Chapter 202. Conversation (1)
[Great Demon Beelzebub! You are surrounded!]
“······?!”
Giant shadows are cast towards us.
It’s an airship.
It’s a giant airship that rivals a battleship!
“This······.”
East, west, south, and north.
Airships rise in each direction, surrounding me.
The hatches open on the front,
and a tremendous amount of magic power gathers at the hatches, causing ripples in the air as if it were about to explode.
That’s not all.
The four airships activate an unknown magic at the same time.
Barriers narrow in from all sides, completely sealing off this area.
Inside, only me, Mijeong, and the grotesque girl with a giant hat and chains on her head remain, facing the giant cannons.
[Surrender peacefully!]
I think I know the owner of the voice coming from the loudspeaker in the distance.
Kururrung.
Finally, the fifth airship appears.
Inside the control room, a blonde woman I know well comes into view.
I heard she’s now the head of the Allied Forces.
Jill Diner.
It’s nice to see her, but it’s not a face I can be happy to see.
‘Can’t she see me?’
Only then could I fully understand the current situation.
Jill, who knows my face, cannot recognize me now.
So to Jill, I must look like a sword made of magic floating in the air.
It’s the spitting image of a Great Demon.
No, I actually am a Great Demon······.
The Great Demon that they had been so desperate to catch is standing still in the middle of the field, so they must have surrounded and trapped him.
I thought I would be bombarded and killed without being able to move, but then something unexpected happened.
“What are you doing, Saintess?! Put away the cannons now!”
[Ms. □□! Get away from the Great Demon! It’s dangerous!]
“There seems to be a misunderstanding! Great Demon! How can this man be a Great Demon? I checked, and this man is neither a Great Demon nor a servant of a Great Demon! I’ll vouch for him!”
[A man······. What man is there? There’s nothing but a black mass of magic power.]
“What?”
The girl who blocks my way and protests.
However, there seems to be a difference in perception between Jill and her, so the conversation is not going well.
Jill can’t see me.
But that girl can still see me.
‘Why?’
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I can’t understand.
It was within my expectations that Jill wouldn’t recognize me.
But I never expected that girl to protect me.
No, wait, what did Jill just say?
Her name sounded strange because of the crackling noise······.
“You. Can you still see me?”
“What are you talking about all of a sudden, mister? More importantly, say something! They’re misunderstanding you as a Great Demon! They even think I’ve been kidnapped by you! I’m not weak enough to be kidnapped by you?”
“······.”
The girl looks back and gets nervous.
Her gaze is directed right at my eyes.
This is strange.
The moment someone who doesn’t recognize me sees me.
I should normally become invisible to everyone.
There have been no exceptions to this rule since my existence was erased.
But now, an exception has appeared before my eyes.
This guy······.
How can she still recognize me when even Jill can’t see me?
“······Are you like me?”
Mijeong frowns and mutters as if she’s annoyed.
Certainly.
In terms of being able to recognize me, she’s similar to Mijeong.
“No. That’s not it.”
However, Mijeong has become one with me and is currently invisible to others.
On the other hand, judging from the fact that that girl is having a normal conversation with Jill, she is not unrecognized.
She’s not the same type as me.
She’s not the same type as Mijeong either.
This is the first time I’ve seen this type.
Something’s wrong.
It’s twisted.
It’s different from us, but at least it’s out of the norm, an existence that’s outside the rules.
“You. What’s your name?”
“I just told you I don’t have a name.”
“Tell me what you’re called.”
“I’m called □□. Is that enough?”
“······.”
The girl sighs and answers.Again.
I thought the questioning voice sounded strange because of the loudspeaker.
Even though I’m hearing it in person from such a close distance, it sounds like someone deliberately erased the name part.
‘Cognitive impairment?’
What is it?
As if my existence has been erased and no one can recognize me.
Am I also unable to recognize the name of this girl?
But why me?
Jil knew the name of this girl and called her well.
Why am I the only one who can’t recognize her?
[No, you can’t do this, Mr. □□! We have to drag him away!]
“······!”
The moment I was dumbfounded by the absurdity.
The cargo bay of the command ship opened.
Han Yeong-i falls out from the inside.
A heavy body that landed with a thud, scattering dirt everywhere.
A man wearing chain mail that is easy to move in.
Long ears that prove he is an elf.
“Rex······.”
The high-ranking elf warrior who once fought me in a duel.
It was Rex.
“□□! Get out of the way! Unless you want to be wrapped up with the Great Demon!”
“So I’ve told you several times that this man is not the Great Demon!”
“Where is the man? Is he possessed by the Great Demon······. I’ll save you right away!”
“Ah! I’m going to suffocate, damn it······!”
Rex, who drew his sword and approached with heavy steps.
The girl beats her chest and groans as if she is suffocating.
I’m just as suffocated.
Who the hell is this guy that I can’t understand his name?
And what is the identity of this guy that everyone else can’t recognize me when he can?
“We. I’d like to talk to you for a bit.”
“Yes? Surrender now! I can’t win a fight with that guy!”
“Break through. Will you help me?”
“No, no······! This old man is completely reckless!”
I draw the magic sword, no, Belphegor, and face Rex.
At first, she seems to hesitate, but then she follows me with a sullen face, her name unknown.
As long as this girl is by my side, there will be no shelling.
I plan to use that to break through as quickly as possible and escape.
“Floating around in the form of a sword······. What a bizarre sight!”
Kwang!
Rex, who drew his sword, accelerates and runs, kicking the ground.
His momentum is completely different from the Rex of the past.
I can tell.
Rex is even stronger than when he was burning his 800-year lifespan!
‘This is a headache.’
That’s not going to be easy to handle.
Back then, he was an opponent who could be dealt with with a single Iron Blood Storm, but now his momentum is completely different.
Even now, my body is infinitely heavy, and the characteristics of the Heavenly Armor Plate don’t listen to me at all.
But why?
I don’t feel like I’m going to lose at all.
What is the source of this confidence?
“······Here.”
“······.”
At that moment, Mijung puts her hand in my pocket.
I thought my pocket was full all of a sudden.
Inside, there are flowers.
Red camellia.
Yellow jasmine.
Black rose.
And blue cyclamen.
Just before I destroyed the world within me.
The flowers that Mijung had quickly picked.
‘Yes. I haven’t lost everything yet.’
Everyone may have forgotten me and lost my characteristics and abilities.
But I have not lost the most important things.
My experience and memories.
And the precious relationships that have supported me.
These are the sources of my confidence.
Characteristics and abilities can be paid for and regained at any time.
But these are things that cannot be obtained even for a billion dollars.
It makes me who I am.
It supports me.
And it is what keeps me from disappearing and existing.
“Dacia-ryu secret technique.”
Sreureuk.
I pull the sword back and prepare a technique that has already become familiar to my body.
The Iron Blood Storm probably won’t work on that tough guy.
But I have a technique designed for such a time.
It’s not a technique that spreads out my will like a giant net and overwhelms my opponent.
A single blow that concentrates my will on the front line and pulls it out!
“Half Moon!”
-Uweeek!-
Belphegor, who is being swung around in my hand, screams in dizziness.
Then, a black crescent-shaped blow shoots out straight.
Rex tries to react belatedly, but it’s too late.”Hot?!”
Clang, clang, clang!
Chains fly in all directions, and a cloud of blood spreads.
Rex, who was instantly covered in blood, is thrown away and rolls around the field.
I deliberately put some thought into where I hit him.
Even though he’s been fatally wounded, he won’t die because the saintess is here.
Now is the time.
Now, quickly use telekinesis to break through the barrier-
“Ugh! Ugh, hahahaha! Ahahahaha! I survived! I ‘again’ survived!”
“······?”
“Come in, Great Demon! I am an elf who received the secret technique of the legendary prosecutor, Eugene, and did not die! I will never be broken until the day my life ends! The precious teachings I received from a mere human! I will never forget them!!!”
“······.”
Rex gets up, roughly pouring a potion into his bleeding abdomen.
Madness flows in his eyes.
Not the madness of an elf who struggles to live because he cherishes his life of hundreds of years.
It is the madness of a human who wants to meet a death that is as valuable as possible in the few years he has left.
‘What kind of monster have I created?’
I had a feeling.
It seems that Rex will be a much more difficult opponent than I thought.