Chapter 451 – Resolution of Those Left Behind

Chapter 451: The determination of those left behind

Two glass bottles in front of me.
The wriggling black octopus-like cells inside it.

“This is it…”

“Huh.
It is the seed of the god of destruction.
It’s a substance similar to the one that Alberic ran over.”

Rumika came to my office and put it on her desk.
The battle of the advent of the God of Destruction was chaotic.
Items obtained during the battle.

“Are you really going to use it?”

“Huh.”

“I am confident… ?”

“About half.”

“What?!”

With my becoming a player, Nene officially became the player’s heroine.
When he fell into the abyss, he chose Marie as the target for the effect of the legendary attribute ‘Playboy’ and ‘Material in Heaven’.
The advantage here is that you can make full use of Mari’s abilities, and the downside is that you don’t know how far you can communicate with Nene, who is not your natural match.

In other words, I’m not sure if I can save Nene the way Mari saved me.

“But there is no other way.”

It is questionable how long he will go to the basement of Amitye, and I do not know if he can regain consciousness with the microbot.
That’s why I told Rumika to take Nene there as a will, and to some extent it was a gamble.

“It’s a gamble after all.
Bringing someone from the dead couldn’t be easier.”

“Are you okay?
If Nene-sama turns into a monster…”

“… I’ll leave it in your hands then.”

“… My brother will do just fine.”

“I know.”

“… You can’t do it with just that much determination.
Prepare yourself and tell me.”

Strong child.
My disciple Rumika.
Even Rumika, when I changed and sealed Alberic, she made an extreme choice.
… If I don’t want to be shaken, I have to be very determined.

“I will do it, definitely.”

***

“I am against it.”

The road to harden your resolve and go to practice.
Ran stopped.

“Why?”

“I just heard the whole thing.
Did you say Nene and your subordinate, Ludwig?
Anyway, the plan is to transplant the seeds of the God of Destruction to them and regenerate them, then take them out and save them like you.
It’s too dangerous.”

“Know.”

“You know what?
As the head of the Sukwi Army that protects the castle, I will never tolerate it.”

“I will take responsibility.”

“No.
Responsibility is a word spoken by those who have the ability to take responsibility.
You can’t handle it.
In particular, do you think you can burn Nene?”

“Rumica will do it for you.
If it fails.”

Ran even mobilizes the guards to block the hallway in Nene’s room.

“You will never see a tentacle monster roaming around in the Demon Castle.
Even if Nene-sama is like that by giving 100 steps, a subordinate named Ludwig will never do that.”

“Why?”

“Why?
Don’t you, the wizard, know better?
The special judge was created by transplanting the cells of the progenitor, Angmar.
If you plant the seeds of a God of Destruction and run wild, you will turn into a God of Destruction.
It’s a different scale than Nene-sama, who at best will become a tentacle monster.
… Looking at Alberic’s case, even Nene, who has a lot of magic power, can’t say it’s okay.”

“Stella will help.
I will go outside the castle and execute it.”

“Do I have to take risks, either inside or outside?”

“There is no way to get it back without risking it.
How are you going to keep a woman sleeping with a hole in her chest and a man frozen in half alive?”

“Ha…”

After much debate, Rumica finally stepped out.

“My burden permits it.
Get out of the way.”

“Then, let me accompany you, Your Majesty.
In case of failure, I am concerned that Your Majesty may be in danger.”

“Thank you for being considerate.
Let it be.”

“Your Majesty has only a few months left.
Be careful, be careful again.”

Ran finally gets out of the way.

Click.

Kiki-.

“Yes yes.”

That’s when her hair grew a lot.
Just like the day I first met you, it’s long hair.

Seruk.

He knelt down by the bed and held her hand.
Nene, with a hole in her chest, sleeping soundly in a silk nightgown.

“You will be very surprised today.
But don’t worry.
I will save you.”

Side.

Kiss the back of her hand

“It’s like a prince saving a sleeping princess in a fairy tale.”

At Stella’s words, standing beside her, she shook her head.

“Because I’m not such a cool demon.”

“No.
When you fought Nuba Kane to save her sister, you were like a real hero?
You’ll be able to get it nicely this time too.”

“Thanks…”

She carefully picked her up next to her and stepped out.

“General.
Thank you for the opportunity.”

An azure-haired demon woman carrying the recovery capsule left by Des Dimona in her wagon.

“Anastasia.
It must have been a lot of heartache.”

She tries to stop her rampage, but instead freezes herself, and Ludwig splits her body in two.
My men float frozen in the green liquid.

“No.
I had hope, so I wasn’t afraid.
I was only thinking of what to do.”

“… Are you braver than me?”

“Because I don’t have much left to lose.”

“Then I must be a coward.
Let’s do well together.”

Anastasia holding my outstretched hand.

“Stella, please.”

Jiying—.

Enter through the open dimensional door.

The place we arrived at was a wide plain.
A wasteland with no robbery lakes, private houses, or rice fields around.

Jerk, jerk.

Including Rumika and Stella, my wives to help me, Ran, the lieutenant, Anastasia, and Adolf and other corps commanders lined up.

“You guys don’t have much to do, right?
Sir Devot could be on the defensive.
Weren’t you guys too busy last time?”

“Shut up.
Even if you help me, it’s grumbling, anyway.”

Adolf warmed up, and Ballack began to stretch as well.
Mari nervously wiped the sweat on her hands, and Rumika watched as she wielded her infernal sword of annihilation in the air.
Angela also pulled out the phantom rapier and laid out her prepared spellbooks.

In addition to that, the priests and wizards who had been brought back and forth several times lined up.

“Okay, let’s begin.”

Gulp.

Can’t be nervous

The frozen upper body of Ludvik taken out of the capsule.
An open hole in your heart.
I opened a glass bottle on each of the wounds and put the seeds of the God of Destruction.

The seed of the God of Destruction that burrows into the wound while procrastinating like an octopus.

“I wish you no luck.”

The moment Anastasia patted her fist against my outstretched fist.

Chara la la la rock!

Black tentacles stretched out in all directions,

Wow!

A golden light shone from Marie, who was on her knees praying.

***

“Ooh…”

Rustle.

A beautiful demonic woman with long purple hair.
Barely procrastinated.

‘I don’t have much strength in my body.’

That would be the case, too, since she had been lying down for quite some time, and she had returned from a fierce battle half-transformed into a tentacle monster.

“Um…”

Rustle.

I turned to her side and saw a familiar face illuminated by the moonlight.
A man sitting on a chair next to the bed and asleep with his arms crossed.
How can people forget that face in their dreams?

“It’s Camus…”

The voice doesn’t come out well.
What happened was bandages all over the body.
In particular, each limb is splinted amicably, indicating that it has recently been broken.

Even though the saintess of the sun would have been by her side, that level of injury?
What happened?

“Babe…”

Kamyu doesn’t respond to the sound of his own mosquito, perhaps because he is very tired.

‘Let’s sleep a little longer.’

His throat was so dry, but he didn’t want to wipe out his disciple and lover, who was covered in scars here and there.

‘You foolish disciple…
At least it must have been too much work.’

It always has been.
A disciple who is overflowing with passion and is reckless.
It was so close that it was embarrassing to watch.
It always has been.
Like a candle, as if trying to burn my life and become a flame that warms and illuminates the world.
No matter how much the fire of power is the fire of sacrifice, I couldn’t bear to leave it alone.

‘Before I fell, my mouth was cut by a knife and my teeth were broken.
I’m glad you seem to have recovered safely.’

Around the torn mouth, there is not a single common scar.

‘Marie, I owe that child.’

Rustle.

Lifted the blanket

‘Me… I was stabbed by Alberic’s knife and fell…
And left a will, said goodbye to Kamyu, and…’

When I open my eyes, it is now.

‘Chest…’

It’s fine.

Unlike when she collapsed, her body did not have a single small wound.
The condition of the body until it is healed.
It’s a little weak, but it’s the best.
If anything else,

‘Who the hell wore the leopard print bra?’

Who would wear it?

‘Ugh, Kamyuya…’

To reveal.

‘Put.
I want it to be revealed to me forever~’

It’s every woman’s dream.

Little by little, vitality returned to the body.

My throat is so dry I can’t stand it.

“Babe…”

“Coo… Huh? Uh?”

A man who raises his head.
A neat and cute-looking disciple.
Now a trustworthy husband.

“Babe…”

“Uh! Yes yes!”

He ran over and grabbed him by the neck.

“Yes yes… !
Yes yes… !”

I burst into tears.

“Yes yes… !
Whoa, yes… !!”

“Whoops.
Are you surprised?
Come here.”

I barely lifted his arm and hugged his face.

Tears dripping down your face, your neck, your chest.

Kamyu cried for a long time, rubbing her cheek against her face.
After quenching her throat with Kamyu’s tears and the water he gave her, he asked.

“Are you all right?
How is the war?”

He who explains incoherently.
That’s not the smart answer.
Why?
The words of a disciple who deviate from the core by turning around.
The master quietly raised his hand and stroked his hair.

“It’s Kamyu.”

Serious words.
It’s not ‘Baby’, it’s ‘Kamuya’.

“… Yes, Master.”

His cheeks are hot
Nene noticed.
That some names have been deliberately left out.
So, I guessed their fate to some extent.

“What about Van Dark?”

“… He saved us all.”

I see.
His voice started to get wet again.

“The hack written by Alberic… No, I threw my whole body to stop the magic of Armageddon…”

“It’s Kamyu.”

“I became a star…
I couldn’t even find a body… !”

“It’s Kamyu.”

“If I, I could have stopped it if I did a little bit better… !”

“Hey.”

Seruk.

Hugged him by the neck and pulled
The hot ball wriggled.
Perhaps, boiling anger and remorse made him this way.

“You always did your best.
Even if I could go back to that time, I couldn’t have done better than that.”

“No…
I am… !”

“Baby.”

When she was very, very young, the words she used to call him in the distant past.

“I’ve been watching you since long ago.
Even if you were born again, you couldn’t work harder than this, you always did your best.”

“Black… Master, Master…”

Camu weeps as he rubs his face against himself.
Where is this guy going to be so childish?
He had to accept it himself.

“You did everything you could.
Both you and Van Dark.
We made the best judgment we could at that time, in our respective positions.”

I stroked his hair and patted his back.

After crying for a long time, I was able to hear the proper story.

“… I see
Uncle Khan and Desdemona… You went first.”

The Four Heavenly Kings who assisted the previous demon king also disappeared into the dark side of history one by one.
The old man you depended on, the friend you openly communicated with, the former demon king you served, and the pleasant and outstanding disciple.
Strong people who once fought shoulder to shoulder.
All gone now.

‘Now Rumika, the new Four Heavenly Kings chosen by that child will lead the demon king’s army.’

Even herself is an uncomfortable existence for her.
When the big stars go down, is it time for the new rising stars to shine?

‘When this war is over, I’m going to retire.’

Thank you for telling me in advance.

“It hurts a lot… ?”

Camu’s question.
In the midst of this, a caring child who worries about his teacher.
So this kid is good.

“No…
It’s okay.
Aren’t you there?”

Nene rubbed his cheeks with hers and hugged for a while without saying a word.
Kamyu cried like that and fell asleep.

***

“I have to give a warrior notice.”

The God of Destruction was also eliminated, Alberic was killed, and the enemy soldiers were also defeated.
Since the siege of the castle was lifted and the combat readiness was canceled, I had to do things that had been delayed.
Above all,

“Brother, hurry up.
Soon, we will have to appoint and post merit for the defensive war, but we will do it first with the dead.”

Therefore, it was necessary to notify the warriors and evacuate the wounded.
In addition to me, the corps commanders and battalion commanders had to split up and do their part.

“Hey, everyone get on the cart.”

“Hey~
It’s an honor to ride on the wagon driven by the general.

“When are you going to ride a cart like this~?
Chuck!!”

Wounded soldiers chattering loudly.
There are many guys with faces.

“Babys!
Pay later?”

It’s fun to talk about, but one side of my heart is heavy.
Each has one arm, one leg, and sometimes two.
Now, it treats those who are injured enough to be unable to participate in battle, and discharges them as righteous soldiers.

“Jacques, take the reins.”

“Am I moped?!”

“Then, shall I know during the general’s time?”

“Black…”

“There are several carts other than this, dude.
I have other things to do.”

Each unit is divided into groups.
I took some carts and led the procession.
From the inside of the castle to the refugee camp from the outer territory.
Instead, others will go to remote areas for official business.
Corps commanders like Ballack and Blücher.

A general and a viceroy, why am I going to a place like this myself?

“Aigoo!
My son!!!”

“Oh my!”

Wow!

“Oh, arms!
Where did your arm go, you bastard!!”

“Haha, unfortunately, the cut part was blown away, what is it?
But luckily, I was treated in time and sutured it.
Haha!
If it wasn’t for that human saint, she would have gone to excessive bleeding long ago.
Haha!
Thanks to you, is it nice to see Mommy’s face like this?”

She smiles smugly, but one sleeve of hers is tied off her shoulder and flutters.
Seeing that, her mother chokes her throat.

“Oh, my lord…
My son Wojjeondaeyu… !!”

“I’m sorry.
This fellow fought bravely, and thanks to him we won.
Your Majesty will be responsible for future complications.
And here…”

Limp.

“It’s small, but get it in advance.
I added a little.”

“Aigoo… General…”

In this way, my severance pay from Lumica and the remaining money I robbed from Rare in Nuvacane are being used.

“In the future, when the war is over, there will be additional aid after the formal counting of the wounded.
Your Majesty and I will spare no support.”

“Sobbing…”

A mother holding her son and crying.

“After the war, there will be civil works.
If you wait while farming, I will do my best to find a job for your son.”

“Aigoo…”

I wonder if something like this will solve the problem of shaping my son’s life, shouldn’t I show my sincerity?
1/3 sorry, 1/3 responsibility, 1/3 political meaning, expressed comfort and gratitude.

“I have nothing more to offer, please take the general bow once.”

I got off the cart, bowed deeply to the soldiers and parents, and got back on the cart.

“Goodbye, great general.”

“You die, really!
Be sure to come to the official announcement day, dude!”

“I’m a soldier, what are you doing?”

“Come get your medal and have a drink dude!
We should have a drink at the National Cemetery!”

“I know~”

I hope that smirk will continue in the future.

Palak.

Turning over the list I had prepared, I told Zach where to go.

“Let’s go, Zach.
Next alley down there.
There are two wounded to drop off at leisure.”

The cart, pulled by several horses, ran vigorously down the paved road.
The inside of the castle was all packed, so the work was done right away.
Thank god.
… There are times when I can’t stand my feet, so I have to buy time in advance.

“Your son, stop guarding the western bastion…”

Stumble.

“Ah… !”

Dump.

“Mom mom!”

A young daughter holding on to her mother as she collapses.

Dreuk.

There is a coffin covered in a flag with a red flag and a black bull on the cart unridden by the soldiers.

“…”

How could it be so pitiful to see him cry without making a sound?

Still, it’s fortunate that the body was recovered intact like this.

“General…
Is this my son?”

Her mother passed out from crying a long time ago, and her father, who is at least keeping her spirits up, asks.
That’s also true, because it’s a small jar that fits in one hand.

“…”

I do not know what to say.
Your son is muddy, so he dont collect it with tongs.
That’s all.
Say everything
I couldn’t bear to say it.

“Ughhh…”

Pak, Pak.

The fists of the mothers who cried and hit their chests hurt even more because they didn’t hurt so much.

Puck, Puck!

“Dare… !”

Sometimes there are people who really hit me, so Zach was trying to stop it,

Chuck.

I blocked
I had to be right
I thought if I got hit, I’d feel a little better.
Not me, but the bereaved family.

Wandered around for such a long time,

“Hey Zach.
Go in first.”

“… There’s still one left, isn’t it?”

“Go.”

“I will go with you.”

As if I was worried, Zach followed through.

Smart.

The Grid family is a prestigious family belonging to a great noble family, so there is a separate house in the Devil Castle.

Kiki-.

“Oh, did you come to Camu?”

Miss Jessica.
I ate all the food you gave me.
I ate it in case he didn’t finish it yet.

“…”

“!!!!!!!!!!”

Van Dark literally became a star, and all I had to hand was a letter.
Fortunately, he left his nails and hair in his will.

“…”

“!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Have you ever heard the cry of a mother who has lost her child?
I can’t tear my ears, it’s like tearing the lungs.

Today, I’ve heard too much.
The last cry was especially loud.
I quietly hugged Van Dark’s mother, and there was nothing I could do but cry with her.

I was helpless.
Yes or now

So.
Decided to change

***

National Cemetery.

There is nothing grandiose, and in a place that is sunny and free from flood damage, there are monuments standing in a row.
Everyone has a place to lie, or those who don’t want to lie somewhere else, at least the graveyard isn’t full yet.
The names engraved on the memorial stone at the entrance looked down at us.

As befits her funeral, Rumika wore a demure, plain black dress and a black hat.
I also wore a black robe and a black cloak.
I left the iron mask behind.

And those who riot.
Veterans, bereaved families, countless soldiers and civilians.

The voice of the person reading the demon king’s edict towards them was quite solemn and stern.

“The Four Heavenly Kings, ‘Xenosider’ Khan, has come a long way to save me, my army, and allies.
And to buy time to retreat, he fought fiercely until the end and was killed.
In addition, in recognition of his fierce activity on the Western Front and his contribution to the formation of the great encirclement, he was awarded the first rank of meritorious subject.
For this reason, I give him a posthumous epithet. ‘The one who fought even in death’ Khan will erect a tombstone in the mausoleum of the National Cemetery, collect the body as he wished during his lifetime, and send it to his hometown, the Eastern Highlands.”

Khan’s corpse returned only the neck.
His body, carved from wood by Rumika, took its place.
He will have to find the body and his weapon, the sword of the Black Dragon, gradually.
Balak, standing in front of me, shedding tears of blood, will do just that.

“The Four Heavenly Kings, the ‘Elder Lich’ Desdymona, ran to save the Devil Castle in danger.
And that ruthless monster, Alberic, and the God of Destruction that he had eaten and mutated, were sealed with death.
By doing this, I saved myself, my people, and allies, so how can this credit be small?
Acknowledging his merits, I enshrine him with the first prize.
For this reason, I would like to praise her merits. Desdimona, ‘the one who sealed the God of Destruction’, will set up a tombstone in the mausoleum of the National Cemetery, collect her belongings, and preserve her along with her laboratory to honor her will.”

Desdymona disappeared into dust, leaving only her robes and skull staff.
She had no offspring, so her apprentice, the vampire lord Richter, served as the resident instead.
Her laboratory and materials will remain as a memorial hall and will serve as a foundation for nurturing younger students.

“Commander of the 3rd Corps, Van Dark, played an active role in the central front, and from the operation to escape the palace to the important battles of the Second Fatherland Defense War, he showed courage in the Battle of the Hidas River, and always devoted himself to the rearguard when retreating.”

Half dark.
Always left behind you
There was no one as strong as you.

“Also, since you saved everyone by blocking ‘Armageddon,’ the world-destroying fire magic, what will you repay for that sacrifice?
He is posthumously promoted to the Four Heavenly Kings, and also enshrined as the first rank meritorious subject.
A posthumous epithet is given and a meal suitable for it is given to the bereaved family, in order to honor and also remember the will of Van Dark, the ‘one who became a star’.”

After the installation of the first prize for meritorious service, a ceremony to award medals to the dead and warriors was held.
Me and Rumika handed them over to the person himself or his agent.

“… Long time no see, Jeanne Dark.”

A younger brother came in place of Van Dark.
The younger brother who married first.

“… You’ve worked hard, General.”

Van Dark’s father was comforting Mrs. Jessica who was sitting over there.
This was followed by the awarding of large and small plaques and medals.
Due to the large number of personnel, the commanders of each unit awarded them for each unit.
To you or your agent.

“… This concludes the awarding of medals.
Lastly, on behalf of His Majesty, a speech by Camus Bernstein, ‘the one who returned from the dead’, ‘the one who overcame the shadow of death’, the viceroy of the Demon King’s army and the true official of Amitie, ‘The Iron Mask General’ I will.”

Rumika deferred her speech to me.
What should I say?
Even after amplifying the sound with magic arts, the voice lost its place.

“… So… Do.”

A message of deep consolation.
Words of hope.
For the unity of the alliance, the words to remember the humans and Stella-kun who helped by the side.
I read as I wrote, but I couldn’t see because my front was blurry.

So I threw away the speech.

“… Finally, I promise you two things.”

When words that were different from those discussed in advance came out, Vice Commander Rumika and Ezio’s face hardened rapidly.
Sorry.
I buy today

“Healing and revenge.”

Because I promised
It got so hot that the half horse came out.

“We will rise.
With comrades who fought together.
My Majesty and I will be with you.
Those who stand shoulder to shoulder are bound by a righteousness thicker than his blood.
The demon king’s army never abandons those who are bound by righteousness!
Just like the refugees brought here!
Just like I went to the Black Sun and got rid of the God of Destruction!”

[Love makes the object friendly, and fear makes the object reverent.
Races that do not mix like water and oil.
Merging can only be done through fear.]

Is it so.
Cannes.
Maybe you were right.

“Those who follow, I will protect you!
I will raise you up!
Fight under His Majesty, by my side!”

My head is hot.

[Kill.]

[… Yes?]

That was Khan’s message.
Stella’s sincere advice I heard when I went to convince Khan.
The determination learned from his predecessor, the Great General of Giants.

[If you truly want to connect the two countries and different races, kill them.
Those who get in the way.
Cut off his head and sacrifice himself to the road.]

“Why are we fighting?!
Why are you fighting?!
Glory?
Honor?
Compensation?
Praise that will go down in history?
An achievement that will remain as a song?
Fuck!
Beat them all and bring them to me!
Fuck you!!!”

Rumika just stared at me from behind.
It didn’t even dry.
The same was true of Nene, who stood by her side.

“Revenge!!!
Fight for revenge!
We fight to kill those bastards who torment us like this!!!”

I cried out that my throat would burst.
He pointed his finger into the air.

“I promise you!”

The eyes of a giant berserker that flashed.
Those eyes that gleamed in the gray hair and long gray beard.

[Lord of Terror, Become a Bloody Ruin.]

With eyes that resemble those eyes.
Shouted

“I will definitely avenge you!!
Follow me!
Promise!!!!
I will kill 10 enemies for each dead Demon Lord, and 100 humans for every dead people!”

[Peace feeds on blood and grows.
When the enemy rests, you build a wall.
Fill the walls with stones and arrows.
Otherwise, enemies like me will look down on you.]

“I will kill you aaaaa!!!
I’ll hang the corpse on a spear, cut off the head, and throw it into a catapult!
Promise!
Do not take revenge!
Follow me!!!
Together with me, let’s pay back a thousandfold, ten thousandfold!!!”

“”””Let’s get revenge!!!!!!””””

[Reign with fear.
I dare not dare to confront you.
Love me sometimes
To be thrilled with your love.]

“”””Plural! Plural! Plural! Plural!””””

“Western…”

Leaving behind the sad eyes of someone.

[Prepare in advance.
Become a monarch who fears more than love.
Act like you know everything, make it feel like you’re everywhere.
You have to go that way.]

I’m going, Khan.
Let me go
I will slit your throat, sprinkle your blood, and wet the earth.
That will be the path of the iron mask.

“Let’s get revenge!!!”

“”””Plural! Plural! Plural! Plural!””””

“Lord…”

Leaving behind the earnestness of a worried person.

“Honey…”

From the grave to the cradle.
Following in the footsteps of Genocider, the iron mask will do.

The beginning is the 100,000 bugs who fled to the south.