Survival Story of a Sword King in a Fantasy World

Trap of Trap (4)

Latna’s Spiritists assisted their allies from the rear and exerted the greatest power when fighting from a long distance.

In other words, even Hollien, the greatest Spiritist on earth, couldn’t show off her skills alone!

“You seem to think so…”

Hollien crossed her hands and began to take a stance.

“If I don’t have allies, then I can just make them.”

Blue Prana rose over her shoulders as he executed complicated hand movements.

“Arise, sons and daughters of Sorondi.”

Rumbling!

The earth trembled as chunks of it slowly rose.

Not long after, more than a hundred stalagmites filled the canyon in an instant.

And all of them turned into rock giants over three meters tall.

The earthen warriors raised their arms and burst into a roar.

“Woooooooh!”

Scared, the Templar Lords shouted.

“Be careful! She used a spiritual summoning art!”

“But why are there so many?”

“Oh, my God, how much Prana does she have?”

Looking at the rock giants, Leon Hart sweated.

‘I can summon a dozen at best…’

Of course, he improved his skills based on spiritual boxing, so his summoning ability wasn’t that high.

However, even with that considered, the scene before them was still beyond common sense.

And that’s not where she ended her turn either!

“I still feel a little open over my head.”

Whimpering, Hollien raised her right hand.

She lightly stirred the air, controlling the winds.

“Preleu’s breath, soar with freedom.”

More than a hundred whirlwinds swirled into life, taking the shape of winged beings.

It was the Spirits of the Wind, the Storm Spirits.

“Kaaaaaaaaa!”

With a grotesque cry, they began to rush in unison.

A group of rock giants charged across the ground, and the storm spirits zoned in from the sky like clouds.

Clenching her teeth, Kibie released her pitch-black Aura.

“They’re superior in numbers, but they’re weak! We can destroy them!”

She smashed about a dozen of the leading earthen monsters in unison.

The others didn’t back down either. They fought against the summoned legions of Hollien.

But Kibie should have known better.

None of the Templar Lords had less combat experience than her.

But why were they shocked when they saw the beasts?

Blue light shone on the scattered storm spirits and the debris of the slain rock giants.

Paaaaaaa!

Hollien had cast a spiritual healing art on them.

“Get up, fight.”

The fragments put themselves back together. The whirlwinds rose again.

The fallen creatures took up arms again, wielding stone spears and wind swords.

“Woooooooh!”

“Kaaaaaaaaa!”

Kibie gritted her teeth.

“Wasn’t it just to break them all?”

Leon Hart responded while clicking his tongue.

“Did you think it would be that easy?”

She didn’t stop there either.

Hollien’s spiritual arts continued.

“Yessen. cover my allies with your protection.”

A curtain of heat blanketed over her summoned legion.

The monsters, which were already powerful, became even stronger and more ferocious.

The Spiritist continued to control the overall battle situation as well.

– Spiritual Force Field: Althea’s Light Wall!

Boom boom!

Huge barriers of light filled the entire canyon endlessly, creating a spectacular maze with all sides blocked.

“Oh, my…”

Only then did Kibie understand how the Templar Lords had felt.

The summoned beasts weren’t the fearsome ones.

The Transcendental was.

“Advance, my army.”

Showing her overwhelming power, the most powerful Spiritist on earth commanded her summons with arrogance.

“Kill everyone. Oh, except the incarnation.”

* * *

The rock giants and storm spirits were coming from all sides in an organized formation.

“Taaaaaa!”

Ryu Han-bin shouted and swung his Gigant.

A merciless red flash split the earth.

His Blade Aura was so intense that the legion of summons, reinforced by Hollien’s spiritual arts, was destroyed like biscuits.

Boom!

However, they quickly were returned to life.

“Woooooooh!”

“Kaaaaaaaaa!”

Han-bin exclaimed.

“Oh, my God!”

Spiritual arts were less powerful than magic spells, magic swordsmanship techniques, and Aura skills.

However, it was far superior in terms of healing.

Even the weak spiritual offensive arts were destructive when cast at the level of the Transcendental!

Standing behind the troops, Hollien released a bombardment of incessant blows.

-Ectoplasmic Spears!

Each time, Han-bin and the six Templar Lords were desperately forced to avoid the assault.

“Argh!”

“Back off!”

“If we get surrounded, it’s over!”

Still, they were the strongest members of each Church. She couldn’t easily beat them.

They managed to hold out even though they were being pushed around.

“Sorondi, please protect us!”

Frederick split the storm spirits in front of him apart with his shield, shouting out the name of the Goddess he served.

At that moment, an Ectoplasmic Spear flew in.

“Blink!”

He activated his magic tools to avoid the attack immediately.

It wasn’t just Frederick.

The others were also using Blink to get out of risky situations whenever they were in unavoidable danger.

Hollien smirked as she watched the scene.

“You must be wearing Blink rings.”

Since space compression pockets and Blink magic tools had such good cost-effectiveness, it was common for high-level Hunters to carry them as failsafe plans.

‘I don’t have to wear one, though.’

There was a reason why she didn’t carry it.

She already knew the weakness of the ring.

Hollien struck the left hand long and invoked the spirit.

– Spiritual Flames: Moon’s Brilliance!

A wide range of light-beam attacks was simultaneously fired at the six Templar Lords.

They were trying to avoid her offensive using the Blink-imbued magic tools.

Fliing!

Their rings all burned down.

Her Prana’s waves were so strong that the energy flowed back when the magic tools were triggered.

“Now, your utilities are all gone, right?”

In disdain, Hollien again activated another spiritual art.

Another barrage of wide-ranged beams flew towards the Templar Lords.

At that moment, everyone quickly removed the broken rings, put on new blink rings, and activated them!

“BLINK!”

“BLINK!”

“BLINK!”

For a moment, Hollien was confused.

“… What the hell are they doing?”

* * *

Hollien continued to push them with overwhelming power, and Han-bin and the six Templar Lords were no match for her.

‘Yeah, I can’t fight back, but…’

Everyone successfully avoided critical hits.

They changed the Blink rings from time to time and repeatedly attacked and ran away.

It was hard to understand their tactic at first.

‘Where did you practice that, and how did you get all those magic tools?’

She tried to figure it out, but there was no way in the world that the Templar Lords of each Church would practice wearing and removing rings for no reason.

‘Wow, I can’t understand this.’

Admitting that her imagination was poor, Hollien continued to control the summoned legion.

She seemed to be taking a little longer than expected in eliminating them, but it wasn’t a big problem.

She still had enough power left in reserve.

‘That’s why I shouldn’t use such a big skill.’

The truly powerful ones didn’t gamble.

She would feel refreshed if she swept them all away by consuming huge amounts of Prana.

But what if her opponent had a card hidden in their sleeves?

What if they avoided the offensive in an unexpected way?

If she used all of her unique spiritual arts in an attempt to kill them all, there was the risk that she wouldn’t hit anyone. At that point, she would’ve lost already.

‘But I can guarantee a stable victory by calmly preserving my power as I have done so far.’

Meanwhile, Han-bin and the six Templar Lords felt terrible.

“Ouch! You damn summoned bastards!”

“They never die!”

Everyone was fighting hard, but there was no end.

No matter how many times they crashed the summoned beings, they continued returning to life.

Leon Hart and Ryu Han-bin’s eyes met.

‘It’s not going to work like this!’

‘We need to change the situation somehow…!’

Leon Hart made reckless attacks.

After a short break, he pulled all of his Pranas up at once.

“Wall of Althea!”

Leon Hart’s spiritual wall soared between Hollien’s spiritual wall.

He pushed both of his hands forward.

– Unique Spiritual Art: Bloody Rose!

The power of the barrier was so different that it wouldn’t collapse in a single blow. Hence, Leon Hart built layers like dominoes and pushed them all at once!

Boom!

The road opened for a moment with an explosion.

It was a straight path to Hollien far away.

Ryu Han-bin launched himself forward.

“Taaaaaaaa!”

He jumped along the opened pathway, shouting his warcry, and covered several meters per step, reaching Hollien almost instantaneously.

His Gigant delivered a fiery blow.

– Vertical Cut!

But it was swiftly blocked by another spiritual art.

– Spiritual Shield: Sorondi’s Iron Wall!

Boom!

Dark-brown shields scattered in quick succession, blocking his red energy.

While gritting his teeth, Han-bin withdrew his Gigant.

“Damn! Will it work?”

“No, it won’t.”

With mockery, Hollien thought for a moment.

The distance from the enemies was closer than she thought.

A common Spiritist would spread the distance upon that realization.

Trying to move in an accustomed way, she hesitated for a moment.

‘Shouldn’t I back off more?”

In that case, she fell too far from the incarnation of darkness, her main goal.

The distance had to be maintained so that she wouldn’t miss the opportunity to capture the incarnation.

Hollien grinned at the black-haired beauty in the distance.

“Aha? You didn’t run away because of your pride.”

The incarnation of darkness used her own life as bait and kept Hollien where they wanted her.

It was reasonable enough.

“I retract what I said earlier. You do act like a Goddess.”

Meanwhile, Ryu Han-bin, who fixed his stance, attacked again.

Covering his whole body with burning Aura, he activated a skill mixed with his red energy!

-Stab!

Whoooong!

It was blocked again.

“I’m sorry, if it were me 20 years ago, that would’ve been quite terrifying for me…”

Hollien shook her head and raised her finger.

“I love being young.”

An ectoplasmic whip lashed at Ryu Han-bin, causing him to back away as he bled.

He then wiped his mouth and grinned.

“No, that’s enough.”

“Huh?”

Hollien wondered.

The opponent’s expression was somehow strange.

His attacks had been blocked, and her retaliation wounded him. However, he looked so triumphant.

“I’ve bought enough time!”

She should’ve paid attention.

Why did the red-haired Mage, whom Hollien had ignored since he was unfamiliar and small compared to the others, not participate in the battle?

With a vengeful smile, Ryu Han-bin shouted.

“Now, Artis!”

* * *

He had hidden in the canyon throughout the battle.

While everyone fought for their lives, he tried his best to connect the seals’ scattered pieces.

It was impossible to prepare the seals in advance.

If they did, Hollien would have detected it right away.

Only the foundations were activated, and when she was distracted by the battle after entering the canyon, they used that chance to finalize it.

Finally, all the preparations were complete.

“Let this moment to eternity spark.”

Focusing every single drop of Mana he had into one point, Artis inserted the ‘Staff of the Fire Dragon’ into the earth.

“And let us reconnect with our fear of destruction! Dea X Apocalypse!”