(127) I’m sorry that the content of
the author’s words
is too sweet… If I post the next episode on Monday, I’ll try to serialize it tomorrow too in case you’ll get choked up .
+) I think it will go up a little later than the time it normally goes up on weekdays. I ‘m sorry
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_ Betty let out a scream and twisted her body around, but she didn’t run towards Emilia. It was to disobey Ose’s orders .
Ose looks down at Betty with an interesting gaze. The devil’s mental interference is not something that human will can withstand. Furthermore, Ose is a demon of madness and domination. His mental interference was unmatched by other demons .
“ You make me happy, child. Okay, let’s see how far you can hold out .”
Ose interfered with Betty’s mind even more powerfully. Betty, who was immovable, gradually showed signs of being difficult to bear. In fact, considering that his body had already been twisted and that he was a child, it was a superhuman achievement to have endured Ose’s orders this much .
In the end, Betty completely loses her temper and rushes towards Emilia .
“ Kuaaa !”
Emilia was staring blankly at the scene, half-fazed. Trisha thought she had to stop it, but she couldn’t bear to shoot the arrow. Trisha barely swallows the rising nausea and blocks Betty with her bare body .
Just before being bitten off, he grabbed Betty’s right arm and pinned it to the floor. The limbs that rose from her back thrashed to catch Tricia. Tricia pressed her knee on Betty’s buttocks, barely avoiding her touch .
Afterwards, he managed to hold on to his grotesquely twisted arms and suppress them, but he was incredibly strong and didn’t seem to be able to hold on for long. Trisha had to face a terrible conflict .
’ Emilia is in danger if she can’t subdue Betty here. By the way… is there any way to subdue Betty without killing her ?’
“ Quaaa !”
It was clear that the frenzied Betty could not be subdued by breaking her limbs. In fact, that was also something I couldn’t bear to do… However, if Betty was released like this, Emilia’s life would be in danger .
Emilia or Betty. A crossroads between two alternatives that are utterly cruel .
However, Trisha shook her head and shook the thought away. If you get stuck in the stereotype of being either one or the other, you might miss a more ideal solution. Tricia gritting her teeth and rolling her head desperately .
‘ Let’s stay calm. Andrea must have found a way to save both of them in this situation. If it was Andrea… what the hell would he have done ?’
Emilia was still unable to escape the panic. Betty’s struggles gradually intensified. It didn’t seem like Ose would just sit there and watch it forever. The moment when the hairline becomes soft due to the blood-drying pressure .
Trisha found a solution .
“ Emilia! Draw a card from your deck! Quickly use the breath of rest !”
” Ah… uh… ”
“ Calm down!! If you don’t want to see Betty die !!”
After hearing those words, Emilia finally came to her senses. Emilia frantically draws a card from the deck. Trisha silently prayed to all the gods. If you can’t pull out the ‘breath of rest’ there, now you really have to stand at a crossroads .
Fortunately, God has not abandoned them yet .
“ Breath of rest !”
As Emilia used her card and hit the floor, the powerful demonic power spread out. eyelids drooping. Betty’s behavior gradually slowed down, and soon she fell asleep like a lie, as if she had run wild .
Ose also felt a hazy feeling for a moment. Of course, I didn’t fall asleep, but it couldn’t have been a very strange thing. Demons have high resistance enough to be considered immune to most status ailments .
While looking at Emilia, Ose realized the reason .
“ It is the staff of Arpan. You have quite an excessive amount of weapons compared to your abilities .”
A rake-like pattern appeared on Ose’s face. It was a pattern that came to mind when he was greedy for something .
Ose lightly snapped his fingers. Then Emilia’s eyes changed .
“ Come here. Come and offer the weapon to your master .”
As if possessed, Emilia started walking toward Ose .
In general, challengers have resistance abilities, so mental interference is not easy. However, now Emilia is in a state of great mental shock. As planned by Ose, Emilia, whose mental barriers were broken, was easily caught by mental interference .
Trisha was frightened and stopped Emilia. However, Emilia does not care about Tricia and recklessly proceeds. If you keep going like this, you will really lose ‘Arpan’s iron cage’ to Ose .
made a decision Even if miraculously freed from mental interference, Emilia was no longer in a state where she could continue fighting together. Trisha wrapped her forearms around Emilia’s neck and squeezed her carotid artery, causing her to pass out .
Emilia laid her down next to Betty for now. After that, after making ‘Arpan’s Iron Cage’ into a card and collecting it, Trisha stares at Ose. Ose raised his mace and slowly approached Trisha .
“ I didn’t know that I would clean up my colleagues with my own hands. The courage to face it alone is imaginary, but aren’t you overconfident in yourself ?”
Trisha spat on the floor .
“ Why do all the naughty bastards in the dungeon have long tongues ?”
As he squirmed, the pattern drawn on Ose’s face moved .
“…”
“ Stop it, fluttering and fleeing .
bang –
cracked land. Ose kicked the floor with furious kicks and ran .
Trisha looked at the draw. Swift movement, blink shot, weakening shot. I used all three without hesitation .
L-Aeng !
As soon as I fired the arrow, Trisha disappeared. Ose had a hunch that Trisha would appear where the arrow landed. Ose turns around and swings his mace towards it .
Whoo – Whoops ! Thanks to
‘ quick movement’, Trisha’s reaction speed is extremely strengthened. As soon as he blinked, he ducked and barely avoided the attack. After that, Trisha shoots an arrow aiming for the gap between the armor while crouching down .
Wedge – Liquid !
Ting !
Ose lightly blocked the arrow with the palm of his hand. Trisha was not disappointed and fired more arrows in quick succession. No matter how fast Ose’s reaction speed is, he can’t stop all of them .
Wedge – Liquid !
Puck !
An arrow aimed at the gap in Ose’s elbow hit .
Trisha didn’t expect that one shot to disable Ose’s arm. However, at least I knew that I would experience at least a small inconvenience in moving my arms .
Ose pulled out the arrow casually as if it had been stuck with a toothpick and burst into laughter .
“ Compared to being bold, the shooting of arrows is bland. Do you have any intention of struggling more earnestly ?”
Kwa-ang !
A mace that rushes at high speed. Trisha narrowly avoided the attack by a single point. While ‘Swift Movement’ lasted, I could barely avoid it, but after the effect was over, I wasn’t sure if I would be able to avoid it .
It was a very unfavorable fight for Trisha from the beginning. The difference in strength is also different, but due to the nature of the weapon, it was necessary to widen the distance, but if it did, Ose would immediately rush at Emilia, so it was impossible .
‘ I think I can do some damage if I run an infinite cycle… Can I survive until then …?’
Whatever the case, that’s the way it should be. Trisha kept shooting arrows to keep her distance, then looked at the drow. However, Trisha’s eyes widened when she checked the card that came out .
I wondered if I was wrong, but I checked again and it was the same. Tricia’s hand trembled slightly .
‘[ Unique] Summon Marco +++ (3 cost): One-time, summons Marco, a hero from Helios .’
‘ Why is this card in my deck …?’
At that moment, Trisha realized why she felt uncomfortable when she and Andrea broke up in the reminiscence room. A mechanically waving hand without expression. It was Andrea’s alter ego summoned as a ‘shadow alter ego’ .
Perhaps at that moment, the real Andrea would have put this card into Trisha’s deck, hiding herself with ‘Shadow Hiding’. Tricia burst out laughing, not knowing what to say .
‘ Did you foresee that this would happen? No, that would be impossible even for Andrea… You just wanted to give me this card .’
Trisha was drawn into a bitter conflict. Her resolve to not summon Marco no matter what happened was wavering. If he dies now, Marco will also face extinction. Moreover, not only his own life but also Emilia’s life depended on it .
‘… No, that’s not okay. If I summon him this time… I might never see Marco again .’
Tricia closed her eyes tightly and took her heart. If I somehow got through this crisis, I could protect Marco .
With the same resolution as Marco, who had previously defended himself by throwing himself at the golem .
Tricia put an arrow on her bowstring and aimed at Ose again. But for some reason, there was no pattern on Ose’s face. That meant Osse was bored .
With a low, subdued voice, Ose sighs .
“… I’m fed up now. It must be difficult to expect anything other than bland arrows from you .”
Osse flicked her wrist, and Tricia was lifted up into the air, caught by an invisible force, and dragged away. A restraint that cannot be released no matter how hard you try. Ose grabbed Trisha’s neck with his index finger and thumb .
Trisha realized that Osse was literally ‘playing’ with her. The premonition of death more intense than ever. Ose whispers to Tricia with a distorted expression .
“ It was a disappointing outburst. Still, that expression doesn’t look bad now .”
Ose’s fingers gradually gained strength. While struggling in terrible pain, a card fell from Trisha’s hand .
*
As he watched the world crumble, Marco had a hunch at some point .
The reason why Andrea hasn’t summoned herself for so long, the reason why the scenery in the card is slowly becoming fragmented into a fragmented space, and the reason why it feels like it’s about to disappear .
The cause is unknown, but now there is only one chance left to be summoned .
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t sorry, but Marco accepted the situation he was in .
Anyway, the moment I entered the dungeon, I was dead at least once. Thanks to Andrea, I was grateful that I was able to live even in the cards, gain more strength and go on a bizarre adventure together .
What happened in the card, how I realized my unexpected talent by beating the gargoyles, how I met Trisha, how I received the earth crusher’s hammer as a gift, how I awakened new powers while facing the golem, what I was in the past. Sending her back to her family, betting on a fish by the river and beating Andrea …
All were unforgettable memories .
There was only one regret that could not be helped. Now, the name ‘Tricia’ is more familiar than the name ‘Nina’… Her own daughter. I still have a lot to talk about with that child… I wish I could talk to you at least when I’m summoned for the last time .
Marco looked up at the sky with a dejected feeling. Since the world inside the card began to fragment, the outside world could sometimes be seen through cracks in the sky, albeit for a very brief moment. Seeing what was going on through it was Marco’s only pleasure .
However, the scenery that appeared this time was unusual .
Trisha fights fiercely with the monster in the red armor. Andrea’s figure was nowhere to be seen. Trisha’s face as she looks down at the card and contemplates it .
The last thing that appeared was Trisha, who missed the card and was grabbed by the neck by the monster .
Marco got up from his seat. He couldn’t think of anything else now. My head was filled with only the thought of destroying this world that confined me and saving Trisha .
Marco made the hammer huge with ‘Gigantic Weapon’. And with it, it mercilessly struck the earth and the sky .
Kwaaang!! Quaang! blah- uh! Quaguagua –
The heavens and the earth were shaken, and the segmented space began to be divided into smaller and smaller pieces. With each piece of sky falling, the outside world was revealed more clearly. Marco gained confidence and spurred on the hammering .
Yeh- uh !!!
so-so-so-so-so-so-so !
A shock wave more intense than ever before, and finally the sky completely shattered and a brilliant light poured out. Marco let out a small sigh and let the light envelop him .
It was time for a final outing .
*
“… What are you? Where did you appear from ?”
A swirling pattern appeared on Ose’s face. To see through the identity of a warrior with a hammer who appeared out of nowhere .
Marco made no reply. He just stared at Ose with eyes full of cold anger, then hit the arm that was holding Trisha with a hammer .
Bah-ah !!!
Ose couldn’t understand what had happened. The warrior who wielded the hammer was saving the human who was shooting the bow with his fingers spread before he knew it. However, he couldn’t feel any sensation in his fingers .
Ose slowly looked down at his forearms .
The armor was crumpled like a sheet of paper, and the shape was unrecognizable, and the arms were barely hanging as the bones turned to powder. For the first time since coming here, Ose felt embarrassed rather than interested .
Red smoke enveloped Ose’s arm. A spell to heal injuries. However, it was so badly damaged that the bones could not be easily restored. Confused patterns fluttered across Ose’s face .
” Is it to recover? Well, it doesn’t matter. You just have to keep smashing it until you don’t have the strength to perform such tricks .”
I hurriedly turned my gaze to see the warrior with the hammer approaching again. Embarrassment disappeared, and Ose felt a completely unfamiliar feeling fill up inside him .
Fear, an emotion that has been forgotten for too long while living as a demon with great power .
Ose couldn’t quite admit that fact. Because of this, he hid his fear with a loud voice .
“ How dare you, a human, even touch the devil and be safe !”
“ Was it the devil? . . . It’s not that important .”
Marco fixed the hammer and was ready to swing it again. Afterwards, the stern declaration that did not allow any rebuttal penetrated Ose’s bones .
“ Just know this. You touched someone you shouldn’t have touched, and you will pay for it .”
Humans can never defeat the devil. This is because humans can never surpass the knowledge and power of demons, even if the spirit level is different. Just as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, and the moon rises to the full moon and then sets to the old moon, this is a well-known truth that will never change .
However, humans have one fundamental difference from demons. The devil is just a devil, no matter who he meets or what happens. However, human beings will have a new name depending on who they meet and what kind of events they experience .
And sometimes, that new name makes man transcend himself. It accomplishes tasks that it could never accomplish alone and pushes its own limits. The key to humans defeating the devil by force can only be found in its name .
A name that will never break no matter what happens, a name that rejoices as if the world was won by a small piece of smile, a name that can be jumped into even in a pit of boiling lava, a name that leaves no regrets even if it eventually turns to dust name .
in my father’s name .
Marco’s hammer rushed through the air .
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20. In Father’s Name (8) ＞ End