Chapter 332 – Volume 67 – Hero of a World Where Heroes Disappeared (2)
My father sighed and looked into space as if he could see something.
He trembled slightly, as if he was afraid.
… It’s something his father is afraid of, he’s never even imagined it.
“Carly, you don’t know what’s truly terrible.”
“That does not justify your actions. I officially do this…”
“That means nothing.”
“… Yes?”
“Aura, magic, the world. A light so strong that it turns everything into nothing. A light that burns everything.”
“…”
Even if you find a way to block the demons and block them, you must obtain new weapons when new demons appear.
… So, it is said that when a human sees a demon, it means that a new demon has appeared.
At that time, my father saw the demons in real life for the first time.
“Things like Auror Blades are just children’s play. They are nothing special toys for mankind.”
“…”
“It is a monster that seems to have been created with the assumption that we would be defeated.”
A bizarre power that can burn anything.
A black lump with something similar to an eye embedded in it.
It is said that the beam of light emitted from the eye evaporated everything that passed by.
“It was an opportunity. I thought that if I had achieved Sword Master at such a young age, I would be able to fight at least a little. But, I was mistaken.”
The black lumps made it so that there was no damage whatsoever unless it was the intense light they were dealing with.
In fact, even the eyes where the light is created seem to be used by capturing an entity that is separate from those guys.
It seemed that he had reached a point where even forces stronger than himself could work.
“I felt like I was being played.”
Later, a lump that looks exactly like you appears.
It is said that he tried to kill himself by shooting out light with a sword with pupils.
“It feels like a shadow.”
“Yes, it was a shadow that would erase everything.”
Because their fight was quite rough.
There were bound to be enemies who accidentally got hit by attacks from their own people and died.
It is said that the father barely brought back the bodies.
“History has always been this way.”
Through the corpse obtained in this way, a new monster is created by combining it with a human.
A monster in a way that humans can control and understand.
And with that power, we counterattack our enemies.
“I feel comfortable maintaining this position. Many seniors have already walked this path.”
It is said that the time needed for research was somehow created by sealing the entrance with magic.
Sometimes, when things went wrong, we solved the problem by throwing the research failures like disposable bombs.
It’s stabilized now, so it’s actually quiet.
“There is always a certain amount of time that can be prevented in that way. I guess it will be about 20 years at most.”
“…”
“And this year marks exactly 20 years. It is also the year Rika becomes an adult.”
My father was talking.
Now that the time limit is approaching, it is impossible to leave Rika like that.
She must carry out her duties.
“… Then you could just ask Rika. Rika is a good girl. She saved the world, so if that’s the case, she might cooperate.”
“That also holds true only when a hero is created properly.”
“Yes…?”
“Because that child was created from the beginning as a recyclable bomb.”
She was created as the lock of the sun.
The power of the sun that can emit light that burns everything with the greatest firepower.
The power of the moon to protect it from leaving the body.
It was a nickname created with that concept in mind.
“The greatest firepower. At that level, even those who work with the light will burn to death in an instant.”
“B-but. Then Rika…”
“Yes, your body will go through the same thing.”
And when the bomb goes off, through a new body forcibly restored with the hidden power of the moon.
It returns to its original form and can explode again.
The method was crueler than I could imagine, and it gave me a headache.
“It’s literally a human bomb. Can you do something like that with a sense of justice? In the first place, you can’t even use your own will. That’s because it’s a task that is done automatically according to the commands entered by the ‘Moon Key’.”
“…”
The key to the moon is the bomb’s explosion trigger and termination signal.
It was something like a kind of control authority.
“Then why did that child die?”
“Because it was made to be disposable. After I assigned him to control me, he exhausted his strength and died. Although he struggled with it on his own, humans are always helpless against drugs and pain.”
“…!”
“Originally, it was an authority that should have been yours, but now you have given it up.”
“Father, no way…”
If I didn’t give up on Rika and trained her sword, I would be recognized as her official successor.
My father was planning to pass on that job to me.
So, of course Rika comes under my care, and that’s why I can keep Rika by her side.
“You tricked me…?”
You said it as if you could save Rika.
Actually, that wasn’t the case.
Rika would have suffered if she was in her father’s hands or in my hands.
“No, I would have been happier in your arms. It would have been a better life for my brother, who cried and suffered every time he let himself out, rather than a worn-out person like me who sacrifices someone without emotion.”
“…”
Rather, since it was my father’s own consideration, I couldn’t understand it even more.
The tone of voice was as if something that had been decided so naturally could not be changed.
Since that child is destined to be sacrificed, should he be sacrificed next to someone he likes more?
“No. I will never let that happen.”
“What are you doing?”
“…”
“The half-elf next to you is definitely superior. At the very least, he is surpassing the skills I had at his age. But can he defeat me?”
It wasn’t so.
No matter how Orca he was, there was no way he could beat his father, who was actually the strongest in the empire.
You probably have to be at the level of Elder Sharon to be able to talk about it.
Even if it is a battle between magic and a swordsman, the outcome is predetermined.
“There is.”
“… What?”
“Yuria?”
“You haven’t forgotten what I am, right?”
After Yuria said that, she suddenly pulled out the center of her hair.
Then her hair turned into a black shadow.
She literally clung to her Orca’s body, transforming into something endowed with her armor and bow.
“You probably thought it was safe, but I wasn’t just playing around.”
“You can’t believe it…”
“I handle the moon lock, that is, the power of the moon.”
However, the control system was created without it.
It was a failed attempt to create a control system in the first place.
It may be unavoidable.
“But, as long as I have the power of the moon in my body, that’s a rule that can be calculated backwards.”
“… What the hell.”
Yuria, who was learning magic, studied the rules on her own.
It seems she has finally found a way to use the power dormant in her body.
“Carly, I’m sorry. Do you mind if I knock your father out?”
“Oh, thank you.”
“Orca, please…!”
“Yes!”
Now things have changed a little.
Orca’s auror received the power of ‘demon’, and actually surpassed her father’s auror.
Use the strength of the Auror and the uniqueness of the bow to overcome the competition.
We began to somehow narrow the gap that was originally unbridgeable.
“… What’s the point in trying to defeat me like this?”
“We can save Rika.”
“Then the world will perish.”
“Do it.”
A world that is forcibly maintained by sacrificing someone.
To be honest, it was a world of exploitation like that.
Because I have always hated sacrificing something for something precious.
“There may be adversity. There may be hardships. Sometimes, you may be broken.”
But I always wanted to add one thing to my works.
Overcome all that terrible suffering and move on.
In the end, everyone can be happy.
“That’s the path I like as a cartoonist.”
Suppressing the expressions and culture of adults in the name of promoting a healthy culture for youth.
In reality, innocent people are framed as criminals and arrested.
Underneath that sacrifice, it is a broken peace that builds a false peace that our children are now safe.
In reality, it is not safe, but it is like a time bomb that will explode at any moment.
Temporary safety created by sacrificing someone is packaged as an absolute method.
I hope they stop talking as if they are a certain line.
“Without sacrificing Rika, we will face it head on and find a new way to solve it.”
Of course, what my father said is not necessarily wrong.
That too must have originated from someone’s efforts to protect the world.
But if that’s the case, I’d like to liberate it.
“This is absolutely not something that the Empire’s secretariat should handle arbitrarily.”
A problem that everyone living in this world must face…
Just because they have solved the problem before, they act as if it is their duty.
They act like they are a necessary evil for the world.
I would like to say that the thinking itself was wrong.
I hope you don’t take away what we were originally supposed to do.
“All we can do is return the ‘war’ that should have existed in this world to its original place.”
Of course, I’m not saying war is right.
I don’t think we should secretly conduct human experiments in order to prevent that war.
“He deceived Yuria’s mother, ruined her, and forcibly took Yuria from her arms…”
Those things should never be done.
Although there may be heroes who volunteer and sacrifice themselves for experiments for the sake of the world.
There should not be people who are experimented on like that without knowing anything.
“So, I will stop my father.”
“… Is that what you mean?”
“No. It’s me and what I think the meaning of ’empire’ is.”
The moment I finished speaking, an arrow from Orca that I had hidden with magic appeared.
The arrow entered the leg of my father, who was unable to respond.
