Chapter 449
The idea was wrong.
It’s not that I lied knowingly.
It wasn’t like knowing everything to cheat or get revenge.
I loved you knowing everything.
I saved it knowing everything.
Someone who can’t help but hate me.
A strange person who didn’t kill me on the spot.
made me like
Because I don’t know that simple thought, that simple answer.
It was inevitable that Reinhardt liked him more than he liked Reinhardt.
Because liking a classmate and liking an enemy’s family are two different things.
I liked someone I couldn’t like, but I couldn’t believe it.
When it matters most, only once.
It’s enough if you believe me
Failing to do so, the world is about to perish.
everything is your fault
This situation was caused by the Demon King’s subordinates who possessed a strange artifact called Akasha.
But Reinhardt didn’t want this situation.
If only Reinhardt hadn’t been captured.
Unless the devil’s subordinates had to do something like this to save Reinhardt in an extreme situation.
This situation did not happen.
then.
In the end, this is because he didn’t trust Reinhardt at the most important time, and he caused this to happen.
In the end, it was he himself who caused this situation, not the Demon King.
so that.
everything is your fault
It was only one day difference.
The clue was right around the corner, and Reinhardt was not on the ecliptic at that time.
If only I had endured for one day.
If I had endured the day and asked Reinhardt about everything first.
This didn’t happen.
so that.
All of this is your own fault.
Accumulated misunderstandings and lies were entangled and it became a situation where it was impossible to know what to believe, and time dragged on and dragged on.
A single day of misunderstanding and mistrust brought about all this.
that messed everything up
Liana, Olivia, and Heriot tried to trust Reinhardt even in this situation.
he didn’t believe
if the world perishes
The greatest responsibility lies with himself, not with the devil’s subordinates.
Ellen thinks so.
I don’t know what Reinhardt dreamed of, but since he was the one who decisively destroyed it, he had no right to like Reinhardt anymore.
a sinner in the world
It is a sin for Reinhardt.
I am.
We must take responsibility for this situation.
either by death or by something else.
Ellen Artorius must be held accountable.
– Jjakeong!
“Keugh!”
“Ellen! What are you doing!”
In front of the knights of Chanafell, Ellen broke the third sword as if she would not let anyone leave the temple.
The Sword Masters of Shanafell were frightened as they saw Ellen Artorius holding a void sword that could shatter and cut off the Aura Blade just by touching it.
“Back off. Because I don’t want to hurt you.”
“At this rate, the Demon King… … . You will miss the Demon King!”
“I miss it. Because that’s what you’re saying.”
Even though there are five sword masters, Ellen gave off an air of momentum that if she crossed the line she set, she would use the Void Sword to blow off the neck instead of the sword.
Ellen’s skill is also a skill, but the power of the void sword lament is absolutely cutting power, making even sword masters have a hard time.
Ellen’s protective power combined with the relic of the sun god did not allow the sword masters to attack at all.
The knights of Chanafell are gradually withdrawing.
-Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Flying monsters begin to enter the temple through the broken barriers.
“Rather than chasing the demon king, killing the monsters comes first.”
The world might end because you can’t trust the person you love.
Ellen Artorius became the subject of that unfunny situation.
If the world perishes, how much will they be responsible for?
maybe.
that it might be all
I can’t like Reinhardt anymore, I can’t be like that.
Now that she’s made up her mind, Ellen has to do other things. She cannot allow herself to help Reinhardt. Because it was right for those who believed in Reinhardt to do such things.
Because there is no place for me there.
Because I don’t deserve it.
So, he had to do something else.
The only other thing you can do.
to take responsibility for this situation.
You have to support the world that is collapsing because of you.
We must protect a world that may perish.
I know it can’t be an atonement.
Other than that, there’s nothing you can do about it.
Gaining Reinhardt’s trust again, building a relationship with Reinhardt again.
Someone like me shouldn’t want something like that.
Ellen thought so.
* * *
템플 게이트를 나서면 템플 내부보다 더한 아비규환이 펼쳐지고 있을 거라 생각했다.
하지만, 생각만큼 그렇게 지독한 상황은 아니었다.
-쿠르르르
템플 게이트 앞의 초대형 워프 게이트는 이미 완파되어 있었다.
템플 내부에는 애초에 인류 최강의 전력들이 집결해 있는 상황이었다. 그렇기에 조치하는 속도도 매우 빨랐다.
본래 샤나펠이나 황실 마법사단의 대마법사들은 대륙 곳곳으로 파견 임무를 나가 있는 경우가 많다. 하지만 지금은 내 존재 때문에 그들이 황도에 집결해 있는 상황이었다.
괴물들이 출몰하며 거리에 시체가 즐비하고 무너진 건물들이 곳곳에 있는 건 물론, 사람들이 비명을 지르며 도망 다니고 있는 건 사실이었다.
하지만, 황도 전체가 붕괴 위기를 맞이하고 있는 것처럼 보이진 않았다.
하늘을 날아다니는 비행형 괴물들은 지상에서 쏘아진 전격이나 화염탄, 아니면 정체를 알 수 없는 마법에 의해 시시각각 격추되고 있었다.
황제는 내 쪽에 있을 병력을 극단적으로 줄이고, 황도에 벌어진 재앙에 대처하는 걸 택했다.
초대형 워프 게이트부터 먼저 부숴야 한다는 내 말을 제대로 이해하고 받아들인 것 같기도 했다.
황도의 피해 상황이 줄어든다는 건 좋지만, 그만큼 이쪽에 병력이 몰렸으니 지방 거점들의 피해가 증폭된다는 걸 의미한다.
제국은 모든 현장, 모든 장소에 손을 쓸 수는 없다.
황도가 빠르게 안정화되는 만큼, 대륙 전체의 피해는 더욱 커질 것이다.
그리고, 황도의 혼란이 빠르게 안정되는 건 결국 내게 좋은 일은 아니다.
우리는 황도를 탈출해야 한다.
다행히 경비병들은 물론 제국과 성전기사단의 정예들도 이 상황에 대처하기 위해 바쁜지 괴물이 없는 템플 게이트 주변은 파괴의 흔적은 있었지만 썰렁했다.
-쿠르릉!
A crack opened in the air, and soon a woman with auburn hair appeared.
“Lowering!”
Ellerith appeared and hugged me tightly.
“are you okay?”
“… … .”
On the contrary, Ellerith bit her lip at my worrying words, but couldn’t really say what to say.
Elerith did what only she could do, activating Akasha.
If we didn’t cause this level of chaos, there would be no way to save me with our far too few troops.
Even that was not enough, I wouldn’t have been able to leave the temple gates without the unexpected help of Olivia, Harriet, Liana, and Ellen.
“First of all, you must leave here.”
Ellerith said so with trembling eyes, as if it was not worth talking about her mind or thoughts.
Everyone seemed a little wary because they didn’t know who Elerith was.
“That person… … ?”
However, Harriet had seen Elerith before. The person I was supporting in the lich’s tomb.
Because the person who lent her tremendous magical power has reappeared here. I look at Harriet and say.
“I don’t have time to elaborate. I’ll tell you once I get out of here, whatever.”
At my words, Harriet nodded with a firm expression.
-Kyaaaaa!
-Gwoaaaaaaaaaaaa!
The cries of unknown monsters echoed through the land.
– Aaaaaaagh!
-God’s judgment has come down!
The screams of people driven mad with fear echoed everywhere.
“In the southern part of the ecliptic, Galarche and Lruen are waiting after casting a mass teleport. If you go there… … .”
how long did it run
Some of the knights who seemed to be scrambling to deal with the monsters found us.
“Scotra Kelton… … .”
We ran into Scotra Kelton’s unit, the vice-captain of the 3rd division, Shanafell.
He was present during the interrogation just now.
Can we break through the knights of Chanafell, even with Elleris included?
Seeing their expressions, Elerith held us back with her arms outstretched as if to embrace us.
Scotra Kelton stares at us.
The Demon King has escaped.
As a knight of Shanafell, he should have been obligated to prevent our escape.
Knights, including the Sword Master, slowly approach us.
“Hey, I… … .”
“Noisy.”
What is Eliris doing?
I know what you want.
“In front of me, don’t try to find the grave.”
What Elerith wants is obvious.
I can’t just let it die.
Although not actually my mother.
Ever since I came to this world, Elleris has always been like a mother to me.
Because the wish failed.
because the wind has blown
Because I opened the door of destruction with my own hand.
I have no intention of making you find rest in death.
You have to live a little longer.
Even though I could have solved everything if I didn’t do anything, I didn’t know that and ended up bringing this crazy situation.
Even so, as if they were forced to live this life that would be exchanged for countless lives.
Elerith must also live.
You have to do something to live.
Even if you can’t pay for your sins, it would be cowardly to try to escape from everything by dying.
You can’t pay for your sins with death.
He had no intention of letting Elerith find a place to die.
Watching the upcoming Sword Masters, including Scotra Kelton.
hold the flame of fire
“I said it’s an object that responds to dark emotions.”
It’s an unlucky object that responds more intensely to murderous intent, hatred, and anger, Elerith said as she gave me the flame of the flower.
This emotion I feel right now must be a dark emotion.
No, it would be an emotion closer to the abyss itself than dark.
Despair, anger, and pain.
The compulsion to live anyway.
Because I have to live for now, not knowing what to do in the despair of destruction, in the position where I brought it up.
Without knowing what my feelings are right now, only knowing that these feelings are darker than any other feeling I’ve ever felt in my life.
I hold the fire of the fire
With the power of self-suggestion.
With the power of the Word Spirit.
The firework of Hwa-Yo, representing my despair right now.
To the essence of the flame.
“Burn up.”
command
-Quarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
“Keugh!”
“this… … . what!”
A huge barrier of flame that would melt the world rose between the Sword Master and us.
Where the flame barrier rose, the earth melted and boiled like lava.
“let’s go.”
With a wall of flame between the enemies and me.
We ran south.
* * *
The zodiac Gradium’s alert posture collapsed.
Although he was coping with the monster pouring out through the warp gate to some extent, he didn’t have the energy to catch the demon king running to escape the middle of the empire.
Scotra Kelton’s unit also had no choice but to stop chasing the Demon King and focus on dealing with the monsters that were massacring the citizens.
In exchange for finding the Demon King.
The price humanity had to pay for not trusting the demon king was written.
-Kurrureung
The ruins of the main building that collapsed, the main auditorium.
Saviolin Tanna is chained by Epinhauser and Loyard.
Epinhauser, Royard, Sarkegar, and even Lucinil.
They had to pay for their time.
Lucinil was incapacitated with his limbs tied to magic chains, Sarkegar, who had bothered everyone with his transformation ability, was tied to a space barrier, and Loyar was groaning back in human form with blood all over his body.
and.
Saviolin Tana watched still as Epinhauser was bleeding from the rubble of a collapsed building with the Tempesta stuck in her abdomen.
“why.”
Saviolin Tana’s voice trembled.
“Why did you have to do this, Epinhauser?”
As she knew, Epinhauser was a patriot. He loved the empire more than anyone else and had a strong desire to protect it.
After joining Chanapell and working, at some point, he was appointed as a teacher of the Temple Royal class, not Chanapell, saying he would use his hands to train a successor.
Saviolin Tana, who had seen Epinhauser up close, had no doubts about Epinhauser’s temperament.
He sided with the Demon King.
The forces of the demons can do that. because they are demons
However, Saviolin Tana could not understand at all that Epinhauser, who was human and loved the empire more than anyone else, made this choice.
It was she who struck the decisive blow, but she was also the one who felt the most confusion.
“Why did you, who was on the side of the Empire more than anyone else, do this?”
“… … .”
Epinhauser looks up at Saviolin Tana, his forehead bleeding.
“That too… … . More than anyone… … . of the empire… … . I was on the side of humanity… … .”
“… … The Demon King?”
Epinhauser nodded silently.
Saviolin Tana, who said that the demon king did not wish for destruction, could not fully accept the words yet.
In the end, didn’t a disaster start that seemed like the world would collapse? No matter how much the demon king taught him the solution, isn’t that true?
But Epinhauser was Reinhardt’s teacher.
At least, he should have been watching Reinhardt for longer than her.
“I bet you already knew that Reinhardt was the Demon Lord?”
“… … .”
Epinhauser did not answer.
Epinhauser is not a man who improvises things for no reason.
The fact that he did such a completely incomprehensible thing must have been supported by his own convictions and will.
Even though he knew he was going to die, he fought against Saviolin Tana, the strongest of mankind.
He would not have dug his own grave in a meaningless place.
Epinhauser, who is bleeding to death, shows a subtle smile in front of death.
“and… … .”
She had seen Epinhauser for quite some time, but it was the first Epinhauser smile she had ever seen.
“Teacher… … . Seeking a disciple… … .”
The junior, who always had a bleak impression, is slowly dying.
dying and say
“So… … . Would it be something special… … .”
It seems like I just had to do the job.
Saviolin Tana watched Epinhauser stop breathing until the end.
“… … .”
Lately, she was feeling skeptical about everything she had built up.
Reinhardt.
Devil.
Humans who believe in the demon king and follow the demon king even though the demon king is the demon king.
Even though it shouldn’t be, there are people who believe in and love the devil.
The many faces and faces of the Demon King she had seen.
While watching the demon king say that he did not wish for destruction and that he wanted to save humans.
Seeing that the demon king, who should have said that the demon king’s Raziern raid was a self-made act by the empire if he had hoped for the division of humans, never mentioned it even once.
And, in a situation where it was almost certain that this wouldn’t have happened if he had really believed the demon king’s words.
“now… … . I don’t know anything.”
Saviolin Tana felt lost.
