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“Whatever he says, I just listen to him quietly, and he says endless things.”

As I pulled the goblin’s hand to help him stand up, the warrior standing next to him joined our conversation in a low tone.

“Monsters are evil. It is natural to eradicate unclean beings.”

“Hero, aren’t you talking too much? If our tender-hearted goblins get hurt, they won’t be responsible.”

“I’m not trying to kill that goblin because I’m strong. If all the powerful people in the world did what they wanted, the world would be a mess.”

“Didn’t you know? The world is really a mess! From the moment good and evil were decided, the world was already a mess!”

“… gibberish. I do not attack innocent, good people. The reason I attack goblins is because they have no choice but to commit sin in some way.”

Anyway, I don’t know that. There is probably no one who knows more about this species of monster than I do.

“Do you know that goblins are hostile to all races? Do goblins destroy forests and destroy trees like you humans do? I just admit it honestly. The reason you decided to attack the goblins is because the goblins are annoying to you. Why do you talk like you are the absolute standard of good and evil?”

The warrior Claire is silent. He seems to be a warrior by name and pride that he must be noble.

Then it’s good for me. It is easier for a good person like that to cause confusion than a third-rate person who takes evil as their inner refuge. The reason the devil is a devil is because he was once an angel. A fallen angel, that is a devil.

“What? A conglomerate of evil? Isn’t this a delusion of grandeur? The goblin species is simply greedy and lustful. The reason you define goblins as evil is because their blades are aimed at you humans.”

“No one knows that goblins are an ugly race.”

“Ugly? What is ugly? Tell me, our righteous hero.”

“They kill other living beings without hesitation, which is understandable since they do it for food. Because we also have to harm other lives in order to live. However, goblins are a species that instinctively commits rape. How could a servant who rapes an unwanted person for his own pleasure not be ugly?”

“Rape? Hahaha! Are you just saying that rape is an ugly thing?”

“Then, isn’t it?”

“No! that’s right! Rape is a dirty and dirty thing! For some people, it could be a crime worse than murder! But, ”

There are so many things that people like warriors overlook.

I think the belief that you are right is blocking your view of the world.

“That is human standards.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Shall we give an example? You know seals, right? A cute beast that lives in the water. But actually, seals have as much sex drive as goblins. However, male seals, who are marginalized due to the polygamy system, find it difficult to mate with female seals. So do you know what they do?”

“… .”

“Rape the penguin. You know penguins too, right? Cute kids waddling around and looking cute. Seals rape penguins even though they are clearly different species. Is it really because they are evil? A species called seals, a race cursed from birth, so they commit such obscene acts?”

“It is… .”

“If seals were truly an unclean race, shouldn’t humans have long ago defined them as evil according to their doctrine? But what is it like? People wave to seals and penguins, saying they are cute, and some people keep seals in their homes and give them love. Pet seals also repay that love by being cute and showing loyalty.”

“Seals and goblins… Isn’t it different?”

“That’s right! It’s different! Seals do that to penguins, but goblins do that to humans! That’s why he’s an evil demon to you! But it doesn’t seem that way to a demon like me! The way you humans look at seals and penguins is the same as the way I look at goblins and humans! That’s why we have to fight! Because we have different ideologies!”

The warrior cannot give any answer. Is there much to think about? This is a very simple and clear explanation, right?

“Goblins harm humans in some way? It could be so. But think the other way around. Have you humans ever helped goblins? ah! It might have been helpful in dealing with sexual desires!”

“Then, shall we look at other animals? Has the human species ever helped livestock or plants? Aren’t you always in the way? They used it to their heart’s content for things like farming, but when they finished using it, they killed it and used it as meat.”

“Huh? So humans are evil? Because it causes nothing but harm to almost all animals and plants! It’s clearly evil, but why isn’t the hero’s sword aimed at humans? Was there discrimination even among evil?”

“Isn’t it unpleasant? It’s normal, right now I’m denying the meaning of its existence. A warrior is someone who must be good and just, huh? Since when is justice just another word for selective hypocrisy? That’s roughly what it sounds like.”

As he excitedly played with his snout, the goblin had already fallen far behind. I was wondering what he would do if he foolishly said he would stand next to me, even though it would only be a distraction, but he turns out to be a very perceptive guy. The more I see it, the more I like it.

“… So.”

The warrior who had been listening to me silently opens his mouth. It is a calm, unwavering tone. I wanted to inflict at least a psychological blow, but I guess that doesn’t work. My spirit is stronger than I thought.

“What do you want to say?”

“… It’s simple.”

“State the main point. What do you want from me?”

“Get rid of the unsuitable good man cosplay and just admit that you are slaughtering goblins on orders from the empire. Because no one is criticizing me for that. Who can say anything when an insignificant and weak goblin is subjugated by a powerful human?”

“Are you aware that this is an order issued by the Empire? I’m becoming more and more curious about your identity.”

Certainly, a warrior is a warrior.

A being chosen by the Lord. If a saint is the only chosen one among nuns, a warrior is the only one chosen among warriors. In other words, he can be seen as a warrior with the strongest spirit on the continent.

Well, that means he grew and grew and conquered all the monsters in the southern part of the Demon Forest.

“I am human. As a human, I stand on the side of humans, and that is why I kill goblins. Is there any problem? Is it wrong for humans to follow their own sense of justice and goodness?”

“… If you come out like that, I have nothing to say, haha.”

Archangel Uriel would fall to his knees just by fluttering his lips like this, but he is a warrior after all.

Well, if things had gone as they should have been, a hero who should have had a fight with the Demon King should not be defeated by this level of fluttering. The hero of 200 years later, a weakling like the servile Fray de Siegfried, is an exception.

“Haaa!”

Kwaang-!

I turned my head when I heard loud cheers and explosions, and saw Beatrice’s sword and the Great Warrior’s sword clashing fiercely.

They were not the only ones devoted to battle. Nioh is advancing at great strides against the wizards and archers of the hero party, protecting vital areas to prevent them from carelessly diverting their attention. Uriel, who boasted that he too could fight, cannot be seen where he has gone… uh?

“The divine power is quite pure. But it must be quite a burden to unleash divine power here, in the Demon Forest, right?”

“Dang, Shin-eun, what is their true identity…? !”

“A being you have read about countless times in the Bible. Even if I tell you this, I won’t even be able to figure it out.”

Surprisingly, Uriel was engaging in a divine power battle against the priest of the warrior party. A white and beautiful energy pours out between the two beings. White birds and pure birds flap their wings and show off their white feathers.

The white wings on Uriel’s back were wide open for the first time in a long time. Was Uriel’s energy that great? Of course, compared to its heyday, it is infinitely insignificant, but the energy that grew while watching Nioh’s affectionate love in the past is generously expressed in its magnificence.

“Ha, white wings… ? Uh, why is the angel blocking us… !?”

“Do not think that the opposite side of good is necessarily evil. Each person has their own definition and their own life. Why do you think that blocking you is unconditionally evil?”

“What, what… ! Ugh… !”

“I also had a time like you.”

I never thought there would be such a twist for Uriel, who I thought was just a carnivore. A sense of pride and pride wells up in my heart. Is this the heart of a father raising a child?

… Hey, some guy’s child raised him for 200 years and he’s only that high. I suddenly feel unfair.

“Well, anyway.”

In order to calm down this anger, I guess I need to vent some. To our mighty warrior.

“You don’t plan on just walking away, do you?”

“Earlier, you introduced yourself as a demon. I don’t see why humans wouldn’t encounter demons and fight them.”

“Did you catch that again?”

The warrior’s sword slowly draws a semicircle. The golden flag on the blade is unusual. The hair stands on end.

Light (light). It is a fundamentally different energy from divine power. The energy of the sun can only be used by warriors and the emperor of an empire. It gives warm brightness to all things, but sometimes the power of the polar yang that burns all things blooms from the tip of the warrior’s sword.

Okay-.

In response, I drew a card. The card I drew was Diamond 5. The hardest shield in the world, but as small as the palm of your hand.

I picked it up with my index and middle fingers. To prevent a major attack that will soon follow.

Sssss-.

The warrior’s sword stopped diagonally. As soon as it descended diagonally, the illusion arose as if the air had been distorted at an angle.

“Heavenly Strike.”

A sword strike that cuts through the sky falls towards me as a lightning strike. Although the energy is insignificant, it is still a formidable attack.

But I already know relativity. I fought with the next generation after you.

It dazzles the black eyes that split the air. You can think of it as ‘heocho’. The moment he sees the air distorted by that sword and gets scared and throws it away, the second attack that the caster had hidden flashes behind him and cuts the opponent to pieces.

Just like now.

Sigh-!

The hero’s sword, which circled once in the air, struck directly at my side. I don’t fall out. Instead, I press my body close to the hero and block his forearm, which is not even fully strong, with my side.

Of course, the side itself is a very weak area, so there is damage. But fighting is ultimately an act of giving flesh and taking bones. This slight pain I feel now will soon become the basis for inflicting deep wounds on the warrior.

“Where!”

“Hmm!?”

After approaching him according to the warrior’s movements, he changed the course by adding the slope of the Diamond 5 card to the sword. The hero’s sword, whose direction of power had gone astray, had no place to go and flew through the air. The warrior lost his balance and leaned on me as if he was about to fall.

Without missing the opportunity, I pulled out the Ace of Spades card and struck it down. A sharp spear that could pierce anything was thrust into the hero’s bulging eyeball.

“Haaap-!”

The warrior was not embarrassed and shouted. A powerful shout that made my eardrums vibrate, it was not just a shout.

Quaaaa-!

A golden ray of light erupted from the blonde warrior’s mouth and struck my arm holding the spear. It was so hot that even though it wasn’t on fire, the fabric covering my arms burned up in an instant. My skin also became tanned.

Thanks to this, the direction of the spear also changed. The spear passed by the side of the hero’s head next to his eye and drew a long diagonal line on the warrior’s smooth face. Lines of red and fishy blood were engraved.

After exchanging attacks, the warrior and I jumped back at the same time. The purpose is to widen the distance and begin maintenance.

“The response is good. He’s a useless hero anyway, so why did the empire raise him like this?”

“… You use an unusual weapon.”

Although it was a brief skirmish, I had a premonition. That hero probably realized it too.

This fight.

That it won’t be easy.

*****

On top of the girl’s head are animal ears. When her ears perk up, the girl listens to the sounds she hears.

Sigh-.

A group of people appears through the bushes. Not a human, a goblin, or a demon. They are a group of animals that walk on all fours and walk on all fours.

“Keng, come out.”

The girl with wolf ears, King Lang, scolds her quietly. The wandering pack of wolves finally stood in front of the king.

“Tonight is right?”

King Lang asked a question bluntly. The oldest wolf, who was at the head of the wolf pack, was the largest and had the thickest mane, and opened his mouth on behalf of the other wolves.

“Yes, king.”

“How do you know? What?”

“Tonight, the fattest moon, which comes only once a year, rises. It is the only day on which the King can inherit power and authority.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes, I can assure you.”

All the wolves were bowing to King Lang. There was no difference between a wolf with a gray mane or a wolf with a black mane.

King Lang is such a being. A unique being that encompasses all beings united under the species of wolf, representing them and ruling them. If two kings exist in the same sky, they must face each other to determine victory and defeat and establish superiority and inferiority.

That is, the king of a species.

“King, please follow us. I will guide you to a place where you will receive strength.”

“I understand.”

“Kkkk! Oooooh-!”

“Awww-! Oooooh-!”

The wolves, who finally have their own king, howl with joy. For them, it is a day that can be called an auspicious event more than any other day.

In response to the wolves’ expectations, the wolf girl Aru took a step forward.

Strictly speaking, Aru is not yet king. Because the succession ceremony was not held under Daeboreum. All kings can use their power only after going through the ‘servant succession ceremony.’ For example, dominating the same species.

Aru was currently on his way to take the course.