Chapter 322: Enri [Heroic Believer] Defeats the Leader

Accompanied by the notification of "Job Change Failed."

The intense yet somewhat unstable aura fluctuations on Enri’s body instantly became solid.

Swish—

Rising from all directions of the battlefield, white specks of light like fireflies gathered completely around Enri, still emitting a unique and dazzling radiance under the scorching sun hanging high above.

"Roar!!"

The Soul Eater seemed to sense some kind of danger, roaring as it charged toward Enri’s direction.

Positive-attribute energy continuously condensed on the longsword in Enri’s hand, turning the metallic blade into a pure white beam of light.

The aura fluctuations on Enri’s body began to climb rapidly, and an invisible pressure spread in all directions, forming a gust of wind out of thin air.

Clatter~

The hair tie snapped.

The chestnut-gold three-strand braid tied in front of her chest broke free from its restraints, and fine strands of long hair danced in the air.

"This is everyone's power."

Enri gripped the brightly glowing longsword with both hands and raised it high, her whole body seemingly carried by a powerful force as she swung the sword unconsciously:

"Please disappear!"

The white beam of light turned into a slash, streaking across the battlefield and, under everyone's gaze, striking the Soul Eater.

There was no violent collision as imagined!

The Soul Eater was like snow under the sun; the moment it made contact with the attack, it rapidly dissolved, turning into fine black energy that dissipated in mid-air.

Silence!

The entire battlefield was terrifyingly quiet at this moment.

That was the legendary high-tier undead "Soul Eater," even more terrifying than a Death Knight, yet it had been eliminated so simply.

Everyone could not believe their eyes!

The fleeing humans and demi-humans stopped in their tracks inexplicably, their gazes focused on the young girl in the center of the battlefield, suspecting they were dreaming.

With a "snap."

The longsword could not withstand the power from just now and shattered into tiny fragments.

Enri’s eyes rolled back, the remaining broken hilt in her hand fell to the ground, and her body went limp, collapsing toward the ground.

The Green Leaf Witch was the first to come to her senses, hurriedly reaching out to support her, staring blankly at the unconscious Enri.

Above the battlefield.

"No, impossible, impossible!" the Leader let out a hoarse roar first.

That was a Soul Eater!

Tang Zheng controlled the Dominion Authority Angel, and through the angel's perspective, he could clearly see everything happening below.

Compared to everyone else's shock, he was much calmer.

The skill "Heroic Moment" seems to be able to raise one's level to that of the person with the highest physical attack value among both enemies and allies.

If there were no surprises.

Among everyone present, the one with the highest physical attack value should be Tang Zheng himself, possessing "548 points," with a percentage of 39%.

That is to say.

Calculated using pure warrior job attributes, he has roughly the physical attack value of a level 39 pure warrior, while the Soul Eater's initial level is between "30–35."

A newly born Soul Eater, even if it had devoured quite a few souls on the battlefield, could never reach level 35 so quickly.

Facing a level 39 physical attack that also contained the restraining power of the "Positive" attribute!

It is a special job, after all.

There should be other attribute and effect bonuses; calculated this way, killing a Soul Eater in one blow does not seem worth being surprised about.

"The skill 'Heroic Moment' is a bit like damage stacking in games; it seems capable of completely bridging the gap between level and physical attack."

"The effect seems to require the power of fallen companions..."

Tang Zheng recalled the skill's information, and thinking of this effect, he didn't quite know how to describe it.

This skill is indeed quite strong; Enri’s current level should only be 2 (Farmer 1lv, Hero·Believer 1lv), yet this skill allows the level 2 Enri to exert Tang Zheng’s level of physical attack.

It can be described as terrifying!

This is not the limit of the skill, but purely because among the people present, the one with the highest physical attack level is Tang Zheng himself.

For such a strong skill, having some kind of limitation seems reasonable.

"'Companion' might be a generic term; in games, companions don't just refer to players, but also include pets or summoned creatures."

Tang Zheng’s eyes lit up at this thought.

If he were to command a group of angels to fight the enemy first during battle, and after the angels were eliminated, Enri used the skill, it should be able to achieve the same effect.

"Heroism and sacrifice, huh."

These two terms popped into Tang Zheng’s mind:

"It’s somewhat similar to Xia Tiya healing herself by summoning monsters, or the sacrificial ritual mentioned by the Bone King."

The battle below ended.

The battle here should also be brought to an end!

Clatter—

The Dominion Authority Angel suddenly flapped its wings, specks of holy light scattering from its feathers, pressing forward once again with movements more violent than before.

"I'm going to slaughter you all!"

The Leader’s cold white eyes were bloodshot, both shocked and furious.

Killing a Soul Eater in one blow—even he felt fear at such powerful strength, but he noticed that the young girl’s state was clearly abnormal.

If she truly possessed that kind of power, why use it only now!

Innate talent?

Or some kind of out-of-spec item?

The two legendary undead he had painstakingly created with such great effort were both solved; this was no longer just a heavy loss.

He felt his heart bleeding!

A single Magic-Sealing Crystal could not compensate for the loss; he wanted to capture alive this priestess who had merged into the angel, as well as that young girl.

Greed is indeed an original sin.

My lord Leader.

Tang Zheng looked at the Leader, who showed no signs of fleeing even though he was somewhat disheveled, and sneered.

If the opponent were determined to escape now, Tang Zheng wouldn't be able to stop him.

He knew that after showing the effect of the "Fusion Potion," the Leader would definitely try to find a way to figure out such a method.

Not just the opponent.

The Silianjiaoguosuo side, which had been watching the battlefield, should also be equally interested.

"The sense of rejection is becoming more and more obvious; the time should be up."

Tang Zheng sensed the Dominion Authority Angel, which felt like it could dissipate at any moment, and began to let its movements slow down, putting on a pretense of being forced back.

The "Fusion Potion" can allow the fused entity to exist with the angel for a longer time, but that is under the condition of high compatibility.

Tang Zheng’s compatibility was too poor; not only was it difficult to control, but the Dominion Authority Angel was already absorbing his mana. As soon as the mana was cut off, the Dominion Authority Angel would inevitably dissipate.

"I suppose this counts as an unexpected intelligence gain," Tang Zheng thought to himself.

"Want to leave? Magic Resistance Breakthrough·Lightning Dragon!"

A sharp glint flashed in the Leader’s eyes, and he pursued without hesitation.

This is the moment!

"Holy Imprisonment."

The Dominion Authority Angel suddenly raised its arms, aimed at the Leader, and released a slender beam of light.

Both sides released magic at the same time.

Boom!

The blinding dragon-shaped lightning struck the Dominion Authority Angel’s chest first; after continuously enduring magic attacks, the silver armor finally could not withstand it and shattered directly.

The Dominion Authority Angel began to become extremely unstable, its three pairs of wings starting to decompose, looking as if it would dissipate at any moment.

And the Leader, after releasing his magic, had no time to dodge and was also struck by the magic.

"This is..., you actually hid this magic the whole time!"

The Leader discovered he was imprisoned, his face changing drastically in an instant, realizing he had been tricked. From the very beginning, the opponent had deliberately hidden this imprisonment magic and not used it.

Success!

Tang Zheng felt steady inside. The two had been locked in battle for so long, and the Leader’s mana was already low, making him very cautious. If he hadn't feigned weakness, the opponent would never have fallen for it.

"Then let's end this, Leader!"

Cold light flickered in Tang Zheng’s eyes.

He had exposed a potion from his hand that didn't count as a trump card; although he had intended to use it for trading, there should still be a reward.

Bang—crack—

The golden scepter in the Dominion Authority Angel’s hand suddenly shattered, turning into golden fragments that wrapped around its entire body; this was the scene of activating a special skill.

"Wait, wait a moment."

"We can talk about this!" The black mist outside the Leader’s body boiled, and his habitually disguised magnetic voice turned into a harsh, crow-like screech.

"Extreme Holy Strike"

A power of holy purity far exceeding what came before transformed into a terrifying pillar of light and crashed down with a boom.

The figure of the Alliance Leader was swallowed by the radiance, the binding force shattered along with it, and he turned into a black shadow that streaked across the sky and smashed into the distant mountain range.

Bang—

Once this power was spent, the Dominion Authority Angel dissipated completely.

Tang Zheng’s figure was exposed in the air, falling rapidly toward the ground in freefall.

Whoosh!

A brown figure in bright silver armor sprinted rapidly from the distance, stomped hard on the ground, and leaped high into the air.

"Awoo~"

The Evil Spirit Dog was even faster; the bone chains on its body quickly took to the air, and just as they were about to reach their limit, it whipped its head around violently.

The straight bone chains bent and rotated, forming a spring-like spiral that precisely caught Tang Zheng as he fell from mid-air.

Clatter—

The bone chains retracted, dragging Tang Zheng down from mid-air, and he landed steadily on the back of the Evil Spirit Dog.

With a "bang."

The brown figure also landed from the air, causing the ground to tremble.

Tang Zheng sat on the Evil Spirit Dog with a pale face, feigning weakness, and looked at the brown-haired figure opposite him with a somewhat dazed expression: "Captain Remedios?"

Remedios’s expression was stiff.

"Ahem, I was just preventing you from falling to your death."

Remedios forced herself to appear calm, raised her arms to cross them over her chest, observed Tang Zheng for a moment, and after discovering he was uninjured, returned to her usual cold demeanor:

"Even a powerful enemy like the Alliance Leader of [Zuranon] was finished off by you; if you were to die from such a trivial matter, it would be too unsightly."

Speaking to the end.

Remedios’s expression was unreadable.

Whether it was the Death Knight that posed the greatest threat, or the Alliance Leader of the evil secret society [Zuranon] who possessed terrifying strength, both had actually died indirectly at the hands of Tang Zheng.

Even the legendary undead Soul Eater that suddenly appeared had died at the hands of that ordinary young girl named Enri from the [Free Will] adventurer party.

Ordinary?

A bitter smile appeared at the corner of Remedios’s mouth; if Enri was called ordinary, then what did that make her?

Frustrated!

Unreconciled!

Humiliated!

A girl she had completely ignored before had suddenly displayed such powerful strength, and the habitually proud Remedios suddenly felt a variety of complex emotions rising in her heart.

This war and undead disaster triggered by the evil cult organization [Zuranon].

The ones who ultimately resolved this matter were neither their Holy Kingdom nor the Slane Theocracy, but rather an adventurer party!

"In any case, it’s over, Captain Remedios."

Tang Zheng squeezed a smile onto his face and responded in a weak tone.

"That’s right, it’s over." Remedios paused, then let out a breath.

A large number of corpses covered the ground.

There were humans, demi-humans, and even more undead; everyone on the battlefield was silent at this moment.

Immediately following, there was a sky-piercing cheer!

"We won!"

"We won."

"…………"

"The disaster is over!"

All sorts of excited howls came from the demi-humans, and a feeling of joy permeated the entire battlefield.

Some demi-humans threw away the weapons in their hands and knelt on the ground weeping bitterly, while on the human side, some people even collapsed to the ground.

Two legendary undead, an Alliance Leader possessing power comparable to a demon god—the pressure from these enemies had long since pushed everyone’s mental state to the brink of collapse.

Now, it was naturally released all at once!

At this moment.

Tang Zheng was not immersed in this atmosphere; he was controlling his shadow clone to search for the Alliance Leader.

That’s right.

After suffering that full-strength blow from the Dominion Authority Angel, the Alliance Leader had actually not died; this could not be hidden from Tang Zheng, because there were no experience gain notifications on his attribute panel.

Where the remnants of the Paladin Order and the Priest Order were.

"We really won."

Kelart muttered to herself, her face full of complexity as she looked toward the center of the distant battlefield, and thinking of the scene where her sister had suddenly run over just now, her eyes became even more complex.

She knew Remedios’s personality very well; since when would she actually care about others like this?

"[Free Will]."

An incomparable gravity rose in Kelart’s heart.

This adventurer party was simply too far beyond common sense; whether now or in the future, the entire Holy Kingdom must treat them with the friendliest attitude.

Especially that miraculous method of merging with angels!

Various thoughts flickered continuously in Kelart’s eyes, and she ultimately suppressed the various notions in her heart; there was no need to consider these for the time being.

She raised her head.

Looking at the surviving demi-humans on the battlefield, although they were relatively scattered, Kelart could still roughly estimate that the number remained at around 3,000.

These demi-humans were absolutely the most elite forces in the entire hill region at present!

She withdrew her gaze and looked toward their human side.

There were actually fewer than 70 survivors in the Paladin Order, the Priest Order had lost half and had 100 left, and the [Sunlight Scripture] had only about 30 left.

They could barely exert much combat power now.

"This opportunity before me cannot be missed."

Kelart kept her eyes on all the demi-humans on the battlefield, her gaze turning cold, and she grabbed the magic leather bag at her waist with one hand and spoke quickly:

"Prepare the ritual!"

Several priests, their faces full of exhaustion but joyful from the victory, suddenly heard these words, looked at each other, and stood up to come to Kelart’s side.

Slane Theocracy.

Holy Capital.

Astrologer Thousand Leagues, wearing a JK uniform, sat on the ground in a daze, with a red half-rimmed magic item called "glasses" dropped beside her.

Astrologer Thousand Leagues pursed her lips, somewhat silent.

She was contemplating how to report to the next few Pontifexes; if this report were submitted, the Pontifexes would certainly think she was making up a story.

The legendary undead Soul Eater had actually been killed by a young girl with a single sword strike!

What a joke!

(End of chapter)