BAMN: Chapter 172/173

Chapter 172: King of Knights vs. Frey

In the Cardinal World, quantity held no meaning in the face of absolute power.

Tens of thousands versus 100,000, even a difference of just 1 point, was like heaven and earth.

What's more,

The strongest of the Harpy Legion, Luchia, was merely with a paltry 90,000 magicules.

"I'll take care of the one leading them."

Shion drew the long tachi from her back, leaped, and charged towards Luchia, who was protected by tens of thousands of Harpy soldiers. "Shuna, cover me!"

"Honestly, you're too reckless, Shion!"

Though she said that, Shuna's movements were not slow in the slightest.

Endless cherry-pink demonic flames rose from Shuna's hands, instantly transforming into fiery dragons that lunged towards the Harpies.

These flames were not actual fire, but a product of materialized illusion.

Once tainted by this flame, living beings would fall into the illusion woven by Shuna, unable to extricate themselves.

This perfectly met Rin's requirement for the opponents to lose their combat ability.

Benimaru did not go forward but stood guard at the entrance of the different dimension.

"This place is a one-way street."

In front of him, elite bird-beast Harpies, sent by Luchia, had surrounded him.

These bird-beast Harpies possessed the bloodline of legendary divine beasts.

There were eight hundred of them, and every single member had A-rank combat power or higher.

A-rank, that was enough to destroy a human town by oneself.

But now, this elite force of eight hundred was being held back by one person.

"Well."

Benimaru slowly drew the sword from his waist. "If I don't perform well, I wouldn't dare face Rin-sama."

Being suppressed by his parents-in-law and fiancée, Benimaru was truly panicking.

He desperately needed achievements now to have Rin help him improve his standing in the family.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Ignoring the battle fluctuations coming from outside.

High above, two figures had already exchanged blows over ten thousand times in less than a minute.

"Get out of my way!!"

Finally, Frey could no longer endure Artoria's dense sword skills.

"Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!!"

When the attack fell again, what greeted it was Frey's transformed, sharp claws.

There were no sparks flying.

There was only the piercing friction of the spatial barrier colliding with the Wind King's Barrier.

"Interesting…"

Artoria looked at the blade blocked by Frey.

"Crack~ Crack, crack, crack~"

But no matter how much power she poured into the Holy Sword, she couldn't break through the opponent's defense.

Frey's palm was empty, yet the Holy Sword simply couldn't advance an inch.

"Is that a spatial compression technique?"

"Not bad."

Artoria exerted force in her hand.

"Clang!"

Immediately, a loud sound erupted from the center of their struggle, echoing in all directions.

And Frey also took this opportunity to pull back and create distance from her.

"Who are you?"

Frey watched Artoria with a serious gaze.

The golden-haired girl in blue armor gave Frey a very dangerous feeling.

Like, a natural enemy?

Yes, a natural enemy!

The natural enemy of all monsters!

'Hero?!'

Almost instinctively, this word popped into Frey's mind. "You, are you a human hero?!"

"No."

Artoria re-adjusted her stance. "Now, I am merely a Demon Lord Seed under Rin, his Guardian Knight."

"A Demon Lord Seed?"

Only then did Frey notice that Artoria indeed emanated a strong magicules.

This was not a power humans could possess.

It had nothing to do with skill, it was purely the effect of a Unique Skill.

"Rin?"

"You are his person?"

However, this only made Frey even more surprised.

Although it was only a brief exchange, Frey had been completely suppressed by Artoria the entire time.

If this was a sudden, dishonorable sneak attack from the opponent.

But Artoria's attack, from the very beginning, was a straightforward slash from the front.

At most, Artoria's sudden burst of speed was too fast, catching Frey off guard.

'But, was she really caught off guard?'

Only Frey herself knew that she had indeed seen Artoria's attack.

But it was disdain, indifference!

She initially did not take Artoria seriously.

As a result, she almost got slapped in the face.

Even so, Frey's aura remained strong, and her words were even sharper.

"Hiding your weapon, are you really a swordsman?"

Frey stared intently at the sword in Artoria's hand, formless and intangible, as if an invisible layer of wind tightly enveloped it.

"Who knows?"

Artoria had a strange sense of déjà vu, like a re-enactment of the scene with Diarmuid. "Maybe it's a saber, maybe it's a spear, maybe even a bow."

"Nonsense!"

Frey felt she was being played by the other party.

At the same time, she was also surveying the newly set up barrier around them.

'A very sturdy barrier, the magic attainment is very high.'

Although monsters could also use their Unique Skill to set up barriers, this barrier clearly incorporated many personal ideas.

In other words, the barrier user had first thoroughly understood the Unique Skill, and then started constructing the magic spell formulas from scratch.

"How does it feel?"

A clear, cold voice came from behind Artoria.

"Crack, crack, crack~"

Jade feet stepped on the air, and with each step, an ice-blue snowflake would be left in the air.

"Somewhat troublesome, difficult to deal with."

Artoria turned her head and saw Snow Empress, who looked like an ice and snow elf.

"She's still holding back a lot of power."

Snow Empress stood shoulder to shoulder with Artoria, and their auras simultaneously locked onto Queen Frey.

'Another one!'

Frey's face grew even darker. "Are you the one who set up the barrier?"

"Don't tell me, you're also his person?"

Saying this, Frey glanced at Rin, who was sitting below watching the show.

Rin, very naturally, gave her a smile, indicating that she didn't need to mind him.

Rin's attitude made Frey's blood pressure rise.

Snow Empress. "Me? At most, I'm just Rin's pet."

(To be continued.)

Chapter 173: Bounded Field · Great Nature

"Cough, cough, cough~"

Hearing Snow Empress's words, Rin, who was drinking tea, immediately choked.

"Pop!"

Fortunately, there was Ogerpon, patting his back.

About being a pet.

Although what she said was indeed correct, the way she said it was...

"Are you two treating me, like an idiot?"

Frey didn't believe Snow Empress's words at all. "With your power, even among monsters, you are enough, to rival a Demon Lord."

Snow Empress's power indeed gave her the qualification to call herself a Demon Lord.

It's still that saying.

Outsiders simply couldn't distinguish between a Demon Lord Seed and a Demon Lord Seed.

As long as Snow Empress stepped forward and occupied a territory to establish a country, she could be regarded as a Demon Lord by humans.

Of course, such a Demon Lord was often the kind of existence that would be subjugated by human heroes in history.

"Why debase yourself like this?"

Frey could feel the threat posed by Snow Empress.

This woman was very strong, her strength was absolutely no less than Artoria, who had just fought her.

As for Snow Empress's self-introduction.

Frey only took it as her liking Rin, and trying to elevate her man's status through self-deprecation.

After all, love-struck creatures truly have no logic to speak of.

Snow Empress didn't want to answer Frey.

She had no idea where the two girls' power came from.

Without Rin.

Snow Empress would still be in Soul Land, manipulated at will like a chess piece.

Artoria would be even more submerged in the palm of the Counter Force, never able to transcend for all eternity.

"You first, or me first?"

Artoria said, "Of course, I don't mind going together with you."

She was a knight, true, but this wasn't an arena.

On the battlefield, isn't it natural to fight against multiple opponents?

"Help me block for a moment."

"It's too small here, I need to expand my Great Nature so we can fight freely."

Snow Empress's Great Nature was originally just infecting the external environment, transforming it as she pleased.

But, after Rin obtained the Bounded Field of the Type-Moon World, Snow Empress also benefited from it.

Now, Great Nature was no longer just a simple Unique Skill.

Instead, it should be called, Bounded Field · Great Nature!

"Dream on!"

Frey didn't know what Snow Empress was going to do, but she would never let her succeed.

"I won't let you go and hinder Snow Empress."

Artoria intercepted with her sword, once again engaging Frey in a clash of swordsmanship and spatial magic.

"Swish swish swish!"

However, this time, Artoria only attacked a few times before her rhythm was disrupted by crystal-like spatial prisms suddenly growing out of the void.

"Hmm?"

Because she was high in the sky, Artoria not only had to defend herself but also pay attention to what was above her head and below her feet.

"Bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Constantly swinging her Holy Sword, Artoria shattered the translucent spatial prisms.

This was a more advanced spatial magic, similar to Souei's Spatial String Motion.

It utilized the nature of space, transforming it from formless to tangible.

It was similar to the relationship between water vapor, water, and ice.

It caused the previously invisible and untouchable spatial elements to condense, becoming incredibly hard, defense-ignoring, and forcefully destructive prismatic spears.

Unfortunately, even though Frey's spatial prism attacks were incredibly tricky, they still couldn't break through Artoria's defense.

She had no chance of getting past Artoria to interfere with Snow Empress.

Possessing intuition comparable to Future Sight, unless the opponent had a Unique Skill similar to War God or Sword Saint.

Otherwise, no one could suppress Artoria in close combat!

"It has begun..."

And just as neither side could do anything to the other, Snow Empress's voice calmly drifted over.

"Rumble!"

The next moment, surging magicules transformed into a fierce wind, enveloping the entire Tengu Sacred Mountain.

Light screens rose from all directions, then divided into four sections in an X-shape.

"What is this?!"

Frey, Artoria, and even Rin looked at the scene unfolding before them with astonishment.

Tender green sprouts emerged from the soil, willow trees drooped their green strands, gently brushing the lake's surface, and the lake water, like a mirror, reflected the newly awakened world.

Peach blossoms vied for beauty, blooming in profusion, forming clusters of red clouds, their fragrance wafting everywhere.

This was the beginning of the four seasons, symbolizing the spring when all things revive.

"What's going on?"

As the spring breeze caressed their faces, the Tengu looked at the world, which had suddenly shifted between day and night, feeling utterly shocked.

But it wasn't over yet!

A golden scorching sun hung high in the sky, making everyone, who was already bewildered by the shifting stars, feel the sunlight even more dazzling.

The chirping of cicadas sounded like the prelude to summer.

In the lotus pond, lotus leaves stretched out, lotus flowers stood tall and graceful, and dragonflies skimmed the water, a scene full of vitality.

"Rumble!"

Suddenly, a summer rain accompanied by thunder descended abruptly.

Raindrops as big as beans hit the banana leaves, making crisp sounds, bringing a hint of coolness to the hot earth.

Next, there would be the bleak golden autumn, and the cruel white snow.

The changing of the four seasons, at the same moment, in the same world, filled Frey's vision.

"To be able to achieve this level?!"

Frey was horrified by Snow Empress's grand gesture.

And she had only seen such a thing from one person.

That was Guy, the Lord of Darkness, the leader of the Ten Demon Lords!

Possessing the ability to create different realms, he could create independent space-times to serve as battlegrounds for monsters.

But!

The ability before her was clearly different from the alternate space Guy created.

The rules, magic elements, matter, and life here were all truly existent.

"Who on earth are you?"

Frey was truly startled by Snow Empress's move.

She was a Demon Lord Seed, and her knowledge was far beyond what others could compare to.

Snow Empress's ability, setting aside its power, its all-encompassing depth alone was enough to make her associate it with many things.

For example, did this ability of hers have further potential?

Undoubtedly, the answer was yes.

Since such an existence was born in the Cardinal World, it would definitely not be left alone.

Therefore, Snow Empress could definitely continue to grow stronger.

But what would Snow Empress, who was already a Demon Lord Seed, become if she advanced further?

"Ultimate Skill..."

Frey knew that True Demon Lords possessed powerful authorities called Ultimate Skills.

Great Nature, taken a step further, would be the Lord of Nature!

A Demon Lord who governs nature, including all elements like earth, water, wind, and fire, and controls the rotation of the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, and day and night

(To be continued.)