Chapter 149 – When the Flame Sheds Tears (03)

The duchy’s soldiers, Duke Renellian’s henchmen, and the Four Heavenly Kings did not intervene in the duel between me and Ophelia.

No, I couldn’t.

For those who have to watch over Ophelia and protect her, they will not be able to interfere with Ophelia because she has warned her that she will commit suicide if she touches me.

So what I have to do is…

Gagagagak!!

It is to withstand the burning crimson greatsword by using only the ‘old iron sword’.

‘It’s hot…!’

Howling!

Ophelia was wielding a thick greatsword with one hand, a feat that even Kay or Gordon could do, but she could not wield it with this much precision.

In addition, the crimson greatsword was a sword so dangerous that anyone else than Ophelia could not use it properly, as it was a sword with a high temperature that would burn the palm of an ordinary person’s palm if he or she held it.

“Wow!”

“…”

As the heat began to radiate through my body and burn, Ophelia stepped behind her and retrieved her sword.

“Stop it. If you do it wrong, you might burn.”

I know.

How many of her friends did she throw as bait to the crimson great sword she wielded?

Immediately, he used a tax collector whom he summoned as a bit of a friend and threw him as food for this great sword, and the bodies of his friends who died in the battle were reduced to ashes without even being able to recover their bodies .

And the old iron sword was so hot that it was swinging as if it might bend at any moment.

“Huuuuuk…!”

I once again raised the [Old iron sword] And took a stance.

‘I have to protect it’

As usual, the Cylians who should invade now are not present.

If I don’t protect my friends now, if I give up before help comes or other variables arise, these friends may be taken to the operation and have their bodies altered, become hostages, or even be killed.

Some of my friends may have escaped and survived, but I couldn’t leave their lives to chance, so I ignored the blisters forming on my palms and used [Shadow Enchantment] To force my hands to lock onto the sword.

“Hwaaaaap!”

When I rushed at Ophelia first, she swung her crimson greatsword to the side her her to shake me off, and had no choice but to avoid the flames, rolling on her floor and stabbing her in the leg, but it was already too late.

“Huhhh…!”

My face wasn’t just burning, it was like I was really burned and there was a strong smell of cooking meat.

Although pain was conveyed through his heightened senses, and his left hand was shriveled and unable to move due to the burns, he once again used [Shadow Impartment Art] To maintain his left hand and forcibly fix it in a clenched fist.

‘Strength in my legs…’

I stretched out the remaining shadow and placed it over my leg, which was motionless due to pain and burns, and was able to force myself up.

I was able to maintain the lack of mana by wrapping [Shadow Mask] Around my eyes and force myself to stand up again.

If Inori had been there, the devoted woman would have rushed at Ophelia without any hesitation to protect me, and she would have been cut to death by the crimson great sword.

If Alice were there, she would have thought about using [Star Magic] To devastate the surrounding area. But if that happens, she will be irreparably hurt by the guilt of having killed so many people.

If Melissa and Golem 2 had been together, they would have tried to somehow save me, but Golem 2 would have lost half of herself when the Crimson Greatsword exploded.

If Marian had been able to move, she would have rushed at Ophelia instead of me, but fortunately she was captured by the duke’s henchman, so she didn’t rush at her carelessly.

“Still… I can do it…”

“Stop it…”

Ophelia’s golden eyes were shaking greatly.

“If that’s the case, I’d rather take that sword…”

If that happens, Ophelia will die.

The moment she receives an attack with the Crimson Greatsword, her shoulder will be crushed.

I’m going through all this trouble so that not a single person will give up, and now you’re going to end it in vain!

“Aaaaah!!”

The battle was no longer Ophelia’s.

Her completed lineage she knew that even though she herself was refusing to fight, she swung her sword at an optimal angle and tried to cut off her life and burn it.

Her skills were beyond that of most academy swordsmen, and any swordsman would be able to defeat her without even using her hands.

Tiring-

‘But… I’m not at a decent level!’

The weapon is an old iron sword. To be honest, its value as a weapon is garbage.

My physical condition was never okay. If I hadn’t learned [Shadow Granting Art] From Rito, I wouldn’t be able to move my body.

“Stop… Stop…!”

Kaaaaang!

Haaaaa. Aaaaa. Aaaaa 먹

But I could swing a sword.

As long as I was not defeated by the pain of the burn and could focus my mind and move my body, I could demonstrate my skills.

“Why are you doing this!”

Ophelia’s golden eyes were filled with moisture, but her completed bloodline she could not even acknowledge the moisture and evaporated it, so she tears, which she should have cried a long time ago, were not able to form.

It just turns into white moisture and gushes out from the corners of her eyes.

“It would be better if it were like this…!”

Tiring-

Unable to care about her left hand any longer, she bound her wrists with her shadow enchantment and grabbed an old iron sword with both hands.

The blade was on the verge of breaking, but perhaps because it melted in the flames, she managed to hold on with her durability at 1, so she used it to block the sword that Ophelia instinctively swung, and finally.

‘I saw a gap!’

“Stop… Stop…!!”

Despite Ophelia’s screams, the crimson great sword was swinging at me, emitting flames I had never seen before, in order to completely burn me.

It was avoidable. But then my friends from Class F, who are lying behind me, will die en masse.

Can we avoid this?

But that didn’t mean I had any intention of saving my friends by sacrificing myself fiercely.

‘It’s probably less than 3%’

If it could be confirmed numerically, it would be less than 3%.

If the probability is this high, isn’t it a blessing? You could say that, but that’s the case with gacha, where you have to try dozens or hundreds of times, and if you can only try once, 3% would be an extremely low probability.

But I tried.

When I hit the side of the great sword with an old iron sword with 1 durability remaining, the old iron sword, which could no longer withstand, shattered and bent in a direction where the sword body could not exist.

If there was no heat, it would have simply broken, but now, due to the heat, it has melted to the point of flowing, and the moment I use that sword body to wrap around the Crimson Greatsword.

Pak!

With a quick snap of my wrist, I pulled the crimson greatsword out of Ophelia’s strong grasp and flew it behind her.

Kwaaaaang!!

A crimson greatsword passing right next to Ophelia’s face and an old iron sword with a broken blade.

The weapon she first gifted me and the weapon she brought to kill me mixed up and flew away.

Tiring-!

In my eyes, which had become dry and stiff due to the heat, I finally began to see the features that had been hidden by the crimson great sword until now.

As she became an adult, a black heart began to fill up next to Ophelia’s face her her, which was released from adult mode.

Tiring-

With the alarm sounds ringing in succession, Ophelia’s affection level began to fill up, and before she knew it, she was filling up her fourth heart slot and gradually filling her fifth heart slot.

Tiring-!

-You can protect her friends so she can return as a proud guardian of her academy, or rebel alongside her and burn her world down-

‘I refuse!’

– Warning. You never know what the consequences of that choice will be. Do you want to continue? –

A third route has emerged.

She shouted, feeling more joy than the pain burning through her body at the thought of victory.

What choice would I make right now, seeing the tears drying up before my eyes even if I wanted to cry?

“This time-!”

Ophelia’s body was rushing towards me to strangle me, as if she didn’t want to hear my next words.

She started to strangle her as if she was going to break her neck at any moment, but by strengthening her neck, she was able to withstand her strength and let out words that she couldn’t say in the first round.

“I will save you!!”

Tiring-!!

Finally, as the fifth heart was filled, the tendencies that Ophelia had tried to hide until the end were revealed.

[Aren]

It was me.

Not [Preference for childhood friends], Without any conditions.

Her inclination was simply filled with me.

Rumbling.

The moment her affection level reached 5.0, like a miracle, a single tear flowed from her golden eyes.

Tiring-

– Check the ingredients for the ultimate enslavement pill: Devil’s Tears –

As I watched a single tear roll down Ophelia’s chin, I reached out my hand to catch the tear, even though she was strangling.

– Illusion of ultimate enslavement –

– You can make the opponent defeat your slave. The opponent cannot refuse the order of the person who fed it (no level limit) –

– Can only be used on characters who have unlocked the Sneak Experience feature –

– To make it, an advanced companion trainee course is required –

– Required ingredients: Parasitic Flower Fruit 17/10, Sun Flower Extract 1/1, Blue Salt 1/1, Devil’s Tears 1/1 –

Puzzle…!

A transparent ring appears before your eyes. Just like when I made the illusion of low-level enslavement, I placed my hand on the illusion, and the material disappeared from the inside of the [Shadow bag], And a thumb-sized illusion was held in my hand.

‘It’s done!’

Due to the power of Ophelia’s bloodline, her her her her her her moves on its own and eliminates enemies during battle even if she does not use her skills her.

The Duke had directly input the information into her body to judge the enemy, so she couldn’t make that decision on her own, but if she feeds it now …

‘If I override the restrictions that the duke put in place while remodeling Ophelia…!’

Then Ophelia can be liberated from this body!

“Ophelia!! Open your mouth!!”

The force was applied to her neck her to the point of breaking, but Ophelia, hearing my voice her her, desperately opened her mouth and tried to take the pill in my hand and take it.

I don’t know what’s going on.

But she trusted me and followed my actions, even to the point where her body burned as I forced her jaw to close her teeth.

‘It’s done!’

Finally, the moment the hwandan enters her mouth, it melts and is absorbed into her body.

Her hand that was trying to break my neck her her lost its strength, and Ophelia hurriedly tried to hug my body her her, but she did not know how to extinguish the fire burning in her own body of her her, so she could not bear to touch her and retreated.

“Aren, are you okay?”

“Wow… Luckily… I didn’t die…”

Good luck!

The burning flame suddenly disappears.

The flames spewing from Ophelia’s body were forcibly extinguished when the surrounding oxygen was cut off, and a cold pain pierced my back.

“…!!”

Grumbling!

When Ophelia used her power in earnest to start a fire, her clumsy magic was instantly broken.

At the same time, the duke’s four henchmen jumped onto the training ground and surrounded Ofelia and me.

“Big… Big…”

My back hurts. As if I had been stabbed by something sharp and cold…

‘This… This… Dangerous…’

“I decided not to touch Aren!”