LAZARUS REGULUS
Chapters 281. Battle of Cerulean End Forest.
The battle had been going on for 1 day and one night. It was seen that the battle area was shattered, the cliffs and valleys were destroyed by the battle of the Lazarus Group and the alliance forces of the Nebula Kingdom and the Silver Phoenix Empire.
Lazarus flew in the sky with his body enveloped by a white flame-shaped aura, he continued to make successive attacks towards the already severely injured Akira.
The waves and sounds of the clash of weapons were powerful, and even Emperor Julian and his troops watched the battle enthusiastically.
"Eternal Sun Sword Art, Eternal Sun Slash's first style!"
Lazarus swung his sword which was coated by a golden-colored smoldering flame. Waves of extremely hot flames shot towards Akira.
"Storm Barrier!"
Akira grinned and used his Skill. The elements of lightning, water and wind gathered around it, then formed a huge hurricane with a flash of lightning and a whirlpool.
Lazarus stared intently at Akira, knowing that Akira's strength was comparable to Gerarda and Empress Lilith.
"Haha. Do you still have other abilities? How many Rank A and Rank S battle Skills do you master? You are one of the strongest opponents I have ever faced and a Legendary realm like you can defend against me all along." Akira laughed crazily, his face flushed red from enjoying the fight with Lazarus so much.
Lazarus sighed deeply, then took out the Mythical Rank Archion spear Artifact. He knew he had to finish this fight immediately before his mana energy ran out.
Akira was surprised by the spear Artifact issued by Lazarus. He knew the Artifact was a Mythical Rank Artifact from the second epoch. Akira's Odachi Ame No Murakumo Tsurugi Mythical Rank Artifact trembled from feeling an Artifact of her level.
"About, let's end this battle with one strike!" Lazarus cried out while strengthening his aura.
Akira grinned, then took out the Odachi Ame No Murakumo Artifact from its sheath. The Sword of Ame No Murakumo was referred to as the Cloud-Picking Sky Sword or Storm God Sword, It was also the first Eastern Continent sword made in the third epoch.
Kusanagi No Tsurugi is a sword artifact made based on the sword Ame No Murakumo and has a quality one level lower than the Sword Ame No Murakumo No Tsurugi, even though they are made from the same materials and techniques.
Odachi Ame No Murakumo No Tsurugi is categorized as a type of Great Sword/Claymore, while Katana Kusanagi No Tsurugi is categorized as a Long Sword.
"Storm God Sword Art! Last style, Sky-Destroying Storm Ryu!"
Where the elements of water, wind and lightning gathered around Akira, then formed a Liong Beast made from a storm. The Liong Beast was 30 meters long with sharp claws and fangs.
"The Golden Dragon Spear Art! Born style, The Golden Dragon Burns the Earth!"
The fire and light elements gathered around Lazarus, then formed a Gold Dragon made of golden flames. The Beast Dragon was 27 meters long with sharp claws and fangs.
Alastair riding on the Emerald, Icarus riding on Linwood and Bedros riding on Feira looked towards Lazarus. They had never seen the battle of Lazarus, but when they saw the power of Lazarus. They knew that Lazarus' battle power was at the same level as a Mythical realm.
"Strong power! Even I would be severely injured when hit by such a powerful attack." Tempest said as he ate the head of Prince Islwyn Silver Phoenix.
Vulcano who confronted Jaan stopped their battle. Jaan lost one of his arms and Vulcano lost both of his wings.
"Beast, let's stop this fight for a while!" Jaan offers.
"Well, you bastard, if we continue one of us will die!" Vulcano accepted the offer of the four-eyed Wolf Demon King.
Hector and Magnolia were panting with many wounds on their bodies, while Yuno lay helplessly not far from there. Although he was still alive, but he had already lost both his legs and hands.
"Haha. That bastard! I will wait for you in the depths of the Abyss!" Yuno laughed crazily, then prepared to blow herself up.
"Yeah!" A Three-Legged Golden Crow Ancient Mythical Beast, Jiang flew swiftly towards Hector and Magnolia, then gripped their bodies.
"Boom!"
Yuno's body exploded, creating a huge shockwave that destroyed the surrounding area. The severely injured Ancient Three-Legged Golden Crow, Magnolia and Hector were blown away by the shockwave of Yuno's explosion. They fell hard against the trees and rocks there.
"Healing Light Of Electra!" Magnolia used her S Rank Skill, to heal everyone's wounds.
"Fire Barrier!" Hector used the Fire Barrier Skill using the rest of his mana energy. To reduce their impact.
"Man, Beastman thank you for helping me and my son." The Three-legged Golden Crow Jiang Mythical Beast said with a dying body.
"This fight will end according to the outcome of the battle of Urs." Magnolia said as she looked towards the sky.
"Urs, will win!" Hector grinned.
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Lazarus and Akira attacked simultaneously, a Dragon made of golden fire and a Liong made of whirlwind storms collided with each other.
"Boom!"
A powerful explosion was seen in the sky of the Battlefield. The impact effect of two powerful SS Rank Skills being seen in the sky of battle, they could not guess who would be the winner in this fight.
The cliffs around Lazarus and Akira were shattered. They used all their remaining strength for this attack.
"Sufuku. You're the man I've been looking for all this time." Akira said with a big smile.
A moment later their aura started to weaken, the Dragon made of golden flames and Liong made of whirlwind storm slowly disappeared.
Lazarus and Akira fell together from the sky because they had exhausted all their mana energy. This battle was the most intense battle of their lives.
Tempest flew towards Lazarus, while an Oni man with black hair immediately jumped up and took Akira. Lazarus and Akira suffered severe injuries as a result of their long fight.
Lazarus rises on Tempest's back with the Raegal Armor already shattered by Akira's attack. There were stout muscles full of bloody wounds on Lazarus' body.
"Do you want to continue the fight?" Lazarus asked as he looked coldly at a Ras Oni man who was holding Akira.
"All my bones are crushed! If I don't wear Raegal Armor, maybe I'll die when it takes 2 months to recover" Lazarus said.
The Oni man who was in the cliff ruins looked towards Lazarus, knowing that the man facing his aunt was Lazarus.
"Ronin?" Lazarus asked.
"Urs, is that you?" Yashamaru asked with a surprised expression.
Akira squirmed in pain and tried to get up. He spewed a lot of blood from his mouth, then stared intently at Lazarus.
"Loki, I give up and kill me immediately!" Akira said as he spewed another mouthful of blood.
Lazarus re-entered the Regalia Crescent, then had Tempest fly towards Akira and Yashamaru.
Lazarus looked at Akira coldly. "Just tell me where you got that black Odachi!!"
"I got it from a woman in the Black Market! Frost Queen brought it, I happen to be one of the executives of Black Market! He gave the black Odachi Artifact as payment in order for me to approve him and his best friend to join the Black Market." Akira answered.
"Do you swear?"
"I swear! As a Samurai I will not lie because I have lost a fair one-on-one duel, so now you have the right to behead me." Akira grinned.
"Urs, please let go of my aunt! In exchange you can chop off my head." Yashamaru says.
"Yashami!" Akira gave off a bloodthirsty aura.
"Sad.. Bastard, I'm not gonna kill you. If I kill you or your Aunt, Demon Emperor Shiroyasha will look for me like a Goddess of Death. Siegfried will also come to me and my relationship with Theresia will be strained. Akira didn't use all his strength against me either." Lazarus says.
Akira smiles. "Why do you think I didn't use all my strength against me?"
"Akira, you are a user of Skill 2 Sword or Nidai Ryu. Regalia, also told me that you have 2 Mythical Rank Artifacts. The Oni clan had 3 Mythical Rank sword Artifacts, Ame No Murakumo No Tsurugi, Kogarasu Maru and Kogitsunemaru. Is one of your swords a three-legged raven sword or a little fox sword?" Lazarus asked.
Lazarus knew it from Cesare, in the past he forged the Kogarasumaru/Three-legged raven and Kogitsunemaru/The little fox sword along with the 7 people Black Smith Mythical Rank were from the Eastern Continent and the Eastern Part of the Southern Moonlight Continent.
The Western part of the South Moonlight Continent has customs like the Western Continent of Zephyra, while the Eastern part of the South Moonlight Continent has customs like the Southern Continent of the Golden Sun.
"Kogitsunemaru's chat. Why do you know that? Not even people knew that the Oni Clan had this Artifact!" Akira's surprised.
"I read it from an Ancient Diary of someone who co-created the Two Artifacts. Both Artifacts were given to the Oni Clan by her as dowry to marry Shirayuki and Shizuka. But the man left them both and never came back." Lazarus answered.
"Yes, and now maybe we should take care of something worse." Lazarus extended his hand towards Akira and Yashamaru, then they flew towards the gathering group of Lazarus.
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"Dad!" Alastair shouted, with many traces of blood on his armor and body.
"Are you guys okay?" Lazarus asked.
"We were all just injured, but there were no fatalities on our side!" Ludger said with the armor already shattered.
The young Black, Vulcano, Red Eye, Purple Wings and Three Legged Golden Crow Beasts suffered quite severe injuries. They were seen to be beside the Three Legged Golden Crow Jiang who was lying helplessly.
"Sad.. It was fortunate that these Three-legged Golden Crows had pure blood and a strong body. I can treat it, even if it takes a little while," Lazarus said.
Lazarus glanced towards the four-eyed Dark Beastman Wolf who was beside Hector. He was helplessly bound by the severe injuries.
"Loki, I'm giving up! I am Duke Jaan of the Dark Beastman Empire I am separated from my army! I'm just like Akira who only has one-sided relations with Yuno and Islwyn!" Jaan yells.
"Okay" Lazarus answered.
Everyone saw Akira beside Lazarus. Magnolia stared intently at Akira as she was about to kill Lazarus in a fight.
"He's not the enemy!" Lazarus.
From the distance of Emperor Julian and the Imperial Darkness Dragon Army went towards the Lazarus group. They seemed to have waited patiently until the battle of the Lazarus group and the Alliance Army of the Phoenix Empire and Nebula Kingdom ended. The surviving Alliance troops immediately joined forces with the Darkness Dragon Empire.
"Emperor Julian, won't you and your army not interfere in the battle?" Lazarus asked in a cold voice.
"Loki, I tell you that I will not interfere in the battle. Is your battle not over?" Julian answered.
The members of the Lazarus Group took out their weapon Artifacts to fight back with Emperor Julian and his army.
Lazarus took out a cigarette, then told the young Three-Legged Golden Crow to light a fire.
"What do you want?" Lazarus asked casually.
"I won't kill you, but I want all of you to join the Darkness Dragon Empire." The Emperor Julian replied.
Lazarus smiled. "Psyche contract to become your follower? We'd rather die than be your dolls."
"Loki, I'll treat you well." Emperor Julian smiled.
"I refused it." Lazarus said as he smoked his cigarette.
Everyone gulped, they had been exhausted and severely injured after fighting the alliance army of the Silver Phoenix Empire and the Nebula Kingdom. They had no chance of winning, if they fought with the Darkness Dragon Empire.
"Loki, you have no choice!!" A brown-haired Demon man shouted.
Lazarus smiled broadly. "Emperor Julian, shouldn't you and your army escape?"
"What do you mean?" Julian was confused by Lazarus' question.
"Yeahattt!"
"Grooooharr!"
The Beast's screams sounded from the distance. Waves of various rank-winged Beasts flew to where they were. A snake beast with dark black scales with 8 wings of a 22-meter-long black bird flew towards Lazarus. Beside him was a Nine-Colored Poison Snake Winged Beast, Rainbow.
"I think it's too late, the Beast King Eight Winged Black Serpent Emperor Black Cloud and the swarms of tall Beasts that live in this region have already come." Lazarus said as he quietly smoked his cigarette.
The Beast swarm attacked the Darkness Dragon Kingdom army, but they did not attack the Lazarus group members.
Black Cloud glanced at Lazarus, he still remembered about the scent of the man before him. When he was level 93 and went to Padang Light, he was with the members of the Great Snake Clan slaughtered by Lazarus who turned into a Black Liong Demon.
"Urs!!"
"Black Cloud, do you live here? Get all your followers to slaughter all those troops and drive them out of the region." Lazarus said as he leaned against the Purple Wings body.
"Haha. Without being told to by you I will kill and drive them all away!" Black Cloud laughed.
Emperor Julian and the Darkness Dragon army broke out in cold sweat looking at the large herd of medium-ranked and high-ranked Beasts. They knew they had no chance of winning against this Beast Wave.
"Darkness Dragon Imperial Force Retreat!!" Julian shouted, then fled with all his troops.
"The demon! You are Luffey's Grandson! He's thinking 2 steps ahead like you." Emperor Julian cursed, then fled with his army.
"Master!" Rainbow flew towards Lazarus with Black Cloud towards Lazarus.
Black, Red Eyes, Vulcano, Tempest, Purple Wings, Kneel to welcome the arrival of Black Cloud.
"Kayaaat. Beast King Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor thank you for helping us!" Tempest says.
"Isn't it my duty as the ruler of the Western region of the Cerulean Forest to help you? Urs, thank you for sending Rainbow to warn me about these hunters. The 5 Mythical Beasts and 7 Legendary Beasts that live in the Cerulean cliffs and valleys have fallen victim, when you do not commemorate me. Then the casualties on my side will be more and more." Black Cloud said as he stuck out his tongue.
"Lord, do you and Urs know each other?" Vulcano asked.
"Haha. Urs, who helped me and the other 3 Beasts to break through level 94 and become a Beast King. There wasn't even a snake-type Beast King who didn't know Urs." Black Cloud laughed as he extended his head to Lazarus.
Lazarus touched the head of Black Cloud. Everyone was surprised the Beast King had such high self-esteem and did not allow the humanoid race to approach them.
Lazarus saw a Golden Rhinoceros Beetle Beast with its 80 cm tall silver rune sitting on the head of Black Cloud. The rhinoceros beetle beast with its golden shell and silver pattern looked extremely beautiful.
"I had a little trouble finding him, he was the young Legendary Beast Ancient Golden Rhinoceros Beetle Silver Pattern. He was only 3 years old and had only broken through the Demon Beast realm. It just so happens that I know his parents and his parents allowed him to become your Contract Beast." Black Cloud said.
"Thank you, and Black Cloud, you must tell me who the Beast King that controls the Cerulean Forest is." Lazarus says.
"Alright, as my gratitude. I will lend you my strength and give you more detailed information about the Cerulean Forest. But you have to recover first, it looks like you're very badly injured and 1 in 4 of your kidneys are injured." Black Cloud said.
Lazarus slowly lost consciousness and fell to the ground. Magnolia caught him immediately.
Black Cloud turned into a human, then he checked the state of Lazarus.
"You push yourself too hard, if I come here late you'll die." Black Cloud muttered.
"Lord Snake, are you an Alchemist?" Alastair asked.
"For a very long time, I was a human contracted Beast and I learned about the science of human body structure and Beast as well Skill to treat humans and Beasts. Lazarus was a very special human he had 4 kidneys and a Rank S Regeneration Skill. I only remember about Hero Cesare who had 4 kidneys, he had the Immune Poison stronger than any other humanoid race and fertility 10 times that of a normal human." Black Cloud said.
"What a wait! Do you have 2 pairs of kidneys?" Alastair asked in a trembling voice, he now knew the reason for his Lazarus Rank S Immune Poison Skill and Elixir Blood.
Black Cloud nodded. "In the entire history of Planet Antares there were only 2 people who had 4 kidneys. Cesare and Urs, you could say Lazarus' body structure is the same as Cesare. A body that is greatly endowed to make many offspring."
"Do you know Hero Cesare?" Icarus asked.
"I knew him when he was a Demon Beast. He has helped me a lot and my Master." Black Cloud nodded while examining Jiang.
"Black Snake, do you know the uniqueness of Hero Cesare? He's my Grandpa's great-grandfather." Akira asked.
"Haha. Cesare had thousands of wives, concubines and lovers. The descendants of the Cesarean human race are very easy to recognize, a person with red hair and green eyes must be a descendant of Cesare." Black Cloud laughed.
Icarus trembled upon hearing Black Cloud's reply. Hector, Ludger, Bedros and Alastair. They now knew Lazarus was a real man. They were inferior to Lazarus.
"Where do you want to go?" Magnolia asked.
"We just want to reflect on why the Gods didn't bless us with 4 kidneys." Bedros replied with glittering eyes.
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