Chapter 549
The fourth day after the occupation of Serandia.
I had no choice but to say that the Allied Garrison, where joy and joy for victory and despair and sorrow for death were mixed, was strange.
Praise for the victory and mourning for the dead were simultaneously seething here and there.
The allied forces had no choice but to stop, not just to get through the winter, but to deal with the aftermath of the battle.
The bodies recovered somehow had to be identified and transferred to the appropriate county for proper burial.
Delphine Izdra’s body was not among them.
In the first place, it was a fight in which there were far more people who couldn’t find the body than those who found the body.
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And, the elite of the Allied Forces, including Ellen, Saviolin Tana, and Heinrich, who left to secure safety near Serandia without being able to properly rest after the battle, were finally able to return.
“Rest, Heinrich. Allies will spend the winter in Serandia.”
Louise von Schwarz had also reached the master class, so it was only natural that she had returned after dealing with the monsters.
“sister… … . Even if you visit your friends for a while… … . Will you?”
At Heinrich’s words, Louise looked at Heinrich quietly.
friend.
Are you trying to check your friend’s safety in this war?
Confirming someone’s death would be difficult to handle on its own.
“Corporations that are better off not knowing… … .”
However, Louise tried to continue talking and ended up shutting it down.
I wonder if I’m being treated too childish.
Whatever happened, you’ll find out anyway.
What would be good to know late?
“Yeah, I’ll have to see it with my own eyes. You have plenty of time, so you can stay there for a few days before coming back.”
“… … thank you.”
Death is everywhere, and it is the same that you have to face it even if you are at Kernstadt Military Headquarters.
“By the way, sister… … . Aren’t you resting?”
Louise shook her head at Heinrich’s hesitant question.
“Shouldn’t you do what you have to do as a commander?”
Even though she is said to be in direct combat, Louise had a lot of work and people to take care of.
Now that he had killed two brothers with his own hands, he had much more to do.
Louise, mounted on her horse, looked at Serandia and its surroundings, where there were only corpses everywhere.
Huge pits dug all over the place, for unknown reasons.
Look closely at the crater.
Things everyone knows are weird but no one asks the High Command.
What are those traces?
At the moment the allied forces arrived, whose hands did the huge traces of destruction that were already there?
“… … .”
Louise returns to the military camp in Kernstadt with the knights.
* * *
There were those whose death was confirmed with the naked eye.
Year 2, Delphine Izzadra passed away.
Year 1, A-10 Kadina Ain passed away.
However, even if someone did not confirm death with the naked eye, those who did not return for a long time had no choice but to become dead.
Such was the case with Ard des Gritiss in the third year.
Ard, who had a duel with Reinhardt, who was now the Demon King, did not return even after several days had passed since the battle.
The third years, including Adriana and Rdina, who had been waiting for a classmate who did not return for a long time, could not help but weep when they learned that Ard had died.
– I’ll be back! It might be in another garrison! Why do you think he’s dead! Maybe not!
-Ludina… … . please… … .
Rudina hated the world and poured out tears, and Adriana also let out a suppressed moan and cried while hugging Rudina.
Adriana, unable to accept Ard’s feelings, once left the Temple.
However, Ard was a precious friend and comrade at the same time to Adriana.
I couldn’t help but feel so sad about his death.
The royal class was a minority, and most of them were combatants with considerable skills, so there were no more casualties or missing people.
It was inevitable that there would be casualties on the relatively lower grades.
Three of the first-year graduates had already died while serving in this war, and since Kadina Ain died in this battle, the number was now the lowest among all grades.
Since the royal class was a minority, it was inevitable that someone’s death would be more fatal.
Funerals were held under the leadership of teachers and priests.
Except for Cardina Ain, the bodies of Delphine Izadra and Ard de Gritis could not be found.
Ludwig couldn’t help but know that Delphine’s body could not be found the moment he watched her die.
Finding Delphine’s body, which must have been torn to pieces, was even more horrifying.
Delphine, who had awakened to the rare power of spiritism, the only power in the world, died a ridiculously absurd death.
That much, it was on this battlefield that no one could be safe.
Some of them cried in the midst of someone’s death, and they felt some strange fate that they might have to face that death one day.
Ludwig, whose right arm had been bandaged, was staring blankly at the funeral.
Scarlett also sat down and cried as she watched the funeral without a body.
– Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!
Christina and Louis Ancton were comforting Scarlett, who was struggling to breathe properly.
Scarlett is as miserable as Ludwig.
In the process, Scarlett saved Ludwig first, but Ludwig jumped in to save herself from fainting and lost her arm, and in the end, Delphine also lost her life.
Scarlett couldn’t help but think that everything was her fault.
It was to the extent that Ellen noticed that Scarlett, who couldn’t overcome her guilt, was self-torturing to the point of strangling herself in the dorm, and jumped in to stop her.
like that.
There are people who die and become unable to fight.
There are people who have suffered irreparable injuries and can no longer fight.
Ludwig was the latter.
Ludwig, who had lost an arm, was staring blankly at the empty funeral.
Delphine Izadra.
Along with Lanian Sesor, he was Ludwig’s first friend.
Lanian Sesor was watching the funeral without a body with empty eyes.
Everyone is precious, but I couldn’t help but call him a particularly precious person.
Ludwig spent the most time with Delphine and Lanian.
We went on a trip together, and there were fights, but in the end, they were the most precious people.
lost one of them.
Because it’s weak.
I lost because I was weak.
Ludwig and Scarlett should have died in that battle had it not been for Delphine.
In the end, someone had to die while trying to save each other.
Ludwig blankly looks at the faces of the people watching the funeral.
Heinrich von Schwarz, who was transferred to the Kernstadt Army, was also attending the funeral and looking at the scene with a hard expression.
If it was Heinrich, he would have been able to save Scarlett at once by cutting his back with an explosion the moment the giant monster appeared. If Scarlett had landed in the middle of the monsters, she would have been able to bring Scarlett out by devastating the surroundings.
No, in the first place, the monster that controls the mind should have exploded with a single gesture.
It’s okay if you’re not superpowered.
It is possible even for an excellent wizard.
This happened because the magicians’ back support stopped and there was a vacuum.
You can’t blame the wizards. As much as they couldn’t support it, people from other places would have saved it.
It doesn’t even have to be magic.
If it had been Ellen, she would have cut the monsters in one fell swoop with the holy sword.
You don’t have to be a hero with a holy sword.
Even if it was just a master class.
If only I could have put an aura on my sword, if only I could have resisted a little more.
It is not the fault of those who do not help.
Someone died and got hurt while trying to save him, so it’s all his fault.
because it is weak.
Weakness is a sin.
The fact that he couldn’t hold that violence on the battlefield, where only violence was good, and the fact that the scale of violence he could wield was too meager means that he might not be able to protect something already.
so it’s a sin
everything is my fault
Ludwig sees his empty right arm.
Weakness is a sin.
got weaker
“… … .”
Ludwig, who has no right arm, can still enhance magic, but he cannot do everything he has seen, learned, and experienced as before.
We lost because we were weak, and since we are weaker, we will lose more in the future.
No, it may be impossible to participate in the war itself now.
Is this the end?
To save my friend, I risked the misery of ignoring his death and running away.
Should it be more miserable than this?
I tried but couldn’t help it.
I’m at my limit here.
because i lost my arm
It’s over.
no.
Really?
Suddenly.
Ludwig recalls what he heard a long time ago.
‘I’ll lose but I’ll do my best’ is like an excuse prepared for defeat. Still, I worked hard. I’ll do better next time Aren’t you creating a corner to escape to for your defeated self?’
The culprit behind all this.
The days when I was mistaken that he was just a hard-working guy.
Maybe, those days when I could say that I respected it.
The day I asked for instruction because I thought I would be at a disadvantage in the tournament, the demon king said so.
Ludwig did not know whether the demon king was hiding his power or not.
Revenge for all this is not your own. Because the world is full of people who are better than you.
Killing monsters was the only thing allowed and was possible, but he couldn’t even do that, so he lost Delphine and his right arm.
The demon lord is a hateful being, and if he can, he hopes that he will have a chance to avenge himself, but he doesn’t want that.
hate the devil
But those words at that time.
It is as true as it is said not to make excuses prepared for defeat.
Losing an arm, that’s it.
i am the limit
I can’t do any more.
Nothing gets better with words like that.
Those words to believe even if you don’t get results.
The saying that even if you lose when you lose, you must fight with the determination to win.
That said, wouldn’t that lead to better results?
Those words couldn’t be wrong, no matter what kind of existence the demon king was.
don’t have a right arm
I still have my left arm.
I lost Delphine, but if I give up here, I will have to lose someone again and be immersed in another sense of helplessness.
Ludwig takes his eyes off the funeral and gets up.
Then, he headed towards the armory and gripped the sword with his left hand.
It was a strange feeling.
He has no right arm, so his body is unbalanced.
I don’t know if I can fight with only my left arm.
‘okay… … .’
There is no need to say that you will try.
‘Reinhardt.’
Ludwig clumsily gripped the black-edged sword and aimed it at the air.
At some point, I came back to that mindset.
like me
to the extent of me
what i can do
It’s only this much.
I returned to the mindset of living with the mindset of a loser.
Since my mindset has weakened, I have become weak in reality.
In the face of so great despair and fearful beings, Ludwig regressed to the old mindset of wanting only small satisfaction.
so it was weak.
I know you can’t be as strong as the size of your mindset, but with a small mindset you can only get a little power.
If so, a bit bigger.
differently than before.
Even if the result is fixed, it’s a little more grand.
You can’t do everything, but you have to think you can do everything.
the culprit of all this.
All this sadness and hatred and despair.
I even throw away all the thoughts I gave up because I thought it was Ellen’s role.
He lost his right arm and only his left arm remained, but Ludwig is determined.
Although I can’t be the Demon King’s opponent.
Although I can’t reach the one who has become a being above the sky.
According to the saying at the time, make a promise to win, not an excuse for defeat, that is impossible with an excuse prepared for defeat.
No, not even defeat.
I don’t even think I can fight, so it’s an excuse to run away.
Throw away such excuses, such cowardice, and resignation.
‘I am… … .’
While reflecting on the words of the demon king.
‘no.’
While reflecting on the teachings of the Demon King.
‘I.’
Ludwig promises.
‘I will kill you.’
* * *
The moment Ludwig, ignoring the funeral, vowed not to give up while holding the sword in his left hand.
Ellen sat blankly in the barracks.
Ellen had no choice but to be the last to hear the news of the deaths of her classmates and seniors and juniors. She had no choice but to return at the latest because she was Ellen.
The command called the battle a great victory.
That’s a huge win too.
Not only did they suffer less damage than expected, but as the Titans were completed in time, the attack on Serandia was completed with less damage than expected.
If the future battles were like this, we would be able to see the complete end of the gate situation.
But let’s face these gruesome things hidden behind the victory. Ellen didn’t know what victory was.
“… … .”
Someone will die, and a funeral like this will be held after every battle.
It is a clear fact that it is fortunate that fewer people die.
But it was clear that someone was dying, and that had to include people Ellen knew.
Unable to bear the sight of the funeral, Ellen entered the barracks.
It is not because he is afraid to sense the death of his classmates and seniors and juniors.
“only me… … .”
Ellen muttered quietly, covering her face with both hands.
After looking at and watching countless deaths, and now facing the news of those she knew who died, Ellen had no choice but to break down.
“If it wasn’t for me… … . If not… … . It’s okay… … .”
should have died
He should have been killed by Ladia Schmidt in the blizzard of Old Castle Epiax.
Because of his overly brilliant intelligence, he reached the master class on the spot.
so he survived
And so it happened.
If he had been killed on the spot, he would not have pursued the truth of Reinhardt, and after it was revealed that he was the Demon King, the situation was twisted and entangled, and the gate crisis broke out.
If he had died in Epiax, Goseong, the truth would not have been revealed, and there would have been no misunderstandings.
It was a sin not to trust Reinhardt.
That’s why it was a sin not to die where he was supposed to die.
If you died in Epiax.
If only I hadn’t gone to the temple in the first place.
If I hadn’t loved Reinhardt.
If I had been indifferent from the beginning and hadn’t paid attention to the end.
Or, if only he had said something to believe in Reinhardt.
It was a situation that was so hard to believe, but there were others who believed in it.
The son of the demon king who died fighting his brother.
It was hard to believe in such a person, but if I had believed it.
This wouldn’t have happened.
All these sorrows and tragedies come from him, and people don’t even know that he is the cause.
Scarlett strangled herself thinking that she was responsible for all Delphine’s deaths and Ludwig’s injuries, and Ellen stopped Scarlett from doing so.
At the end of the self-torture, I stopped him from trying to take his breath away.
But Ellen, who saw that, realized that she was suffering from more masochistic urges than Scarlett.
A sense of guilt so great that Ellen ends up reaching for such thoughts.
like me
I wish I hadn’t been born.
If I hadn’t been born, this wouldn’t have happened in the first place, but if that’s the case, wouldn’t existence itself be wrong?
“only me… … . If it wasn’t for me… … . I shouldn’t have… … .”
Even though Ellen eventually dissuaded Scarlett from harassing herself, she wept in the barracks alone, saying endless self-tortures to herself.
The Demon King, the Hero, the Emperor, and the Princess.
Everyone thinks that it is they who have overturned the hourglass of ruin.
As the war intensified, the self-torture intensified.
* * *
Is this what it feels like to be hit in the head with a hammer?
“Nonsense.”
I couldn’t help but fall in love with Sarkegar’s report.
“… … Aren’t you mistaken?”
“… … majesty. We can’t just pass along this information.”
I heard about the situation of the royal class through Sarkegar.
Ard, whom I had a quarrel with at the beginning of the semester, went missing.
Disappearance is death
And then, Kadina Ain, a first year student, died.
Delphine Izzadra is dead.
Ludwig lost his right arm.
I was afraid to hear the news of the Royal Class, but I couldn’t help but check it.
Delphine should have survived to the end.
Ludwig dies at the end, but is not injured, losing an arm.
I was dumbfounded when I heard the sad news.
someone’s death.
and fatal and irreversible injuries.
I knew that it was impossible to know who would live or die because of variables.
However, it is realized through someone’s death and fatal injury.
Could this happen to Ludwig?
Delphine is dead.
Does that mean that Ludwig could die in battle as well?
Or could it be that Ludwig has no role at all?
Can it be like that?
Did Ludwig suffer like this because I had Alsbringer?
it wasn’t stolen
But in the end, Alsbringer chose me.
Is that why Ludwig lost his arm?
The guy who should have been the main character ended up staying at the back of the story and eventually being unable to fight anymore.
Did I take away too much from him?
