Danmachi : Start With Terraria Calamity Mod! Chapter 89 89: Like the Shinigami Descending from the Sky

Two days remained until the arrival of the Wave.

In the no-man's land at the border between the Kingdom of lromarc and the Kingdom of Jioral.

Because both kingdoms practiced human supremacy, their treatnt of demi-humans, beastn, and other non-human races was extrely harsh.

As a result, the demi-human races that had originally lived within the two kingdoms' territories had been forced to migrate to the bitterly cold border regions.

The ice-wolf tribe was one of the demi-human races more suited to cold regions.

Relying on their affinity for ice and snow, they gradually multiplied and established many settlents.

Recently, however, a band of "rcenaries" had been constantly appearing along the border, invading and slaughtering ice-wolf village after ice-wolf village.

Judging from their excellent equipnt and strict discipline, they were by no ans ordinary rcenaries.

In truth, they were all soldiers of the Kingdom of Jioral.

They were rely using the na of rcenaries to plunder demi-human villages and sell the captives to slave rchants for profit.

Nightfall was when they committed their cris.

Outside an ice-wolf village whose gates were tightly shut, more than a hundred well-equipped soldiers were already prepared to strike.

Because of their previous successes, they were also fully confident in tonight's operation.

"Heh… do they think closing the gates will let them escape disaster?"

The commander in charge looked at the sealed ice-wolf village and gave a cold laugh.

"We'll make them co out on their own soon enough. Pass down the order. Release the bait!"

Amid pained whimpers and sobs, a group of ice-wolf won and children were driven forward and forced to kneel in the open space outside the village.

The children's helpless cries and the won's low sobbing constantly scraped at the nerves of the ice-wolf warriors inside.

"Make it more exciting."

The commander walked behind a young ice-wolf child and raised the military saber in his hand with a savage grin.

Bang—!

The village gate was finally smashed open from the inside by the enraged warriors, who charged toward the group of "rcenaries" while brandishing their weapons.

Then, unsurprisingly, they were t by a prepared rain of arrows.

Use captives to lure the ice-wolf warriors trapped inside the village out.

Then use long-range attacks to shoot down every last one of their fighting forces.

After several massacres, these soldiers from the Kingdom of Jioral had already fully mastered the usual tactics of slave-hunting squads.

Barring any accidents, they would obtain another batch of rare ice-wolf demi-human slaves today.

Drake was that accident.

Black worms broke through the hard frozen tundra and burst from the ground.

Not only did they block every arrow, they also stopped the ice-wolf warriors from rushing to their deaths.

If Drake had not given orders in advance, the Shadow Eaters alone would have been enough to sweep away all of the soldiers, who had already been frightened out of their wits.

"Setsuna, it's ti for revenge."

Standing on the high slope, Drake gently patted the wolf-eared girl on the head.

"I'll leave the small fry to you. That commander who looks like he has so ability will be mine."

"Yes, Master!"

The next instant, two figures descended from the sky, falling into the crowd like Shinigami.

"Father… Mother…"

"I'll make all of you accompany them in death!"

The girl who was usually as docile as a young wolf in Drake's arms now erupted with an extrely cruel, bloodthirsty side.

The combat instincts hidden in her demi-human bloodline were fully awakened, all for the sake of tearing apart the murderers who had slaughtered her people.

Born into the family of the ice-wolf tribe's strongest warrior, Setsuna had always been stronger than any of her peers.

Not only was her talent overwhelmingly high, she also possessed the unique Ice Claw skill and innate battle instincts.

Although the restriction of her level cap had prevented her strength from advancing even half a step further, with Drake's help…

Setsuna at this mont was already far stronger than before.

The stench of blood spread across the snowy borderlands.

Screams and death cries rang out around him from ti to ti, but the commander of this operation did not dare move even half a step.

It was as though, if he allowed himself even the slightest distraction, the man walking toward him would run a sword straight through his heart.

"Refined presence, battle-hardened will, and a strong body…"

Drake took out the Legendary Sword and leisurely gave his evaluation.

"If you hadn't co out to do this kind of dirty work, you would have made a decent sparring partner."

"But now… you can only be a whetstone."

"Who are you?!"

The commander calmly raised his military saber, preparing to fight to the death.

"The Hero who bears the Sword."

Drake chuckled and declared his identity without the slightest attempt to hide it.

"Today, with the sacred sword in my hand, I will cut down you villains who slaughter innocent demi-human tribes!"

"The Sword Hero?! One of lromarc's Cardinal Heroes—damn it!"

Hearing Drake announce himself, the commander's expression finally changed.

The Kingdom of Jioral, to which he belonged, also had a "Sword Hero."

However, that Hero was not an otherworld Hero who possessed a Legendary Weapon, but a native Hero.

Aside from talent superior to ordinary people and the identity of a Hero, he was completely incomparable to the "Cardinal Heroes" who wielded the Legendary Weapons.

Originally, the Four Cardinal Heroes were supposed to be summoned separately by different countries around the world in order to resist the attacks of the Waves.

However, the king of lromarc had used so unknown trick.

He had actually summoned all four Cardinal Heroes to his own country in one go.

That had infuriated the other nations, including the Kingdom of Jioral.

Even the queen of lromarc had no choice but to travel everywhere in an attempt to calm their anger.

Once he learned that the person before him was the Sword Hero, one of the Cardinal Heroes, the commander understood.

He would absolutely not live to see tomorrow's sun.

"Then fight !"

"Today, I'll see for myself what the legendary Cardinal Heroes are capable of!"

The commander roared. While bolstering his own courage, he launched a swift and violent attack toward Drake.

However, Drake only lightly swung the weapon in his hand.

The Legendary Sword suddenly lashed out like a long whip, striking the commander directly in the chest.

Bio Attunent: Grovetender's Touch!

Drake had already fed the Legendary Sword with various items and raised it to orange rarity.

Not only that, after copying the Broken Bio Blade, Drake discovered that the Legendary Sword could store all of the Bio Attunents.

The original Broken Bio Blade could only use one Bio Attunent and store one other, allowing them to be switched when needed.

But the situation in battle changed in an instant.

Two Bio Attunents were clearly not enough to cover every possible scenario.

The appearance of the Legendary Sword allowed Drake to use all five Bio Attunents.

"So this is the power of a Legendary Weapon…"

The commander felt a terrible pain in his chest, as though he had been struck by a giant hamr, and his body was sent flying.

Grovetender's Touch could transform the blade into a vine-like whip.

When struck by the blade at the whip's end, a critical hit was guaranteed.

The commander rolled across the ground and quickly adapted. He grabbed a shield from the ground and held it in front of himself.

But a pure sword-shaped wave of energy flew through the air and directly cut both his armor and the shield apart.

Bio Attunent: Pure Clarity!

A blade that was not within any specific bio could fire a pure projectile, dealing damage and applying the Armor Crunch effect.

Imdiately afterward, Drake raised the sword level with his body, and his figure shot forward like a bullet.

The purple-red glowing blade rushed toward the blood-spitting commander like a cot.

Bio Attunent: Decaying Squire!

This was a Bio Attunent that could only be obtained in an evil bio.

When wielding a weapon with this attunent, the user could swiftly charge along with the blade.

The mont it hit, it could drain life and rebound the user away, allowing another charge to be launched.

However, Drake no longer had any reason to keep fighting.

Because his enemy had already fallen to that last strike.

"Arise."

Drake looked down indifferently at the commander whose chest had been pierced by the Legendary Sword.

Blue soul-fire suddenly leapt within the commander's eye sockets.

A pitch-black shadow body separated from the corpse and stood before Drake.

Behind him, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Jioral who had been killed by Setsuna also returned to the battlefield one after another in shadow form, lining up neatly behind their commander.

"Together with your soldiers, continue fighting until you have atoned for your cris!"

"You will throw yourselves into battle against the monsters that pour out from the Waves. That is the only way you can redeem yourselves."

Rows of faceless shadow soldiers dropped to one knee before the Sword Hero.

Then, one after another, they vanished into the blood-scented night.

"Master…"

Sensing the footsteps behind her, the ice-wolf girl slowly turned around. Her claws were soaked in blood, and her voice trembled as she spoke.

"I did it… I avenged Father and Mother…!"

"That's right. You did it."

Drake patted the loudly sobbing ice-wolf girl on the back, his gaze passing over her trembling wolf ears toward the scene ahead.

Once the Shadow Eaters had been recalled, they revealed the ice-wolf warriors who had been blocked behind them, all of whom were standing there with blank, bewildered looks on their faces.