CHAPTER 299: STRENGTH FOR THE BATTLE

"Yes, I want to see even one moment of his brave figure."

"If possible, I wish I could fight together with him."

In Dalmasca, there was a group who’s calling themselves as part of the Lord Dominic Aspiration Squad.

The membership was based on personal choice and people could join or leave freely.

They were a group of muscle-loving fighters who admired Lord Dominic endlessly and trained every day to become even a little closer to him.

And Tenby currently served as the leader of the squad.

The knights, soldiers, adventurers, many people, no matter their status or occupation, were connected through this squad.

Their admiration for Lord Dominic overcame all barriers.

The legend of how Lord Dominic once destroyed the left wing of the Dalmasca royal castle with one strike was still told everywhere.

However, their king for some reason trembled in fear whenever he heard the name of Lord Dominic.

Long ago, when King Jircniv had been imprisoned for twenty long years, Lord Shiao Yi had appeared to rescue him.

Once, the king said that Lord Shiao Yi looked like an angel at that moment.

The king must have strongly hoped to join hands with Lord Shiao Yi and support the country together.

It was an open secret that many paintings of Lord Shiao Yi hung on the walls of King Jircniv’ private room.

Everyone knew that Lord Shiao Yi was the one and only partner of Lord Dominic, but perhaps King Jircniv still could not completely throw away his feelings toward Lord Shiao Yi.

Lord Shiao Yi was also now working together with Lord Dominic in Solmaria.

Tenby and the others wished they could rush to their side, but since they could not, they at least wanted to send as many magic stones as possible, hoping to become even the smallest help in defeating the Aeon.

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Three hundred magic cannons and eight thousand magic stones has been prepared and ready to be sent.

Together with the knights, soldiers, and magicians, Shiao Yi passed through the teleportation circle and arrived in Solmaria.

The sun was already tilting to the west.

It had been about sixteen hours since the Aeon appeared.

The magicians who had been holding the barrier to stop the Aeon and the knights who are fighting the tentacle that was attacking the barrier must all be completely exhausted.

But against an Aeon that was so huge that it seemed to cover the whole world, half hearted strength would only fail.

They would not be able to destroy it and if they let it run wild they would have no way to fight back.

They had to face this with everything they had.

Under Quintus’s command, Johan gave his orders to the knight corps.

The knights that was carrying the magic cannons lined up in a half circle around the Aeon.

Next to each group stood several soldiers who are carrying magic stones and preparing to load them into the cannons.

Mr. Vundo instructed the magicians to support the barriers.

Following Mr. Vundo’s orders, Aaron and the others slowly shifted the barrier, pushing the Aeon toward a cove wedged between rocky cliffs.

General Gabrant placed the army around the knights, creating a formation so tight that not even an ant could slip through, ready to strike any part of the Aeon that tried to escape.

Shiao Yi immediately ran toward Dominic.

He already covered in sweat, but his blue eyes had not lost their shine.

Louis who is fighting behind him to protect his back was also breathing heavily like a bellows.

"Dominic. I made you wait! Everything is ready. It’s time for the full attack."

"Yeah. It looks like we managed to hold it back somehow."

Shiao Yi handed magic stones to Dominic and Louis.

After confirming that they immediately absorbed magic from the stones, he jumped over to Aaron and the others.

He handed out more magic stones to them as well so they could refill their magic.

"We worked really hard, Shiao Yi. I’m so glad Mr. Vundo and the others came. Now we can finally breathe a little."

"Good work. As expected, Aaron. All right, just one more push."

With the support of all the magicians, the strengthened barrier pushed the Aeon into the cove.

The Aeon filled the entire cove and rose far above the surrounding mountains, reaching up as if piercing the sky.

Even though Dominic and the others had already cut down a huge part of it, this massive black slime showed no sign of shrinking.

The Aeon being held by the barrier did not seem to have any will of its own.

The way it stretched upward or writhing continuously in the air looked as if it was driven only by instinct, the instinct to search for food.

The Aeon did not have organs like humans or animals, nor did it have a nervous center, bones, or muscles.

It probably did not even have cells.

It was a monster made only from dark magic.

It was the absolute enemy that had been eating the light-magic of living creatures since ancient times.

A being of darkness that stood opposite all living things of light.

The first drop of the Aeon born in the ancient sea kept growing endlessly while greedily eating the light-creatures around it.

For the Aeon, this world was only a hunting ground full of food.

It only ate and expanded.

The creatures that lived by the light-magic tried to escape the Aeon, changing their forms in many ways, gaining knowledge, and evolving.

One of these evolutions was leaving the sea, which the Aeon had claimed completely, and going onto land. But the Aeon also followed the food and eventually came onto land.

After that, it became a fierce world where the hunter and the hunted fought endlessly.

The creatures evolved until they finally became humans, but even then humans were completely powerless before the Aeon.

Most of all, human weapons could not harm it and even attribute magic attacks from magic circles only became food that increased the Aeon’s power.