Episode 119. You are a person who should not exist.
Hero.
It is a word that contains hope in itself, and a title given only to the most ‘special and strong beings’ in this world.
“…A hero?”
How should I accept the person who appeared in front of me while mentioning such words?
Before she realized it, mockery began to leak out of her mouth.
“That one is the hero?”
A person who claims to be a hero has come to block the way he knows the meaning and weight of that word better than anyone else.
Isn’t it natural to be funny?
“… “What does that mean?”
At the end, a low voice came out of her mouth that calmed down her overheated emotions.
The politeness I felt from that did not feel the same madness as before.
Even though there was no life as she was a dead person, she felt that her reason was gradually being established.
“I have dealt with countless people who call themselves heroes. “Except for the last one, none of them were able to decapitate me.”
What is revealed at the end is traces of acting to escape the rough days of mercenaries.
At the same time, it was called arrogance and leisure that came from the position of absolute ruler.
“But do you really believe that you can deal with me just based on what you saw before? “A person who only has the strength of one hero?”
Yes, the Red Knight was confident.
The firm belief that the person in front of me could not interfere with him was felt through the ‘déjà vu’ I felt from him.
“… That being said, I’m still a little worried. “Unlike ordinary warriors, you are copying the techniques I used exactly.”
The implementation of the temporary material previously used has reached the point of creating material using mana, which generates physical force in response to will.
As it is a technology that deals with energy that responds to will, it cannot be achieved unless you seek cooperation from a being that can control mana in minute units, like a spirit.
And the only way for humans to deal with spirits to that level is to inherit their status from beings like dragons.
“Oh, that’s right…” . “Are you the same as me?”
And there is only one dragon that exists in this world.
Despite being stabbed repeatedly, he did not die, and even though he lost consciousness, he was still a living corpse with only the will to survive.
Such a being followed in his footsteps and passed on his status to another human being.
“… “Only that much.”
With that realization, the swing of the knife begins to sting her discomfort.
“Do you think you can fight me just because you were chosen by this person? Even after seeing the army surrounding you right now?”
Now that the madness has subsided and I can think rationally about my calling.
There was nothing left to pull from her mother, but as her feelings for her increased, she felt that she was able to wield her powers more skillfully.
-Cludly, steadily.
The troops that begin to rise from the ground in response to such power show that they have far surpassed the power of their previous life.
There was no way that a single hero could defeat him, who went beyond simply embodying weapons and embodying an era of madness that even looked down on the military.
“… “You’re speechless.”
The man who is still silent and just glares at me in front of me who is sure of that.
The red knight who was watching this laughed and tried to mock him.
“Have you finally realized the reality and frozen? Well, if you come into the middle of enemy territory…….”
“The atmosphere is quite different from when I saw it before.”
It was only at that time that the mouth began to open belatedly.
The red knight paused for a moment and began glaring at him, who was staring at him without understanding the meaning.
“… “When I saw you before?”
“Don’t you remember me too? “I must have met you once four months ago.”
What do you mean by memory?
While feeling doubtful, the Red Knight gradually felt the face of the man in front of him become familiar to his eyes.
Yes, he was definitely an ordinary adventurer that I met when I went there to prevent the Black Knight from taking individual action.
The reason he passed on without killing a being that he could kill as many times as he wanted was because he did not think it was worth killing.
Anyway, all the living will join their army someday, and it was thought that the right answer would be to leave the Black Knight who was interested in him alone in order to take him with him.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t remember. Even if we had met before, my memories of that time are too insignificant.”
But now, that’s probably a good thing.
It would be strange for someone who no longer considers even the Corpse Lord to be their mother, to be interested in the fact that the person they once saved has returned stronger.
“… No, even if we did meet, it would only be nice. “No matter how many people like you come, they won’t be able to stop me.”
Following his will, he aimed the ash-covered sword forward, and the magic power gradually began to be transmitted to the soldiers who were called in around him.
The moment when tens of thousands of armies filled with madness and appetite focused their attention on him.
“Everyone, kill him. “Starting with defeating that man, we will declare a bloody war on this world!”
It was virtually no different from a death sentence.
It is possible for an individual to deal with an army to some extent even with his past self, but what he has to deal with now is an endless influx of armies.
Because it was an army of blood that would be created infinitely as long as it did not fall, and would soon devour the entire world.
“Ooh, ooh…” ….”
Such soldiers soon received her instructions and focused their attention on him.
They immediately recognized its presence and opened their mouths foolishly, dropping the weapons in their hands on the floor.
“Woohyo?”
The red knight, who thought he would attack right away, uttered a word that was completely unexpected.
“Woah, wow…….”
“Woohyo, Woohyo.”
Still, I watched for a while, wondering if I had heard it wrong, but no matter how many times I listened to it, it was the same.
Everyone in front of him just makes strange noises and just stands there dumbly.
“Woohyooooo~”
“Woohyooooo!!”
Even the shouts that should have resonated were soon eroded by such strange cries, and only then did the Red Knight’s face begin to harden as he sensed something was wrong.
“What on earth…?” ….”
“aaah! Please, stop that damn woohyo!!!!”
A man brandishing a spear while scolding the soldiers standing there so foolishly.
The soldiers’ bodies were torn apart by the attack, but even so, the cries they made after recognizing him did not stop.
The way they just let out such cries even when their bodies were cut off made it seem as if the person who was the target had used a strange trick to restrain them.
“Hey you bastards!! “How many times do I say my name is Woo Hyosung, not Woo Hyo!?”
But why is the man who is the target so angry and ruthlessly cutting up their bodies?
When the red knight, dumbfounded by the incomprehensible situation, stared at him, he finally stopped cutting down the soldiers and began to scream at the top of his voice.
“My ability is to make you remember three letters of my name, so why do you keep calling my name strangely!? The last name you need to remove is the front, not the back! Front!!!”
“Do you think I went through all that trouble just to be treated like this in this situation? Please be more serious in serious situations, huh!?”
“Woohyo?”
“aaa!!”
A man who eventually loses his temper and begins to randomly sweep up nearby soldiers.
As he watched the number of troops flocking to his side gradually decrease, the Red Knight took time to reflect on the name he had mentioned.
‘Woohyo, Seong… ….’
This is a name I remember.
I met him face to face once, and more than anything, the undead under the Corpse Lord share each other’s memories to some extent.
Of course, due to the nature of the dead, most people ignore them except for their own regrets or orders from higher entities, but despite this natural trend, there was one name that was particularly unforgettable.
‘Isn’t it really interesting to have the ability to forcibly engrave one’s existence?’
The words mentioned by Baek Knight, who followed me before coming here, gradually began to come to mind.
I realized that small talk, which I thought was trivial at the time, was an answer that explained the current situation.
‘Is it really that serious?’
‘It’s more interesting than serious. Into the memories of our dead who don’t care about anything except their regrets, they are cramming memories that are clearer than those regrets……. If we use it well, a change may even occur among us dead people.’
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A trivial power that merely imprints a name.
However, just like what other warriors deal with, it was a concept that was clearly outside the laws and common sense of this world.
The absolute unwritten rule that the dead live for the sake of their regrets was cracked just by coming into contact with their existence.
‘My calling… ….’
And it went beyond the dead to the level of blocking the actions of the soldiers created from nothing at this moment.
Egoless soldiers who only focus on the madness of the times and hatred toward humanity, and who must repeat the war forever, faithful only to their instincts.
Just by facing him, your actions stop and you start paying attention to just that one person.
‘My war is being polluted by that person…’ ?’
The moment he realized that, the red knight moved.
Beyond emotional, passionately.
-Quang!!
The traces of fresh blood drawn as the bodies of the soldiers who collided with the rough movement exploded mercilessly.
He recognized that a red-stained sword had been swung at the tip, and he quickly raised his spear to retaliate the attack.
-BOOM!!!!
The moment I recognized that, the magical spear formed in my hand collided with the sword.
The swords created around the red knight, who did not back down despite the resulting explosion of magical power, responded to his will and repeatedly swung fiercely at him.
-Kwakang, boom! Qarring!!!
Continuous creation of weapons and explosion of magical power.
It seemed like he was using that power to push his opponent, but even that was cut short after a while.
“Woohyo, last name…”
At the end, it was a struggle of power with the weapons in each hand colliding.
In a tense battle that did not allow even an inch, the two began glaring into each other’s eyes through the gap between their weapons.
“Woo Hyo Seong, Woo Hyo Seo Eo Eong!!”
A red knight who once again goes mad with anger and fear toward his opponent.
“I finally met someone who called me by my name properly.”
And the hero who even feels refreshed by the current situation.
I felt the composure that came from that face violently scratching at my own heart, which I firmly believed was my superiority.
It was considered abominable that a power that could only remember names had emerged as the greatest danger to oneself.
-Kwarung!!!
With such a sense of crisis, the output begins to increase again.
The troops that had been standing still began to gather around him, who was pushed back and hesitated.
“Woo Hyo-seong, you are a person who should not exist in this world.”
If you just rely on instinct, it will just stand still.
However, if you forcefully give an order by pouring out your magic power, there is nothing to stop you from rushing.
“You are disturbing me just by existing. My enlightenment, the reason I exist… !!”
Just using such an order on the entire force consumes a considerable amount of magical energy, but there is an enemy that can endure that.
The opponent is a being who has risen to the same level as himself, having dealt with even the military in the past.
If you deal with it carelessly, it will only give you room for a counterattack.
“… “Is that why you made your mother like that?”
“That’s because I hate it.”
The Red Knight, realizing that his eyes were on his fallen mother, shouted, mixing his anger with his anger.
“Because I hated it as much as I loved it. Even so, I wanted to be together for the rest of my life!!!”
-Kiyaaa!!!
A group of undead begin to run wild in response to a surge of emotions.
We tried to block them all with weapons and stop them with the weapons we created, but that wasn’t enough.
Once you deal with one, the number of enemies becomes multiple, and once you deal with even one, the number of enemies multiplies by dozens of times, and they are charging at you with murderous intent.
“So, I will fulfill her wish. By destroying humanity and trapping them in the crucible of eternal war!”
Yes, the disaster was completed as the opponent even accepted the dragon’s blood.
Her overflowing magical power makes it possible to infinitely produce her troops, starting from her, as long as there is enough time.
It may end if you kill the caster, but the reason why you can’t rush is clear.
Even while confronting her like this, she instinctively realizes that her own power is overwhelming her.
-… Tiring~♬
But still, he does not back down.
Even though he understood that the same situation would unfold, he was prepared to do so and jumped into this.
It is not because he is overconfident in his own abilities, but because he believes in the existence of helpers who will be with him even at this moment.
-Tiriring, tiring~♬
In the ears of the red knight who confronted him, who controlled his will with such faith, he felt the faint sound of music gradually becoming clearer.
And at the same time, signs of popularity can be felt from the side.
“Turn around~!!!”
What you see in the direction you are looking is an army of humans flocking towards you, led by an old general.
Now, it was a scene where they, who had thought they would wait for death, were rushing toward death, forgetting their fear.
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And, the place he left behind after he left.
“Why are you so dazed?”
Marylin approached Airi, who was looking down at her scene in vain, and glanced back at her, plucking the strings of her lute in her hand.
“Didn’t you at least want to save this world? “We even dragged in the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon Lord’s army, so we can’t give up in a place like this.”
“…Marilyn, Mr.”
How on earth can you save someone?
Disasters that we did not expect have occurred, and even though we have predicted the future through prophecy, we have experienced it being broken again and again.
How can they even think of fighting a disaster that has surpassed even Tasian, whom they cannot do anything about?
“Are you okay? Mr. Hyosung…….”
“If it’s the end no matter where he runs away, then I shouldn’t stop him from going.”
Even though she thought that she felt the same way, the sound of the string held in her hand continued to resonate without stopping.
“More than anything, if the world falls apart, there will be no more people to listen to my music, and that would be quite disappointing for me as well.”
“…Play?”
“Yes, play~”
-Tiriring~♬
A performance that brings out a clear melody with a clear smile on the lips.
While Airi, who sensed a change in her emotions, stared blankly, Marylin’s mouth slowly began to open.
“Airi, I am…”
Even though she was in a position to stop him, she wants to talk about why she let him go.
I want to convey the realization that the feelings I feel toward him cannot be perfect if only he and I exist.
“I hope more people understand the love I feel for him.”
The current performance stems from her desire.
It was intended to express the selfishness of wanting to be proven that one’s love is right by having others understand the intense love one feels.
“And there are audiences out there who can understand that.”
Yes, that is enough.
The reason why you should perform here.
“If the stage and actors are fully equipped, all that is needed for the audience is a performance to excite them… ….”
“Now, shall we start the performance together?”
Marilyn Surgeland, the bard of love.
Her beautiful performance begins to echo throughout this cruel battlefield.