Chapter 230
KWAANGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!
Kraush smashed through the window and entered the White Lamb Order Building, hearing the explosion resound from outside.
'Is it Barkram Arios?'
The crimson beam he had seen just moments ago.
It was undoubtedly the work of Barkram, the First Year Magic Studies Vice President.
Knowing long ago that the Human Horse Unit and the White Lamb Order had joined forces, Kraush clicked his tongue.
This was because he was a little concerned about Charlotte's side.
In the White Lamb Order, there was Sigrid, who knew about Charlotte.
Sigrid must have devised her own method to deal with Charlotte.
'This isn't the time to be distracted.'
Kraush set aside his concerns about Charlotte.
It was Charlotte, after all.
He would rather worry about someone else; worrying about Charlotte was a waste.
What he needed to do now was eliminate Meiri during the time Charlotte had bought.
"Let's move. They must have noticed that we entered the building."
The Lion Order was currently divided into two teams: First Years and Second Years.
Due to the building's structure, it was more efficient to move separately than to have many people move at once.
Thus, it was undoubtedly Kraush leading the Second Year Lion Order.
"Wow, this is nerve-wracking."
Alongside Karandis, the faces of the Second Years were all tense.
Well, having entered deep into enemy territory, the relatively inexperienced Second Years couldn't help but feel anxious.
"Don't worry. The ones defending are even more nervous."
Defenders are always more desperate.
On the other hand, their side was moving without anything to lose.
One bracelet was with Charlotte, and the other was with Haring, who was hiding using Invisible.
"The ones with nothing to lose are always scarier."
Because they can recklessly charge in.
It was at that moment.
Kraush, running down the corridor, detected a presence with his Sixth Sense.
His face twisted as he realized who the presence belonged to.
At that moment, Kraush's Rain Thunder Prime was immediately drawn and swung in that direction.
KWAANG!
Then, along with the shattered wall, a fist the size of a person came flying in.
The fist, which had approached in an instant, collided with Kraush's Rain Thunder Prime, and the surrounding area was filled with smoke along with a resounding explosion.
"Kraush!"
"Mr. Kraush!"
At that moment, Aslan and Karandis's voices rang out simultaneously.
Aslan immediately tried to use Wind Magic to clear the smoke but realized a crimson beam was piercing through it.
"Ugh!"
Aslan instantly deployed Defense Magic, but before the beam could touch his Defense Magic, it veered off and shattered the ceiling.
KWAANG!
With the collapse of the ceiling, Aslan's group and Kraush's side were separated.
"Cough, cough!"
"What's going on?"
The Second Year members of the Lion Order were momentarily flustered by the sudden situation.
"It's an attack. Prepare yourselves."
However, at Aslan's sharp command, everyone quickly regained their composure.
They, too, had undergone hellish training.
They couldn't afford to panic over something like this.
But it seemed the enemy had no intention of giving them time to regain their focus.
Members of the White Lamb Order jumped down from the shattered ceiling.
At the same time, Aslan sensed the presence of magic beyond the wall.
It was undoubtedly the long-range interception magic of Bagram, the Commander of the Human Horse Unit.
Their strategy was to deliberately induce chaos and intercept them.
"Ha."
Aslan let out a brief snort.
FWOOSH!
At that moment, Flame Magic flowed from his entire body.
"It seems they're seriously underestimating us."
It seemed necessary to show them who truly specialized in chaos.
* * *
After being separated from Aslan and the Second Years.
Kraush was facing a man.
Beneath the discarded upper garment, tattoos covered his entire body.
And the appearance of a giant that couldn't be called human.
The one who would later be called the Fighting Emperor.
Arsholder Freya.
Arsholder, who had revealed his full power from the start by using Giantification, was there.
'Destroying the building completely, huh.'
Was he relying on Rahelrn Academy to repair it later?
Watching Arsholder walk out, breaking through the outer wall even now, Kraush clicked his tongue.
"Haha, see? My nose is always on point!"
At that moment, Arsholder, facing Kraush, let out a coarse laugh.
'I thought their response was faster than expected.'
Arsholder had ambushed Kraush, tracking his scent with nothing but the will to fight him.
It was an absurd obsession.
"Come on, Kraush, let's fight already!"
Kraush, feeling absurd, let his sword hang down.
"Haven't I already decided the outcome twice?"
"There's no such thing as giving up in my dictionary. Even if I lose once, I'll try two, three, or five times."
In other words, he would keep charging until he won.
"Is that so."
Kraush nodded as if he understood.
Then Arsholder grinned widely.
"That's the Kraush I know!"
Shouting joyfully, he began charging at Kraush.
As he ran toward him, Kraush watched him silently.
Suddenly, Kraush's figure blurred and scattered.
Perhaps because he had been caught off guard by Kraush once before.
Arsholder immediately surrounded his entire body with Aura, completing his defensive stance.
Then he sharpened his senses, determined to catch Kraush somehow.
However, Kraush, who caught his eye, didn't attack.
It was because Kraush had swiftly brushed past him using Excel.
Arsholder wore a dumbfounded expression.
But for Kraush, it was the correct choice.
Kraush's target was Meiri, not Arsholder.
"Kraush!"
Realizing this belatedly, Arsholder urgently reached out to Kraush.
He had thought Kraush would face him head-on, but to think he would make the decision to leave him behind.
Disappointment mixed with rising anger.
However, Arsholder knew far too little about Kraush.
Just as Kraush passed by Arsholder, he stomped his foot down the moment Arsholder reached out his hand.
Kraush, whose body twisted to the opposite side while running, burrowed into Arsholder's chest.
Arsholder had stretched his arm to its maximum length to grab Kraush.
Naturally, there was no way to stop Kraush.
Kraush and Arsholder's eyes briefly met.
As Arsholder looked into Kraush's eyes, which were turning red, he let out a rough laugh.
"Ha, hahaha!"
It was evident that he deliberately did this to create an opening for himself.
Even against an opponent he had defeated twice, he created an opening without the slightest negligence.
This aspect only made Arsholder boil over even more.
Kraush's Rain Thunder Prime turned red.
Black flames burst out wildly from his body.
Seeing this, Arsholder's body belatedly drew up his aura.
However, he was slower compared to Kraush, who had already prepared.
'Damn, I lost again.'
Arsholder calmly accepted his defeat, but his aura showed no signs of stopping.
He intended to clash with Kraush to the very end.
At least, he would land a Lucky Punch.
It was at the moment he activated his secret technique with that thought.
A golden flash appeared in his vision.
Zzeong!
And in an instant, the golden flash collided with Kraush's sword, which was cloaked in black flames.
Kraush frowned as he saw the flash blocking his black flames.
'This is.'
It was because he recognized the power.
Thanks to this, Arsholder's fist flew toward Kraush, who couldn't finish him off.
Before the fist could reach him, Kraush withdrew and distanced himself from Arsholder.
Missing the perfect opportunity, Kraush looked around with displeasure.
After all, the golden flash just now was a secret technique of the spear technique family, Diana.
Seeing this, Arsholder also frowned with a displeased expression.
"An obstruction!"
"Not an obstruction, but a rescue."
When Arsholder shouted in anger, a voice echoed in response.
As Kraush looked in that direction, a boy holding a spear was walking out.
The golden aura flowing from the boy's spear was extraordinary.
It was as if he had drawn it out at the cost of his future lifespan.
A massive amount of aura, uncharacteristic for someone his age, was recklessly flowing out.
Perhaps because there was too much aura.
The sight of him being unable to control it himself was certainly abnormal.
And Kraush knew who that person was.
"......Glen?"
The cousin of Mary Diana.
Glen Diana.
Like Kraush, he was part of the Second Year Special Class.
As Kraush called his name in confusion, Glen gripped his spear tightly.
Then, without saying more, he charged fiercely.
As Glen stomped the ground, the floor caved in.
Simultaneously, the spear flying straight toward Kraush carried incredible destructive power.
Kwaang!
Even if he dodged, the surrounding aftermath would cause damage.
Judging this, Kraush opted to block the spear, but his body was pushed back slightly.
It was Kraush's body, strengthened by Annihilation Erosion.
To think that after reaching this level, he'd experience being momentarily overpowered at Rahelrn Academy.
As Kraush widened his eyes in surprise, Glen let out a hollow laugh.
"Are you surprised that I've gotten stronger?"
His gaze was somehow deranged.
Kraush realized that Glen's condition was not normal.
"What happened to you?"
Kraush recalled that Glen had been out of sight for a while.
He had assumed Glen was training, but to think he would reappear in this state after joining the White Lamb Order.
'This is Sigrid's doing.'
Kraush immediately realized who was responsible for this.
Sigrid Ephania.
That woman had done something to Glen.
"Kraush is my opponent!"
At that moment, angered by the interruption in his fight with Kraush, Arsholder's thick fingers dug into the ground.
Then, without hesitation, Arsholder overturned the ground.
The shock reached the area where Kraush and Glen were, causing them to soar into the air along with the ground fragments.
However, even in midair, Glen stepped on the fragments and launched a fierce attack on Kraush.
Kraush felt displeased.
If he expended all his energy here, it would be difficult to reach Meiri.
However, he couldn't ignore Glen, who had explosively grown stronger, and just leave.
That was because it was a type of power that consumed his own body.
Kraush, who used something similar himself, could recognize it.
At that moment, Arsholder's body, which had been waiting below, grew even larger.
"Kraush!"
Along with his madness-filled obsession with Kraush, he activated gigantification once again.
As a result, Arsholder's body grew to the size of the White Lamb Order Building.
"This, crazy bastard."
Arsholder's hyper-gigantification was triggered by excessively overloading his aura.
Why didn't these people know how to take care of their bodies?
It wasn't that they wanted to die, but it was absurd.
Kraush was in more danger than he thought.
Below was Arsholder, above was Glen.
If he wasn't careful, he was at risk of being sandwiched between the two.
'Damn it.'
He had planned to conserve his strength, but he changed his mind.
'I'll just subdue both of them.'
At the moment when Kraush's Annihilation Erosion within his body was about to receive Excel's power.
"Mr. Kraush!"
With the sound of a voice, a massive torrent of water surged toward Arsholder's feet.
"Ugh!?"
Arsholder, who had been focused solely on Kraush, lost his balance due to the shock of the water.
Thanks to this, the trajectory of Arsholder's fist, which had been aimed at Kraush, changed.
Kraush immediately activated Excel on his body.
As Kraush fell rapidly from midair, the acceleration on his body increased, allowing him to graze past Arsholder's massive fist.
Meanwhile, Glen, who had been pursuing him, was instead hindered by Arsholder's fist.
Kraush, who had swiftly descended along Arsholder's arm, gripped Rain Thunder Prime.
Within Rain Thunder Prime, the Lightning Scabbard and the black flames, empowered by Excel, rapidly pounded against the scabbard.
Crackle!
The moment the Lightning Scabbard heated up.
Kraush swung Rain Thunder Prime toward Arsholder's head, which was right in front of him.
Annihilation Erosion
Third Form
Sky-Thundering Annihilation
BOOOOOOM!
With an explosive sound, Thunder Energy and Black Flame burst onto Arsholder's head.
"Khaak!"
Arsholder spewed Black Smoke from his mouth and collapsed on the spot.
Thud!
While Arsholder fell, smashing through the building's walls.
Kraush landed on the ground.
Then he searched for the owner of the voice that had called him.
"Mr. Kraush!"
There stood Karandis.
When separated from Aslan's side, Karandis had somehow ended up on Kraush's side.
"Go quickly! I'll hold off Glen!"
Hearing those words, Kraush looked at Karandis for a moment.
Glen's condition was clearly abnormal.
He was concerned about what Sigrid had done, but this was a Confrontation situation.
He also had the duty to secure victory for the Lion Order.
'However.'
He could deal with Glen after the Confrontation ended and visit him later.
But could Karandis really hold back Glen in his current state?
'...Let's not doubt her.'
Kraush had seen much of Karandis's effort and determination.
Above all, she belonged to the same Lion Order.
If he couldn't trust a fellow Member, who could he trust?
"Glen is overexerting himself. I'll leave him to you."
Seeing Kraush speak casually to her since their last encounter, Karandis clenched her fists tightly.
Her pupils shone brightly, filled with determination.
It was because she knew Kraush trusted her.
That made her incredibly happy.
"Yes!"
Hearing Karandis's spirited reply, Kraush immediately pushed off the ground.
Activating Excel, he swiftly exited the area.
Step—
After Kraush disappeared, Glen emerged from the smoke a moment later.
Realizing belatedly that Kraush had vanished into the smoke, he frowned.
"Mr. Glen, I'm sorry, but I'll be your opponent."
"Karandis Poseus."
Muttering her name briefly, Glen gripped his spear tightly.
"If you block me, I'll just break through."
For the Empire.
And for the Diana Family.
He swung his spear, determined to fulfill his mission.