My Alter Ego’s Path to Greatness

Episode 227 Immortal King vs Hero Party (2)

The air inside the building was completely different from the outside, as if they had crossed over to another world.

As expected, the building in the center of Beorsen was no longer an ordinary space.

‘…This is unpleasant.’

Heinrich frowned and looked around.

The vast space, no longer recognizable as the inside of a building, was filled with darkness, a filthy, suffocating, and sticky energy clinging to them.

Like a pit of the abyss, trying to drag them down into its depths.

And in the center of that space…

…He stood.

The one responsible for the current chaos, not just in this city, but throughout the continent…

…And the one who was Heinrich’s opposite, yet also a part of him.

“Immortal King, Hannibal Strauss.”

The hero party had finally encountered the Immortal King.

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‘Immortal King.’

Crack—

Geos Calkin, a member of the hero party, gripped his spear tightly.

‘Finally.’

The moment he had been waiting for.

Had it been a year since that tragedy? No, not even a year yet?

It felt like ages ago… He couldn’t remember clearly.

‘I made the right choice joining the expedition.’

He wouldn’t have had this opportunity to face the Immortal King otherwise.

He wouldn’t have even dreamed of fighting him directly.

Of course, he had killed countless dark mages, the Immortal King’s subordinates, while defending against his attacks.

He always targeted black mages first, and he didn’t hesitate to torture the survivors after the battle.

Heinrich, knowing his circumstances, had tolerated his actions without a word.

It was something he was truly grateful for, considering the Saint’s righteous nature.

[Kihihihik— This is… interesting…]

“Immortal King! You…!”

Geos couldn’t hear the exchange between the Immortal King and the hero.

Memories from long ago flashed through his mind, vivid as if it were yesterday.

-“Uhuhu— How is it, Geos? Are you ready to be a father?”

His wife, Anna, lovingly stroking her pregnant belly.

They had no one but each other, and then they had a child.

-“Oh my! She’s so cute. Who’s daughter is this little angel?”

He remembered the baby, wriggling in its crib, its eyes barely open.

-“Waaaah—!”

-“Geos! Don’t make her cry! You have to be gentle! It’s okay, Nia. Mommy’s here.”

He remembered those days, when he was so clumsy with the baby.

-“Daddy, daddy! Look, look! Hahaha—!”

He remembered his daughter, all grown up, running towards him with a bright smile.

-“Then I’ll take our daughter on a date and follow you later. You can go ahead and work alone, Mr. Lord, okay~?”

-“Okay~? Hehe! Don’t cry and wait for us, Daddy, okay? Promise?”

-“Honey, do you really think I’m going to cry because I’m lonely? I’ll just be stuck in a corner somewhere, digging in the dirt.”

-“Ah! You’re probably right! Hehehe!”

…He still remembered that last conversation.

Geos raised a hand and gently touched the scar on his chest.

He had scratched and clawed at his chest until his hands were bloody and his muscles were torn, desperately trying to hold back his tears after receiving the news. ṟᴀＮôᛒÈ𐌔

To keep his daughter’s last promise.

Of course, even a master-level knight couldn’t control his emotions completely.

But he hadn’t shed a single tear since then. Wouldn’t that count for something?

‘He knows me too well.’

And she wasn’t wrong about him being stuck in a corner, digging in the dirt.

He had come out now, but he had been holed up in his residence, wasting his time, for a while.

He smiled bitterly and gripped his spear again, lowering his stance like a predator ready to pounce.

His gaze was fixed on the one responsible for all this, memorizing his every move, ready to strike.

‘I’m sorry… but I don’t want to wait any longer.’

A fierce fire burned through his veins.

Fueled by grief and despair— a conflagration of revenge and rage.

‘If you won’t come to me… then I’ll have to go to you.’

His lips twisted into a grim smile, the heat so intense that they seemed to turn to ash.

And then, as he had been waiting for,

The battle between the hero party and the Immortal King began.

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Whoosh, whoosh—!

Slash! Slash!

Heinrich charged towards the Immortal King, relentlessly cutting down the abyssal snakes that lunged at him.

“Blessing: Holy Blade”, empowered by the holy sword, was a natural enemy of the abyss, but they kept coming, as if they were endless.

‘Ugh, this is worse than I expected.’

Fortunately, he had some breathing room thanks to Geos’s support from behind.

He gritted his teeth, amplifying his holy power with “Blessing: Capacity Increase”.

His conversation with the Immortal King hadn’t been important.

It was just a typical exchange between a hero and a Demon King.

What was truly important was the mental meeting that should have been happening.

He had thought Hans would reluctantly lower his mental barrier in this situation…

‘But he’s not backing down.’

There was still no sign of communication.

I’m not going anywhere. I’m doing what I want, so you back down if you don’t like it.

It was a unilateral declaration.

‘Hans…’

Kaboom—! Boom! Crash—!

At that moment, Lydia’s arrows, fired from behind, shook the Immortal King’s barrier.

The arrows, made from the dried branches of the World Tree that Howard was using as fuel, were imbued with the power of spirits and Liesta’s holy power, raining down like a bombardment.

[Tsk, they’re annoying.]

As he muttered,

The darkness writhed and surged towards the hero party…

“Main God, protect us from evil!”

But Liesta’s prayer and her holy light pushed back the darkness, shielding her companions.

They were still struggling against the overwhelming pressure, but she was the Saintess, so she wouldn’t be easily defeated.

Crackle—! Crackle—! Crackle—!

And next to her, sparks erupted from the space around Isea.

“Ugh, he still has the time to bother me in this situation? What kind of monster is he?!”

She gritted her teeth, beads of sweat trickling down her face.

The magic power she had gathered was being disrupted before it could even form a proper structure.

He was using magic reversal, a technique that high-ranking mages only used against those far weaker than them… against her, an Archmage.

And he was doing it repeatedly, while fighting the others.

[Pathetic.]

And it didn’t end there.

Whoosh— Boom!

A black hellfire, a high-level dark magic spell, struck the barrier Liesta was maintaining.

“Ugh!”

The impact made her groan, disrupting her concentration.

He was interfering with her magic while casually using high-level magic himself.

It was an absurd situation.

‘But why? What’s he trying to do?’

But Isea gritted her teeth and refocused her mind.

If she gave up, he would have even more time to unleash his magic.

However, despite everyone’s best efforts…

Heinrich, who was at the forefront, was steadily taking damage.

[Hehehe! What’s wrong, Hero? If you want to save your companions, you should defeat me!]

The holy blade, empowered by the holy sword, was a hard counter to the Immortal King.

It could cut through his defenses like butter after deflecting all his attacks, but he wasn’t a stationary target.

‘…This is frustrating. Maybe it would have been different if Harley was here…’

He had managed to break through the barrier several times, only to be pushed back by the counterattacks.

But he couldn’t stop until he landed a fatal blow, and the damage he had sustained in the process was accumulating.

‘It’s not a major problem yet because I’m a holy knight, but it’s not good to be hit by so many abyss-infused attacks.’

He wasn’t even sure if his companions could hold out until then.

He had been able to get this close thanks to Lydia’s support fire, Liesta’s holy power buffs, and Geos intercepting the attacks aimed at him.

‘And Isea’s efforts to reduce Hans’s magic bombardment have also been helpful.’

If Harley was here, they might have actually been able to land a hit.

But then, Hans might have summoned some of the executives who were still in the Immortal Fortress.

Heinrich gripped his holy sword tightly, shaking off his regret.

This was their chance, while Hans was facing him alone.

He didn’t know if it was because he had become so used to it or if it was just arrogance…

‘It’s not the time to hold back.’

If he could just inflict a critical injury now, they might be able to buy some time until his main body woke up.

Heinrich used “Blessing: Leap”, which he had been saving for a decisive moment, and swung his sword.

With all his might, to crush that stubborn skull.

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Geos calmly analyzed what he could and couldn’t do as the battle raged.

The Refraction Spear, which he had learned from Chehai, was the pinnacle of aura manipulation, allowing him to strike any target by transcending space, but it wasn’t without its limitations.

‘My attack can’t reach beyond the Immortal King’s magic barrier.’

Actually, it wasn’t just the Immortal King, but any defense above a certain level, so it wasn’t surprising.

He wasn’t at the transcendent level yet.

‘And even if I aim for the moment when the barrier is destroyed… It wouldn’t be very effective.’

Geos, who had been meticulously analyzing his opponent, was able to sense the secret surrounding the Immortal King’s heart, based on the spatial intuition he had gained from using the Refraction Spear.

‘An incredible level of spatial distortion surrounding his heart. It’s meaningless to just bend the tip of my spear and try to stab it. Unless I can interfere with space itself and strike beyond it.’

And that was impossible for him at his current level.

‘…With normal methods.’

Naturally, the secret technique he had mastered wasn’t ordinary.

The fact that he could interfere with space with just aura, without reaching transcendence, was extraordinary.

And the technique, which was practically a ‘superpower using aura’ created by Chehai,

Had been further developed by Geos, becoming closer to an ‘aura secret art’.

“Whew—”

He deflected the dark magic power that was surging towards him and took a deep breath, observing the situation.

Crackle—! Crackle! Crackle—!

Sparks erupted from Isea’s location.

She was also trying to create multiple spells simultaneously, gathering her monstrous magic power.

It was a risky attempt that could lead to a backlash, but thanks to her, the Immortal King’s magic usage had decreased significantly.

Lydia and Liesta were also supporting Heinrich.

She seemed to have an endless supply of arrows, as they flew through the air, piercing the abyssal snakes.

And Liesta’s holy power, emanating from her body, which now looked like light itself, burned away the surrounding darkness and empowered her companions.

Geos’s gaze turned back to the front lines.

Heinrich, desperately trying to get close, and the Immortal King, calmly responding to his attacks.

There was no hope.

The hero, and even the Saintess, might die here.

And that would be a true disaster.

‘So… this can’t be helped.’

A subtle smile appeared on Geos’s lips.

As if he was looking forward to something.

‘Immortal King.’

And Geos Calkin, a master-level knight and count of the Lesque Kingdom…

‘I might not be able to kill you, but…’

…twisted, squeezed, and uprooted the aura within him.

“Ugh— Cough—!”

And he unleashed a single streak of blood-red aura, a culmination of his life, his level, and his karma.

‘This will… hurt a lot.’

Immediately after the hero’s holy sword pierced the barrier,

Geos thrust his spear, and the spearhead— pierced through space.

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