188. total war
“If Busker were in danger of dying, would Enoch use the elixir on him?”
“…”
Doyoon briefly met eyes with Dokgo Mooyeong, who was looking at him.
I knew what he was talking about.
The Elixir is the Elixir of Heaven. Even Enoch, who possessed vast knowledge of the future through the 18th recurrence, was only able to find three items. Even the number three was the result of great luck.
Of course, its potency was proportional to its rarity. If there is literally only life left, and if there is only one arm left to consume, it will perfectly revive the consumer and grow further from there.
In other words, on the battlefield it meant a second life.
Busker is also a huge power. However, it was not comparable to Doyun.
Do-yoon is absolutely irreplaceable and the only adversary of the Demon King. The Elixir must become his life. Dokgo Moo-yeong was saying that.
‘Busker.’
Doyoon repeated his friend’s name.
Friendship for over 100 years, who brought me to this place, and now that Hecleos is dead, he is truly my most precious friend. Busker.
Doyoon closed his eyes for a moment and recalled his presence.
And he answered without hesitation.
“no.”
“…”
“I will never use it.”
He recalled unforgettable memories.
The ninth episode, the first time I witnessed Busker’s death.
After a skirmish, the troops, as always, counted the dead and wounded.
It was a great battle in which even the commander of the corps participated, but Enoch was lucky enough to survive with his limbs intact. In good health, he trudged along and pursued his comrades.
Someone must have died in this battle as well.
For him, a regressor, the death of a colleague was an everyday occurrence. The size of the pain itself was still terrifyingly huge, but the strength to endure it had grown.
Of course, his heart gradually became a rag, but Enoch in the ninth round, with his mission on his back, blindly ignored it.
He just remembered the face of his dead colleague this time, and vowed to avenge him in the next episode.
But even though he was Enoch, who had gone through so many deaths and had become accustomed to death.
‘…uh?’
In the face of the death of a friend, he could not be detached.
He looked down at the man lying in front of him.
A skinny face like a skeleton. The attire of a good swordsman without armor. Collection number 3 sword that I gifted you.
‘Bus… Big…?’
It must have been a busker, with the left half of its body blown off, only the humble half thrown into a puddle of blood.
A soldier from the Union approached and told Enoch, who could not accept the reality and stood in a state of fascination.
‘Geo, the sword emperor… engaged with the corps commander Satan. You succeeded in cutting off his arm during the battle, but the arm suddenly exploded…’
Enoch heard nothing.
After some time passed, he cried out for his friend as if he was out of order. A terrible metal sound rang through the ruined battlefield, drawing attention to the surroundings.
The friendship between Geomhwang and a rising hero like a comet was widely known. Those who understood the situation were silent in silence.
The death of the strongest of this era was regrettable, but on the battlefield, it was the same scene as everyday life.
Around the time blood flowed from his throat, which had been torn apart in an instant by a scream, Enoch suddenly jerked his body. Then he frantically groped for my arms.
With future information, he recalled the treasure he finally succeeded in preoccupying in this episode.
‘Elixir!’
His trembling hands found the elixir and took it out. However, Enoch, who was about to open the lid immediately, hesitated for a moment.
In the moment when I came to my senses, I remembered the sacrifices and hardships that had been made to obtain this small elixir, and the formidable value of an extra life and a stepping stone to growth.
But the worry was only fleeting.
‘I can die. If I die, I just have to start over… It’s enough to throw away this kind of round.’
Enoch in the ninth round was stressed by repeated regression, but compared to the completed Enoch in the second round, he was weak on the inside. His mind was very unstable, and he felt like he would really go crazy if he lost his friend now.
He tore off the lid and poured the golden liquid into Busker’s mouth, whose jaw had been ripped off.
Enoch could not stand the death of his friend and used the elixir.
The next day, Busker woke up in a hospital bed and noticed that he had taken the elixir. This life still attached was the proof.
He immediately called for Enoch and raised his sword before his eyes.
‘Look carefully, Roosevolnik.’
And stabbed himself in the stomach.
hooked!
‘…uh?’
Enoch’s body stiffened at the sight before his eyes. My brain couldn’t accept the sudden situation and stopped.
‘Hey… what, what are you doing…’
‘never.’
Busker coughed up blood.
‘In the next life… Never use the elixir on someone else.’
He was usually too talkative, but strangely, he was speaking with clear vocalizations even though a knife had been stabbed in his stomach.
He gradually raised the sword that was inserted vertically into his stomach and continued talking while cutting through his stomach.
‘The Elixir only has value when used against you. Because you are a regressor, the only opponent of the Demon King.’
After opening up the black busker’s bony stomach, he even went up to the stomach.
‘You are an alliance. To save you is to save the union. Never… don’t waste the elixir.’
His thin body trembled. He was still as expressionless as a skeleton even as blood poured from his mouth and stomach.
‘Even if someone cries and begs… Even if it’s me, never. Today, remember my suicide.’
Busker gripped the handle tightly. and.
‘Let’s meet again, Rouge Volnik.’
He drew his sword and cut his heart.
Pucak!
In the opposite way to the busker’s new type of going backwards, the heart pumped out a huge amount of blood. Doyoon’s body was splashed with hot blood.
Clink!
The sword fell to the floor.
Do-yoon still looked down at the corpse of his friend who had committed suicide with a dumbfounded face.
That day remained one of his most vivid memories for over 100 years.
Enoch, who was suffering from stress, went mad with a decisive opportunity that day. I entered the 10th round of madness, abandoning emotions and pursuing only efficiency as a killing machine.
Although his friend’s suicide gave Enoch a tremendous shock and completely destroyed his mind during the following 4 episodes, Enoch was even more unable to forget it.
In the end, the mindset of a regressor that a friend inscribed with death became a great foundation for him to come to this place.
After the flashback, Doyoon once again affirmed.
“…I will never use it.”
There was not an inch of hesitation in his voice.
“…”
Dokgo Moo-young looked into his eyes for a moment, then smiled benevolently again.
“…The old man was worried for nothing. Excuse me.”
He confirmed that Enoch had a strong will beyond his imagination. And once again, in admiration, I felt awe of Enoch.
Dokgo Moo-young nodded and put his hand in his bosom.
Doyoon watched this. Come to think of it, I said I had a gift.
Soon, he took out the jewel from his bosom and put it on the table in front of Doyoon.
“that…?”
“It is my spare life. It’s not as good as the Elixir, but please accept it.”
It is an instant hearthstone that glows shallowly with a rust color.
It was an item that could be teleported directly to a designated place at any time, for one person only.
The magical phenomenon of teleportation is very rare.
A large-scale teleport from the Battle of Muspelheim. It was a miracle that only a corps commander borrowed the power of the demon king to perform.
The fact that the Allied Forces and the Demon Lords did not teleport now was enough to say the rarity. So, wasn’t Sophie treated as such a valuable talent?
However, if this item could be used for emergency escape anytime, anywhere, it could be called a treasure. As Dokgo Moo-young said, it was not enough to have an extra life.
It must be something he carries for the final moments.
“This precious thing…”
“Please do not hesitate and use it as the life of the Union.”
Dokgo Moo-young bowed his head.
Perhaps the previous Elixir story was also an introduction to this. After he said this, Doyoon accepted the Hearthstone without hesitation any longer.
From the point of view of war, of course, Doyun’s use would be more efficient, but apart from everything, this was Dokgo Mu-yeong’s life. Giving life had an absolute symbolism beyond efficiency.
“…thank you.”
Do-yoon bowed his head in respect to him, and Dok-go Moo-yeong just smiled benevolently.
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Just then, a loud bell rang outside.
Ding Ding Ding Ding!
It’s a bad habit!!
The fort suddenly became noisy.
Seeing that he was not caught by Do-yoon’s senses, the enemy did not come close to him right away. It seemed that a scout who had figured out the enemy’s movements had returned.
Dokgo Moo-young hardened his face.
“The thing to come has come.”
Doyoon nodded and spread the feeling far away.
Naturally, as the range of senses increases, the sharpness tends to decrease. But in such a large-scale war, a blurry outline was enough.
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Just like now, you can guess the size of the army just by counting the number of corps commanders, the greatest energy.
Sensing them, Doyoon’s forehead tightened. Certainly on this scale…
‘It’s an all-out war.’
The demon king’s army decided to put all their efforts into this one fight.
Doyoon made up his mind as he grabbed the sword he had leaned against the wall.
‘This is what I wanted too.’
Although he can’t always maintain the output he had in his prime, he has an excellent physique. In terms of total power, it won’t be much different from the heyday.
Besides, the blessing of the system and the current union with 6 trustworthy warriors was mighty.
‘I will end this war.’
Doyoon’s eyes turned golden.
But he didn’t know.
Even this battle, which seemed like an all-out war, was nothing more than a waste of time for the Demon King’s army.
Dark clouds hung over the fort’s sky.