Chapter 168
Artificial Saint (7)
“… … Your efforts were well worth it.”
The moment Jack’s sword aimed at my neck fell like an executioner’s guillotine.
-Geuggeuk!!!
The beginning was incomplete.
It started with the smallest dust particles.
Small grains of sand, no bigger than a pinky fingernail, sway along behind them.
The earth began to vibrate.
Soon enough, the vibrations were noticeable even to Jack Daniel, who was standing still.
“This… … !?”
I mumbled to the vibration of the goal, and the answer came from a very strange place.
“… … It seems that it has finally begun.”
After saying that, Jack withdrew his sword.
His feet, which were pressing on the center of my body, were also removed, making breathing easier.
“It started… … ?”
I am.
“What the hell are you talking about?!”
I knew what he meant. However, I didn’t want to admit it. That’s why I asked.
I only turned my eyes to look at Jack, but instead of answering, he put the bottle in his mouth and tilted his head.
The boy’s eyes, which were slowly beginning to unravel, were fully prepared to become completely intoxicated.
The neck of the boy moved up and down for a while.
He was in the mood to empty an entire small wine bottle. How much did you drink while holding your breath?
His head came back with a ‘slap’ sound, and Jack opened his mouth.
“Dragon Hunt.”
A half-twisted British accent rang in my ears, and at the same time, at one end of my field of vision, a column of light soared.
＜Ah——.＞
The pillars of light that vaporized some of the remaining cathedral buildings rose to an inconceivable end, piercing even the clouds that floated high in the sky, dissatisfied with the ceiling of the cathedral at best.
“this… … crazy!?”
The fluff on his forearm stood up at the overwhelming magic he felt from the pillar. ‘If I touch that pillar, will I be able to survive?’ This thought came to me first.
It was a pillar soaring as if it would pierce a hole in the sky, but it was not accompanied by any sound.
It simply erases everything that touches the pillar.
instead.
＜Ah————.＞
There was a voice that was not loud, but was clearly audible.
＜Ah────────────.＞
The rate of breath close to screaming. I felt that way.
My name did not stop just once, but echoed throughout the cathedral.
As he stared blankly at the pillar, Jack raised the corner of his mouth and swung the sword he was holding into the air once, then swabbed it.
A strange expression was on his face.
“Geumtaeyang, did you feel it too—.”
The corners of his mouth rose slightly, but not too high.
I knew what that expression was. Because sometimes I make that face too.
“—That overwhelming magical power that annihilates everything as soon as it touches it.”
Round eyes, twitching eyes, naturally raised cheekbones.
At the same time, even the occasional staggering leg.
“If all these actions were simply the result of the exhalation of some being, you would believe it!”
The guy was trembling.
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Jack was pointing the tip of his sword at the pillar of light, excited like a child.
Taking a deep breath, Jack took a few deep breaths, then calmed down and looked down at me.
His face was as if all the excitement had gone.
“You are lucky, congratulations. I don’t think there are many humans who survived seeing [Dragon’s Breath].”
After saying that, the guy turned towards the pillar of light made of pure magical power. I shouted at the back of the guy who was moving towards the pillar of light.
“… … Are you pushing me to this point and not killing me?”
The guy answers my question.
“Why should I?”
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Jack’s answer made me feel. That he hadn’t fully realized the [two-facedness of a human being] yet.
He turned his head toward the pillar of light and continued.
“Can’t you see that pillar of light? The narrative of this battle is over. There is no way to bring back her who has already become a dragon.”
─Elizabeth will never come back no matter what.─
“Elizabeth, who ran amok, will completely destroy the cathedral and become a bad dragon, and I will get the title of saint by killing her.”
“… … .”
the guy says
that everything has already ended.
“Geum Taeyang, although you are an enemy, you are a competent human resource. Losing you is a huge loss to the Earth, and I don’t want battles and losses without reason.”
“… … .”
“Earth needs people like you.”
You lost and I won
“Your efforts were pitiful, your steps towards your predestined defeat were as brilliant as they were pathetic.”
I’ve tried hard enough.
“However, that ends here. Doesn’t it have nothing to do with you, which is happening in Manita Town? Let go now.”
stop giving up
After that, Jack walked in the direction where the pillar of light soared.
I stared blankly at Jack’s back as he walked away. Every word Jack spoke became a sharp dagger and pierced my heart.
Looking at his back, I picked myself up again and sat down on the floor.
It was hard to even kneel down and sit with a body that was so broken.
As if he knew his master’s feelings, a square blue window appeared at one end of his field of vision along with a bright and cheerful sound.
– The seeds of greed prepare to germinate.
-Congratulations! [Greedy Predator] has succeeded in fusion and evolution with the Sprout of Greed!
You have acquired [A greedy usurper (A rank)].
-warning! Evolution is not yet complete.
-For complete evolution, appropriate ‘sacrifice’ is required.
-If you achieve complete evolution, you will get the ‘class’ of greed. (Warning! There is a drastic change in the ‘propensity value’ when evolution is complete. Please be aware of this!)
The characteristic evolution that took place after the battle was over, there was no recovery of the body, and it was a half-form that needed a sacrifice.
Really good timing.
I didn’t want to see him evolving a step late, so I closed the notification window.
“Ha ha-.”
Laughter came out of nowhere.
Ah, this is what defeat is like.
“Hahehehe——.”
An unstoppable laugh leaked from his parted lips.
This feeling of losing everything and rolling down a cliff.
“It’s so dark—————”
After being possessed, he always went on a winning streak, and it had been so long that he forgot about it.
“Ha ha ha ha!!!”
little bit more!
If only it had evolved a little faster!
No, if it’s an ending like this, I’d rather not evolve.
I shook my head and laughed really hard.
“—Ha.”
How could I have laughed so much
“Are you kidding——!? An ending like this, do you think I will accept it!!!”
He let out an angry roar and hit the ground with his remaining left fist.
‘Kwajik!’ Along with the sound, a sharp pain surged through his left hand.
“It’s only a sacrifice of one person?!”
I guessed it from the guy’s words, but Jack definitely knows that ‘the upper world is invading the earth.’
Considering his place and the position he occupied in the world, it was strange that he hadn’t.
That’s why the extremely rational guy came to a conclusion.
Let’s liberate 7 billion people at the sacrifice of one person.
However, if it was a game that could be cleared by doing so, ‘The Last Resistance.’ There would have been no ending.
‘The last resistance.’ An ending in which all resistance forces are subjugated after the earth has completely passed over to the upper world, and even the main character who remained as the leader is eventually killed.
It was the ending I experienced in the 85th playthrough.
In the 85th playthrough, my play concept was the same as Jack’s.
A cold-hearted player who mechanically calculates everything, who can knock out small for the sake of the big.
But by doing so… … .
How long do you think you can hold out?
Elizabeth is just the beginning.
It’s hard at first, then it’s easy after that… … . Whenever a crisis strikes, he will constantly sacrifice his bloody comrades for a living.
one, two… … In the barracks that disappeared, he was left alone in the end.
Literally eat my flesh.
I’m sorry Jack, but I’ll make it clear.
your way is wrong
That’s why you can’t hand over the power of a saint to him.
No, even if his method was right, I couldn’t tolerate it.
Because the tower of salvation built at someone’s sacrifice couldn’t have been right.
“It has nothing to do with what happened in Manita Town!!!”
A scream leaked out of my mouth.
If you look at it from a narrow perspective, it is definitely true.
However, humans are extremely subjective creatures. If you look at my position – Kim Tae-yang – why is this someone else’s business?
repeated countless times.
failed countless times.
There was only one reason why I held on to Museion’s viciousness, trembling in shame, and getting tired of the save rod that kept returning.
Because I have pure love for each and every character in this world!
Because the story they create is interesting—!
‘Because I love this world-Museion.’
If I had thought it was someone else’s business, I wouldn’t have come to France in the first place.
I am.
─I can’t accept a single bad ending.─
He bit his molars tightly.
‘Quickly.’ He hit the ground with his fist with a grinding sound.
As I put my body on the shattered fist, the pain rushes in.
The smell of blood lingered in his mouth, as if his teeth had been damaged.
staggered to his feet. Standing on the ground fully on both feet.
His right arm is missing, so he can’t wield a sword.
Blood flowed continuously from the deep sword engraved on his back.
What does that matter?
Not yet.
I can still move
I can still think, and I can walk on my own two legs.
then.
“Do not give up.”
Obviously, the way remains.
─Jack won’t fight without a reason.─
took a step My creaking body stumbled dangerously as if it was about to collapse, but I was able to move forward step by step.
My steps headed towards the basement of the main building of the cathedral, where Desiree would be. On the way there, there were traces of her walking.
In the hallway where the ceiling was blown off, the heavy armor was torn, and the holy knight, who must have died if he looked only at the state of the armor, closed his eyes and exhaled a peaceful breath.
There was a body at the entrance to the main building, where the door had been smashed.
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Judging from the bloodstains on the floor, the corpse, which must have been scattered randomly, was lying in a comfortable position with both hands together.
Inside the messy main building, there were knights rolling on the floor and moaning, but none of them stopped moaning.
She really wanted to save everyone.
and.
walk for a while
Desiree came into view.
she was crying My heart ached at the single drop of tear wetting that pretty face.
Holding on to her slowly hardening heart with his nonexistent right hand, he approached her.
Sensing that someone was approaching, Desiree turned her head to look at my face and began to cry.
“Taeyang-kun… … . me, me… … .”
“are you okay.”
“It’s late… … I could have done it, I could have come sooner!”
“It’s not your fault.”
I silently hugged her and stopped talking behind her back.
Through the collapsed ceiling in the cellar, Elizabeth could be seen breathing on everything in sight.
In case Desiree saw my empty right arm, I hugged her tighter with my remaining left arm. One side of his shirt felt hot and wet.
Yes, if Desiree’s tears could stop.
If I could change Elizabeth’s ending.
If only we could avoid the sad end of this story.
─I can offer anything.─
After making my decision, I whispered to Desiree in my arms.
“Desiree. The [pain] you are carrying. Won’t you hand it over to me?”
—Even if it is my life—
Desiree in my arms stopped her tears and looked up blankly at me with her watery eyes.