episode_0184

The enemies I’ve faced so far have been, to put it mildly, weak.

The monsters I encountered during my travels, the beastman alliance that was secretly plotting the resurrection of the in the Eastern Continent, and even the himself.

Each of them thought they were strong, but in reality, they were weaker than me, and because they were weaker than me, they crumbled helplessly before me.

Whoosh, crash!!

“Ku!….”

Now, black lines the size of a human torso are hammering into me.

If I deflect that, then two black lines hammer into me next.

If I deflect that again, then 3, then 4, then 5.

Thud! Crash!! Clang!!

I repeat that over and over again.

Frankly speaking, the attacks themselves are threatening, but not at an impossible level to respond to.

The problem arises when I have to unilaterally ‘take’ these attacks.

“Come on, if you don’t try harder, the elf behind you will die? Or maybe giving up on that elf wouldn’t be so bad.”

“Shut up!”

I glare at the , who is forcing a one-sided attack on me by holding Dalia Eruin hostage, and deflect the black rays that are pouring down again.

“I admit it. You’re definitely very strong. You deserve to be so confident. But…, I don’t overestimate my own power like the you killed.”

“Tch!….”

That’s right.

The difference between that and the enemies I’ve faced so far.

It is that she herself does not overestimate her own power.

The beastman alliance, the , and Bokhae Daesung all trust their own power, so even if they make plans, they are not thorough, and even if variables arise, they think they can solve them with the power they have. That’s why I, who had stronger force than them, could break their heads and easily deal with them.

But the was different.

“Coming to the dwarves’ underground city wasn’t for the purpose of subduing me, but a simple exploratory battle, right?”

“That’s right. If it’s a variable that can be easily eliminated, I eliminate it on the spot, and if it can’t be dealt with, I read your level, step back, and prepare appropriate countermeasures. Actually, as long as you are the ‘Hero’, you can’t give up on that elf. Right?”

“….”

Honestly, if it was someone I didn’t know at all, I would have just given up and gone to find that bastard’s main body.

Even if Dalia doesn’t know me, I have a one-sided sense of intimacy with her through the game, so it’s hard to just abandon her.

More than anything….

‘The reason she was half-dead was because of me, how can I abandon her!!….’

My conscience pricks me!!!

“Kuk, why didn’t you brainwash this elf? No, to be precise, the only normal elves I’ve met since I came to this Western Continent… were only 2 people!”

Crash!!!

One was the elf who looked like Dalia that I met before coming here.

And the other one is Dalia herself, whom I made half-dead.

To be more precise, Dalia was being used as a vessel for the , so it’s ambiguous to call her a normal elf, but… anyway, that was the case.

Why didn’t she brainwash them?

It hasn’t been long since I came here.

So it doesn’t make sense that she didn’t brainwash them in preparation for me.

Thud!!!

“The reason I didn’t brainwash them? It’s simple. She resisted my brainwashing. I was honestly surprised. That an ordinary elf could withstand the baptism I give. She even managed to help her younger sister escape… She seemed quite interesting, so I was having her receive the baptism…, and that’s when you came here.”

“….”

“So instead of giving her the baptism, I decided to make her my vessel. Ah~ don’t worry. Her soul is doing well.”

Oh, thank you so much.

While talking, I deflect the black lines that are pouring down without a break and glance back.

She’s covered in blood and her breathing is so weak that it seems like it will stop at any moment, but she’s somehow alive.

Maybe it’s because the elf’s body has a high basic physique unlike ordinary humans, or maybe she’s really just in a state where she doesn’t die.

But if time drags on like this, she won’t be able to avoid death.

But that doesn’t mean I can do anything here.

“Oh, right. Should I tell you this too? Her younger sister. She knows the location of my main body.”

“!”

She’s telling me that?

As I widen my eyes, the smiles deeply and says.

“That elf, she must have contacted your companions, right? She must have. Because I induced her to do so.”

“What?….”

She induced her?….

Could it be?….

As I shiver at the ominous thought, the raises the corner of her lips.

“That’s right. My main body is still inside the Goddess’s barrier. Of course, it’s completely broken now, and I’ve reworked it, but the basic context hasn’t changed, right? That barrier that no being other than humans can pass through. How many of your companions can pass through it?”

“….”

In this situation where even beastmen can’t pass through, the only one who can pass through that barrier is… Leviya.

But even if that bastard passes through the barrier, would she just let her arrive at her body quietly?

“If they try to break the barrier, I’ll get a reaction right away. Then I can just cancel the and go to my companions. No matter how strong you are, can you protect companions you don’t even know where they are? Or that would be good too. I’ll turn all of your companions into my worshippers and have them kill you.”

“You son of a bitch!….”

“Hahahaha~!! Yes, I wanted to see that expression. Hero. The Goddess’s sword that threw me down below the World Tree in the past!”

As I grind my teeth and glare at her, the laughs like crazy and pours out attacks again.

“Even if there are humans and they can pass through the barrier, it doesn’t matter. There are dolls I created myself inside. Unless they’re ability users of a certain level, it’s impossible to break through. They’ll just die miserably.”

Checkmate.

That word came to mind.

Literally, I fell for the ‘Devil’s’ scheme.

Thwack!

“!”

“Huh?…. Keuh…, Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!”

At that moment, something, like a sword, burst out of the chest.

The , who was staring blankly at it, screamed terribly in pain for a moment.

At the same time, the disappeared.

“What, what happened?….”

Could it be that Baekryeon and the others did it?….

“No, she’s not dead. If she went back to her original body, they’re in danger….”

“Ugh….”

“….”

I stopped in my tracks at the sound of Dalia groaning from behind as I took a step to chase after the .

Aww….

I turned around and looked at Dalia.

At the same time, I took out 2 items from my inventory.

“I never thought I’d use the things I got from Yeomhyungok here.”

It was the right answer to have prepared recovery items in case of an emergency because there were no healers back then.

I applied medicine to the wound and put one hwandan into Dalia’s mouth.

“It doesn’t seem like there are any dark elves here….”

I can’t do more than this.

So….

“Hang in there.”

After finishing all the first aid measures I could, I chased after the .

* * *

Surprisingly, the road to the barrier where the main body was located wasn’t that difficult.

But everyone had to stop in front of the barrier.

“Hmm…, I can’t pass through.”

“Can we break it?”

“I don’t think so.”

“…Lucy, why don’t you show up with some sign of life.”

The 6 people, including Lucy, who had suddenly appeared from Leviya’s shadow, were agonizing in front of the impassable barrier.

“Are Miss Leviya and Miss Tiris the only humans here?”

“Since it’s a barrier that only humans can pass through… there are only those two.”

“No. Lady Leviya is not human.”

“…Huh?”

At the unexpected story, everyone, including Leviya, looked at Lucy.

Lucy shrugged her shoulders and said.

“I confirmed it in the Holy Kingdom before, so it’s certain. She’s a beastman.”

“A, a beastman?!”

“I was a beastman?!….”

“What are you going to do if you’re surprised….”

Anyway, in this situation, Tiris is the only one left.

“…If it’s something I have to do, I will. The main body inside that barrier… I just need to kill it while Leon is drawing her attention, right?”

“That’s right. Can you do it?”

“Because it’s something I have to do.”

Tiris clenched her sword tightly and made up her mind.

Leviya, who was watching the scene, put her hands together and prayed. A brilliant white divine power gathered and settled on Tiris’s body.

Tiris’s eyes widened as she felt her body becoming lighter and overflowing with power.

“T, this is….”

“D, do your best…. We can only watch from here….”

“…Thank you, Saintess.”

Receiving the Saintess’s blessing, Tiris stepped into the barrier.

The barrier came in without much resistance except for a slight ripple.

Inside the barrier, something… a heavy air flowed.

Tiris instinctively gripped her sword tightly with tension and moved forward.

As she continued to move inward,

Buzz…

“!”

[Kueeeeeeeh!!]

Jet-black golems appeared.

They swung their huge hammer-like fists. Tiris quickly dodged and aimed her sword.

There were one, two, three, four of them.

“…Come!”

Tiris was a pretty good knight.

However, during the time she lived as a female under Leon, the muscles she had trained became soft, and the swordsmanship she had built up became rusty.

But when she took up the sword again to walk the path of atonement, she trained to the best of her ability.

Clang!! Clang clang! Thud!!

But even so, she was just an ordinary human after all.

‘If it wasn’t for the Saintess’s protection… I wouldn’t have been able to endure it!….’

[Keooooooo!!]

“Kuh!”

She desperately deflects the fist, dodges, and swings her sword.

She had only exchanged a few blows, but Tiris’s body was trembling and her wounds were increasing.

“Hwaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”

She burns the Saintess’s protection and unleashes a powerful blow.

She cuts down one of the black golems, but is hit by the golems’ fists that follow behind and falls down.

“Haa…, haa…. Hiss!!”

After struggling to fight, Tiris somehow broke through the black dolls and reached a deep place.

Tiris didn’t know, but she arrived at the same place that the hero Abel had once been to.

There, a woman as beautiful as a goddess was sleeping.

“Haa…, haa….”

Tiris realized instinctively.

That she was the .

Tiris held her old, gray sword in reverse and aimed it at the chest.

“With this…, one step….”

Thwack! Crack crack crack!!

She plunged the sword into the body.

However, perhaps because she was clearly the main body of a fragment of the Demon King, the sword did not properly pierce through due to the black energy.

Spark sizzle

“Kkeueueueueueueup!! Kkeuaaaaaaaaaaaat!!!”

However, thanks to the Saintess’s protection, which was still faintly remaining, Tiris was able to penetrate the power and pierce through her body, and finally she pierced through the heart.

“I, I did it!….”

Whump!!!

The moment Tiris, unable to hide her joy at the fact that she had done it, was shaking her body, she felt a sense of tremendous mass colliding with her body and flew away.