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Chapter 6 Episode 32 – Last resort 5

Karjen, me, and Patricia.

We are standing facing each other under the night sky, barely illuminated by the faint light of stars.

“Honestly, I was surprised. Fox, I never thought your power would be this much. After all, I guess God is God.”

“Stop pretending to be relaxed. It’s obvious that he’s nervous about losing his subordinates.”

“Hmm, I guess I’m nervous… . Should I say it’s disappointing… . Although they were expendable items rather than subordinates, there were still high-level individuals, so should I say it was a waste? I’m not sure.”

Karjen glared at me without responding to Patricia’s words.

‘…Are you planning to kill me? That’s good. ‘There’s nothing more to hear from Patricia now.’

I raised my middle finger to encourage her killing intent.

“What are you looking at? Is this your first time seeing a handsome person?”

“Ha.”

But rather than getting angry, Karjen burst into laughter.

“Human… . No, Siegfried. Come to this body.”

“Why? Kill me?”

“I will not kill you. Until the end of your life, I will allow you to enjoy the honor of offering blood to this body.”

“……Wow, what an honor.”

This bastard is doing this because he has a taste for my blood.

‘So another insurance has disappeared.’

I purposely acted more like a dick in case I needed to use Karjen as a retry someday.

“Unfortunately, this man is mine. I can’t hand it over.”

Patricia, who was watching, joined the conversation.

Are two women fighting over me now?

I feel dirty.

“Ho… . I can’t believe you’re paying attention to things in this body. There’s one more reason to tear it to death.”

“Hehe. Be scared. Then I won’t kill you, but I will make you my special subordinate.”

“Cheeky.”

Push!

Suddenly, a thorn shot from a floating blood bead passed by Patricia’s cheek.

Blood flowed from her burst cheek, but Patricia didn’t even move.

“You didn’t avoid it… .”

“Because it’s not worth avoiding.”

“Ha. Do you think this body is a fool?”

Push!

This time, a thorn stuck in Patricia’s shoulder. That thing is fatal in its own way, so why wasn’t it avoided or blocked?

Karjen gave me the answer to my question.

“Four years… . You don’t know how to fight.”

“You’re quick to notice.”

Patricia, smiling brightly, calmly admitted the truth.

“I don’t want to get my hands dirty with blood.”

Then, when she snapped her fingers, giant rats appeared from the ground all at once.

I wondered where they had gone, but everyone was riding the Burrow.

“Hmph. What a stupid thing. These weak creatures only make this body stronger.”

Tentacles came out and started eating the rats. Even if it had become huge, it couldn’t have resisted much because it was as big as a small dog, barely reaching around the knee.

Karjen becomes stronger the more blood and meat she consumes.

Therefore, attacking with weak rats actually strengthens Karjen.

It was a situation that could have been seen as a poor judgment on Patricia’s part, but –.

‘This is a loss. Anyway. This is why people who are ignorant and strong are not allowed.’

Karjen was defeated.

Is it because of arrogance or nervousness?

She didn’t think deeply about why Patricia fed her subordinates. I just took what was given to me and ate it. Like a dog that suddenly eats chocolate without knowing that it is poison.

“Big–!”

Karjen’s body, which had been a subtle red color, gradually began to turn purple.

“……Is this all the reason you were harassing the knights?”

“Hehe. Did you notice?”

first. When Karjen attacked Patricia, he consumed her blood and suffered.

And after that, after terminating the contract, Karjen ate the demons and tried to devour Patricia.

Perhaps at this time, Patricia had finished thinking.

‘The reason Karjen tried to prey on Patricia again after suffering once was because she judged that she could handle it enough if there was a lot of blood.’

If you turn this around, it would be dangerous to consume a large amount of Patricia’s blood, or more precisely, her magical energy, when you do not have enough blood.

‘After attacking it with knights and making it drain its blood, feed it to rats that have directly given it magical energy.’

Karjen has already eaten many knights. Nevertheless, since there were no special problems, they probably thought that as long as Patricia was careful, she would be fine.

Patricia also used rats for that purpose.

In the end, Karjen was just played by Patricia from beginning to end.

“Phew… . Phew… .”

Karjen, who was moaning in pain, became quiet only after her entire body turned purple.

“Now. say it. Who do you belong to?”

Karjen answered Patricia’s question.

“……It belongs to the monarch.”

It was quite refreshing to see the arrogant Karjen, who had been arrogant even when she signed a master-slave contract with me, giving in.

“Thank you. Thanks to you, I got good power.”

“It’s okay to say thank you.”

What’s left now is me.

‘Rupiah’s time reversal insurance has also disappeared. The insurance on Karjen’s death has also disappeared. In the end, the only thing left is the last resort.’

Why are bad premonitions always wrong?

“So, you. Are you mentally ready?”

“What are you ready for?”

“Knowing.”

Patricia approaches slowly.

“I knew it as soon as I saw it. What a strong spirit you have. The plague of subjugation does not work on people with strong minds.”

“Does that mean you were waiting for me to declare defeat myself?”

“That’s right. Originally, I would have tortured them or used people around me, like family, as hostages… . It’s no use to you. Isn’t that right?”

“You have a good eye.”

“So, are you ready to accept subjugation?”

“……”

“You know there’s no point in dragging it on any longer.”

Patricia came right in front of me and started brushing the dust off my clothes.

“Don’t worry. When the time comes, I will return it to its original state. You, Rupiah, and this country. entire. Just lend me your strength for a moment. Just until this gray world is saved… .”

On the other hand, I wanted to see for myself what Patricia’s plan was. But in the worst case, you might have to reset it.

At that time, Patricia’s hand passed near my pocket. A hard feeling on the body.

‘Oh, there was this.’

I took out the purification stone from my arms.

“Ah, as expected. So you stole that?”

“Yes.”

Without hesitation, he thrust the purification stone into Patricia’s abdomen.

Chi-ik –!

Strong smoke billowed out. Just like when I purified Myne before.

“……”

But Patricia was so calm.

Jeong Hwa-seok, who had been puffing out smoke for a while-

Pagak –!

It shattered into pieces with a small bursting sound.

“Do you feel sorry for me at this point? Did you really think you could defeat me with just a fire board like that?”

“……Eray Sippal.”

Actually, if you think about it, it was obvious that it wouldn’t work.

There is no way that Patricia, who takes control of St. Mary’s Church, does not know that Jeonghwa-seok has disappeared.

However, there was no particular movement to retrieve or prepare for the purification stone.

This means that they don’t care about things like Jeonghwa-seok.

‘It was good when it worked for Mine, but… .’

Still, that doesn’t mean there is no harvest.

Information that Patricia inadvertently spilled, ‘deterioration plate’.

Yes. This purification stone is not the real thing, but a deteriorated version. If there is a real Purification Stone, that is, a Purification Power Stone… . It might be possible.

I don’t know where the real thing is. Perhaps the patriarch knows. Or Mariana.

In any case, all truly usable means were gone, and only one last resort remained.

“Tsk… .”

I can’t help it.

I have no choice but to gamble.

“Umm… . Zeke?”

Just then, I heard a voice I had forgotten.

“Sergeant Reese.”

“Now this… . What is the situation… ?”

She looked around and was astonished. After losing consciousness due to Patricia’s intimidation, I finally opened my eyes. I couldn’t help but feel embarrassed by the sudden change in the situation.

“……I have a suggestion, Lord of Plague.”

“What a suggestion to me in this situation. You are so confident. Well, the regret is mine, so I can’t help it.”

I took the last resort out of my inventory.

“What is it, magic? that’s interesting. So what do you suggest? Shoot me with that gun?”

“No. It’s true that you should shoot, but the target is not you.”

After putting the last resort in Patricia’s hands.

He pulled her arm and pointed it at Sergeant Reese.

“Uh… ?”

She makes a dumb sound, as if she doesn’t understand.

“This is a bit embarrassing.”

Patricia also seemed unusually embarrassed.

“This gun contains a special device. It’s a special medicine that allows you to die comfortably. The purpose is for my own self-determination.”

“Z, Zeke… .”

Sergeant Reese looking straight into my eyes.

I avoided that gaze.

Patricia, who was watching the situation, nodded as if she realized something.

“I see. You are showing mercy. So that I can’t do whatever I want with that girl… . Right? And the reason you entrusted this to me is because you are reluctant to shoot it yourself? You are surprisingly emotional.”

“……”

Didn’t answer. Sometimes silence conveys more meaning.

Patricia must have taken my silence as an affirmation, and pointed her gun at Sergeant Reese.

Sergeant Reese’s shaking pupils made eye contact once again. I smiled slightly.

“I absolutely obey Zeke’s orders… .”

As if that smile had calmed her heart, she closed her eyes.

“True. I have to be sure. If you kill that young lady, you will become one of my subjects, right?”

“Okay. I will be your servant or whatever.”

“It’s neat.”

The trigger was pulled.

Without hesitation, definitely.

The sound of an explosion is heard afterwards.

The source of the noise is not the muzzle of the gun,

It was my chest.

Nothing is fired.

No, more accurately, it can be said that a signal is emitted.

The signal to detonate the bomb planted in my chest is fired through the trigger.

It’s a small bomb the size of a finger, but it’s enough to blow my heart out.

Both Patricia and Sergeant Reese looked very perplexed, as if they couldn’t understand the series of situations.

Who would have imagined that if you pulled the trigger, it would hit the wrong person?

dump-.

My body fell backwards. I feel my body functions stopping. The brain is still alive, but only for a few seconds at most.

All that’s left now is to pray that my retry will be fine when I open my eyes.

Well, it was an eventful route in many ways.

[Game over. Restart from the last save point.]