episode_0055

Boom! Boom!

“Sara!!”

“Your voice is not allowed in my play.”

Unlike Vasas, who was enjoying this fight where life and death were at stake, the expression on Luca’s face as he fought him was distorted with anger.

Basas, who had been looking at him with a relaxed expression, straightened his posture and opened his mouth.

“Well, since you gave me this much fun, I’ll forgive you just this once. Now! Quick, grab your sword.”

“You bastard… You really messed with our men.”

“Subordinates… Are you talking about the stragglers lying over there? Or are you talking about the guys shaking behind them?”

“Both are talking!”

Luca, who was once again enraged by the sight of Vasas abusing his subordinates, ran to Luca and swung his sword, gripping his sword so hard that his arms were shaking.

bang!

“This is a sword without any unnecessary decorations.”

Vasas, expressing his delight at the satisfactory swordsmanship, struck Luca’s sword away and attacked him.

bang!

“I was really disappointed because I didn’t get any feelings from Jansro, who attacked first.”

“Yans is one of the strong people I recognize. Don’t talk nonsense.”

Vasas snorted and shook his head in disbelief.

“What on earth is your standard for strength? Well, I’ll admit that he was much better than Gourik, who fought him later.”

Luca looked at Gourik, who was lying down without answering, as if he somewhat agreed with what he said.

Even to himself, Gourik’s swordsmanship seemed to be full of unnecessary thoughts. In some ways, it was even more useless than Yansro, who had fallen earlier.

“Still, it seems like people know how to judge objectively.”

“That’s my specialty.”

“I wanted to enjoy talking with you a little more.”

“I have no intention of enjoying it.”

“Everything is decided by the strong. The weak are not allowed to have a say.”

“… ”

Luca glared at him without answering, as he had a strong desire to argue but couldn’t think of a way to defeat him at the moment.

‘Right now, all I can do is waste time by telling stories…’

“Good idea.”

Vasas spread his arms and wiggled his lips.

“Then I will tell you my true name as a reward. I am Vasas Greymond, a very noble man chosen by the Lord.”

‘Even in that position, there isn’t a single flaw.’

“I’m only telling this to a few people I recognize as strong, so consider it an honor. Even they probably don’t know my real name.”

“That guy?”

To Luca, who questioned the story, Vasas sighed, ““ah… ”,” and placed his chin on his left hand.

“I guess there are people who can guess?”

“No way… Are you talking about Logs!”

“Yeah, I know. Come to think of it, you were expecting him to come, but unfortunately, he’s dead now along with Ilia.”

A voice came out loud from between Luca’s narrowed eyebrows.

“What?”

“That’s all for asking questions. This conversation is no longer fun.”

Luca, unable to do anything in the face of his arrogant appearance, drew his sword in anger. Is this the end of buying time?

Luca looked at Tia, who was ready to fight from behind but couldn’t move.

Looking at the shape of Tia’s mouth, it seemed like she was praying to her legs in a very small voice, ‘Please… please move. Please listen to me.’

Next to him stood Mars, who was not immobile, but whose appearance was so serious that it was a miracle he had not fallen.

“Prince Mars!”

“Wait, Luca… Just a little longer and you’ll get used to this pain.”

“That’s not it! Hurry up and take Tia out of this castle!”

Mars was surprised by Luca’s answer and showed slight tremors through his dilated pupils.

“As long as the prince lives, our flame will not go out. So, quickly take Tia and leave this castle. I will keep the time.”

“But… ”

“Now that the life or death of the Logs we trusted is unknown, if even our pillar, the prince, dies, all our efforts will be in vain. Please don’t let that happen… !”

BANG!!

“No matter how much you try to interrupt my play, I won’t forgive you.”

“It doesn’t matter what! Prince, hurry and bring Tia…!”

When Luca, who had turned his gaze to Mars for a moment, turned his gaze back to Vasas.

A black awl was created in Vasas’ hand.

“I will punish you. It is your punishment for interrupting my play and for bringing that bitch to this play.”

Pfft!

The awl that disappeared from Vasas’ hand flew to Tia, who was unable to move. The surprised Mars reacted first and started running, but there was no way to close the distance.

On the other hand, the distance between Songgot and Tia quickly became closer.

Tia tried to both strongly swing her sword and dodge it, but she closed her eyes in frustration at her body not moving in front of this new energy she was feeling.

“Ugh… !”

A small groan escaped with preparations for death.

But no pain was felt. The reason was simple.

“Oh, Mr. Gourik?”

“Coolook!”

Gourik, who had vomited blood, said as he pulled out the awl stuck in his forehead.

“I made one for myself with this. Captain Luca…

“… ”

“And Miss… I’m glad you’re okay… ”

dump.

Gourik’s clothes slowly became soaked with blood, and blood began to slowly pool on the floor. Shocked by his actions, Tia collapsed and cried.

“I… I’m so weak, so you… Hold on to your wits! You can’t die here!!”

“You Basas!! I won’t forgive you.”

“It’s already too late.”

Okay!

“Ben Basas, drawing a diagonal line and cutting Luca off, continued speaking.

“I was just trying to exploit your weakness with an attack… How could there be a fool who would sacrifice himself for a bitch like that… ”

“Cough… ”

“You’re in so much pain, it seems like the spirit you had when I first saw you has disappeared.”

“Yeah, I played a lot too, so it would be natural if it were natural.”

“Well, in the end, there was an opening and I got hurt, so it doesn’t matter in the end.”

“Coolook… I really don’t like black magic.”

“You must be a fool who is under that spell.”

Luca woke Mars up by biting his lip hard, which was bleeding.

“Prince!!”

“Huh?”

“Keep your cool. And.”

Okay!

“Run away.”

dump.

With Gourik down, even Luca fell down. This fight…

Where did it go wrong? No, you were the one who killed all your brothers.

From the beginning, we were challenging a fight we couldn’t win.

How much better it would have been if we had never started this fight that resulted in so many casualties.

The sight of innocent soldiers dying caught Mars’ gaze. The sound of their hearts beating was so loud it felt like they were being ripped apart.

I don’t know if it’s because I’m feeling desperate and scared, or if it’s because I can’t control my anger. But whatever the emotion is.

-Keep your composure.

In the end, my essence does not change. Forgive me, Luca.

I don’t think I can grant your request.

“Now that all your cards are dead, what will you choose? Will you fight me?”

“Yeah.”

“… ”

Vasas burst into laughter at the sight of his eyes that showed not even an inch of bewilderment.

“When I first saw you, you seemed to have a certain upright belief that wasn’t there before.”

“Yeah, a guy put this belief in me.”

“I see… Hearing that, your eyes look even more irritated.”

Mars’s straight eyes were a stark contrast to his own enjoyment of murder and war.

‘How can this guy, who doesn’t even have divine powers, have such eyes?’

It is a bright aura different from that of those with divine power. It is like the spirit felt from a king who rules a powerful country.

As his spirit grew, so did Vasas’s displeasure.

“I will kill you slowly and painfully.”

“If you can, try it.”

Mars prepared to fight Vasas while protecting Tia. Mars did not question the power that was overflowing from him at the moment.

This was because he was used to this power as if it were his own from the beginning. However, handling that power well was another matter.

Uncontrolled power is rather poisonous. Mars, who knew this well, began to adapt by gradually transferring his power to the sword.

but.

bang!

The other person didn’t wait for that.

“Ugh… ”

“Let’s pretend I never said I’d kill you slowly. I’ll kill you as fast as I can.”

Mars, impressed with the pain, spoke to him.

“Are you nervous about me?”

“What? I wouldn’t do that.”

Vasas denied it, as if he couldn’t believe that he was nervous, but he could tell because he had the power of prophecy.

‘If only he could adapt to that power…’

His strength will be doubled compared to now.

Hiding the cold sweat running down his face, he quickly ran towards him, the composure he had shown when fighting Luca disappearing.

bang!

As the two swords clashed, a strong wind pressure was created.

bang!

“Ugh… ”

It wasn’t easy to adapt to the power of Vasas’ attack, as his nerves were scattered. Furthermore, his body was already in shambles.

Even if I had a chance of winning, it would be when I was in perfect condition. As it was, it was obvious that I would lose within the next five minutes… or even less, without being able to adapt to the power.

bang!

Mars, who was starting to get pushed back, said to Tia.

“Tia! You run away at least!”

“Why are you like that too!”

“That’s right now. You did well enough. You probably took down more soldiers than I did.”

“That’s what I… !”

“Go quickly!!”

“Mas… ”

“I’m not saying I’ll die here. Run away first. I’ll catch up soon.”

“Hey.”

bang!

“It’s good to let your guard down… but I can’t forgive you for ignoring me while you’re fighting with me.”

Although Mars barely managed to block Vasas’ attack, he could feel with his fingertips that his attacks were much stronger than before. Was it because he hadn’t fought with all his heart until now?

Mars despaired. Everything was wrong now.

Even if I adapt now, my body won’t be able to handle it and I’ll collapse. If possible, I wish Tia had survived…

As his upright beliefs faded, the power that had been overflowing from him also diminished. Vasas, delighted at the sight, rushed to Mars.

And the sword that was swung down with the intention of killing him.

bang!

A pillar of ice blocked the way.

The identity of the person who created the pillar was Tia, who was barely able to control her trembling arms.

“Do you think I’ll let you die again?”

“Ha… This guy or that guy… I don’t like any of them.”

Vasas created a black awl from his palm just like before. The only difference was that there wasn’t just one awl.

“Just die now.”

Dozens of awls flew towards her, following Vasas’s finger pointing at Tia. But he wasn’t the only one.

Tia grabbed the fallen sword and prepared to block it by creating a pillar of ice in front of her, while Mars, who had regained his broken will, also grabbed the sword.

“Why are you laughing?”

“Just… because I like it.”

Mars smiled at the thought of holding the sword together with Tia, who had seemed so far away, at the same height. Even if this attack was the last.

He was confident that he would have no regrets.

As he steeled himself and looked ahead, he saw an awl flying towards him, breaking through a pillar of ice. This is… the last.

When the thought of that dominated Mars’ mind.

BANG!!!!

The tiles broke and at the same time someone blocked all the black spikes. What the?

There is no one who can help us now…

Mars, who was curious, checked its identity with his eyes narrowed by the dust. And he quickly figured out its identity.

That brief moment.

A man who blocks all of Vasas’ attacks with just two swords, and then immediately attacks him by swinging his swords at him.

“How are you alive, you punk!”

“Do whatever you want.”

The moment Mars came to his senses, he was surprised by the attack speed that was so fast that he couldn’t keep up with it with his eyes.

Crunch!

Vasas’s neck was already cut in two.

“Why is it so hard to catch one person?”

Logs approached us with both swords resting on his shoulders.

“Logs… ”

“Yeah, I’m still alive.”