Episode 215 – Future
“Hmm.”
I clearly understand.
I couldn’t kill the nightmare. The guy just pretended to be dead and ran away.
‘Why… ?’
To be honest, I’m not sure I would have won if the fight had continued.
It was such an even fight.
If Leon had joined in, I would have definitely been the one to die.
Could it be that Stia, the hero, was the goal from the beginning, not me? Even if you think about it….
‘Stia is also fine.’
Given the circumstances, I can only guess that he ran away for something I don’t know, or that he had no intention of killing me in the first place.
The problem is that I don’t know the reason.
‘But for now….’
We passed the crisis safely. No one was seriously hurt.
In addition, I found a way to grow further, so even though there were ups and downs, I can say that it was a great benefit to me.
It is safe to say that this is some kind of coincidence.
“Is this the end of it?”
Still, it would have been better if we had been able to fight to the end and subdue them, but it would be too greedy to hope that far.
As I land and look around, I see Dina and Stia approaching from afar.
Stia is… She had a strange expression on her face, and Dina seemed depressed for some reason.
What’s going on?
If someone is seriously injured….
But before asking such things, Stia spoke first.
“The divinity.”
“Divinity?”
“Yes. That thing floating above your head. “How did you do it?”
“Is this the reason for Stia’s strange expression?”
“That’s it….”
I really want to let you know, but there is no way.
That’s right, I don’t know how I did it either!
“I just thought I should create another circle outside my body, and at some point, it appeared.”
“Just like that… ? “No, the divinity was created with such a foolish idea?”
What a stupid idea.
“This is a method I came up with after some serious thought!”
“Sorry. So, how do you make that?”
“I don’t know either.”
“… “You don’t know?”
“Yes. I really don’t know. “I don’t know how they still maintain it.”
Stia looked at me with her questioning eyes. But she was actually already at her limit, and when she looked at the blinking Halo, she looked somewhat convinced.
“… Really.”
“… I understand first of all. “Rest first.”
“Oh, you mean that.”
“… ?”
Stia, who was about to turn her body and go back first, looked back at me with her puzzled expression.
“Can you give me a piggyback ride?”
“… ….”
“Maybe because I’m so nervous, I can’t even move a single step right now.”
“… ….”
Stia pretended not to hear anything and quickly turned her head and left.
So I had no choice but to look at Dina.
“Siwoo….”
I couldn’t help but be startled by Dina, who was looking at me with a gloomy expression like a ghost.
“Uh, yeah… ?”
“Why in the name of the technology─…. Ha, it’s nothing.”
“Yes…. Dinah than that. Take me and teleport….”
“Come back on your own!”
Dina left alone using teleportation.
I was suddenly left alone and bowed my head in shame.
… Did I do something wrong? I only remember fighting very hard.
*
By the time I half-crawled back to where the people were gathered, the commotion had already calmed down to some extent.
“Siwoo. Are you okay?”
“Scarlett… There is only you… !”
“Uh, huh? What are you talking about….”
We barely got help from Scarlett and headed to the accommodation we had originally planned to go to.
Only after lying down on the bed in the room I was assigned was I able to get time to organize my thoughts.
‘Divinity… I said so. For sure.’
And the fact that there is an already established name means that there was already a person who owned that Halo before.
‘Are you saying there was a reason why Nightmare and Leon changed her attitude after seeing my Halo?’
It seems that they also knew well about this divinity.
That means, at least, this is the right direction for future growth.
It can be said that the task given to me in the future is to train myself so that I can create Halo again and become divine again.
Of course, Halo is gone now. Soon after, the flickering Halo disappeared.
I tried to summon it again, but it still didn’t work.
Still, I still remember the feeling of that time to some extent.
Now that you have the clue to growth, if you train, there will come a day when you will be able to summon Halo again.
As I was thinking about it, I couldn’t help but imagine it.
Me, Stia, and Celie all fighting against the Demon God with Halo floating above our heads.
Yes. Now, I no longer think that the imagination that only felt vague is truly impossible.
Little by little, we are starting to see a future in which we will win.
‘It’s still a distant future, but….’
And so, due to fatigue, I surrendered myself to the rising tide and fell into sleep.
*
It feels like my body is sinking into the water.
When I opened my eyes to an unpleasant and foreign sensation, I found myself floating in the middle of the battlefield.
‘This… ‘Is this a dream?’
It was too vivid to be called a dream, but if it wasn’t a dream, there was no way to explain it.
But I couldn’t shake the feeling that someone intentionally wanted to show me this place.
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‘In that case, I have no choice but to look at it.’
Fortunately, I was in a dream and my physical condition was normal.
Quickly turn your head to understand the surrounding situation.
‘This is the Demon World?’
And that too in the middle of the demon world. It was a place called the Demon King’s Castle.
At that place, someone was attacking a girl who looked like Dina.
Demon King.
‘But in the demon world, there could be someone stupid enough to attack the demon lord….’
But that thought did not last until the end.
That’s right, because the person fighting the devil was none other than me.
It wasn’t just me.
Stia, Celie, Dina, Scarlett, and Jasangnam.
The party members were fighting against the devil just as I imagined.
‘Then is this the future?’
If my guess is true, we need to see as much as possible.
The Demon King’s fighting method, how strong we will become in the future, and whether there is anyone around us who can intervene like the Four Heavenly Kings.
‘First of all… ‘It doesn’t seem like a very distant future.’
Everyone, including me, looks like they haven’t changed much from now.
‘The charter is not being pushed back that much.’
No, rather, we were pushing the devil.
At first glance, it looked like they were boiling over, but it seemed like the Demon King’s stamina was dropping rapidly.
It was a natural result since me, Stia, and Celie all had halos flying above our heads.
When the warrior, paladin, and saint come together, they demonstrate absolute compatibility against the devil.
Moreover, since all three of them had halos above their heads, the Demon King had no choice but to do anything.
The battle continues.
Stia approaches the Demon King with her Astra covering her entire body, pressuring her, and whenever she finds an opening, I step in and swing Durandal.
When Stia’s stamina runs out, the two take turns and repeat the same thing as before.
Celie was supporting us, such as swinging the holy spear behind her and healing our condition.
The help of Dina and the other children was a bonus.
Then something strange happens.
When the Demon King was almost pushed to the end, the Demon King suddenly grabbed his head and started screaming.
[Ahhhhh──!]
Something shines brightly on her chest.
‘… ! ‘That!’
I know what that is. Because it was none other than something I bought.
Mermaid’s tears.
Unlike before, when it was pitch black, it was emitting a brilliant light.
The effect of Mermaid Tears is to bestow Mermaid blessings on the wearer.
And the blessing means that most mental magic is nullified.
At this moment, the mermaid’s tears were trying to break some mental restraint on the Demon King.
And at that time.
Kugugugugugung─.
The air was distorted.
With a peaceful gesture, like waking up and opening the curtains to see the sunlight.
The demon cleared the air and descended on the battlefield.
Even though I knew this was a dream, my mind was shaken for a moment. It was such a transcendent being.
The Demon King continues to complain of pain while holding on to the mermaid’s tears.
The demon slowly extends his hand toward the demon king. The girl called the Demon King struggled as if she didn’t like it.
Me and Stia in the dream rush towards the demon god.
At that moment, the demon’s eyes turn to me.
Not to me in a dream, but to me looking into the future.
And immediately, I was thrown out of the dream with the feeling of my body falling off a cliff.
“──Huh!”
I jumped up, clutching my chest.
I was out of breath, as if I had been holding my breath for a long time.
“… After all, was it a dream?”
The scene of a dark room comes into view.
This is the temporary dormitory I was assigned to that I saw earlier.
Looking out the window, it seems like the sun has just started to rise.
‘… ‘I guess I’ll go out for a moment and get some fresh air.’
I felt like I needed time to organize my thoughts.