97 – 32. As if awakening fate.(2)
Purgo watched.
Kariel grabbed the sword.
‘Am I going to pick it up now?’
I waited a long time.
By the way, what kind of situation is this?
Why….
A boy who doesn’t seem to have any connection pulls out a sword.
‘Grandeus.’
Is that your successor?
But why is that sword scattering such a brilliant light?
Even though it is not touched by light, the mana of the whole body is dissipated.
The damage caused by that is more severe for those who have large bodies, and those who are instantly burned with their rotten shells in the light.
‘I don’t understand.’
Could that be a holy sword?
I’ve also dealt with many people who hold holy swords.
And for the most part, there were a lot of people who only held the holy sword, but couldn’t handle it properly.
It took a considerable amount of time for even Rueld to handle the holy sword.
The other day, the Demon King of Wisdom said this.
[Because even the holy sword tests humans.]
The holy sword isn’t even an almighty, but how much does it know if it recognizes its user?
[That’s why the holy sword tests its master. The magic sword eats its owner. The sense of purpose is different.]
That’s why the demonic sword subdues and tames monsters.
The Holy Sword.
[Use begins when it is allowed or tolerated.]
The black spear held in Vargo’s hand is also a decent monster.
It is called the magic weapon, and if he becomes the demon king, it could be called the demon king’s weapon.
Monsters and demons grow together.
However, if the demon is below the level, the monster will eat even the demon.
The opposite can also be true.
That must have been Grandeus.
‘Did you catch and eat the holy sword?’
How deep and vast the darkness is.
Did he even use the holy sword at will?
Now I understand.
Why did he say that as long as it’s an unbreakable sword, it’s enough?
Grandeus.
For him, the holy sword.
… Does that mean it was a sword that would never break?
As a sword that can withstand one’s own strength.
As an armor that won’t break even in countless battles.
‘Unexpectedly.’
Apart from leaking admiration.
He again, duty and responsibility.
He lay between them.
What should I do?
Could he be killed now?
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It is possible.
It’s possible, but.
‘Those eyes.’
Eyes resembling gold were watching him.
A precarious topic that seems like it will disappear any minute.
Why, how do you endure?
‘That must be your successor.’
Why did you put the sword in someone else’s hands?
However, Vargo watched from time to time.
I didn’t even take my eyes off it at the decisive moment.
So.
Even the sight of Kariel directing Leo to put his hands on the hilt as if crossing his sword.
I witnessed it openly.
‘Is this correct?’
Or did he leave something else they didn’t know about?
There is no time to delay.
The light becomes more intense.
Because I repeatedly told my subordinates to run away, all of them had disappeared in this area.
‘If that’s the case, I can’t keep him alive.’
A new hero was born?
It doesn’t matter.
What scares me more than that.
… Rueld’s son.
That’s what survives intact.
It’s to the point where I can’t handle it even now, but if I grow more over there and become a true Grandeus-like existence.
At that time, there would be no point in shooting on their own.
Even the Demon King of Wisdom.
Even the one who was once called the Eye of the Demon King.
He was the left arm of the Great Demon King and always respected him.
However, that respect is loyalty and not courtesy.
It must have been because of his skills and power beyond common sense.
Grandeus. Those who did not get a glimpse of his true abilities used to ridicule and underestimate his progress, ridicule and look down on him.
And those who complained about his actions right after he invaded Middle-earth.
Whether it was an individual, he led an army to invade the area where he was located.
The result?
Everyone was slaughtered.
He was completely alien to mercy.
In the first place, justice shows mercy in subduing evil?
This is impossible.
If he used his hands to the extent that even retaliation was impossible, he would inevitably lead to devastating results.
If you become an enemy, you die.
Definitely die.
Although it never strikes first or uses violence.
He.
There has never been a single instance of forgiving and acquiescing to the person who touched it first.
The only exception was the Great Demon King.
That’s why he has been challenging his entire life to kill the Great Demon King.
This is not normal.
Abnormal enough to be counted on one hand even in the Demon Realm.
Insanity reached its peak.
… There is no way that Grandeus’ successor would ever forget his enemy. I can’t be on the sidelines. You can’t allow it, can you?
‘Absolutely.’
You have to kill it.
And you are fortunate.
There is a gap.
Those who were exposed to the beam of light from the holy sword, the dragons stumbled across the ground.
Even the countless creatures that protrude from it melt in an instant, like snow in front of the sun.
It is truly an overwhelming sight to the point of lamentation.
For Vargo, who is evil and has the foundation of the demon realm.
There has never been such an unreasonable case.
‘I’m grateful now.’
There was no time to create a gap when the family members were determined and attached to each other.
Now it is possible.
As if lightning were traveling backwards into the sky, Vargo threw himself into the air.
Once again, he gripped the black spear.
“Haaa—”
It purifies breath and squeezes mana.
If Rueld appeared in this situation.
He himself would be slaughtered without even using one of his hands.
No, that’s not it.
The moment he caught sight of him, it was clear that resistance would become meaningless no matter how hard he tried.
It is meaningless to confront.
Useless outbursts, nothing more, nothing less.
But not his son.
“No matter how splendid life is, you cannot deny death.”
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Red lightning embroiders the air like a bright flower.
It spread in dozens or even hundreds of branches, and was eventually sucked in by the black aura that radiated from the jet-black spear, sending out black currents and sparks in all directions.
As if a huge light from the sky, a new lightning bolt was born, born, and even born.
Even the blue sky is swept away by the aftermath and loses all its color.
The current that spread like that would fill the heavens and earth.
As if reaping the peaks that bloomed in reverse.
In an instant, all of that disappears as if being sucked into the pitch-black spear that Vargowa held.
What followed was silence and stillness.
But everyone who watched it had a gut feeling.
Not the end.
That it will start soon.
Of course, Kariel felt that way as well.
And really, in the blink of an eye.
He was right in front of me.
How.
—!!
Did I get it?
Without even realizing that fact.
I took it with my sword.
One thing is certain.
Immediately after that.
In that moment.
There was no me, no opponent.
At that moment, everything disappeared.
――.
―――.
Kaang!
A sound is heard.
If you listen carefully, you realize that it is similar to hammering.
I don’t know if that’s right or wrong.
“Let there be light to begin with.”
Someone said.
“The darkness will come next.”
After that.
“Is there only fire and water?”
–!
“Keah!”
Without even realizing that he was swept away.
I was looking up at the sky before I knew it.
I can’t feel any strength in my whole body.
What happened?
“――.”
I can hardly breathe.
I forcibly tried to connect the breath I was accustomed to, but it didn’t connect.
My whole body was stiff.
I feel as if my body does not belong to me.
-How much did you lose your mind?
A demon king looking down at himself as if lying down in front of him.
The golden girl asked, looking down at her bored eyes.
“… ….”
I don’t know.
I don’t feel it.
The accident does not follow.
Everything is blurry.
One thing is certain.
That death is near.
Only that was clear.
-As planned, the holy sword is handed over. Use that as a resource to overcome the crisis. It’s true that it’s not a bad option. Just as you and I expected, he’ll be aiming for you all the way.
Just.
-It’s just that you didn’t have the energy to afford it.
“… ….”
The world is blurry.
No, I really think I’ll die at this rate.
Isn’t it? Has death already invaded the throat?
“… ….”
-I wonder how it happened?
This is why it’s good that you can understand his intentions just by looking into his eyes.
Or maybe I just got caught.
Wouldn’t it be enough if it worked?
-The second round has begun.
2 Rounds?
-The Demon King’s followers collapsed after being exposed to the holy sword. It’s a makeshift way in the middle of the original body, so it’s like it lasted a long time. Right? He didn’t even have time to confirm your fate, he was exposed to the holy sword, got hit a few times, and managed to escape.
If everything had ended here.
… Maybe really, things could have been resolved peacefully.
-But we know. That there would be people who wouldn’t stand by when the sword was drawn.
So I tried to leave it to the relief knights.
As for what I asked for from Venus or Ases, it was that way, after all.
-Intention is successful. If only there is a problem.
… Even the new hero holding the holy sword.
Not even anyone with the mighty power of the Relief Knights.
-It means that you have to face someone who is very difficult to deal with as an enemy.
Suddenly.
It feels like the world has turned white to the point of being bizarre.
-You have a fiancée. I mean the princess.
“…… ?”
-You can think that a being like that has come.
Exactly.
-Legacy of the Great Demon King. A child carrying it has arrived.
No, I didn’t come.
It already happened.
-In a way, it seems that the guess of that little boy named Leo, who thought that the sword knew the demon king, was correct.
I just didn’t know about the holy sword.
I wonder if that was such an existence.
…… Suddenly.
I don’t know if it’s snow or tiny hail crystals.
It fell and landed on my face.
That moment.
…… The girl opened her eyes.
—-
I can’t remember.
But the confusion is short-lived.
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After thinking it over, the girl remembered clearly that she had been run over by her carriage.
At that time, while being hit and stepped on.
She must have died, obviously.
At that time, really, faintly… Crying and shaking… That faint touch is the only thing she can remember….
“Are you awake?”
“?!”
A voice I don’t want to hear.
That voice you never want to hear again.
However, you will not be able to avoid it.
If someone would reach out to them here.
That would have been the only thing.
Pale face.
Compared with his black lips and dark eyes, everything was painted black without even the whites.
I am not human.
A tailcoat made from high-quality materials.
Because he even had a hat, his appearance looked like that of a high-ranking nobleman at first glance.
If only this was a banquet hall and a social gathering place.
He must have been noticed immediately.
“… Did you save me? What is the price? What do you want?”
“Your brother paid the price for saving you.”
…… What?
“It’s already been two years. I let it recover, but I didn’t get paid to wake it up, so I temporarily frozen it. You have to pay for it for sure. Even more so, even if it is you.”
“Where is the child now?”
“We are working hard at our business, in our business.”
“What! What business! What are you talking about?!”
“Maybe I need a price to tell you?”
“…… You all the way!”
I feel resentful.
Father.
Because you sold me out.
I ended up getting involved with this guy.
And.
Because Iza has what he wants.
Now I can’t even run away.
And now.
My weakness was held in the hands of the author.
“If you throw away your humanity, you will be able to get away with my meddling. Why do you want to live so uncivilized?”
“What would a demon like you know?”
“A devil. I am a Merchant Naburang. Profit is important, transaction is important. Perhaps no one in Middle-earth is more special than us in this regard. Compliance with the contract is absolute for us.”
“… ….”
I really hate it.
With both eyes closed, even ears closed.
I wanted to throw everything away.
However, I was able to recover like this now.
It must have been possible because that child, his little brother, sacrificed himself.
And now.
If you don’t pay the price yourself.
… The debt snowballed, hitting the child’s head and her shoulders.
In the end, it will weigh down your whole body.
“What do you want?”
“No big deal. I just wanted you to do one thing for our future.”
“One?”
This time, what conditions are you going to mention?
However, what he wanted was extremely simple.
Just.
“Because a sage told me that in a village, someone who would torment us would be born. But I don’t know who it is.”
So please.
“Please kill whoever we want. Then the contract will be fulfilled.”
If it were you, it would be very easy, wouldn’t it?
“… What if I refuse?”
“Someone else will pay the price. How is it? Will you accept it?”
“… ….”
Why?
Why?
Aren’t you going to leave us alone?
It was already painful and painful enough.
“… Is that all you need to do?”
“Nothing.”
That’s how the girl is.
…… Entering a village.
By dawn, the whole village was frozen solid.
There would be no pain.
Yes.
No pain at all… Because there wouldn’t have been
But why?
“You did! I did but why!”
“But, let’s see. Wasn’t the contract fulfilled? This is not something we can do anything about. Do you know?”
Absolute Compliance Agreement.
As if to prove the contract, a contract made of light unfolded in the air.
“Isn’t it not finished?”
“Then what did I do?! What the hell have I done?!”
“Calm down. We, of course, admit our mistake. We will provide sufficient psychological compensation accordingly. .”
“Who are these people here? What are these people going to do?”
“This is the biggest concern. So since I can’t give them compensation, I’m thinking of seriously considering donating and investing in the Serf Kingdom.”
The dead can’t help it, can they?
“Or, the contract wasn’t completed because I didn’t kill all of them. Then… Who is to blame for not following the contract?”
“… ….”
“And as if foreseeing this, our sage has delivered another message.”
If you ever want to put this down.
“There are other ways. Those who are still here are not dead, are they? Of course, I thought that would be the case, so I kept my eyes wide open… After all, the authority of the Great Demon King is very mysterious. I am sorry in many ways to the people of Tedeo Village here… Maybe someday I’ll be released. Oh, are you in trouble right now? In order to do that, you will need to further develop your authority… Wouldn’t that be impossible alone?”
“… Didn’t I just have to give you a different offer from the beginning? Why! Are you doing this after you’ve already done everything?!”
“Then why don’t we just kill the frozen villagers one by one to check? There might be one of them, right?”
“… ….”
“You are the one who makes things difficult. Who is blaming whom? I want it because it’s absurd.”
I’m at a loss for words.
“Still, this job won’t be difficult.”
That would be the case too.
“Because all you have to do is sit and protect a sword that cannot be pulled out.”
What if someone draws the sword instead?
“Just kill it.”
If you do.
“You and your poor little brother’s future will be a little smoother.”
How are you?
“Will you accept my kind offer? Accept that, and if only this thing is solved. I will also release all the restrictions on you.”
For now.
“You will become a free man! So rejoice! Hurry!”
… ….
… I’m sorry.
What have I done?
Because I am selfish.
Because I’m not malicious.
Because it’s neither me nor me.
“Forget the past! Ruler! Be happy! Otherwise… How unfair must those trapped there be?”
What leaked from the black lips must have been the whispers of the devil.
I know that.
Once again, you played with it.
If there is anything I wish for.
Even if I die. Even if you fall into hell.
As much as that poor child….
I hope that child will be saved.
Pray, pray again.
My God.
If you exist.
… Please listen to just one of them.