Chapter 284 – Chapter 217 – The Fake Beats the Real

*All characters appearing are adults.
*This is a fictional story that is nothing but fiction. Never follow

‘Aion. You really have nothing to do with the hero, right?’

Paladin Aion was always told by those around him.

He said he resembled the hero Lilia so much.
Maybe you’re a real warrior.
Are you really an ordinary person who has nothing to do with the hero?
Aion had a similar appearance to Lilia to the point where she said that.

Red hair down to her waist, just like Lilia’s.
Green eyes that look exactly like Lilia’s.
He’s about the same height, and so is his chest size.
The body is also similar.
Aion is so similar to the hero Lilia that one might wonder if it was copied.

Unlike Lillia, who is full of energy, she is very similar except that she has a somewhat reticent personality.

‘It can’t be. I am a warrior What nonsense.’

Aion himself denied it.
What kind of nonsense do you believe, he loathed.
Despite denying it so much, no one believed it.
Even his fellow paladins did not believe him.
He whispered that he must have something to do with the hero.

‘I’ve never met the hero, so why is everyone doing that?’

Aion lost his parents before he could even recognize the world.
Left alone as an infant, Aion was miraculously found in a priest.
Afterwards, Aion lived in an orphanage run by the Order until he became an adult.
I got to know Aion while living in an orphanage.

The reason his parents died was because of the demons.
It’s because the demons attacked the village where my parents live.
Aion learned that his true enemy was the demon itself.

So Aion decided to become a paladin.
To slice up his own enemies, the demons.
And he, like the priest who saved him, to help those threatened by his demons.
After arduous training, Aion became a paladin.
Aion, who became a holy city, was in charge of the safety of the saint.

During this process, Aion never had contact with the hero Lilia.
There was no contact with Emilia, his previous hero.
He never received help from them or contacted them.

Even so, people continued to believe that Aion was related to the hero.
He even became a paladin with his own skills, but there were even people who assumed that the hero helped him.
Because of these people, Aion was in trouble.

‘Should we meet once?’

I was also curious about Aion.
Is he really a person related to the hero?
If Aion’s parents were alive, he might have heard the answer to this question.
Unfortunately, his parents passed away, and Aion’s house was also burned down by his demons.
Since he was all burned to ashes, there was no evidence that could be inferred.

So take some time and let’s meet.
Let’s meet and find out.
Lilia might know something.
With vague expectations, Aion tried to move his steps to the village where the hero lived.

However, Aion did not meet Lilia.

‘Priests, unfold your protective shield! Knights encamp with shields! We have to stop their advance!’
.
Because Demon King Eris started an invasion of the human world.
The two kingdoms that govern the human world, the Dyce Kingdom and the Cardi Kingdom, resisted, but in vain.
The two kingdoms had no time to respond to the lightning-fast advance of the demons.

In the end, the Dice Kingdom was humiliated by losing half of its territory at the beginning of the war.
Cardi Kingdom’s fleet was wiped out, and many islands were taken away by demons.
In order to somehow turn the unfavorable battle situation over, the two kingdoms tried all kinds of methods, but to no avail.
No matter what I did, everything was trampled on by the demons.

Demons have invaded the castle that Aion protects, too.
The enemies you have to deal with are vampires.
A large army led by Bathory, the queen of vampires, invaded Saint.
Aion led his troops and fought against the vampire army of well over 100,000.

She desperately swung her sword.
The vampires were decapitated, their limbs blown off, and their torsos torn apart.
If she couldn’t wield her sword, she would crush her goons with her shield.
It was made of her minced meat so that her shape could not be recognized.
When the shield was broken, he used the sword, when the sword was broken, the shield again, and when both were broken, he smashed the vampires with his bare hands.

Until a mountain of the corpses of monsters piled up on the ground she stood on.
Aion swung until the ground formed a lake of their filthy blood.
She swung, swung, swung on and on.
She swung at them, be they swords, shields, whatever she held in her hand.
A paladin who cuts through vampires with her entire body stained with blood.
Seeing Aion like that, the vampires were terrified.
She looked at Aion in terror and even said this.

Say the devil
It’s a devil wearing a paladin’s mask.
That the devil descended on Saint.

No matter how hard he tries, he blocks everything.
Even if you push him with a speed battle, he will block everything.
If you get caught, your head will explode.
Even mobilizing ferocious monsters is useless.
No matter how big or small they are slaughtered equally.

People who saw Aion like this believed it.

‘As expected, you were a hero.’

Aion was a warrior.
If he wasn’t a hero, he wouldn’t have been able to slaughter the vampires alone like that.
Since their captain is a warrior, they will surely win the war.
Carrying out that belief, the priests and paladins fought against the vampires with courage.

However, contrary to such belief, the wall of reality was too high.

‘Muh, what? So, the Holy Land has been captured?’

The church’s holy ground, Gloris, has been captured.
In order to protect the Holy Land, the Church gathered all its troops and fought, but was defeated in the end.
All of Gloris fell to the succubus.
Everyone living in the Holy Land was transformed into a succubus.
People Aion was close with were also captured and turned into succubuses.
Upon learning of this, Aion was in great shock.

But he couldn’t afford to be in shock.
The Saint was also on the verge of being captured.

‘Maybe it’s good now?’

No matter how invincible Aion is, it is not enough to end the war alone.
No matter how hard Aion fought, even if he built a mountain of vampires’ corpses, the land taken away continued to increase.
At least if there was supply, he would hold out somehow, but since the Holy Land has been captured, he can no longer expect supply.

Four sides of the house (四面楚歌).
The priests and paladins who guarded the Saint were isolated in the enemy camp.

‘Let’s run away.’

After much thought, Aion made a decision.

‘Let’s hide and grow strength. Right now, there is no answer except this room.’

It will be annihilation if it goes on like this.
Let’s hide where they can’t reach.
Let’s hide and build strength.
They’re strong now, but one day they’ll crumble.
There will come a time when they will fall.
Let’s grow strength until that time comes.
The path to reclaim her sanctuary and save the goddess Minerva will surely open.

So now you have to endure humiliation.
Even if it’s a disgrace, I have to prioritize surviving now.

‘I’m really sorry for making this decision. But please follow me.’

Aion lowered his head and begged earnestly.

– Raise your head, Aion. Isn’t this something for you to apologize for?

– We also agree with you. For the sake of the future, we must run away now.

-Minerva will understand our decision.

No one scolded Aion.
You made that decision too.
You made a decision that no one else would dare to say.
We are always on your side.
So don’t keep your head down
Together, they comforted Aion.

Afterwards, Aion took his comrades and hid in the mountains.
I went deep into the mountains so they couldn’t come after me.
Aion, who made a shelter there, began to develop his power.

‘Please follow me quietly this way. Don’t get caught by the demons.’

Refugees who lost their hometown and are chased by demons.
A resistance force that continues to fight until the end even when the kingdom is destroyed.
Aion saved as many people as he could.

‘Don’t wield it like that. Swing it like this. When fighting demons, be sure to cut their throats!’

Among the people he saved, he gathered those who wanted to become resistance fighters and trained them.
To recover the stolen Saint.
To rescue the captives.
To rescue Minerva from being captured by them.
In order to return to the original daily life, you have to develop strength.
Aion came out and trained people.

‘I am not a warrior…’

Even in a hopeless situation, Aion does not lose courage and takes the lead.
Seeing her aion like that, her people called her her warrior.
The fallen hero Lilia is not a hero.
The real warrior was here.
Naturally, Aion denied that he was a hero.

But I also had this thought.

‘Is it okay if the fake becomes real?’

Isn’t there a story like this sometimes?
The story of a fake becoming real.
A story in which a fake that does not meet any conditions becomes real and restores everyone’s laughter.

As the story goes, he wonders what it would be like to be real himself.
Why don’t she become a real warrior and take down the fallen warrior?
Wouldn’t it be better to personally punish the traitor who spreads despair?
Aion harbored such a delusion.
The paladin, who denied being a hero, at some point decided to become a hero herself.

And,

“It’s over, Lilia.”

That wish has finally come true.

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“Do you have any last words?”

It is raining.
Torrential rain is falling all over St.
It also rained heavily in the back goal of St., Where Aion fought fiercely.

“Leave it, you were always like that.”

Lillia lay on her floor, covered in blood.
Both arms were severed, and blood flowed incessantly from the severed side of the arm.
Lilia’s face grew pale from having lost so much of her blood.

Aion aims his sword at such Lilia.

Lillia’s magic sword was held in her hand, her Aion.

“Can I relax like this? Aren’t you the body being chased?”
“It doesn’t matter if you get kicked out. You are destined to die here anyway.”

A real hero who wore a black uniform and stood on the side of the demon lord.
A fake hero who fought to the end to save people wearing silver armor.
The two warriors collided.
And,

The fake beat the real.

“I’m really pissed off. Because it’s a mutant, I thought I’d win if I cooperated with Atro…”

Lillia laughed with a dejected expression.
The strategy was perfect, but I never thought it would end in vain.
With her dimming eyes, Lilia looked around her.

“…”

A woman is sprawled on the floor.
With her split in half.
Everything inside spilled onto the floor.
The spilled contents on the floor soaked the floor with blood.

This woman’s name is Artro.
A slave brought by Lilia to subdue Aion.
She confidently challenged Aion until she was split in half.

“…”
“…”
“…”

The bodies of three women, her heads missing, lie on the floor.
The heads, separated from her body, are wallowing on the ground.
Everyone was putting on a look of astonishment.
The feeling of not being able to believe it with the eyes was vividly conveyed even after death.

These are Vanis, Letia, and Mitas.
The three archers brought by Lillia to pursue Aion were decapitated by Aion.

Now, there is only one Lillia left.

“Now, choose Aion.”
“…”
“Are you going to kill me again, or are you going to make a different choice…”
“I don’t know what you are talking about.”

Kill me again
What are you talking about?
He and Lilia met for the first time today.
But, are you talking like someone who has seen it many times?
Aion could not understand.

She can’t understand, but the things she has to do still remain the same.
Aion raised his demonic sword high.

“Goodbye, warrior.”
“Okay, let’s meet again.”
“…”

Aion lowered his sword.
The smell of blood vibrated from the sword again.