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Former General Is Undead Knight (Web Novel) - Volume 4, Chapter 36: Judgment⑤
Volume 4, Chapter 36: Judgment⑤
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「Heed my call and come from the subkingdom, Prison of Vines, Alraune.」Alvana invoked summoning magic
The sounds of a guqin along with her aria-like song resounded together.
A huge magic circle expanded beneath her feet as soon as she finished her aria. The vines that she summoned from the spirit world covered one part of the passage.
Then, the vines clumped together by Alvana’s side, expanded, and finally took the form of green-skinned woman.
That was the true form of spirit Alraune.
Befitting the title Prison of Vines, Alraune could cover a certain area with her vines and unleash extremely fast and powerful attacks within that area.
Naturally, the vines were part of Alraune’s body. They were by no means the same as plants in the human world.
They were like heavy, tough-like metal, and they moved randomly at breakneck speed.
In short, all of the vines that covered the area were akin to whips made from metal.
Alraune was an extremely terrifying spirit that could literally annihilate thousands of soldiers in the proper conditions.
The spirit of subkingdom could only be controlled by their summoner within the area where the sound of the guqin could be heard.
But such a weakness was nullified by the narrow passage.
Alraune’s vine prison could materialize as long as Alvana still had mana.
Thus, Lambert was trapped inside this very prison.
Every single vine around him turned its tip at him.
Lambert was just standing still. He didn’t even move from his original position.
The spirit Alraune raised its head, letting out an otherworldly laugh while embracing Alvana’s back as they saw Lambert being wrapped in vines.
「Splendid. I’ve never seen anyone unleash the full power of a spirit of the subkingdom, not even during the Eight Countries Unification War. The story about the Etelbe tribe’s guqin being capable of charming the denizens of the spirit world turned out to be true.」
Lambert then swung his greatsword, slicing the vines that were coming toward him.
All vines that were about to wrap him were torn apart in a single slash.
Although it looked like he sliced them off pretty easily, the fact that the fragments of the vines sunk into the wall showed how heavy and tough they were.
At that moment, the spirit Alraune stopped laughing and then glared at Lambert.
After all, this was its first time seeing a human who could single-handedly fight on par with a high-ranking spirit.
This was especially true because the spirits of the subkingdom were famous for being extremely prideful.
Alraune couldn’t accept the unbelievable spectacle before it.
「…Although Simon from the Four Great Sages could barely withstand the onslaught, maybe you’re just simple too strong.」
Alvana suddenly changed the tone of her guqin.
The melody turned from a calm and serene one into an enraged one akin to stormy waves.
Although she played the same instrument, she could exhibit different effects with different melodies. Lambert couldn’t help but marvel at the display of her skill.
「Heed my call and come from the subkingdom, Evil Eater of the Garden, Mad Eater.」
Six giant flowers appeared as she finished her aria.
Although each had a different color, the one thing they shared in common was the fact that all of the colors looked poisonous.
Right at the center of those flowers was a vertical mouth with six eyes moving around in it.
The monstrous being pulled at its root that was embedded into cracked ground. Then, it started running while baring its fangs.
The Mad Eater stretched its limbs toward Lambert.
The frontmost Mad Eater ran in between the gap of the vines and leapt at Lambert as if trying to eat him.
Lambert changed the orbit of his greatsword and stabbed it right into the flower’s mouth while in midair.
The blade pierced the Mad Eater.
Some mysterious liquid was excreted from the six pierced eyes.
The Mad Eater creeped toward Lambert, twining itself around his greatsword.
「Not enough to send you back to the spirit world, huh!」
Lambert dodged the vine that came from the side and struck the second Mad Eater while the first one was still skewered by his sword’s blade.
The flower monster slammed into the wall.
But it stood again and creeped toward Lambert.
Although it was inferior compared to the vines in terms of speed, its durability was top-notch.
Lambert slammed the Mad Eater that coiled around his sword’s blade to the ceiling, wall, and floor again.
Finally, the Mad Eater’s body was torn off, falling from his sword’s blade.
It had literally turned into minced flowers.
And yet, its crushed eyes and fangs were still twitching.
Lambert went toward Alraune while trampling that twitching Mad Eater underfoot.
Finally, the second jumped again along with the third one.
Alraune’s vines also blocked his path to the sides.
Lambert stamped his feet on the ground, leaped up, turned around, kicked the ceiling, and then slammed his body into the ground.
Maybe not even the inhabitants of the spirit world knew that someone clad in a lump of Organ armor could move like that.
Just like that, Lambert rushed forward, slashing at the two Mad Eaters in the rear.
He jumped further forward, using the recoil of that slash.
The other Mad Eaters couldn’t block Lambert’s path.
Since Lambert’s movements were unpredictable, Alraune’s vines also couldn’t react in time.
Thus, Alraune was wide open as Lambert headed straight toward it.
No matter how much of a monster the spirits of the subkingdom were, Alraune itself was no match for Lambert in terms of raw power.
In the first place, Alvana couldn’t control the spirits unless she played her guqin.
In short, she was really vulnerable during the battle.
「This is the end, Alvana.」
Lambert rushed forward, readying his greatsword as he made such a declaration.
His Organ armor repelled the vines that tried to wrap around his body.
However, it didn’t change the fact that Lambert’s speed decreased a bit due to the vines. Two Mad Eaters rushed in and stood between Lambert and Alvana at that moment.
「How persistent.」
Lambert then changed his target to the Mad Eaters and unleashed a powerful stab on them.
The stab was aimed right at the moment when the two Mad Eaters’ bodies overlapped, skewering them together.
Even if the Mad Eaters were really tenacious, it didn’t mean that they were invulnerable.
Lambert pushed through with brute force, getting rid of the meat shield and rushing at Alvana again.
His objective was to snatch the guqin from Alvana’s hands, effectively canceling her control over the spirits.
Alvana retreated, trying to escape from Lambert’s reach.
But she was too late.
Lambert’s attack was about to graze her guqin.
Suddenly, Alraune jumped in front of Alvana, becoming her meat shield.
Lambert’s greatsword pierced Alraune’s head.
As a result, Lambert’s attack missed Alvana.
But Lambert forcefully swung down his sword, aiming to slash at Alvana, who was protected by Alraune.
The tip of his sword grazed Alvana’s coat.
Alvana fell to her knees, but she didn’t let go of her guqin.
A red color spread from the area around her thigh.
Lambert swung his greatsword again after he got rid of the spirits that coiled on his sword’s blade.
「I won’t make the same blunder. You might be loved by spirits, but that won’t change the result of the battle.」
Lambert raised his greatsword overhead and swung it down toward Alvana, who was kneeling in place.
「Hear my voice and heed my call, Ruler of the Subkingdom, Oberon.」
Alvana started her aria.
At that moment, the world was overturned.
The narrow passage was gone.
It was replaced by a bizarre yet fantastical flower field that spread until the horizon.
「That…was a close call, but the preparations have been completed.」
Alvana stood faraway from Lambert.
When Alvana’s line of sight met Lambert, she showed a sad face as if she was pitying him.
That expression was different from her daring expression so far. The current expression was her natural one.
「This battle, your battle…has ended. Please, rest in peace.」
Alvana plucked her guqin again as she declared this.
