episode_0056

Why.

The words he had held back countless times since his descent. The dragon had no choice but to spit them out once more. He will not yield to power. Even if he falls, he will rise again. He will shake off his fear and shine with courage once again.

Those who are cut off from God and teased by the tongue of the ingenious old serpent. Wretched cattle who are consumed by desire and destroy themselves. Poor pieces of meat who have surrendered to the harsh world and even denied their own lives.

That’s what the dragon knew about humans. That’s what he judged them to be. That’s why he looked down on them and looked down on them.

The dragon didn’t know humans very well.

A light was lit in the pitch-black darkness where one could not see even an inch ahead.

The sky I stretched out my hand to was so high and blue that I wanted to reach it without wings.

I sang out loud because I had feelings that I wanted to express.

Because I still had feelings that I wanted to convey even as time passed, I left a message.

In this way, humans are beings who break down established limitations and make things possible.

It may be ugly at times, but that makes the contrasting nobility shine even brighter.

Moreover, behold.

“Never, never back down…!”

“Damn, I’m going to embarrass myself in front of that old man!”

“I can’t send off a friend who is going a long way while sitting still.”

◦For %◦.”

◦For %◦.”

““For the heroes!!””

A proud human being is so beautiful.

The light reflected in the eyes of the demon, who could see through the emotions and inner thoughts of living things, was so intense. The light that illuminated the red-tinted world was disgusting and dazzling. He was afraid of the enemies who were beyond his understanding. So, the dragon took a step back without realizing it.

… I backed off? I was afraid?

The dragon suddenly stopped moving. That couldn’t be. The dragon was a being that made someone tremble in fear, not a being that trembled in fear itself. But even if you tried to deny it, didn’t the dragon prove it with his own actions? The fact that the great evil was pushed back by the power of justice that had become one. And the fact that he unknowingly became tense as he watched them.

-Don’t make me laugh-!!

The Red King turned even redder. It was a humiliation, a disgrace, an insult that he had never experienced in other worlds of color. The fact that he, who had not dared to do anything to yellow or blue, had been pushed aside by mortals was more hurtful to the Red Dragon than any attack.

-Enough is enough. I’ll stop! This kind of world isn’t even worth coloring with my colors! I’ll just erase it, destroy it, and spit on its ashes!

The dragon gave up on ruling this horrifying world. He simply vowed complete destruction without a restart, and began to take a deep breath. Raising his two remaining heads high, he gathered an impure light that was so blazing that it spread beyond his snout and up to his cheeks. The greatest breath he had ever gathered was gathering.

That was a mistake.

Too excited, the dragon didn’t notice.

“Thank you all. Thanks to you, I was able to get this far.”

Among them, the human who was called a hero had arrived right in front of the dragon.

The hero’s [journey] with countless others blessed the traveler’s final steps, freeing himself from the dragon’s constraints and burning his gray glory.

[Pilgrim’s Progress]. The effect of the equipment that recovers at a percentage rate per second did not regenerate the lost arm, but thanks to the time the reinforcements had given him so far, he was able to restore the exhausted hero’s health and remove various ailments.

The dragon, who noticed the old man late, opened his eyes wide.

“Everyone who has passed by so far has had those eyes and denied reality in the end.”

But it was too late.

The gray hero jumped up with a hearty laugh. His gray arm swelled up and he struck the dragon in the stomach.

[Journey] never forgot the toll it took when the old man lost his arm, his jaw was dislocated, and his body was mangled.

The desire for revenge that had been kept inside while being bound by the dragon’s power became a more severe blow than anything else and pierced the dragon.

-Kuaaaah!!

With a single scream, the demon’s body tilted sharply. The impact pierced through the scales and dug deep into the thick flesh, causing the bones to rattle and the internal organs to shake.

The breath that had been held back was shot out into the sky in vain, and the fragments of power that had overflowed beyond the mouth exploded and burned the dragon’s face.

The impact shattered several of the dragon’s teeth, and its jawbone shattered, just as it had with the old man before.

“It would be a shame to end it here.”

The old man who paid off all his debts didn’t stop there.

He grabbed a piece of tooth that was sticking out in all directions and started climbing up the dragon’s body while holding it in his hand. In an instant, he climbed up the red valley to his stomach, chest, shoulders, and neck. He grabbed a piece of sharp tooth that was much larger than his body and leaped towards the dragon’s head.

And then he hit it hard in the eye.

“This is a bonus!”

The most vulnerable part, not even protected by scales. What’s more, the weapon used was the dragon’s teeth.

The tooth fragment easily penetrated the cornea, passed through the iris, and reached the vitreous humor.

-Kuaaaah!! This piece of trash!

The dragon stretched out his arm to try to get the old man off his face, but it ended in a handshake.

Instead, he skillfully rode the dragon’s outstretched arm, dug into the wound, and swung his fist at the exposed bone. Crunch, crunch, crunch, a slightly wet sound like hitting a tree repeatedly rang out, and finally, the dragon’s wrist bone broke with a creak.

-Kaaaah!

The dragon, writhing in agony, eventually rolled on the ground.

The red mountain crumbled, and for the first time, the dragon’s giant body fell. Kukukung, with a loud noise, the few remaining buildings eventually collapsed from the impact.

“Everyone, be careful not to get caught in the storm!”

“Ugh, that guy’s flying! Catch him!”

In order to avoid getting caught up in the wind, the support troops who were barely holding on with their teeth clenched had to keep a large distance. The red dust that rose up like a bomb exploded reached the clouds.

-On the topic of dying trash!!

In the dust, the voice of the red dragon, who had lost his former composure, rang out desperately.

It was clearly an empty shell that had consumed all its energy and burned its soul. Wasn’t it even caught in the dragon’s power, unable to use its hands or feet, and was completely bruised and reddened? Wasn’t it just a moment ago that was barely holding on to its breath?

How can a guy like that move? How did he escape my control of authority?

Why, does it seem like you’ve gotten stronger?

-What the hell! This guy, that guy, what the hell is this guy!

“What, didn’t you say?”

In an instant, the spine-chilling dragon jumped up and bit its body.

In the distance, through the debris and dust clouds, something was walking towards the dragon. It was gray.

The old man that the red dragon saw had changed even more than before. An ominous sound was coming out of his body. If you look closely, you can see that he was leaving blood marks with every step. [Journey] began to emit a more distinct light.

It was to the point where it felt like the clothes were off and even the air around them was turning gray.

He somehow took more overwhelming damage than he could recover from, and he grinned even as black blood gushed out from his entire body.

“Just a human.”

Heroes are the defenders of humanity. The greatest shields.

And the shield becomes even more powerful when there is someone to protect it.

He was not a bystander, but he was keeping an eye on each and every one of those who fought against the Red Army. He was not just standing by and watching those who fought desperately against the dragon as if it were someone else’s business.

The old man was looking at them, examining each mana pattern and ‘linking’ them.

And finally, having succeeded in linking all the power gathered on the battlefield, he was able to use all of his remaining mana to finally activate the [Skill] that represented him.

Because he was a tank before he became a fighter or a martial artist.

The basics of a tank are dedication and sacrifice.

[Sharing the pain] [Unique]

Recovers n points of damage taken by the connected ally. Afterwards, take the n points of damage instead.

The cumulative damage of approximately 4,900 people would have been so severe that even he could not endure it for a moment and would have been reduced to a blood clot, but the old man was able to give up the remaining fragments of his soul and body and gain a few minutes of respite from the world before his death.

And the additional effect of [Journey] was the ability of [Will Master*Hero] to convert 30% of the damage received into attack power.

Although it is disposable, the amount of storage converted is unlimited.

[Journey] [-]

■■■ A full-body armor created by burning one’s soul for a being that had been a hero since long ago.

[Even if they couldn’t even call his name, everyone remembered him and everyone was with him.]

Durability: –

Attack Power: 144,362

The numbers were more than enough to finish off a dragon that had already suffered countless injuries.

“Haha, 144,000. Coincidentally, that’s the number of your arch-rival.”

The old man did not stop walking, even though he made a noise like he was biting something with his molars or trampling a boiled egg with his heel.

-… Get out.

The dragon growled fiercely. But it was just the pitiful barking of a dog that cannot escape because it is tied to a leash, even though it has seen something scary.

“What, are you embarrassed now?”

-…I told you not to come near me-!!

Where had his previous modest pride gone, and in the face of the growing signs of death, the Red King and the Lord of Terror were seized by the fear he had always been talking about. The mighty dragon who had looked down on and looked down on everything was trembling to the point of cowardice.

“Come to think of it, I said something like that earlier. Everyone I’ve met up until now has had that kind of look in their eyes.”

The old man laughed.

“You too, in the end, were just one of the countless trials that humanity has gone through.”

The dragon, who had lost his will to fight and was unable to even step back due to the power of Clau Solas, was no longer the embodiment of the apocalypse. He had simply become one of the impossibilities that humans had overcome.

-Kaaaah!!

The dragon breathed a surprise attack at the approaching old man. It was a ferocious outburst. The breath of destruction used without any preparatory movements was ugly and pathetic.

For the old man, who was already on the verge of death and whose health stat was fixed, and who was virtually invincible for the time remaining until his death, his struggles were more like a last resort.

[Journey] only added a few thousand points of attack power. That was the end of it.

“Let’s end it here.”

-Hey, me-!

And then, there was nothing left.

It was a long and arduous journey.

He was an ordinary farmer, the husband of a good wife, and the father of a wonderful son.

The times with my family were desperate, the hands I held were desperate, and the separation was heartbreaking.

I set out on a journey with determination, made good friends, and traveled with them. I cried a lot and laughed a lot.

It was a day of endless effort. I was always running and always facing a wall.

It was hard and tiring, but it was sweet to have a drink together on the way to rest every now and then.

When the weight of time has made your shoulders narrow and the wrinkles have grown thick like age rings,

There were times when I was upset with the people who went first. There were times when I spent the night crying.

But, when I reached the end of this road and looked back on the days that had passed,

I could say that every moment was truly beautiful.

I was able to smile with relief because I lived a life without regrets, even though I still had regrets.

I guess this is a pretty good life. Then that’s good. Then that’s good.

Yes, the weary traveler has finally come here after a long journey.

Bring me just one glass to quench my parched throat. Fill it until it overflows.

Okay, if you’ve filled everything out, there’s no need for a grand toast.

For.

Oh, you came out to greet me.

potato flower,

My potato flower.