Dungeon Defense

Ivar bites his lip.

He made a mistake. I shouldn't have told you that King Dantalian was dead. I did not expect to see such a firm observation of His Majesty Dantalian's intentions.

What should I do? We cannot defeat Barbatos like this. He's fallen now, but his name is the leader of the Plains. He once ruled the entire Habsburg empire. If we defeat Barbatos here with the Order, the other Demon Kings won't be able to convince us.

‘Wait.'

Ivar has suddenly turned the tide.

Is it possible to find the Dantalian charge on this vast continent? ’

It was easier to find a single grain of sand on the sand. Barbatos had no idea where the Dantalian Emperor was, whether he was staying in the city, staying in the countryside, or even being trapped in a remote cave.

‘Impossible.'

Literally impossible.

Barbatos could never do it alone, unless he controlled his men. The question is, how do you take the Demon King's dominion from Barbatos? No, it depends not only on her dominance, but also on taking away all of her pride and skills.

A malicious smile comes to Ivar's mouth.

“Are you really ready for anything? ”

“ ……! Yes! ”

Barbatos' eyes shine brightly. The persuasion worked. That's what I thought.

“I can't trust your will. Believe it or not, we simply do not intend to accept it. You know that.”

Ivar tries to shoot Barbatos cold.

“You're the one who actually destroyed the Dantalian charge by playing on the bottom of the De Farnese Military Department. You have already killed King Dantalian once. Thanks to me, so did the State Department of Lazuli...... everyone lost their charge. ”

Ivar raises his right foot.

The soles of your feet continue to crush Barbatos' head.

“I will never dragon you? I don't.”

“…… * *. ”

“Your competitiveness. I will never forgive you for your ignorance. You're not the woman that King Dantalian loves the most. The man who took his trust and affection was always Lapis Lazuli. ”

Ivar twists his right foot around.

Barbato's head rests on the floor. It was a level of humiliation I had never experienced since I was born as a Demon King. I stepped on the head of a man who was not the same Demon King but also on the identity of a maid.

“Lapis Lazuli committed suicide. King Dantalian chose death, even though he was still alive. Why do you think that is? She prefers the will of the Dantalian Emperor over her own hopes, over her beliefs...... The Daltalian Emperor asked me to think she was dead. You'll never see us again. I'm not allowed to see you. ”

Barbatos has not resisted any humiliating action.

Just as Ivar's paw presses against her, he accepts her like a slave. I threw away all my pride that I had protected on the ground. Ivar raises his tail, gazing at Barbatos like that.

“Laffith Lazuli totally complied with your wishes. He asked me to consider him dead, so he really accepted the death of King Dantalian. Do you know what that means? You and I share that level of enthusiasm and create this inferno. ”

Living in Ivar's eyes shimmers.

She raises her right foot and kicks Barbatos in the side. Without means or will to resist, Barbatos groans in agony. Ivar Lothbrok did not stop the violence. Twice. Three times. A constant kick strikes Barbatos' body.

“But how dare you meet the king? ”

Ivar chiseled his teeth.

“Neither I, nor Lazuli, nor the State Department, are allowed to indulge in luxury - if I may say so, to a cause like yours? ”

“I'm sorry…… umm… sorry……. ”

“Know the topic. ”

Barbatos continues to apologize, suppressing his groaning. We're sorry. We're sorry. Taking a deep breath by beating, I vomited my tears and somehow continued my guilt. The ruthless abuse stopped long after.

“Ha, ah… ugh…. ”

Barbato has been injured by drugs and torture for a long time.

As soon as I came to my senses, Barbatos' body lay bare. I had nausea and vomited gastric fluid several times. There was blood in the gastric fluid. She suffered even breathing. I was close to a miracle just by not being confused.

“Fine. I'd be happy to let you." ”

Ivar tramples on Barbatos' side face.

“But King Dantalian is dead. You have to die once to meet the afterlife. On one condition, of course."

“ ……. ”

“I'll give you your first test. Barbatos, lay waste to your mana. ”

Mana's reflux.

It was a death sentence for those who gave their lives as wizards. It forcefully breaks circles that circle around the heart. Meanwhile, the circles that have been supplying Mana in the body consistently fluctuate and collide with each other as they diverge in direction and velocity.

“Right now. ”

It was the pain that Pymon suffered earlier.

Python has been building up for 2,000 years due to Mana reflux. Barbatos will fall to the same fate. Even back then, Pymon was stuck with the medical staff. Barbatos, on the other hand, was a luxurious delusion of healing, and already had a full body.

Eighteen years old, if we reverse Mana's flow, it would lead to death.

“Thank you…. ”

But Barbato smiled faintly.

I moved my mouth forcefully to show my lowest expressions. That's all Barbatos has left. Barbato thanked me for just giving me a chance.

“Wait… wait, wait…… I'll finish it soon…… in a heartbeat, I'll finish it……. ”

Ivar laughs.

“I don't know.”

She freed the Magic Seal that bound Barbato's body. This allowed Barbato to control his magic, but he was not afraid of Ivar Lodbroke at all. She knows well how bad Barbatos is now.

Once the restraints are lifted, the black Mana slowly envelops Barbato. Something like a dark shadow gathered around the severed limb. They were shaped like arms and legs. Soon, the black Mana peels off and spills out. A white limb was revealed.

“Hah… heh……. ”

Barbato sets his hands on the ground.

My head is dizzy. I feel suffocated even with just a slight twist of magic. I felt like something was going backwards in my stomach right now. The nausea made me deaf.

Ivar said coldly.

“What are you doing, Lord Barbatos? It hasn't started yet. ”

“Yes, just a moment... I'll be done in a moment..." ”

“Your Majesty seems to have a rather peculiar definition of the word 'brief'. I'm going to count the time between us so there's no misunderstanding. One minute. Unleash your magic within the next minute. ”

“ ……. ”

I didn't have time to hesitate.

Barbato focuses on Mana gathered near his heart. Maybe it's because it's been repressed by the Seal Seal for months. Mana was completely unstable. Knowledge as a great sorcerer warned us that in this state, reversing magical power is suicide.

‘It's okay.'

Barbato whispered to the eight rings that caught his heart.

‘Yeah, you'll be fine. ’

And Barbato.

With my eyes closed, I deliberately cut the outermost of the eight rings.

“ ……! ”

Immediately bursts into power.

Barbato vomited blood. The blood contained a dark red mass. Barbato couldn't afford to think about where his innards were. The limb twists and the bone screams.

“Khh, ugh… ugh, ugh…! ”

Barbato slumps his torso over the pool of blood he shed. I could barely lift my strength out of my forearm. The pain did not stop once. Lost Mana shoots her body in a daze.

An icy voice falls over her head.

“Is that the end of it? ”

“Haaa… ugh…… ”

“I can't help it. ”

Ivar Lothbrok sighs. It was a sigh mixed with ridicule.

“Very well. I will show mercy. Minutes to remove a loop. I'll give you eight minutes of your time. That's eight times the time limit. What do you think? A little bit of a willingness to care for a girl. ”

“Thank you……. ”

“Then move on to the next one. ”

Ivar is dead.

“It's already been a minute. ”

“ ……. ”

I had to endure this pain seven more times.

No, every time I loosened a loop, the pain overlapped. Twice. Triple, quadruple... Barbato bites his teeth and raises his upper body. My thin arms trembled. Nevertheless, Barbato quickly severed the second loop.

“Ah…! ”

No more screaming.

All the sounds are buried in the blood that erupted against the esophagus. Barbato can't breathe. The intestines distort. I heard the Demon King was trying to recover his organs somehow, but the recovery was also caused by Mana. Recovery itself adds to the horrific pain caused by Manat's raging chaos.

It tears, heals, tears again, and tears completely when it tries to recover.

“ ……, ……. ”

A lump of blood pours from my mouth without rest.

Ivar mutters.

“It's been a minute. Next.”

“ ……. ”

I broke the third loop.

Blood flowed from my ears, not just my mouth. Ivar slaps Barbatos on the paw instead of giving the word, as he hears nothing. Signal not promised in advance. Barbatos understands what it means in the pain of hell.

I broke the fourth loop.

Tears of blood flow. Black liquid spills out as the skin erupts. It had just been created and was mainly so in unstable extremities. None of the innards that Barbato had remained functional. I even lost my form.

My heart was crushed as I endured it until the end.

Fifth.

Sixth.

Seventh ― ―.

Finally.

Eighth.

“ …………. ”

I wonder how many times I got confused.

Despite losing consciousness dozens and hundreds of times, Barbatos recovered from Ivar's touch. The barracks have already been drenched with the blood of Barbatos. An unbelievably large pool was formed that emerged from the body of a little girl.

In the middle of the red, Barbatos is buried, like an abandoned garbage.

My body didn't move a bit.

She's been out of breath for a long time.

I just barely realized that with the senses of pain still raging in my belly, you're still alive.

“It took you two hours, rather than eight. You're pathetic.”

Something kicked him.

Barbatos falls back into the pool of blood as he continues to kick.

“That's it for today. The first test is not a success or a success, because you have broken the time limit so far. In your next exam, please show your sincerity, Lord Barbatos. ”

The footsteps become distant.

Barbato slowly closes his eyes. I haven't seen anything before. But if I close my eyes here, it'll really end. I thought I was going to sleep forever, so I desperately lifted my eyelids.

But a little break.

A very slight break was given.

“ ……. ”

When I closed my eyes, I suddenly remembered his face.

‘Dantalian.’

Barbato wanted to shout out his name. Desperately.

But my mouth didn't open. I couldn't keep thinking. With his whole body stained with blood, Barbato falls into the shadow of a dark ritual…….

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