episode_0116

“Nothing will change even if the weak, who are weak, show courage.”

The King of the Wraiths strangled Know Mulbreed, who had mocked him.

“That reckless courage cannot change the current situation. It will only shorten that pitiful lifespan.”

“Well, at least Raoul Bergé… didn’t call it courage to rush into someone weaker than you.”

“That mouth is the source of all sin.”

The moment I was about to tear his head off with my other hand,

A fierce flame burned his hand.

“….!”

“Fuck… This is so ridiculous I can’t even show my face. Four of us in a group like this.”

As the Emperor’s flames burned the King’s sixth arm, the King released Noh Mulbreed and attempted to shoot the Emperor with that hand.

And at that moment, the Empress’s slash cut off his arm.

“Sigh, shit… I was going to stab you after looking for an opening. I can’t just leave you to die, really.”

“How on earth…!”

“I guess this is when they say it’s never a bad thing to be prepared.”

The King of Ghosts could not understand what had just happened.

It was definitely a state where he had been completely subdued and held in place, leaving him breathless. Even if he had woken up, there was no way he would have been able to move around so vigorously.

Unless there is some special means.

“I feel so dirty just looking at that bitch’s face.”

And Camilla’s spear, clad in lightning, pierced the king’s abdomen. As the lightning spread as it pierced, the king of the phantoms also took damage and had no choice but to let go of those he was holding.

“You left a wound that will not easily heal. Even you would not have been in a state to move easily. But why…”

Then, the Dragon King’s heart, which Camilla, the Emperor, and the Empress had been hiding in their arms, lost its light and turned to dust.

Although he did not have the power to bring back someone from the dead, he was powerful enough to heal fatal injuries.

The queen within them, Arisha, did not want to spare them, but the wise old dragon’s will restored them.

After restoring them, he gave them the remaining strength that had been pent up, and they grew to a level that even the King of the Ghosts was astonished.

“Wise dragon… Are you even trying to deny the justice of my vengeance…!”

And at that moment, something sharp cut off one of his remaining arms.

It wasn’t a fly.

It was just an ordinary blade. And yet, he cut through the king’s sturdy body with it.

“Raoul Bergé…!”

“No Mulbread.”

Raoul didn’t even glance at the king.

Instead, he just looked at a certain cowardly nobleman who was willing to give up his life.

“I acknowledge you. I forgive you for calling my sister a retard. You are worthy of living.”

” … The bridge you broke then.

“At that time, I was somewhat introverted, so I didn’t have the courage to tell my sister to apologize. Unlike you, I was a coward.”

“If you’re a coward twice, I’ll cut off your limbs, really…”

“I don’t know if you can call it an apology, but please grant me a favor. Ask me for anything.”

“Then… Then… Raoul Bergé…!”

He sank to the ground, his legs giving out, and pointed to the king of ghosts with trembling hands.

“Kill that guy…!”

“That’s an easy request.”

Raoul straightened his posture and adjusted his grip on his cane.

“Ha, can you do that…?”

“This is a request from someone who risked his life for me. There’s no way it wouldn’t be possible.”

Raoul took a deep breath and gathered the strength flowing within him.

Just a moment ago, it felt like something foreign was flowing inside him, and he allowed it to hit him, but now it was different.

It took some time for him to meld and fuse his powers with it, but fortunately, he was able to finish the fusion before the others finished recovering.

“To be honest, it’s not only a gamble, but it’s also a power I don’t like.”

Several white scales began to grow on Raoul’s arms. The scales also began to vibrate at a rapid pace, and when he swung his arm, the sharp scales caused sharp cuts.

As if they were a net, the fine and precise slashes poured down on the King of Ghosts, leaving scars that were by no means shallow on his body.

“You can transform parts of your body into a dragon’s… How cruel. I never thought that you, who so vehemently rejected her advances, would use the power of a dragon.”

“I am Raul Verzeda, the King of the Ghosts. The nature of the power I wield will not define me.”

“However… the result will not change.”

The King of Ghosts took up his invisible bow with his remaining arms again.

“I must destroy you!”

It was a voice filled with anger.

It was a voice full of sorrow.

It was a cry that felt sad at the same time.

“I am the king of the weak who were destroyed by your hands!!!”

And the vengeful spirits that had been standing on the foundations of the kingdom began to gather.

“You miserable ghosts!!! This tyrant is your king!!!!!!!!!!”

And those ghosts,

The king was captured.

“… What the hell is this?”

His people were shouting.

I think this is enough.

Please don’t be a monster anymore.

Please don’t become a monster like an empire that tramples on the weak.

Please come back as the proud king of that time.

To return to the king they loved.

“No…! The tyrant must pay the price…! He must atone for his sin of failing to protect his country…! He must become a ghost who cannot die and wanders the earth… He must become a monster who kills all his enemies as a punishment…!”

A number of hands grabbed his shoulders.

A multitude of hands grabbed his ankles.

Many hands embraced him.

“Why are you stopping this tyrant…! This tyrant has a duty to relieve your resentment…! That is the least this tyrant can do to atone for your sins…!”

Many faces shook their heads.

It’s done now.

Put down the heavy guilt and please be at ease.

No one blames you.

But the king could not believe it.

The king, betrayed to the bone, can now trust no one.

I ended up becoming that kind of monster.

The people wanted to take off the king’s helmet so that he could see the world again with the eyes of a good king, not a ghost.

But the more this happened, the deeper the king pushed his helmet down. Because he did not have the courage to look at this terrible world with his own eyes again.

“Come on, Empire…! My country has not been defeated yet!!! How can the tyrant live with his eyes wide open like this! The war is not over yet! Let’s continue the war, Empire!!! The war you love so much!!!”

Before the hot anger in their voices could even cool down, the heroes’ weapons flew in.

Even if they wanted to avoid it, they couldn’t. How could they shake off the people who were holding them back?

Even if he wanted to stop it, he couldn’t. How could he use the souls of the people who were attached to him as a shield?

“Trampling the weak like insects…”

He could not bring himself to once again argue that the weak should be trampled upon.

Because his own people were listening.

Everything slowly began to fall apart.

Cracks slowly began to appear in everything that made up the king.

Even with such a body, the king began to fight on par with the heroes, and even better. He pressured the heroes with his peak archery and excellent martial arts.

Even as the Emperor’s flames swept through, the Empress’s slash tore through, and Camilla’s lightning pierced through, the King gritted his teeth and held on.

The king is not dead. On that day when he was betrayed to the bone, his heart that had been beating hotly turned cold. How can one kill someone who is still living with a heart that has already stopped beating?

You can kill a demon lord who lives as the strongest, but you cannot kill a ghost who lives as the dead.

“Poor king.”

And Raoul, who saw through that point, struck the king’s foot with his cane, and the cane, which pierced through the bone and flesh, pinned the king’s foot to the ground.

“On behalf of the Berger family, I apologize for the family’s sins.”

“What’s the use of such things now…!”

“That would be the right thing to do.”

Raoul concentrated the power the Queen had given him into his fingertips.

The Queen’s martial arts, which fought without fear, mixed the essence of her own skills with that reckless technique.

In some ways, it may be a messy technique.

It was such an ecstatic technique that if the queen had seen it, she would have fainted and wet the floor with excitement.

And he added the magic words to that technique.

“With this one movement, I ask for forgiveness of all my sins.”

“Please accept my will to clear all debts.”

“I will also forgive those who ask for my forgiveness.”

“May this heart be at peace without even a single gust of wind blowing through it.”

Raoul’s voice, the queen’s power and skills, and the heart to forgive his mother.

By forgiving the person you hate, you allow the resonance to reach the heart of the one who burns with hate.

Raoul’s hand touched the King of the Phantoms’ chest with a loud resonance, and a shock wave that seemed to shake the heavens and the earth occurred.

“What on earth have you done…?”

The king’s heart began to beat again.

The hot heart of those days was beating vigorously again.

As long as his heart was beating, he could no longer be a ghost.

As a human, I can no longer maintain that abnormal body.

Two arms, a heart that can stop killing you at any time, and human eyes.

He ended up going back to the days when he was just an ordinary king.

“No… It’s not over yet… This war!”

The shockwave caused by Raoul caused part of the King’s helmet to break.

I ended up looking at the world with those empty black eyes that were revealed like that.

Those eyes, which looked just like Raoul’s, were filled with countless emotions.

The king of the ghosts ran quickly, snatched the bow of a nobleman, and strung his arrows.

“Don’t even take away the hatred from this tyrant!!!!”

The king pulled the string towards the empress’s abdomen.

But the king, who was still outstanding, heard the sound of something moving.

The king hesitated for a moment when he heard that, but soon let go of the bow.

The arrow returned to the king and pierced his heart just before it reached the empress.

His last arrow pierced not the heart of a monster, but the heart of a proud king.