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Former General Is Undead Knight (Web Novel) - Volume 4, Chapter 14: Holy City Raid⑧
Volume 4, Chapter 14: Holy City Raid⑧
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「HAAAAH!」
Lambert brandished his greatsword at the youth, one of the Eight Wise Men: 『Gu』.
『Gu』 who had removed all of his previous wound due to molting, became more agile due to his smaller build. He stepped back and easily dodged Lambert’s attack.
But with strike after strike, the youth’s reaction became slower and slower.
「Are you sure about this? The 『Enhanced Demonic Insects』 I summoned have started to surround you again.」
Lambert ignored 『Gu』’s teasing voice and unleashed the fourth strike.
For Lambert, the 『Enhanced Demonic Insects』 weren’t a big deal.
They were not fast, and their fangs were not sharp enough to cause trouble.
In short, they couldn’t break through Lambert’s Organ armor.
They could be killed by a simple swing of his arms or crushed to death beneath his armor.
The same applied for 『Gu』. Those 『Enhanced Demonic Insects』 were worthless. They were nothing more than sacrifices to perform another 『Banquet of Ravenous Insect』.
Lambert paid attention to the gathered corpses of the 『Enhanced Demonic Insects』. He tried to disrupt the formation to prevent a second summoning of Abaddon.
Lambert’s greatsword grazed 『Gu』’s abdomen.
The blade tore through the youth’s black clothes and the skin of his abdomen, spraying a lot of blood in the air.
From the youth’s blood, wasps emerged, but they were repelled by Lambert’s Organ armor.
「Tch, it’s impossible to maintain my physical strength with another molting… To think I’m so weak in frontal combat.」
Lambert leaned lightly and, as if pushing it forward, tossed his greatsword at the youth’s head.
『Gu』 tried to dodge, but the sword’s blade still managed to graze his face.
「Tch, but this much is…」
It was supposed to be a mere graze.
But the real aim wasn’t that; Lambert used the flat side of his greatsword to land a strike on the youth’s head.
Although the blade only managed to graze the youth, Lambert used his brute strength to land a heavy blow only a moment later.
「Guh…」
『Gu』 staggered backward upon receiving a shock to his head.
The greatsword then rose as if scooped up.
Suddenly, pair of moth-like insect wings unfolded from 『Gu』’s back, bringing his body into the air. He barely managed to dodge Lambert’s attack.
「That…was really close.」
The tear on the youth’s back widened, and a giant moth-like monster appeared from within.
Apparently, it wasn’t that he grew wings from his back; rather, that place just happened to be the incubation place of the giant moth.
The moth flew from 『Gu』’s back, separating the youth from Lambert.
「…So you can heal your wounds and rejuvenate yourself, huh.」
Lambert said this, standing calmly.
『Gu』’s expressionless face suddenly widened into a creepy smile.
「Yeah, it’s just as you see. Amazing, right?」
「Since that’s the case, including the previous two, how many times left can you use the same technique?」
「Hah?」
The matter that Lambert pointed out was the youth’s age regression.
After 『Gu』 escaped Philipo’s spell with his molting, he was younger by at least ten years.
Moreover, even though Lambert couldn’t confirm the truth, he realized from the youth’s grumbling that using such a technique again would dampen his physical strength.
Since that was the case, the life-saving trump card that made him ten years younger couldn’t be used carelessly if he wanted to maintain his advantage.
Considering the problem of physical strength, maintaining his age in the twenties was too dangerous.
Although the youth was forced to use molting in succession, in Lambert’s opinion, 『Gu』’s ability was a top-class warrior since he could easily replace his missing body parts by molting.
「Now, allow me to ask you a simple question. Why do you think I’m willing to answer your question? Although it’s dull and bores me to death, the ceremony has been completed.」
A huge magic circle shone, and a large number of 『Enhanced Demonic Insects』 were burned by the black flame.
「Heed my call and come to this world, Starving Destroyer Abaddon!」
The giant centipede with a human skull, Abaddon, appeared before Lambert again.
『Gu』 then jumped and landed on top of Abaddon’s skull.
「Are you going to escape with your tail between your legs? But the game has only just started now! Hahaha, now die for me, Demon General!」
The human skull rushed toward Lambert.
Lambert braced his leg, readying his stance again.
「Hey, what are you thinking about? Have you lost your mind in desperation?」
Then, Lambert rushed forward, aiming at the crown of Abaddon’s skull.
His greatsword dug a bit into the skull. But that was far from enough to stop Abaddon.
「You think a mere former human like you can defeat a quasi-high-rank spirit, huh! Dream on, Demon General!」
Abaddon’s rush was unstoppable.
It created a huge ditch in its wake, crashing against the wall of the church.
The north wall of the abandoned church crumbled.
「Hah, it seems I went too far this time.」
『Gu』 descended from Abaddon’s body as it started to vanish.
The moment he landed on the ground, Lambert had already raised his greatsword right before him.
「…AH?」
The greatsword bisected 『Gu』’s body right in the middle.
Finally, the color of dread and fear dwelled in the youth’s eyes.
The upper half of 『Gu』’s body dropped on the floor, spilling blood from his mouth.
Numerous insects crawling out from the bisected part as if trying to escape.
Lambert trampled a few of those insects beneath his feet.
「I…lost? Impossible, receiving Abaddon’s charge from the front yet remaining unscathed…is impossible.」
「It’s not like I took that charge from the front. I simply used my sword to make that guy’s head into a stepping platform.」
「…Y-you monster, as if just anyone could do that.」
Lambert raised his greatsword, aiming at 『Gu』’s head to kill the latter for sure.
But then, something landed right behind Lambert.
Lambert turned around immediately, blocking the incoming greatsword with his own. Then, the other party followed with a body blow to destroy Lambert’s footing before stabbing with his greatsword at Lambert’s unguarded chest plate.
But that last stab failed since Lambert blocked it in the nick of time with his greatsword, therefore allowing him to use the other party’s force to jump back and regain his footing.
「We’ll be in trouble if you kill our important members, ex-Demon General-turned-undead.」
The assailant was a man almost as tall as Lambert, clad in black armor.
