One Person in Power Facing Another... (Continued)
Although the Sarkaz soldiers were completely bewildered by the current situation, there were still some things they didn't need to think about.
These monsters... absolutely cannot escape!
They must be contained within Kazdel!
The crowd began to surge, and more and more people stood up, attempting to fight the monsters.
However, due to the opponent's terrifying infectiousness and physique, the situation was far from advantageous for Sarkaz.
In other words, Maria left enough combat personnel for the Royal Court, which allowed them to hold out for the time being.
But...
There was another exit, but we had no choice but to grit our teeth and go for it.
That was the fifth exit guarded by Bocscar.
As the horde of wriggling monsters approached, Bocscar's side simply didn't have enough manpower to defend against them!
He rallied his people, urging them to grit their teeth and fight the monsters... but even the mighty Wendigo could not withstand their power!
Even so, these Wendigo still charged toward their goal with reckless abandon!
They don't have that much time to think about anything anymore!
Now everyone can understand why Maria insisted on evacuating the others from Kazdel at that crucial moment... The destruction caused by these monsters once they flooded into the crowd would be immeasurable!
Even if it means death, they must guard the exit!
"Aww--!"
The Wendigo roared like savage beasts, brandishing their shields and weapons as they charged toward the enemy!
Even in such a life-or-death battle, the Wendigo still suffered heavy losses!
The defenses were gradually being torn apart... A sense of despair and unease welled up inside me!
Seeing one of the flesh-and-blood spider monsters break through the heavy blockade, Bocscar could no longer care about anything else. He gritted his teeth, raised his battle halberd, and strode out!
"Don't even think about it!"
He roared, his muscles bulging!
Crimson Originium Arts spread around his body, bursting forth with intense light!
With a single blow, he smashed him to the ground!
But...
Not enough!
It's not dead yet!
In the instant that Bocscar momentarily distracted, the giant spider suddenly sprang into the air!
Amidst the astonished gazes of the others, it suddenly pounced on Bocscar!
Am I going to die?!
"Step back!"
A majestic roar instantly resounded!
A flying halberd sliced through the air in an instant... even cleaving through space and time, tearing the monster apart!
Warm yellow flames burned fiercely on the old halberd!
"What?!"
Bocscar his head in surprise.
To his horror, he discovered that a large army had appeared behind him at some unknown time!
A perfectly aligned array of Shieldguards.
The surging, icy Guerrilla Troops.
The woman from Cautus's, radiating flames and cold light, led her troops, approaching step by step.
And the leader... was a pure-blooded Wendigo...
"Reinforcements... are they reinforcements?!"
The Wendigo, caught up in the midst of their battle, noticed what was happening and were filled with excitement.
The Wendigo are not afraid of death... what they fear is failing to fulfill their mission!
"Call..."
Heavy breathing emanated from the massive Wendigo's mouth, which was covered in a steel mask, emanating a chilling aura.
The crimson mechanical eyes transformed into vivid red specks of light in the air, scanning the surroundings before silently fixing their gaze on Wendigo, who was slightly smaller than himself...
"Is it you?"
Upon seeing the other party's appearance, and noticing their group dressed in completely different attire from the Sarkaz, Bocscar suddenly realized that this was the symbolic meaning Maria had given him.
At this time, if a team can still appear in the rear, and is led by Wendigo, it must be His Highness's team!
Without hesitation, he gritted his teeth, stood up, and held the Yharnam Key high.
"... Do you serve His Highness?"
"Your Highness?"
The white-clad woman from Cautus's frowned, her gaze filled with a hint of doubt.
Meanwhile, Wendigo, in silence, stopped his adopted daughter and spoke in a low voice, as if waking from a dream.
"We... pledge our allegiance to Your Highness!"
"I understand... From now on, I will take command of you!"
Bocscar didn't realize anything was wrong, or rather, the rapidly changing battlefield made him oblivious to what he should have been aware of. He simply growled and began organizing the other Wendigo.
Shieldguards and Guerrilla Troops began rapidly joining the battle!
They seemed completely immune to that mental pollution, advancing step by step with the most orderly and determined strides!
The sturdy Shieldguards raised their shields, and the army pressed down suddenly!
The Guerrilla Troops' powerful attacks gradually suppressed the monsters' advance!
The ancient Wendigo suddenly raised his halberd and roared!
The crimson aura of blood was applied to everyone!
Surging and turbulent!
Although they numbered only a few thousand, their addition actually managed to push back the collapsing defense line!
Meanwhile, in the distance, an even more intense battlefield stirred the hearts of everyone.
"Yeti Squad, provide support and suppress!"
Soon, the girl from Caster gave the order.
The surrounding crowd, eager for a fight, began to surge forward, launching a fearless attack on the exit!
Frost swept over everything around!
Only then did the girl finally have time to look at Wendigo beside her.
"Father..."
FrostNova spoke, her words tinged with doubt.
"Where... where is this place? You seem very familiar with it, and, just now..."
FrostNova didn't finish her sentence.
As far as she knew, the last pure-blooded Wendigo in this world should only be her adoptive father.
But now...
"... It's nothing, Yelena... it's nothing..."
The ancient Wendigo did not answer; he remained silent, gazing at the figures fighting in the distant city center.
The ancient past, hundreds of years ago, gradually overlapped with the present in his mind, making him realize who those people he had met in his youth really were.
Kazdel, Royal Court, Daemon, war, and that unknown monster that fell from the heavens, and the Banshees lord who created a miraculous history...
Of course, at this time, she was only the queen of the Banshees...
He remembered...
He remembered everything...
"Is this... the trial that person spoke of?"
The ancient Wendigo murmured, its mechanical voice carrying a hint of somberness and complexity.
FrostNova, however, looked completely puzzled.
"The trial that the Doll mentioned? What exactly is this, Father?"
"It's just... repaying what I owed you long ago..."
Wendigo spoke, he raised his halberd and walked step by step to his former self.
After exchanging a glance, Wendigo said nothing more.
He raised his halberd and resolutely stepped onto the battlefield...
An IOU spanning hundreds of years has come to an end!
At the very center of the battlefield, Maria continued her frenzied fighting.
The blood had seeped into the ground, and the pungent smell was almost suffocating!
With another strike, temporarily clearing away the obstacles around her, Maria heard the call that lingered in her ears.
"Everything is ready, kind Hunter..."
"Then let's start it..."
Without any hesitation, Maria decisively gave the order.
This time, however, the Doll hesitated for the first time ever.
"But... you were among them too..."
"Yharnam is still here, the Doll..."
"... I see."
After a few breaths of silence, the Doll no longer hesitated.
She decisively activated what the two of them had discussed long ago.
A city that appeared out of thin air a hundred years later is now Kazdel!
Everyone was stunned when they saw the city.
But then they saw the towering lighthouse, its light piercing through the thick flames!
It swept through the entire Kazdel!
Thick smoke billowed and spewed into the sky! The Great Beast that had been shot down began to howl in agony!
A fire...
The ancient fire that once belonged to Yharnam has been ignited once more!
Instead, this war, which had lasted for several days, finally came to a conclusion...
Kazdel was engulfed in flames, golden fire serpents frantically devouring everything around them.
It will devour everything here... including Maria.
The raging fire serpents crashed onto the ground, devouring hundreds and thousands of monsters with almost every breath.
Their souls were utterly annihilated, turning into fuel that propelled the flames to continue burning fiercely!
The towering, fragmented Great Beast howled to the heavens, but no sound came out.