Chapter 201 – Academy’s Strongest Canteen Man (6)

Looking back, all of this.
It had a very similar structure to the common novels I read as a child.

The king comes to the hero who has been summoned to another world.
He promises to marry the princess and asks her to defeat the devil.
He leaves to save the world with his trustworthy colleagues.

Ordinary story.

However, the moment reality is added to fantasy.
The world didn’t always seem that beautiful.

That was the moment when the intense magic energy and the pain of breaking bones overlapped.
The ending was like that, with so many tears shed even after the demon lord was dealt with.
After retiring and picking up the sword again, I am the target that I have to cut down.
The point was that it was never evil.

Because he looked so different from the hero in the story.
There were only two times that I called myself a warrior in front of others.

One time, his identity was already half revealed to Caroline.
Another time, the demons were wiped out in the Ravier Mountains, and it was a situation that was worthy of its name.
Then now——

Kwaaang——!!

“Ugh… !!”

Sparks and explosions flew from the sword due to the immense power.
His eardrums were ruptured and his fingers were broken, but he was used to it.

I, who had been pushed back until now, gradually regained the upper hand.
In this cramped room, he has to fight to protect the shrine.
And this was because the second hero’s sword, which had already collided with the holy sword dozens of times, began to break down little by little.

“Wow… !!”

I finally succeeded in sending him flying once.
It was definitely broken in one big place.
The dim vision began to widen again.
The noise of the battlefield also penetrated the buzzing ears.

— Yo, it’s a dragon! Stop the dragon!!
— Magic doesn’t work! Fight with your sword!!
— Frederick!! The Archbishop was defeated!!
— Holy Father, where on earth are you… !!

I was relieved that I could not hear my colleagues’ screams amidst the chaos.
On the other hand, my situation was truly miserable.

“Cough… ! Tsk.”

There is still a long way to go.
Once you defeat the hero, you must find Kassel and end all of this before all of Rubier’s troops attack.
Next, we have to run to Parenzia and kill Antiope this time.
Next, we must go to the north and completely purify the demon world.

And again.
After that…

“Ugh, ahhh———!!”

At that moment, the half-broken sword wielded by the hero flashed before my eyes.
He hurriedly raised his shield to block, but his knees buckled and he fell halfway down.
As I withstood the guy’s random attacks, he burst out laughing.
No matter how much I thought about it, it was because he didn’t look like a warrior.

Did I, who saved the world, properly defeat the devil?
I almost broke my oath, sent Yoak alive, and put Parenzia in danger by not being able to break even one branch.

Has the problem of the unique magic of the two women, Esther and Lehel, been finally resolved?
All I could do was stay by their side while they made conflicting choices.
Like the warriors in the story, I did not have the power to save everyone.

Liv and Darling’s past as well.
After learning the truth about me, they just endured the reality as it is.
I couldn’t turn back time or cover up painful memories.

What kind of hero is this?
Not being able to remove a single stone from my head.

Kwaaaaang——!!

This time, I lost my shield to his sword and fell.
The pain of hitting the stone floor reminded me of when I first came here.
A crushing pain.
Ice.
And fear.

To me, this world and the hero were such terrible things.
Nevertheless, the reason why I was able to not give up till the end——

“Cough… !!”

It was because of a woman who was here where I fell.

“…”

I stood up, wiping the blood off the stone floor.
I calmly checked the wrist that was holding the shield and closed the sword.
Okay, since when was I such a perfect human being that people call me a hero?
She just tried to die.

Even when I defeated the Demon King.
Even when fighting the archdukes.
Even when pointing the tip of a sword at Seongguk.

Same now.

“Let’s finish now.”

I swung my sword again.
Since I didn’t have a shield anyway, I ignored defense and just crashed into it.
To use the thirteenth unique magic that Terra gave me.

Hitting, crushing.
Breaking it, biting it.

One step at a time.
Gradually.
I ended up coughing up blood.

Wow!!

I pushed him all the way to the front of the shrine.

“Haha…”
“Ah…”

The irrational eyes and blood-soaked hair were right in front of my nose.
The arm that was holding the broken sword had already been completely damaged.
The heart on the altar was still beating.
It would wreak havoc until someone killed it.

— How many unique magic spells can I use? 〈When the chain of chains 〉 is released.
— Lewis, that’s not possible.
— What do you mean?
— That’s the only way to beat the odds. Please answer me.

The life of a warrior is not easily cut off.
So, even if it meant using a few unique demons, I planned to destroy it.
Is it because it confirmed my decision at that time?
Terra asked this while counting her unique magic power.

— Don’t keep it for long. You have to finish it quickly, even if it’s just for one second.
– Otherwise… It can be really dangerous.

From me, who wanted a unique magic that could kill a hero.
Ironically, she thought of the strongest warrior she had ever seen.

〈 Unique Magic: Hero of Sacrifice ⌜Lewis Brunhart⌟〉

The holy sword emits an ever more brilliant light.
The power of the past, when he had all three divine powers, was revived.
At the same time, my heart began to tighten strongly.
I raised my sword and made eye contact with the warrior.
The guy was breathing heavily and saying something.

“——.”
“… Okay.”

I nodded and answered.

“I will remember your name.”

And without hesitation, he swung his sword down.

***

Kwaaaaang———!!

An enormous explosion and brilliance shook the battlefield.
The divine power concentrated in the Rubier Shrine spread throughout the submerged city and walls of Rubier and the entire country of Monarch.
The ceiling and part of the wall of the main temple that had barely maintained its shape were completely blown away, and all magic was canceled.
In a battlefield swept by a gust of wind, everyone who came to their senses dropped their weapons and looked at a man.

“…”

A blood-covered man trudging away from the place where the altar was.
Louis stood in front of Frederick, who was lying down, dragging his heavy sword on the floor.
Even without opening his mouth, the Grand Master of La Ruelle, who made eye contact, raised his hand and pointed in a direction.
As he climbed over the broken wreckage and headed towards there, there was Kassel lying on the ground.

“Haha, oh my…”
“…”
“In the end…”

Suddenly.

The Pope’s head fell without mercy or sentence.
Following the destruction of the shrine, the soldiers were once again surprised, but no one could stop him.

“… “I will surrender.”

The soldiers of Seongguk knelt one by one, led by Brigadier General Hyeolmun, who was the first to throw away his weapons.
Louis lowered his head little by little, as if he had done what he had to do, and collapsed on the spot.
The sun rose behind Caroline and Nova, who hurriedly ran to him.

The war is over.

An hour later, a telegraph from Terra brought the message to Thessalon.

***

“… Hot!”

As soon as Adela came to his senses, he turned his head from side to side to survey the situation.
Could it be that several years or decades have passed?
But the floor was still wet, and the blood on my cheek had not dried.
As I was carefully trying to raise my sore body, I heard a familiar voice next to me.

“It was a success. “That magic.”
“Yes… ?”

He thought he was dead.
No, it was Liv, who of course thought he was going to die.
She looked down at Adela, her blood pouring from her head, as if she had somehow blocked Antiope’s final attack.

“But like last time, you should have been frozen too. “If you died, this wouldn’t have been resolved.”
“What do you mean?”
“Or freeze it right away. “It doesn’t even give me a chance to attack.”

Now that I think about it, it seems that Antiope put up fierce resistance during the 〈 time freeze.
When he looked up, he saw dozens of black thorns covering his head.
Of course it didn’t reach it.
There was an empty space between the thorns and the body, as if something had disturbed them in the air.

“Well, you stopped me… ?”
“Otherwise I would have followed behind you. I wonder if the boss came…”

Adela crawled behind her to get out of the thorns, and only then did she see Antiope’s frozen body.
Even now, the feeling of fear was still there, but until her magic was lifted, she would definitely be safe.
And Liv stepped in front of her, waving her hand as if she would never tolerate such a situation.
Her injuries looked serious, but unfortunately, they didn’t seem to be severe enough to prevent her from using her magic.

“Get out of the way. “I will completely erase you from this world.”
“That is possible… ?”
“I’m going to take it to Vatudis and put it in ‘Baldur’s Nightmare.’ “If you can’t kill it, just seal it away forever.”

In fantasy, the scale of time does not exist.
Baldur’s nightmare is also a phenomenon in which the eternal past repeats itself.

“If you, the magician, were to move the current time zone while you are still alive, you would not be able to get out of it. Or you can ask Terra for a better way…”
“Now, wait a minute, sister!”
“Sister… ?”

Liv’s expression became strangely stiff.
Be that as it may, Adela said as she looked at the frozen Antiope, her eyes shining with intelligence that she did not usually show.

“Is everything you said earlier true?”
“A moment ago? Baldur’s Nightmare…”
“No, not that! “It was earlier!”

Liv, who had no idea what Adella was thinking, tilted her head.

“Much earlier… ?”