I Became the Hero Who Banished the Protagonist chapter 49

49. warrior (3)

‘What makes you fight so far?’

At first, it was something I really started to live for myself. I thought that if I ran away, I would die anyway, and I thought that fighting disaster was the only way for me to survive. Now that I think about it, abandoning the mission and running away might have had a higher chance of survival than fighting the disaster. In the original story, the hero didn’t run away, so I took up my sword and figured out a way to survive.

He found and recruited Daphne.

Despite quarreling with Georg, he won his approval.

I accidentally met Marianne.

I started listening to the Holy Sword’s voice, and I learned a lot.

Even before coming to the North, I passed by and met many people, and when I arrived at Evernode, I met even more people. They weren’t typographic. The fears I’ve been fighting were not false fears, the scars I suffered in training were real pain. At some point, I had forgotten that I was an outsider, not of this world.

Click.

I opened the wooden box. A crown of thorns emerged. I looked up at Marianne, who was sitting across from me, and said,

“You know from the fact that I usually wear this on my head, but it probably won’t be easy to succeed.”

Marianne nodded. It seemed to me that it was dangling like a wooden doll’s head. Marianne was uncharacteristically anxious. No, it’s not like her. If you are not anxious even in this situation, is it strange? I had to ask for forgiveness.

“If I don’t overcome the ordeal, I will fall unconscious. Then somehow wake me up right away and take me to Rhys.”

It was something I didn’t want to think about. I frowned and picked up the crown of thorns. There is no time to delay. I put the crown on my head. As always, magic flowed from the crown and entered my head. I felt the mana of the crown running through my body and began to respond by turning the mana of my heart carefully. While the ordeal lasts, time passes very slowly. I closed my eyes remembering that fact.

Kwaji Jik.

The vision in the closed eyes darkened again, and the ordeal began. The darkened vision seemed to brighten, but it plunged me into pitch black darkness. With a dizzying sense of floating, I began to fall into the endless abyss in the world of images. I kept my eyes wide open so as not to lose consciousness. My body in the image world felt clearer than usual. How long did the fall continue? I was standing at the bottom of the darkness before I knew it.

“… Where is this?”

I tried to move my body. My limbs and torso were tied, as if someone was pulling me hard from behind, so I couldn’t move forward. I frowned and struggled, but I could only make the slightest movement. What the hell are you trying to do? time, not much As I tried to escape with more power, I started hearing someone’s voice in my ears.

“That is, the approximate weight of the salvation you wish to gain.”

The voice sounded like a man’s voice or a woman’s voice. I raised my head and looked around for the source of the voice, but I couldn’t see anything. There was only pitch black darkness that stretched endlessly.

“And, this is the road you want to go on.”

I can’t see anything. Is there such a thing as length? Rather, the thorny road where you could see anything was much better.

“Are you still going to carry that weight and walk in front of me?”

I sharpened my teeth. I didn’t come here to test my unlikely resolve. Just, if you’re going to erase the weight, erase it, and if you have to walk, you just walk. But if that’s how I can get the power of this holy relic, if I can protect people like that.

“yes. There’s no law saying you can’t walk out.”

I spit it out and started moving my body. My body, which was only flinching, tried to move forward, but it became much heavier and I couldn’t even listen to my words properly. It felt like my limbs would break if I tried to forcefully pull on them.

“Pray… eat… .”

not moving. The limbs did not flinch anymore as if they had been nailed. I struggled on my limbs in the air like an overturned insect. To be precise, I tried to struggle.

“I don’t think you saw it as funny. The weight of salvation is never light.”

The voice was disgusting. The word shut up was in my mouth, and I kept trying to jump out. Ouch, such a weight. I twisted my body. The body still did not move.

“I will ask again. Are you still going to walk forward carrying this weight?”

“yes.”

I can’t afford to give you a long answer. I squeezed out the jelly to answer the voice and tried to move my legs first. Poudeudeuk, poudeudeuk. It was my body that broke. I couldn’t even stretch out properly and stopped. Meanwhile, my body began to be pulled backwards more and more beyond stopping.

“Salvation will eventually drag you in and you will fall down there.”

I looked back. The same darkness stretched out, but I felt like I couldn’t go beyond it. I will fall into the darkness forever in a state of falling, merging with the lump that pulls my back, never to come back. Then, returning to reality, I will declare my failure with a terrible feeling.

“Then you won’t be able to come back. You too will become one with the touch in the darkness and begin to fall down the bottomless hole.”

Pudeudeuk. I struggled to hold on to my body as it was being dragged. But my body was helplessly being dragged backwards. helpless, incompetent.

“The precipice is right behind you, hero.”

“You are laughing… .”

It felt like my body would break if I tried to hold on. It seemed to disintegrate piece by piece and disappear into it. But I persevered. It is the same whether it breaks after holding on here or it fails to hold on and falls with them. A chilling wind blew from behind. I drew blood in my eyes and pulled my body forward.

“You may be set free from this bondage. If you are, you must have enough power. Even so, I am willing to give you a part of my strength.”

“Some of them don’t make sense. I need the power to cut off that giant’s head, the power to save people.”

snap. snap. My heel touched the edge of the cliff. With a hoarse voice, I answered the voice as if desperately speaking to me.

“I’m going to save you, because I promised you something.”

‘I promise… ?’

I looked down at my right hand. I remembered the little hand that was caught in the little finger of this hand. The weight, the warmth, the tears Umji wiped away and the voice that stopped crying were unknown to me. It was impossible to read from the typeface. I thought of the soldiers of Evernode laughing and chatting loudly, and the people walking the streets at the summer solstice festival. They weren’t typewriters, and I, who held the holy sword, was no longer a reader. I couldn’t remain a bystander.

It was just one question that ran through my head.

There are people who try to save others even though they do not have the ability to save them. Why do those who have the ability to save others not try to save others? Called. It was the same in the goddamn type world, and it was the same in the world outside it.

“I don’t give up on people.”

You can call it hypocrisy. It’s okay if you don’t understand Even if it’s self-satisfied, it’s okay to be arrogant. Even if the person who accidentally fell into the novel happened to grab the Holy Sword. Because if you wanted to, you could. Then there is no reason not to seek it.

“I will not forsake anyone who needs salvation.”

Is that the salvation you seek?

In my heart, someone asked. I nodded and answered.

yes.

deek, deek. My body, being dragged, stopped. I stood with my feet on the edge of the cliff and exhaled. The body is no longer dragged. However, I could still feel the weight hanging from my body.

“Is that your choice?”

“I’m willing to take it. Even if I end up being in charge of it against my will.”

I said that and corrected my posture. Little by little, I was able to move my body.

“Then show me.”

“If that’s how you give me strength.”

Very slowly, my right foot started to move forward. I stepped out sweating like a waterfall. just one foot. It’s not going forward, it’s just going back the way you’ve been led so far.

“let’s go.”

As I leaned forward, I felt as if my lower back was about to be ripped off. I forced myself to shift the center of gravity of my upper body. If only the other left foot came forward, it would have taken one step.

“great.”

The other leg did not come naturally. It gets ripped off. Caught by that, my body is shattered and disintegrated. no, it doesn’t break Doesn’t break. It is only me who thinks so. I gritted my teeth and moved my remaining leg. thump, thump. It’s okay even if it breaks. If only I could take one step forward. If only we could get away from that pit together.

I am walking

“There may be no light in front of me.”

The voice said so.

“If you don’t fall, you just have to constantly search for the light.”

“Light may be an illusion. It may be simple hope torture.”

“You won’t know until you find it. And, the important thing.”

The fact that if you go looking for the light, you will get farther and farther from that abyss.

“Then we don’t have to worry about finding the light, and we don’t have to worry about falling into the pit. It’s not about worrying about despair, it’s about looking at hope.”

When that time comes, the hands that hold my back will find their own light and be liberated and disappear.

“Isn’t that the moment when my salvation will be completed?”

“Even if the remaining ones wander in the darkness?”

“Wandering and despairing is better than falling and disappearing without even getting a chance to wander.”

I said that and stepped forward again.

“right?”

“[You are not wrong.]”

The voice of the Holy Sword seemed to come from somewhere. Power went into his hands.

“[Go ahead.]”

The sight in front of my eyes began to crack. There is a crack through which light leaks through the darkness. I walked again And stretched out his hand into the crack. Like gold on a sheet of ice, the cracks spread throughout the darkness, and then, in a flash, they began to crumble.

“Excellent, champion.”

Asrai’s voice is heard.

“We are here to help.”

.

I opened my eyes. I was breathing heavily. I saw Marianne’s face in front of me. She was supporting my face with both hands. I cupped Marianne’s hand and nodded. Marianne shook her hand slightly, pulling it away from my face.

“… Are you okay?”

“yes.”

The sensation of the stinging thorn in his head had disappeared. My body felt lighter than ever. I felt like I could do anything now. Looking down at the floor, the crown was broken and was rolling on the floor in a withered branch.

“[Congratulations.]”

At the Holy Sword’s words, I looked at the mirror in the corner of the bedroom. A shining ring resembling a crown floated above my head.

“Has it been successful?”

I clenched and opened my fist, then looked at my watch. It had only been 30 minutes since the test started. I think I spent dozens of hours in that image world. I gently wrapped my sword hilt. The grip itself felt different than usual. Should I say it feels a little closer to the Holy Sword?

“[You’ve succeeded.]”

I nodded slowly and quickly straightened my momentum. The movement of mana in the heart was completely different from usual. Now, you can go rescue him. I turned my head to Marianne, who had risen from her seat. Marianne came closer to me with shaky eyes and grabbed my sleeve.

“Thank you for your help.”

A little more strength went into Marianne’s grip. There was something I wanted to say, but I couldn’t seem to remember it. I held Marianne’s hand gently. Marianne bit her lip. Then, as if giving up, he let out a small breath and trembled his lips.

“I will be back.”

“Go… Please come.”

I went down the stairs Reese and Serene were already waiting on the first floor of our dorm. Reese opened her eyes wide as if surprised to see me, then smiled with a mixture of absurdity and joy.

“You have changed. You have become incredibly strong.”

“A rescue team?”

Reese shook his head. Leading by Serene, Evernode’s leading knights were looking at me.

“Me and the party of warriors will defend the castle. So, don’t worry and save the Grand Duke, hero.”

I nodded and climbed on my horse. The horse greeted me with a calmer attitude than usual. Me and the rescue team stood in front of the city gate. The sunset was setting.

“Opening!!”

The grate went up.

I pulled out the holy sword, and the horse ran forward on its own.

The tidal wave of monsters came as if they had been waiting. I swung the Holy Sword. Amidst the scattering monster fragments, I looked at the white curtain of the limit line. And, finally, I make a decision that I have made in my heart.

A hero is someone who saves people.

From now on, I will become a warrior.