episode_0052

Raoul Bergé.

Raoul Bergé.

Raoul Bergé.

My Name.

But I don’t know. They say it’s my name, but I’m not even sure about that anymore. Now I even wonder if what I’m seeing or hearing is real.

That’s why I didn’t want to see anything. I didn’t want to hear anything. I just wanted to breathe.

Still, there was something that seemed to get on my nerves. An unpleasant sensation, like there was a bug crawling inside my shirt that I had to kill.

That’s why I turned my eyes from the darkness and stared into the light. To gaze into the darkness a little more comfortably. Just for the sake of it.

I opened the door and went out. Because they knew that the lock on the door was meaningless, no one had locked the door to the room.

“……..”

The air was unpleasant. The air I breathed in, realizing that it was dirty blood, was disgusting.

As I breathed in the unpleasant air and walked towards the epicenter of the unpleasantness, I saw that face.

The reason for all the breakups I went through, the culprit that caused her death, and the reason I had to kill my other half.

Nevertheless, there was a time when I felt sorry for the man.

“Hoo, are you a behemoth hunter? This is a happy face to see.”

I could guess it as soon as I saw that face.

Everything I experienced today was this man’s scheme.

“Beled!!!!!!!”

How long has it been since then that my voice, which had only been emitting a quiet and dry voice like my emotions, began to scream?

How soon will it be? What made me harbor this level of hatred and murderous intent?

I don’t know. I think it would be good.

All I have to do is kill that man.

I ran out and stretched out my hand to kill him.

“Those hands are still scary. It tears and pierces just by touching it. There are no monsters.”

He drew his sword, dodging my hand blade by a length of paper.

“If you are my opponent, I have no choice but to draw my sword. Because you need iron to catch a wild beast.”

“… I don’t understand you. Now everything about you is starting to disgust me.”

“It’s a shame. I’m finally starting to understand you. Its nature is so ugly that I even feel sympathy for it.”

I adjusted my grip on the staff, gave it a strong sound, and then swung it.

“I guess swinging it wasn’t your specialty?”

He cleverly chose to dodge my weapon instead of parrying it with his sword.

The goal was to destroy the sword, but he began to dodge the attacks and look for my openings.

The moment he tried to swing his sword, I aimed at my stomach with my left hand and blocked the flying knee. Since it was a defensive sound, it did not cause any damage.

Even though I was clearly blocking it, my fingertips started to feel numb.

“As expected, the remaining tricks don’t work. When you say a swordsman, everyone only knows how to use a sword.”

It’s different somewhere.

The Demon King would still not have recovered from the fatal wounds we inflicted. In human terms, it was like a state of hemiplegia.

With that body, he easily dodged my attack and launched the same attack as before.

How on earth did you recover your body?

“A little… Shall we raise the level of technology just a little bit more, Raoul Bergé?”

Right.

He did not restore his body.

I didn’t feel the burning anger like before. Rather, that anger turned into freezing cold.

And he began to use technology along with the chill that pierced his skin.

Rather than simply wielding overwhelming power with hot anger, he has perfected his skills to the limit with cold anger.

“The injured people are having a lot of fun together, Raoul Berger.”

His sword strikes were fierce. The quick kicks and punches aimed at the blind spots were threatening.

Nevertheless, that was not the end of his weapons. Because there were still countless technologies lurking in the deep abyss.

“Fight with all your might, Raoul Bergé. As in the last battle, fight against it, giving up your life. I have never been an enemy so easy to deal with.”

“… Shut up.”

“If not.”

He said, barely grazing the bridge of my nose with his sword.

“Are you planning to use your power only after killing everyone here?”

Liesel, Rosie… and mother…

I don’t know.

I don’t know, but I don’t know what I don’t know. I wasn’t even sure I didn’t know that. My mind was just as black as the darkness I was staring into.

Still… I didn’t want them to die.

I gave the heart a resonance through my right hand. By raising your heart rate, you can dramatically increase your blood circulation speed and physical abilities.

“… Yes, you are that kind of person. Things that can be used carelessly, such as my lifespan.”

The Demon King looked at me like that and his eyes were full of sorrow.

“You are so beautiful. You guys are truly beautiful. The will to confront me without fear of death… is the very beauty of humanity that rain and I believed in.”

The Demon King withdrew his sword and began to persuade me.

“You are different from other ugly humans. You, who seem to embody human beauty, are different. That is why I would like to recommend it.”

He held out his hand to me.

“Let’s destroy this empire together.”

“What…?”

“You know this, right? This empire is nothing more than a rotten corpse. The only thing attached to the corpse is rotten flesh and maggots.”

I couldn’t understand.

Even though we were exchanging attacks just a moment ago, he calmly held out his hand.

I couldn’t understand it at all.

“You have dedicated yourself to this empire. I crossed the line of fire on the battlefield, lost a loved one, and after a fierce fight, I defeated myself and brought down a tyrant. But what were the people of this empire like?”

His words began to shake my soul.

“Damn daughter, adulterous woman, crippled prostitute, monster. Is that a modifier to give to heroes? Is that a worthy treatment for the hero who saved them? To those who are called heroes in front and derogatory names behind them…”

I wanted to cover my ears, but I couldn’t.

“Is it really worth protecting?”

The only thing that had to cry was my body, but my heart began to shake even more strongly.

“Probably not.”

“…”

“The humans of this empire are worse than animals. Even animals show their gratitude by wagging their tails when given something. Aren’t the humans of this empire so insignificant that they can’t even do that?”

It was clearly something that should be rejected.

It was clearly something that didn’t even make me laugh, so I just had to ignore it.

I have to swing my hand and put an end to it even now.

“Insignificant insects with no beliefs, morals, or will. A base nature that only looks for a place to throw the stone it is holding. That is this empire.”

“….”

“So let’s end this ugly empire together…”

At that moment, I heard the voice I had longed for.

‘Raul.’

I swung my hand blade and cut the devil’s cheek.

Originally, he was going to split the head in half, but he quickly pulled back and ended up cutting his cheek.

“I never thought they would still protect those barbaric creatures.”

“… I wouldn’t say that all people in this country are clean.”

“Then?”

“… I don’t know. Just because I heard a voice I missed. That’s just it.”

“That is a sufficient reason.”

I widened the distance and focused all the sounds on the tips of three fingers.

“Hoo… Is that white shimmer a white wave? I know this because it is a technique that killed several of my students.”

This person knew everything, even the secret techniques I had learned from my teacher. Even though it was a technique that had never been shown when fighting this person.

Of course I didn’t care one bit.

No matter what they know, what they say, or what they have, just kill them.

“Should I also show off a season in response.”

He bent down and straightened his posture by crossing the arm holding the sword and the arm not holding the sword.

“One sword…”

Because of the anxiety I felt somewhere, my body gave out without me even realizing it.

It seemed like I had to kill him before he could properly demonstrate his skills.

Because it seemed like everyone in this area would die the moment he cast the skill properly.

“…Ha.”

And at that moment, an arrow like a pole pierced my wrist and abdomen.

There was only one person who could shoot an arrow that surpassed sound and perception.

“Was the ghost still alive?”

“… Doing useless things.”

The Demon King relaxed his posture, approached me, and spoke again.

“This time, I wanted to compete with skills rather than strength. You’re blocking that joy. You are so arrogant when it comes to ghosts.”

There was no strength in my body.

Because of the surprise attack, the sound that had been placed on my heart also disappeared.

Moreover, the recoil caused me to vomit blood.

“It’s a miserable struggle. It may be a struggle that will not receive even a small reward. It’s a pity.”

I should raise my hand and kill this person right now, but I couldn’t find the slightest strength in my body.

“I’m not cowardly enough to hit the injured person’s neck. As a bonus, it’s not friendly enough to ease the pain.”

“…”

“Reflect on what I said, Raoul Bergé. Is this empire really worth protecting? Will your dedication really be rewarded?”

The Demon King returned the sword to its scabbard and handed me a healing potion.

“Was it possible to be loved as much as you loved?”

The Demon King left without leaving those words.

I closed my mind, which was shaking unsteadily, without being able to give any answer.

The blood soaking the floor and the brain turning blue are just unpleasant.

I thought it would be better to lose consciousness and pass out as quickly as possible.