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“Hmm.”

Kylie stood on the rock and waved her sword.

not bad.

It was just as the unlucky pink-haired woman said.

He naturally adapted to the new prosthetic arm as if it were his original arm.

My skills have also come back.

It was still at a lower level than before Ian left, but this was enough.

If I had only had these arms when catching the sea dragon, I wouldn’t have suffered like that.

“Are you dead?”

Beatrice came running from afar, smiling.

She smiles more these days.

This is because prosthetic hands and legs perfectly replaced the lost body.

But Kylie didn’t look very good.

Even though I laugh like that, there are times when I suddenly become serious and fall into depression.

When you saw that, did you say it was bipolar disorder?

The reason I feel depressed is because of Ian.

As she was the last in the group to feel guilty, the depression that sometimes enveloped Beatrice was unpleasantly heavy.

Ian.

That name remained in the hearts of the first party like an open wound.

‘Yes, it’s better than that Silvia guy, but… .’

Kylie responded by jumping off the rock.

“Yes. Definitely dead.”

The rock she was riding on just now was no ordinary rock.

It was a dragon with rocks all over its body.

The feeling of dealing with it was similar to the sea dragon I met in Galway.

Although both were slightly different from the ‘dragon’ that appears in the old book, they were similar anyway.

In particular, this rock dragon looked like a lizard as it lay flat on the ground and crawled on all fours.

“It would have been more helpful if it had been this much at the time… .”

Beatrice, who approached with a smile, became serious again.

It was partly because the environment was the sea, but at the time, both of them were not in good physical shape, so they could not fight properly.

On the other hand, this rock dragon was easy to fight with two people.

“That’s it. Stop worrying about the past. What about Sylvia?”

“Ah. I’m on the border of no man’s land with Aria. We must move faster than that.”

Just before the war started.

This rock dragon along with many monsters came from the eastern no-man’s land.

Therefore, we had no choice but to turn the first party, our strongest force, to the east first.

“The advance has begun.”

“Yes. You can see it from here too.”

Far away, from north to south.

From Kylie’s perspective, the demon army was approaching from right to left.

Gate 16 and the soldiers were there.

“Let’s go quickly.”

“Yes. … But why are your arms shining?”

“What?”

When I looked down at the prosthetic hand, I saw that it was shining really softly.

The light was flowing from the dead rock dragon.

“What is this?”

The flowing light soon cut off, and the prosthetic hand flashed a few times before losing its light.

Embarrassed, Kylie moved her arms around and swung the sword with force.

“Hmm… . There is no problem moving. Right now, the priority is to stop that, so let’s go quickly.”

“Yes. Let’s go.”

Kylie and Beatrice participated.

***

[Journal of the Lost Timeline 2.]

Why is this information coming in suddenly?

Like last time, I didn’t activate the time fragment or anything.

Although I was embarrassed, I accepted the information without stopping.

[■■’s offer was rejected by ■■. Instead, I became curious about one thing. Is it possible to ■do ■■? Does he also have the concept of ■■? Wouldn’t it be possible to see something like this happening right in front of your eyes? If possible, what happens after that?]

[So ■ is ■■. It wasn’t an easy task, but in order to kill the demon, I earned all kinds of punishment and used it as nourishment for my strength. There was nothing impossible for me.]

[It was surprising, but I couldn’t like it. As its name suggests, it was not something that could be easily dealt with. Should I call it a price? ■■ The person who was ■■ gave ■ the ■ state. The spirit that bounces from the absolute line of sight is divided into pieces and goes somewhere else… .]

The journal ends at an ambiguous point again.

Compared to last time, the number of words that are filtered and not conveyed properly has increased.

It is an unpleasant sensation, as if noise has been forcibly inserted into one’s thoughts.

‘What is this about? ‘For what purpose are you telling me this?’

Even if you think about it carefully, you won’t know.

Clues are lacking.

There is so much filtering in the information provided so fragmentarily that it is impossible to guess.

‘The only thing that can be inferred is… . This speaker did something to someone. I don’t know what it is. And it seems like I got something in return… .’

Just there.

There was no clue to go further than that.

“Ian? Why are you doing that?”

“Huh?”

“He’s been so serious since a while ago that he doesn’t say anything. Are you okay?”

“Just thinking about it for a moment.”

I came to my senses again and looked ahead.

The armies of warriors and demon kings fighting against each other.

Battles may be taking place simultaneously at other gateways as well.

Among them, gates 8 and 16 are the most important.

Gate 8 is the center, where the devil’s army is the largest, and gate 16 is simultaneously invaded by monsters and demons coming from the no-man’s land.

‘They gave the first party some special prosthetic hands and legs recently, so it must be fine there.’

So, right now, we had to look at the situation in front of us.

Magic and arrows tear the air, and iron clashes with iron on the ground.

Must win.

‘It’s important to establish momentum early on. And the most important person at this starting point is… It will be Helena.’

***

I was so excited that I ran out, but I wasn’t so excited that I lost my temper.

The first row is a battle priest with a shield.

The second column is an article.

In the third row, superhuman soldiers, not heroes, stand in a tight row holding spears, blocking the demons trying to enter.

And, Helena took the lead with a greater responsibility than anyone else on her shoulders.

Due to Bangho’s one-way traffic, only the most elite troops were around her.

The warriors were all Class A, and even the soldiers who were not warriors were veterans with the same level of experience or with extremely extensive experience.

Among the warriors, there are even two S-class knights whose rank is higher than her.

“Haaa-!”

Helena, who ran ahead, struck the ground with her shield and deployed a wide range of protection.

In particular, I have never teamed up with these people or talked to them separately.

We just had to hope that each other would adapt to the situation.

“Helena’s protection has unfolded! Hide behind and attack!”

The S-class knight shouted loudly.

Those words soon came true.

It wasn’t perfect, but little by little, we were able to safely defeat the enemies by following Helena’s movements.

Once again, Helena realized how important her role was now.

She also had a striking red flag on her back.

It was the flag of the Pride Empire.

Currently, she was the only person on this battlefield carrying it.

That meant that countless magic and arrows would pass through her protection.

“It’s a cavalry tank! Helena! Can you hold on?”

The S-class knight asked.

Just as he said, horses and chariots with extremely hideous appearance were running ahead.

The destination was clearly me.

Even if it crashes, it will be able to survive.

However, it is unknown how much damage it will cause.

“I’ll try… .”

Those worries were unfounded.

Soon, ice flowers bloomed under the tank and engulfed it.

‘Sylvia?’

It was the same appearance shown during the sea dragon subjugation battle.

Surprised, Helena looked behind her, but saw Vivian there, not Sylvia.

Vivian made eye contact and smiled.

‘Vivian did it… . When did it grow like that? .’

There was no time to admire.

“You will be able to hold out. However, rather than unreasonably narrowing the distance, I think it would be more effective to expect support from the wizard.”

“Good. Advance slowly.”

Helena became the front and center.

Hidden behind Helena’s protection, block the enemy from a safe distance, approach, and then kill him.

He hid in the defense again, stopped him, and was killed.

Sometimes an assistant to wizards or archers.

‘This is what Ian valued, the cooperation of each person… .’

Heroes are an important force, but each of them has a very strong individuality.

But you can’t fight alone.

Therefore, it was necessary to have the difficult ability to fight well alone and cooperate while maintaining one’s individuality when fighting together.

It’s not just Helena.

There were many warriors I met for the first time in this war, and somehow they achieved a strange cooperation.

Some time passed and the leader came out to the north of the existing front line.

Humanity, having defended itself against the Demon King’s army, slowly moved forward.

“Are you okay?”

While taking a moment to catch her breath, the priest who was Helena’s assistant asked.

But that voice was quite familiar.

“Yes, it’s okay… . Ah!”

“Oh, you remember me.”

It was Marco, a priest from the A-class party that we fought with in Veneto the other day.

“Sorry… !”

“You may find out later, there is nothing to be sorry about. In a hectic situation.”

Marco’s role was to look after minor injuries on Helena’s behalf.

Helena had to focus on protecting herself as much as possible.

“Thank you very much. This battle too.”

“Yes, I will work hard!”

at that time.

-Buuu!

A high horn sounded.

The sound that started at Gate 8 spread further and further to the left and right, and the sound of horns from other gates spread again in the distance.

“This is a marching order.”

From headquarters, a signal was given to push forward.

Helena and the soldiers marched steadily at the forefront.

*

Vivian looked down at the battlefield from the wall.

It was a mess.

Not only magic, but also archer’s arrows filled with magical power, sword energy, and scorching heat.

The ground, scratched by all sorts of superhuman powers, was uneven.

Somewhere, an ally gets hit by fire magic, and sometimes gets swept away by water magic.

There were countless arrows that hit our allies.

“Ugh… .”

Fortunately, he hadn’t hit his allies yet.

On the wall, Vivian also steadily intercepted enemies with magic.

She mainly assisted by helping allies who appeared to be in danger.

It looked like a mess, but humanity endured well and began to push back the devil’s forces little by little.

-Puuu!

High horn sound.

It was a signal to advance.

An Imperial soldier walked around on the wall and shouted.

◦ %◦ Wizards who wish to participate in the advance party, please come down below the wall -!”

someone asked

“How many people do you need?”

“The number has not been decided yet. However, we need people to wait here, so not everyone here needs to participate!”

Several wizards volunteered to go down the wall.

Vivian hesitated for a moment.

‘It’s scary, but… .’

Ian left the actions in war entirely to the warriors.

In a situation where there were too many variables, he couldn’t tell and direct everything.

‘But you still have to do it. Because he is a hero. Ian said that. Trust your experience so far.’

Vivian also went down the wall.

*

Lucia was transferred to a group of the advancing army under the instructions of the imperial centurion.

‘I’m in a different zone than my sister.’

In the distance, among the crowd, I saw a nervous Vivian clutching her cane.

I wish we were together.

Since I knew that such wishes during wartime were greed, I quickly put aside my regrets.

“Oh, junior?”

I turned around at the sound of a voice and saw a familiar face.

A rather short archer with short golden hair.

It was Dora.

“Ah, Senior Dora?”

“Haha. Now, the term ‘senior-junior’ seems a bit strange. He’s the same A-level hero. Anyway, it would be reassuring to have a junior like me!”

“Please take care of me.”

Still, I was glad to have at least one familiar face with me.

“Dylan is over there. I happen to be in the same group as a cute junior?”

I followed Dora’s directions and saw Dylan saying hello to Vivian.

“Katarina said she would stay at the gate. I guess all of your juniors are leaving?”

“Yes. With Helena in the lead, we can’t rest either.”

“It looks good.”

Soon the formation was over, and the advance force was dispatched.

In Vivian’s group, Dylan leads the group.

In Lucia’s group, Dora served as the leader.

Ian watched it from the wall.

“Hmm… . It’ll be okay.”

For no reason, he fiddled with the imaging mirror in his hand.

It was a means of receiving communication in dangerous situations, but it was questionable whether it could really be used on the battlefield.

“It will be okay. Isn’t he the hero you chose?”

“Yes. Because it’s not like I have to go far.”

It was as he said.

The purpose of the advance force is not to end the war, but to use momentum to push the enemy away.

If you push hard enough, you’ll be back in no time.

‘There shouldn’t be any major variables.’

At that time, a signal came to Ian’s video mirror.

When I received it, it was Margrave Frederick.

-Come to the command room.

“Going.”

There will be an important strategy meeting.

Ian quickly walked away.

What will be discussed?

What opinion should I give?

‘The first attack was well blocked. Perhaps, the commander of the 1st Corps is not far away… .’

If we catch that at this point, the war will be resolved much more easily.

Ian headed to the command center, thinking of various possibilities.