Dozens of servants of evil god disappeared from the plains where the battles had been fought. Depending on where these monsters, which have the strength to destroy troops on their own, have disappeared to, it may all be too late.
And worst of all, the signs of their disappearance from the scene of battle had moved towards the city.
The civilians, of course, have their hero, Arthur, over there. If by any chance he should die in this battle, the impact on the future is incalculable.
He is one of the most powerful people in the world. If he becomes an enemy of Crescencia as in the game, I want him to die here, but if there is even a little room for him to become a companion, I have no choice but to save him.
In order to save Arthur, I returned to the city with Vasel, Schneizel's close friend, and Frankel, Hyann's right-hand man.
The sight I saw there was...
'What the hell is this?'
Along the border with the enemy. The city's main gates, which are the front line of defence, are usually closed in peacetime. It is supposed to repel any physical or magical attack, but now it has been smashed to pieces.
The bodies of the gatekeepers strewn around the area are all reduced to pieces of flesh, as if they had been crushed by a force outside the abduction. Probably the enemy who destroyed the main gate killed all the gatekeepers as it was.
"This might be worse than I imagined."
"Frankel-san?"
"Look, Norwin. No, don't look too much."
"What do you mean?"
According to the strong men's sense, there are servants of evil god inside this city. I can't look away from it in front of me. I kept looking forward and urged Frankel to continue talking.
'Huh, kids these days are so gutsy it's frightening. Well, let's leave it at that."
Hey, don't waste time talking to me in this dire situation.
"Sorry, sorry. What I'm trying to say is that the bodies are strewn all over the inside of the sector, and the splattered flesh and blood is slowly drying up."
Vasel, who heard Frankel's words, quickly looks around.
'I see. I see. It certainly seems that way. You are more perceptive than you seem".
I've been in the underworld for a long time. The situation is very unpleasant. It's highly likely that the enemy has smashed through the gates from inside the city. And while we were fighting the Black Knights.
"So you're saying the enemy is inside the city?"
"Yes. A new force much stronger than those knights."
It's an amazing ability to judge the situation. I can't believe that he could hypothesise so much in this instant, just by looking at a place with so much rubble and bodies strewn around.
That's what Hyann's right-hand man is all about, isn't it? And if his excellent hypothesis is correct, there may be something stronger than the servant of evil gods in the area where we are going, apparently.
I had a hard time fighting even a single one on my own, and yet there might be a greater monster inside this city?
Is Arthur already dead? No, it's not about Arthur, there's even a chance I could die here.
'Well, whatever it is, it's no reason to stay here and play in the streets. Let's go.
"Right. I'd like Lord Norwin to stayed behind if possible. ......"
"'Oh, come on, old soldier, it's a bit late for that. I know you want to take care of him, but it wouldn't be safe for him to get separated from us."
"I know that much. Norwin, . I beg you not to go to any great lengths."
"I don't intend to be a burden.'
Compared to these two, I know I'm far inferior. But I still have to go along with them. I don't intend to be left behind here.
So let's go. Be careful, you two. I can feel the presence of the knights from earlier in the back. Stay strong..."
Suddenly, without warning, a roaring, deafening metallic sound drowned out Frankel's speech.
"Ouch!"
Not just the sound of conversation, but all the sounds in the world suddenly faded away. At the same time, a sharp pain was felt in my ear, and a sticky liquid sensation was sticking to my hand, which I hurriedly held over my ear.
I immediately understood that it was blood, because I had come in contact with it so much in this war.
My eardrums, did they get damaged?
Huh? What? Why? I mean, if the eardrum is ruptured, blood comes out, right? That's quite hurtful.
My brain gives up on understanding the sudden situation. Then, after a few out-of-place thinking pauses, the situation finally begins to make sense a little more.
'Lord Norwin!"
Vasel-san is shouting something very close by. But where is Frankel-san?
Or rather, there is this black shadow in front of me...
"Ah."
The huge body that makes me look up at it. The distinctive large sword carried on its shoulder. And an overwhelming atmosphere that makes opponents shrivel up. These were exactly the same as what I had felt on the battlefield until a moment ago.
The clear difference is that the one who had just unleashed it was Isaac, a flesh-and-blood human being.
The black shadow in front of me now is a mirror image of Isaac, but from all appearances, it has the appearance of a servant of evil god .
'Isaac is that one ?'
The situation, beyond even the worst that I had assumed, finally made sense to me. But by then it was too late. The few moments before understanding were not an opportunity to be exposed in front of the strong man who had defeated O'Brien and crossed swords with Schneizel.
The Isaac-shaped figure turned hostile towards me, and at the same time, Vasel-san started to move violently at the edge of my field of vision.
Perhaps Vasel was the first to make an initial move. He was the first to sense the danger and stood in front of me, holding his sword as if to protect me, and the next moment he disappeared right in front of my eyes.
A few dozen metres away, a house collapses with an impact sound. I looked and saw a powerless human arm peeping out from under the rubble that had instantly turned to rubble.
The knight's uniform that arm wears, that's Vasel's, isn't it? Huh? Blown away? In just a moment now?
Then the first one to disappear, Frankel-san, too?
"No, I can't handle it."
What am I supposed to do against someone who can defeat Vasel and Frankel?
Is this the obstacle that Argiano has prepared for me to overcome?
No, it's impossible. In the first place, even during these thinking times, I'm only being kept alive by the enemy's feelings, and if I wanted to, I'd already be dead.
But, well. That's no reason to give up, is it? It's my life to save Crescencia. This life wasn't mine to begin with.
Keeping this thing in place for even one second, cutting it down even just a little bit, might go around and save Crescencia.
'Even if it's only for a second, I'll run away!
I strengthen my body, accelerate with wind magic, and activate Haiyan's original magic at the same time...
"Aaaaah!
The three were overloaded with excessive magical power and intentionally made wild. If I fight alone, I'll die anyway. And half-hearted power is no use at all against it.
Then there is no need to think about the future. I'm going to have to give out everything I've got right now.
Why is it that since I arrived here, my life has been nothing but a disaster? Well, because I chose to live that way.
Everything was decided on the day I chose to become Schneizel's apprentice. But, hey. It was Norwin's father who set him up to become an apprentice... Oh, shit, I feel a conspiracy.
I'm just trying to get away from the reality of it all. I'm the one who's got to face it.
Then, when I looked forward, I saw the strongest servant of evil god in front of me reigning.
Cograts , we had catched up with most recant raw chapter ! By the way raw chapter was released today . And that series was have no updates for 2 month on the raw side , so i was lazy to post chapters as well . , but around a week ago posted a notice that he is planning to resume writing/posting chapters in near future . And today's this happened - new chapter was posted and triggered me to release a wave of chapters at once . Author won't update daily , but every few days by the way . And thanks for reading that far , everyone
Dozens of servants of evil god disappeared from the plains where the battles had been fought. Depending on where these monsters, which have the strength to destroy troops on their own, have disappeared to, it may all be too late.
And worst of all, the signs of their disappearance from the scene of battle had moved towards the city.
The civilians, of course, have their hero, Arthur, over there. If by any chance he should die in this battle, the impact on the future is incalculable.
He is one of the most powerful people in the world. If he becomes an enemy of Crescencia as in the game, I want him to die here, but if there is even a little room for him to become a companion, I have no choice but to save him.
In order to save Arthur, I returned to the city with Vasel, Schneizel's close friend, and Frankel, Hyann's right-hand man.
The sight I saw there was...
'What the hell is this?'
Along the border with the enemy. The city's main gates, which are the front line of defence, are usually closed in peacetime. It is supposed to repel any physical or magical attack, but now it has been smashed to pieces.
The bodies of the gatekeepers strewn around the area are all reduced to pieces of flesh, as if they had been crushed by a force outside the abduction. Probably the enemy who destroyed the main gate killed all the gatekeepers as it was.
"This might be worse than I imagined."
"Frankel-san?"
"Look, Norwin. No, don't look too much."
"What do you mean?"
According to the strong men's sense, there are servants of evil god inside this city. I can't look away from it in front of me. I kept looking forward and urged Frankel to continue talking.
'Huh, kids these days are so gutsy it's frightening. Well, let's leave it at that."
Hey, don't waste time talking to me in this dire situation.
"Sorry, sorry. What I'm trying to say is that the bodies are strewn all over the inside of the sector, and the splattered flesh and blood is slowly drying up."
Vasel, who heard Frankel's words, quickly looks around.
'I see. I see. It certainly seems that way. You are more perceptive than you seem".
I've been in the underworld for a long time. The situation is very unpleasant. It's highly likely that the enemy has smashed through the gates from inside the city. And while we were fighting the Black Knights.
"So you're saying the enemy is inside the city?"
"Yes. A new force much stronger than those knights."
It's an amazing ability to judge the situation. I can't believe that he could hypothesise so much in this instant, just by looking at a place with so much rubble and bodies strewn around.
That's what Hyann's right-hand man is all about, isn't it? And if his excellent hypothesis is correct, there may be something stronger than the servant of evil gods in the area where we are going, apparently.
I had a hard time fighting even a single one on my own, and yet there might be a greater monster inside this city?
Is Arthur already dead? No, it's not about Arthur, there's even a chance I could die here.
'Well, whatever it is, it's no reason to stay here and play in the streets. Let's go.
"Right. I'd like Lord Norwin to stayed behind if possible. ......"
"'Oh, come on, old soldier, it's a bit late for that. I know you want to take care of him, but it wouldn't be safe for him to get separated from us."
"I know that much. Norwin, . I beg you not to go to any great lengths."
"I don't intend to be a burden.'
Compared to these two, I know I'm far inferior. But I still have to go along with them. I don't intend to be left behind here.
So let's go. Be careful, you two. I can feel the presence of the knights from earlier in the back. Stay strong..."
Suddenly, without warning, a roaring, deafening metallic sound drowned out Frankel's speech.
"Ouch!"
Not just the sound of conversation, but all the sounds in the world suddenly faded away. At the same time, a sharp pain was felt in my ear, and a sticky liquid sensation was sticking to my hand, which I hurriedly held over my ear.
I immediately understood that it was blood, because I had come in contact with it so much in this war.
My eardrums, did they get damaged?
Huh? What? Why? I mean, if the eardrum is ruptured, blood comes out, right? That's quite hurtful.
My brain gives up on understanding the sudden situation. Then, after a few out-of-place thinking pauses, the situation finally begins to make sense a little more.
'Lord Norwin!"
Vasel-san is shouting something very close by. But where is Frankel-san?
Or rather, there is this black shadow in front of me...
"Ah."
The huge body that makes me look up at it. The distinctive large sword carried on its shoulder. And an overwhelming atmosphere that makes opponents shrivel up. These were exactly the same as what I had felt on the battlefield until a moment ago.
The clear difference is that the one who had just unleashed it was Isaac, a flesh-and-blood human being.
The black shadow in front of me now is a mirror image of Isaac, but from all appearances, it has the appearance of a servant of evil god .
'Isaac is that one ?'
The situation, beyond even the worst that I had assumed, finally made sense to me. But by then it was too late. The few moments before understanding were not an opportunity to be exposed in front of the strong man who had defeated O'Brien and crossed swords with Schneizel.
The Isaac-shaped figure turned hostile towards me, and at the same time, Vasel-san started to move violently at the edge of my field of vision.
Perhaps Vasel was the first to make an initial move. He was the first to sense the danger and stood in front of me, holding his sword as if to protect me, and the next moment he disappeared right in front of my eyes.
A few dozen metres away, a house collapses with an impact sound. I looked and saw a powerless human arm peeping out from under the rubble that had instantly turned to rubble.
The knight's uniform that arm wears, that's Vasel's, isn't it? Huh? Blown away? In just a moment now?
Then the first one to disappear, Frankel-san, too?
"No, I can't handle it."
What am I supposed to do against someone who can defeat Vasel and Frankel?
Is this the obstacle that Argiano has prepared for me to overcome?
No, it's impossible. In the first place, even during these thinking times, I'm only being kept alive by the enemy's feelings, and if I wanted to, I'd already be dead.
But, well. That's no reason to give up, is it? It's my life to save Crescencia. This life wasn't mine to begin with.
Keeping this thing in place for even one second, cutting it down even just a little bit, might go around and save Crescencia.
'Even if it's only for a second, I'll run away!
I strengthen my body, accelerate with wind magic, and activate Haiyan's original magic at the same time...
"Aaaaah!
The three were overloaded with excessive magical power and intentionally made wild. If I fight alone, I'll die anyway. And half-hearted power is no use at all against it.
Then there is no need to think about the future. I'm going to have to give out everything I've got right now.
Why is it that since I arrived here, my life has been nothing but a disaster? Well, because I chose to live that way.
Everything was decided on the day I chose to become Schneizel's apprentice. But, hey. It was Norwin's father who set him up to become an apprentice... Oh, shit, I feel a conspiracy.
I'm just trying to get away from the reality of it all. I'm the one who's got to face it.
Then, when I looked forward, I saw the strongest servant of evil god in front of me reigning.
Cograts , we had catched up with most recant raw chapter ! By the way raw chapter was released today . And that series was have no updates for 2 month on the raw side , so i was lazy to post chapters as well . , but around a week ago posted a notice that he is planning to resume writing/posting chapters in near future . And today's this happened - new chapter was posted and triggered me to release a wave of chapters at once . Author won't update daily , but every few days by the way . And thanks for reading that far , everyone
