Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1323 1295. Light Blade Armor
Light waves, sword energy...any way to describe it is fine.

Ludwig was ready to strike with his sword from such a long distance. It would be a joke if Lan En couldn't react in time.

The moonlight greatsword in his hand can emit [Moonlight Torrent], so it is normal and expected that the moonlight greatsword in the opponent's hand has similar ability.

And what followed was exactly as the demon hunter had imagined.

The next moment he used the [Acceleration Technique] to flash away at lightning speed!

"Buzz!"

A blade of light formed by blue-green light spots burst out from Ludwig's sword-dragging attack!

The light blade condensed by the bright moonlight has a breathtaking beauty even when it flies in the air.

The way Ludwig dragged his sword upwards made the light blade extending and flying from his sword also appear at an inclined angle.

While dodging, Lan En kept staring at the flying light blade.

At the last moment, he even had to urgently withdraw his hand in mid-air and retract his arm to near his torso in order to completely avoid the glowing blade.

The light blade, so beautiful that it seemed a little dreamy, plowed an obvious groove in the pool of blood.

The flight was swift and silent. After passing by Lan En's side, it slid silently into the mountain wall on the other side of the blood pool.

There was no sound of rock cracking or other movement, just a slight "buzzing" sound, and then it went in completely smoothly and without any hindrance, just like a hot knife cutting through butter.

Only a deep, endless crack in the sword blade that emitted a blue-green light was left.

But no matter how powerful the light blade is compared to the [Moonlight Torrent] in Lan's hand before, it is meaningless as long as it doesn't hit.

With a "splash", Lan En quickly dodged and landed on the ground, his feet splashing large amounts of blood in the pool.

However, he did not regain his balance immediately. Instead, he did not even stop and suddenly moved his body in the opposite direction!
"Oh!"

The weight pressed against the armor, and the sound of stepping on the rock slabs seemed dull and powerful.

Then, the next blade of light passed across the ground where Lan En had just briefly stopped.

The demon hunter looked very calm. The two consecutive light blades did not bring him any psychological pressure.

Because of Ludwig's actions, the movements were actually very obvious in his eyes.

With his level of swordsmanship, it is common for him to see through the coordination between the enemy's muscles and bones, their movement tendencies, and then infer their possible next move.

This was the case when he had not activated his [Clairvoyance] to make further and deeper observations, nor had he allowed Mentos' computing power to participate in the analysis.

After Ludwig slashed with his sword, the next action was obviously to turn back and swing the sword again in the other direction of the body.

Therefore, Lan En had already anticipated the continuous slashing attacks that followed the light blade.

Ludwig swung out seven or eight light blades in succession. The bright moonlight crisscrossed and even left dazzling light and shadow residues in the air.

Lan En observed Ludwig's movements, so he could always dodge and move ahead of Light Blade.

But when the blade of light brushed past his body for the last time
There was a slight "click" sound, which was abrupt and obvious among the ethereal sound when the light blade passed through the air without any hindrance.

This is the sound of something being cut!

Even Ludwig, who was attacking from a distance, was a little surprised by the sudden noise.

Maria, who had already withdrawn from the battlefield, suddenly stood up from the mountain wall behind her.

Only Lan En was in the pool of blood.

The messy and magnificent traces of moonlight in the air gradually faded away. The demon hunter held the moonlight sword with a calm expression in one hand, and the edge of the blade was emitting a light red fighting spirit light. The other hand was dangling in the air as if flicking out a match.

The fighting spirit, whose activity has been raised to the limit, flows continuously on the blade of the Moonlight Greatsword.

This was when Lan En took the opportunity to use [Air Blade Upgraded to Red Blade] while dodging the light blade just now.

Among the katana techniques, this is already the highest level of air blade.

Even without any additional skills, the damage caused by a random chop of a [Red Blade] sword covered with active fighting spirit is nearly half that of a normal sword!
And on Lan En's other hand.

"Wow~"

The palm with dragon scale gauntlet swung, making a crackling sound of the gauntlets colliding.

And at the fingertips of the bone-white dragon scale armor, a small area was glowing with heat, showing an orange-red luster like the steel bars in a steel furnace.

"It looks like I can still take it." Lan En said as he turned his hand over and observed the part he had deliberately tried to hit just now.

The strength of Smaug's armor was not damaged by this attack, but the impact force still penetrated.

Even the heat was blocked by the dragon scales which had excellent heat resistance.

The dragon of the Lonely Mountain was only worthy of Lan's attention because of its naturally powerful defense, which was designed by Morgoth.

Lan En tested by rubbing his fingertips across the light blade emitted by Ludwig's Moonlight Greatsword, but he didn't seem to suffer any damage at all, which seemed normal to him.

After all, this heavy armor was made by skilled craftsmen from three worlds, using materials from two evil dragons. If he couldn't even withstand a few attacks head-on on the battlefield he faced, then wouldn't his previous efforts have been in vain?
But in Lan's eyes, the "normal" defense was enough to make the people of Yharnam feel unbelievable.

Maria, who was outside the battlefield, opened her mouth slightly.

Ludwig's Moonlight Sword is the iconic weapon that made this [First Hunter of the Church] famous.

But few people have actually seen the Moonlight Blade, and most people have only heard of it.

After all, with Ludwig's skills, he can face most enemies just by using the fine weapons from the Healing Church workshop.

But as long as Ludwig uses the legendary greatsword that gleams with dim moonlight, those beasts and monsters that cannot be dealt with normally will undoubtedly be eliminated successfully.

Maria, who deliberately came into contact with the moonlight sword swung with murderous intent and remained unharmed, had never even thought of this before.

How could there be anything that could block that moonlight sword?

Even in the private discussions among the hunters, their evaluation of Ludwig's Moonlight Greatsword was just "bring a few more blood collection bottles, don't let your hands be chopped off. After all, if your body is cut off, you can get an injection immediately and it will grow back."

The miraculous Moonlight Greatsword could only be consumed by the huge vitality brought by the equally miraculous [Blood Healing].

There is no other way.

but now
The bone-white armor paced on the filthy and scarlet pool of blood, and the remnants of the deep blue moonlight still surrounded it.

Compared to the highly beastly Ludwig, the tiny strong man seemed like an impenetrable wall of despair!

Rolling over Ludwig!

"That's all?"

As Lan En's fingers swung in the air, even the parts of his nails that were shiny due to the heat began to dim rapidly and returned to their normal bone white color.

He asked calmly as the gauntlet gripped the hilt of the sword with a 'click' sound.

"Of course, there is more."

Facing an enemy who even deliberately tried to use his light blade, Ludwig spoke while struggling to move his deformed upper and lower jaws.

Even at the end, he seemed particularly satisfied and let out a long sigh.

"what!"

Following this sigh, Ludwig raised the Moonlight Greatsword in his hand.

The range of motion is very large and very stretching.

Even stretched to the point of exposing her chest and abdomen completely without any obstruction.

His twisted body and the long horseshoes on his belly were all clearly visible.

And his twisted skull just looked up at the moonlight sword he was holding up.

On the side of his neck, the eyeball and mouthpart that originally controlled his entire body had not moved on its own since he picked up the deep moonlight again.

This is proof that Ludwig is now fighting with his human will and beastly body!
The blue-green moonlight gathered and became more abundant than ever before.

On the greatsword that Ludwig held high, the halos even completely overflowed from the crystal-like sword!

"嚓~"

The bone-white gauntlet smoothly brushed across the ice-blue sword placed horizontally in front of him.

At this moment, all the complex runes on the ice-blue crystal sword have lit up.

The sword's deeper power echoes the intelligence and knowledge of the wielder.

Lan opened his legs and lowered his body weight, staring at Ludwig who was right in front of him.

The light of the raised Moonlight Sword grew stronger and stronger, and even when it was still, it began to vibrate in the air, making a hazy and dreamy 'buzzing' sound.

Finally, when the light and sound have reached their peak.
Ludwig's horse hooves supported the ground, and his upper body, which had been stretched to the extreme, chopped down with the raised sword!

"Bang!"

The Moonlight Greatsword, whose energy had reached such a level, finally made some sounds of collision when it hit the ground!

And this sword is completely different from the previous consecutive light blades!
In front of the blue-green moonlight sword, the ground is cracking!
The powerful energy easily dissolved the rocks on the ground!
The straight crack spread rapidly towards Lan En!
The blood in the blood pool has no chance to flow into the crack, because there is still a huge amount of blue-green energy rushing up from the crack!

It was like a huge flame gushing out from under the ground!
"Wow~"

The sound of energy vibrating the air also seemed distant and blurry.

But in this almost overwhelming blue-green energy, a light red light flashed by!

"Ding!"

The fighting spirit, whose activity had already reached its limit, was activated by the special technique, and emitted a crisp and characteristic sound.

(End of this chapter)