I Am a Ruined Noble of a Ruined Kingdom

Chapter 27: "Game Changer"

"JeX Tu dance...?"

Zicharun muttered with a bewildered expression. He spoke softly, as if murmuring, but his overwhelmingly acute hearing didn't allow for secrets.

I had committed it, but I couldn't help but feel ashamed. Although it was a decision I would shed tears of blood over, I didn't regret it.

Well, it was an unavoidable choice for Iruealfi. Since it was also for the sake of the Ruined Noble, Netionpies would surely understand.

[Understand my ass?!]

Ah, I guess that was impossible.

"Haha, that's what happens when you ignore me. Old man said it, right? We're inseparably linked."

I sneered, twitching my eyes eerily.

"Pain, shame. It's all inseparably linked. You were prepared, right?"

[Prepared my ass, with that kind of preparation! I knew your thoughts were free, but there's a limit to vulgarity!]

"Wow, as expected of an old man who's 500 years old, you're really conservative."

[Having no shame isn't progress, it's being a madman.]

Netionpies continued after a slight pause.

[I never dreamed that you would take my body itself as a hostage. I'll praise you, child. I've become afraid of your excessive vulgarity.]

"If I can avoid the Destroyer ending, I'll even do a PriXm Show with old man's body... Ugh."

[Shut up, you vulgar child.]

Netionpies's revulsion was desperately conveyed in one word. At the same time, my consciousness entered Netionpies's mental world.

I seriously contemplated in the mental world, where I had been unceremoniously thrown out.

'I committed it because I had something in mind, but... Haven't I unleashed something terrible?'

The Holy Memory that had been covering the outer skin shattered as it released evil energy due to Zicharun's momentum. All that remained was a small guardian ability in the form of a ring.

In other words, the current Netionpies was literally a complete form that dealt with immortality and evil energy. As an immortal, there was no decline, and he lived his entire life in his prime.

Therefore, even in this situation... Honestly, I'm a little excited.

Zicharun clearly wasn't mature as a spirit yet, but other than that, the scene unfolding before my eyes was the very situation in the game that I had last seen in my previous life.

'A battle between the original protagonist and the hidden boss...!'

The power of the hidden boss, who had cornered both the protagonist and heroine from the past, the saint, was about to be revealed.

Netionpies said.

[Vulgar child. Was the existence of evil energy what you were using as an excuse for your incompetence?]

"... Well. That's right."

Netionpies, who was now changing his title from a puppet child to a vulgar child.

I answered grumbling. Netionpies sneered as if he found it pathetic and declared.

[Ha! You still don't know the essence of immortality. Since you're here, I'll show you under the same conditions.]

Netionpies's arrogant finger pointed towards Zicharun.

[Subduing an insignificant brat like that doesn't even require me to give it my all.]

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Meanwhile, again, three days before Nephi's point of view.

The intangible blades emitted by Iruealfi were pouring down without distinguishing between front, rear, left, and right.

It wasn't easy to check the invaders while also leading them away from the main palace.

Swaeek! Swaeek!

Tingle- Tingle-

"It's the first time I've been cornered this much..."

The black-clad figures were clever. After mixing hands with Iruealfi a few times, they changed their strategy and began to confront her.

Even if she wasn't in full condition, they couldn't win head-on even if the world turned upside down. The strangers, who had judged that, changed their approach.

Rather than attacking Iruealfi mainly with cooperation, they decided to scatter and invade the Imperial Palace.

Their idea was highly effective and presented Iruealfi with adversity. It was an unfortunate event for her, who had difficulty moving due to the backlash of Heaven Split, to have a large number of skilled people scattered everywhere.

Thanks to this, Iruealfi was experiencing unprecedented difficulties. She had to prevent the ten or so extraordinary skilled people from scattering everywhere. It was difficult to protect the vast Imperial Palace alone with a single body in poor condition.

The only comforting thing was that she had previously confined all the people inside the Imperial Palace to the main palace.

'It's not a problem that can be solved by simply stopping them. It's clear that their invasion of the Imperial Palace is a space leap. Is the saint on that side?'

Unless a figure from 400 years ago has come back to life!

Nephi was an exception, but that was a special case of being an immortal.

If she couldn't reveal the principle of the space leap they had, there would be nowhere in this world to call safe.

No matter how large the number of people, no matter how far the distance, they could freely deploy their forces without being restricted by space.

The calculation that Iruealfi could protect the Imperial Palace with her body restricted by the backlash was when she didn't take into account the existence of space leap.

Stopping an intruder who has deeply entered the heart and blocking an intruder approaching from the outskirts are different dimensions in terms of difficulty.

'But it's strange to say that they have the power of space leap itself. Why did only a small elite group of about ten people come?'

If the enemies had the power of space leap like the saint, the Imperial Palace would have been occupied long ago. They could just push into the Imperial Palace with a wave of numbers and massacre everyone.

Even that would have been something she could have somehow stopped before casting Heaven Split... In her current state, she would never have been able to protect the Imperial Palace.

'There's definitely a limit. Time is needed, or a limit on quantity... Or a limit on the number of times...!'

Iruealfi's thoughts reached that point and presented a hopeful observation.

'Number of times! If the limit was time and quantity, the Fayta would have conquered the empire already.'

The power of space leap has that much function. It has the power to easily assassinate anyone and make the meaning of siege warfare as futile as a sandcastle in front of the waves!

'The saint was discriminated against and survived a crisis of death because of that danger.'

Even if Iruealfi herself existed, how could she protect the entire empire alone? If it was the reincarnation of the power of the saint itself, Iruealfi couldn't do anything about it.

Since that didn't happen, it would be reasonable to assume that Fayta adopted the limited number of space leap ability as a game changer.

"... I feel a little energized. If I deal with all these rebels, there will be no next space leap."

Once a positive observation was established, she felt energized in her body.

Iruealfi tied up all the strangers scattered in all directions with slashes that ignored the distance. The speed at which the ceremonial sword couldn't even be seen as an afterimage didn't seem like a warrior who was restricted.

But the slash was only a means to tie up their feet. Iruealfi bit her lip tightly and whispered the incantation of the guardian ability.

"Holy Memory."

Cough!

'Ugh, did I overestimate my body condition?'

Iruealfi looked down at the pure white uniform stained with blood. She saw blood for the first time in her life due to battle. It was a record-breaking landscape, although it was an internal injury rather than an external one.

'It's natural to have a backlash since I've already devoted most of my guardian ability just to confine Nephi's evil energy.'

How much more so when her body was suffering from the aftereffects of Heaven Split.

Iruealfi, who wiped her mouth with a pure white sleeve, scanned the strangers with pupils that were more relaxed. They, trapped inside the translucent cube of Holy Memory, had no way out now.

In short, it meant that it was impossible for them to take the Imperial Palace hostage.

"Haa, haa."

Iruealfi, who was lowering her lake-like eyes to the ground. Her unfocused gaze in the urgent situation looked somewhat precarious.

Buzz, buzz.

She heard tinnitus. A sensation that something was nibbling away at her body and mind, which had been driven to the limit. An evil intent that was familiar but didn't know its source suddenly flickered.

"..."

Thud!

Suddenly, she knelt down. Her body was swaying precariously, and it seemed like she would fall over if touched. Whether she had lost consciousness or not, the precarious balance was barely maintained.

That's why no one would have guessed. That a bitter smile was lingering on her shaded mouth.

With a slight time difference, she staggered and stood up.

Her figure, approaching one step at a time, gradually stabilized and regained its usual posture.

The momentum changed in an instant.

Now, Iruealfi's footsteps, where there was nothing to hesitate, were clearly engraved on the earth. Centered on her, who had turned into a lightning bolt, the tearing sound split the atmosphere.

"Black... Heu... Hahaha...!"

From some point on, the tingling pain had become pleasure, and the scent of blood felt in her mouth had become a fragrant perfume. She smiled while feeling the pain of being hit with a blunt weapon every moment on her bones.

Iruealfi, who had instantly narrowed the distance to the strangers, raised her ceremonial sword high with one hand. It was a rudimentary movement where a refined posture couldn't be found.

The stranger easily blocked the ceremonial sword that was being pounded down stupidly as if beating a person.

It should have been.

"...!"

The stranger clearly blocked Iruealfi's ceremonial sword that was falling vertically.

Even so, the defense of the high guard, which anyone could see was perfect, collapsed powerlessly and became a clear trajectory of the ceremonial sword.

The sensation of the stranger's skull breaking apart like a watermelon was exhilarating.

The stranger's sword that had collided with the ceremonial sword was divided into small fragments and exploded fiercely in all directions.

It wasn't a problem of blocking the attack. An illogical force that breaks through with power no matter how well they block it exists with her. It was a sword that mercilessly revealed beast-like ferocity.

Now they were nothing more than prisoners waiting for execution inside the cube. The way they were panicking was nothing more than rats facing a dead end.

It was really good to see the bewilderment seeping out of every movement.

After that, it was literally a unilateral massacre. Iruealfi's appearance, who was uttering joyful moans and slaughtering the strangers who had no way out one after another, looked somewhat close to being gray.

Her body state was clearly the worst of the worst, but it was really refreshing to see the blood fountain pouring out every time one person's waist was cut in two.

Their arms and legs, which were playing in the air, seemed to be nothing more than meat from a slaughterhouse, and she mistook the shape of the cleanly beheaded head for well-ripened fruit.

"Ahhat, ahhaha!"

It was clearly madness.

The manifestation of the evil mind that only humans who have killed many human lives and felt joy can have.

Just a little bit, but a black-stained energy swirled like a mirage and then disappeared.

"Ah, there's only one left?"

A naive woman, no different from a mad beast, existed there. There was truly a remarkable aspect if it was someone who had experienced Iruealfi normally.

She beheaded the stranger she had just slammed into the ground and slowly walked towards the last remaining figure.

"E, euaaaaaaaa!!!"

The last person screamed and rushed in with all their strength. Although it was a face covered with a mask, it wasn't difficult to guess the expression distorted with fear.

If her memory wasn't wrong, it was the first time the stranger had made a voice. Although that first time was the shriek of a woman different from the first impression, it was enough to surprise Iruealfi.

Swaeek!

It only surprised her. Only that much.

A red line was clearly drawn on the chest of the stranger who shrieked with a woman's voice. The sight that would happen immediately after was clear.

Pshuk!

She sprayed blood from her chest like a small cracked bathtub.

"Ah... Euugh."

The stranger came wobbling like an aspen tree in Iruealfi's direction, even while spitting out a dying groan.

"White knight... I never... even thought about... winning against you...!"

What awaited her, who was burning all of her remaining life force and charging, was Iruealfi's merciless ceremonial sword.

The beautifully colored ceremonial sword pierced the woman's chest in a straight line.

Not only that.

Thump.

The woman's figure collapsed. Turning her head, her two legs were playing separately in that direction at an unnatural angle.

Despite such adverse conditions, she crawled towards Iruealfi like a caterpillar.

"Heuheuk, heuheuk. You'd believe that everything is resolved, that it's over, right? Who in the world wouldn't be arrogant? The owner of an unbelievable strong martial power with such beauty..."

As if it were a death cry where her throat was filling with blood, she screamed and cursed.

"So... You can't help but fall and that person can only prosper."

At that moment.

The earth around Iruealfi rippled with a faint sky blue color. It was a type of phenomenon that she had never seen in her life.

Her pupils, which had been slightly relaxed, returned to their place at the unexpected abnormal situation.

Shureureuk.

"This is...?!"

Iruealfi belatedly tried to leave, but it was already too late. The ground she stepped on for the leap had collapsed like empty air, and Iruealfi's figure was sucked into the rippling ground.

After a while. By the time the cube of Holy Memory had disappeared and the rippling earth had also disappeared, only the blood and flesh proving the fierce battle remained at the entrance of the main palace.