Chapter 217 – 217. When the Full Moon Rises (2)
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Ironically,
The cause of El Cid’s decision to accept ‘self-sacrifice’ was because of Gilead.
Yushin Gilead.
A disciple of Sword Saint Reinhilder.
A demon king slayer who subdued the demon king of tyranny and finally subdued even the demon king of heat waves.
Upon learning of his existence, El Cid reconsidered a decision he had put off 300 years ago, and finally resolved to do it.
“L, I heard from Yushin.”
Sitting on a tall tree,
The purple-haired elf, looking at the rising moon in the night sky, turned his head at the voice calling him.
Valencia Younglim,
An outsider entered the forest, which was never allowed to enter unless it was a family member or an authorized person.
The intruder who dared to invade Valencia’s forest was the swordsman Reinhilder. The middle-aged man met L’s gaze with a stiff expression on his face.
“Are you going to plan things after all?”
“As expected, you did a good job talking to Mr. Gilead. Actually, Reinhilder, I was waiting for you.”
The reason El hinted at Yushin was to call Lylehilder.
Thanks to that, Reinhilder appeared.
“We are doing now what should have been done a long time ago. Keep going around and around… , I finally came to a conclusion after constantly worrying and agonizing.”
I’ve come a long way back
After going around the destination that would have been reached long ago, I ended up putting the destination in front of me at the end of the money.
I should have done it this way.
It was something he should have done even after it was over.
Caught up in her private feelings, Elle cursed her own foolishness in abandoning her duty that she should have fulfilled, and she vowed to make it happen at any moment.
“I haven’t been able to do it because I haven’t been in a good situation until now… L, I wanted to say thank you.”
“I have never done anything to deserve you to say thank you.”
“You helped Yushin, didn’t you?”
“…….”
At Heinkel’s words, El bit her lips as if someone had stabbed her in the chest, and she fell silent.
When she had the last fierce battle with the demon king of the heatwave,
Clearly, it was sunny that day.
The blue sky without a single cloud, it was absolutely not the weather for lightning strikes.
However, due to thunderclouds that came out of nowhere, lightning strikes, and with the strike of the Restoration, which mobilized the thunderbolts that filled the battlefield, the demon king Savnak had no choice but to be defeated while giving up his ambition to invade.
“I never helped. I just let the thunderbolt strike the battlefield. The person who thought of using it for power must have been Mr. Gilead.”
If he hadn’t been struck by lightning,
If he hadn’t planned a one-hit reversal of using a thunderbolt to deliver the decisive blow,
Even if lightning struck, it would have been Savnak who won the battle in the end.
The reason why El was able to win the battle against the Demon King was because Yushin never yielded in a fight where he was absolutely at a disadvantage, and his courage and courage were the biggest reversal cards that enabled him to win.
“You still can’t be honest.”
“Who will say….”
At Heinkel’s words, El replied with a wry smile.
“I regret it too. If I had been a little more honest, if I had been a little more honest with my heart…. She could have had a little happier time with her. I regretted it and lamented it every time.”
A life strewn with regrets.
Heinkel expressed his longing for his wife who had passed away early, and expressed his life as a dull achromatic color with only regret, longing, and resentment left behind.
Without any color
A gray dimension where only white and black exist.
The person who saved the ashes of a life where only two extremes existed was Yushin Gilead. A disciple who was brought in in the old days. Thanks to the disciple he took on a whim of a moment, Heinkel was able to regain his color again.
“If you eventually carry out that plan… , That poor high elf girl will have to go through a separation more painful than death twice. That terrible breakup that even his memory had to be erased in order to suppress the sadness that even destroyed his ego… , That girl has to go through it again.”
Ardena Valencia,
My beloved disciple who is more precious than life.
El distorted her face at Heinkel’s sting, referring to her pupil.
“I know! But there is no other way!”
The elf with light purple hair sighed.
When she shouted loudly, her spirit in Valencia was shaken, albeit for a moment.
The runaway spirits all ran away.
The nutmeg trees, which were dense enough to reach the sky, trembled and vomited fear. The entire great place of the forest trembled in fear upon hearing the elves’ fury.
“This time, Ardena must succeed me! In order to cope with the dangers to come, or to protect our compatriots from terrible disasters… , Ardena must kill me.”
Her blue jeweled sword, which she handed over to her,
An elven holy sword with miraculous power and authority.
Ardena thought that the reason her master bestowed her holy sword was ‘encouraging her to defend her country and compatriots’, but her El’s true intentions were the exact opposite of hers.
The point of the holy sword should point towards me.
Cut my heart with the sharp tip of a knife… , I had to pierce the heart where all my strength was concentrated. Because that was one of the conditions to fully inherit the power.
“Many of our compatriots died in the last war. He was brutally murdered at the hands of the Demon King. If I had passed on all my powers to Ardena at that time… , A tragedy that never would have happened.”
Oath.
Because of its deterrent.
El, who witnessed the brutal deaths of her compatriots at the hands of demons and monsters, was captured by her oath, and she could do nothing. She felt powerless to herself.
That helplessness in her pinched her past mistakes.
If he had passed on his power to his former pupil, such a tragedy would not have happened. There would not have been any compatriots who were unjustly sacrificed on the battlefield.
“We are strong enough to be banished from God and the providence of the world. But you can never be completely perfect. There is no turning back on the past, no way to glimpse the future. Your guilt is nothing more than hatred and loathing towards yourself. You’re blaming yourself because you just want to hate yourself.”
“Rheinhilder. You are my sister’s husband, but that doesn’t make you my guardian.”
Stubborn wall windows,
A single-minded person who is busy blaming himself while being pushed by his duties and responsibilities.
El is very similar to Ardena.
She may have chosen Ardena as her apprentice because her personality is just like her own.
“If I die… , I’ll ask you after that, brother-in-law.”
She said as the elf in her pale purple hair gave her a sorrowful smile.
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Ardena always cleaned the blue jeweled holy sword whenever she had time.
Ardena, who was convinced that he had been handed down for the purpose of protecting his country and compatriots from the demon king’s army, never used the holy sword in war with humans.
It was because he believed that it was a holy sword that existed only to cut down the evil tribes.
“Your sister is really diligent.”
“Of course. I can’t show my indolence when Master is here.”
Seeing Ardena trimming the holy sword, Alone stretched out like a cat and yawned.
‘Huh. I’m tired even after 8 hours of sleep, how can unnie be so active?’
She thought her sister was really great.
How does she wake up early in the morning every time? She always seems to sleep late at night.
It must have been that her older sister had stolen all her sincerity and diligence. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be so lazy.
Yes, it’s all because of my sister.
Therefore, she has a duty to feed me, even if I become a homeless unemployed.
“Alone, today is sparring.”
“Darren, Dalian… ?”
Ardena’s gesture of suggesting swordsmanship gave Alone a stunned expression.
What is that terrible sound?
It was clear that she was trying to punish her brother, knowing that her brother’s hopes for the future were unbearable.
My body is sore today. Was it to warn of this terrible danger? I want to run away right now. She wanted to get away from her sister’s harsh clutches, who became a hell instructor scarier than ghosts when the match started.
“Master!”
Alone shouted.
Yushin, who had just woken up, came down the stairs with a long yawn, just like Alone.
“My sister is trying to kill me!”
“I never said I would kill you!”
She replied as her sister gave a look of astonishment at her brother’s extreme remark.
What a terrible sound to kill,
As her older sister, I just want to teach her younger brother swordsmanship.
She felt sorry for her younger brother who misinterpreted and accepted her well-intentioned offer. In order to clear up her sister’s misunderstanding, she decided to treat Dalian more harshly today.
“My sister teaches me with lots of love. To work hard.”
“S, Master!”
“Go for it.”
I may not have to teach you today.
When Ardena told her that she was going to Dalian herself, she was delighted, saying that Yushin had relieved her of her work.
“Ardena, is it okay for a second?”
“Okay.”
Leaving Alone who was screaming at the prospect of hellish sparring,
Yushin went out of the mansion with Ardena like a walk before breakfast.
It’s time for Allen to wake up in a minute.
I had to finish my walk before Allen got up and interrupted, so I hurriedly got my business out of the way.
“I have a question.”
“Any questions? I will answer whatever information I know.”
What are you curious about
Ardena waited for Yushin’s question with an excited expression, wondering if she wanted to show off her erudition.
In order to become the partner of the Demon King Slayer, numerous conditions must be met.
Erudite knowledge skills.
It’s a virtue that can’t be found in any mad dog. Ardena tried to prove her erudition through this Q&A.
“I became interested in the sacred tree that the elves call the World Tree.”
“World Tree… ?”
“There is no particular reason. Just a trivial curiosity.”
“If you’re curious, I’ll tell you what I know. There won’t be any information that might be of interest to you.”
Seeing Yushin suddenly talking about the World Tree, Ardena raised her doubts.
In response, Yushin hides her true intentions,
She just excused herself as to why she was asking, saying she was just curious.
Bria, the World Tree mentioned by El Cid. Yushin tried to figure out the immediate connection between the World Tree and El Cid, which was her first step. And if possible… , She wanted to get permission to enter the sanctuary where the World Tree is located from Ileina through Ardena.
“You may not believe it, but the tree that we elves call the World Tree started as a small sapling. The first priest combined divinity and life into a seedling and planted it on the barren land. I heard that the priest planted the seedlings to symbolize earnest wishes and wishes for the prosperity of our compatriots on the Liberia Peninsula.”
Ardena began her explanation.
Yushin listened to her explanation and guessed what she had to do with El Cid.
