annihilated, and the east was not divided .

Karaval was not obstructed .

As a result, an eastern force was formed .

What Jude himself and Cordelia had done so far .

And the positive changes that resulted from it .

Jude’s plans succeeded .

Haraken was driven into a corner .

Hence, Haraken made an extreme choice that he did not make in the original .

“Jude?”

Jude raised his head and stared at Cordelia .

And he thought .

If it really was what he analyzed .

If that was really what Haraken prepared for .

Where would he hold the big ritual?

Where would he summon ‘that’?

“Eastern forces . ”

He unconsciously said .

There was only one thing he could think of .

And this time, Jude wasn’t wrong .

At the same time .

In the Snow Breeze Plain located farther south from where Jude and Cordelia were .

While the eastern forces were on the verge of clashing with the west, Haraken received late the news about the first explosion that Jude and Cordelia caused .

But he wasn’t much bothered .

Because his preparations were over .

“Get started . ”

Haraken ordered, and his command spread throughout the western forces .

The battle began with the roar of Seven Horns who led the Angry Bull tribe .