Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1328 Let's Welcome Divine Punishment

"Yes."

A deep, hoarse voice echoed from the void.

Like a middle-aged hero, a savior from the past who once saved the world.

He was exhausted, yet he had a reason to draw his sword.

"...Don Quixote, I will fight for you."

It was a voice so soft it was almost a whisper, as if telling a story to a child.

But the moment it opened its mouth, it drowned out the roar of the artillery explosions.

In an instant, the entire world fell into an eerie silence.

A tall, somewhat thin man dressed in a greyish-white robe appeared before Aiwass.

When Don Quixote appeared, he instantly drew his longsword from his waist.

As he slowly raised his longsword above his head, the missiles, bullets, arrows flying in the air, and even the giant axe that the colossus was wiping away, gradually came to a stop.

Like the hour hand of a clock gradually pointing to twelve o'clock.

It was as if time had frozen—

The next moment, Don Quixote slashed his sword downwards.

With a flash of sword light, all the projectiles flying in the air were sliced ​​in half vertically from top to bottom without exception!

Boom boom boom boom—!
The instant the silence ended, a series of explosions resounded through the sky.

It's like the fireworks that fill the sky during Chinese New Year.

In the instant that extreme stillness transforms into extreme motion, countless clusters of firelight resemble slowly blooming flowers.

"……snort."

Don Quixote gave a cold laugh, his gaze sharpening.

He transformed into a streak of grayish-white light, leaving trails of afterimages that meandered through all the armored colossi—

But at that moment, Don Quixote's figure suddenly stopped.

Inside the colossal statues that he had pierced, countless transparent chains had somehow emerged.

The texture was like that of a small, transparent silver fish, with a single, hair-thin golden thread running through it. It was already attached to Don Quixote's body the moment he pierced through them.

It was precisely because of these chains that Don Quixote's teleportation was halted. Like a knight bound by a strong spiderweb, he still charged forward.

—Upon closer inspection, it was covered with oaths of [anti-summoning]!

This is the power from the Path of Balance, its essence being the soul chains used by the former Resting Slave Knights when capturing slaves.

These goblins had clearly obtained information about Aiwass—they knew that Aiwass's main combat ability came from summoning, so they specifically created these chains inside these golems.

Its purpose is to lock down Aiwas's summons!
"...You don't actually think this thing can trap me, do you?"

Don Quixote was getting annoyed.

This man, who had awakened from the dream known as the Knights of the Round Table, used his full strength for the first time.

"Prepare for... divine punishment!"

A flash of sword light appeared—

These specialized chains, capable of suppressing all summoned creatures, couldn't even withstand a single strike before being completely severed! Because their priority was lower than Don Quixote's, who had now fused with the fragments of the Celestial Bureau, this suppressive force simply failed to take effect!
Don Quixote suddenly turned around and swung his longsword.

After the grayish-white sword light left its body, it instantly expanded hundreds of times in size—

Tropical forests were instantly shattered like weeds caught in a lawnmower, mountains were cut in half, and rivers burst open.

All the traps and mines laid on the ground were triggered, and the metal fortresses along the road were all destroyed!
It was just one sword strike.

The sword light didn't just flash by; it lingered for several seconds like mercury. The mountain, cleaved in two, was completely obliterated, piece by piece, as if it had been gnawed away bit by bit!
From where he was, and up to fifteen kilometers away, everything was completely melted away by this sword light, leaving only a void of brownish-yellow land!
This is beyond the reach of mere swordsmanship—it involves the authority of the Heavenly Court.

However, the goblins seemed to have a pre-planned strategy when facing enemies of this caliber.

Instead of retreating, they launched an unprecedentedly fierce attack on Aiwas!
Countless cannons roared and exploded incessantly—

The physical attacks relentlessly bombarded Aiwass, causing the transparent barrier surrounding him to vibrate violently and jolting Aiwass inside. It was like the feeling of being jolted by the recoil when firing a rifle.

The earth cracked open, and countless strange missiles flew in—they did not attempt to kill Aiwass using any high-temperature or burning methods, but instead shed their shells in mid-air and accelerated a second time, like rockets, launching incredibly heavy lead arrows inside.

Those slender armor-piercing projectiles were also made of lead.

After all, lead is the great metal whose supernatural power is closest to that of gold, and it itself has a slight anti-magic property.

The reason they didn't use heavier, harder gold wasn't because the goblins couldn't afford it, but because gold is "the metal of the sun." Using a golden arrow symbolizing the sun on Aiwass wouldn't kill him at all.

At the same time, lead is the lowest of the seven metals in alchemy, symbolizing the end of life due to old age and the inevitable dead winter.

Only pure mass can shoot down this bird!
Only the dead of winter can completely bury the sun!

——Kara.

Finally, under the relentless bombardment, a crack appeared in the shield surrounding Aiwass's body.

Just then, a colossus that Don Quixote seemed to have missed finally found its chance.

It raised its enormous spear high, like a fisherman forcefully chiseling through ice, and shoveled at the cracks in the Aiwass Shield!
Once, twice, three times!
With each shovel strike, the crack widened—after all, it was a shield primarily designed to protect against piercing attacks, and its defensive capabilities would be greatly reduced when faced with attacks that combined slashing and blunt force wounds.

However, Aiwas, who stood inside the barrier, showed no expression.

Aiwas's composure and calmness even made the goblins watching from afar feel a little scared.

However, the more this was the case, the crazier they became—

"Kill him! Kill him!"

"Keep going! Deploy more firepower—"

The goblins hiding in the distance shouted and spit as they spoke.

Their faces were contorted, their fingers trembling. It was more like fear than excitement.

It wasn't that there weren't fifth-level powerhouses among them, but none of them wanted to appear before Aiwass—it was more practical to spend money than to face danger themselves.

If we can't beat them...

Then run away quickly!
They could escape; they were now separated from Aiwass by an entire southern continent.

Yes, they laid an ambush on the northeast side of the southern continent, while hiding themselves in the southwest corner.

If they were defeated at the front, they planned to board the ship and escape!

One by one, the goblins who should have been powerful and wealthy merchants were crowding in front of the camera.

Just as they were waiting expectantly, the barrier around Aiwas's body finally shattered completely!
—The next moment, the storm of iron and fire completely engulfed Aiwass!

(End of this chapter)