episode_0046

The energy is fluctuating.

It’s shaking.

So that everyone, even ordinary people without any abilities, can know.

The world is shaking.

“What the… Oh, shit.”

“… Is there nothing we can do? Is this the end of this life? Should we just wait for the next life? You’ll be with me in the next life too, right? Huh? Sigh… .”

“… Sigh.”

Seed and Irusia muttered and sighed. It was resignation.

The scariest thing is that this crazy, rampaging energy is a highly refined energy.

A person who cannot control his own strength and just spit it out in all directions is a lowlife. A truly strong person refines his strength well and condenses it within himself, so it does not show on the outside.

It’s common sense.

It’s just that the owner of this energy right now is an incredibly strong person, so even though it’s extremely compressed, it’s still such a great force that it naturally shakes the heavens and the earth.

Coming soon.

A person so strong that it wouldn’t be strange for most academy students to faint just by being near him.

Soon, a man appeared.

“Hmm, here it is.”

It was a familiar face. To be exact, it was a little different.

If I age here for about 10 years, I think I’ll become that familiar face.

Inspector, Hanta Belobog.

“Ha… Why did this guy come?”

“That’s right. Why of all people.”

“What are you?”

The inspector was puzzled.

Two students at the academy. It wouldn’t be strange if they were shaking and foaming at the mouth and collapsing, but they said such things so calmly.

It’s as if he knows that I’m just a mercenary, a rookie who has recently gained enlightenment and become stronger, but whose name is still not well known.

“You don’t know, you came because of him?”

Irusia pointed to Karni, who was trembling and foaming at the mouth, and asked him the same question.

“… Huh, a mere human, human, uhweh… . A human, with such, power… look at it.”

“Wake up.”

It would be a problem if I fainted now. That black dragon would come out.

You might think that it would be better to awaken the Black Dragon and help with the battle even a little, but the opponent’s power is on a different level, so it’s meaningless anyway.

“Hmm.”

The cold gaze of the man standing at the top of all those holding swords.

If you plan on killing Karni anyway, it doesn’t matter whether a dragon appears or not.

If you plan on capturing it and taking it away, it’s better to just stay still and not get hurt by running wild.

of course.

However, that does not mean that the two of them will quietly let Karni get captured.

“Sir, why don’t you explain what you’re doing first?”

At the same time that Seed said that.

A small, hissing sound of air parting.

and.

Kwak …

The ground is torn apart and stretched out in a straight line towards the seed.

A slaughter that was carried out with only the willpower of one’s mind, without even drawing one’s sword. To the sword master, it had a light meaning, like swiping away an annoying fly with one’s hand.

But clearly, it was an attack that a student at the academy could never withstand, no, even a teacher would have a hard time dealing with it.

A devastating blow that splits the seed in two, and with that momentum, even rips the Karni behind it apart.

and.

The intangible attack was destroyed mid-air by Seed’s acrobatic arm movements.

Heart pounding.

My heart was pounding hard.

“… Huh?”

As if dreaming.

I released all the limiters in one breath. If I keep doing this, my heart will burst and I will die soon. That’s for sure.

But the swordsman clearly had the intention of killing Karni.

The opponent intends to kill. He has no qualms about killing. He thought that at least Irusia and Karni should be spared.

Belatedly, the scent of blood stings the nose.

“Fuck… .”

I realized. On my way here, I must have cut down the students who were blocking me like this. Like a lightning strike in the distance, and then a sound is heard later, the thick smell of blood and screams fill the air.

“Ah… !”

Irusia’s consciousness is restored. Irusia’s mental state is unstable. Guilt and extreme trauma. And yet, she is faced with this situation again.

This is too much. Irusia, isn’t she going to break down at any moment?

As I looked at Irusia’s body, it shook violently. Was she having a seizure? Was she collapsing?

I held his hand.

“Yes, it’s not your fault…! Absolutely not…!! You’re bad… ”

Irusia.

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“Huh?”

Irusia was angry.

“… What is it.”

This couldn’t have happened. If it weren’t for Irusia right now.

If it had been the original weak-hearted Irushia, she would have sat down and screamed, saying it was all her fault. As if that would solve everything.

On the other hand, if Irushia had been a cruel demon lord, she would not have blinked an eye no matter how many students died.

It’s different. The current Irusia, although clearly in pain, is not turning away from the person in front of her. She is glaring at him.

Irushia said to Sid, who was blankly looking at her.

“Just sleep for now.”

Irusia makes a hand gesture with her fingers like a conductor.

“… Yeah. I’ll believe you.”

After saying that, Seed’s eyes slowly closed.

Hearing the thud, Irusia smiled for a moment, but soon her face twisted into anger again.

The wizard race tends to become more calm the angrier they get.

‘There must be a reason why that gentleman came.’

Irusia thought calmly.

Of course. The black dragon inside Karni is certainly strong, but in front of the sword master, to put it bluntly, it is nothing more than a large insect.

Unless there is a special reason, there is no reason for a person of the rank of inspector to come and visit.

To survive now, you must know why.

‘I’m going to die anyway.’

Knowing the reason doesn’t necessarily guarantee that you’ll be able to solve it in some way. The chances of that happening are probably very low.

But there is no other way. No scheme, no brilliant operation, no trickery, is meaningless in the face of that absolute power.

So I sent Seed to Karni’s dream. To where the black dragon is. In the hope that there would be some element of survival in this place.

‘Oh, actually there is a way.’

Consider this life a failure and aim for the next. That was something I had said to Sid half-jokingly just now, but it was also half-serious.

The magic that still floats in the air. The magic that spreads everywhere in the world. The laws that make up the world. A great will. It still loved Irushia.

If Irusia wanted it, the world would make Irusia the Demon King again right now.

I can tear that swordsman to pieces and kill him.

If you let your guard down even a little, waves of magic will sweetly penetrate your brain.

But if I become the Demon King again, I will definitely go mad. This time, I will lose all of my humanity, not even Cid.

‘Even if we go back in time and space, this time our minds will definitely be ruined. Maybe, there’s another way… Ah. It seems like it might be possible to put shackles on the two souls. Yeah.’

“What do you want me to do?”

“Shut up. I’m imagining something happy, so be quiet.”

As she spoke, Irusia continued her thoughts. Her brain, filled with vast amounts of knowledge, worked frantically, examining possibilities.

Chains to the soul.

The two people whose fate is fixed will stay together even if they are reborn. What a happy thing that would be. Demon King, with 10th class magic, it seems like that would be possible.

Or an orphan in the slums, or a pair of birds, or a pair of fish, or maybe a pair of flies, or a bunch of weeds blooming on the roadside.

I don’t know what form it will take, but I’m sure it will make me happy.

okay.

Let’s do that.

“You’re crazy.”

Clearly, he was overcome with fear. The inspector tried to define the incomprehensible girl in front of him in that way.

He realized that he had been watching his opponent without cutting him down. He should have cut him down a long time ago. Was it because he was interested in the two strange people in front of him?

But now there is no need to hesitate. There is no need to draw the sword. It cuts. Just by thinking about it. Just by wishing it.

“Ah.”

The girl’s arm is cut off. She spins around and falls to the ground with a thud.

The inspector grimaced.

Why couldn’t I kill him at once? Why didn’t I kill him? Was my mind wavering? Why.

‘I was scared?’

If I kill that girl right here, right now, something will happen.

A groundless premonition, an omen, a fear, that something irreversible will happen.

The girl is more than in pain.

“Eight. Yeah. Eight… .”

I was lost in thought. Fish don’t have arms. If they didn’t have arms, they wouldn’t be able to hug. They’re so skinny and sickly, but why are they so strong and warm when you hug them? That kind of thinking.

I became greedy.

Human warmth, human voice and human language, human form and human intelligence and human function, everything that makes a person human.

All about the boy.

I don’t want to give up. Your soul is not everything I love about you.

The swordsman trembled. He trembled convulsively. How long had it been since he had felt this terrified? He tried to recall his memories.

It’s never been like that since I got enlightenment and gained the power I have now. Not even before that, not even before that. Not even when I was just a worthless piece of trash, a mercenary with nothing.

I have never been scared.

Dizziness from repeated bouts of excessive bleeding, blurred vision from concussion, difficulty breathing from a collapsed lung. In other words, death’s door.

Even in front of him, the fingertips of the swordsman who had never trembled before were trembling.

That trembling, it gathers.

Gather. Gather. Gather. Swell. Combine. Compress. Take shape. Become hard. Gather towards the girl. On the left shoulder blade, where the arm is cut off and gone.

Suddenly, the trembling stopped. The fear stopped as if it were a lie. The pressure that had been pressing on my chest was gone. It was easy to breathe. Like this, the air was sweet.

“What the heck… you.”

A new arm grows on the girl’s left shoulder, taking away all her fears and trembling.

“Ah. I almost fell. Shit.”

“What is it? I asked!”

“Are you angry, Grandpa? Heh… I made the inspector angry. I’m at a loss, I’m at a loss… Hehe.”

Irusia laughed. She felt all the strength drain from her body.

I almost took the easy way out. I decided to suffer as much as possible. That’s why.

“You bastard!”

The smell of blood lingering. This hopeless worst-case scenario, with the strongest prosecutor in full rage right before your eyes, is exciting.

An invisible slaughter that falls upon Irusia.

and.

“You’re slower than I thought, sir.”

“Heh heh, that’s difficult. It seems like quite a headache.”

The hand of the president who appeared while saying that grabbed the sword and crushed it.