Chapter 193 – The Longest Terror (7)
23. The Longest Terror (7)
“Shay… Shay… ! Wake up! Get up! Uh? Say something!”
“…”
“Leader.”
“Don’t play around… Uh? I still have stamina and mentality… Why… Why… !”
Shay didn’t even move. In contrast to her Illumina, which bleeds all over her body, she had no apparent trauma, but that may be why she did not feel her life force.
She wasn’t cold But her pulse didn’t even beat.
Her vision blurred.
I’m still in the middle of the boss fight, but there’s a fear bastard right in front of me.
I couldn’t stop the flowing tears. I never want to admit it, but I don’t think I ever did.
The eyes that captured Shay’s image, the hands that touched Shay’s face, my heart that felt like it would break when I saw Shay, the tears that were flowing right now, all of that.
All of that…
It made it impossible to deny a situation that I never, never wanted to imagine, nor would I want to mention.
According to the message, Shay’s condition was still good, and she didn’t get any penalty, but she couldn’t believe it.
In the past, there were times when she couldn’t stand up in a situation where her stamina and mentality remained. Still, I thought it was because I was at a low level back then, because my condition was worse in terms of numbers than my current condition, and it wasn’t a completely 100% game.
“Leader.”
“…”
“Leader.”
“…”
“Leader!”
It felt like a rough hand. Her head turned. Kaya was looking at me.
“It is not over.”
“…”
“It is not over yet.”
“… It’s over.”
“Leader!”
“Even if you punish him… It just lost its meaning…”
“Aren’t you saying that it’s not over yet?”
“Ugh…”
Kaya’s hand pressed harder on my cheek. Even though she was very tired, her grip was still strong. It felt like my face was contorting.
“Did you think it would be so easy for mortals like us to use the power of a goddess? Do you think Shay didn’t even know this would happen? Wasn’t she even that determined?”
“… !”
Eyes flashed open.
“I didn’t say clearly that life is a price, but the captain would have noticed. I’m a half-elf, and I’m not as injured as Shay, and since Raella-sama is in me, the burden has eased to some extent, but I’m not Shay. I mean, I paid for it all with my human body.”
“Ugh!”
Is it because I don’t understand the current situation? I know what you’re talking about! I know everything… How so…
“So, now that Justitia-sama’s strength has run out, the reason why her body, which she had been forcibly holding on to by squeezing her life force to the limit, collapsed, and it was inevitable that the remaining life force was poured into the final attack, so it was inevitable.”
“Ugh!”
I know! But it’s inevitable! Where’s the assertion that it’s going to be like this? Is that you?
And Kaya, you heard that too…
Even if 30 years is impossible, I will try my best. Doesn’t that mean that it will die right now!
“So, are you going to drop everything and give up? Why did Shay go this far? Is it only Shay? Same goes for Illumina. Even if she repairs her vape, she will never have the same tone as before. Even the roots were ripped off.”
“…”
“I wasn’t going to say this, but… Shay is like this, it’s her boss’s fault.”
“… !”
Now what… ?
“Shay, who was the first to get out of that monster’s tricks, is overdoing it once again to save her captain. That’s why her hair, which looked a little golden, and her face, which looked like she was in her thirties, showed more aging!”
Uhh… Uh… ?
“Do you know why Shay didn’t look back? Obvious! I’m afraid the captain is like this! I’m afraid I’ll blame myself! I’m afraid to give up! I’m afraid it will hurt!”
“Oooh!”
Let go Let go of this!
“Shado is a warrior. Before she was a woman. She will be determined. So if you want to respect her, stand up and don’t let her efforts be in vain here.”
“Ugh!”
Kaya threw me roughly. Her bumped tailbone tingled, her seized cheeks tingled. I was crying. I don’t know that Isn’t it because the final goal that I crawled all the way to here has been destroyed. I am neither a robot nor an iron man. Even if we wanted to be cool and act rationally, it had to be based on the premise that we were safe.
“Kaya, you…”
I was about to say something, but I shut her mouth because her atmosphere was so bloody.
“Captain, just sit there. Even if the captain gets frustrated, even if the captain gives up on his fate, I won’t give up.”
Kaya raised her mace, which looked like a pale green ball of light. The light was pointing at the dreadnaughter. Shay’s final charge must have done quite a bit of damage to him too, and he’d probably throw a fucking sound at us while we were doing this, but he didn’t seem to have the time to do that.
“Remember that it is not over yet.”
“Kaya… ?”
Kaya sprang forward. Not only the mace, but her whole body was surrounded by green light. The pale green comet that had visited once descended once more. The comet was shining brighter than last time.
[Everything according to God’s will]
Kwaaaaang–!
[Overwhelming blow!]
[Kaya deals 82 damage to the Longest Terror.]
[Due to the effect of ‘Armor of Fear’, you cannot inflict more than 50 damage.]
[Illumina deals 49 damage to the Longest Terror.]
[Remaining HP 0/300]
Unbelievably, Kaya landed another fatal blow. What I launched, what Illumina launched, Shay’s, and Kaya’s again…
If it hadn’t been for the armor of fear, it was so strong that it would have destroyed the catfish right away. If it wasn’t for that, there might not have been a single critical hit like it used to be, but…
‘No, at the point Shay became like that, I don’t need any of this…’
Still.
Did you catch it anyway?
Excluding all of the things that felt like shit and took a long time, if you simply look at the battle process, of course there were some crises, but it was easier than other bosses.
But why.
Why is the message not popping up again? Uh?
[It’s hard to believe even after experiencing it myself.]
Then I heard the voice of the fear bastard.
[It’s amazing, but they’re mortals. It’s a lie, but even those who call themselves gods couldn’t do anything but drive me here.]
If you search, you will search finely. What are you talking about? Uh? Why aren’t you following?
[The longest fear releases the remaining energy.]
“Fuck… ?”
“Leader!”
“Hen, Drick… !”
Kaya blocked us in place of Shay, and I hesitated and followed her to block Shay and Illumina. It didn’t look good, but I felt like I had to do something like this.
‘Even Kaya…’
Kaya also didn’t seem strange when she collapsed, as she seemed to have consumed a lot of strength from the previous blow.
[Time of fear is forcibly activated.]
[Resistance roll]
Shay :-
Kaya: 3
Eugene: 4
Illumina: 3
Longest Terror: 6
[The resistance failed.]
[All members of the warrior corps are affected by a state abnormality ‘fear’.]
“The battle is over, you asshole! Look carefully!”
Doing such dirty things in such a situation…
[Your purpose will appear to have been accomplished, but you will soon find it futile.]
[As you guys say, ants can’t see humans.]
[Your struggles will eventually become part of a futile cycle.]
[The longest fear releases a more dense energy.]
[Resistance roll]
Shay :-
Kaya: 2
Eugene: 3
Illumina: 4
Longest Terror: 6
[The resistance failed.]
The mouth, soon the whole body stiffened. Even with strong adhesive, I don’t think it will come off as if it were applied. The head doesn’t turn either. I can’t even blink my eyes carelessly, and I don’t know how to breathe. Even my heart beat was hesitant. I was afraid to even think about it, and soon my very existence here was questioned.
Scary.
It was full of feelings that everything was flying empty and scary. It seemed like it had been going on since the beginning. What was I doing? Why am I doing this?
I’ve seen that bastard have 0 stamina, but why is it like this?
Shay is like that, but I, why am I alive? Is there a reason
Shay?
Shay… ?
Who was it?
Ah.
No. I hate it so much.
Want to get away how?
Die?
Isn’t death the end?
Yes I will die
Dying is scary too.
No. I’m more afraid now. I’m more afraid of living like this. I am more afraid of not knowing when I will die. So I just want to die.
Haha.
Hi-Hi.
… Dedicate it to
It hurts. Scared. Save me who?
… I dare you, please give me one last boost.
It hurts. Scared. Save me who?
… Even if I don’t see the light of day anymore after this moment, it doesn’t matter if I can’t be your daughter. If our efforts and achievements are meaningful.
It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts…
… Please have mercy on the sacrifice of this foolish daughter.
Clemens benignitas et inexorabilis gratia
Warm kindness and cold generosity
[Kaya activates the hidden skill of ‘Raella’s Incarnation’.]
It hurts. I want to die now. Please, I want to die. Why are you so persistent… ?
[Holy Sacrifice]
[Sacrifice the caster’s physical strength and mentality to the limit.]
[Kaya’s HP is reduced by 33.]
[Remaining HP –13/34]
[Due to the effect of the holy sacrifice, the state of near death and death is suspended for a while.]
[Kaya Mentality – 99]
[The encroachment status is suspended for a while due to the influence of the holy sacrifice.]
“Who dies at will, and who sacrifices at will! Sister! Captain! Little sister!”
“Sister! Kaya sister!!!”
[Recovers 33% of the physical strength and mentality of everyone except the caster.]
[Shay’s HP is restored by 14.]
[Eugene recovers 9 HP.]
[Illumina’s HP is restored by 8.]
[All warriors’ mentality +33]
[Remove all status ailments from everyone except the caster.]
[The status ailment ‘Longest Terror’ is removed.]
[La Ella, why is that bitch’s power so far!]
When she opened her eyes, Shay, who was lying down like her corpse, or rather, a corpse, and Illumina, who was nothing more than her corpse, were holding on to Kaya, who had frozen on her knees and praying, and wept…
As if he really didn’t expect that the last ugly outburst was blocked in this way, the bastard of terror was rapidly fading as he spat out the word “Why?”
[I am immortal, so your time will be useless.]
“Shut up!”
It was only then that I understood Kaya’s words, which sounded cold, no, cold.
Saying it’s not over yet. She must have been prepared for this since Shay collapsed. What you didn’t tell me… If I had said it, I would have been at a loss.
Fuck, fuck, fuck…
“Sister… Sister… ! I was determined… If only I could die… Why… Why, even the price I shouldered, why does my sister… !”
“Sister! Sister Kaya!!”
I understand.
I understand.
Why, that infinity doesn’t include you.
[The Long Terror has cleared Area 4 of the dungeon of the highest difficulty ‘The Longest Terror’.]
In the dungeon deep underground, light began to enter.
