My Alter Ego’s Path to Greatness Chapter 63

#63

Attack on the Great Temple (2)

The Great Temple of Roselia was thrown into chaos due to the invasion of a foreign enemy that had never been allowed before.

But even then, the response took place in an instant.

This was the sacred place of the religious order where recognized elites from all over gathered.

All borders have been strengthened, both on the outskirts and inside.

Fully armed crusaders and battle priests lined up around the great temple, and the assembled paladins moved in unison.

And secret orders were given to the powerful, including the leader of the Holy Knights.

Immediately gather in front of Bongin.

That was why.

A true scene unfolded before Heinrich’s eyes, where people he had not often seen before gathered together.

‘Even though so many were dispatched, there are still so many left.’

Among those currently remaining in the Great Hall, they are the highest ranked.

Those who had already retired also gathered fully armed and the number of people exceeded a hundred.

At that time, a saint came running into the aisle with a group of people from one side.

I arrived in such a hurry that my hair was messy and my clothes were disheveled.

“Let’s move right away! “Everyone, follow me!”

The people who were waiting hurriedly headed inside, following the saintess who ran straight into the passage without stopping for a moment.

‘There’s no need to guard this passage anymore, right? I told everyone to follow me…’

Heinrich, who was watching, also quietly joined their group.

“What happened? Have the Daesinjeon’s defenses been breached? “Right to the seal?”

The saint asked the person running next to her.

The female Heretic Questioner, who appeared to be a high-ranking figure, calmly answered her questions as she ran without making a single sound.

“There were no signs or traces of any intrusion from outside. “It didn’t enter the seal in the normal way.”

“What does that mean? Are you saying that the seal was transported directly inside the space?”

“That’s all I can say at the moment, but no traces of space movement have been found in the defense barrier of the Great Hall. “It was as if it had suddenly sprung up in its place.”

“It doesn’t make sense… How many sacred barriers surround this place…! “It’s impossible to ignore that and immediately break into the distorted space!”

However, something that was thought to be absolutely impossible actually happened.

The saintess, who had rushed over after hearing the news that an intruder had occurred in Bonginji, couldn’t help but be even more embarrassed when she found out the details of the situation.

“I’d like to know, but… an intruder is unlikely…”

“…Yes, there was a final message from the director who headed inside first.”

〈Encounter with Hans, the descendant of the Immortal King. Entered into combat to buy time. Be as prepared as possible before entering.〉

“Contact has been lost since then. “I don’t know if he’s alive or dead.”

“Hans…!”

Sparks flew into the saintess’s eyes along with the sound of teeth grinding.

“Saint, calm down first. “It won’t work if you get excited now.”

“ah! Yes. Huu~ hu~.”

She took a deep breath and calmed herself, listening to the soft voice of Cardinal Cordelia, who was traveling with her.

The leaders were in a serious mood, but Heinrich was thinking about something else as he watched them.

‘Everyone is running without losing their breath.’

The saint, who could be said to be still young, and Cardinal Cordelia, a woman in her late 50s, were chatting calmly while running.

This is probably because the enormous divine power flowing through the body assists the physical body.

“Hehehehe anyway, I can’t raise my head to the Lord. “In this sacred place, you are allowing heretics to invade the deepest part of the main temple… heh heh…”

A man in his mid-60s lets out a weak laugh as if he is empty.

It was Cardinal Pion, whose voice gave instructions with divine power in the early stages of the incident.

“How on earth was it possible to travel from the western end of the continent to the inside of the main temple of the Holy Land? Or perhaps…”

Even after finding the descendants of the Immortal King, High Elf Lapori’s search continued until today.

To find out immediately if he moves.

The last confirmed location this evening was the monster forest in the west, but it suddenly appeared in the center of the continent.

And at a very odd timing.

“In the record of the engagement with this generation’s immortal king, Hans, there was a record of him ignoring Archbishop Latius’ space blocking barrier and escaping.”

The Heretic Questioner, who was moving along as if he were there or not, quietly added again.

“…It was like that. I’m not sure now if they were really in the Monster Forest, but it’s true that they ignored the barrier of the Great Temple and invaded. However, he is not yet a completely immortal king, so he has this level of ability…”

“I wonder what will happen if this fragment is taken away… A true disaster on the continent will be born.”

Those who were leading the conversation, as well as those who quietly followed them and listened to the story, once again realized the seriousness of the situation.

“…Let’s hurry a little more.”

As the saintess’s halo grew stronger, the divine power that erupted took hold of the bodies of those around her, and they ran even faster through the inside of the seal.

***

Flutter—

The last remaining Inquisitor fell to the floor.

[…I expected it, but it turned out to be a much trickier opponent than I thought.]

Hans looked around.

There were a huge number of undead remains scattered around the black priest’s uniforms that had fallen all over the place.

‘Efficiency is greatly reduced in this space, but there is nothing we can do to gain time.’

Even though he was given plenty of black magic, his combat power was reduced to less than half of his usual strength.

We had no choice but to make up for the shortfall with quantity.

Hans couldn’t help but feel anxious in many ways during the battle that took place while unsealing the fragments in an unfavorable space.

Even undead could not stop the Heretic Questioner, who approached in an instant like an assassin and attacked directly.

[But now the seal has almost been lifted. I hope we can finish the job before additional support arrives.]

[Master…]

At that time, Death Wizard Malcolm, who had disappeared from the waist down, crawled from the floor with his only remaining hand.

Like a scene from a horror movie.

[Ohh? [He was somehow still alive.]

Even though he was already dead… I was fortunate that he wasn’t damaged to the point where he couldn’t be revived.

It wasn’t a situation to save on this or that, so I brought in Malcolm, but the guy who had grown up so far was a pretty useful subordinate.

‘I think that’s enough for restoration.’

Isn’t that another advantage of the undead?

[Good work. I’ll fix it later, so go in and rest now.]

[Yes…]

Malcolm immediately disappeared into the shadow below Hans.

[Collect the rest of those who can be restored. Because right now is not the time to worry about it.]

Clatter-clack!

[Quwook—]

The surrounding undead diligently searched through the rubble and carried it into Hans’ shadow.

The only things left unattended are completely destroyed corpses with no possibility of recovery.

Hans’ gaze turned again to the Heretic Questioners caught in the gap.

‘I didn’t kill him, but I used his hands to the point where he couldn’t move for the time being. Thanks to the barrier of the Great Hall, it was rather easy to defeat.’

Thanks to the sacred barrier that protected the believers inside, they were overly strong and did not die instantly from any attack.

Also, seeing that the barrier was holding the breath of those who were in such a state of death, he was able to project his power to his heart’s content and take them down.

‘If I had tried to suppress it by force, it would have been unnatural. There wasn’t much room for that. In this respect, I’m fortunate.’

Well, you might think it’s strange that they didn’t kill him.

However, if we paid attention to each of these things, the ‘home theater’ operation could not even begin.

Passyek—

At that time, the only remaining pillar of the altar cracked, and the silver chain that was connected to it crumbled.

Just like that, the final seal was lifted.

[…done. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

”

Hans grabbed it, savoring its energy to the fullest.

Ignoring the negative emotions that naturally invaded his mind, he carefully guided them into the channel connected to him.

The last fragment that clings to the source extracted as “immortality” as if it were one.

However, even though it entered Hans’ pseudo-subspace, it continued to emit uncontrolled black magic.

[…I did it just in case, but I guess I’ll need some time to sort it out.]

Since they had the same roots, they quickly got mixed up, but the fragments they had absorbed so far and the power they held were similar, so they were struggling to take control.

Hans poured all his mental resources except Heinrich into slowly making the heart his own.

Even if I cancel the summoning now, I’m not sure if I can completely hide such a violent flow of energy.

Just like that, a short period of time passes.

When I was feeling uplifted by the exploding dark magic and rapidly increasing power…

[Hmm… I guess it’ll just take a little longer.]

Unfortunately, the time limit was approaching.

Kwaang—!

A thick beam of light flew out from outside the shattered door and shook Hans’ defense shield.

A group of dozens of people rushing at the same time at great speed.

The church’s elites have arrived.

***

“Is it… late…!”

Those who rushed over gritted their teeth when they saw that the seal on the altar had been broken.

“It’s not too late! Let’s save the survivors first!”

The saint shouted instructions as if to awaken their spirits.

At the same time, the Heresy Questioners who had been following like shadows jumped out and escaped to the rear, taking those who had fallen to the ground.

Soon, the priests clung to the wounded and poured out divine power, and the Holy Knights lined up on the front lines to confront the Immortal King Hans and the undead under his command.

“Concentrate! “Now is your last chance as the energy of the fragment has not yet been fully resolved!”

Cardinal Pion shouted again in a loud voice and led the combat priests in reciting a prayer in unison.

Hwaaak—

a beautiful cluster of light that dwells in the bodies of the Holy Knights.

In addition to all kinds of strengthening effects, a channel was opened to convey each other’s intentions using only divine power to ensure a smooth joint attack.

The man at the forefront of the paladins stepped forward, adjusting his shield and battle hammer.

[“I will fight at the forefront, so you please focus on assisting me.”]

[“I understand, Sir Jonien.”]

He was the only paladin left in the great temple, so there was no one here who was more talented than the one who would fight at the forefront. .

[Khaha! You servants of the church. It’s already late! The heart of the Immortal King is mine!]

“Do not be deceived! attack!”

The battle priests’ holy magic flew at Hans, and the paladins, led by Paladin Jonien, rushed in.

Of course, Heinrich was also caught in the gap.

‘Oh, taking time doesn’t work either.’

As the fragments were absorbed to a certain extent, the output of black magic increased significantly, but it was still a burden to engage in battle right away.

However, the church seemed to have noticed this and had no intention of giving more time.

“Haaaab!”

Heinrich’s sword was imbued with divine power, creating a sword of brilliant light.

Without a moment of hesitation, he swung his sword and cut down the undead that blocked his path.

I can’t help but regret it, but now I really have to immerse myself in my role.

[Kieeeek—!]

Clatter, clatter—

The undead continued to crawl out around Hans and block the Paladins’ path, but…

“Come on—!”

[“These guys are nothing special! Concentrate on clearing the path!”]

“Lord! “Please burn the evil things with your glorious light!”

Even though it was strengthened by pouring in powerful black magic, it could not endure for long and melted away due to the holy law support from the Holy Knights covered in holy power and the battle priests pouring in from the rear.

‘How have you collected all this time?!’

Hans was inwardly angry and wiped out the undead until the very end.

Right now, I needed to have enough supplies to survive.

Kwaaaang—! bang!

The ray of light originating from the saint again and the hammer of light summoned by Cardinal Pion exploded, creating a crack in Hans’ shield.

[These troublesome things!]

The black mist rising from Hans’ staff condensed and turned into a huge devil’s hand and shot at them…

“Lord—protect your children!”

Quad deuk!

It was blocked and disappeared by the blue shield created by Cardinal Cordelia.

This was a situation that had been repeated several times since before.

‘You hit Dagul so shamefully!’

Cardinal Cordelia, who is devoted to defense and the treatment of the wounded.

Cardinal Pion, who focuses on supporting the Paladins and keeping Hans in check.

And even Saint Riesta, who attacks only Hans with all her might.

From his point of view, where he had to pay attention to the other people who were rushing in, he was about to burst into heat.

‘If I hadn’t gotten the last fragment, I would have already run away by now.’

But the reason he was able to endure it was because he was continuing to get stronger at this very moment.

The work to secure the initiative was also nearing its end.

“Haaaab—! “Die, Immortal King!”

Paladin Jonien, who had already overcome the undead, came swinging a large hammer.

Hans naturally stretched out his hand and fired a shockwave, knocking him back.

But at that moment.

Two paladins suddenly jumped out of the air and pounced on him, taking advantage of the brief moment in which the paladin was thrown away.

It was a covert operation conducted according to the sacred laws of stealth.

All kinds of attack techniques that came at the same time at the same time temporarily created a hole in his defense shield, and the two-handed swords and spears of the two paladins rushed towards Hans’ heart from left and right.

A situation that catches you off guard.

[Huh…]

Hans naturally lowered his posture and held the skull staff engulfed in black magic in his right hand.

Kagak—

I took a step back and changed the trajectory of the spear tip coming from the left with the staff I held.

Kaang!

At the same time, he swung his staff once and struck the blade of a two-handed sword coming from the right.

The battle continued in an instant.

After that split second, the black flame in Hans’ left hand was already aiming at them.

Kwaaaang—!

“Ugh!”

“Ugh—!”

[“Hurry this way!”]

The Paladins who had fallen far away due to the black magic activated right in front of them were immediately transported to the rear and received emergency treatment.

It was an effortful conversion strategy, but it was in vain.

[Hehehe! It is a hundred years too early to dare to fool this body!]

Hans bursts out in confident laughter.

No strategy will work for him.

Because the whole situation was already in his hands.

[“Wow, that guy’s reaction is faster than you think!”]

[“Have you learned martial arts? “The Paladins were one beat late in responding to the unexpected movement.”]

This situation as well.

Through real-time monitoring through Heinrich, we were able to identify and respond to all of the church’s operations in advance.

‘ah!’

And thanks to that….

‘It’s over.’