Goal

I’m dying without even a groan.

My brain feels like it’s been scrambled by ice shards lodged in my head, memories and thoughts all jumbled up.

What was I even doing?

I’m breathing, but it’s so weak. Organs that have stopped functioning roll around on the floor.

It’s like I’ve been given morphine, the pain is dulled. Is my indomitable courage regaining its strength?

The power of Geass forcibly allows me to continue thinking. Like a conscious vegetable, it’s hard to move my body, but my thoughts never cease.

I even felt a sense of futility, like, is this really the end? I can’t deny the feeling that all my efforts have been negated, but on the other hand, I felt a sense of relief.

I stalled for a lot of time. If the reinforcements that Estelle-ssi called arrive in time, Bella will survive.

If that happens, this world will regain its original flow and meet its predetermined ending.

Like the original flow, the ending of a world where I no longer exist.

Slowly closing eyelids, just before letting go of everything with the feeling of being sucked somewhere as if falling asleep.

Luna’s face suddenly popped into my head, as if someone had forcibly injected it.

A bright smile, warm warmth, even her unique way of walking. After that, the faces of the club members flashed by like a slideshow.

Aria, who rolls around in bed and devours snacks, but is a kind-hearted person who values her friends more than anyone else.

Lakar, a reliable comrade who I can always count on, and my first friend.

Even Kane, who always grumbles with a look of annoyance, but secretly steps up for his friends.

If I’m not here, can they reach a happy ending?

Actually, I don’t know.

They were just extras who weren’t even mentioned in the novel.

It will be difficult for them to escape the many tragedies that will come.

Even Luna’s family is destined to fall.

Thinking about Luna’s sad face after losing her family, friends, and lover, one emotion soared and forcibly grabbed my collapsing mind.

I can’t end it here.

I promised to change Luna’s predetermined tragedy, the tragedy created by a meaningless line of text, into happiness.

I also had a desire to live. There were so many things I wanted to do with Luna. I wanted to share emotions, memories, everything.

Contrary to the clear purpose of survival created by indomitable courage, my body, close to death, desperately desires death.

Wanting to escape from the continuing pain was close to human instinct.

The clash between reason and instinct.

But indomitable courage never wavers. Even in the face of death, it moves for its purpose.

I barely managed to open my eyes.

Even if I try to get up after that, there is not a single ounce of strength left in my body.

Judging from the buzzing sound and roar heard from a slightly distant place, it seems that Dwin is pouring magic attacks to break through Bella’s encroachment barrier.

Thanks to the indomitable courage that has a clear purpose of [survival], even in the face of death, I remembered the ‘insurance’ I had prepared for times like this.

Spitting out the blood rising in my throat, I fumbled and reached out to the fingers rolling on the floor.

This finger has no reaction, and this damp thing seems to be an eyeball.

I couldn’t distinguish objects in my blurred vision. Fortunately, there were only a few fingers.

Finally, when I put my half-torn back of my hand on the finger wearing the ring of covenant, a familiar message appeared before my eyes.

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[Ring of Covenant]

―A ring imbued with the power of the covenant ‘Geass’.

It is a magical restraint and curse, but an airtight Geass gives powerful power.

◆ Current Oath

– To repay Ellie-ssi’s faith.

– To never change my love for Luna.

◇ Current Restriction

– Loss of most abilities while failing to repay Ellie-ssi’s faith.

■ Current Oath 1.

– To repay Ellie-ssi’s faith.

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Even the message was shaking and the letters began to disappear. I realized that I had no time with death approaching clearly, and I did the only thing I could do now with the clear goal of [survival].

Recalling the oath to never change my love for Luna, I thought of the restriction without hesitation.

Restriction – Death if my heart changes – 7P.

-Are you sure you want to confirm the restriction?

Just like I regretted recklessly placing a restriction on Ellie-ssi’s oath of faith someday, the day may come when I regret loving Luna forever.

I can’t promise that I won’t regret today. I heard that people’s hearts change. But even without indomitable courage in the face of death, there was one thought that came to me with complete certainty.

Right now, I’m more afraid of not seeing Luna anymore than the end of my life.

It’s not that I’m indifferent to death. I’m not a hero like Roel, nor am I a transcendent. It’s just that my priority was Luna.

Even if this is my new ruin, it was the best struggle and escape, and the choice that a coward like me could make.

With the shortened pinky finger that was barely hanging on, I chose the power I had seen before.

[Continue Battle] – 4P

The only option I can choose right now to escape the imminent death.

It would be nice if I could choose 9P’s super-fast regeneration, 11P’s time regression, or 14P’s immortality, but I didn’t have any points.

It’s a shame, but the effect of continuing the battle is more powerful than any magic I know, as befits the power of Geass.

Like pouring potions like crazy. The body that had been cut off and ground down was instantly regenerated to its original form.

The vision in my left eye also returned to normal, the fatigue I felt all over my body disappeared, and I felt the power filling my body.

A power that belongs to 「Authority」, not the classification of magic or talent.

I got up from the ground and looked down to check my condition.

The only change is that runic letters were engraved on the back of my left hand like a tattoo.

It probably represents the symbol of continuing the battle.

Dwin had completely lost interest in me, who was no different from a corpse, and was focusing on attacking Bella’s barrier.

Dozens of ice spears strike the barrier from the sky, and tentacles spewing from Dwin’s hands bind the barrier.

It looks like a dangerous situation on the surface, but Bella was close to invincible while the encroachment barrier was maintained.

I don’t have time to spare, but I had enough time to organize my thoughts.

After taking the ring of covenant from my severed finger and putting it on the middle finger of my right hand, I immediately used the remaining 3P as well.

Choosing to continue the battle was unavoidable due to the situation, but the power I chose this time was something I had been thinking about all along.

[Berserker] -3P

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[ Ross ]

Age: 20

[Stats]

Strength 2.1 / ▲0.2

Endurance 1.9/ ▲0.6

Agility 2.7 / ▲0.2

Health 2.7 / ▲0.7

Mana 2.1 / ▲0.1

Innate Ability

Luck 1

Charm 2

Intelligence 8.3

[Talent -*Indomitable Courage]

*Activated by Geass

– You will gain the courage to not give up and work towards your determined goal in the face of any adversity, temptation, or difficulty. Armor of will, fortress of reason.

[Talent -*Mana Amplification]

*Activated by Geass

– Temporarily amplifies the mana you currently have explosively.

[Talent -*Berserker]

*Activated by Geass

– You lose your reason by falling into madness, but you gain powerful power. The closer you get to death, the stronger the power you gain.

[Authority – Continue Battle]

*Activated by Geass

– Escape the crisis of death during battle and continue the battle.

As long as the authority lasts, you will receive a high penalty when the authority ends.

[Personality]

◇Inferiority Complex

[Authority]

◆ Check ‘Yonghali’ Setting Book

– Incantation Yonghali

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The Geass explanation says this.

It is a magical restraint and curse, but an airtight Geass gives powerful power.

Airtight Geass.

I pondered alone for a long time about what that meant, and I came to one conclusion.

If the power of Geass, which has a disadvantage close to a curse, is offset by the power of another Geass, wouldn’t it give ‘airtight power’ that complements each other’s power like gears meshing together?

Having reached that conclusion, I made a plan.

The indomitable courage I had was the power of Geass that allows me to maintain reason in any situation.

And Berserker was a double-edged sword-like power that allowed the user to gain strong power instead of losing reason by falling into madness.

If the Geass’s fortress of reason effect and the Berserker’s effect of losing reason meet… what kind of synergy will occur?

It was close to a battle between a spear that pierces anything and a shield that blocks anything.

So I could be confident. I created this world, but it’s a world where plausibility is applied arbitrarily.

The writer’s imagination was the closest thing to plausibility. That means I can predict plausibility.

A spear that pierces anything must create the ‘result’ of piercing unconditionally, and a shield that blocks anything must also create the ‘result’ of blocking.

If plausibility is applied to indomitable courage and Berserker, I will be able to obtain the ‘result’ of both.

Along with the feeling that someone was forcibly stretching my heart, I naturally realized how to activate Berserker.

My heart heated up at my will and started beating like crazy. The power of madness swept through the blood vessels of my entire body.

As a result, I did not lose my reason thanks to my indomitable courage. However, I felt a very intense anger that I could not control.

Feeling the violent throbbing of my heart, I picked up the spear of destruction rolling on the floor and turned my body towards Dwin.

Indomitable courage and Berserker want Dwin’s death. As the goal is set, intense hostility draws out fighting spirit.

I kicked off the ground. My body, which had not adapted to the intense power I felt inside, rushed towards Dwin on its own.

―――!!!

Dwin, who was creating dozens of ice spears and intensively attacking Bella’s barrier, turned around with surprised eyes at the sound of the air splitting behind him and immediately counterattacked, but I swung my spear, broke the ice spears, and body-checked Dwin.

While Dwin, whose body was blown away by the impact, was rolling on the floor, I glanced at Bella.

Her golden eyes met my gaze with intense emotion.

Bella moved her mouth with an urgent expression as if she was saying something, but the sound could not be heard due to the nature of the encroachment barrier.

I was curious about what she said with her pleading expression and tears, but the fight was not over yet.

After confirming that the encroachment barrier was being maintained, I threw myself again and rushed towards Dwin.

Dwin, who had regained his balance, immediately stretched out his tentacles. I swung the spear of destruction, but the tentacles did not explode with the power of destruction. However, the tentacles cut by the spear blade were cut off.

After confirming once again that the power of destruction did not work on Dwin, I immediately reached out to the regenerating tentacles.

As soon as my hand touched them, the tentacles began to quickly climb up my arm towards my head like vines, as if trying to bind me.

I’m not afraid or scared of that. Rather, my head was filled with only a chilling anger to kill Dwin at all costs.

With only one hand, I grabbed the spear of destruction again. My heart is agitated and pours all the power and mana in my body into the spear.

I didn’t need a running start. It wasn’t a perfect posture, but strong power mitigates many conditions.

A javelin thrown with strong power, to the point where all the muscles in my arm were torn.

What was eating my arm with tentacles became a shackle, and Dwin was hit by the javelin without being able to avoid it.

Kwaang―――!

Dwin’s upper body exploded entirely, scattering blood and flesh.

A satisfied smile was arbitrarily drawn on my lips at the sight.