episode_0234

The road behind was completely blocked.

The collapsed ceiling even blocked the escape route. To put it another way, it means that at the same time that there is no way for that guy here to escape, there is also no room for me to escape.

Is that all?

no.

-Suddenly. Pop.

Blood dripping from the tip of one shoulder.

As a result, the HP lost by about 16%.

The remaining HP, which is directly related to survival, was 70%, and about 30% of stamina, which rapidly increases during battle, was lost in one go.

This result came about because of just one action.

It was not possible to block all the attacks that hit the defenseless Claire with the sword. Because of that, I had no choice but to push Claire away, and the thorn that I couldn’t throw away ended up getting stuck in my shoulder.

In other words, to protect Claire from being harmed by Maf.

This happened because I protected her.

I knew best how stupid this was.

To think that he was trying to save Claire, who was just like his second child, whom he hated so much.

Considering what I’ve been through so far, I could have just left it alone, thinking that it’s okay to have at least one thorn stuck in it.

I’m the only one holding on like this right now, but isn’t that level of pain nothing compared to what I’ve been through?

I didn’t have to go out like this, but I could have felt a little relieved to see what was happening.

But my body didn’t react that way.

So I know how stupid I’ve been.

Why did you do that?

After thinking about it a little, the answer came out easily.

The best answer is probably because of the clear conditions for the episode.

The situation in itself where damage is inflicted on Claire is not good. If she died, I would also get a bad ending for some reason, so I had no choice but to save her.

That would be the correct answer with the most valid evidence.

however.

I couldn’t conclude that that was all.

Because this probably felt the same as back then.

At that time, Lee Young-jun, who had been kicked hard by the second child Eun-hye, came with a kitchen knife, but I subdued him and handed him over to the police.

I still hate my second child. I don’t know how much my plan got messed up thanks to the people who interfered and blocked my path at every turn. Just thinking about him pointing things out as if something was wrong was enough to make me frown.

However, if you ask the second child whether he wanted Lee Young-jun to die… the answer would be clearly no.

That’s it.

No matter how much I disliked someone, I didn’t want them to die.

It’s a really meaningless and inconsistent basis, but it seems closer to the reason for my foolish actions to save Claire.

…maybe.

-Cow!

“You commit such a trick… How dare you treat my wife!!”

-Tiring!

▶Claire was removed from the battle area.◀

▶I lost my helper. Other helpers can no longer be brought in within the isolated space!◀

▶Now that Claire is quarantined, one dead flag disappears.◀

[ Claire’s death event has been removed. ]

As Maph screamed, a system message appeared.

‘…It looks like my thoughts are right.’

I had a vague guess by looking at the tentacles and the demonic energy cycle that was sticking out from all over the place through the wall, but there was a high possibility that this room was that damn room.

Plants are living things that take root in the soil and grow using nutrients. Therefore, rather than tentacles coming through the walls from all sorts of places, it would be more correct to view it as a state in which the room itself has been swallowed up by its roots as if it were a piece of soil.

To think positively, as it is a plant-type monster that is difficult to take root every time unless you let it out of this room, there is no chance of it hitting Claire.

However, conversely, the negative factor is that I am very easily exposed to this guy’s attacks as long as I am in this space. Parts of Maf’s body will be targeting me from every corner of this room.

To be honest, this is crazy.

I blocked the escape route with my own hands.

Here, you have to fight under the most advantageous conditions against your enemy, even while being injured.

Breaking through the approaching tentacles and delivering effective hits is incredibly difficult.

He has to deal with the guy alone, even abandoning Claire’s help.

▶Abnormal condition: Level 2 bleeding has occurred!◀

▶Status abnormality: Stage 3 stab wound occurred!◀

▶Status abnormality: Level 2 muscle pain has occurred!◀

…

…

And with these status abnormalities attached.

The price for doing something stupid was quite high, no, it was very expensive.

‘Well, there is still a solution.’

Being alone means, in other words, that the eyes to see have disappeared.

“Die. Die!”

It’s coming. It’s a stem tentacle that he swung several times.

But the level is a little different than before.

-Pukwaang!

It’s much heavier and much thicker.

The attacks of the man who had become menacing had become stronger as if a switch had been turned on at 30% HP.

okay. As for the game, we can say it has entered the next phase.

-Quaang!

Before you know it, you are cornered by the weight of the tentacles.

Maf walked towards me with a smile on his face.

“Tsk tsk. Still, I guess I’m glad I got a chance to deal with a nuisance like you here. okay. If that happens, my wife will be willing to accept me! Right?”

“What are you talking about earlier?”

“Ah. Karsein. How do you want to die?”

Maf, who was running his delusion circuit, twitched the corner of his mouth in disgust.

“My wife hated you a lot. I’m really worried about how to make them like it.”

“Huh?”

“I wonder what I disliked most about you. Should I pluck out those arrogant eyes that shoot me carelessly? Would it be better to pull out the tongue from that mouth that talks freely? Or maybe he just didn’t like the idea of walking on his own two legs? Two arms holding a sword without even knowing the subject? Or the back that stands up straight, forgetting its identity? iced coffee. It’s difficult. I don’t know what to offer!”

This is ridiculous.

What you’re saying is that you’re going to offer up something that Claire doesn’t like.

“That’s why. Nobles value honor, right?”

-chuck.

Maph raised his tentacles again.

“I think the best thing would be to have your head cut off. So wouldn’t it be better to just take the neck? Hehehe.”

-Clud, clack.

Maf’s tentacles twisted into strange shapes, then came together to form a weapon.

“…”

“For a man protecting a lady, holding a sword would be most appropriate. If you add all that together, I will personally cut off your head.”

Tentacles that suddenly pop out.

Pollen and thorns bloom rapidly and shoot out from between the stems.

A seed that was ejected into the air without knowing what would happen the moment it was anchored.

Each and every attack is very difficult, but this time, it seemed like they were all going to come out in one blow.

You could say it’s the worst.

but.

-Kaang!

“Wow, you take it head on? You must be running low on mana, right? I don’t know what kind of confidence you have, but… then take this too!”

-Kang! Kang, kang!

“Huh? Look at this kid? You may be a low-class citizen, but you’re also a Duke of Vagrand, so you’ve learned something about the sword?”

-Poof! Swish!

The attack from the sword-wielding guy isn’t difficult at all.

“This bastard. What? damage? Avoid this too! Try to avoid it!”

As he said, the sword Maf wielded missed every time he swung it.

okay. This is literally an opportunity.

-Park!

“Hey.”

“Uh, huh?”

When I grabbed the guy’s sword with one hand and filled it with mana, the guy looked confused.

I said something to that guy.

“You. You’ve never held a sword before, right?”

It was a last move, laying the groundwork.

***

‘What, what!’

When Carcein asked whether he had ever held a sword before, Maf was overcome by force and retreated.

Suddenly, the sword he was swinging was also taken away.

After realizing it too late, I asked.

‘no. ‘Why am I holding back?’

I pushed it like this.

A guy who looks like he’ll collapse if you push him just a little bit.

What’s so scary about suddenly coming out with such confidence?

‘okay. I’m not backing down. I need to step on it more clearly!’

Maf took the step forward again and raised his weapon again.

“Are you showing off just because you know how to use a sword?”

First, one big time.

I swung it so that it could crush that nose flat.

Marf’s weapon cut through the wind with a loud roar and struck Carcein’s head vertically.

He raised the corners of his mouth as if this was the end of his confident face.

But this time too.

“…!”

Karssein was holding a weapon with his bare hands, covered in a thin layer of mana.

“It exploded so slowly that you could see everything at a glance, is that really true?”

“What, what!”

“The sword is.”

-Kaang!

“Ugh?!”

“Write it like this.”

As Karssein lightly swung his weapon, Maf’s sword stumbled and was pushed away.

no. It’s not exactly a sword.

The entire body holding the weapon was swayed and pushed away.

“Don’t act proud! Something like that…!”

-Kang!

“…huh?”

This time, the bundle of green stems, which only took a lot of force, bounced up at a 60 degree angle.

-Kang!

“Kuh?!”

Because my body was out of balance, I hit it with just my strength, and this time it bounced up 60 degrees to the other side.

-Pow!

“Ugh!”

I somehow managed to hold on to the sword and while I was trying to strike again, I was kicked in the abdomen.

and.

-Squeak!

A sword made of stem tentacles flew through the air.

The sword, made up of tentacles, flew a long way away.

‘Oh my… I can’t believe it…’

Is there really that much of a difference?

Are you saying that you can’t handle a sword that even this lowly person can use?

With the gap so wide, Maf had to grit his teeth and retreat.

Fighting sword-to-sword is impossible at this point.

However, the battle was not lost yet.

“Okay. I’ll admit that much…! But what about this!”

Take out all kinds of tentacles.

The show ends here anyway. It was time to take Karssein’s life away.

“I’m sorry, but I’m done with that too.”

-Ting! Teeting!

Numerous tentacles, seeds, thorns and pollen shoots were produced.

Nevertheless, Carcein avoided all of them and only lightly flicked away a few tentacles.

“Well, well…!”

“I can see it all. I don’t know where your demon energy is flocking, and where your attacks are directed.”

This is ridiculous.

There’s no way that’s possible!

-Passyuk!

The three magic receptors that I had taken so much effort to hide were cut off at once.

“I told you I could see everything, right?”

That’s what it looks like.

How on earth can you possibly look at that!

Why do they avoid and attack everyone as if they have eyes in all directions?

That kind of thing… is only possible for those who are more superior.

Maf gritted his teeth as if to deny that fact.

‘I… am lower than this guy? ‘It can’t be!’

It’s rude to even compare this reborn body to something like that!

-Deuddeudeudeuk!

There is nothing to think deeply about.

All you have to do is clearly show the gap in power.

“Now I think I have a good way to impress Lady Claire.”

At this point, I had to use all my strength to completely crush it.

Maff germinates all seeds.

Hidden buds here and there are blooming, and through rapid growth, they bloom equally and spread out stems.

The large room was filled with all kinds of plants. When the main body covering the remains of the building is revealed, the appearance makes you realize that it is the inside of a huge plant.

However, to put it another way, exposing your entire body also exposes your weaknesses.

That is when the branches unfold and the only jet-black fruit appears. Karssein finally smiled.

***

Anyway, it was a tough road.

Because there is no such thing as an easy way.

Accomplish it alone. Protect it alone. I had to endure it alone.

I had to personally resolve and resolve the issues that were approaching with unfairness and irrationality, and eventually overcome them.

Therefore, even in the current extreme situation, the only way out could be opened.

Unlike Maf, who always took the easy path, he was able to seize this one opportunity by mobilizing everything.

By calculating tenaciously and using my brain to find the answer even in the worst situations, I was able to make the impossible possible.

Just like that time when he was drunk and went on a rampage with a kitchen knife, suppressing even a man larger than himself.

-Patchoux!

Sparks of mana flew from Karssein’s sword.

“Now, wait…! This bastard is definitely aiming for this…!”

“It’s late. You idiot.”

-Don’t forget. Karsein. As it consumes more than half of the mana at once, this is no different from the final blow.

▶Consumes more than 50% of the mana in the weapon!◀

▶The skill is automatically activated when the conditions are found.◀

[Wederos Kingdom Style Holy Sword – Destruction]

▶At this moment, Wederos Kingdom style swordsmanship Lv. 2 Temporarily gains Wederos Kingdom Style Swordsmanship Lv. Upgraded to 4!◀

“Gi, wait! I, I don’t want to die—!”

Maph sensed something ominous and stepped back to cover the fruit.

But as Karssein said, it is already too late.

“You cannot easily accept such irrational power and achieve it, but you must achieve it yourself. You stupid bastard.”

──.

With a short aspirated sound.

The slash of the shining sword engulfs Marf’s body.

Cracked and broken.

Crushed and torn to pieces.

Maph’s body, turning into ashes with white light, spread through all the stems as if contagious.

“Kkeuheeek─!!”

In the end, the end of the slash goes up the branches of the tree monster and reaches the only open fruit, annihilating its existence.

The bizarre screams stop.

The voice of the demonic beast that was overlapping with humans is being purified.

The scream gradually turns into the sound of scattering ashes.

Soon, starting with the sound of falling ashes, the air in the room returns to its original state.

Quiet stillness.

The end of this fight has unfolded.

“Cluck.”

Blood came out in the quiet silence. The boy, whose mouth was full of blood and sweet smells, could barely hold on using the knife as support.

It’s the same as back then.

The strain was so severe that my mana was almost completely lost due to my injuries.

Even before my eyes go to the status window, my body is speaking.

I can’t hold on any longer.

Even thinking about it again, this is so stupid.

So, I thought I would never do the same thing this time.

In reality, we ended up with the same result as before.

-Puck, puck, puck!

at that time. The sound of something striking breaks the silence.

Heaps of crumbling and collapsing stones.

Like the pile of stones, Karssein’s body also sways.

“Ka, Karssein! ──! ───!”

In the distant vision. Pink hair catches my eye.

I’m going to nag you again.

Second, I hate it every time I see it.

***

Carcein’s body, which was staggering, was eventually unable to hold on and collapsed.

Claire rushed forward, feeling her heart sink.

“Carcein… Hey, come to your senses…! Huh?”

Claire, who had fallen and caught her younger brother’s body, shook Carcein’s body in a frightened manner. My knee was slightly bruised from falling, but it didn’t hurt.

I was scared.

The fact that I lost my younger brother.

I was afraid.

The fact that his younger brother would die in his place.

I put my hand to my neck with fear.

What if I stopped breathing?

What if their lives were cut short because of me? Something like that…

please.

I held out my fingers with a desperate wish to stay alive.

“…!”

It’s weak, but it’s running.

A shallow pulse can be felt at the fingertips.

Only after feeling that small heartbeat was Claire able to take a breath.

Thank goodness. I was very fortunate.

“…Ah.”

A finger happened to touch Carcein’s cheek.

Claire was shocked and withdrew her hand, then looked at Carcein’s hand and her own hand in turn, lost in deep thought.

With this hand, I ended up hitting Karssein’s cheek every time.

Have you ever been properly hugged and stroked?

…I can assure you, there has never been anything like that.

On the other hand, some people even celebrate birthdays.

I try to pick out things I like and bring them home.

Besides that…

It was full.

– Kuuk.

Claire chewed her lips as all the terrible actions of her past came to mind.

All I remember is of swinging my hand around his cheek, causing a lot of scars, and spewing out verbal abuse.

That wasn’t something for my younger brother.

Even if he wants to help, he gets angry and ruins it. They ruin it by not being able to control their emotions. Rather, he was only angry at Karssein.

In Shatlaine, I saw people being beaten openly and even tried to mess things up.

That wasn’t an action to protect my younger brother.

“…I’m sorry. Carcein.”

Holding the fallen Carcein tightly.

Claire muttered as she shed tears.

-Tiring!

▶Episode XII. Cleared Claire’s whereabouts.◀

▶You have cleared CHAPTER 2!◀

▶I cleared the 21st Eastern Noble Meeting with the highest score and succeeded in protecting Claire.◀

▶We succeeded in bringing about a result that went beyond the options!◀

▶Compensation will be paid.◀

■Compensation

[As a reward for clearing Chapter 2, you will obtain the Shatrene Territory. ]

[As a reward for clearing Chapter 2 ───]

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[Dead flags will no longer be generated when Claire’s intimacy decreases. ]