Episode 118. The Hero is Back
“What on earth…?” ….”
East of the garrison area.
When the battle that took place there entered a lull, Garam climbed up a nearby hill and looked down at the place where he was stationed to assess the situation.
Immediately after the appearance of the dragon, the red knight led the troops as if to provide support to the white knight.
At her sudden action, the fierce fight suddenly went into a lull, and the corpses that had come to life endlessly and overwhelmed them disappeared in a blaze.
In such a situation, all she could do was create a barrier and resist the waves of heat approaching from afar.
“What is that?”
But then, in the place where the breath swept away, something absurd was unfolding.
The ominous power that seeped into the land full of ashes hardened into a human form.
The sight of all of them screaming like crazy.
-Kiyaaa!!!
The reason I watched that scene while covering my mouth was not just because the screams were horrifying.
A situation in which a person is trampled and crushed by the pushing force while extending to the surroundings, and fresh blood and flesh are scattered on the floor repeatedly.
A person grew again from the crushed flesh, was crushed and regenerated repeatedly, and I felt the ground becoming soaked with fresh blood, so much so that it could be seen from far away.
Because the phenomenon originated from something in the shape of a human being, I felt that it was imprinted in my mind as a fellow human being.
“…If hell were real, would this be what it feels like?”
Ja-seong, who was watching the land turning red as a result, soon let out a hollow laugh and carried the handle of his shovel on his shoulder.
“Ah, uncle. Are you going? “Over there?”
“I have to go. I have no place to retreat from here in the first place.”
It is a body that boldly kills powerful people for committing acts that violate humanity, but it is not so shabby that it ignores the responsibility that comes with it.
If he returns to the human forces without burying his bones, he will lose his qualifications as a warrior and will be treated as an uncontrollable and dangerous person and either imprisoned or chased for the rest of his life.
Significant damage will certainly be inflicted on those in the religious faith who believe only in themselves.
“So, little one, you should quickly return to the empire. The road may be a bit rough, but if you have the strength as a warrior, you will be able to make your way back.”
“Don’t say nonsense! Going in there is suicide……. Uh?”
Someone passes by at the moment when he is trying to dissuade such self-reflection.
Afterwards, Ja-seong realized that his hand was holding hers, and looked blankly at the man facing him.
“What is it, friend? Why suddenly…….”
“Two thousand times.”
The warrior Lim Taeyang.
The undefeated and strongest warrior who has never been defeated by any strong opponent in a 1:1 match.
And the moment he, who had remained silent throughout, stopped himself and opened his mouth for the first time.
“We had rushed to that extent before, but there was almost no way to attack.”
“What?”
“You can’t win.”
So what he says has a lot of weight.
If what came out of his mouth was ‘impossible’.
“That’s not something you can win.”
That in itself means that, from humanity’s point of view, there is absolutely no way to confront it.
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Yes, that is the future that every human being who faced what happened in front of them thought of.
The sight of them being called out even at this moment, and of them repeatedly regenerating even though they were pressing down on each other, was something that even the soldiers who had been on the brink of death could not help but be terrified of.
‘Why on earth…? ….’
But Marcus was the only one who thought it was a concept that could be accepted as human common sense.
Among those here, he was the only veteran who experienced the era of war when humans were hostile to each other.
Even the lives of others, which have always been considered precious in their hometown, are crushed into insignificance and disappear when they step onto the battlefield.
Marcus was reminded as he looked at the scene before him that the only way to forget the fear and pain in such a scene was to become intoxicated with madness.
‘Why are you there? Tacia.’
And the person who gave it meaning was none other than the hero who guided him.
When the knights he led evacuated humanity from dangerous areas, he was a being who could be called the hope of the old era, fighting against the dragon alone.
‘Why on earth are you…? . You, the hero, why…….’
I understand it with my head.
No matter how lofty a being’s beliefs may be, they are also the result of perseverance in suppressing one’s true feelings.
For something that was called regret during one’s lifetime to take on such an ugly form, it will inevitably become more noticeable because the person is burdened with excessive responsibility.
Because he is a warrior who has grown his strength by traveling through the most battlefields, he cannot help but inherit even more of the madness and hatred that humans possess…
‘The worst disaster targeting humanity was created by none other than humanity itself.’
The danger as well as the malice will be incomparable to any disaster we have ever faced.
But she is still out of harm’s way, and the troops around her show no signs of leaving her side.
As it is still growing in strength, now may be the only chance to stop it.
“We must stop it immediately. That… ….”
“It’s impossible.”
A protest that follows naturally even though it is natural.
Nevertheless, Marcus could not persuade him.
I just play with my eyes at the scene, as if ignoring the truth, and look back at my subordinates with empty eyes.
“It’s too much. How on earth do we…….”
“You have to do whatever it takes. “Didn’t we decide to risk our lives for humanity?”
Even if you die, you must never give in.
At the very least, we must protect the messenger who will announce their existence, and slow down their advance toward humanity even a little.
“Stop that, then what?”
But even such courage can only be demonstrated if one finds meaning in one’s sacrifice.
The soldiers here have already broken several times, and at the end they have been crushed to the point where they can never be put together again.
“What are we waiting for next?”
“… What?”
“General. Jeon… ….
The smiles on their faces when they met him came from their sincerity to forget that feeling of despair.
” The Demon King’s army devastated my hometown, so I took refuge in the empire. The soldiers who took refuge were also wiped out by the beastmen, and in the place where I managed to escape, I lost my family and property to traitors. And you. “Even though I came here following him, I just suffered helplessly.”
“What on earth are you…?” ….”
“There is no end. No matter how hard you struggle!”
No one denies his words.
Some people look away, while others just clenched their fists helplessly.
“Corps Commander. “Does hope exist in this world?”
Marcus could no longer utter any denial about such despair, or what could be called enlightenment.
“Can humanity really be saved if we sacrifice ourselves?”
Even the warrior who fought for the cause did not know that in the end he harbored hatred for humanity.
Although his ending may have been noble, the human race may have been ugly and dirty from its foundations to keep it until after his death.
“Rather.”
So this is a natural trend.
The words that humanity truly needs to meet may have appeared before them at this moment.
“I would rather become one with them…….”
“Now, wait! Stop!!!”
A soldier driven by such an impulse to jump down the hill.
Soon, the soldiers recognized him as he had voluntarily entered the crowd of corpses seething below, and immediately crushed and crushed his body and mixed it into their own.
And the will he left behind will soon awaken.
-Kyaaa!
We become one with the army that drank our blood, and we shout together with them, united with the sins committed by humans.
The moment he felt that the screams that erupted at the end were louder than before, the corps commander leading the army ended up kneeling in his seat and muttering in vain.
“…… Jean, Cleo. “Did you know?”
A former comrade in arms who was considered an abomination.
I felt that the feelings I felt for my comrade, whom I thought I had some understanding of after knowing the truth, were changing into sympathy mixed with grief.
“Did you know that our idol would become like this?”
I hope not, but even if I do, it won’t change anything.
Raising a successor to stand against the dragon is, in fact, no different from training someone like the one in front of you.
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-Clink.
And, the moment when the crystal ball that revealed all of this before fell to the floor.
Nevertheless, Airi could not bear to pick it up and had no choice but to tremble on the spot with her mouth hidden.
“Oh my, this thing…” …. Nonsense.”
What awaits in the near future is war, and war…
This entire continent was occupied by an immortal army, and it was a world of infinite hell where only the sight of killing and killing each other unfolded.
A being who can make such a possibility come true is standing in front of them at this moment.
Now, a being who will soon grow into a fortune incomparable to a dragon or a demon lord has abnormally appeared at the end of the destiny he is trying to pursue.
“How can this future be…?”
Tacia Philoi was a red knight of the war.
At least when I looked at Tasian’s past, there were no traces of that.
The body was taken out of her soul, which she used to forge her weapons, and at the end, she placed it in her coffin and let it flow into her river.
‘The place where the coffin floated at the end happened to be the Corpse Lord’s territory…?’
No, that alone is not enough.
There must be some medium for her to be aware of her own identity, at least before meeting her.
At the very least, there must be a link between her and the Corpse Lord, and more than anything, a future that can only unfold if she is exactly in the position where her Thasian can uniquely unleash its power.
Because he was a body that could estimate such possibilities, the prophet could not help but view this moment as even more despairing.
‘There is a possibility, even now, of stopping it…’ ….’
Airi tries to stay calm despite such despair and tries to pick up the crystal ball with her trembling hands.
But the trembling hand pushed it away, causing it to fall down the cliff.
The moment when the Haven clan’s Noble Phantasm, which allowed him to use his full power, left his hands.
Nevertheless, the reason why I felt relieved for just a moment was probably because my subconscious wanted to ignore the future ahead of me.
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‘It’s a possibility. There’s no way something like that exists.’
Thassian alone may not have caused the extinction of humanity, but he was able to collapse the civilization they had built and cause such damage that it was difficult to recover.
Although I gave up a lot to stop her from causing such a disaster on her own, I even ignored the helplessness of my companion, who I hoped would grow into her savior, starting with her, and her ego I was willing to take the risk of castrating him.
‘But, even if Hyosung comes…….’
If my pet returns, will I be able to overcome this situation?
A being like that apostle of the apocalypse who wants to grow into a fortune that cannot be compared to the weakened Tasian?
“… No.”
There is no way something like that is possible.
There is no way that it would be possible for him, who has now gained the possibility of becoming a hero, to overcome an enemy that is impossible for any existing hero.
“No, if you drag Mr. Hyoseong into this kind of death…” ….”
Yes, at least in my opinion, not even the slightest possibility existed.
So, it would be better to get out of this place right away and seek future succession…….
The priority would be to secure her reprieve until one day, the companion of her choice grows her strength enough to deal with her calamities like hers.
-Kyaaa!!!!!
The moment I try to have such hope, the sound of screaming stops me from breathing.
Airi, who saw the crowd growing even more energetic than before, was shocked and fell to his knees in his seat.
‘In the first place… …. Does that have any meaning?’
Didn’t my ancestors already prophesy? The end of this world will come soon.
Although we do not know what form it will take, if the prophecy of our ancestors was intended for the distant future, what is in front of us may not even be the beginning.
Something greater than the fortune that you find impossible to deal with awaits you.
In order to accept greater fortune, he is tested at every moment, and continues to impose that ordeal on the person he has given his heart to.
The possibility of achieving it is so small… Or even non-existent that the person you have given your heart to must be driven to death.
“I can’t do that, that kind of thing…” ….”
The pulpit, which had been maintained precariously, collapsed.
In the end, a sob escapes from his mouth.
“This kind of thing… …. “It’s impossible.”
Only after spitting it out did she realize.
No matter how endowed with all the powers of the clan, he has the status of a demi-god.
My foundation, like the hopeless soldiers down there, is nothing but an existence that has no choice but to disappear due to the harshness of this world.
“…… Please.”
Nevertheless, I cannot bear to just ignore this reality.
For the first time in her life, she ignored reality and recited her prayers to heaven in vain.
“Please. Someone, please tell me the answer. Jeon….”
She is no longer afraid that the prophecy she believed in will be broken.
As a result, she feels helpless and fears the reality of having to force even more despair on her companion.
I just want to stop her consciousness and run away.
The moment when I felt that my mission as a savior was collapsing due to such impulses.
“… Do not cry.”
At the sound of her kind voice coming from behind her, Airi began to turn her blurred gaze to behind her.
What she saw there was a man looking down at her from behind.
“… Filial duty.”
A familiar face.
And the smile I wanted to see again.
“Hyosung, Mr.?”
After showing that smile, he jumped down.
With such speed that the soft smile he gave himself went beyond an afterimage and turned into light.
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-Quarring!!
The light that fell at the end struck the center of the growing army.
Even the flesh and blood spreading in all directions began to scatter in all directions, spread by the powerful air current emitted by the person who collided.
-Cudangtang, Kwaang!!!!
And then use that power to race forward.
The soldiers who recognized its presence all focused their attention and tried to swing their weapons, but at that time, the weapons that had already materialized in front of their noses were aimed at their bodies.
-Chrrruk, puff!!
Weapons such as swords, spears, and axes embodied in the air are repeatedly thrown into their bodies, cutting into their flesh, causing an explosion of magical power from within.
From two to three such situations…….
After succeeding in opening the path by repeating it more than once, what was held in his hand was a spear created using pure mana.
-BOOM!!!
The moment the throwing attack using the spear hit the target, the powerful explosion occurred, and the red knight felt a shiver run through the hand holding the sword.
I became stronger by accepting the dragon’s blood.
It is said that the strength of suffering even a small amount of damage is felt in the other person.
“… “What are you?”
Yes, he is not someone to be taken lightly.
However, the evaluation was not just based on the power of the spear.
Weapons such as swords and axes materialized in the place where he passed were materialized as many as the number of corpses lying on the floor, neutralizing their bodies.
Temporary material creation using only pure mana.
A skill that can only be used by those who control spirits.
“What on earth are you? How do I use my skills…….”
But that is impossible in human birth.
A spirit is guided by a living being according to its status, and in order for it to rise to the level of creation, it must have the status of being the lord of all things.
It is said that it can only be used if it is recognized by at least a dragon or such a dragon.
“… Well. “Now I’m not even sure who I am.”
Amid such doubts, he adjusted the spear in his hand and tried to quietly confront himself.
Even though the previously crushed soldiers are being reemerged as if they had never been before, and are gradually building a siege network under orders.
“I don’t even know if I, a mere porter, deserve to be in this position.”
Nevertheless, his straight gaze was still directed at the enemy in front of him.
The madness brought about by the original sin of mankind.
Even in this scene created by removing the pieces, he maintained his cool and was preparing to rush towards himself.
“But, because she was crying.”
I think about the tears of the person who led me here and loved me.
I thought that that alone was enough reason to move, and I wanted to confront the apostle of the apocalypse in front of me.
“So for now, I’ll just say this here and there.”
I declare so.
Be bold and confident, feeling that everything you have experienced so far is just for this moment.
“… “He is a hero.”
Woo Hyo-seong, the hero.
He participates in a war that risks the survival of humanity.
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