Transmigrated Into the World of Magic and Swords-Chapter 214: End of War
Chapter 214: End of War
Ren used the Water Avatar again to fight General Ethan. The seawater below them trembled, and the mountains around them shattered into pieces.
If the battlefield hadn’t turned into a sea, their clashing would have left countless massive craters across the land because each of their blows carried enough power to tear through mountains and split the earth.
After fighting for several minutes, General Ethan began to lose control and gritted his teeth in frustration.
’Just how much energy and mana does he have?!’
Ren hadn’t reached the 5-star or Grandmaster rank, so by all logic, he should not even be able to move his body by now.
’I must end this fight in the next move.’
He was heavily injured, and his mana was nearly depleted, so he had to end the fight quickly, or else he would lose the fight.
’Golem Avatar!’
Waves roared, and the sea shook violently as General Ethan lifted his staff.
In the next second, the sea split into two and chunks of earth and stone spiraled upward, forming a massive golem before him.
Its body was layered with thick plates of rock, and a red diamond emerged on its chest, glowing ominously like a beating heart.
General Ethan didn’t only stand behind it.
Instead, he stepped forward and merged with the giant Golem.
The red diamond pulsed as his presence filled its core. Its eyes lit up with a deep blue glow, and every step it took caused tremors that echoed across the battlefield.
Now, standing before Ren was no longer a lifeless giant golem, but it was General Ethan himself, reborn as a living weapon.
[Host, be careful. That’s one of the strongest Tier 7 magic. Now that he’s merged with it, his power is almost on par with a 6-star.]
’I know.’
He could feel General Ethan’s overwhelming aura, but he remained calm because he had unwavering faith in his Water Avatar.
"DIE!" General Ethan roared as he dashed toward Ren.
The air trembled with a deafening boom as he swung his fist as if the atmosphere itself quivered under the weight of his strength.
Ren didn’t stay still.
He also rushed toward General Ethan and swung his fist.
Boom!
A thunderous boom echoed across the entire battlefield, causing the sea beneath them to tremble violently.
*Crack...Crack...
Fracture lines began to spread across the Giant Golem’s hand after the clash.
Normally, the earth reigned over water in nature’s law, but that law was broken this time.
The Water Avatar was stronger than the Golem Avatar, so Ren’s fist destroyed the Golem’s hand, sending chunks of stone flying into the air.
General Ethan widened his eyes in disbelief when the Golem Avatar was destroyed into pieces.
By merging with the Golem Avatar, his strength should have been close to 6-star, so it should have been Ren who lost the fight, not him.
’Impossible!’
Countless chunks of stone fell into the sea, creating splashes in the water and revealing General Ethan’s shocked expression.
"It’s over now!" Ren threw his left fist forward.
With the Golem Avatar shattered, General Ethan’s face twisted in terror because he could not dodge or block it.
"No!" General Ethan’s voice echoed in the entire battlefield as he was sent flying, crashing into a mountain with such force that it created a deep crater at its peak.
"Huft...Huft...Huft..." Ren breathed heavily as he stared at General Ethan’s corpse.
’It’s finally over.’
Right after General Ethan closed his eyes forever, a series of notifications popped up.
[Ding! The quest is complete.]
[Ding! Host has received 10,000 points, 10,000 system exp and a Crimson Knight Puppet card (1). Host can find the card in the inventory.]
[Ding! The quest is complete.]
[Ding! Host has received 5,000 points, 5,000 system exp and a Double EXP card (1). Host can find the card in the inventory.]
[Ding! The quest is complete.]
[Ding! Host has received 2,000 points, 2,000 system exp and a Power Loan card (1). Host can find the card in the inventory.]
’I will take his space ring.’
He deactivated his skill before finally flying toward General Ethan’s corpse, returning the world to its normal state.
"Cough...Cough...Cough..." Ren coughed up blood after landing in the crater because he was heavily injured.
’I need to find a safe place immediately.’
He didn’t check the space ring and left the crater right away.
Meanwhile, in front of Nightshire City, countless lifeless bodies lay scattered across the battlefield.
Even though Nightshire City had won the war, the cost of victory was devastating.
The people chosen by Foster were powerful awakeners, so Nightshire City had to sacrifice nearly thirty thousand lives to achieve victory.
"How is Sister Lexie’s condition?" Scarlett, who was heavily injured, approached them with a pale face.
Without stopping the treatment, the healing mage turned to her and responded, "She is in a critical state, city mistress. She was heavily injured before getting hit by poisonous vines, so her condition quickly worsened."
"You have to save her, no matter what!" Scarlett demanded.
"I...I will do my best, city mistress." The healing mage responded.
"My lady! Sob...Sob...Sob..." Mia cried like a baby as she saw Lexie’s condition.
As for Angeline and Julia, they gritted their teeth and clenched their fists.
’If only I were stronger...’
They blamed themselves for what happened to her because she would not be in that state if they had been stronger.
"Kairos, how should we explain this to leader?" Elian’s voice was tense as the weight of failing to protect Lexie pressed down on him.
"I...I don’t know." Kairos could not think of a way to make an explanation as his mind was filled with the crushing weight of guilt and regret.
"What should we do if the leader gets angry with us later?" Dan’s voice was shaky, and the fear of Ren’s reaction was clear on his expression.
Actually, they were also injured, but at that moment, they didn’t feel any pain.
It was their first task to protect Ren’s women, so the weight of their failure far outweighed the pain from their injuries.
"It’s leader! He has returned!"
"Leader..."
"Leader..."
"Ren, did you kill their commander?"
"Ren, we won the war, but...but..."
His subordinates and the citizens approached him after Ren landed on the ground.
Like before, Kairos and the others wore guilty expressions.
Of course, they were glad he made it back alive.
However, they had failed to protect Lexie, so the feeling of guilt filled their hearts.
"How is the situation?" Ren inquired.
"Ren!" Scarlett, who was being treated by a healing mage, rose to her feet and approached him.
The citizens and his subordinates instinctively stepped aside, clearing a path for her to stand before him.
"Ren, did you manage to kill their commander?" Scarlett wore a happy face as she stared at him.
She could not stop thinking about him since the war had ended. With Lexie in critical condition, she didn’t want him to suffer the same fate because they were important to her.
"Yes, I killed him," Ren replied. "But I’m only a clone. The real me is severely injured and recovering in a safe place."
Scarlett’s expression changed completely. "Heavily injured?"
"Don’t worry about it. The real me will return as soon as his condition improves." Ren responded, "Where is Lexie?"
"Sister Lexie, she..." Scarlett could not finish her words right away because thinking about Lexie’s condition made her chest tighten.
"What happened to her? She is fine, rig-"Ren’s pupils quivered when he caught sight of Lexie.
’Lexie!’
He rushed toward her with a worried face.
Right after he knelt beside her, he cast the Angelic Harmony magic right away. "What happened to her?"
"She got hit by poisonous vines when she was heavily injured, so her condition quickly worsened and she fell unconscious shortly after that." The healing mage responded,
’Hmm?’
She noticed that Lexie’s condition was improving with each passing second.
’Is it a high Tier healing magic?’
She shifted her gaze to him and praised him in her head.
’As expected of our hero, even a clone is this amazing.’
She heard their conversation, so she knew the Ren before her was only a clone.
"Leader, we are sorry. We failed to protect Lady Lexie." Kairos and the others apologized with sorrowful faces.
Ren didn’t say anything and kept healing Lexie.
Of course, he was furious with them, but he could not blame them completely as he hadn’t been next to her when she was in danger.
For this reason, he said nothing and suppressed his disappointment in them.
’Lexie, you must survive. You promised to be by my side forever. You can’t break your word now.’
As he was healing her, a small part of his arm melted into water.
’No! My mana is running low!’