“What? Are your legs weak?”
Del chuckled.
Just by looking at his appearance, it was as he said.
Del’s sword was stuck exactly in the tree where I was standing, and I was lying down underneath the blade.
“You’re lucky, Elena Seves.”
So it wasn’t unreasonable for Dell to think that way.
However, the strength of Herta-Ryu Evasion Technique No. 39 was also here.
‘It looks like your legs are loose, catching the enemy off guard, while at the same time aiming for a counterattack or rolling your body to run away as far as possible!’
There was no plan for a counterattack, and I was going to roll away.
Moreover, there was a reason why I had my back to this tree.
“But this is the last chance. Stop now… huh?”
Del, who was leisurely trying to pull out his sword, stopped talking as if he was embarrassed.
This is because the tree that swallowed half of the sword body did not try to spit it out.
The Bebuen trees planted sparsely on this mountain had one major characteristic.
The point was that the stem’s ability to repair itself was abnormally fast.
When it was decided that I would become the bait, Klaus came up with a clever plan to tie Del up by using all kinds of methods.
Getting Del’s sword stuck in the Bebuen tree was also a clever trick that came out at that time.
“profit!”
Del nervously pulled out the sword.
It was so resilient that the trunk was restored to its original state while the sword was swallowed, but since a tree is a tree, it was possible to pull the sword out with enough strength.
However, in the meantime, I quickly rolled over and got up quickly using Herta-Ryu Evasion Technique No. 39-1.
“You are…….”
“Save people!”
I shouted loudly and ran up the mountain path.
Only then did Del realize that he had let his guard down too much and chased after me, gritting his teeth.
“There is no use running away!”
However, Dell’s steps were not that fast.
It was because I was easygoing.
Because I was heading towards the source of the world.
In short, it was because I, an easy person, was heading towards the origin of the world, which was a dead end.
In Del’s eyes, I was easy prey that could be caught at any time.
Besides, you will soon become a rat in a poison.
So there was no reason to rush.
But Dell’s leisure soon became mine.
He deliberately made me think of myself as a hunted prey and made him take his time.
My only goal was to kill time.
I couldn’t beat Dell here no matter what I did.
So we had to wait until Klaus arrived at the Evergreen Tree of God.
“You are urging the name.”
Once it was confirmed that the direction I was running towards was the origin of the world, Del’s attitude became completely relaxed.
The origin of the world is a dead end anyway, and as long as you go up the mountain, you can’t go to call Klaus, that’s probably the thinking.
If I had run out of the mountain, Del, who didn’t have much time, would have headed to the source of the world before Klaus came instead of chasing me.
However, as I headed toward the source of the world, Del was approaching with slow steps, like herding a rat in a poison.
“Luck doesn’t work twice. Why don’t you just surrender?”
There was no luck at all.
Everything was a meticulous calculation.
However, the image I had built over the years and my outstanding acting skills set the pace for all of these skits.
“I-I’m lucky.”
“If you give in now, I’ll kill you painlessly.”
“You’re going to die no matter what!”
Pretending to cry, I clumsily entered the cave connected to the origin of the world.
Del also seems to have thought that he would have a good time here, so he increased his walking speed.
‘Is it no longer possible to gain time through acting?’
“No matter what happens, there is only death.”
Saying that, Del struck down his sword.
wickedness.
There was a sound like the air was being cut.
My heart sank.
Fortunately, I was able to avoid the sword using the evasion technique I had become accustomed to, but this was really not training, but actual fighting.
‘I might die.’
My heart was pounding.
“damage?”
Del narrowed his eyes.
And soon his expression became cold.
“……Did you hide your power?”
Instead of answering, I strengthened my legs.
In an instant, the air I felt in Del changed.
Intimidating.
If I hadn’t gotten used to it after meeting White, it was an intimidating feeling that felt like I would fall to my knees at any moment.
‘Thank you, White.’
Before I could express my gratitude, Saedel’s sword began to attack me again.
Whick!
Swish!
Cough!
The sound of the sword striking the cave wall struck my heart in an eerie way.
The cool air I felt every time I avoided my body further tightened the tension that threatened to explode.
‘Can I do it?’
I’m just an ordinary person who ended up in this body by chance.
But I had to do it.
I didn’t want to lose this world.
And the man who will stand next to me too.
“Klaus.”
I quietly said his name.
Quang!
The blade, which I narrowly avoided, shattered the floor of the cave I was standing on just moments ago, but the more it happened, the more I tried to remain calm.
Okay.
Don’t be nervous.
I am the female protagonist possessed by a novel.
And the female protagonist… … .
‘I will never die in vain at a moment like this.’
According to the laws of romance novels, no matter how difficult the hardship seems, the protagonist will eventually overcome it.
After telling myself again and again, I gritted my teeth and glared at Del.
“Do you think you can kill me?”
“Even if you hide your power, you are just a subordinate of the demons.”
Del grinned and swung his sword again.
‘left!’
With the same feeling as when Herta swung her sword at me with all her might, I dodged and shouted.
“You’re going to kill me because I don’t even have the Sword of Radiance?”
“I don’t think there’s anything I can’t kill.”
“I’m going to make a wish to God.”
“Demons are not gods.”
“I know. I’m going to make my wish to a god, not a demon.”
Del’s attack stopped at my words.
He reacted a beat late.
“How can you make a wish to God? God’s child is now….”
“Just to correct a misunderstanding, I am also a child of God.”
Whick!
Del’s attack flew again, but the agitated blade became a little duller than before.
‘thank god.’
I was physically exhausted, but I can take a breather.
I thought Del, who was blaming God and trying to destroy the empire, would be interested in my story.
“You walk around covered in demonic scent like that, and you’re a child of God?”
“I guess the smell got on me because I often played with our Demon Lord White. I’m kind of close to him.”
“Huh, I can’t believe it.”
Even as he said that, Del’s sword slowed down.
He became interested in my story.
There was only one thing for me to do again.
To calm Dell’s nerves as much as possible.
“Didn’t you know? I’ve been granting all of God’s wishes so far.”
“you…….”
“You thought Klaus didn’t know anything and tried to get him on your side, right? If you really needed God’s power, you should have thought of getting me involved too.”
Del’s expression changed strangely.
He closed his mouth for a moment, then glared at me with sinister eyes.
“White didn’t use his power to descend to the human world. I thought I was communicating with the child of God through you.”
“Ah, it’s actually thanks to me that White came down. I made a wish.”
“Making a wish? Summoning the devil?”
“Uh… Well, I made a wish to be in a relationship with the demon lord who hatched from an egg…”
Ah, it’s a bit painful to suddenly have to reveal my dark history.
But instead of teasing or laughing at my bad history, Del already looked furious.
“So he didn’t waste his life force when he descended into the human world?”
“Well, that’s how it happened.”
“Why have I looked so miserable now?”
“Isn’t that because you made the wrong choice?”
If I hadn’t dreamed of destroying the world in the first place, it wouldn’t have ended up like this.
But Dell didn’t seem to think so.
His black eyes gradually became filled with golden madness.
The sparkling eyes contained wrath.
“I don’t know if what you said is a lie or the truth, but at least one thing seems certain.”
“Is it real?”
“It would be better to kill you quickly than to be distracted by your tongue.”
Mom, mom.
This is not what I intended.
What I want is to attract a reasonable amount of aggro by using my tongue, and then Klaus appears like the wind and swoops! And that was the end of Dell.
‘But why did you pull away such strong aggro?’
“die.”
“Now, wait a minute! Ugh!”
Quaaaang!
Right behind where I was standing a moment ago, the sound of the cave wall breaking resonated.
My heart was pounding and my legs felt like they were going to give out.
It seems like Del has decided to do everything in his power to deal with me.
‘Are you really going to die?’
like this? So vain?
As a result of numerous training sessions, I also learned something.
What levels of attacks can be avoided and what levels of attacks cannot be avoided.
And since Del decided to go all out, there was almost no chance that I would be able to dodge his sword.
‘Three times at most.’
Five more times, no, four times if Klaus’ brooch helps.
‘I used it once when I fell.’
No matter how positive I thought about it, I couldn’t withstand more than seven sword strikes.
But since I had no choice, I had to do it.
‘Let’s do our best until the end.’
Isn’t that the only thing I’m confident about, even though I don’t have any special abilities?
‘No matter what, do your best to the best of your ability.’
I twisted my body to look at the flying blade once again.
“You’re avoiding it like a rat!”
once.
“How long do you think we can do this?”
twice.
“This is the last time!”
I can’t avoid it three times.
The moment I closed my eyes tightly, looking at the blade flying at me much faster than my movements.
visor!
The fierce sound of blades clashing with blades and the familiar scent blocked my path.
“Elena!”
“Damn it, how…!”
A friendly voice calling out to me, ignoring Del’s voice grinding his teeth.
Klaus has arrived.
I became relaxed and collapsed into a sitting position.
