episode_0286

‘Let’s stay calm. There’s still time.’

Wayne thought that if the messenger had left now, it would take some time for news to reach him and for additional troops to arrive.

‘First, we have to kill this guy in front of us.’

It was unclear how many more demons of similar power to Rhenias would come, but all Wayne had to do was finish off Rhenias before they arrived. Otherwise, it is absolutely impossible to achieve balance.

“Wow, I can see your impatience with the sword.”

However, the stronger Wayne’s thoughts were, the more relaxed Lenias had to deal with it. In the first place, if we exclude Arjen’s power, her divine power and Rhenias’ magic power are at a similar level.

Therefore, the leisurely side was bound to be much more advantageous than the urgent side.

“Well… I’m so grateful to that dragon. Now that the lying power that was shown earlier has disappeared, it’s easier to deal with it.”

Rhenias looked at Akasha for a moment as she was being held by Eugene. Not only did he weaken the warrior, but he also attracted the attention of a strong-looking god, which was the icing on the cake for him.

‘Well… I don’t think I can defeat that god, but if I kill that dragon, the law of cause and effect will take care of it.’

All that’s left is to ravage humans to their heart’s content along with the demons that have been trapped for a long time. Rhenias did not even see Eugene as an object of conflict in the first place.

Kaang!

Once again, the holy sword’s sharp sword strike aims at a vital point and penetrates. Lenias let the attack go defensively.

“I know what you’re thinking, but it’s already too late. Warrior.”

“Why are you late? I don’t think it’s too late at all?”

“I guess it will take a while for the messenger to come and go, but this place is also part of the demon world now.”

Before Rhenias could finish speaking, a new and powerful demonic energy appeared in Wayne’s aura.

“In the demon world, demons are free to move to the point where distance restrictions are meaningless. Wasn’t this recorded in your human literature?”

Coo!

The sound of footsteps shook the earth as if an earthquake had occurred. Wayne looked at the epicenter, wondering how many troops had been dragged along, but there was only one person standing.

In fact, Rhenias’ expression when he saw the place with Wayne was not as bright.

“…No, why did that slow guy come the fastest?”

Unlike the relatively light-clad Rhenias, this is a gigantic demon fully armed with black full-plate mail.

Even the characteristics of a demon were all covered by armor, so the only clues that showed he was a demon were his demonic energy so dark that it was visible to the naked eye and his height, which appeared to be 4 meters tall.

“Ah… Rhenias, you idiot. Even though he was the first to pick up the spoon, he pretended to be begging for help.”

Surprisingly, the voice that came out from inside the armor was a slightly high-pitched female voice. Rhenias turned his head and responded.

“Let’s see if that sound comes out even after looking at that.”

“Huh? Hmm?”

The armored demon who followed Rhenias looked at Eugene and fell silent.

“Why is God personally taking action to defeat the dragon?”

“That dragon is the one who plotted with us.”

“Say what you say right away. It’s you, not us. Anyway, there is no answer. How can you ignore causality and do something like that?”

“Hmm… It looks like that dragon did something like kill a god and took away your faith. Could that be why? Anyway, ignore it because it’s like a natural disaster. Right now, the hero in front of me is the most urgent priority.”

“A warrior?”

Belatedly, the demon’s eyes are fixed on Wayne.

“What, you can’t even defeat that little girl?”

“Hero, so that you understand. That guy has lived so long that he doesn’t know how to be polite to others. Because he lived much longer than me.”

Wayne’s hands began to sweat as he heard Rhenias’ words. This is because saying that a demon has lived a long time means the same thing as saying that it is stronger.

“Know that you will die if you go back, Rhenias.”

As he said that, the demon immediately rushed towards Wayne. Wayne was constantly on edge, but when the opponent flew at him at an unexpected speed, he was startled and quickly raised his holy sword.

Quang!

A huge ax with a blade the size of a human body struck the holy sword as if it would shatter it. One fortunate fact is that, despite its enormous physical strength, it did not contain much magical energy.

Even though he had magic energy that was clearly visible to the eye, it was not used in the attack, which made Wayne wonder, but he continued to successfully counterattack.

“Huh!”

When it comes to simple strength, even Wayne, who has been training for a long time, well beyond the human lifespan, is not far behind. When combined with divine power, he pushed away the large ax and at the same time struck off the helmet part of the armor.

“Oh.”

A face revealed under a helmet blown off by a sword. Long red hair fluttered instead of blood. Facing golden eyes on a black background, Wayne held on tightly to avoid being mesmerized by those eyes.

“Mmm. You have the skills to be called a hero.”

“Stop talking bullshit. It’s because your hand-to-hand combat sucks. Stop playing around. Now we join forces.”

“I understand.”

A bold declaration of joint venture. Wayne pulled his chin in closely, watching closely to see which side moved first. It was Rhenias who moved first.

“Tsk!”

Wayne, who did not even think about striking Rhenias’s sword as he thought that a combined attack would definitely follow, was aimed at Wayne, but it was not a huge axe, but a burning flame.

“What?”

Wayne’s whole body was covered in black flames that seemed to delude his eyes. Unlike the axe, the flame contained more than enough demonic energy.

‘I was tricked…!’

No one would have expected that the opponent’s main means of attack, armed with heavy weapons and even carrying a large axe, would be fireworks.

Wayne, who was beautifully deceived, gathered his divine power with all his might, exploded it, and rolled over without even looking back. Rhenias’ sword passes by the spot where it was just moments ago.

“It’s a shame.”

“It exploded slowly. Because you’re so hostile, isn’t the other person taking action?”

“Isn’t it because of the match fire that was scattered all at once?”

If there is a positive factor for Wayne, it is the extreme lack of teamwork on the opposing side. Rather than creating synergy, it was a joint attack that could have been negative. Of course, everything else was negative.

One way or another, Wayne didn’t even have time to hide as he felt like he was dealing with two demon lords at the same time.

‘If this goes on and the third comes…’

I didn’t even want to think about it. At first, I felt like my body, which Eugene had treated, was limp.

A situation that I had never felt before when I was working as a warrior, and which was increasingly leading to despair. Wayne’s emotions were increasingly worn down by the crisis without a clear solution.

Eugene was the first to notice Wayne’s crisis.

But unfortunately, Eugene was unable to help Wayne. This is because every time I decided to attack the demons, I felt like there was a restriction that I couldn’t resist.

‘Is this the causality….’

As if the only thing I was allowed to do was heal Wayne, which I had done earlier, every time I focused on Wayne, the faith I had received from Prinia seemed to dissipate at any moment.

Moreover, Akasha did not give up and clung to Eugene even though she continued to suffer, so there was literally no one who could extend a helping hand to Wayne.

It was at that moment that a ‘miracle’ occurred. A ray of sunlight suddenly appeared in the overcast sky and illuminated Wayne’s body.

‘Wait, what about that phenomenon?’

The first to react to what suddenly happened were not the two demons closest to Wayne, but Eugene and Akasha, who had already seen that scene once.

“…God….”

Wayne’s voice laments. Unlike ordinary humans who collapse once they are broken, Wayne filled the emotional void worn away by despair with endless faith.

The heavens literally opened as if it were natural for God to provide salvation if humanity had faith.

A god who could descend to this earth in the body of a saint appeared in the body of a warrior.

“Stella…!”

When Wayne’s body, which had only divine power, suddenly felt faith itself, the demons also took notice. Coincidentally, both candidates for the Demon King were people who had lived before the demons were cut off, so they were well aware of Stella’s power.

“I heard it all, you demons.”

Stella’s first words, borrowed from Wayne’s mouth, were these.

“It looks like there is no way for you to disturb the underworld if you just hold on to this place.”

The holy sword in Stella’s hand returns to its original identity, a lump of pure faith, and wraps around her body.

“Then there is no problem if I come down myself.”

“…No! It’s full of problems!”

It was Eugene’s scream. Even if Stella was able to free herself from causality and engage in summer activities for a while by using the body of a highly religious person, it was only for a short period of time.

And of course, such a form of advent consumes Stella’s own faith.

It was clearly a time when overwhelming power could be exerted, but after that time was over, all that remained was a threat.

However, Eugene could not blame her. Because I knew very well that all of those actions were done to care for Wayne.

“The problem is….”

Eugene glanced at Akasha. Akasha cheered like crazy at that.

“Hahahaha! Thank you Stella! No, hero!”

The faith in Akasha’s body soared into the sky. It is heading to outer space through out-of-body.

Now that Stella has come down to the underworld, the only people left are the lesser gods that Akasha has not yet eaten and Prinia, who gave all her faith to Eugene.

Akasha had no reason not to take action, even taking the bold step of throwing away her own body.

“Damn it!”

Eugene also belatedly chased after Akasha.