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Ta-at.
Marquis Espin Ellaina rushed forward.
Two potions left.
If that bastard, the Emperor, continues to act arrogantly, there are two chances.
No.
Perhaps this is the last chance.
A single chance to launch a surprise attack, taking advantage of the bastard's arrogant carelessness.
At the same moment.
The pupils of a woman on the fortress wall narrowed to pinholes.
Solvere Linea.
The so-called 'monster eyes.'
"I'll kill him. The root of all this. Emperor Kaiser Lapax."
For today.
She devoted all her time except for eating and sleeping to manipulating the silver threads.
When something was blocked and didn't go well, she wielded the silver threads for days and nights without eating or sleeping.
Solvere Linea turned her head and looked at Espin Ellaina rushing towards the Emperor.
"Thank you. Espin Ellaina. It's all thanks to you."
Compared to when she was instantly subdued by Espin Ellaina.
Solvere Linea's silver threads had become incomparably sharper and stronger.
Of course, she didn't acquire new silver threads.
The more powerful the caster and the more unified they become with the silver threads, the more powerful the Linea family's ancestral silver thread technique becomes.
Sharrack, sharrack.
Like snakes with a will of their own.
Like the traces left by an eagle hunting its prey.
Dozens of strands of silver threads extending from Solvere Linea's wrist covered the sky.
What reached the Emperor first was Espin Ellaina's sword.
"I don't know how strong his defenses are, but I'll cut him down quickly for now!"
There's no use in imbuing the sword with the power to cut him down in one blow like the first attack.
If the speed is too slow and it doesn't reach him, it's all for naught.
"I have no choice but to trust in the aura."
This time, she poured everything into the speed of the sword.
Whether she can cut him down or not.
It's important to at least touch his body with the sword.
Emperor Kaiser Lapax lightly raised his arm.
Kwaang!
Kaiser Lapax's forearm collided with Espin Ellaina's sword.
"Wh-what!"
Espin Ellaina's eyes widened.
The Emperor's forearm blocked Espin Ellaina's aura-enhanced sword.
Its thickness is enormous, but.
Still, isn't it just a human forearm?
If it turns out like this.
What does all the time Espin Ellaina has spent building up her skill with the sword mean?
Surprisingly.
Not even a drop of blood flowed from Emperor Kaiser Lapax's forearm.
"Is this all the skill of someone who claims to protect the kingdom's military stronghold?"
Emperor Kaiser Lapax raised his head and looked at the sky.
"Or."
Sharrack, sharrack.
"Are you waiting for that?"
Sharrack, sharrack.
Solvere Linea's silver threads reached the Emperor.
First, once around the neck.
Once around both wrists.
Once around both knees.
Once around the torso.
As if alive, the silver threads simultaneously wrapped around various parts of the Emperor's body.
Solvere Linea shouted from the fortress wall.
"Die! You fiend, Kaiser Lapax!"
The Emperor turned his head and looked at Solvere Linea.
"Oh, you're alive."
The Linea family's silver thread technique.
The Emperor had been briefly interested in it because it was such a rare skill.
'It's over!'
Solvere Linea wrapped the silver thread strands around her hand three times.
Then, pouring all her strength into the silver threads, she pulled her wrist inward.
Ping!
It was just a simple act of pulling the silver thread strands.
However, dozens of silver threads simultaneously tensed, creating a sound like a piano string being plucked.
It was short and intense, as if coming from a single strand.
In that instant.
Solvere Linea's and Emperor Kaiser Lapax's expressions were simultaneously filled with surprise.
'Far from dismembering him... it can't even penetrate his skin?'
Solvere Linea's expectations, which had been that the Emperor's neck, wrists, knees, and torso would all be dismembered, crumbled.
The silver threads were tightly wrapped around various parts of the Emperor's body.
But they didn't dismember anything.
The Emperor was also surprised.
The thin silver threads that reflected sunlight and covered the sky.
Even if those flimsy threads were to move, he thought they would break without leaving any wounds on his body.
Drip.
Bright red blood from the Emperor flowed down the silver threads.
From the neck, from the wrists, from the knees, from the torso.
Blood seeped out from all four areas where the silver threads were wrapped.
The Emperor's blood, which instantly stained the silver threads red, flowed down the threads and began to drip onto the ground.
But.
That was all.
It was just a small scratch.
"Amazing... the Linea family's silver thread technique. Yes, it has to be this level to be a skill that piques my interest."
The Emperor lightly pulled his right hand.
"Huh?"
She naturally thought the last survivor of the Linea family on the fortress wall would float up and fly over.
But the tensed silver threads didn't budge.
The Emperor chuckled.
"You've prepared yourself thoroughly."
Solvere Linea had tightly bound her body to the thickest steel pillar connecting the fortress wall to the observation tower with chains.
She thought her arm would be severed with the Emperor's light gesture.
But that arm was also firmly secured with chains.
The pain, as if all the organs in her body were bursting from being pressed by the chains, surged as the Emperor put in a little more force.
"I... I'll never let you go. You bastard, Emperor."
Cough!
Dark red clots of blood gushed from Solvere Linea's mouth.
Bloody tears also flowed from her eyes.
Drdddd.
The observation tower's pillar began to shake as if it was about to be uprooted.
Despair.
This is the first time in my life that I've stood before such great despair.
The man standing before Espin Ellaina.
He blocked her sword with his forearm.
And he's an arrogant man who doesn't even glance at her.
However, seeing the red blood flowing from the places where Solvere Linea's silver threads were wrapped around him, it seems he's still human.
But.
What should I do now?
The Emperor, finding something amusing, is now grinning and looking at the place where Solvere Linea is.
Judging from the twitching of his right arm muscles, it seems he's pulling on the silver threads.
Drdddddd.
The sound of the observation tower, where Solvere has tied herself, shaking can be heard from here.
Now, either the silver threads will break or the observation tower will be uprooted.
Judging from the fact that the silver threads haven't broken yet, it seems Solvere Linea is enduring without dying.
Once Solvere dies, the silver threads will simply become thin threads made of silver.
I have to do something before it's too late.
'Can I cut this man's neck? Can I pierce his heart?'
It wasn't that she was paralyzed by the fear of death.
It's a single chance.
If she misses this single chance, this huge mass of despair will turn towards Davian and the Alcancia royal family.
Then.
In Espin Ellaina's vision, who was looking down, the Emperor's right instep came into view.
"Ugh!"
With a short shout.
Espin quickly swung the sword that was touching the Emperor's left arm downwards.
Paaht!
The Emperor's flesh was cut, and red blood splattered.
The Emperor's pupils turned towards Espin Ellaina.
"Trying to cut my arm by slashing it with a sword? It's useless. That would only result in a tickling scratch."
Espin Ellaina didn't give any answer.
From the beginning, she wasn't trying to cut through this thick arm.
Espin Ellaina's sword, which quickly moved downwards along the Emperor's left arm.
It had gained enough momentum by slashing down the Emperor's arm.
Now, she poured all her lifetime's worth of internal energy into the sword to add powerful force.
"Ughaaaa!"
Another shout.
A sound like a beast releasing all its energy in a roar burst from Espin's mouth.
Puwook!
The tip of Espin Ellaina's sword.
The tip of the sword, which had been sharpened to perfection over a lifetime, pierced through Emperor Kaiser Lapax's instep.
Huk, huk.
How strongly did she stab and press down?
Even after penetrating the Emperor's foot, Espin Ellaina's sword continued to plunge downwards, piercing through the ground.
Espin's movements stopped only after all the sword's blade was buried and the cross guard collided with the Emperor's instep.
The living legend of the Alcancia kingdom who has lived with the sword her whole life.
The 'Witch of the Battlefield' Espin Ellaina had done all that she could.
For the first time.
The Emperor's voice sank heavily.
"What is the meaning of this pointless act?"
Wooduck, kwajik!
As he pulled his right arm hard.
The entire observation tower was uprooted and collapsed beyond the fortress wall.
Tuk.
Just before the observation tower plunged into the ground outside the fortress wall.
Solvere Linea's silver threads snapped powerlessly. Along with her master's life.
Then.
Kuuung.
The observation tower completely collapsed outside the fortress wall.
The Emperor's pupils turned downwards again.
Teob.
He grabbed the head of Espin Ellaina, who was still maintaining the same pose with one knee on the ground.
"Is the one who claims to protect the kingdom's military stronghold, no, the woman, sacrificing her life just to pierce my instep?"
Kkudeudeuk.
Emperor Kaiser Lapax put strength into his hand that was holding Marquis Espin Ellaina's head.
As he pulled it straight up, Espin's body dangled in the air.
Although she had been hit once a little while ago, she should still have enough energy.
She could struggle to break free.
She could also throw a punch or kick towards the Emperor.
But Espin Ellaina simply hung in the air, glaring at the Emperor.
"I was going to play around a bit before meeting Davian. My excitement has completely died down."
Espin Ellaina's tightly closed mouth opened.
"Do you think a bastard like you can defeat Davian Naone?"
The Emperor chuckled.
"I know that only someone like him can be my opponent."
"You're crazy."
"Since you are the one protecting the kingdom's military stronghold, and you have considerable skill and seem to know Davian well, I was going to have you convey my words to Davian. But as I said, my excitement has died down. I can have someone else convey the message to Davian. Die now."
"I also wanted and wished for the end of my life to be on the battlefield. Kill me."
"Good attitude. Very well."
Kwaduk!
Tuk.
The Emperor released the strength in his hand that was holding Espin Ellaina's head.
Then.
Ssuuk.
He pulled out the sword that was stuck in his instep.
"The first piece of metal to pierce my body. It must be punished."
After grabbing the sword blade with his left hand.
He clenched his fist tightly.
Kkadeudeudeuk!
Espin's thick steel sword was crumpled like clay.
"Return to your master. After all, she was quite a good master."
The Emperor lightly threw the sword.
Puwook.
The sword was deeply embedded next to Espin Ellaina's collapsed body.
The Emperor turned his head back and looked at the fortress wall.
He spoke loudly, infusing it with internal energy.
"If there is anyone who will convey my will to Davian, come forward now."
On the fortress wall.
Margrave Gregory Garrett still couldn't believe his eyes.
With a single gesture from the Emperor, a large watchtower collapsed outside the fortress wall.
And the Witch of the Battlefield, Espin Ellaina, died with her head crushed.
"No way..."
How could such a human being exist?
'St, still, he's human.'
He bled from being attacked by the silver threads of the woman with monster eyes.
And his instep was pierced by the Witch of the Battlefield's sword.
In the end, that means he is a human made of flesh, blood, and bones.
"Attack! Attack! Pour all attacks on the Emperor of the Marino Empire! Protect the border from the Marino Empire!"
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