“Ugh… Aiden… black… .”
Kate frowned at the pitiful cry. Andrea’s tears, which started at some point, never stopped.
It wasn’t clear whether he had seen something or simply wanted to see Aiden, but Andrea didn’t answer any questions he asked.
“hey! stop crying!! You’re fine!!”
I got angry with Andrea, who was crying, but Andrea didn’t even pretend to listen.
‘… Where the hell is that idiot and what is he doing?’
It had been three months since I last saw Aiden’s face. I was worried about him and wanted to visit him in person, but there was no time to move due to the incident in the west.
Suddenly, the sky cracked even more, and a gigantic, shining bridge ripped through the space. The Continental Union, having intuited that it would be over when everything fell from its bizarre appearance, quickly gathered troops and headed for the western cliff, but the result was disastrous.
The followers of the Apocalypse were all ordinary people, but they did not carry weapons and came to the battlefield wearing only robes.
At first I thought it was funny to see them, but the moment they touched their bare skin, an ally turned into an enemy.
If it were only that, they would have to fight from a distance so as not to touch them, but the problem was the believers who dealt with the mixed divine power between them.
The apostles used a divine power different from Andrea’s, but the power was so heterogeneous that the Allied Forces, who did not know how to deal with it, were helpless.
‘And even those big lizards.’
There were five dragons, one smashing the capital of the empire. The Continental Union, which had advanced to him, suffered a painful loss and retreated.
Fortunately, they were protecting something, and they did not pursue the retreating Continental Union. Of course, that appearance gave a greater sense of crisis to the Continental Union.
“Aiden is safe.”
In the tent filled with Andrea’s cries, an unfeeling voice resounded.
‘It’s fortunate that he is there.’
Luna suddenly appeared above the retreating Allied Forces, clenched her fists and pulled out the head of a dragon at once. Even as Luna, she must have used great power, her complexion was not good, but if it hadn’t been for Luna’s power that she showed at the end, the morale of the Allied Forces would have been rolling on the ground.
Luna, who showed such a miracle, quickly became an officer of the Allied Forces. With Luna and Kate as well, it was safe to say that this meeting would determine the future of the Allied Forces.
Luna was the only hope of the Allied Forces, which had been destroyed by the unexpected defeat.
‘That nerdy kid is hope… .’
Kate shook her head and opened her mouth.
“It’s okay, but why haven’t you come yet? That idiot is really… .”
“The time axis of Cloud Island is often off-putting,”
“The Cloud Island, the place of divine beasts, often flows differently from the continent. Sometimes it’s slow, sometimes it’s fast.”
The man with torn eyes sitting next to Luna supplemented Luna’s words. It was the man Luna brought with him, but Kate didn’t like him at all.
‘Your eyes are ripped, they look thick. They seem to be up to something.’
However, he did not point out because Luna’s power was so outstanding. Of course, Luna wasn’t the right person to talk to just by asking.
“Aiden doesn’t have to come. ‘Cause I can solve it Aiden can be comfortable.”
Luna muttered a little and nodded her head again and again.
Kate was not at all used to Luna’s way of speaking to herself.
“He needs to be here so that his name will go down in history… .”
No matter how stupid he is, Aiden, who is called a hero, had to be in this war. His strength as well as honor raise the morale of the Allied Forces… .
“I have the same thoughts as Luna. The priest has suffered enough.”
Kiana’s hard-faced Kiana cut off Kate’s words.
“hey! He’s a hero too! Don’t treat me like a child!”
Kate’s impression was distorted once again by the two’s child-like attitude.
“… Still, I hope the priest sees only good things.”
Clogged up, Kiana couldn’t communicate at all. In a way, it was similar to Luna.
‘I want to give only good things to Aiden! But now is the time… , only those who died in the last battle reached tens of thousands… .’
Kate struggled to swallow the words that filled her mouth. If I had to bring up a story that everyone knew, it would only hurt my mouth and destroy my morale.
“I can’t bring you with me now anyway… , Yeah, let’s put Aiden out of the discussion. Do you know what they are?”
Kate asked, pointing to Luna, who muttered softly. Luna, who raised her head for a moment, slowly opened her mouth.
“To invite foreign media. They are the ones who have received fragments from foreign media. If physical contact continues, the piece may fall over, so be careful.”
Luna quickly muttered in a low voice. Even after hearing Luna’s explanation, Kate did not understand at all.
“… foreign? Something like the earth god that Andrea worships?”
“Literally a god outside the world. If summoned, the god who will bring the end of the continent. The end that the continent could never avoid, like time.”
It seemed to explain it in some detail, but Kate couldn’t understand Luna’s words.
‘Yeah, I’m the problem with asking him to explain.’
After speaking, Kate clicked her tongue as she looked at Luna who lowered her head again.
“So… Do you know how to deal with it?”
Kate asked a specific question for a clearer solution.
“Tomorrow, my mana will be refilled. After that, I can face you.”
It was Luna’s answer full of arrogance, but because of the inaction she showed, she couldn’t ignore it. Kate pondered how to react to Luna’s words.
“Go ahead tomorrow. The other scum just fills my mana recovery time.”
After speaking, Luna bowed her head again and muttered something over and over again. At first glance, it seemed like a spell, and it sounded like a self-talk.
black… black… .
At Luna’s words that he would go out tomorrow, the tent became quiet again, and Andrea’s cries filled the room again.
“There is no way we can charge if you call it charge! hey! Stop crying too!! Is Aiden dead?! I’m so tired that I haven’t seen you in a few months!! Because of you, strange rumors are circulating among the soldiers! The saint prophesied the end!!”
Eventually, Kate, unable to contain her anger, raised her voice and shouted at the whale whale. I wanted to throw all these stupid things down. Kate was also keenly feeling the vacancy of Aiden. However, the situation is not favorable, so we are patient.
“Black… Poor Aiden… iced coffee… How do you go that way… .”
Andrea wiped her tears again, as if she couldn’t hear Kate, and recited a prayer.
“… So let’s play tomorrow? I haven’t even talked to the top yet, but it’s tomorrow… .”
Kate glanced at Andrea and spoke again.
“If it is delayed, the power of foreign media will become stronger. Tomorrow is the best time.”
At Luna’s resolute words, Kate squeezed her temples. I’m not the type of person to gossip, so it’s true, but to tell you that the day before… .
‘Hell, kids don’t have common sense… .’
“… I’ll go ahead and talk to you. Surprisingly, they didn’t interfere, so the passage to the top was almost completed. So I can play as soon as possible.”
When Kate finished speaking, she tied her messy hair and stood up. Kate, who has a heavy role to play, shouldn’t look disheveled. Her disorganization greatly affects the morale of the soldiers.
As Kate left, the tent again filled with Andrea’s cries. Kiana grinned bitterly as she got used to the sound of crying and touched the handle of her sword.
‘… It was too strong.’
In the previous battle, Kiana felt helpless for the first time in her life. Even the apostles and elder-level dragons who received fragments from foreign media… . There was no easy opponent.
‘… Can we get through this time?’
Kiana’s hand holding the sword’s handle trembled.
“you.”
Kiana, who was reinventing her swordsmanship, opened her eyes to the sound of her calling.
In front of her, Luna was staring at herself with dark eyes like an abyss.
“yes. You tell me.”
He was someone I would never understand, but now he was my only hope.
“Aren’t you short on power?”
Kiana laughed bitterly at the question as if she had looked inside herself. A person who has heard the sound of a genius all his life would be asked such a question.
However, Luna’s question pierced Kiana.
“… Yes. Not enough.”
As if making a wish to the devil, Kiana nodded her head.
“right. Unlike Red Garbage, you are the type that grows over time, not through battle.”
Luna continued to speak with a small face on her face.
‘Red Garbage… .’
At Luna’s words, Kiana collapsed with pain in one side of her chest. When the Allies retreated, Vicky was left alone to fend off the Apocalypse.
And even after everyone retreated down the cliff, Vicky didn’t come down.
‘The red trash will be fine. Because he does not lose.’
Luna’s words that appeared afterwards remained as an excuse for them, but Kiana did not turn away from the truth.
He abandoned his comrades and ran away to live. It couldn’t be excused by any words. Although it was to take care of the fainting Kate and the others, the truth did not change.
she ran away
Simma slammed into Kiana’s chest like a stone, preventing her from growing. For the first time in her life, Kiana stood in front of an indestructible wall.
“… What do you want to say?”
As the words of Vicky came out of Luna’s mouth, Kiana’s voice became sharp as a sword.
“I can give you strength. However, if you do that, your soul will be scattered afterward. Because it doesn’t fit the body. You choose.”
Luna’s black eyes that seemed to dig into Kiana rushed to answer.
From the moment she heard Luna’s question, Kiana’s answer was decided.
“… I’ll do it.”
She didn’t want to run away again.
I didn’t want to feel the helplessness of not being able to protect my comrades again.
Luna nodded her head as if she knew Kiana’s answer and whispered something in Kiana’s ear.
‘… I did.’
What the black-eyed girl had conveyed to Kiana was the truth, the truth, and the end of nothingness.
If there were ten thousand geniuses, the only shining Kiana among them was able to understand Luna’s words at once.
As if the blindfold had disappeared, my vision was opened, and everything in my head felt like garbage and was filled with new knowledge.
The contents of those words broke the wall that stood in the way of Kiana and raised her status to several levels at once.
If Kiana had time, if she swung her sword a little more, she would naturally realize that, but the cost of stealing it in advance was high.
‘Three days? No, it could be shorter than that.’
There was a small hole in the vessel of the body that could not keep up with the rapidly growing mind, and I could feel the soul slowly leaking out of that gap.
However, for now, anything can be cut.
As the ranks rose, I saw things I had never seen before. Even the enormous power contained in the body of the little girl in front of her… .
‘Three days would be enough.’
Kiana nodded, remembering the opponent she had seen in the last battle. If he was with the woman in front of him now, three days would have been too long.
“thank you.”
Seeing the black girl tilting her head, Kiana expressed her sincere gratitude.
Her justice, which had shrunk, regained energy and grew stronger than before.
Even if it is a candle that burns by devoting itself to it.
If it is now, I will be able to reveal the precious things.
“… Are you okay?”
Luna smiled brightly.
“Yes.”
Kiana’s spine chilled at the power behind her childish innocent smile.
‘… I want to see the priest one more time before three days pass.’
Suddenly, I thought of wanting to hold him in his arms even once more, but I quickly erased the thought.
The person I am now is not a woman, but a sword for the continent.
Sitting upright in the chair, Kiana stroked her sword several times.
With each stroke, Kiana’s hand shone, and the sword continued to ring in it.
‘… The final preparations are complete.’
Luna forcibly endured the nausea that came with the cost of forcing the truth out of her mouth.
***
“… Apostles also appear, dragons also appear, and I heard that the area around the western cliff is like hell.”
Scar could not manage it, so he scratched his ragged beard and unraveled the story he had heard.
‘… Did I scare you too much?’
After speaking, Scar watched Aiden’s reaction.
“okay? I must go quickly.”
Contrary to what Scar had expected, Aiden just fixed the bare sword around his waist.
“… If you go, you will die. I can be sure. My premonition always points precisely to danger, and there is nothing but gloom and despair. If you go, you will inevitably die.”
Skal thought Aiden didn’t understand what he was saying, so he explained further.
“Then I should go faster. What can I say to Kate for being late?”
At Scal’s words, Aiden got up from his seat with a grin.
Scar looked up at the boy from the past, now a complete hero. Even in the absence of the sun, Scar was so dazzling that he had no choice but to frown.
‘… You’ve grown.’
Skal smiled bitterly as he recalled Aiden from his virgin school days. The boy, who was more cowardly than himself, had become a dignified hero, holding up his sword while he was running away from danger.
‘I thought from the beginning that heroes were born people… . You’re right about being made.’
Scar, like a sinner, simply looked down at the ground and moved his hands frozen in the cold to loosen them.
“Will Scar be here? The house is well decorated.”
Aiden’s thoughtless question pierced Scar’s chest.
‘… Will you run away again?’
To Scar, Aiden’s question sounded like the above. Scar bit his chapped lips and closed his eyes.
Even now, Scar wanted to run away. But since there was nowhere to escape, he was hiding here on the pretext of waiting for Aiden.
‘Will you run away?’
As the boy became a hero, Scar continued to agonize in his disillusionment and fear of remaining a coward.
And when I open my eyes again.
I saw the back of the hero returning without waiting for his answer.
Its appearance was slightly larger than that of the virgin school, but it was not much different.
I don’t know why, but Scal, who was relieved, got up from his seat and followed the hero.
“… Let’s go together.”
Aiden, who seemed a little surprised at Scar’s words, smiled coolly.
At that smile, Scar was somewhat proud.
“p*ssy wizards are always welcome.”
“You’re a p*ssy archmage. no… Even higher than that now.”
“then… Let’s make a p*ssy sage. It’s like a p*ssy cock.”
“… Not bad.”
At Aiden’s playful remarks, Scal laughed.
“ah! do you have a scal? it? After hearing Scar’s words earlier, I became anxious and craved for nothing.”
As he looked at Aiden, who described it as if he was smoking something, Scarl rummaged through his pockets.
‘At least two gabies.’
Two cigars were taken out of his pocket.
“… This is the best cigar. It’s like a hundred p*ssy.”
“After all, if it was a Scal, I thought I would have it.”
The two of them lit a fire with a thick cigar in their mouths side by side.
The two frowned at the feeling of elevation in their heads, then looked at each other and laughed out loud.
Skal had a gut feeling that this was the last cigar. At that, Scal savored the end of the cigar.
‘The ending doesn’t taste good.’
Their cigars burned all the way to the end.