Published at 4th of December 2020 09:59:16 AM
Great warrior Garammaru .
He was originally a powerful spirit warrior, but completely changed after accepting Overlord Belial’s power through Haraken .
He extinguished the spirits that were no different from his kin with his own hands, and accepted the ancient evil spirits, thus becoming a powerful being who knew many ancient secret arts .
‘He was quite unusual even in the game . ’
It was the great warriors, and not the chieftains of each tribe, who led the barbarians in the destruction of the northern part of the Sälen Kingdom .
Therefore, they reigned as rulers of the north, and were not meant to be encountered in the early stages of the northern barbarian event .
Fighting them would only lead to death .
‘Because the level difference was so great . ’
The playable characters’ levels were bound to be low since the northern barbarian event itself was an event that took place in the early stages of the game .
Though Cordelia had relatively enough time to level up then, she still had a low level because the time-skip – ‘A few months have passed since then,’ suddenly appeared in her route . On the other hand, Jude had begun his route right before the northern barbarian event started, so his level was obviously low too .
‘20-30 levels at most . ’
And the levels of the warriors were around 65 .
There was such a disparity that no one would think of trying it given the odds of winning .
One way or another, levels were like bullies in RPGs .
‘Level 65 . ’
The great warriors were confident of their own strength .
Haraken was also confident in them .
This was natural since they were stronger than Black Knight Billvine, the strongest mid-ranking demonic human in the Devil’s Eye .
‘Great Warrior Garammaru . ’
In the game, he was someone to be avoided .
A man who was like a reaper of death when one faced him .
But now…
“Sorry, we’ve become too strong . ”
Cordelia spoke as her canines glistened, and Jude spoke as he wrote down Cordelia’s words in a notebook .
“We’ve become too strong…memo . ”
“What, why are you writing it down? What’s that? Eh?”
“This, this is just for blackmail- no, for negotiation later . ”
“Blackmail?!”
Cordelia’s eyesight sharpened as she read the text on the cover of his notebook .
‘Cordelia’s collection of shameful lines . ’
“Hey!”
“Ah! The flames are rising!”
As Jude quickly closed his notebook and shouted, Cordelia looked at the front while gritting her teeth . Just as Jude said, the great warrior Garammaru had flames rising from his body .
“You b*stard and b*tch!”
A huge flame rose from Garammaru’s whole body .
Having acquired the power of the ancient evil spirit, Flame Master Killoman, he was able to create a strong flame even in the wild lands where coldness dominated, and it was also possible for him to quickly turn the surrounding area into a land of scorching heat .
He then glared at Jude and Cordelia .
Once again, he tried to burn everything with the flames of hell .
“Uoooooh!”
He roared . And Cordelia chanted the spell .
And what happened afterwards…
“You b*stards!”
Splash!
A tremendous amount of water poured down just above Garammaru’s head .
But his flames were clearly the flames of hell .
Although the intensity weakened a little, the flames were not extinguished .
Garammaru shouted again .
“I’ll thoroughly-!”
Splash!
Once again .
Because Double Casting and Spell’s Echo were not mere decorations .
“Burn you-!”
Splash!
“I’ll make you-”
Splash!
The flames died down, and Garammaru became like a rat that was wet with water . But he didn’t give up .
Because the evil spirit told him that the
So now was the time to start the flames again!
“Uooooh!”
The flames rose again . And Cordelia said .
“
It was a spell that she chanted again .
Fsssssssh!
Water poured down from the air like a waterfall and extinguished the reignited flames of Garammaru again .
However, Garammaru never gave up .
“I’ll-!”
Splash!
“Never-”
Splash!
“Give up-”
Splash!
“Hey! You f*cking b*tch! Hey!”
Garammaru lost his temper and cursed, and Jude nodded his head as he said .
“T-that’s too much . ”
He must have worked hard to gain that power .
He must have had a clever wife, cute children, and an old mother waiting for him at home .
Cordelia immediately protested at Jude’s stare .
“Hey, why is this too much? And wasn’t he a really evil b*stard? Didn’t he kill his entire family with his own hands?”
She also knew the background setting of the mid-boss to some extent .
It was as Cordelia had said .
After becoming an evil spirit warrior, he became an immoral person who destroyed his clan with his own hands .
“I’ll give you a beating!”
Garammaru angrily shouted and ran as the muddy water splashed around .
Even if he couldn’t use the flames, he had a strong body .
He was about 2 meters tall, had wide shoulders, and his forearms and upper arms were thicker than a woman’s waist .
He had enough power to kill the slender Cordelia in a single beating!
But Jude blocked her front .
After standing firmly in front of Cordelia, he received Garammaru’s charge from the front .
Boom!
Jude and Garammaru faced each other . Their hands confronted each other in a battle of strength .
“A weak b*stard with only a handsome face!”
Although he had recently grown fast, Jude was still in the mid-to-late 170s .
He was a head shorter than Garammaru, who was nearly 2 meters tall, so their difference in height was more than twice .
Added to that was their difference in muscle .
Just by looking at the thickness, the difference was already several times more, so it was normal for Jude to be crushed .
However .
“Sorry . ”
Jude was not pushed back a bit .
At their current level, Garammaru was still above them, but Jude and Cordelia were not ordinary playable characters .
They had stats from the titles they had accumulated so far .
They had all kinds of auxiliary magic on them .
They also had an overwhelming difference in items (overgeared) .
It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that Jude’s strength was virtually a superpower .
“Euaaaaah!”
Garammaru tried to push and twist Jude’s arms, but he screamed as his own arms were the ones that got twisted instead .
Jude then pushed back Garammaru . After he shook off Garammaru, he turned to Cordelia .
‘You know, right?’
‘Yes . ’
The blue light coming from Moonlight swallowed Garammaru who had fallen on the floor in one fell swoop .
Garammaru couldn’t resist the
Tsuk-tsuk-tsuukk-! Tsuk!
Garammaru became a frozen ice sculpture and Jude used the black dragon’s power to strike Garammaru on the chest as he yelled .
A white ring of light surrounded Jude and Cordelia when the ice shattered .
“Haa, defeating him was easier than I thought . ”
“Because the place is cold, both water and ice magic are strengthened . Moonlight also got a serious power-up . ”
If it weren’t for Moonlight having the Snow Queen incorporated into it and thus becoming stronger, it would not have been possible to defeat him that easily .
“Hehe, anyway, it’s awesome . ”
She was naturally happy to easily defeat great warrior Garammaru since he was someone who couldn’t be defeated at the beginning of the northern barbarian event .
Jude lovingly looked at Cordelia and her flopping rabbit ears, and soon turned his gaze away .
‘Demonic magic circle . ’
The two were standing at a huge altar located some distance from the dragon vein .
A large magic circle was engraved on the floor for a large-scale ritual and nine pillars inscribed with demonic characters were around the altar .
‘As I thought…is this it?’
Preparations for summoning the great demon Kriemler .
It was a simple and effective way to hold small rituals in various places to store power for a larger ritual .
“Doesn’t it look like the ritual here is already…over?”
Cordelia said as she looked at the altar .
The entire stone altar was stained with the blood of so many sacrificed offerings .
‘Did they even sacrifice the demon followers?’
Despite the existence of such an altar, there was no enemy around here except for Garammaru .
Given that there were few people in the village, it seemed that a large number of humans were sacrificed .
‘There’s too many . ’
Too much blood had been offered .
It was naturally true that great demon Kriemler could not be easily summoned, but even if that was so, Jude felt that it was still too much .
‘Because this isn’t the only ritual . ’
The rituals of the demon followers varied in form according to its purpose .
And the ritual that was now held here was just a preparation ritual for the bigger ritual that Jude knew well .
‘Too many . ’
Jude thought so again .
Too much blood was offered for preparation .
What is this for?
Does summoning Kriemler require more offerings than I thought?
Or the preparation ritual was not conducted by all of the great warriors, but only a few including Garammaru, and the preparation rituals that had to be done in five places were only conducted in three places, so more blood had to be given .
‘That would make sense . ’
But it was strange .
He still felt that something was out of place .
“Jude?”
At Cordelia’s call, Jude raised his head .
She was frowning as she stood in front of the altar .
He had admired Cordelia’s intuition several times since they started working together .
And such Cordelia’s intuition was telling them .
Something was different .
The altar in front of them was far different from what Jude and Cordelia thought .
And her intuition wasn’t wrong again .
Following Cordelia’s gaze, Jude’s eyes widened as he studied the magic circle that was engraved in the center of the altar .
‘Different . ’
It was different from the one in the game .
It was not the original magic circle that was found in the ruins of the northern part of the Sälen Kingdom .
Jude rushed to the altar and began analyzing it .
The complex magic circle was disassembled on his head and arranged in a row .
He read the truth contained in the magic circle .
And at some point .
Jude understood .
The ritual conducted by Garammaru .
The reason they needed more blood .
And why all of this happened .
What drove Haraken to make a different choice from the game .
It was Jude himself .
What Jude himself had done so far led Haraken to make a different choice .
Red Gale did not die .
As a result, the Great Storm tribe survived .
Violent Avalanche, Gentle Snow Breeze, and Blue Whiskers did not become corrupted . The mid-ranking demonic humans who were dispatched to the east were annihilated, and the east was not divided .
Karaval was not obstructed .
As a result, an eastern force was formed .
What Jude himself and Cordelia had done so far .
And the positive changes that resulted from it .
Jude’s plans succeeded .
Haraken was driven into a corner .
Hence, Haraken made an extreme choice that he did not make in the original .
“Jude?”
Jude raised his head and stared at Cordelia .
And he thought .
If it really was what he analyzed .
If that was really what Haraken prepared for .
Where would he hold the big ritual?
Where would he summon ‘that’?
“Eastern forces . ”
He unconsciously said .
There was only one thing he could think of .
And this time, Jude wasn’t wrong .
At the same time .
In the Snow Breeze Plain located farther south from where Jude and Cordelia were .
While the eastern forces were on the verge of clashing with the west, Haraken received late the news about the first explosion that Jude and Cordelia caused .
But he wasn’t much bothered .
Because his preparations were over .
“Get started . ”
Haraken ordered, and his command spread throughout the western forces .
The battle began with the roar of Seven Horns who led the Angry Bull tribe .