Former General Is Undead Knight - Act 4-23 - Knight of Blood Mist②

The black-armored knight slashed at Johann.

「Heed my call and come from the realm of light! Flame Prison Angel, Ami Fatnas!」

Two spirits from the realm of light appeared before Johann.

The gaping hole where its face should have been was facing the black-armored knight, as if glaring at the latter.

Both inhabitants of the spirit world raised their arms.

Their bodies were clad in hellfire. And then, they leapt toward the black-armored knight as if trying to protect Johann.

「How foolish.」

The black-armored knight held his greatsword aloft with one hand.

The two spirits moved around for a pincer attack.

The black-armored knight thrust his greatsword forward, piercing the first spirit. Just like that, he raised his sword as he pulled it back, slashing the body of the spirit from its abdomen.

The spirit split into two, crumbling to the ground.

The second spirit who came from behind stretched its blazing red hand, touching the back of the black-armored knight.

The surface of the black-armored knight’s armor warped lightly due to the high heat.

But at the same time, the black-armored knight pulled his sword, spinning around and slashing the arm of the second spirit.

He hit its head with a second slash, and his third swept across its face. His fourth strike was aimed at its chest.

In just a moment, the spirit had been decapitated, fading into particles of light immediately.

「Yeah, foolish indeed.」

The black-armored knight muttered this.

Johann cast a glance at the transformation metal on the back of the black-armored knight.

‘…He is a terrifying swordsman. In terms of abilities, he is definitely far more powerful than me, Philipo, or Matai. But that doesn’t mean the angel’s hellfire won’t work on 『Knight of Blood Mist』.’

Since that was the case, he concluded that it was possible to destroy the armor along with the person in it.

The black-armored knight remained calm and collected. However, he could feel the heat from the warped part of his armor.

Surely the person inside was suffering from a large scald wound.

「Heed my call and come from the realm of light! Flame Prison Angel, Ami Fatnas!」

Johann summoned his spirit again.

This time, four spirits from the realm of light appeared before Johann.

Just like before, four spirits clad in hellfire armor circled around the black-armored knight.

「Still using those toys, eh.」

The black-armored knight swung his greatsword with one hand, breaking through the encirclement from all sides.

Decapitated heads and mangled limbs littered the ground.

But the spirit whose face was smashed by the black-armored knight’s greatsword managed to survive the blow; it went into the black-armored knight’s blind spot, hugging him from behind.

Black smoke rose from the black-armored knight.

「I told you before, it’s a foolish attempt.」

The black-armored knight broke free from the hold, turning around, raising his feet, and trampling down on the head of the fallen spirit.

Unable to fight back, the spirit vanished along with particles of light.

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Even against twice as many spirits, the knight could defeat all his foes in mere seconds.

However, there was a huge depression left in the black-armored knight’s armor from where he had been grabbed.

The reason behind this was the hellfire of the flame prison angel, Ami Fatnas.

Johann couldn’t control a lot of spirits like Matai. However, the flame prison angel, Ami Fatnas, was of a far higher rank than the knight angel, Fen Melkus, summoned by Matai.

Although Ami Fatnas could shoot flames, the flames of its armor could maintain an even higher temperature.

Any normal human who was touched by those flames would turn into a cinder in less than a second.

‘The metal joint of the waist part melted with the previous attack. That should be enough to hinder his movements. I just need to keep using this method to kill this man. I have to get rid of him quickly and regroup with Cardinal Zebedai and the others…’

Something happened the moment Johann pondered that.

The deformed part of the armor suddenly moved on its own. It turned into liquid metal and then returned to its original state as if the previous deformation had never happened.

Johann couldn’t believe what he saw just now.

But the harsh reality was laid out right before his very eyes.

「…Don’t tell me, is that the infamous cursed metal delrite?」

Johann happened to know about the cursed metal.

During the Eight Countries Unification War, delrite was dubbed a cursed metal since it led to the destruction of the kingdoms.

To repair itself, it sucked the mana from its wearer.

Although it was hailed as an invincible armor at one point, many knights who couldn’t withstand the absorption rate of the mana ended up dying in their armor as dried-up corpses.

「Correct. It seems you’re really surprised. But calling it cursed is where you’re wrong. This armor simply can’t be used by humans.」

—But no doubt about it, the heat passed through and warped the armor.

—That armor should be akin to burning a coffin for its wearer due to the angel’s hellfire.

—And yet, it’s as if this guy didn’t feel the heat at all.

「What became… of your body inside that armor? How can you stay calm and collected inside such searing armor?」

The black-armored knight laughing scornfully upon hearing Johann’s question.

「Do you really think I’m going to answer? You might be able to beat me with that knowledge after all. Enough with the chit-chat, summon that three-headed archangel. The preliminary investigation about you guys has already been done. You might be able to defeat me if you summon it, you know?」

The black-armored knight raised his greatsword with his remaining arm.

Johann looked at the enemy before him.

—That armor doesn’t seem empty.

—If the armor was really empty, the missing arm should’ve been restored due to the properties of delrite.

—It’s definitely not something as simple as having superior regenerative power.

「It’s okay even if you’re unwilling to summon it. I’ll be looking for Lambert again once I kill you. 『Rose of Subkingdom』 is a rather meticulous and cruel woman after all. Since she has already entered the underground passage, Zebedai won’t be able to escape.」

The black-armored knight readied his greatsword, closing in on Johann.

「O FLAME, BECOME A TIGER!」

Johan raised the palm of his hand toward the black-armored knight.

The flame that was conjured by his sorcery became five tigers. The beasts of flames ran straight toward the black-armored knight.

「Why are you using such useless magic now of all times?」

The black-armored knight walked steadily as he brandished his greatsword.

In a single strike, he cut down the incoming beasts.

Johann circled around quickly behind the black-armored knight by using the beasts of flames as his decoys, heading into the 『Tower of Rest』.

The black-armored knight could only glare dumbfoundedly as he saw the back of Johann.

「What a coward. What a huge disappointment—one of the Four Great Sages is actually a coward who turns his back to his enemy. Do you really think I’ll let you escape?」

The black-armored knight chased after Johann into the 『Tower of Rest』.

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