226 – Shall we talk?
-Kruk?!
Salazar looked at the monster struggling to and fro in his grasp.
‘Is this the only thing left…? .’
The number one thousand was by no means a small number.
They boasted an overwhelming number of people, so much so that it was hard to see them all.
Even if half of them were sent outside, the number 500 disappeared like this.
This cannot happen. Especially when it comes to just two people.
After defeating the monsters he had prepared with his own hands, he glared at the target in front of him with a fierce gaze.
“Are you done already? You worked hard.”
The main cause was not the hero, but that man.
Ian.
So In-bae kicked away his favor and chose to remain as the emperor’s dog.
-Too-duk-duk.
Salazar roughly broke the neck of the monster in his hand and threw it straight at Ian.
-Scream!
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Of course, there was no way the hero would leave that behind.
When he saw the monster split in half with his blood splattered, he muttered in anger.
“I tried to give him everything he wanted… House, money, women, whatever it was.”
Despite this, the anger seemed to not cool down, so voices became louder.
“And yet you, you bastard! Are you going to stick with the old emperor instead of me?!”
His words were never lies.
If someone showed ability under him, he tried to help him spread his wings.
He could tell as he watched him lure kings with coaxing.
Although the intelligence he showed in his youth, he also retains the meanness that allowed him to rise to this position.
Originally, Saldena, which he ruled, was the weakest of the seven countries. The situation was slightly better than the current Porgia.
Salazar, who was young at the time, lamented his situation as he inherited the throne of such a country.
He says his abilities are outstanding, but there is nothing he can do because the country is like this.
But he did it.
By bowing to the emperor, he easily took over the power of the West while other countries paid the price for defying the empire.
His own keen eye. I had no doubt that his insight into the future had changed his position.
But that feeling of satisfaction did not last long.
Saldena grew in size smoothly, but did not achieve the same growth as before. Like I was just lucky.
The wealth is accumulating.
Power is also increasing.
It did not satisfy the thirst to prove oneself.
His denial reached the emperor after traveling back in time.
He firmly believed that even if the emperor had not attacked the West, he would have been able to stand in this position.
In the process, I met a demon, but this time I did not dismiss it as luck.
He could have taken that opportunity because he was himself and not someone else.
If Ian had followed his will, if he had stayed by his side.
Conquering an empire was not just an empty dream.
But now he is going against it right before our eyes.
So does he mean that he was wrong? Are you saying I can never surpass the emperor?
I cannot admit it. No, I can’t admit it.
You made a deal with a demon and then got pushed out. That should never happen.
The path I am taking is the right one. So it’s clear that guy is wrong.
“Do you, who are satisfied with being the emperor’s dog, deny me?!”
Here we go again.
I wonder if he really liked me, as his tone of voice showed some lingering regret.
Since you cared for me so much, I should say something here.
I opened my mouth out of consideration for the guy.
“Wow.”
Salazar’s expression collapsed at the animal-like sound that erupted in the solemn atmosphere.
“Taming a dog is also a skill. Do you understand now?”
“Yaaan!!”
After being compared to the emperor until the end, he couldn’t bear it and rushed at him.
Salazar doesn’t care even though my body is being cut by the holy sword, he just pushes towards me.
I asked while dodging his fist.
“Then I ask you, can you send me back to where I came from?”
“That doesn’t sound like anything!”
A person asks seriously, what is it?
-Park!
While the hero cut off the guy’s two arms. I went back and retrieved the penknife from my back.
“I took it away because it felt like I was watching my younger days, and then you hit me in the back like this?!”
“They keep saying I look like you. Now that I hear it, it’s a bit like that, isn’t it?”
It was truly pitiful to see him continue to rationalize himself until the end.
“Actually, the excuse is that he admires the emperor more than anyone else.”
“What…!”
Salazar seems to have hit the nail on the head and goes on a rampage.
It’s time to destroy this guy’s world.
“A person should know how to live within his means. You’re just an idiot who says there’s a tree you can’t climb, so you cut it down and then try to masturbate yourself by climbing it. Do you know that?”
When I revealed the truth that he had tried so hard to ignore, his movements stopped.
“hehehe….”
Salazar’s shoulders trembled at the sound of him denying his own foundation.
“I’m okay with the empire and all…”
Perhaps he sensed the end, his body swelled up differently than before.
“I will definitely do as much as you…”
In the end, he couldn’t finish his sentence.
-Keeep!!!
Because we have become a being that has lost human reason.
“You said you were going to destroy the empire, but your goal has become simple.”
Looking at him struggling, it looks like he doesn’t have much time left.
“Shall we finish this now?”
Asked the warrior, twirling the sword in his hand.
“Mr. Ian.”
With the final blow in front of me, the hero spoke to me. What else are you going to say?
“Why?”
“Stay back. You can deal with monsters alone.”
The hero tells him to step aside and say he will handle it alone.
I feel uneasy about him being like this.
“Wouldn’t it be better if we just end it together?”
I tried not to let down my guard and finish it, but the hero smiled at me as if to reassure me.
“That’s right, I’m your warrior. And a warrior only becomes strong when he has someone to protect.”
And then he added:
“So, I hope you will be the target.”
Is this the same person who was whining about beating up the hero earlier?
She suddenly looks like she has been hit with a fatal dose of her hero’s mulberry.
Still, what can be done if the current warrior is like that?
“Then I will be here cheering.”
The warrior left Ian behind and walked forward.
-Quweeep!
A monster that approaches with its two arms and two legs and stomps.
Now in her hand is a holy sword with traces of him.
As he let his mana flow, his divine power in his holy sword and his own mana were mixed together.
I don’t know why, but I was very happy about it.
Because I can at least mix with him like this.
In no time, the holy sword was waiting for its master’s command with a brilliant light.
‘It definitely felt like this.’
She recalled the scene where the holy sword changed in his hand. The feeling at that time was as if it had been erased with an eraser.
She held the holy sword diagonally and opened her mouth.
“This laser.”
A blinding, intense flash of light reappeared in her hand, engulfing everything in its path.
Light and sound.
Even the hesitation in her heart.
***
Salazar evaporated without leaving a trace after being struck by a warrior who showed off an unprecedented skill.
‘Something seems to be going wrong with the power curve….’
Originally, it would be normal to get stronger step by step, but the situation is that you suddenly become stronger as if some core item was selected.
Following Raina, even the heroes are like that. Isn’t that what Saint Taliana will do later?
I’m starting to get worried now.
I don’t think I can run away like this.
The hero left the room, saying he would check on the party members for a while. He was told to keep the holy sword with him just in case.
-What a fool you are!
As soon as the hero disappeared, the Holy Sword urged me.
-You’re talking such nonsense! Are you out of your mind?
“More than that, why did you keep your mouth shut? I was the only one who became a fool.”
-That’s…! There is a reason for everything.
You’re saying that even though you just came close to quitting being a hero?
“What is the reason?”
-That’s right, it’s because of me that Durandal… anyway! Don’t talk about me.
“So why?”
-If you don’t want to say it, then you shouldn’t. Why are you asking so much! This guy doesn’t even ask questions at important moments!
Personality indeed. The World Tree wasn’t like that.
It was a time when she doubted her family environment, saying that she must have grown up without receiving love.
“Ian!”
Thalia came in through the crack in the wall and hugged me.
“You’ve become a lot more handsome while I haven’t seen you before, right? Did you cut it like that to show off Thalia?”
“When I expose my forehead, it stays like this…”
Talia and Raina are asking questions that are truly difficult to answer.
“It was fine originally. So I guess it’s not you.”
Sonia said she looked better before and she made her preference clear.
“Hey, there! Please take me out…!”
But a troubled sound was heard from somewhere.
It was possible to get to Raina without difficulty, but the saintess was unable to move as if the vehicle was limited by her body size.
A saint stuck in a wall. It’s a pretty sensational combination.
“I’ll push from the side, so try to hold your breath.”
“Sigh…!”
When Aria, who had not yet come in, gives her advice to hold her breath, the saint takes a deep breath.
But wouldn’t her chest get bigger if she breathed in there?
In the end, it was only after breaking down her wall that the saint was able to be rescued.
“Is anyone hurt?”
“If you get hurt by those monsters, you have to beat them up.”
When the hero asked, Thalia proudly stuck out her meager chest.
“I was bitten by a monster earlier, can I stop?”
“Ian is hurt?! Where?!”
“No, I asked if I could stop… It was my waist that was bitten, so why are you pulling down your pants!”
At that time she was talking about Doran Doran like that.
“Seeing that you are chatting leisurely, it seems like you have resolved the issue well. Is this a warrior’s party as expected?”
Nero approaches, drawing an arc with his characteristic narrowed eyes.
“You…!”
At his appearance, the party members readjusted their stance again.
“Oh my, it looks like you haven’t mentioned me yet.”
He glanced at me with a relaxed expression.
“What kind of bullsh*t is that?”
-Hwareuk.
As the fireball formed in Thalia’s hand, his once relaxed expression began to look earnest.
So who wants to appear in such a dark manner?
Nero is relieved when he stops Thalia.
“…I know you almost died just now, but?”
When Ginger Belle, who was standing next to me, asked with an expression of boredom, Nero smiled and bowed to me.
“As you instructed, all the people of Saldena were evacuated.”
Then the warrior’s eyes turned to me.
“Mr. Ian. Is that true?”
“I would say they gave me the role because they were quite friendly.”
“I see.”
The warrior who was shaking his head at my words suddenly asked as if he remembered something.
“But didn’t you just tell me to trust my colleagues? But why…”
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Actually, I was a bit untrustworthy.
***
After the fight, the party members left it to Ginger Belle and Nero to take care of things.
Now we decided to rest in the castle of Saldena, which Nerowa had eaten.
The hero, who had returned from his dress to his usual light armor, sat down on the bed.
I looked at the clock and realized that the promised time was approaching.
He will come a little later.
Glance.
She turned her head and looked at the transformed holy sword.
“Durandal.”
I spoke to the Holy Sword.
“He wants me to be a hero.”
Maybe this is the first time I’ve spoken sincerely instead of just talking to myself.
“Until now, I’ve only tried to live up to the expectations placed on me. When I hear things like that, I want to show myself more. I want to show myself more.”
Even if he says he is weak or shows disappointment, he says he is a hero.
Unlike others, he supports me without making any demands.
“Is that okay?”
The Holy Sword still had no answer.
But I guess it was good. Since the holy sword he used was now in his hands, it was natural for him to feel more attached to it than before.
“hehehe.”
That was enough for now.
-Knock knock knock.
While she was feeling proud of her gift from Ian, a sudden knock on her door rang through her room.
-Hero? Can I come in?
When I hear his voice through the door, my heart, which I tried so hard to calm, starts pounding.
No, he is actually shaking.
“It’s open, so come in.”
The door opens with a squeak.
“You went this far to talk about how important it is…”
Unlike before, he lowered his hair and entered the room wearing only a robe.
You wear something like that without any fear.
The warrior got up from his seat, passed him, and approached the door.
-Click.
“Why is the door…?”
Why would it be so? That’s because no one is allowed in.
She immediately stretched out her hands towards her back.
Then her breastplate fell to the floor.
Even after taking off her breastplate, her hands were still behind her back and soon began to pull something on her.
-Sigh.
As the bandages compressing her chest loosened, her chest gradually swelled.
“Yo, hero…?”
Are you surprised by the size growing in real time before your eyes? His eyes widened.
Just look at how embarrassed he is.
The warrior smiled and dropped the bandages that were constricting his chest right in front of him.
Even when she wore her dress, she had wrapped it around her dress a couple of times because she was afraid it would be uncomfortable to move around, but now she is not wearing anything underneath.
Her heart was literally pounding.
Not only in a psychological sense, but also physically.
– Puck.
The warrior who lightly knocked him down onto the bed got on top of him and looked down at him and opened his mouth.
“Would you like to talk to me alone?”
Of course, he has no right to veto.