Honestly, I forgot about the Overdrive technique until recently I re-read some old chapters. How'd I forgotten such an important power-up in this novel? Thank you for reading :)
“Please promise me not to harm Falfa while in the middle of battle.”“Suggesting a one-on-one fight. That’s would be unfair considering that you get boost magic from her.”Skeleton knight said.“I understand… Then, Falfa deactivates the magic. I’ll fight him with my own strength.”“No! I’ll fight with you.”“This is the battle between me and him… Believe there is no way I would let myself be defeated. After going this far and doing lots of things to fix this crumbling kingdom. There is no way I would be defeated.”I said smiling at Falfa.She give me back her smile and followed what I instructed. Deactivating the enhancement magic and stepping back from the battlefield.I fought the loss of battle… Humans, knights, monsters, demons, and extraterrestrials. I should be confident in my own strength. I defeated the demon king before and I’ll defeat another one. Liberating this kingdom once and for all.Held my sword and took a deep breath.“A knight won’t break promises… As promised, I’ll
After the successful recruitment to the cursed warrior, Hazan. The three decided to take some rest first in the water temple before going back to Nell town. Little that they know something had already happened in Nell town just one hour after Retto and Falfa had left.While the knight was enjoying their feast.A knight in white armor has appeared falling from the sky. She stand on the impact crater which she created and turned her head around. Unsatisfied after not being able to find what she is looking for she asked:“Where are Falfa and Retto?”The knights gaze at each other in confusion. No one can blame them because from the very start Retto and Falfa had introduced themselves as Brenn and Kanna. Their reaction is believable for the information they know. But it was different from Artemisia. She does her research and traces Retto’s location little by little until he reaches this place. She even tortured some people to give her some information.For her pleasing her creator was eve
The beam of light slash cuts down the extraterrestrial and the mountains. Theoretically, there is no way someone could survive a direct hit by the formation attack the knights made. Artemisia was in another story. Before she was hit, she activated her relic overdrive form and cut down the beam of light. The sword relic ability transformed into an all-cutting blade. A sword that can cut through anything the user wants. Air or space is no exception.The knights weren’t naive to assume that their enemy was defeated unless they saw the dead boy of their target. One of the important things Retto teaches them. Uncertainty happened on the battlefield all the time. A knight must stay vigilant.Still, it was still a shock that their attack didn’t kill Artemisia. Nagu himself is surprised and gazes at Artemisia with respect.Nagu was the strongest among the knights. His dragon blood and the blood of the noble knight ran in his veins. Gift him the strength and dexterity of a dragon and the huge
Before the raid began, a brief meeting was held for planning was made. With the help of a new comrade, the knight's strength increased. Beast men are half hybrids of humans and animals. Their body is naturally strong and sturdy. They would be great vanguards. The other force to fear was the cursed skeleton knight. Being immortal on the battlefield is already an advantage. A Skeleton knight does have immunity over almost everything except physical attacks. His weakness is only for him to know. His being secretive to Retto might be a sign of distrust, but that though doesn’t pass on to Retto’s mind. The Skeleton knight has pure devotion to his goddess. There is no way he's going to defy his goddess's wish.Skeleton knight and Retto have mutual faith in each other.“First of all, I’m apologizing for lying about my true name and for not being there with everyone during the time of tragedy.”Retto bowed his head to all the knights.Retto feels guilty and ready to accept all the blame every
A Red lesser demon rushed himself into the demon king's corridor with great fear on his face. He goes directly to the demon king's room, opening the door with a slamming noise. “My lord! The army of knights is here!!” The demon king is currently completely naked, having a pleasant time with a different woman. An angry face turned to the lesser demon. His ears suddenly severely dripped away and blood dripped out onto the floor. “Disturbing me in my time… Just who do you think you are?!” The demon king yelled. The red demon resisted the pain and knelt. “I deeply apologize… But then this is urgent. The knights who had been defeating the supreme demons are on their way to the castle.” “Use your common sense… Deploy the demon army and feast with their bodies.” The lesser Red demon trembles. “What? Why are you sweating oddly… Your ugly face has gotten uglier. Just what is happening here?” “The army of knights has already defeated the demon army deployed and has made their way to th
“So much mess… I don’t even know what battle I should be watching.” The witch of the cosmos made a sigh of resignation. She reached out her hand to the teapot, refilling her teacup with freshly brewed tea. After sniffing the sweet aroma, she took a little sip and placed her cup back on the table. “I had foreseen Glenn’s revival, but never seen that he was going to take part in this battle… I did say revival. His clone does possess his memories before falling down the first dungeon of Zero. The Glenn in battle is no different from the actual real Glenn. Just like the real Glenn before. He does think about killing himself so that he’ll be reunited with the one he loves the most, Vell. But what if Vell was still alive… Oh? That could be a major spoiler… Sorry for speaking too much. For someone who knows everything in this universe… I slipped my tongue and said unnecessary things… Hey, are you weird outside? Yup, I’m talking to you observers of this world… Or should I say, reader…” The
“Everything is going smoothly on our side… Continuing, we could defeat the demon king with almost zero loss.” A knight said beside Koroko. She had her eyes down on the defeated demon king commander her thoughts going deeper. Thinking that everything was going so easy. So easy that the knight wasn’t afraid of loss as if the victor was set in stone from the very start. The knights of order do get a helping hand with other races like the dragon and beast tribe. But at least, this fight should not look like this. Her headache from overthinking. She goes and rub her forehead and turned to Retto. “Commander this is too easy.” “I agree, that’s why we're not lowering our guards down until this battle is over,” Retto muttered and turned an order to the knights. “Listen!! Don’t think that we all have the victory. We’re going to fight until this place turned into a rumble!” His voice reached every knight. They understand that they still need to be cautious in their current circumstance. None
“What is a world are you?” Nagu asked forcefully and followed with coughing of blood… Currently, his body is completely drenched in blood. On his body was a huge stalactite penetrating his body down to the ground similar to a nail. Right before he chanted his magic, he was sure that it would kill Artemisia. However, that was not the outcome. Something unexpected does happen. Nagu didn’t even see what she did. Artemisia is not an extraterrestrial that is for sure. Nagu’s head was filled with questions about how Artemisia survived the sea of flames without taking any significant damage. “...” Artemisia stays silent on the question. She stomps her foot on the head of the stalactite, further pushing the pointy rock. Blood flows out and pain courses through Nagu’s body. Nagu was unable to counter back for the reason that he does not have enough energy and magic in his body. He mostly drained his magic and energy after earlier. Instead of despairing that everything turned hopeless for h
“What is the status of the matter with the evil mage?” When I returned to the office, the boss was wearing another sour expression. “As expected… I brought down the evil mage with my own hands! Right about now, that woman ought to be dying of embarrassment in front of the whole city!” My plan is flawless. The evil girl in question is now dying with her stomach twisted after drinking my poisoned coffee. My acting is very good and I’m never suspicious. She’s now unable to go out because of her stomach being unwell. The poison I gave her will result in laxative diarrhea. She probably poops on her skirt earlier. Feeling so much shame that she would rather crawl in a hole and die. I’m truly a genius. I told my plan to the boss. And here’s what my boss had to say after silently lending his ear. “So I suppose you saw her dead in embarrassment with your own eyes?” “Of course not.” Seeing someone dying is something I don’t want to see. “...” At this point, my boss let out a huge si
“What is the status of the matter with the evil mage?” When I returned to the office, the boss was wearing another sour expression. “As expected… I brought down the evil mage with my own hands! Right about now, that woman ought to be dying of embarrassment in front of the whole city!” My plan is flawless. The evil girl in question is now dying with her stomach twisted after drinking my poisoned coffee. My acting is very good and I’m never suspicious. She’s now unable to go out because of her stomach being unwell. The poison I gave her will result in laxative diarrhea. She probably poops on her skirt earlier. Feeling so much shame that she would rather crawl in a hole and die. I’m truly a genius. I told my plan to the boss. And here’s what my boss had to say after silently lending his ear. “So I suppose you saw her dead in embarrassment with your own eyes?” “Of course not.” Seeing someone dying is something I don’t want to see. “...” At this point, my boss let out a huge si
A tough cookie like myself always begins his day with a nice cup of coffee. For us who dwelled in the shadows, making our living as spies, there was nothing better than taking up a cup of strong coffee to prevent our heads from feeling sleepy. Pumping ourselves full of coffee and drugs was the way of the world-weary. I mixed a drop of the medicine into my coffee and drank it down. This is my daily routine. I’d never been sure of what was in those drugs. I took them from a mail-order catalog. But they were super expensive, so I was convinced they were beneficial to my health. I took the cup and sipped it. “Bleh! So bitter…” This strong flavor was actually what banished sleepiness. Probably. That wasn’t written anywhere in the books, though. Coffee was bitter and gross and seriously tasted like mud, which triggered my gag reflex and made drowsiness my second priority. It didn’t taste anything like how they describe it in the spy novels. They wrote that black coffee was delicious or
Eden city, City hall. Dia clutched her temples trying to relieve some stress. “What is going on?” She whispered and stood up from her seat to get some tea. (I was gone for quite a while and problems pile up. Is that murderous Latina still doing her job? I take that back, she’s doing her job. She hated me more than anyone in this world. But she’s a big help, that’s for sure. I could not imagine myself doing this intense work without her.) Dia spawled back in her seat. She blow the hot steam first and sniff the relaxing aroma for a moment before she made her first little sip. She then shifted her sight to the paper laying on the desk. Most of them are report letters for spies Dia deployed to investigate other kingdoms' actions. The land that pull her interest the most was the neighboring country Ruki kingdom and The remote Islands of Youko. Youko wasn’t part of the world organization and they always push any offer from other countries as if saying that they could survive on their
Dashing at the dunes of the great desert back to Foire territory. I’m not planning on going to Fiore to ask for help from the knights. I’m merely going to use the route from Fiore to Yuno kingdom. Knights of order aid will be great, but I decided not to bother them. The last time I visited, I find out that they were having a long battle between the kingdom knights. The demon king might be gone, but the war continues. It will be inconsiderate of me if I ask them for a selfish favor. I have no exact plan on how I’m going to save Falfa. This might seem like jumping on a cliff, but I can’t help myself to jump. I have to save Falfa no matter what. This desperation is driving me to my limit. I’m still full of hatred for the recent events. Why Belle would do something like this? Belle is not the type of girl who will order such a cruel task. I believe in her. If ever I got a chance to get inside the Yuno Kingdom. I’ll make sure to have a conversation with her. Overthinking about it won’t br
“Princess Alina… Your tea is ready.” Miko placed the cup of tea accompanied by several variations of sweets. As for the girl in question--Alina-- was busy glazing into the unknown. For what reason she’s looking high up in the clear blue sky? For sure Alina won’t be adoring the blue sky. She is not the type of person who likes beautiful things after all. The craziest part was that Alina was standing in the same spot in front of the giant window for one week. She’s not sleeping or eating anything. Her eyes were simply fixed on something. Miku deep in her heart was worried and would like to ask what is going on. But if she does, that might be the end of her. In other words, death. Miku simply support her in whatever Alina wanted. There’s still the tea she serves earlier and Alina’s favorite strawberry shortcake. Miku can’t do anything but have a deep breath and placed the untouched food back into her pushcart. “Good night milady.” Miku greeted her and bowed her head before leaving Al
“I’m dead!” I sat up as I woke up. Immediately I have my hand on my chest and check my wound. There are no wounds in my chest. My body is perfectly fine. I was skeptical myself and look around. The place where I found myself wasn’t someplace I know. There's no floor but I’m sitting. No walls or anything. The closest description I could ever think of was that this place looks like the starry night sky I usually gaze into. From some angles, this place looks majestic. I didn’t notice immediately, but there was a girl sitting on a throne in front of me. The face same as Elaina's. This girl was the Cosmo witch. “You really mess up there.” She said. “You here to help me again. Thank you so much…” “Help you?” The witch gives me a cold gaze. My limbs were torn apart and my head was skewered by a golden sword. “... Don’t get ahead of yourself. I’m not helping you or anything. Well, in some aspect we can say that I was helping you. I mean, you are dead right now and I’m the only one wh
A 50-meter-tall dragon appeared out of nowhere. Monsters aren’t supposed to get through the barrier of Liana. The barrier of Liana is been protecting the whole continent for hundreds of years. While I was dashing in full throttle something from the past resurfaced in my mind. In the past, the time Falfa and I were still new on this continent. There was a case about the havoc of the horned bear. The main culprit for that was the wyvern that took their shelter away from the bears. I took care of them and finds out that a part of the barrier melted. The hole wasn’t clear to the naked eye and only I who had a gleaming yes could see it. Wyvern noticing the hole is simply dumb luck. However, there must be someone who can see the barrier just like me and… Is this event caused by my ignorance? I want to live life os selfishly thinking of my happiness with Falfa. I don’t want to live like a hero who will selflessly dive into danger ever again. I don’t want that feeling anymore. But why am
“Hngf!”The breath burst from his throat when her back struck the ground. Retto yanked aside the cloth that clung to his face and struggled in the darkness for a few moments before recognizing that she was in his bedroom.He fell out of bed in his sleep.Retto collected his blankets and climb back into the bed.It was late June now, and although the sunlight was getting warmer, the predawn morning was still freezing. It was mostly because the town they live in was located on a plateau. The lush green forest nearby also gives off a heavy breeze making every morning cold.Retto doesn’t particularly sleep too much. But this time he goes back to bed to get some sleep. But after moments of staying in bed eyes closed. His unable to sleep and give up. He sat up and turned his head to his side where his wife was supposed to be sleeping.“She’s already up…”His someone trying his best to be a good husband and future father of their first child. Retto can’t afford the time to laze around like b