Chapter 716: Chapter 716

C716

“Strawberry Cake, no, it's Strawberry Pie! Are you alright?”

Owal immediately checked Gilly's condition.

The reflux was severe, but not immediately life-threatening.

He quickly took out poison and medicine from his arms to stabilize Gilly's condition.

“Purifier… purification… Dox Oraboni…”

“Owal-nim, we can't let her die. My Jin would be devastated. For now, I have to kill him!”

“Yona, stop. He’s still someone who can be purified.”

“Can’t we just kill him?”

“Dox was the Black Knight that Jin personally sent on a mission here. Even if the corruption wasn’t accidental but the result of his own choices, he should face the consequences while still sober.”

“Ugh, this is so frustrating. What do you want to do, Strawberry Pie? Maybe it’s better to ignore Owal-nim’s orders and do what you think. Killing him is probably the best option since he tried to kill you.”

“No… Murakan-nim…”

With the last of her strength, Gilly weakly responded.

Her consciousness was fading, and combined with the title of Strawberry Pie, she confused Yona with Murakan.

Due to the pain and exhaustion, she longed for him terribly.

“Hehe, I’m Yona.”

As if indicating that there was nothing more she could do, Yona removed the death that had entered Dox's body.

Dox twisted and showed signs of recovery, but Owal intentionally poured poison into his body to prevent any physical transformation during the process.

“Bizen, send Gilly and the Black Knight to the Zipple fleet immediately. Gilly especially needs urgent treatment.”

“Understood.”

As soon as she heard those words, Gilly lost consciousness.

The sky behind the battlefield, where she had last looked, was filled with the approaching Zipple fleet.

The temporary alliances were finally arriving one by one.

Except for Kinzelo, only the arrival of the Zipple fleet quickly changed the atmosphere of the battlefield.

“Third and Fourth Fleets, prioritize securing the prisoners. Fifth Fleet, transport the gathered prisoners at the rendezvous point to the Cosmos fleet. The rest should focus on clearing the giant monsters but refrain from bombing areas with many prisoners. The annihilation cannons should only be used against monsters without prisoners.”

“Yes, young patriarch!”

“The Spectres of the First Squad and the contracted magician of the First Magic Tower, coordinate with the dragons to assist the leader of the Black King mercenaries and Yulian in rescuing the prisoners hanging from the monsters' heads.”

Under Beradin’s orders, the fleet began to disperse.

The giant trees had only focused on Hedo's attacks, but with the sudden addition of the fleet’s assaults, they became nervous.

The rescue operation was finally approaching the form that the temporary alliance had planned.

In the midst of the individual battles taking place across the battlefield, the winds of reversal began to blow.

Kaboom!

A gigantic bolt of lightning struck the battlefield like a spear.

The Secret Technique of the Sword Emperor of Hairan: Celestial Island.

It targeted the side where Alisa and Kuzan were fighting.

The ground trembled for a moment, and shockwaves spread.

Suddenly, Alisa and Kuzan found themselves facing Dante.

“Queen Alisa, Kuzan. Are you alright?”

“Your timely arrival couldn’t be more appropriate, Sir Dante. We were overwhelmed by their power.”

Dante Hairan, the true Imperial Sword, stood before them, radiating an aura that made the leaders of the Vermont Special Forces and other Demon Men, including Wratch, hesitate even to draw their swords.

They couldn’t even aim their swords correctly at Dante.

The Vermont Special Forces, who had become Demon Men, were undoubtedly formidable martial artists, but Dante was in a league of his own.

Numerical superiority meant nothing in the presence of the “Sword Emperor.”

Several dozen Demon Men who had charged at him were scattered and defeated in an instant.

“First, you turned a blind eye to the suffering of the Empire’s people. Second, you tried to execute the queen of Tikan. Third, you chose to become a lapdog of the Imperial Family and a worshiper of the Evil God, abandoning the Empire and humanity. The punishment for your sins is death, and I will personally carry out the execution…”

In the blink of an eye, Dante’s sword descended, and Bieu's head fell to the ground. The leaders of the Special Forces couldn’t even perceive the moment when Dante's sword moved.

At the same time, Celestial Island wreaked havoc, massacring the Demon Men units in all directions. Chris lost his limbs and writhed on the ground.

Wratch managed to dodge Rashid's sword strikes a few times, but that was all.

With a swift strike, Wratch dropped his greatsword to the ground.

I couldn’t see anything...

Is this even possible?

The Invisible Sword, the symbol of Hairan’s Sword Emperor, Ron.

“You’ll soon join your masters in hell. Wait for them there.”

Dante’s sword had already reached that realm.

Along with Celestial Island, the Invisible Sword unleashed a frenzy of slaughter upon the Demon Men.

No matter how strong their regenerative abilities were, they couldn’t survive against Dante.

Meanwhile, a mantle of pure white coldness covered the battlefield where Luton and the younger division were fighting.

Syris Endorma, the acting Hidden Palace Master, led the 7 Swords of the Hidden Palace, unleashing the power of Full Ice.

“Sir Luton Ferman.”

Syris extended her hand to Luton, who was kneeling with one knee, cornered by the enemy.

For a moment, Luton mistook her hand for Talaris's.

In the past, Luton and his Enforcement Knights often attacked Talaris and were repeatedly subdued, and each time, she would extend her hand to help them up, just as Syris was doing now.

“Phew, hoo… acting Hidden Palace Master.”

“After you joined Tikan, my mother often expressed bitter feelings. Even though you didn’t seek the Hidden Palace when you were being purged, she still said she should have investigated you first.”

-Well, you know me well. You shouldn’t resent me. Even if there had been a moment when you came to the Hidden Palace seeking help after surviving, I would have helped you.

-That’s right. We didn’t think you were involved in this matter. We didn’t come to you because we thought you had no connection to it. After our encounter, my team and I lived a life with no one by our side, and you were the closest to us, but objectively speaking, it wasn’t at a special level. To you, we were passing acquaintances, nothing more.

A conversation between Talaris and Luton after he ambushed Tikan and was subdued by Jin.

“…Is that so?”

“We are currently on a mission, so it’s only natural to support Sir Luton. But even if it were a personal crisis, our Hidden Palace would have helped. After all, Sir had a deep connection with my mother.”

Luton raised his head and looked at Syris.

The friendship that Talaris had formed with Luton’s group in her youth was evident in Syris’s face.

“So, when my mother’s treatment is over, please tell her directly to forget about this incident. It was quite annoying how she always brought up that topic whenever she had a drink.”

“Understood, acting Hidden Palace Master.”

With Syris’s appearance, the Black Sword Association knights could no longer continue their reckless attacks.

Although clearly inferior compared to Talaris at her peak, the transcendent cold energy alone was enough to suppress the Black Sword Association.

“Ryu, you should go there and help the Jin Knights… No, I guess it’s not necessary.”

Bellop, Misa, and Scott approached Luton’s side.

They had come to help Luton after defeating Kajin Romello and the Hass brothers.

In addition, they saw a one-armed knight behind the younger division, who had fallen to the rear.

The one-armed knight was Mon, a Black Knight.

While Misa’s group fought, they had requested support from Mon, who was rescuing prisoners nearby.

The four members of the Black Sword Association, who suddenly found themselves outnumbered, became cautious.

Just with Syris and the Seven Swords of the Hidden Palace present, the situation was already overwhelming, but with Mon’s arrival, there was no hope for them.

“Sir Mon should go support the Jin Knights and head towards the outer walls…”

As Syris spoke, Mon immediately departed with Luton and the younger division. With that, the Black Sword Association felt relieved, and Syris let out a mocking smile.

“Why? Without Sir Mon, how do you think you can even attempt to face the Seven Swords of the Hidden Palace? Miserable scum of the evil god.”

As she finished speaking, the chilling aura emanating from Full Ice began to intensify.

The Black Sword Association members were about to shout that someone like the acting Hidden Palace Master was a nobody, but they quickly shut their mouths in haste.

The chilling aura instantly blocked their words.

“Let me show you what it’s like to die frozen in a cold hell… from now on.”

As the chilling aura spread like a dense fog, it completely enveloped the area, silently piercing through the Black Sword Association with the intense cold of the Seven Swords of the Hidden Palace.

“Kek… Kekkek, Kek! Krih, I’m not dead…!”

Near the outer walls, the Tona brothers staggered as they stood up.

Myu and Anne were already lying down but were amazed to see the Tona brothers standing again, despite having already fallen ten times.

“Hoo, you’re still yourselves. Myu, Anne, even after being enhanced by Chaos, you still can’t finish us off. Isn’t it pathetic? If it weren’t for Chaos, you’d already be in our hands. It’s clear that we are superior to you.”

“I don’t know why we were so scared before, kek, kekkeuk!”

Myu and Ana gritted their teeth.

Their pride was already wounded by the unexpected resistance of the Tona brothers.

However, the Tona brothers had reached their limit.

The Tona brothers no longer had the strength to stop their next attack.

But Myu and Anne’s strike didn’t kill the Tona brothers.

“Flagbearers, we’ve arrived!”

“Bellop, Misa… It’s you.”

“Tenth and Eleventh Flagbearers, you’ve held on well.”

Just in time, the younger division and Mon joined the fight. It was thanks to them that the Tona brothers could keep fighting despite their grumblings.

[So it’s the one-armed bastard pretending to be a true Black Knight.]

[I prefer this to happen. Come on, everyone. We’ll send them all to the underworld. It’s about time we ran out of patience.]

On the other hand, Myu and Anne mocked Mon.

“The Tenth and Eleventh Flagbearers here are the true Runcandels who have held on until the end since the Evil God’s rebellion. But you, who were once the Eighth and Ninth Flagbearers, were the first to betray Runcandel.”

Mon pointed his sword at Myu and Anne.

Myu and Anne felt an unexpected pressure.

Just the helmet of the Black Knight was a weight they couldn’t bear.

“The rank of the Black Knights is evaluated higher than that of the clan's Flagbearers. Do you know why?”

[You’re boasting about some old outdated law. The world has changed, and Runcandel no longer gives special treatment to the Black Knights.]

“It’s not just for the merits. It’s to give them the authority to guide and, if necessary, eliminate Flagbearers like you who fail the family. Therefore, from now on, I will kill both of you.”

As the conversation continued, Mon’s eyes began to emit a glow from the black helmet.

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