Chapter 271
Its expression as it looked at me was distorted for an instant. Displeasure was spreading across his expression, which had an unpleasant smile on his face.
Did you recognize Tiamata?
-Kureung!
From the wall of darkness blocking the entrance, not a blade, but a wave jumped out.
then We knew it wasn’t going all out, it was just a joke.
make sure of it
to die today That it was Saviolin Tana.
“Suck!”
-Ku-kwa-kwa-kwang!
You can’t block the waves with a sword.
She didn’t use a sword.
However, she offset the darkness that had invaded her surroundings by emitting a huge amount of magic power from the magic shield surrounding her body.
– Kurleung!
It was such a shock that it cracked the floor of the palace, and I, who saw it from the side, was in a state of dread apart from this situation.
The waves of darkness were kicked away with only the ejection of pure magical power.
Is such a thing possible for an S+ rank grandmaster class monster with magical power that surpasses even a superhuman?
It was unbelievable that this was the power to use in the worst conditions.
Darkness comes from all directions. Charlotte blocking us was right in front of her, but I turned around at the intense discomfort I felt from the rear.
Darkness comes upon me.
while maximizing body strength.
Believe.
Although I can’t do it as well as Saviolin Tana.
I believe I can.
no.
not even believe
I have already succeeded
Second, of course, it should be easy.
With a feeling of extreme exhilaration running through my body, I countered the rushing blades of darkness with Tiamata.
– Quaang!
“Keugh!”
There was no time to feel admiration for not vomiting blood.
The power carried by it was so strong that it felt as if my grip would be torn apart.
-bang! Kwak! bang!
Saviolin Tana was approaching Charlotte little by little as she descended the stairs.
Is this fight meaningful?
If she approaches, she will melt into the darkness and disappear, but can she subdue Charlotte before that?
Just because you were able to do it in the past, there is no guarantee that you will be able to do it now. Charlotte was also focusing on attacking Saviolin Tana rather than me.
I just need to stay alive.
As long as it doesn’t interfere with Tana. The moment she makes her pay attention to me, it’s all over.
-Shyyiik!
– Jjaeong!
“Ugh!”
It is fortunate that Tiamata was able to provide an effective countermeasure against this darkness. If it had been an ordinary knife, it would have been cut or brushed by this dark blade.
This isn’t swordsmanship. I never learned to fight something like this.
But in a fight, you can’t choose your opponent.
I don’t know how, but I have to.
I had no choice but to concentrate on responding to them while keeping an eye on the attacks being inflicted on me.
– Kwareung! Quarreung!
Saviolin Tana rushes at Charlotte, rampaging like a monster, to the point of wondering if that is a human fight.
When the waves of darkness push in, they are pushed back with magical energy injection, and the blades are scattered with a single sword pressure.
I couldn’t even guess what the hell could happen if I was in the best condition.
Saviolin Tana, who rushed into Charlotte in an instant, tried to grab her.
-Slowly
It just disappeared as if it melted into darkness.
“shit… … !”
It appeared twenty paces from Tana’s right.
Around Charlotte, a shadow shaped like a spear shot out.
-bang! bang! bang!
Once again, she rushes in.
Even if he tried to subdue Charlotte by penetrating the storm of blades, he would only disappear into the darkness right before he could reach them.
She was a spear that could pierce anything, but the shield she was supposed to pierce didn’t allow her to be hit.
Then it should be faster. You have to catch it before it melts.
However, Saviolin Tana, already at full strength, couldn’t get any faster.
To be faster, you need to extend your sword, not your hand.
Soon, inevitably, he must kill Charlotte.
Saviolin Tana, who had only the option of subduing her, had only a future in which she would be killed by an entity that ruled darkness at the end of a war of attrition.
I was already on the verge of being pushed to my limit just by blocking the rushing shadow blades.
He couldn’t help Saviolin Tana, and even if he did, he would endanger her.
“Heuk!”
It wasn’t just the poor physical condition that was the problem.
I could see her right shoulder turning bloody.
Come to think of it, she had been wielding the Tempesta with her left hand until now.
He couldn’t use his right hand at all, but when the situation became urgent, he was wielding the sword with both hands.
Could it be that you are right handed?
If so, right-handers would have been wielding a sword only with their left hand until now.
Of course, there are many cases where the sword is used with both hands, but if one arm is disabled, it means that the fighting power is reduced by half or more.
That’s why, it was clear that Saviolin Tana, who even used her injured right arm, had burst open wounds that hadn’t healed properly.
Agmun Tana’s eyes were bloodshot.
“Kuhh… … hehe… … . hehe… … he. hee hee… … .”
Charlotte was laughing.
He was delighted to see Tana reaching her limits.
three times after that.
Tana managed to get close to Charlotte even using her injured right arm.
However, after a moment of agony, she reached out her hand, not the sword.
I could have killed him three times, but I tried to subdue him all three times.
– Quaang!
“Kuk!”
That’s why, with her right arm completely broken, she was hit by a blade of darkness and slammed into a wall.
-Kukwang!
She bumped into a wall, and I could clearly see her incontinence running like a spider’s web on the wall she bumped into, as if she had hit a rock.
“nice… … omg!”
-thud!
She vomited blood and fell to the floor.
no way.
is it dead
I can not know.
Even if he hasn’t died yet, he will die at this rate.
-Shhh!
For the final blow, it hurled the spear of darkness at Savioli’s Tana.
I am.
that one.
have to stop
no.
block
– Jjakeong!
Responding to my desperate wishes, my body transcended its limits in an instant and removed the spear of darkness that had been rushing at Saviolin Tana.
I stood in front of the fallen woman.
It looks at me blocking its way with a creepy smile.
I don’t even know if I’m listening or not.
Is it a creature created only with malice?
It only had the intent to kill, and there was no dialogue or communication at all.
Saviolin Tana lost consciousness.
Charlotte said that when her abilities run out of control, she loses her memories.
Then there is no reason to hesitate any longer.
from the moment it happened. To some extent, it was expected.
No matter how bad his condition is, if he is an existence that can drive the strongest person in the world like this. Wouldn’t it be just one
The previous demon king, Balie.
Use Sarkegar’s Ring.
“I ask as the legitimate ruler of the Dark Land and the enemy of the Demon Realm.”
I stare at it as I return to the form of Valie.
“Who the hell are you.”
Unfortunately, the expected response did not come.
“Heh heh heh heh… … .”
It was just letting out a deep, low laugh like the first time.
Aren’t you the devil?
Or is it just a kind of dregs close to the traces of the demon king? I fix my grip on Tiamata and look at it, which is nothing more than a fragment of the demon king’s madness.
I didn’t expect much from it, but the ability to control the demons wouldn’t work either. I didn’t know if it was because of the low level of my ability, or if it was a dreg, but because it was an Archdemon, it wouldn’t be affected by it.
one result.
Whether or not I showed Valier, the option of avoiding a fight did not exist.
I return to Reinhardt’s form again.
I didn’t want to fight in the guise of Balie.
look at it and say
“If you’re not the demon king, you didn’t recognize your king, that would be your fault… … .”
I fix my Tiamata.
“If you’re the demon king, even your children won’t recognize you, so that’s a sin after all.”
“Huh, huh. Hehe. Hi-Hi. Hit.”
Going more and more mad, it prepares for the waves of darkness.
“But, what pisses me off the most. All of a sudden, you got into Charlotte’s body and you’re talking shit about her.”
– Woo woo woo
Tiamata cries.
A bizarre sensation, as if the sword itself was howling.
“So, if you upset me with anything, you should be beaten.”
A bundle of dark spears rushes at me.
Tiamata’s condition is not serious.
Now, it seems possible.
I held out Tiamata towards the window of darkness bursting in.
– Flash!
The light that exploded around Tiamata instantly filled the Spring Palace.
Holy Magic, Sanctuary.
“Kyaaaaaagh!”
I succeeded in manifesting the magic planted by Olivia Ranze.
* * *
I’ve been doing this for a while now.
I share Tiamata with Olivia Ranze. So, I called Olivia and talked about it.
About Tiamata.
‘It’s called Tiamata.’
‘Yep. Why?’
‘Honestly, it’s useless, right?’
‘Still, it’s a holy thing… … . Aren’t you talking too much?’
‘what. This isn’t God himself, it’s just the stuff God made. And I’m not saying that holy relics are useless.’
‘Then what’s useless?’
‘Should I say they don’t match?’
Olivia understood what I meant.
‘Uh… … . Yes, among the holy relics, Tiamata and Alixion have always been sacred relics used by the church. Reinhardt, aren’t you the first to become Tuan’s champion without being Tuan’s priest?’
‘So it is. I don’t know how to use holy power, but this is a holy power amplifier, right? What are you talking about?
‘Still, the sword itself doesn’t hold well, does it? Of course, there is a saying that if you harm an innocent life with Tiamata, you will be judged by Tuan.’
‘That’s superstition.’
In the first place, it is useless to talk about innocent blood on the subject of turning into the holy of darkness.
‘That’s it, I know… … . What if the official doctrine of the Tuan Church is called superstition?’
‘If it’s not true, what’s superstition? Seniors know enough to know now, don’t they?’
‘I’m me too, but Reinhardt, you’re really… … . There is no car… … .’
Anyway, that’s the problem.
Tiamata is a very powerful holy object, but it is basically an object for priests or paladins, so it is nothing more than a good knife in my hand.
Even if you don’t have divine power like Lament or Alsbringer, it’s not something worth paying for.
Olivia looked at me blankly, as if asking what to do.
‘So, senpai and I jointly own this item, right?’
‘Heh, I mean, it feels so good because it’s like a jointly owned property… … .’
‘… … No, why are you talking about that again?’
‘Isn’t it? It’s not a jointly owned property, it’s a soul bond, so Reinhardt, you and I have become soul mates, right? this already… … . Ooh, we… … . That’s where you went… … .’
‘Ah, restrain yourself!’
‘You get angry every day! I hate you! Even if you always treat me badly, when you call me, I follow you like this. Isn’t it cute?’
‘Shut up and listen to me.’
‘Sheesh. What.’
That was what I wanted from Olivia Ranze, who seemed to have more and more characters.
‘Tiamata, so to speak, is a divine power amplifier.’
‘The divine power inherent in it is also amazing. Whether that divine power is in the form of Tuan or Kier.’
‘Can’t I use that?’
‘hmm?’
Olivia tilted her head.
‘So, are you saying that you can use the divine power contained in the sword itself?’
‘yes.’
‘It’s a creative idea. So, shouldn’t I first join the Tuan Church? People will love it. The champion has come to his feet! while doing.’
‘You know it’s not like that.’
I can’t use divine power. However, the sacred object I have is an object that can maximize the power of those who have divine power. The Tiamata in my hand is a good knife, and a better knife for the undead.
However, if it is in the hands of a paladin, it is an item that turns the paladin, a human tank, into a weapon of human slaughter.
I want to draw out Tiamata’s power better.
So I asked Olivia Ranze.
‘Wouldn’t it be possible for the senpai to imbue Tiamata with power, and I can activate it and use it when needed?’
‘Uh… … . I don’t think there is such a concept. Like magic tools and artifacts, there are items that non-believers can use with divine magic.’
‘Is there such a thing?’
‘Yeah, but I don’t know if that will work for holy relics too, right? And that’s a very small miracle, not a large-scale miracle or powerful divine magic.’
‘This is a special situation. One property, but two owners. Because there are two soul bonds.’
I hate to admit it, but after all, Olivia Ranze and I are not connected by soul, but we use the same object as a medium.
I wanted to know if the concept of me exerting the influence that Olivia had on Tiamata was possible.
‘Mmm. I don’t know. You’ll have to try it. But why is this?’
‘There’s nothing wrong with knowing how to use the holy relic better, right? You don’t know when or where something will happen.’
‘Hmm… … . Are you trying to do something bad again?’
‘No, who said that?’
‘That’s right. Even if you don’t have any thoughts right now, you’ll definitely use it later when you do bad things.’
okay.
At that time, there was an intention.
I didn’t mean to write it this way.
When trouble arises with the vampires of the Vampire Council, powerful divine power will come in handy.
It was a plan to blackmail the vampires, and Olivia couldn’t tell her real intentions.
With that intention, Olivia Ranze imprinted divine magic on Tiamata, and I continued to train myself to use it.
Of course, it didn’t go well.
Such a thing was impossible unless a new divine power talent was imprinted, and the divine power built up based on faith and prayer was incompatible with the person I was before I became the demon king. It’s enough for me to believe in myself, but I have to believe in something else.
But now, somehow, I was sure it would work out.
Tiamata cries.
The feeling, as if the sword had awakened, gave me confidence.
I can do it now.
“Kiaaaaagh! Kyaaak!”
-Kurrureurreung!
In the sight of the light of the sanctuary and the darkness emitted by the remnants of the demon king wriggling and violently colliding, I put my strength into the hand that held Tiamata.
Holy sword Tiamata.
It responds to my will and emits divine power.
I watched the white letters radiate from Tiamata’s milky-white blade.
‘I will purify the world with anger.’
Looking at the letter, I suddenly realize.
anger.
Tiamata reacts with anger.
My anger at that scum that dared to devour Charlotte’s soul. He was drawing out Tiamata’s power.
-Kureung! Kurung! Kurung!
It stretched out both hands and pushed toward me in agony.
“nice… … Ugh!”
-Kooung!
The intangible power of light and the intangible power of darkness are just colliding.
But it and I seemed to be in a power struggle, pushing and pushing each other.
When it pushed me away, I had no choice but to take a step back, as if I was being pushed back by the force of repulsion.
-Kurrureung!
Light collided with darkness, creating a roar. As light and darkness collide, they push each other away and begin to be pushed away.
It is the strongest sword limited to undead.
But the light emanating from Tiamata.
It itself was a surefire countermeasure against that being that moved through darkness and attacked using darkness.
The colliding and scattering beams of light were certainly blocking it from moving.
You have to push it and hit it.
It must be suppressed after blocking all directions with light.
It wasn’t a power planted for use here, but it had to be used now.
Guided by the light emitted from the sword, I tried to take one step at a time toward the dark entity that was desperately trying to push me away.
If you took a step with all your might, it took a step back.
Drive them into a wall, bind them with light, and stun them.
-Kureung! Kurung! Kwareung!
The fierce flurry created by the mixing of light and darkness was like sparks or lightning.
The darkness recedes little by little as I walk.
I can swallow the light of a magic lamp, but I can’t swallow the light based on divine power.
-Quarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
I screamed in the roar of the world collapsing.
“Give me Charlotte!”
“Kiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
It screamed in pain every time I walked.
It’s clearly influencing.
I don’t know if there is an answer to divine power or light, but that thing is suffering.
“Kyaaaaaagh! Kyaek!”
I let out a scream that was not human, and the darkness surrounded the area of light that spread around me and tried to eat it.
-Koo-kung! Cuckoo coo!
Olivia Ranze’s power.
It was further amplified by the medium of Tiamata.
Not only was it defending against the attack of darkness emitted by that unknown being, but it was also steadily driving away the darkness of the dead in this area.
Light is sporadic.
The light emitted from the sword beyond the sanctuary intertwined with the darkness like a snake, burning the darkness, and burning it.
It was a bizarre shape with white and black flames burning.
It was a mess that was hard to believe even when I saw it with my eyes, where the beast named light and the beast named darkness were entangled with each other.
“Ugh!”
However, the darkness did not retreat easily.
It was as if the materialized darkness pushed away the materialized light, and consequently pushed me away from holding the light.
It was a bizarre sensation, as if Tiamata itself had been hit by the repulsive force of a powerful magnet.
– Kyaaaaaaa!
It screamed and reached out to me as if it was desperately trying to push me away, and I was pushing my arms to get in somehow.
power runs out
-Kurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
It’s still far.
-Kooung!
And, the power of the opponent was stronger than mine.
are being pushed away
Now that I was pushed out of my strength, I was at the point where I had to do my best not to move forward, but to not back down.
“salt… … party… … . I don’t want to use crutches again… … !”
Give strength to the hand holding Tiamata.
add up
Add all my strength
I’ve already reached my limit, but I have to squeeze it somehow.
I don’t have the confidence not to vomit blood.
Trusting that you won’t vomit blood.
Hoping to reach that one, and bring Charlotte back.
do.
Strengthen your magic power.
Borrowing the power of maximal physical strength and magical power, she tries to move forward to push back the darkness.
We must move forward.
-Kureung!
With an intense sense of exhilaration, as if the cells of the whole body were awakened from the tips.
– Woo-woo-woo!
Along with strengthening my body not only with divine magic, but also with the protection of Olivia Ranze planted in Tiamata.
– Pudeuk. Poududeuk!
Along with strengthening the muscle strength so intense that it seems as if the muscles of the whole body and all the muscle fibers are screaming beyond their limits.
I am.
Believe.
I will take one step
-thud!
Despite taking a single step, there was a roar that shook the entire palace.
In order to keep my body from collapsing, even though the divine power bestowed by Olivia Ranze was strengthening my body, I could feel my muscle fibers breaking down in real time and recovering at the same time, and my magic circuits boiling as if on fire.
The steps to be taken are more than thirty steps.
It’s not difficult.
If you just walk, that’s all.
Nothing is this easy.
However, that step is just a little heavy.
-thud!
Twenty-nine steps left.
-Kurrrrr!
In the fierce battle between darkness and light, there are not many powers that truly come from me.
Except for magical power enhancement and psychic powers, all of them were borrowed powers.
No, even that is not my strength. That too is borrowed power.
one thing i can do
Taking a single step while chewing on the pain of a body that is about to break.
to overcome the pain.
not to lose consciousness.
to take one step.
to keep walking that step.
That’s all.
I borrowed everything
There is nothing of mine.
All are borrowed property.
I, who wields unfair power with borrowed power, must at least be vicious.
“nice… … eww… … ! Ugh!”
“Heh, hee hee hee! Hee hee! Hee hee hee!”
Whether it was going mad or frightened, the black being screamed.
continue to believe
i don’t fall
I take one step
If you make this one step, now twenty-eight steps.
I can get over tonight.
Even if you don’t know what will happen later, you can save today’s Charlotte.
If tomorrow is also dangerous.
You can save tomorrow too.
Beyond that tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, three days, four days.
You will have to go through each day.
To Charlotte, to the child I saved, beyond survival… … .
More than that.
I will live what life is.
I will present it.
Beyond the boundaries of suggestion.
beyond the boundaries of belief.
I’m kicking out the darkness that has been drawn where spring should be.
I will bring back what should be here.
you like flowers
I’ll get it back.
Just like I once saved you.
this time too.
even though.
the next one after that. continue.
“OMG. ah. ah!”
-thud!
one step.
-thud!
two steps.
-Kooung!
taking three steps at once.
– Wood Deuk!
– Kyaaak! Kack! Kyaaak!
Ignoring the pain of breaking and reattaching bones.
If you believe you feel it, you will feel it.
If you believe you don’t feel it, you won’t feel it.
self-suggestion.
Trying to surpass even that power.
Blood flowed from his eyes, blocking his vision.
Still don’t close your eyes
-Kooung!
As I took my next step, I looked straight ahead in my blood-red vision, toward something whose expression grew increasingly weary of astonishment.
Towards the remnants of the Demon King.
But at the same time towards that which is Charlotte.
walk
-Kooung!
-Kurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
I took the step I had pierced once, and took it again and again, and I was able to put that being within my reach.
“Kiaaaaaagh!”
Like its abyss, black hair fluttered wildly in the light, and astonishment and fear overflowed in its torn red pupils.
It’s right in front of you.
can’t escape Just as it was hard to bear, it was also hard for me to bear.
In the anti-elasticity as if my whole body had been exposed to the flesh-slicing wind, I reached out and grabbed its neck.
The nails of the right hand that gripped Charlotte’s nape were broken and the bones were twisted.
-Kurrrrr!
“nice… … . eww… … ! ugh… … !”
Autosuggestion is a force that works only for me.
If you believe that, then only I will be like that.
You have to get past that stage.
It’s not just me.
Others have to do it too.
“Sarah… … lose… … !”
“Hee hee hee hee hee! Hick! Hee hee! Hee-hee!”
I don’t believe in applying my power to others.
have to declare
It’s not the power that makes you believe that way.
The power to become so because it is said to be so.
i want
Because I want it, I will have it.
“Get out of Charlotte’s body!”
[The rank of self-suggestion increases.]
[Achieved self-suggestion rank A.]
[Generation of Derivative Ability]
[Spirit Awakening]
– Flash!
I know yeah.
moved the world
* * *
in the dark.
night in the rain.
-Kurrureung
In the dark, Charlotte realized she was being held by someone.
“Yes… … . who, who… … .”
“… … Did you wake up?”
She couldn’t see it closely, but Charlotte knew it was Reinhardt’s voice.
“line… … Hart? Reinhardt?”
“… … okay.”
From the cracking voice, it was clear that the situation was not serious. why didn’t you go back Why was he not in his bedroom but here, in the hall of the palace?
As her eyes adjusted to the darkness, Charlotte was able to see.
A fallen chandelier, a palace in disarray as if something had gone wild.
and.
Wrecked up, so badly injured that it’s a miracle that he’s alive.
I saw Reinhardt’s face.
Even though he was so awake that it was strangely injured, Reinhardt was laying Charlotte on his knees as a pillow.
Although the situation is unknown.
I don’t know why it didn’t go back.
Charlotte vaguely realizes.
“I… … . I hurt you… … ?”
In the end, he lost his temper again, and was possessed by a strange power, injuring Reinhardt.
There’s no way anyone would do this if it weren’t for me.
In despair and guilt, Charlotte is about to burst into tears.
-Sreuk
“no.”
Reinhardt carefully ran his hand through his own hair while trembling.
“You didn’t hurt me… … .”
Reinhardt looked down while brushing his hair.
“I saved you… … .”
Charlotte couldn’t understand what he was talking about.
“It’s just that, you know… … .”
It’s true that he hurt him, but Reinhardt just said that as if to remind him of something more important.
“Woah, what’s going on? Reinhardt, what happened… … . What happened?”
I want to hear an explanation of what happened, but Reinhardt wasn’t in a state to do that.
“flower… … . Sorry to throw it away.”
Reinhardt said something completely nonsensical.
What a big deal.
After hurting himself like this, he doesn’t want gratitude for saving himself, but suddenly apologizes.
“Something like that… … . if you receive In such a situation, if you receive something with such a meaning… … . that is. I think this will be the last gift I receive from you… … . I hate that… … .”
Please think of me.
A flower with such a meaning.
Reinhardt knew that.
Because I knew that the flower I gave you indifferently was a gift to say goodbye.
“so… … . abandoned… … .”
To reject Charlotte’s hint of goodbye.
Reinhardt had thrown the flower away.
After saying those words, Reinhardt lost consciousness.
