115 – Battle – 4
“… In the end, will this happen?”
S sighed and looked around her.
Vita, Roxy, and Ark were already on the floor.
The ones standing there are myself, Ed, Charlotte, and so on.
“Are you all right, Dean Charlotte?”
A woman with a white bridge between her short black hair.
“It was dangerous, but it’s okay. Well, Michelle, it would have been easier if you weren’t late.”
“Sir, sorry! I accidentally got lost….”
“It’s not too late, so I’ll forgive you.”
It was Michel Basil.
“Okay. Thank you, Michelle.”
After Michel healed all of her wounds, Charlotte warmed her up.
“By the way, are you staying because you have something you want to say to that guy?”
As Charlotte asked Michelle, her finger was pointing at Ed.
Of course, Charlotte knew everything about what was happening on the front lines in the South, so she knew roughly what Michelle had heard from Ed back then.
Because of Charlotte’s consideration, Michelle had a lot of expressions that she wanted to say.
“It’s okay.”
She finally said that and shook her head.
“Because Sophia sunbaenim also told me that now is not the time to dwell on the past.”
“… Okay. The important thing is not the past.”
After hearing Michelle’s answer, Charlotte shrugged her shoulders and looked at S.
“What are you doing? We have to start over.”
“Truly. What are you so proud of after taking down three people in an ambush?”
“I’ve dealt with 5 people by myself so far, so please look at that.”
“Then you deliberately left me and my older brother behind and then started over. It’s downright bloody.”
“But you don’t want to sit back and give up everything, do you?”
At Charlotte’s words without losing a word, S sighed once again.
“Neither I nor my older brother can use their abilities. My right arm is still not perfect. To deal with a monster like you in such a situation…. It sounds like it would be so much fun.”
She raised the corner of her mouth fiercely.
Looking at S, Charlotte opened her mouth.
“… Students are smarter than you think and know when not to dwell on the past, but I am dumber than you think.”
“What?”
“Attack at the time to chatter, you bastards.”
The eyes of Charlotte glaring at them with frowns.
“Are you ready, brother?”
“… Yes, S.”
The two stepped out almost simultaneously.
“I, I like you, I heard. If we had met, differently, would we have become friends?”
In a situation where Ed had already collapsed, S barely regained consciousness and asked Charlotte.
To that question, Charlotte answered with an emotionless expression.
“I’m sorry, but I hate guys like you.”
“… Well, I guess.”
And with that last word, Es lost consciousness.
★
“Give up. And in the end, I want you to admit that I won.”
Cron slowly approached Helen and Atal.
Helen and Attal tried to pull themselves together and get up, but unfortunately, their bodies were completely at their limit and did not even move.
“Ha ha. Now I can’t even use a spear, so I have no choice but to do it with my bare hands.”
Cron picked up the red spear that had fallen on the floor for a moment, then threw it back as if he had no regrets at all.
“Then you first.”
Cron, standing in front of Helen, raised his left hand high.
And that moment.
“Good job, Helen.”
“… Uncle?”
A sharp blow swept through Cron’s body.
The attack that would have pierced his heart had he reacted even the slightest bit slowly, but Cron was only able to dodge the difference by a piece of paper.
“… Who are you? Why interfere with the right of the winner?”
“I’m sorry, but he’s a precious nephew.”
He was a very tired man with shaggy gray hair and glasses.
“Atal-nim. Where are Miss Ike and Rayna?”
“Before, ha?”
Atal slowly turned his head back at the call, and Sophia and Leon were standing there.
“Prince Ike and Lady Reina went into that cave earlier….”
“Are you okay?”
“Well, I don’t know.”
Reina said that if she found Ike, he would take him out immediately.
However, Atal thought that the fact that it hadn’t come out so far meant that it was definitely facing a crisis.
“Okay. Then, Miss Sophia and I are going to head into that cave, is that okay?”
“Yes. Leave it here, Your Highness.”
At Leon’s words, the man quietly nodded his head.
After Sophia used light healing magic on Helen and Atal, the two ran into the cave without hesitation.
“Is it okay not to block?”
“To look away in front of someone like you? Under the same circumstances?”
Cron laughed at the man’s words and replied.
Originally, Cron would have prevented Sophia and Leon from entering the cave.
But he was aware that it would be difficult to deal with only the man in front of him now.
“… What about that arm?”
“This is a work made by your precious nephew. Isn’t that great?”
Cron’s right arm literally disappeared without a trace.
It was the result of the final blow that Helen and Atal combined their powers.
“To break the beast’s armor with one fist. You are a very talented person.”
“… Well, yes.”
“So maybe this will be my last fight for me too, can I hear your name?”
The man answered Cron’s question with an expressionless face.
“… Arvein Oberon.”
★
“… What the hell happened, Prince Ike?”
Sophia asked as she cast her healing magic on me.
“Is it that serious?”
“… Yes. To be honest, my body is already at its limit. It takes at least a week to fully heal.”
As you can infer from the title, Sofia’s most important role in the original work was healing magic.
It was said that her healing magic was more than dozens of Martires Church priests.
It’s hard to treat my physical condition right now, even with Sophia.
She certainly didn’t feel much pain, but her arm continued to shake little by little.
“But there won’t be any problem in fighting right now.”
I calmly relaxed and looked forward.
There, Reina and Leon were fighting against Rex.
Rex is not being pushed from the front against the two even though he has no left arm.
As expected, I couldn’t stay still.
“… Whoa.”
I let out a big sigh and slowly step my right foot forward.
Her left side throbbed slightly.
A creaking sound came from my right leg and left shoulder.
The trembling of both arms did not stop.
It was in the worst condition, but there was no time to feel hesitation.
Obviously believing that this was the last hurdle, I ran towards the battlefield.
“… Is that the holy sword that has only been rumored?”
Of course, Rex’s left arm didn’t grow back.
What is a Holy Sword?
The strongest sword that is said to contain the energy of the stars.
It enhances the owner’s various abilities simply by holding it.
Auto-healing, body strengthening, protective magic, confusion immunity, and more.
But that’s not the most important ability of the holy sword.
The reason why the holy sword was necessary when fighting Avatar in the original work?
“The power to purify the blood of demons.”
As he said, it was to purify the beast’s blood so that the officers of Avatar could not use their abilities as demons.
The biggest reason why the officers of Avatar were intimidating was, of course, because of the magic beast’s ability.
But the only exception is Rex.
In the original work, didn’t Rex prove why he was called the strongest even if he didn’t have magical powers?
As evidence of that.
“… It’s fun.”
Even with his left arm missing, he wasn’t pushed back by Leon’s attacks at all.
While wielding a huge greatsword with one right arm, there is no gap in sight.
Even if he tries to dig into the left side, where his torso is forced to pray, he evades with light footwork.
Although I knew that he was also a person like us, I felt like I was going to be mesmerized by the movement on a different level.
“Don’t underestimate the oblivion of a thousand years!”
Rex swung his right arm wide.
Leon and I had no choice but to back away from the strong wind pressure that alone created.
“Reina!”
“Yes!”
As if Rayna already understood what I was about to say, she reached out her right hand towards Rex.
Then, silvery chains shot out of her air and bound Rex’s limbs.
A birdcage in the air, one of the wind magics.
It doesn’t weaken the opponent, it literally stops their movement.
It was the most appropriate magic in the situation where Rex’s movement increased.
“Oohhhhh!”
However, Rex cut it off with a spirit and simple force.
“That, what an ignorant… !”
Reina was stunned at the absurd sight.
The way to destroy such magic is basically to block the flow by raising the magic power.
To push it away with pure brute force.
It’s definitely a ridiculous sight.
However, the opponent is the strongest of Avatar.
I can’t help but think that it can be.
Above all, thanks to that, there were gaps, albeit a little, so this was enough.
“Ms. Sophia!”
“Yes!”
The pure white light that flowed from Sophia’s hand wrapped around Leon.
With a feeling of being much lighter, we sprinted forward.
It would have been the best if I could have been able to immediately aim for an opening in this state, but Rex was not such an easy opponent after all.
“Huh!”
Instead of counterattacking us, immediately step back and slash the sword to the ground.
Obviously, even with one hand, the floor dug deep with a tremendous roar, and the resulting debris hit us in front.
But.
“Avatar of water, protect them!”
At the exact moment, a water wall appeared in front of us, blocking the wreckage.
The debris that obscured the view fell back to the floor in an instant.
And what awaits us there.
“Come!”
It was Rex who was taking a halting stance with a terrifying spirit.
★
“Come!”
The debris created by dropping the ground was blocked by Zelia with Reina behind her.
The light of the auxiliary magic used by Sophia Eris was hovering over the bodies of Ike and Leon as they ran.
And only then did Ike see properly.
What was contained in those eyes was the desire to never give up.
‘It’s interesting.’
The simple power difference between Ike and Rex is devastating.
But who is the one who is being pushed to the conclusion right now?
From an objective point of view, it was clearly Rex.
It was the result of Ike’s determination not to give up and persevering.
Some might call it luck.
However, it was also Ike’s ability that caught that luck, Rex could affirm.
And it must have been that desire that changed the master’s mind.
Rex subconsciously thought so.