133. Amelia
Dragon Dragon Bartina.
I couldn’t help but shudder at its power.
Is this really gravity magic…?
i knew It was on a different level from what Amelia-sama had shown.
More than half of the people already gathered fell face down on the floor unable to overcome the pressure.
I wasn’t too different either.
Even Luke’s body was not at a level that a human could endure.
Only three people are enduring it now.
Warrior Rebecca.
Demon tribe Amelia.
And it was the crown that was holding on to come even while spitting blood out of its mouth.
[Oh, that’s quite right.]
As Bartina roared again, the entire cave seemed to vibrate.
[okay. I’m sorry that the bugs that crawled all the way here to take my heart die at once.]
Rebecca silently drew her sword.
“Luke.”
She called me in a low voice as I was kneeling and barely looking straight ahead.
“In a crisis situation, you must use your own magic, okay?”
…my unique magic? What is Luke’s unique magic?
I didn’t know what his magic was or how to use it.
But you can’t ask Rebecca what it is right now.
I slightly bowed my head and sent a sign of understanding.
After that, Rebecca slowly started running toward Bartina.
[…Are you trying to hurt me with a human-made blade?]
“If you get it right, you’ll know! That’s it!”
A red aura poured from Rebecca’s sword.
What power…!
If the attack from just a moment ago had gone straight into the wall, another cave would have been created.
But Bartina’s scales did not show any scars.
[That’s quite right. To make me deploy the shield.]
Bartina looked at Rebecca with interest.
[Looks like they’re not just humans. What are you doing?]
To his question, Rebecca answered calmly.
“I am Rebecca the warrior. And these are my companions.”
[Warrior. Hero… that’s right. It means that the child who is born once in 1000 years is you in this generation.]
Bartina temporarily reaped mana.
Then, Cecilia and Tania, who had been unable to breathe due to gravity magic, gasped for breath.
[Let me make you a suggestion.]
Rebecca, who had been silently listening to him, raised her sword again.
“I probably won’t accept that offer.”
[I haven’t even talked about the content yet.]
“Because we, no I, can only be reborn as true warriors by taking your heart.”
There was no other option for the warrior facing the final stage of proof.
If she dies or fails here, she loses her qualifications as a hero.
And that is. It was a story that the protagonist who would lead humans to victory no longer existed.
[I see. okay. If so, can you tell me what the name of the person who sent you here is?]
“My master. This is Deoric Arundia.”
As soon as she uttered the name Deoric, the suffocating gravity magic hit the area again.
[Deorii profit!]
Rebecca was the only one who could barely stand against the increasingly powerful magic.
[That cursed insect has sent you to suffocate me. Then I will have no choice but to tell you the truth!]
“The bullsh*t ends there!”
Rebecca kept her balance and ran forward, even though it was evident that she was struggling to take a single step.
The sharp sword pressure maintained its shape and dutifully aimed at Bartina’s leg.
Bartina deployed her shield without any chanting, but it seemed impossible to defend perfectly this time.
Its scales, which seemed harder than steel, fell off with a loud thud.
[Khahahahaha! amazing! What a great skill. He is a human warrior. But it’s just ridiculous that even you, who are so great, won’t be able to escape your fate.]
“What nonsense are you talking about?”
Rebecca, who had distanced herself, tried to ignore it, but eventually asked him if he was bothered.
[Do you know how the warriors of the past with such mighty power died? Warrior.]
Death of a warrior?
That’s right… don’t they die at the end of their lifespan like normal humans?
The records of the warriors I have seen only contain how they were trained and reborn as heroes to defeat the demon king.
No records exist of how they passed the rest of their lives.
[They were all killed at the hands of humans! Isn’t it funny!]
The warriors were killed by humans?
Would that be possible?
Where is the human being who can defeat the dragon and the hero who killed the demon lord?
I thought it was nonsense.
“I thought I’d listen to what he was talking about, but I guess I was wrong.”
whoa…
Rebecca took a deep breath and straightened herself.
“If you’re going to say something like that, just give me your heart.”
That was the moment.
The color of the cave’s ceiling began to change.
no. To be precise, something covering the ceiling began to form.
I thought it was Bartina’s attack, but it wasn’t.
A very familiar feeling. This…
Huge pillars began pouring down from the black portal.
Bartina also deployed a shield as if embarrassed, but to no avail.
As if the pillars had the ability to nullify magic, they tore the shield like a piece of paper and mercilessly hit Bartina’s scales.
[Quooo!]
His huge body began to struggle, unable to overcome the pain.
However, it was not only the dragons that the pillars were directed towards.
There was no safe place anywhere in this cave.
Both Cecilia and Crown were in a hurry to avoid the indiscriminate shelling.
An attack as if full of will to annihilate this area.
Lastly, the tingling magic power contained in each pillar was telling me whose magic it was.
top of the ceiling of the cave.
The red-eyed Amelia-sama was looking down at us with lofty eyes.
“Em… tribe?”
Rebecca’s voice began to tremble.
“Amelia, you. Were you a demon?”
Amelia-sama raised a finger without answering.
The dark red magic that formed on the tip of her index finger became a ray of light and separated Bartina and Rebecca.
The unquenchable flames of hell created a clear crack between us.
“I understand that crossing this line from now on means wanting to die.”
“You… how did you…”
Rebecca still couldn’t believe what she was.
“Calm down! Warrior!”
Cecilia, already deeply hurt by Bartina’s gravity magic, shouted at Rebecca.
“Amelia was originally a demon! She’s been fooling us all this time!”
On the other hand, the expression of Crown, who must have belonged to Amelia-sama’s party, looked complicated.
I’ll be upset…
He had declared that he would ruin the hero’s party, but the demons were really in danger of destroying the hero’s party.
[You… you’re not an ordinary demon.]
Bartina, whose scales were shattered here and there, looked up at Amelia.
“I don’t have anything to talk about with a dragon as low as you.”
As if the pillars that had fallen so far had been a joke, a pillar large enough to cover the entire ceiling began to fall toward Bartina.
[Don’t be ridiculous!]
Mana began to condense in Bartina’s mouth.
A giant orb of mana that seemed to swallow everything in the area moved toward the pillar in line with his roar.
“Quit!”
None of us were able to directly verify the results.
It was because there was a roar that seemed to burst the eardrums and the cave began to collapse due to the impact.
In the midst of the chaotic situation, Rebecca began to give instructions to the party members in a calm voice.
“Everyone. Listen to me from now on.”
Rebecca took a quick look around and nodded.
“Tania. Can you stand up?”
“Yes. Warrior.”
“Okay. Then, take Cecilia and the crown and get out of here.”
“You can still fight!”
“It doesn’t matter. All I ask of you is the safety of those present.”
Tania bit her lip at Rebecca’s determined words.
“…All right.”
“Hero! I can help too…!”
“Stop.
Then Rebecca turned her gaze to me.
“…Luke.”
Eyes that seem to have a lot to say.
“Did you know?”
I could understand what she was asking without explaining what it was.
…Sir, what the hell did you say at this time?
Did Luke tell the truth?
Or would you have lied to her?
It was unknown to me.
“…No. He didn’t know.”
It was Amelia-sama, who was slowly walking towards us wearing a black parasol, who answered instead of me, who hesitated.
“Because this was my plan for this moment.”
Amelia-sama looked at me with lonely eyes.