“Ha… ha ha… ha ha…”
Six days passed in an instant.
Although Eleona struggled to break the curse, it seemed that even the woman in the world had little success because it was difficult to interpret the magic of the Old Gods.
“Ugh…”
Suddenly, he grabs his chest and begins to moan in pain.
She was also slowly revealing her difficulties in the growing darkness.
He was sweating in a cold sweat, as if he knew of a serious illness, and his breathing was rough as if he had exercised hard.
“I haven’t finished it yet… The time is already approaching…”
With a voice that spreads out alone in the parched temple, he caresses the well-packaged envelope.
The content was roughly a letter from Morione saying that today is the day of the decisive battle, and that we should gather in the center of the royal road before night time comes, before the sun goes down from the sky, or just after evening.
“……”
Erelona, who recalled the contents of the letter and looked up at the ceiling without saying a word, had a dark atmosphere for the past few days, but the time was clearly visible.
The darkened sky, where nothing seeped in, the time of twilight had passed and it was time to approach midnight.
“I have to leave soon… but still curse…”
Without hesitation to mumble such a difficult problem, the door to the temple begins to open.
“Huh?!”
Hearing the door opening, Eleanor desperately hid her expression and fixed her gaze on the opening door of the temple.
And at the end of her sight…
“Goddess, it seems the time has come.”
A man appeared.
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Recently, Elena’s condition has been strange.
Could it be that she couldn’t slow the tension due to the pressure that the night of ruin was coming soon?
The unique relaxedness he exuded every time he met each other disappeared, and his smile was also suspicious and unnatural, as if he wanted to hide a certain fact.
“Goddess, the fortress looks really bad, if you have anything hidden, please let me know.”
But even if I ask a question because she’s worried, it’s not a cool answer
“Nothing happened, by the way, is the time already like that? Then we should head to the royal capital quickly.”
They also desperately divert the flow of the story so as not to keep asking.
“Come on, hold my hand, and I will transfer you to the royal road in an instant.”
For the past 6 days, I tried to explain the reason somehow, but it should have ended with just a heart attack for her impeccable excuses.
“Okay… Then”
At her suggestion, I approached her and grabbed her hand.
You can clearly see traces of sweat, but your hands are too cold.
“If there is anything inconvenient, please tell me. The moment of crisis is literally right in front of me, so there is only now relatively easy time.”
However, even at my words, he shakes his head and casts transfer magic.
“Nothing, if we get through this night safely, everything will be fine, so don’t worry.”
That’s what I said… but I still got the feeling that there was something hidden, and the aftertaste was bitter.
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When I opened my eyes again, it was a familiar street, the center of the city.
However, if there is something a little odd, the tower that stands out
It was bright as if it were emitting light on its own, and it didn’t seem huge enough to be conspicuous or temporary.
In the first place, I don’t know if I should call it a stage rather than a tower… It was clear enough to see if there was anyone above.
“It seems that all the other gods have come, it seems like they are having a meeting, so let me go up alone.”
After arriving at the plaza, Eleanor, who said that they should separate for a while, climbed the stairs alone and went up to the top.
Although you can’t see it in detail, there was also a familiar face at the end of the tower.
Several gods were seated around the huge round table, and Abne’s face was seen among the gods.
At the center of the round table, Morione, the goddess of Ungo, who was the creator of this scene, was standing right now, and it seemed like she was shouting out loud about what kind of barrier there was, but her voice did not reach this side.
Eleona, who climbed the stairs, spoke a few words with the gods, then joined the empty seat, and Morione was speaking in earnest when the last person joined.
“Hmm…”
The gods started a meeting, and I had nothing to do for now, so I started to look around me.
The overall atmosphere was still a subdued, heavy atmosphere, and all the people gathered here were wandering or standing on the street without saying a word with a serious expression that each one could build.
If you look at the appearance, there were even adventurers and guards to protect this country, and this scene was very similar to the scene I saw in the game.
“……”
I too have been assimilated into the atmosphere of this place, and I am organizing my thoughts once again in this static place where there is only silence.
“Isn’t that Harold?”
A familiar voice catches one of his ears and naturally turns his gaze away.
“It’s also Harold, I expected it to some extent, but I knew you would come here.”
A woman with red hair tied in a ponytail approaches me with a friendly smile.
“Erina, you’re here too.”
Then he slowly nodded his head and became a lingering face mixed with various emotions.
“Yes, Abne-sama asked for it, but I thought you would be here, so don’t worry, I’ll protect Harold tonight!”
Just by clenching my fists and listening to what he said, I felt so secure.
While they were exchanging happy words like that, it seemed that this was not the end of the coincidence.
“Is that Harold? I was expecting you, but are you here too?”
Mir was also here, and she found me and ran towards me with a slightly lighter footstep.
“And… there is also an unlucky adventurer next to me.”
However, the face that looks quite happy changes suddenly after looking at Erina for a while.
Erina also exchanged her cool eyes with Mir, but the bad mood subsided even more.
“Did a being who seemed to be in the deep darkness beyond this one come to visit me?”
The situation was so tight that it took my breath away, and I had to stop it because I thought the bad situation would get worse if I left it like this.
“brother?”
Just as they were about to block them, another voice came from behind.
“Procrastination?”
When I called her name, the other two stopped fighting and fixed their gazes in this direction.
A person resembling Mir, but distinctly different, appeared, and both of them widened their eyes.
“Who are you?”
Among them, a person who seemed to be playing with a miniature of himself appeared in front of him, raising an embarrassed atmosphere and asking Miru a question.
“Ah… that’s…”
Miru looked like her, but her expression changed so clearly that she could clearly read that she felt embarrassed when she saw her growing up somewhat.
Mir and Miru… If there’s a difference between the two, maybe it’s their personality.
In all respects, Mir’s expression of emotions was faint enough that there was not much change in her expression, but she was clear enough to be certain that if she told a lie, she would be found out at once.
“My name is Miru! I don’t know who you are, but you look like me in a mirror!”
However, she soon corrected her expression and asked a question in a pretentious but curious tone.
“Nice to meet you! My name is Miru!”
Whether to say something childish or something like a child, Mir greets her with a greeting that matches her mood, but strangely, Mir remains silent.
“……”
Staring through her with sharp eyes, as if interrogating the inside…
“there…?”
Miru looked a little scared and didn’t know what to do, so I tapped her.
“Hmm… First of all, it’s okay, nice to meet you. I’m Mir. It’s a bit ironic that we have similar names.”
Mir feels a little reluctant to say something, but she introduces herself to her.
“Haha… a coincidence is such a coincidence…”
Mir had to change the topic because she kept sharp eyes even though I tried to see if something was suspicious.
“By the way, what happened to the two of you?”
To lighten the mood a little bit, I asked a few questions, but Mir was the first to answer them.
“It’s because the atmosphere of the world is exceptionally dark today, because it’s a bit of a good situation for me to be full of darkness.”
She has a habit of preying on darkness, so this place, where heretics will soon be slaughtered, will feel like a buffet for her.
“I was just gathering people, so I came here to see that my brother was there!”
Even Miru didn’t feel like we met by chance.
Recently, her identity has been questioned, and since all of her encounters are a series of coincidences, I don’t know which part to point out, but something was strange.
“By the way, Harold, Boa Hani must have suffered quite a bit while I was away… Can I heal you a little?”
Once passed, she stares at me, then suddenly gives me a sinister smile and grabs my shoulder.
“uh…”
Mir was able to neutralize the side effects caused by the curse that was inside me to some extent.
It’s a curse that stains the inside with darkness, so she has to suck the darkness out of me.
For now, we have to fight a big battle soon, so it would be more comfortable if we could suppress the pain that could happen anytime.
However, there is something that makes Mir’s proposal reluctant…
“Wait… To steal Harold’s lips again? I can’t tolerate that.”
That method was very repulsive.
I had to kiss her to suck out the darkness, so I wanted to avoid this place even more where Erina was watching.
“But it’s the only way,? You know what’s going to happen? If a bloody battle broke out, nothing could put him at risk more than a seizure in the middle of it.”
However, at those words, Erina slightly bit her lip and looked at Mir.
“No need, Harold will stand still. No matter what happens, I will protect him.”
“Aren’t you too arrogant anyway?”
In a competition that did not take a step back from each other, I clapped my hands and drew their attention.
“I appreciate Mir’s consideration, but is there really only this way?”
When Mir expresses a question of earnestness, Mir puts on a shocked expression as if she felt betrayed, but then sighs heavily as if she can’t help it.
“Ha… Then you can’t.”
Was there any other way too?
Then why the hell did she have her lips taken away?
“Should I be patient even if it hurts a little?”
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“ね?!!”
She grabs my chest tightly and begins to forcefully pull something non-physical.
“Come on, wait a minute!”
“It’s you who wanted this, you said you had to put up with it, didn’t you?”
Is this another way… Sure, black smoke came out of her fingertips, but the process was quite painful.
“Huh…! Huh… Huh…”
After the brief pain was over, I was able to come to my senses again, so I straighten my mind and put on a slightly unfair face.
“So I did it because it was the best choice to kiss without having to go through such trouble. Now, do you understand my heart?”
However, reading my face and hitting the player first, I had to keep my mouth shut and be silent.
“Hmm….”
Erina also looked at Mir with a slightly uneasy face, but she passed without saying a word.
“Are you okay?”
Miru looks at me worriedly, perhaps surprised by this sight, and holds her hand tightly.
“Ugh… it’s fine.”
After the pain has completely subsided and my vision has become clear again, I look around me again.
When I saw the people and girls filling the square, I had a real intuition that the final battle was just around the corner.
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Now, in cooperation with them, can we just get through tonight, which will feel like an exceptionally long night…“You waited a long time, our loyalists!”
When the meeting was over, all the gods got up from their seats and Morione’s voice resounded quietly from the top of the tower, and everyone’s eyes turned to the top of the tower.
It has finally begun… Night of Doom
The quest begins with Morione’s speech.
And next to him was Eleanor, the goddess I served, and he was looking at me precisely, whether by coincidence or knowing.
Even from a distance, the atmosphere of Eleanor that can be clearly felt… She was definitely hiding something.
What is she thinking now?
“The gathering of the gods is over, let’s pass on the circumstances that have been arranged so far.”
Morione takes a scroll from her bosom, unfolds it, and begins to read with concentration.
“Now the world is filled with darkness, and the worst night will come, when the heirs of darkness become strong and all that opposes weaken.”
At those words, everyone held their breath and listened to the voice of the goddess who spoke of fate.
“And the fallen, who would know this better than anything else, will use this as an opportunity to set this nation on its way to ruin.”
He conveys a bit of serious remarks, but the lines that are spoken immediately make you feel a thrill that lifts your shoulders.
“But we must overcome even these hardships together with those you serve! Nothing can defile all things and concepts!!”
As we raise our morale by packing what we have to do, confidence begins to grow in the eyes of the adventurers and soldiers who looked up at them under the tower.
The atmosphere is so smooth right now
However….
“Today, protect us! Drive away the evil beasts and darkness that pollute this place we have cultivated, and return to our former vitality-“
The ruins that have begun to finish even after Morione’s words have begun… The world that was only dark in the sky just a few seconds ago has turned dark.
“what?!”
Starting with Morione’s bewildered tone, the atmosphere under the tower quickly became chaotic.
“Harold..!! What’s going on with this?!”
As if I was in a deep forest where nothing could be seen, the world was dark enough that only the person next to me could recognize it.
and…
Kwaang!!!
A deafening explosion occurred in the distance.
“What is this?! Something exploded?!”
“There’s a fire in the distance!! What’s going on?!”
A chaotic situation quickly ensued, followed by an explosion and a major fire.
Thanks to the fire coming from far away, the light came back up again… but there was no time to catch a breath, and a scream was heard.
“Aww!?”
“Heretics!! Heretics are coming!”
“A maniac was hiding among us!”
The flurry that announces the end of life, those who tremble in fear while desperately shouting an air raid warning, and those who spit out harsh words and quickly pull out their weapons.
“What is this?! It’s not what I expected?!”
Following Morione, who is bewildered by a slightly different fact than she knows, the other gods havetily begin to exercise their powers.
“Ahh?!”
Ting! Ting! Ting!
“Hahahaha! Hypocrites to die!!”
In addition to the terrible sound of flesh being cut, the sound of sparks splashing and iron rubbing was heard, some screaming, others laughing with madness, and it became a melting pot of chaos.
In a place that was calm just a few minutes ago, a hellish map of hell unfolded in an instant, and in a melee where it was impossible to identify the enemy properly, people couldn’t even tell if they were fighting an ally or an enemy.
The last quest of the first scenario that finally started in earnest…
The night of doom has begun.
“Herald! It looks like there are heretics among us! We should fight each other while recognizing each other!”
He nodded at Erina’s urgent voice and told Mir about this.
“Did you hear Mir Erina? If you’re not careful, big things could happen.”
However, looking at her with such advice, she seemed to be in better condition than usual.
“You’re overflowing with power? I think you can face the whole world.”
The atmosphere itself is the Mir I know, but the dark energy creeping around my body makes me feel a little different.
That’s right, after all, Mir was a dark being, wasn’t it?
I didn’t know it would be easier than I thought.
Erina looked reassuring as she has always been, and I had no problem with strengthening my powers.
Then postpone the rest…
“Uh… ah…”
But if it goes smoothly, it won’t be an ordeal…
“Procrastination?”
Her mood was strange.
It looked like Mir had increased power, but something was definitely wrong.
“From my… head… get out…”
He muttered to himself a little, and moaned as he fell to the floor as if he was somehow in pain.
“Miru! Are you okay?!”
Worried, I approach her and look…
“Harold is in danger!!”
Erina pulls me in, and the distance between me and her is forcibly widened.
and…
Wooo!!!
A strange sound effect is heard, and a dark energy spreads out from Miru as the center.
It spewed out something dark as if it would swallow the surroundings into the void…
“her…”
Soon, the painful voices ended, and only the faint sound of breathing could be heard.
“Promise…?”
Sensing something is wrong, I step back and try to check her condition.
“Huh… it’s been a long time since I’ve had a body~”
Soon, Miru’s voice and the unfamiliar but heard voice overlap.
chin chin
He got up from his seat, shaking his knees casually, but his head was lowered.
“What are you talking about?”
“Harold, step back.”
He tried to reach out his hand, but was blocked by Mir’s restraint.
“Who are you…”
Mir was very wary of what she could see, and for the first time she felt fear in her face.
“I can feel my magic so close, I’m so lucky that a very good sacrifice has my magic.”
He spit out words that didn’t make any sense, and he smirked, and…
“Does it really look delicious?”
Miru, who kept her head up, gave off a terrifying smile with a distinctly different atmosphere.
“I have come, world, all for me.”
My heart!
“Ugh?!”
Suddenly the heart beats once, and a seizure occurs because of the side effect of the curse.
Pain I’ve never felt before…
Surely Mir didn’t relieve the darkness that had accumulated before?!
“Harold! Are you okay?!”
I could hear Erina’s voice worrying about me, but I didn’t have time to worry about that now.
You… you are in so much pain…!!
“Is your name Harold? That’s a good name.”
Miru still utters strange words—No… It was something wearing Miru’s mask.
“Before enjoying it, let me introduce myself first.”
While maintaining an eerie smile, he opens his arms and tells us.
“For now, let’s call it Lusria, a fallen god who has lived for quite some time.”