A Saint Who Wants to Fall 155

Chapter 155 – Battle for the Ending (2)

Episode 155: The Battle for the Ending (2)

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An ear-splitting explosion accompanied by a mass of light was heard.
Downstairs, the saintess and Daphnell were fighting a fierce battle.
Ikarut also clashed swords with the hero, and the battle drama toward the ending was advancing.

“What. How many times have you had the experience of fighting with me before returning? Are you good at fighting?”
“Now you’re showing off your skills.”

Caang!

The sharp blades missed each other.
The two swords howled as soon as they resonated. The hero, Retina, freely wielded her holy sword, displaying her real skills.
Magic, swordsmanship, and linked attacks drove Ikarut without a break.

The momentum from when I saw him in the temple has clearly changed.
Last time, if you treated the demon king as if you were looking forward to it, now you fight with all your might.

However, Ikarut knew the hero’s skills and attack patterns better than anyone else.
Retina attacked him the same way she used to fight in the game.
I lightly blocked Retina’s Holy Sword, which was pouring out attacks with fierce momentum.

Chaeeng, the tip of the sword he had stabbed toward the gap was struck with a shadow.
As if regretting it, Retina opened the distance by briefly clicking her tongue.
Then, she carefully wiped the sweat dripping down her forehead and cheeks with the back of her hand and twisted the corners of her mouth.

“I was embarrassed that the bug didn’t happen that day. I did an experiment once to see if the roots of the World Tree would come out even if you didn’t disappear.”

Artis games were famous for having minor bugs when updating.
Usually left alone, but only occasional game-affecting bugs were fixed through emergency maintenance.

‘Was it the sixth game update? During that season, there was a bug that the newbies found the root of the World Tree.’

The root of the world tree was an item reinforcement material that was only given after breaking the ending of killing the demon king.
When a reinforcing material that was unlikely to come out to users who started the game for the first time appeared, existing game users put in a backlash inquiry.
Then, the game management not only fixed the bug with an apology, but also rewarded them with various items.

Fortunately, the public sentiment of users has been restored. It was also praised for being a god game that manages well even when bugs come out.

‘Judging by the bugs mentioned, they were moving based on my memories.’

Based on his memories, the hero was moving.
In my memory, I don’t know how much I know, but Ikarut was a game veteran who knew better than the hero.

“… So that day, as soon as the plan at the temple failed, he intended to die to me.”
“Yes, the Holy Sword must have been broken. Since your purpose is also to kill me, did you intend to return after dying without any regrets? It was unexpected that you saved me.”

Retina raised her holy sword high.
A quiet divine power surrounds it, covering the short blade of the sword.
The aura changed into a longsword form.

“The demon king I know sees the hero as an adversary, and he is a sharp-edged guy who wants to kill him somehow. It wasn’t until after I was imprisoned in the Demon Castle that I realized that you weren’t real.”

Retina gently closed her eyes and then flashed them open.
She smirked as her lifelike appearance was revealed.

“I want to kill you right now, thinking about what happened to you then, but you have high utility value.”
“It’s pretty annoying.”
“Now it doesn’t matter if you’re fake or whatever. If you just make a sacrifice, that’s it.”

Retina smiled.
Apart from that, warlike divine power radiated around her body.
She must have felt the force of the holy sword, and the demonic sword also began to roar.

The distance was far, but we could bump into each other at any time.
Ikarut opened his mouth cautiously.

“What is the purpose of causing a bug?”
“What else could there be? I’ll go back to normal In order to do that, I will have to meet Goddess Gaia.”
“Isn’t there a way to meet the saintess?”
“Isn’t that listening to an oracle? I want to see the face of the goddess in person.”

Dig!
Retina appeared in an instant and raised the blade.
Geek… Frenziedly clashing, her holy sword roars horrifyingly and tries to slash her sword body.

Ikarut twisted his wrist, redirecting his blade.
He took advantage of the falling gap and blew the demonic energy.

Chaeeng.
Retina took out the sword from her waist and quickly struck it.

“The only way to face Goddess Gaia is with bugs.”

With her sword between them, Retina continued her words.
The area beyond her eyes, marked by her tenacity and obsession, was empty.

Visor! Chaeeng!
Retina wildly swung the sword that was corroding with her demonic energy.
The tip of her sword as it crossed her air seemed to have lost a screw somewhere.

‘There were numerous bugs, but there shouldn’t be any bugs that met Goddess Gaia.’

Initially, Goddess Gaia was only occasionally mentioned in game tutorials or dialogue scripts.
Had no importance. We only know that she exists, but she is not embodied as a real character.
She would have known that if she had her own memories, but her hero’s attitude was quite contradictory.

‘I’ll have to see the ending soon.’

Bored, Ikarut intended to kill the hero at once.
A body weakened by her holy power. It took quite a bit of time to conserve her power.
She has finally found her hero, and now that she knows her purpose, she must put an end to it.

Ugh, the air opened its mouth with a sound.
The Demon King’s unique ultimate skill. Different spaces appeared one by one.

“… !”
“It would have been nice if you had surrendered quietly.”

Several different spaces intersect and merge like a seam.
A different space resembling the blue night sky.
It spread widely around Ikarut.

It became so large that Lesilia and Daphnell’s eyes were taken away while fighting in this space that swallowed everything except him.
Ikarut slashed the demon sword down.

Then, as if the surface of the water was shaking, this space roared.
A gigantic demon, never felt before, rushed like a wave.
It was a lethal dose that would have cost a normal human life, but Retina was accustomed to fixing her holy sword.

Aww

An aurora created with pure divine power embroidered in her air.
The raging demon soon faded into a quiet sleep.
Retina grabbed her holy sword with both her hands and raised it up as if in prayer.

‘It’s a game skill I haven’t seen in a long time.’

As a group of lights leaked out, the figure of a woman with her eyes closed over her holy sword gave a benevolent smile and blessed her hero.
A unique buff skill that I used a lot while playing the hero.
It was the blessing of the goddess.

“I have a lot to say to the God who created this fucking world. That’s why I need your life.”

Retina raised the corner of her mouth.
The bug hadn’t even happened yet, but the warrior’s face was full of confidence.
Ikarut clicked his tongue briefly and thumped! And lowered her demonic sword.
As the gloomy demonic energy spreads, it fluctuates in this space.

“!$#$^@#$… @%$%@$… “

A monster born from the depths of darkness has appeared.
The highest level monster had no name and was a red dragon with seven heads and ten horns.
It was a loyal monster that only obeyed the orders of its master, Ikarut.

Rising to his feet, Ikarut climbed the red dragon’s back.

“Kill him.”
“@%$%^$^#@!!”

I let out a dragon cry and ran right away.
Retina dodged like a rabbit, and the monster that read her presence quickly caught up with the hero’s trail.
Since all abilities were temporarily improved, it was not easy to catch up.
However, she found Retina in an instant, avoiding each other like a top predator.

“I’ve fought several times, but he’s such a troublesome guy.”

Retina swung her holy sword wide.
She spreads a sparkling aura and expands her attack range.

Awesome!

One dragon head fell, but the other heads poured out breath attacks without hesitation.
In addition, the hard ten horns did not receive any damage other than divine power.
Retina raised her divine power to the maximum and swung her holy sword.

Sugeok!

Each time her head fell off one by one, she let out a dragon cry as if feeling a little bit of pain.
While Retina focused on her monster, Ikarut drew her demon sword again.

Quaang!

“Isn’t it a foul to attack suddenly?”
“Battle is real.”
“You seem to be overdoing it, not like you? Well, that’s what I want.”

Retina looked a little taken aback, but she found her own pace.
After lightly blocking the breath attack behind her back, she slashes the head of the attached dragon with her holy power.
And right before Ikarut attacks, she immediately spreads the damage distance.

‘Recovery is a bit slow.’

Sensing a slight trembling in his fingertips, Ikarut put his sword into his waist to calm him down.

Although seemingly fine, Ikarut’s body has not yet fully recovered.
Even at a distance from her saintess, her demons were very vulnerable to her holy power.

“That’s why I told you not to trust the saintess too much. Isn’t your body weakened because you walked together? In fact, I brought Daphnell for that purpose, and I made him swallow the holy sword with black magic.”
“That’s why you didn’t kill the monsters. That protective barrier was also yours.”
“I didn’t do it, it was the holy sword that sensed the danger. As soon as the holy sword took root in the stomach of the monster, it automatically created a protective barrier.”

Retina stabbed her dead body with the tip of her sword.
She deliberately created a situation where she needed a priest to accompany Lesilia.
The hero was drawing a big picture so that he could easily defeat the demon king, who was weakened by his holy power.

“Whoa, it was a bit boring waiting, but it was worth waiting until that was summoned.”
“!#$%#$^@”

The red dragon roared.
The ground shook, and it felt like the half-ring tube had been pierced and my ears would burst.
Despite her strange roar, Retina’s expression was unconcerned.

“When the health gauge runs out, the demon king always fights alongside that dragon.”

Awesome!

Retina cut off the dragon’s head blocking her eyes.
She and she stepped on the falling dragon and sprang up.
The tip of the sword approaching the heart. Ikarut did not dodge.

Ikarut naturally twisted his body at an angle.
After grabbing her thin wrist, she turned it around.

“?!!”

Stole the holy sword
Retina quickly reached out her hand.
Ikarut ignored her eerie divine power and snatched the hilt of her holy sword with her other hand.
And stabbed Retina with a holy sword instead of her magic sword.

Woowook.

The holy sword entered the hero’s heart.
The sound of his heart beating violently slowed his breathing.

“… I can finally meet the goddess.”

Retina, who had been pierced through her heart, looked somewhat happy.

Took… Tuduk…

At that moment, the pain spread to the center of my chest and at the same time my heart throbbed.
Ikarut lowered his gaze.
The magic sword that was supposed to be at the waist was pulled out.
Suddenly, the magic sword was lodged in his heart.

“You got the root of the World Tree through your death.”

Cool, dark red blood poured from Retina’s mouth.
He let go of his hand holding his sword.

‘Damn it, I was careless.’

With the Goddess’ Blessing skill, all of her stats increased, so her resistance to demonic energy also increased.
Even for a moment, Retina was able to touch her demonic sword. She drew her sword, and she stabbed Ikarut, which she didn’t expect.

“Soon there will be bugs… “

Retina’s body slowly collapsed.
The pierced part in her heart was blocked with demonic energy, but her weakened body was slow to recover.
Her eyelids close like shutters, turning her vision gray.

[An unexpected ending occurred]

[Confusion came to the original order]

[The bewildered Goddess Gaia begins to retrieve the body of the demon king Ikarut]

[Invite the person ‘Kwon Gang-han’ to the Ark of the Timeline]

Message windows that appear one after another like a game.

“Master!!”

In the distance, Lesilia’s voice was heard loudly.
And soon, Ikarut’s eyes twisted and turned into a completely unfamiliar space.