The Duke’s Eldest Son Escaped to the Military

Translator: Pai_

With the voice declaring the awakening of the Lord God, a blue light shot up into the sky from the northernmost point of the Auzria Continent.

A land of frozen tundra where everything was encased in ice.

In that place, where traces of the past Niflheim remained intact, the primordial giant awakened.

“Ah... Oh Primordial God...”

The Warrior Chief of the Frost Giants knelt on both knees and bowed his waist.

His knees, which had never bent to anyone other than his king Heurimre, folded, and his back, which had never bowed even to his king, bent completely.

The same was true for the other frost warriors.

They bowed in praise of the great resurrection of the Primordial God who had given them life.

And it wasn't just the Frost Giants.

Other ancient species also celebrated the resurrection of the Primordial God in their own ways.

[The Primordial God ‘Ymir’ is awakening. Prevent Surtr from trampling the continent and burning everything before Ymir arrives.]

-The Lord God will be resurrected with all his power.

-With the Lord God’s victory, the power of Muspel will be greatly diminished.

-Prevent Muspel from finding the divine artifact ‘Laevateinn’ (it lies dormant underground in the desert region of Auzria).

-The more territory Muspel tramples on the Auzria Continent, the weaker Ymir becomes.

The primordial giant Ymir moves to stop Muspel.

If they can just hold out until he arrives, Destruction can be avoided.

With that thought, the commanders simultaneously formed up against Muspel and began their bombardment.

“Stop him! Stop him at all costs!”

The commanders shouted with all their might, trying to delay Muspel’s steps even slightly as he marched toward the Auzria Continent.

“Getting close isn’t easy.”

“It’s worse than the flames of hell.”

The flames of the giant, who was Muspel himself, were so intense that even Master-levels had to wrap themselves entirely in aura just to barely withstand them.

Wherever his feet touched, even the seas evaporated entirely due to the heat.

In the end, all they could do was get close enough and attempt to block him with massive aura blades.

The mages lent their strength as well.

Thunder and storms blocked Muspel’s path, and the Eastern Commander, with the help of the Merfolk, attempted to erect a massive wall of ice to stop him.

But was it because of the overwhelming difference in class?

The massive ice wall, created through the combined strength of the Eastern Commander, the Merfolk, and all water-type mages, couldn't last even a few minutes and was brought down by Muspel.

“Fire! Delay him even a little longer!”

“Block him!”

Everyone screamed and struggled to stand in Muspel’s way, but it was impossible.

Even the super-sized fortress cannons that overwhelmed Grand Masters, tens of thousands of magical cannons, and the immensely powerful mana bombs reminiscent of nuclear weapons from another world couldn’t stop the giant.

They could only briefly slow his steps.

Still, their resistance wasn’t in vain, as Muspel’s rapid advance toward the Auzria Continent did slow slightly.

“Absolutely! Absolutely do not let him set foot on the continent!”

Leopold shouted as he swung a massive aura blade.

In response, the other commanders also launched their attacks at Muspel with all their strength.

At that moment, the two Family Heads who had somewhat recovered unleashed their power.

A tremendous number of orbs of light that filled the sky struck Muspel’s entire body simultaneously.

Like meteors falling from the night sky, the shockwaves from their impact crashed into his body.

Following that, a massive lion clung to one of Muspel’s legs.

Even while engulfed in flames, Lioner’s lion held on to the end.

“Please rest a bit longer.”

Ariel stopped Iron, who was about to move after seeing the Family Heads in action.

Though his body may have recovered, his mind had not fully healed.

Knowing that he needed a bit more rest, Ariel seated Iron on a drake and moved together with Aiden.

“Whew... I didn’t think we’d be testing our rewards immediately after receiving them...”

“Same here.”

Aiden fused the white lion floating behind him into his sword.

In turn, Ariel drew the starlight shining brightly above into her sword.

Though the two couldn’t surpass the wall of Grand Masters with their swords like the Family Heads, they had crossed that wall thanks to the rewards they had just obtained.

Though the direction was different, its power alone was enough to halt Muspel’s steps for a moment.

“That’s what it looks like when his power is weakened…?”

Northern Commander Jaiden Wicks, who had been swinging his sword like a madman, wore a hollow expression.

Muspel’s figure, without so much as a scratch, was astoundingly powerful.

The appearance of Muspel, weakened by the Lord God’s victory, did not feel weakened in the slightest- rather, it was utterly overwhelming.

It was as if to prove that even Surtr, who had destroyed the Mythical Era of the distant past, had only been borrowing Muspel’s power.

An existence of Grand Master level attacked like mad, and the Empire poured all its strength and weapons into merely slowing his steps.

Yet still, Muspel’s steps drew ever closer to the Auzria Continent.

At last, Muspel nearly reached the continent.

And at that moment, Iron, who had been mentally resting, once again took to the skies in fusion form.

Kugugugugu!

-Kroooar!

For the first time, Muspel let out a roar of rage at the being blocking his path.

Unlike others, Iron’s power was considerably troublesome.

Muspel, who had only ever paused momentarily under full-strength attacks from Grand Masters, large-scale mana bombs, or the Empire’s super-sized fortress cannons, took several steps backward under Iron’s assault for the first time.

But that was all.

“As Supreme Commander, I give the order! Stop him, even if it costs your lives! Everything depends on this moment!”

“Yes, sir!”

At Iron’s command, all Imperial forces bowed their heads in unison and responded.

As if this were the final war, they charged in to stop Muspel’s steps with their lives.

And leading that charge was Iron.

He unleashed the radiant fusion power in multicolored light to halt Muspel once more, followed by every warrior above Master level attacking all at once.

The gaps between attacks were filled by the Empire’s new weapons.

Magical cannons struck Muspel’s entire body with massive explosions.

Muspel, groaning in irritation as if he were being bitten by mosquitoes, scratched at his body.

Unlike before, Iron’s attacks now seemed to be somewhat effective, as Muspel appeared slightly damaged.

But that was the end of it.

Even with the Empire’s full power, they could only hold him off briefly.

Eventually, Muspel advanced again.

He lifted his foot to step onto the Auzria Continent, and slowly began to lower it.

Kwoom!

“Grrhk!”

Iron blocked Muspel’s massive foot.

As he alone supported Muspel’s colossal foot, even the Masters who had collapsed from exhaustion rose to their feet once more.

Their Supreme Commander was risking his life to stop him, how could they stay down?

Mages squeezed out every last drop of mana to attack, and warships fired until their barrels burst.

Despite all their efforts, Muspel continued to descend.

Just as it seemed Muspel would reach the Auzria Continent.

Kwoooung!

-My children. You have suffered.

A gentle voice rang out as a blue light appeared, revealing a giant.

The giant lifted Muspel’s foot, which was about to touch the Auzria Continent, and pushed it away.

Ymir charged at Muspel, who had been pushed back toward the sea.

Then he wrapped both arms around Muspel.

Muspel screamed in fury, struggling to escape Ymir’s grasp.

As he held the resisting Muspel tightly within his arms, the enormous eyes of Ymir turned toward Iron.

-…I leave the rest to you.

At Ymir’s words, Iron’s eyes widened.

He checked to see if anyone else had heard it, but it seemed no one had.

After confirming this, Iron looked into Ymir’s giant eyes.

Ymir smiled gently and nodded.

“…Yes, sir.”

As if satisfied with Iron’s answer, Ymir smiled and began to radiate light from his entire body.

[The Lord God has sacrificed himself and sent Muspel’s flames beyond Destruction. Having exhausted most of his power, the Lord God returns to slumber.]

-The final quest of Destruction has been updated.

1. Endure against Muspel’s remnants until the Lord God awakens.

2. Completely annihilate Muspel’s remnants.

※ If option 1 is selected, remnants of Destruction may remain (If remnants remain, another Destruction may occur in the future).

[Surtr awakens from Muspel’s remnants. Prevent him from seizing Laevateinn!]

From the place that had turned to black ash through Ymir’s sacrifice, a red giant appeared.

Though smaller than Muspel, the being still possessed a power so overwhelming that even a Grand Master couldn’t dare face him.

That being rose to his feet, clenching both fists.

Iron stepped forward once more to stop Surtr, who was walking forward again.

In response, Surtr created a sword of flame to confront him.

Without Laevateinn, he had no choice but to wield a sword forged from pure fire.

Kuung!

-So in the end… it has failed again?

Surtr muttered as he looked at the human blocking his path.

Muspel had returned once more to his original place.

His desire for complete Destruction had once again ended in failure.

-Was it because of you?

To Surtr’s question, Iron did not answer, only gritting his teeth.

-Have I once again failed to bring about total Destruction in this world?

“……”

Surtr spoke in a tone that almost sounded regretful, while Iron stood firm to stop him.

But he was slowly being pushed back by Surtr’s power.

There was no secret card left to play.

He was already blocking Surtr’s flaming sword with the condensed power of the sword that had slain the Hell King and Nachal.

-Are you once again forcing lives to continue their pain-filled existence instead of returning to the beginning for eternal rest?

Surtr said, as if blaming Iron in fury.

-You who have interfered with lives that should return to the origin and receive eternal peace, your sin is truly great!

With Surtr’s angry voice, the flames engulfing his body began to concentrate into the flaming sword.

Cracks began to appear in Iron’s multicolored radiant sword.

At that very moment, a voice came from Hræsvelgr.

-The time has come.

“…What?”

As Iron gritted his teeth and blocked the strike, he blankly repeated the words. Just then, a pillar of light fell from the sky.

-Gaaaah!

The pillar of light instantly healed Iron’s body, which had been burned all over.

In contrast, Surtr, who had a body of fire, screamed in agony as he received burns.

For someone made of fire to suffer burns-?

It was an incomprehensible phenomenon, but Surtr clearly suffered and retreated backward.

Then, thousands of spears of light rained down, piercing his entire body.

-Ra… is it?

Surtr turned a hateful gaze toward the being that had interfered with him.

-To call even a god from another dimension… What disgrace, Ymir…

Saying this, Surtr once again set his entire body ablaze.

Surtr, using all his power, incinerated even the power of ‘Ra’, the bird of light that had appeared from the sky.

He burned the spears of light into nothingness, and when another pillar of light descended, he smashed it with his fist.

-Did you think that, just because you're a Lord God from another dimension, you could exert your full power here?

Surtr said to Ra with disdain.

Just as he said, Ra could not exert full power in this world, and perhaps because of that, he was gradually being pushed back by Surtr.

Iron’s expression darkened as he watched this.

“That’s… Baepsae, right?”

-Yes.

At Hræsvelgr’s answer, Iron quietly looked up at the sky.

Ra, radiating light and fighting Surtr, was slowly being pushed back, and just by watching, one could instinctively sense that if this continued, Ra would eventually be defeated.

“Cough!”

Iron tried to move to help Ra, but having already pushed himself to the limit, he coughed up blood.

His insides were so wrecked that not even Divine Power could heal them.

“I have to help…”

Seeing Iron trying to help, the Masters and the rest of the Imperial Army attempted to attack, but they were blocked by flame giants summoned by Surtr.

The Imperial Army now found themselves in a position where they had to stop the enemy’s counterattack instead.

“I have to help…”

At Iron’s words, the Divine Beasts emerged from his body and quietly stared at him.

-Is it time to choose?

At Hræsvelgr’s words, the Divine Beasts gave slight nods.

At that moment, Iron unknowingly turned his gaze toward Ra.

As their eyes seemed to meet, Iron’s mind resonated with Ra’s.

[Would you like to form a formal contract with the Lord God ‘Ra’ from another dimension? (Yes/No)]

※ Warning ※

-Forming a contract with a Lord God may cause problems later.

-As a price for the contract, you may be assigned missions in another dimension.

-You may be forced to leave without receiving the reward for saving this world.

Alongside the warnings, the contract with Ra appeared.

Ra was gradually being pushed back, and Surtr’s pressure was growing.

Seeing that, Iron pressed accept without hesitation.

At that moment, the bird of light flying through the sky turned into a single stream of light and entered Iron’s body.

-…So it’s you, after all?

Surtr grit his teeth as he looked at Iron radiating brilliant light.

Iron, now fused with Ra, easily overwhelmed Surtr’s power.

Having reached the realm of Transcendence, Iron’s body radiated explosive energy as the power of Hræsvelgr, the Divine Beasts surpassing even the strength of Phantom Beasts, and the Lord God-level power of Ra merged within him.

The cracked sword had already been restored, now glowing brightly as it cleaved through Surtr’s flaming sword and split open his massive chest.

-Again… is it failure once more…

Surtr looked at Iron with a hollow expression, then faded away with a tone of resentment.

Iron silently watched him fall, then turned his eyes to the sky.

[You have prevented Destruction! As you have cleared all quests, you will now be summoned back to your original world.]

-Due to your contract with the Lord God Ra, the option to remain here has been removed.

-You will receive the reward for saving the world in your original world.

[Thank you for your efforts in preventing Destruction!]

With the system message, Iron’s body began to shine more and more brightly.

“Supreme Commander! Commander!”

From afar, Ariel came rushing toward him, calling out urgently.

To her, Iron simply offered a silent smile.

It was all he could do for the one who had stood firmly by his side for so long.

And shortly after, Iron vanished with the light.

Where he once stood, only Ariel remained, staring into the void with a hollow expression.

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