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45. This is your grave. (3)

She asked him, pulling away from her lips that had been overlapping with her brother’s while making a sound like ‘Phha…’

” Do you really like me? ”

” Of course. Since you have such a pretty, kind, and cute girlfriend. Oh, but… How old are you? ”

” What…?! ”

When my brother suddenly asked me my age, I racked my brain for an answer.

‘ Anyway… I got caught, so should I just say it? No, but… I kept calling you oppa… ‘

” Haha, don’t worry too much. It’s okay to call me ‘oppa’ like you do now. ”

” Uh… Well, then just like that… ”

While we were having such a cozy time with him, a black crystal flew towards us. As we looked forward, we flicked it away with my brother, and Choi Si-woo, who had already replaced his severed arm with a crystal, was glaring at us.

Perhaps because of the pain and blood loss from having his arm cut off, he was breathing roughly.

” Haa, haa, you fucking bastards…! You dare… cut off my arm? ”

” To be exact, it’s not your arm, it’s Choi Young-wol’s arm. You’re just a parasite living in that body. ”

” That son of a bitch…! ”

Choi Si-woo started flying towards us using the power he had stolen.

My brother and I slowly approached the guy, dodging and bouncing it away from each other, and I swung my sword at him as I approached him first.

” Huh! Shit! Why! How come! ”

” No matter how much you take away someone else’s ability! No matter how skillfully you handle it! If you’re a weakling, this is what happens! ”

With a ‘Chaeng! ‘ sound, the black crystal sword that the guy pulled out collided with Durandal, sending sparks flying.

But that was only for a moment. As I smiled at the guy and poured divine power into Durandal, creating [Sacred Blade. Gluon], the part where it was attached to the black Durandal made of black crystal began to turn red, and when I applied a little more force, it melted and was cut in half.

” Damn it! ”

Just then, as he threw away the sword split in two and tried to run away!

” I’d be in trouble if I forgot too! ”

My brother’s attack where he wraps a whirlwind around both hands and stabs the guy in the back while making a loud noise.

Choi Si-woo turned his head while spitting out blood and tried to make a tree grow from the ground to knock down his brother who attacked him.

” Don’t leave it like that! ”

[Ardvar, Spear of Flame] was created and the tree was set on fire, causing it to disappear. After pushing my brother away, the guy created a portal and ran away far away again.

” Ugh… Those damn bastards…! ”

He was glaring at us as he tried to recover by coating his body with black crystals and using one of his stolen abilities, ‘Body Acceleration’, with holes in it.

The boy took out a ‘vial of pills’ from his bosom and as he opened it and began to eat it, black smoke began to flow out of his body.

No, ‘black threads that look like black smoke.’ They start to extend out from this body and into everything around it.

Even seeing it coming towards us, I quickly took out [Curtana] and stuck it into the ground to create [Sanctuary. Brittany.], grabbed my brother’s arm and went inside, and with a ‘chijik’ sound I saw the black thread touching the area burn up and disappear.

” Charlotte… That’s… No, what he took out was…! ”

” Yeah. I think it’s the same kind of pill we found. And what looked like black smoke was actually a bunch of black threads. ”

” That’s what it looks like. More importantly… where did that guy go..? ”

” What…? ”

When I looked at the place where the guy had been a moment ago at my brother’s words, he was no longer there.

‘What! Where did… you go…?’

I quickly tried to find a place where I could feel Thanatos’ energy, but unfortunately, the entire surrounding area was filled with Thanatos’ energy that extended from the tower, making it difficult to find.

And when I turned my head when I heard a sound from behind the area, along with the sound of ‘Kwagagang’, it was already too late.

” Charlotte! ”

My brother, who had been checking the surroundings with the wind before me, realized that the guy was after me, pulled me towards him, and wrapped his body around me and hugged me.

As the cracks in the territory, Brittany, grew, eventually a ‘Crunch!’ sound was heard, followed by a ‘Phuuk!’ sound of flesh being pierced, and at the same time the sensation of hot… liquid in my chest and the strong smell of blood.

” Oh… Daddy…!!! ”

” Hey, are you okay? ”

When he realized what had happened, Choi Si-woo pulled back the arm that had pierced his brother’s heart and began to laugh while licking his brother’s bloody hand.

” Kick! You weren’t the one I was after! Hahaha! You acted so smart, but in the end, you couldn’t even protect the person who was most precious to you. How pitiful. ”

” Ah…. Ah…. Oppa…! ”

As the strength drained from my brother’s arms, he fell to the floor, making a ‘thud’ sound. I grabbed his body and checked his condition…

” Ah, no… This is… Ugh… ”

” Are you okay…? ”

” Yeah… I’m… ugh… okay… more than that… ”

” Well, that’s fortunate… ”

As I saw my brother groaning and spitting blood from his mouth, I remembered that day in the past when he had gotten hurt while trying to protect me, and my mind began to turn blank.

The fear and sadness of losing a precious friend that I had felt back then had now turned into the fear and sadness of losing a loved one, and it began to tear my heart apart.

I tried to heal my brother by quickly infusing him with divine power, but… the heart that was pierced by that guy… showed no signs of getting better.

Choi Si-woo, who was watching me like that, started laughing loudly and said.

” Hahahahaha! It doesn’t seem to work as you think, does it? Of course not! This power is more amplified now than when you stabbed your sister! The power of Thanatos that sucks life out of you!

So no matter how hard you try to heal me, it won’t be easy. I’ll try my best to compensate for the constant insults you’ve been giving me. How’s it going? Good? ”

” Shut up…! ”

” Oh my~ When you glare at me like that and say that, do you think I’ll just say, ‘Yes! I understand! ‘ and just sit there? Treat me and watch over the person you love! ”

As he spoke, the man began to create various weapons made of black crystal.

The blood red sky gradually turned black and the sky was filled with weapons made of black crystals. He started targeting me, who was healing my fallen brother, using one of his stolen abilities, ‘Copy’, and immediately threw it.

” Okay! Try to stop it! ”

” Huh…! ”

I quickly created a zone to block the attacks he fired, but… the more I did that, the less I could focus on healing my brother. If I made a single mistake… the zone would break and the attacks would fly towards us.

Blood began to spurt out like a fountain from where my heart had been, and the life began to drain from my brother’s eyes.

My hands were already stained red with my brother’s blood, and my clothes were dyed bright red with the blood spurting out like a fountain.

As I watched the blood spurting out and spraying down my face, gradually decreasing, I… buried my face in my brother’s body and cried.

No more… the blood no longer flows from my brother’s body, and the life that used to shine in his eyes… has disappeared, and his eyes have become cloudy.

The warmth I always felt from him was now…not felt.

*****

As I was crying, thinking about his voice that I could no longer hear, his warmth that I could no longer feel, while blocking the attacks that kept pouring in… I heard a voice…

” Charlotte! Wake up! ”

When I opened my eyes that I had closed while sobbing, I saw a pure white room just like I always see when I meet ‘her’.

” Pa…truna…? ”

She appeared in front of me, who had turned into a blood-soaked rat, wearing a pure white dress and pure white wings.

” Wake up. What if you collapse here! ”

” Sorry… because of me… sob… because of me…! ”

She whispered as she hugged me while I cried and wiped my eyes from the tears that were running down my face.

” It’s okay. There is still… a way. ”

” What…? What, what does that mean… ”

” There is a way to bring back my brother. So don’t cry like that. ”

” Really?! Really…! Can you save me…? ”

” Yes. It just requires sacrifice. ”

When I heard the word ‘sacrifice’, I knew what she meant.

” No. That’s… That’s not it! If that happens, I…! ”

” It’s okay. Maybe I was reborn as a god… for this moment. ”

” Ha, but that’s…! ”

Patruna hugged me tightly. Her warmth was the same warmth I had felt from my brother until now… warmth.

” I’m so sorry that I couldn’t send you back to the way you were, after you released my seal and worked hard for me in this world. I also made you lose your memories with the people you loved… and… ”

” It’s okay… Thanks to you… I was able to meet someone I truly love. ”

” Really? Well… that’s fortunate. ”

She let go of the body she was hugging me with and laughed ‘big’.

That smile… that I will never see again…

” Then, please take good care of our brother in the future. I was really… happy to meet you! ”

” Me too… Me too… I’m glad I could meet you. And… Thank you for letting me meet someone I can share love with. Really… Goodbye. My friend. ”

As she finished speaking, her pure white wings fluttered and her body began to glow. Her body, which was glowing brighter and brighter, began to flow towards me.

Choi Si-woo. It’s like the guy ate a pill with Thanatos’ power and became several times stronger than he is now…

By accepting her divinity as the goddess of love and purification, I too… have completely filled in the parts that were lacking in my vessel to become a new god.

Now, it is not Charlotte, the apostle of Patruna, the goddess of love and purification, who is here.

There was only a new god [Manienu, in charge of love, purification, and judgment] who inherited her will and love.

” Thank you, Patruna. ‘Thank you so much. ‘ That’s all I can say. And… I could tell that you loved me. ”

I slowly placed my hand on the place where my heart was and slowly opened my eyes.

When I opened my eyes, what I saw was not a pure white room, but a man lying on the ground, bleeding, and things with unclean energy flying towards us.

He opened his mouth and snapped his fingers at it.

[ In the name of Manienu… they are all… rejected. ]

With those words, everything made of black crystals flying towards us turned to dust and disappeared.

There was a guy who was shocked by that sight, but right now, the guy in front of me was more important than that.

” You… dying here is also ‘rejected’… ”

With those words, a pure white flame engulfed his body.

As the hole in his chest quickly filled, a pure white flame flashed in his eyes.

” And… it’s also ‘rejected’ for you to go before me. ”

As I placed the curtana on his body and stepped out of the area, the place that had been desolate began to change.

With each step you take, the black thread breaks and disappears, and the surroundings return to their original state.

Now it’s really… time to put an end to this guy.