124 – reason for betrayal
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Recover all statuses as you reach the final fork.
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Just when I was pretty sure the game hated me, a gentle soothing message arrived.
Restoration of all conditions beyond the concept of simple recovery.
This was a higher version of the blessing that the saintess exhausted by using up all her divine power.
‘Still, my hand isn’t getting better.’
My hands did not change even in the process of my whole body returning to its original state, no, in the best condition.
The necrotic skin and the ugly swollen appearance were recognized by the game as their original state.
‘I can’t fix it because of this.’
My hand wasn’t hurt anymore.
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Just like the part of the body that was originally like that, it was judged to run naturally.
‘Okay, thinking about it now makes no sense.’
I brushed off my thoughts and quickly went out of the library.
As expected, Karan must have headed for the battlefield.
Then, among the soldiers in the palace, there were only a handful of soldiers who could compete with me now.
ride on.
As I ran as if my feet were on fire, I saw a ghastly scene in the hallway.
The figure of Smith, pinned to the wall, limp, immobilized, or the fallen soldiers on the floor.
They, who had been training together at the gymnasium not too long ago, were now wandering between life and death.
‘It happened because I received black mana.’
As soon as you reach a turning point, the story moves on to the next chapter.
In other words, this moment was a foreseen situation that could never be avoided.
If I hadn’t entered the library and continued training, I couldn’t carry on my will.
Maybe it meant that I could have been wandering between death and death.
bang!
After organizing my thoughts, I headed to the king’s office.
As soon as I felt the presence there, I burst open the door.
A situation where there is not even time to protect the king.
However, unlike my busy mind, the king’s expression was so calm.
Even though the country was in ruins, his hand was still stamping the papers that needed to be dealt with.
“You seem to have followed your will.”
“…Yes, it is.”
Seeing that, the urgency in my heart disappeared and my head went cold.
“Don’t worry, I know what you’re trying to say.”
do you know Karan’s betrayal and the situation outside?
Even knowing the betrayal, he could not understand the king’s intentions for leaving Karan alone.
The king looked at me with wide eyes as if he had read my expression.
“How far can you handle black mana?”
That look was similar to that of a teacher who asked how far he had done his homework.
The king asked me a question, even putting his hand on the stamp.
“Still… can’t handle it.”
I had no intention of lying to myself that I had mastered it perfectly.
What I have to tell you now is the obvious truth.
He was a person who would disappear anyway, but for some reason I wanted to do my best to serve him.
“Still, you tied it right in front of the heart. Good job, you arrived at the correct answer even though Karan left it alone.”
The king, who even knew that he had left it, showed a satisfied face.
Pointing at my heart, I stretched out my bony hand that seemed to have only bones and skin left.
The king had the appearance of autumn leaves that would crumble with a little effort.
“At first, don’t think about ruling it, let it flow, keep going outside. Jokjok that absorbs mana will try to change it to its own color.”
To put it simply, it meant pouring water into the saucepan.
If you put in too much, you’ll end up with nothing left inside.
If he threw it away before doing anything inside the saucepan, he could only use the black mana.
“And when you get used to it, you lock it in your body. In fact, black mana is all of those two.”
After hearing that, I realized why the low-level demons were running rampant.
They had to release in a state of power, but they were drunk on it and gathered their strength to go on a rampage.
‘Because the high-grade demons are getting better at controlling it, they collect black mana and amplify it.’
I realized the truth unexpectedly, but there was no time to be shocked.
It’s a forgotten and ruined kingdom anyway, but the king had to take refuge unconditionally.
If the future changes according to the outcome of this story, it was unconditionally beneficial to save the king.
“I’m not going anywhere, so don’t mind that part.”
As if he knew all of my thoughts, the king smiled and slowly rose from his seat.
It looked like a skinny scarecrow creaking and moving its body.
However, contrary to his appearance, the king exuded the momentum of a giant tree that did not bend even in the face of a storm.
“Let’s walk towards the gymnasium.”
“…Ah, yes.”
I thought maybe even this could be part of the story.
When told to prepare for destruction, there wasn’t much a single player could do.
But with the king, the story is different.
It was a great privilege to be with the country’s most powerful person in a situation where the country was perishing.
“Why do you think Karan betrayed you?”
Bubbly.
Even while walking through the hallway, the king treated each and every one who had fallen on the floor.
They put on a comfortable expression just by touching his body with his hand.
“Isn’t it because you don’t want to die?”
Was it too obvious
“no.”
It was so obvious.
The king looked at me and gave me a look that he would give me another chance.
But I didn’t really remember anything, so I kept my mouth shut.
‘No, if the country perishes, Karan, the most powerful person since its founding, will of course be captured or die…’
However, I thought there was no particular reason for Karan to be captured by Mine.
Because, although Karan was desperate to keep the king’s command until the end, he clearly conveyed his will to me.
Even in the midst of ruin, it was impossible for a person of that level to be desperate because he did not want to die.
The king, perhaps understanding all of my thoughts, opened the door to the gymnasium and continued.
“What do you think of knights falling in love?”
“…Yes?”
I asked with a puzzled face at such a sudden statement.
The king laughed at my face.
“Listen to what I have to say from now on, Karan…”
Every time the king’s words continued, I fell into astonishment.
The story that couldn’t be, no, the story that shouldn’t happen was flowing from the mouth of the king.
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Karan was an honest knight.
He was outstanding and was destined for greatness.
Born into an aristocratic family, he grew up in the most perfect environment to develop his talents.
He awakened with one swing of a sword that others would wield a hundred times, and overpowered the physical strength of those who trained without training.
He is not lazy and has a ridiculous temperament that is even sincere, so he grew up really fast.
He put effort into training even when others were having fun, and as I said before, he moved his body honestly.
Karan was an unbreakable tree.
He did not give in to injustice and took the lead for justice more than anyone else.
Because of this, people around him evaluated him as having the mind of a philosopher who is not swayed by any temptation.
The posture of staying away from entertainment and the perfect knight who doesn’t even take a sip of common alcohol.
Perhaps he was the embodiment of chivalry that people thought of him, and he was evaluated that way.
“He’s really amazing, because the other day he just mercilessly slaughtered the demons.”
“Among them, there were some high-end ones, and some top-notch ones… as expected…”
Mine and Repenta who deal with black mana.
The two, who could never be mixed, fought fiercely, and each time, the side with Karan always won.
He was the embodiment of victory and the will of the kingdom of Lepenta not to give up black mana.
I believed that that will would continue unbroken.
People put all the achievements that they could not do on Karan’s shoulders.
“Karan, please save us…”
Expectations were heavy and might have been overwhelming, but Karan didn’t even show that sign and moved silently.
Repenta’s will.
He has become a being that gives people hope, and has been reborn as the only key to defeating demons.
“Are you Karan?”
“…”
“Are you not saying anything? I’m so upset.”
It was like that that day too.
Hearing that the demons had invaded, Karan led the knights and headed to the place where the demons were.
A series of scenes where all the knights that Lefanta is proud of fall to the ground and wriggle.
Karan pulled out the great sword from his back and aimed it at the demon in front of him.
“You don’t say anything, and if you see an opening, you’ll immediately stare at it… You really have Repenta’s will.”
“It’s not something you can put into it.”
I decided that further discussion was pointless.
Karan did his best to kill the demon in front of him.
“Oh my, there’s no match… Time is running out, I wanted to play more… It’s a pity.”
In a situation where there was no match for a long time, Mine was the first to step down.
After introducing herself as Yu, she waved and smiled and disappeared.
wriggling
And at that moment, Karan’s heart moved in a different way.
‘…?’
At first, I didn’t know the meaning, but the more often I ran into the demon, the more I vaguely realized what that feeling was.
‘Nonsense.’
Karan couldn’t accept that he had positive feelings for Mine, no, Yui.
No matter what temptations came, where did the past go and how did you feel the favor of the enemy now?
It was also an absolute evil that came to destroy the kingdom, not just an enemy, and it was a demon that killed his comrades.
What is love for such a person? Karan decided to kill Yui quickly.
‘go alone.’
Anyway, going with a colleague only increases the damage, but there is no meaningful result.
Karan promised to put an end to everything by welcoming Yui alone this time.
“You came alone this time?”
I came alone because I thought you would come alone.
The day Karan decided to kill Yui.
With that determination in the dark, Yui was waiting for Karan very leisurely by herself.
Yui, who had come in the clothes that always clung to her body, approached Karan without any boundaries.
‘I can cut, I can cut, I will.’
While getting closer to her, Karan thought that he should quickly swing the sword in his hand.
but.
prison.
The moment Yui was held in his arms, he dropped his greatsword.
“I was looking forward to a place like this, I missed it.”
Karan hadn’t renounced entertainment.
I just didn’t know.
It wasn’t that he didn’t bend, and he didn’t know how to bend.
From his point of view, those who did not try were meaningless, and those who were weak were just objects to be protected.
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Just as the love you feel when you see a small animal cannot be a rational love.
Karan hadn’t been looking for love yet.
‘…No, this isn’t it.’
Even if you know in your head that falling in love with a demon who will destroy the kingdom is not okay.
Her body was unable to throw Yui out of her arms.
Every time I went to the battlefield, I mixed my body and competed, and the moment when I was recognized as an equal.
Karan recognized Yui as a single person, unlike the demons who would die after competing with each other a few times like before.
An entity that is not something to be protected.
So I saw things I hadn’t seen before.
The reason why her body was strengthened every time her sweet whispers came into my ears.
It wasn’t the anger caused by having insulted himself, but the excitement caused by a beating heart.
“Hug me quickly, Karan.”
A mournful voice and tenaciously clinging legs.
Karan slowly embraced her body, feeling an uncontrollable s*xual desire.
It was the moment when the destruction of the Lepenta Kingdom was in progress.