103. Hero (2)
They came down from the wall and stood at a distance from us without even talking to us.
The aura that is different from the humans I’ve met so far clearly tells me why they are called heroes.
It was a familiar face. As a child, Ella loved to read books about their exploits. These are the people I came to know half-forced, but they were still vivid in my mind.
The one standing on the far left is Alex, an elf male who has lost one eye, but has maintained a handsome appearance.
His achievements of handling a great bow the size of his own and making a dragon fall with a single arrow made him sometimes hear the bards calling when he went to an inn.
A blonde woman stretching next to him. She was wearing an obscene dress that barely covered her breasts and pubic area, but the two lightning-shaped scars and burns across her left eye made it clear that she was no ordinary prostitute, but one of those who changed human history. .
A person who laid the foundations of magic and devised most of the existing magic at a time when people were unaware of magic and ignorant of its power. In the end, he was accused of being a witch by the humans he loved so much and burned himself at the stake, but he loved mankind until the moment he died. Great Witch Luna.
The man who is leaning leisurely against the wall with his arms crossed as if everything that is happening now has nothing to do with him. He is the leader and originator of all assassins, Lars, who is said to be able to kill even a god the moment he sees a crack.
The woman with tears dripping from her eyes as she prays for us is called the incarnation of a benevolent goddess. Saint Lilia, who is said to have ended the war by praying to the gods for everyone.
Even up to this point, ordinary people could not even make eye contact, they were suffocating heroes. The fact that the swords of those heroes were now pointing at us was a great crisis that would never come again. Besides, the most important thing. The real problem was the man who stood one step behind the four people introduced earlier.
King of Heroes Gilbert
A name that even people who are not interested in these stories have heard of.
The man who is sung by all the bards and who comes out first when asked who he wants to be by the children. Even the criminals who had lived his life bloody respected him, so there was no need for further words.
Even with those achievements, it was difficult to list all of them, such as killing the enemy of mankind, the demon king, several times, or killing a monster that could not be helped even if several countries were united.
But I won’t be fooled anymore.
I couldn’t rule out the possibility that the demon king he captured was also created like Ella.
I have now decided to only believe in what I have experienced.
Unlike Helga and Cassandra, whose tense expressions were evident, the children looked interesting.
Stella opened her mouth first, her eyes shining.
“So, you mean these guys are the strongest among humans? It’s definitely on a different level from that guy who was a self-proclaimed hero.”
In the meantime, Elia approached Cassandra, and she quietly noticed her.
“But the doll we prepared is not that weak either. Right?”
Cassandra didn’t even answer Elia’s words. She didn’t even pay attention to other heroes from the beginning. Unconcerned with everything around her, she had her eyes fixed only on Luna. Is she gone with the same magic to forage? Well, Cassandra had a strong tendency to show off her skills all the time. What if she was against the Great Witch, who is said to be the beginning of magic? The feelings she felt now were a realm that was difficult for mere culprits to understand.
Cassandra took a step forward and said to Luna.
“I didn’t expect to actually see it. I was curious about the face of a prostitute who sacrificed herself for the sake of bugs despite possessing such overwhelming magical power.”
Even though it was her first time meeting, Luna did not lose her smile despite Cassandra’s trashy attitude of throwing profanity. That smile was like watching a cute child’s joke. Luna tied up her waist-length blonde hair and in a gentle voice she spoke to Cassandra.
“Looking at your energy, I can understand. Are you the strongest wizard of this era? It breaks my heart that you are trying to destroy humans with such power.”
At Luna’s words, Cassandra smiled, raising the corner of her mouth slightly.
“This age? Wrong.”
Cassandra could certainly be called a strong wizard. Did Cassandra, who would normally admit that she is the strongest wizard, finally found etiquette after being abused by her children? As if laughing at me for thinking so, Cassandra added her words.
“Of all times, I am the strongest.”
There was no end to her confidence and arrogance. In the first place, it was the element that supported her and the source of her strength. Luna smiled genuinely amused at Cassandra’s arrogance. For the first time, Luna, who had always maintained a gentle smile, showed a cruel smile mixed with curiosity.
“Really? I’m here and you say that you’re the strongest.”
“That’s something we’ll have to decide from now on. Don’t you think I’m going to lose to the ghosts of the past?”
“I don’t like hurting juniors, but I like it.”
After a short conversation, Cassandra snapped her fingers with her meaningful smile, and the orb of magical power engulfed the two and disappeared. The existence of the two disappeared from this place like a mirage. The people left didn’t care, and stared at each other again.
“Something doesn’t feel right, should I just kill them all?”
Stella, who was standing next to me, spoke with a cold voice as she glared at the rest. It could have been right away, but now was not the time. I am the one who did evil in this world. Instead of borrowing the faces of the children, there are times when I have to step forward myself.
Then, Lillia stepped forward with her black hair flying and opened her mouth to us with a small but powerful voice.
“Everybody stop fighting. Even demons can be forgiven if you sincerely pray to God.”
Elia, who heard that, let out her smirk, as if it were absurd, and then she said to Noah.
“Noah, did you hear what that woman just said? If you pray to God, you will be forgiven?”
“Yeah, that’s fun.”
Lillia, who was always in tears, opened her eyes slightly and opened her mouth as if in a sigh. The red eyes that shone fiercely between her slightly open eyelids exuded an aura that was not befitting her name as a saint.
“It is my role to lead those who do not admit their sins until the end.”
After she finished her words, Lilia put her hands together and began to recite her prayer while looking up at the sky. She could feel the terribly condensed magic power in every word she uttered. The sky gradually started to turn red, and she was cracking in the empty air, just like Olivia had been before.
Certainly why did you mention God in every word? Stella, who was staring at her sky, shrugged her shoulders and said briefly.
“It’s definitely different. Well, that’s all.”
A cluster of red lights poured from the sky, which began to crack, and it seemed as if it connected heaven and earth like a pillar or chain. Lilia raised her prayers for us again. It looked like a raising motion towards a dead person, unlike her before.
Olivia punched Helga in the back of the head as she pulled out an arrow stuck in her body, and said in a playful tone.
“Why don’t you do anything?”
Helga unconcernedly pulled out her last arrow, which was lodged near her heart, and she shook her head as she looked at Alex, who had attacked her.
“I don’t think I can win if I go out.”
To Helga, who mainly handles bows, Alex was the object of longing in a way. The very act of attempting to attack her will be cautious. But Olivia would not tolerate him. Olivia threw her menace in her soft voice, putting her arm around her Helga’s shoulder.
“If you lose to a kid like that, train with me until you die.”
I don’t know what kind of training Olivia and Helga did when they were together, but since Helga’s expression turned blue in an instant after hearing Olivia’s words, it wouldn’t be a good memory. Helga roughly brushed the blood off her skin, then opened her mouth as she gripped her bow.
“If you say that, I can’t lose.”
Alex sneered when he saw Helga standing in front of him.
“You didn’t even respond earlier, but you said you’d stick with me even though you were beaten? People in this era have grown quite a bit of jokes.”
“Since a while ago, this era, this era… I can see that she is trying to masturbate, unable to forget the glories of the past. Well, I understand. Memories are pretty subjective. Innocent trivial achievements go through people’s mouths. The moment misunderstandings accumulate, they grow beyond their control, and there, people react in two ways: either clear up the accumulated misunderstandings and reveal your true self, or sit on a throne piled with misunderstandings and lie about your life until the very end. I see you are the latter.”
Alex’s expression gradually hardened as he listened to Helga’s words, which continued for quite a long time.
“This crap!”
I am in a hurry.
There was no such sharpness as before.
It was the moment I was certain that this way was faster.
A cool sensation spread all over the body, as if a snake was strangling the body. At the same time, a cold voice sounded in my ears.
“If you don’t want to be killed by a dog, at least come with the correct number of pages.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Lars’ sharp dagger was about to slash Helga’s throat. It was an invisible speed. I was going to shake Alex with psychological warfare and win the game at once, but I couldn’t understand why Lars was involved in this situation.
There is only one thing Helga can think of right now.
This must die.
However, the foreboding did not always come true.
The moment he closed his eyes and accepted death, Lars stepped back with the sound of metal clashing.
I looked at the little woman who appeared and asked in disbelief.
“Why are you here?”
It was Rihanna who was supposed to be in town, receiving Lars’ knife and shivering with a terrified expression on her face.