Summoning the Holy Sword

What in the world is this?

Rhode widened his eyes curiously at the twin daggers in his hands lost their original form and transformed into energy blades. Furthermore, the blades were no longer pure black as they spun in a dusky hue continuously. The strange blades extended to Rhode’s wrist. Perhaps Rhode would have thought that the blades had blended with his arms if he couldn’t feel the hilts.

Rhode was so flabbergasted that he could no longer read any data relating to the daggers after they had transformed!

However, this wasn’t the time to care about something unimportant this.

“Heyah!” Anne pounced on the ant-like undead creatures that crawled out of the abyssal hole, brandishing her steel shield in her right hand.

The large, pitch-black shield whizzed under the glittering wind elemental radiance and swept the undead creatures away. In an instant, all the limbs scattered throughout the place. However, the undead creatures continued to advance without the slightest scruple even after Anne’s attack slowed their movements.

It was finally Celia’s and Celestina’s turn to strike.

The Battle Angel brandished her silver-whitish sword while fluttering her wings under Anne’s protection. She streaked through the air and along with her movements, a long line burning holy flames rendered the ground as though a fire serpent was slithering under Celia’s guidance. The pitiful undead creatures were devoured by the scorching flames entirely.

Celestina stood behind both of them, feeling indignant. She gritted her teeth while gazing at Rhode with a dull expression. After a few moments, she stomped her foot and lifted her thorny whip. Then, the whip in her hand formed a circle that enveloped herself. The demonic young lady’s left hand stroked several strange characters while she chanted softly. She opened her eyes as soon as she completed the final stroke with a downward swipe.

An idea popped up in Rhode’s mind as he witnessed the Undead Keeper’s unstable movements. He gripped his twin daggers and laid them across one another in a cross-shape. Then, a faint dark hole emerged at the intersection of the daggers and at the same time, these two dagger blades became much more transparent as though the duration of their hidden technique was ending.

Rhode raised his daggers high while gazing at the Undead Keeper. At this moment, the Undead Keeper lifted its head and snapped its mouth wide open. It let out an ear-deafening roar before blasting two ice breaths from its mouths, enveloping Rhode instantly.

“Ai yai yai…” Gillian shrieked softly while Anne and Metzel exclaimed in concern.

“Leader!?”

“Mr. Rhode!!”

The raging cold breaths disappeared gradually.

Rhode continued to hover in midair, but the twin daggers had returned to their original forms without any magical radiance or strange flowery-patterns as though they were just ordinary weapons.

Rhode lowered his head and scanned the Undead Keeper before him. It was maintaining its stance from blasting the ice breaths. However, there was a cross-shaped gash that had punctured its body through its chest. Of course, such an attack wouldn’t be lethal to the undead creatures.

The Undead Keeper extended its final arm towards Rhode gradually while Rhode analyzed its wound quietly.

There was a dark, circular hole about the size of half a palm moving continuously in the center of the wound.

“—!” It took place in just the blink of an eye.

The Undead Keeper’s body twisted and shrunk in size abruptly as though a shapeless, gigantic hand was kneading a dough. Furthermore, its limbs and body were flattened before finally swirling and disappearing into the dark, circular hole. After a few moments, the Undead Keeper was nowhere in their sight.

“W-What was that…?” Metzel and Shirley gawked in disbelief. They thought that they had seen the world after being mercenaries for such a long time, but this scene had as though turned them into country bumpkins.

Compared to the two of them, Celia and Celestina had complex expressions. Celia heaved a sigh of relief while Celestina gnashed her teeth and gazed at the twin daggers on Rhode’s hands with an ashen expression, as though they were the murderers of her father.

“That’s cheating,” Celestina mumbled fiercely before turning around in resentment while Gillian approached her with her usual, unreadable, and elegant smile. As for Anne, she was just glad to see that Rhode had defeated the Undead Keeper.

“Aiya? What’s wrong with cheating? This shows that they love their Master a lot, so isn’t that a good thing?” Gillian said casually.

“What’s so good with that rude, vulgar, and perverted human.” Celestina glared at Gillian before covering her chest with her arms. It was still hurting and if it weren’t her master, she would’ve killed him without any hesitation.

The omnipresent undead creatures began to retreat. They didn’t disappear on the spot just like in the game; instead, they cowered in fear and shuddered as they fell back.

And what is this all about?

Rhode landed on the surface and sensed an odd occurrence. He gripped his daggers while scanning the surroundings with puckered brows. At this moment, a strange silence filled the entire city ruins instantly. Then, the ground began to tremble while a bone-chilling aura spread.

This is illogical and something is definitely amiss.

According to the game, there shouldn’t be any abnormalities after defeating the Undead Keeper. But now, these entire ruins seemed strange and Rhode had never experienced such an odd atmosphere in the game before. Rhode gestured and Anne strode forward with her shield, followed by Celia and Gillian. Celestina hesitated for a while but finally complied unwillingly and without sweeping him a glance. Although Delno refused to battle alongside a demon, this unexpected;y dangerous situation left him without a choice. Metzel and Shirley gathered towards Rhode’s group under Delno’s lead.

The earthquake stopped.

But only for an instant.

Boom! Several sharp, white bone splinters as huge as stelae rose from the surface abruptly. Everyone dodged and barely avoided the attack. However, they quickly realized that these lofty, sleek splinters weren’t ambushing them. Instead, they formed into a solid bone wall that shrouded everyone.

Did we fall into a trap?

At this moment, a sinister and disturbing laughter sounded.

“Heh heh heh… So you are the ones who defeated my creation… Who would’ve known…” A figure clad in a black robe appeared before their eyes as it hovered behind the bone wall while gazing with a pair of flickering, ominous red eyes.

“Angels and Demon. What an interesting combination. But I’m surprised that there are so few of you… And I don’t know how you people managed to defeat my lovely Undead Keeper. But before that, allow me to welcome you to my city. Please relax and enjoy your time here… Heh Heh Heh…” the figure that was hidden under the robe burst out in a creepy and giggly laughter. Everyone except Anne frowned as she covered her ears with her palms to block off the unbearable laughter that was worse than nails scratching on a blackboard.

“I-It’s that Necromancer!” Shirley recognized its presence and pointed hurriedly.

However, Rhode puckered his brows and shook his head as he gazed at the floating dark figure. “That’s not a Necromancer.”

“Eh?” Metzel and Shirley were baffled.

Rhode’s next sentence sent them into the deepest abyss. “It’s a Lich.”