<Aaron Side Story Episode 44>
5. The light of the heart (6)
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Aaron opened his eyes.
“… … .”
A field at dusk.
The sun was blindingly warm.
‘Here… … .’
A little confused.
Since when have you been here?
Is this a dream or reality?
“You’ve come to your senses.”
Aaron looked ahead.
A red shadow stood on the other side.
At that moment, Aaron’s memories and perceptions were reassembled.
‘okay.’
Now Aaron must make a decision.
It was a one-on-one battle with that shadow to decide the end.
Who will stay and who will disappear?
Could it be the longing of the shadow to become infinitely stronger?
Or is it Aaron who wants to protect the light of his heart?
“Are you ready?”
The shadow’s voice gave me goosebumps.
Aaron made up his mind.
“You know? What should I do?」
“know.”
Aaron gave a short answer.
A silver spear was held in his right hand.
A black spear was held in the hand of the red shadow.
“One dies, one remains.”
“I know you well.”
It’s not just killing.
After incapacitating the opponent, it eats up the soul.
It’s about merging dreams into one.
Only then can it evolve into complete karma.
‘I don’t lose.’
something I was determined to do from the beginning.
Aaron had work to do.
fighting against adversity.
Giving one’s body to a ghost like that doesn’t make sense.
Whoops!
A black shadow hung over Aaron’s silver spear.
Same goes for opponents.
A red shadow slithered across the dark window.
“… … .”
In an instant, Aaron’s body disappeared.
The shadow on the other side did the same.
The two models collided in the air.
thud!
The spear blades loaded with karma collided.
The spreading shockwave flipped the surface of the ground.
「Ha ha ha!」
The red shadow laughed loudly.
Then, a spear loaded with anima comes flying.
Aaron did not dodge.
They collided with stabs in the same place.
The tips of the two spears fit perfectly.
Doo kung!
Once again, the ground rang dullly.
“Do you know what will happen if I win?”
said the red shadow.
A hoarse, hoarse voice.
Aaron swung his spear without replying.
Again the blades collide with each other.
There is no skill between the two.
In the first place, their spearmanship was nothing but rubbish.
They only collide with each other with pure force and speed.
“I will prove my strength.”
“… … .”
“You think… … So, did you say Han Israt?”
Aaron gritted his teeth.
“I’ll kill him first.”
bang!
Window collides with window again.
“Don’t tear me apart. I’ll break it to pieces. I will clearly show you dying in my dream.”
“shut up.”
There is no such thing as finesse.
The two appeared from all directions, collided shadow after shadow, and disappeared again.
There is no room for deceit in their fight.
Whose dreams are stronger?
It was only to determine superiority and inferiority with pure power.
“Don’t kill everyone. The four companions of Taone. The four benefactors of Niflheim. Yes, even the teacher you value more than your life.”
The red shadow mocked.
“Aren’t you grateful to me? By killing them, you can prove that your dream was pure above all else.”
bump into
hit the window
bumped into once again
bang!
Whenever karma collided with karma, an explosion occurred.
Aaron’s whole body was crushed by the wind pressure of the explosion.
Blood splattered and the skin tore.
But that’s it.
Aaron’s body was fine as if it was like that when.
don’t die once
You have to die until you die.
“Haha, ahahahahaha!”
Same goes for opponents.
Fragments of red shadow are flying.
His blood and flesh crumbled and tore.
“As for you… … You can’t touch them.”
“Do you think you can’t?”
said the red shadow.
“Hello, do you think so? Do you think there is anything impossible in a pure dream?”
“Shut up.”
“I have no limits. If you don’t have enough strength, just build it up until you have it. If time stops, that’s it. It’s enough to fill it up in eternity.”
There is no limit to karma.
The lack of strength in the meantime was only Aaron’s limit, not his karma.
If you get out of the boundary of ‘Human Aaron’, you can enter the transcendent realm from then on.
Even the word karma is only part of the definition.
The true name is Eternal (永遠).
It was a transcendent force that touched the source of the universe.
can become a demon.
Beyond the restraints of the game system and the interference of the universe, that existence will be able to reign forever.
Pick me up?
Mobius?
It is, after all, the plaything of the fake gods.
A hero or something, it was nothing but insignificant.
It doesn’t matter if the dimension called Luanan disappears.
This world has already been completely settled in the image.
If need be, it could be called out into consciousness and stay there forever.
therefore perfect
The red shadow has finished preparing to evolve as a demon.
There was only one obstacle now, a human scumbag in front of her.
「Ah, yes!」
The red shadow shouted.
“I will destroy everything. to this world! That’s it. The only thing that can prove my dream is that! Break it, break it and break it again! Nothing can bind a dream. That is pure!”
bang!
The red shadow shattered.
The karma dwelling in Aaron’s spear had torn his entire body into pieces.
“Ha ha ha ha!”
It is restored as if it was when it was.
Aaron’s spear swung beside him.
[Collection]
[sun shadow]
A karma spear that specializes in destructive power and range.
The anima dwelling in the spear blade exploded one after another, sweeping away the red shadows.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwak!
Like hundreds of firecrackers exploding, explosions lit up the twilight sky.
It was just that the light of the explosion was not the red of the flame, but the black of the shadow.
Aaron and the red shadow crossed several times in the sky.
Kwajik!
A dark window shoots out.
The right side of Aaron’s head was blown off in an instant.
As soon as the flesh and blood splattered, my head became normal as if I had turned back time.
The same goes for the red shadow.
It is torn apart and scattered by spear strikes and explosions.
Even so, the shadows condensed again as if it had never happened.
“It’s wonderful, human! Yes. It is to prove whose dream is stronger!”
phut!
The ink window draws an arc line.
Aaron’s limbs were torn alive.
Patter.
Pieces of flesh and gore poured down.
‘To this extent.’
don’t die
Aaron, who turned his body back, fired a stab with one hand.
bang!
Red shadows shattered.
The remnants left after being torn apart writhed like tentacles and repaired the body.
just a few times
They killed and killed and killed each other.
Until I die, until I disappear, until I disappear.
do not avoid
In that case, kill him once more.
‘I become stronger.’
Because I no longer have the talent.
I don’t want to back down because I’m weak.
I don’t want to hide behind a strong person’s back.
‘I, this me… … .’
With my hands, with my strength… … .
“Die!”
Kwak Kwa Kwa Kwam!
“Ha ha ha ha ha!”
Kill.
[Collection]
[Moon Shadow]
kill it again
[Collection]
[sun shadow]
I won’t leave a trace
I won’t let anything stand in my way anymore.
[mountain]
[water shadow]
The karma spearmanship he learned from his master unfolded and hacked the red shadow to pieces.
All of this power was received from the master.
To protect one’s own happiness without relying on others.
[mountain]
[Flower Shadow]
shadows bloom
The spirits of flowers and water flowed through the red shadows, cutting into pieces dozens and hundreds of times.
[mountain]
[Snake Shadow]
Kwajik!
The spirit extending from the tip of the spear ran zigzag.
A large hole pierced near the heart of the red shadow.
‘However much.’
If you want, I’ll kill you anyway.
I’ll shatter it to such an extent that not even a shape remains.
Aaron swung and swung his spear.
He stabbed and swung again.
His intermittent counterattacks splattered blood and tore his bones, but nothing happened.
[joint]
[The arrival of the sun and the moon]
Aaron soared high into the sky.
The blade contains anima that swirls violently.
A combination of Penetrating Power Moon Shadow and Explosive Sun Shadow.
It hit the red shadow under my feet with all my might.
“… … !”
Aaron’s body was caught in the aftermath of the explosion.
It flies like a devoted pair to the other side of the explosion.
Following this, an explosion beyond imagination tore through Aaron’s eardrums.
Beep beep.
All I hear is tinnitus.
It took seconds for the torn eardrum to heal.
Soon the wind calmed down.
“… … ha.”
Take a heavy breath.
There was a huge crater in front.
The surface of the plains turned ugly, revealing what was inside.
The green plains with grass and flowers were nowhere to be seen.
“Come out.”
Aaron said, suppressing his emotions.
“Kyahahaha!”
In the middle of a deep crater.
A red shadow appeared.
“Ah, it’s fun, it’s fun.”
“… … .”
“Don’t you want a stronger power? If you accept me, I should be able to fire a technique many times more powerful than this.”
“… … .”
“Isn’t that the power you wanted? Overturning the result with an overwhelming power that no one can compare. Your brother, with a power that not even one Israat can have.”
said the red shadow.
“That man is weak. To be frustrated by giving in to such trifles.”
“Your brother wasn’t frustrated.”
“Then what? Apparently, that man seems to have succumbed to the truth.
“Shut up.”
“Is there any point in saving a weak guy like you who succumbs to just that much?”
The red shadow laughed.
“Oh yeah. Yes! The strength of that heart that does not lose confidence even after spending thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of millions of years or more alone! That’s why I want to eat you. If it’s you, if it absorbs you… … Only then will this body become a true Demon God.”
The time for resolution has come.
The red shadow muttered and raised the ink spear.
Red energy began to gather in the window.
The concentration gradually becomes thicker.
The red energy swirled around and embraced the spear pole and the spear blade.
Kiyiying!
The multiple shadows compressed to the extreme are violently interlocked and rotated.
Construction is distorted.
At the tip of the spear blade, a black hole opened through the torn dimension gap.
Aaron gripped the spear tightly.
Woo woo woo!
The silver spear began to vibrate violently.
The infinite shadows overlapped, overlapped, and overlapped again, screaming.
thud!
Smoke rises with an indescribable smell.
The space at the tip of the spear was bent by excessive gravity.
now.
Each spear carried the weight of a star.
Just being there made space and time shake.
The two windows were like small black holes.
Aaron and the red shadow pointed their spears at their opponents.
I had no intention of avoiding it from the beginning.
They collide and oxidize, only to prove whose dream is stronger.
“Ah, that’s good.”
The red shadow laughed.
It was then that Aaron ran out.
It does not jump over space.
Even the shadow to be used there is put on the tip of the spear.
Run out and insert the spear into the core of the red shadow.
Opponents must think the same.
‘come.’
A red shadow leaped forward.
A red spear spinning like a drill went through Aaron’s heart.
know each other
What if you hit that window?
You can’t survive even with the power of karma.
After all, it was a lethal magic spear that cut off thousands of lives in one stroke.
[joint]
[Star Shadow]
The sound of the world is gone.
There was no wind anymore.
Two spears collided in a silent world.
black and red.
The world was torn in two colors.
The divided, colorful world distorted and howled.
erode
dig in
It breaks.
Whose dreams are stronger?
Whose dream is heavier?
Who is the last one left?
A conclusion has been drawn
“… … .”
Aaron turned the spearhead he was holding tightly.
Kwajik!
The spear blade stuck in the heart of the red shadow twisted and pierced the inside.
「Huh, hahahahahahaha… … .」
That’s not the end.
The shadow that bloomed from the tip of the spear began to swallow the red shadow.
gluttony.
Absorbs the opponent’s shadow and evolves into a stronger karma.
Absorbs existence itself.
It was a fight that only lost money by killing that guy.
“you… … You will regret it.”
said the red shadow.
「For eternity in the future, until the existence disappears, I will regret and suffer. Right now. The time when you didn’t accept me.”
The red shadow laughed.
Being swallowed up by the black shadow, its very existence was disappearing.
won’t die right away
Because that’s what karma is.
For the time being, you may be talking nonsense next to me.
However, its extinction is certain.
You won’t even know if it’s there or not.
“Aaron.”
A little noise was removed from the voice of the red shadow.
good.
If it’s just a will, don’t listen.
“For the rest of my life, I will curse you.”
“… … .”
“You will suffer. despair Be frustrated.”
“… … .”
“Take my curse with you forever.”
Red shadows began to disperse like smoke.
‘ah.’
disappear
An unsettling aura hidden in the heart.
Aaron is free.
I could finally be complete.
No longer dominated by pure dreams.
You can handle karma with your own will.
“Master.”
Aaron muttered.
“I am… … I got through… … .”
* * *
Aaron opened his eyes.
Before I knew it, Aaron’s body was standing in front of the cabin.
“Have you been well?”
Blink your eyes.
once. twice.
The world was as calm as ever.
There were no signs of a battle anywhere.
“Here… … .”
“Where are you? It is in front of the house.”
Aaron looked away.
A boy with a smirk was there.
“Master.”
“why?”
“I am… … I fought the red shadow.”
To get away from the demon that wants to kill your heart.
“so?”
“I overcame it. at last.”
“I guess so. Are you sick anywhere?”
“I am fine. like a lie.”
Take a look around the neighborhood.
The red shadow was nowhere to be seen.
The world has become calm.
The unstoppable whispers were no longer heard.
“then… … Shall we go out soon?”
“yes? Where are you going?”
“You promised. When you can handle karma, I’ll be out of here.”
ah. I remembered.
Obviously, he made such a promise with his master.
“Have I realized karma?”
“okay. He won’t bother you. As long as you don’t overdo it.”
did you win
Really, did you overcome it?
Aaron’s complexion brightened.
“But don’t be happy. Because there was a commotion outside. It won’t be easy.”
There was a commotion outside.
Aaron echoed the words.
‘draft call… … .’
As if to remember, as if to speak.
By the way, what is the convocation order?
I don’t know.
It’s like having an unforgettable dream.
Yes.
Aaron had a dream.
a long dream.
He fought the red shadow in his dreams and finally won his freedom.
‘Master’s dream… … .’
By the way, what was Master’s dream?
I decided to ask when I left.
My memory was strangely confused.
As if someone was messing with it.
“Anyway, Aaron.”
“yes.”
“You have power. The strength to not back down from hardship.”
“Thanks to Master.”
“No matter what, don’t back down.”
“Of course.”
power to protect
Obviously, great hardships await outside.
For some reason, I felt that kind of foreboding.
It may be a terrifying reality that you can’t even imagine.
But strangely, I wasn’t afraid.
Aaron learned from his master.
How not to break.
“The door to Niflheim should be open by now.”
The boy started walking ahead.
Aaron followed.
“Master.”
“why?”
“What are you planning to do when you leave?”
“well. I am going to retire.”
“yes?”
“Is there any suitable place? A great place to hang out.”
“Master is still… … .”
“It’s okay, kid. You just have to do my part!”
The boy laughed and patted Aaron on the back.
“You can do it. Don’t underestimate yourself.”
Aaron nodded.
I won’t stand
whatever lies ahead.
“let’s go.”
“All right.”
Master and disciple walk side by side.
Aaron made a promise.
It was a promise that I would not back down from hardship.
