episode_0195

Some time has passed since the unprecedented monster invasion in history occurred, covering the entire continent.

The defense lines of the kingdom and the demons had already been pushed far to the south.

The first defense line defended by Mileia retreated to the fourth defense line farther south, and hundreds of casualties occurred in the kingdom’s army.

As the defense line was pushed back, people in cities north of the defense line were forced to flee south.

Even the kingdom’s capital, Pipnel, which had just barely recovered from the clutches of the rebel remnants, was in ruins.

Southern cities were also put on alert due to the unprecedented number of refugees in history.

Food and water problems became a problem due to the sudden influx of huge numbers of refugees.

Severe fights between citizens of existing cities in the south and refugees became frequent.

A huge number of people were flocking to Kubel, the city of the goddess located in the relatively southern part of the continent, and the situation was getting worse day by day.

Even Edward, a strong figure to be the next king and the head of the city union, was unable to come up with a solution that would satisfy everyone this time and expressed difficulty, focusing only on preventing problems that occurred simultaneously.

Still, thanks to Mileia slowing down the speed at which the defense line was pushed back, the 4th defense line was able to face the monsters in a completely fortified state with a huge barrier.

Mileia’s appearance at the forefront of all defense lines from the 1st to the 4th defense line, fighting against monsters, also had an impact on the kingdom’s army, whose morale was extremely low.

Tattered light armor and a body and face stained with the blood of monsters.

Her long, jet-black hair that was tangled and flowing, her posture that showed no signs of being tired or disheveled, and her eyes shining with the sole intention of cutting down monsters made her look like a goddess of war to the kingdom soldiers watching.

When the fight against the monsters begins, Mileia burrows through the crowd of monsters like a ghost and cuts down everything in sight.

Every time her long sword flashed, dozens of monsters fell, spouting blood.

The kingdom army was confident that as long as Mileia was alive, they would not suffer a crushing defeat even if the defense line was pushed back.

That’s why it was possible to overcome fear and fight properly against that ridiculous number of monsters.

But it seemed like that was not far away.

If the 4th line of defense collapses and you retreat further, you will be pushed back to Kubel, the city of the goddess.

It was obvious that if Kubel, who the people firmly believed was under the protection of the goddess Stellania, was pushed out, the people’s hopes would quickly fade.

“Keeek-!”

The monster’s blood splattered in the air.

Monsters in the air falling after being hit by the kingdom’s army’s magic.

In the melee, Mileia was cutting down monsters and thinking about Yunoa in her head.

“Yunoa… … .”

Where is Yunoa and what is she doing now?

At the first line of defense where we last met him, Yunoa and Sylphy headed towards the waves of terrible monsters alone.

If you think about common sense, no human could walk into a sea of monsters like that and survive.

Even if it was Yunoa, if this much time had passed, it was natural to think that she died somewhere in that group of monsters.

But Mileia never thought that Yunoa was dead.

I firmly believed that he must be alive somewhere, searching for the Demon King’s soul in a way no one could think of.

I wanted to believe that.

The more I think about it, the more hopeless results come to mind.

Therefore, Mileia fought the monster even more fiercely to erase those ominous thoughts.

I have already cut down hundreds, maybe thousands of monsters.

However, it seemed as if the crowd of monsters that were coming had not decreased at all.

Monsters that were distorted and mutated under the influence of the Demon King’s soul and became more powerful surrounded Mileia.

Mileia lightly brushed off the blood from her long sword on the monster’s corpse and quietly walked back towards the group of monsters.

* * *

Ainblad’s Queen Ludmila was coldly looking at the hordes of monsters gathering like clouds from the cliff of the Demon World.

She quietly raised her index finger and pointed to the left end of the swarm of monsters, black as a swarm of ants.

After a while, dark red magical power gathered in her index finger.

Cheee-

Ludmilla slowly moved her index finger toward the right end of the group of monsters.

Then, following the movement of the index finger, red magical power drew a line in the air and tore the space.

pop! Pow! bang!

According to the shape of the line drawn by Ludmilla, explosions of red magic power occurred one after another among the group of monsters.

In an instant, countless monsters turned into shapeless pieces of meat and scattered in all directions.

It was so powerful that someone who didn’t know him could easily call him the Demon King.

“… … It’s meaningless.”

However, Ludmila, who had erased an entire group of monsters, muttered quietly.

Next to her, Xavier had a serious expression on his face.

“As long as the Demon King’s soul remains in this world, those monsters will appear again indefinitely.”

“There’s still no news from the human who called himself a hero, right?”

“… … Well, that’s right.”

Against the large army of monsters pushing down from the north, the Demon World had already retreated its front lines.

At first, various demons united to fight against the demons, but Ludmilla, who thought that a war of attrition against the endless influx of demons would only reduce the number of demons, defeated all of her troops.

And Ludmilla climbed up to the highest cliff in the demon world and directly consumed her own magic power to stop the monster’s southward advance.

“Ludmilla, no matter how you are, aren’t you reaching your limit?”

Xaviel asked Ludmila.

Ainblad’s queen, Ludmilla, was below the Demon King in the hierarchy of the Demon World, but in reality, they had a delicate relationship of mutual respect.

“I’m just a little tired. It’s still okay.”

“As expected, calling Versella… … .”

Demon King Versella was the strongest being in the Demon World, in terms of magical power alone.

This was because she had that much of the Demon King’s soul in her body in the first place, and the powerful power of that Demon King Soul remained to some extent even after the Demon King’s soul escaped.

But Ludmila shook her head.

“It was you who said you wanted to make sure Versella didn’t have to go through any more hardships, Xaviel.”

“Yes, but… … .”

“She is in the position of the devil, but she is also a child. Versella has had a tough enough time so far. Once the demon king’s soul disappears from this world… … We may need to reconsider the heavy position placed on Versella.”

“That means… … .”

“You can’t force a child to go to war. For now, all I can do is trust that human and block the monsters as much as I can.”

Xaviel quietly looked at Ludmilla with a complicated face.

Ludmilla raised her index finger again and began to gather magical power at the tip of her finger.

* * *

“Kooo!”

In front of me, the huge maw of the Amantium Dragon opened wide as if it were going to swallow me up, and it let out a roar so loud that it made my heart tremble.

The holy sword was clearly sticking its tip into the guy’s mouth.

The power of Goddess Stellania was also clearly activated.

But why? Why on earth is he fine?

My body was shaking from an endless feeling of despair.

I thought that if I could somehow drive the holy sword into his body, I could end everything.

Believing so, I took the risk and rushed into the guy’s mouth.

The arrow that Sylphy had fired lost all its strength and fell to the floor.

Time seemed to pass slowly, as if in slow motion.

I can see the magic power of the black demon king’s soul slowly gathering again in the wide-open mouth before my eyes.

Words that momentarily pass through my mind.

Death─

The magic power that gathers in that mouth is like a grim reaper that takes away all life force and soul when it touches it.

And right in front of where that power gathered, I stepped on the tip of its lower jaw, grabbed the holy sword, and hung halfway there.

There is no way to avoid it.

The black magic will grow bigger and spread out again like a beam of light, and I will be swallowed up and die by the magic that is like death itself.

I couldn’t think of any other scenario in my head.

Ah, that was it.

Now I think I understand why the narration is silent.

Why does the narration, which always suggests a solution when I’m in a crisis, remain silent until this situation arises?

perhaps… … .

I guess I can’t speak because I’m in a situation where even the narration can’t find the answer, and there’s really nothing I can do about it.

I can see the black magic growing before my eyes.

At the same time, eight black magic spheres floating around the head are also resonating with each other and gathering powerful magic power.

I didn’t come to this world and want an ending like this.

I quietly closed my eyes in resignation.

The time until the black magic attacks me would be a split second.

However, is the reason why that time feels like an eternity possible because of God’s consideration in allowing humans who are about to die to look back on their past lives?

『Yunoa gave up everything and closed her eyes, despairing of the whole situation.

But this time, it was a situation where anyone other than Yunoa would have given up.

Rather, Yunoa believed in herself and did her best to bring the situation to this point.』

At that time, I opened my eyes again at the voice I heard in my head.

『The power of the goddess engraved on Yunoa’s sword.

It was the last remaining power of Stellania, the goddess of this world.

However, because the Demon King’s Soul was given too much time to grow, the power of the Demon King’s Soul exceeded the power of the Goddess of the Holy Sword.』

That means I can’t defeat the demon king’s spirit with this holy sword I have.

I see… The reason why the power of the goddess did not work on the demon king’s soul… … .

I’m too late.

『But it is still too early to give up.

Stellania’s goddess power did not work against the demon king’s soul, but Yunoa still had unused power left.

It is the power of a much more powerful goddess, incomparable to the power possessed by Stellania.

I was still able to use the power of goddess Arcelia, the owner of this voice heard by Yunoa.』

goddess… … Arcelia?

The name of the goddess who sent me to this world and embedded the narration in my head was Arcelia.

I knew this for the first time.

It was the moment the narration ended.

Paaat—!

The holy sword I was holding began to emit an intense light again.

The dazzling light emitted from the Holy Sword spread like a wave around the area, covering the black magic power that the Amantium Dragon was gathering.

『But if this power is used, Yunoa will no longer be able to hear this voice forever.

Yunoa was a really stupid, indecisive man who couldn’t do anything without this voice.

… … Still, there was no choice.

The only way was to use the power of Arcelia, the goddess who was the source of this voice, to extinguish the demon king’s soul.』

“What… what… … .”

The Holy Sword was emitting brighter and brighter light, and now the surroundings were filled with light to the extent that it was impossible to see.

Both the Amantium Dragon and Sylphy were instantly swallowed by pure white light.

The hand holding the holy sword felt warm, as if I was holding someone’s hand.

『In the name of Goddess Arcelia─

Here I entrust the final power to save this world.』

Flash─

The glare was so intense that I couldn’t bear it anymore, so I unconsciously raised my arm and covered my eyes.

After a while, the light began to fade and I slowly lowered my arms again and opened my eyes.

“… … .”

The Amantium Dragon, which looked like it was about to shoot a death ray at me, collapsed in front of me.

I could no longer feel the black sphere that he had summoned or the magical power of the demon king’s soul that was felt throughout his body.

The devil’s soul… … disappeared.

“… … Senior Yunoa!”

I see Sylphy, who was watching from afar, calling my name and running towards me.

I watched that scene with a bewildered expression and was feeling complex emotions.

“Goddess Arcelia… … is it… … .”

The Demon King’s soul disappeared, and no more narration was heard.

But this time, I knew that the narration wasn’t just about keeping quiet.

The narration is… … It disappeared forever along with the Demon King’s soul.

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