episode_0044

Don’t be funny.

I stood up, gathering my malice.

I picked up the fallen long sword.

A strong impulse rising from my fingertips pounded my heart.

“Did you say it was for survival? Yes, you can live! Alone, eating everything around you!”

“You bastard who doesn’t know anything!”

He grabs his sword and rushes in.

Blood flowed down my back.

“I don’t know. No, I don’t even want to know! The circumstances of a madman who massacred 3,000 people for that reason!”

“Shut up and fight!”

I simply hit the flying spear of power with anger.

The whirlpool shattered, leaving a long scar on his face.

The scattered wind tore through the vacant lot.

“What were you thinking when you heard their screams? Looking down at their deaths, did you at least enjoy the joy of being alive?”

“I told you to shut up!”

The fierce sword strike is blocked by the axe. It doesn’t matter, break it.

Until you shut your mouth.

The left hand that struck down shattered the ax blade.

The spear that had been fired returned to Knut’s grasp as he stretched out his right arm.

The blade of the spear pierced my shoulder. doesn’t care.

He hit Knut’s face with his head.

One of Knut’s eyes burst out.

Blood flowed from my head.

“Kaaaa!”

Shedding bloody tears, Knut bit my ear.

“I… will never forgive you or Kahar! I swear on the name of my father, mother, and sister. I made a vow to the warrior god that I would kill you all!”

“You talk so proudly, but in the end it’s just revenge!”

He grabbed the spear with his left hand and swung the sword with his right hand.

This is the method I learned from Millia.

Knut’s left arm was cut off. A fountain of blood poured down and soaked the floor.

A series of sword strikes aimed at the neck.

“Die!”

“Woehlberg!”

A storm rose from the blade of the spear that pierced my shoulder.

Unable to hold on, he bounced off and rolled around on the floor.

A red path continued on the ruined dirt floor.

“The resentment of the innocent people you slaughtered! The wailing of those who lost their families and were sold into slavery! If these four years are just food for survival, die right here under the weight! Finally, the judgment of the warrior god will come true! Hashalar Ayshangior, the whore of Kahar!”

From Knut’s battered body, a gray holy light burned like a forest fire.

It was a power that burned and raised all of his life force.

I took out my frostbite.

—-

A monster that eats people?

Do you know that I wanted to do something like that?

You’re doing this to avoid doing that!

The injustice was overtaken.

okay. It would have been easier to just turn a blind eye and live among the Ka`har.

I adapted to them and let go of my heart. In that way, there would have been a way to live as their queen like Hershela!

Threats from my brothers? All I had to do was kill him first!

Suspicions from subordinates? All you have to do is press down with all your force!

Bad ending? How could you not avoid something you already knew?

It was all a lie.

It was all just an excuse to get out of there!

To escape from the monsters that slaughter people for joy.

Because I couldn’t bear that cruelty, I came here.

Countless eyes that loathe me, resent me, and doubt me.

Lying to myself and telling myself that all of that was nothing.

Even if I have to endure it for the rest of my life, to live as a human being!

To endure the pain, I bared my teeth, erected thorns to decorate myself, and finally took my first step!

We must continue to fight, fight, and fight again. That’s how you have to survive!

– okay.

Because I know.

Because I know that if I don’t fight, everyone here will die too!

Knowing that, how could you leave it alone?

– That’s right. you have to do it

What happens to them if I die?

Who can stop the approaching enemies and save those who are destined to die?

– Save the people. Whatever it takes.

How many people will die until Damian saves the world? Do you know, Knut?

So I’m going to kill you. After killing you, you will regret it.

But I can’t die here!

I gritted my teeth and got up.

I can even hold back from spewing out resentment towards me.

However, I can’t bear to call myself a monster.

“I came this far to avoid becoming a monster!”

He took off the gauntlets that were made of rags and held out his left arm with silver claws.

A cold chill seeped down my arms and into my heart.

– Finally…!

I heard someone cheering.

My face turned red.

—-

A sense of freedom, like falling, took hold of me.

My body was as cold as freezing.

Thoughts don’t connect.

The last tooth that was finally pulled out was a curse itself.

“Kyaaa!”

Crying and coughing up blood.

Running on all fours like an animal, the sight in front of you…

…Who was it?

Running toward someone I don’t remember.

The karma of slaughter that had permeated my entire body took shape and enveloped me.

A bloody, dark red energy tangled around my left arm.

The gray enemy threw down his spear.

It’s a mess.

Raise your left hand straight out.

The vortex shattered, and the window split lengthwise.

“What the hell is this…!”

It lunges at startled prey.

Holding the short teeth pulled out from his waist in his right hand.

Catch the flying right leg and tear it apart.

“K…sigh..!”

Throw away the leg that has turned into a piece of meat.

A prey that has lost its legs supports its body with gray energy.

It pulls out the prey stuck in its body and slashes it down.

I grabbed it with my left hand and crushed it.

Shattered pieces of metal fell between my fingers.

The energy gathered in the prey’s left arm penetrated my right arm.

My right arm no longer moved.

It’s annoying.

If you resist even if you don’t have limbs, you can just stop breathing.

The left arm was pierced through the abdomen.

“Wow…!”

The prey vomited out blood.

The torn internal organs were tangled in my fingertips.

I grabbed it and pulled it out.

“Ahhhh!”

The piece of meat screamed.

My stomach burst open and a fountain of blood gushed out, staining my face.

I gently licked the things around my mouth.

“Ah…Ishaan, Gioruuuu!”

Gray waves burst out.

I couldn’t hold on and fell backwards.

My left leg was twisted.

I reached out and twisted it back to its original state.

“Kyahaaaa..!”

Blood surged beyond my throat.

Anyway, it’s all over now.

He bared his teeth and sneered, looking at the piece of meat in front of him.

It had only one arm and one leg left, and it looked like it was staggering around with its stomach skin bursting open and its internal organs spilling out.

The blood pooling under my feet almost formed a lake.

Even if you leave it alone, it will die in an instant.

Just in case, gather a little strength, lunge at it with your right leg and bite its neck, and that’s it.

I’m hungry.

Drooling, I curled up and prepared to jump.

Something hit my fingertips.

I turned my head and looked down at my fingertips.

It was a long claw tinged with blue.

There’s something written…

This…

A sentence shining in gold. It caught my eye.

[One of the twelve swords that protect humans. Median]

ah.

What was I doing right now…?

Consciousness returned as if I had been doused in cold water.

As if my blood had frozen, a shuddering cold sensation spread throughout my body, causing my whole body to tremble.

The pain that I had not been aware of came flooding back to me like a burning sensation.

It was cold, hot, and driving me crazy.

I immediately threw off the frost.

The exposed left arm was stained pale purple.

What on earth is this weapon?

At some point, I felt like I was no longer myself.

Something other than a person was forcibly twisting my mind.

As blood filled the brain, all I could see was bright red, and only one smell remained at the tip of my nose.

Hershela fought with something like this in the future…?

Doing things like that makes you a crazy mass murderer.

I picked up the frosted hair that I had thrown away and put it back in the case.

Since my left leg and right arm couldn’t move, I only used the remaining one each.

“Your expression… has changed… your spirit, ugh…! Have you come to your senses?…”

It was only then that my consciousness turned to Knut as I heard a voice that seemed to break.

Before he knew it, he too was lying face down on the floor.

Half-submerged in a puddle of blood flowing from his own body.

“Knut…”

It was not a human appearance.

The injury was so severe that it was a mystery that he was still breathing.

There was no strength left to approach and kill.

There was no need for that.

Unless a saint came, there was no way to survive in that state.

“You won’t become a monster…? Look at yourself now…and yet…saying that…”

The voice gradually quieted down.

There was nothing to reply.

I never would have imagined that frost was such a vicious thing.

This was a weapon that literally turned people into monsters.

“I… despise you… in order to survive… eating others… fighting only for themselves… people should not… do that. ”

“……I want to protect people. I’m trying to survive.”

okay. For that.

“Again…nonsense, sophistry…”

Knut let out a laugh.

It was a helpless laugh, similar to the last moments of a sick person.

I could feel the forest shaking with excitement.

okay. Since we fought so loudly, I’m sure they’ll come check what happened.

I had to destroy the evidence and avoid this place.

Pieces of my longsword and dagger, Aimella’s sword and torn pieces of armor.

He hurriedly got up, used Aimella’s sword in its sheath as a cane, and dragged his body with difficulty, collecting traces.

The daggers that were thrown at Knut had already almost turned into powder, perhaps having been shattered by the gray storm earlier.

“…Do you want to go…Yes, at the Heavenly Palace…I will watch your struggles…”

Leaving Knut’s muttering behind, he staggered and headed towards where his team members were.

My knees buckled and I collapsed, eventually crawling on the ground.

“Astrid……”

A faint murmur was heard from behind.