Chapter 175 – Chapter 175. IF Ending: Extermination, and Destruction (Beware of Gore)
[※This episode contains illustrations that will make you feel disgusted. Please be careful of shock.]
‘Serica, I did something unforgivable to you.’
When the day of parting with him came, he confessed everything to himself.
His relationship with himself started out as a lie.
He said that he was just a being to be used and abandoned, but before he knew it, he had a sincerity towards himself.
It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t angry when I heard the truth, but I felt that even that was suppressed by my heart for him.
Although the past of being trampled by him puts it into discoloration, Celica finally decided to forgive him.
He gave himself a happy dream.
Because he tried to turn that dream into a reality.
‘When we meet again later, then I’ll go and confess my feelings.’
He understood that there was no choice but to part.
He was the one who became the leader of a group, just as he was responsible for his mission as a warrior. Because he, too, had to use his strength to protect the group that depended on him.
‘But why, you, who promised to reunite, were waiting for us there?’
All preparations are done
When you step into the center of a space where everything is twisted.
The first thing he reacted to when he met the man standing in the center was a young elf who had lived for 100 years.
‘Dave? Why are you here?’
Hey.
He spent a lonely time more than anyone else, and that’s why he was more committed to love for himself and his lifelong promise.
And the girl, who expressed her longing for him more transparently than anyone else, was the first to welcome him when she saw him.
‘I missed you in the meantime.’
Like a dog panting and wagging its tail when it meets its owner.
The joy that was so innocent showed no signs of extinguishing until the moment when his head was cut off by the blade of darkness rushing towards him.
Despite the fact that his sense alone is superior enough to transcend himself as a hero.
As if he firmly believed that the blade that was flying toward him would not harm him until the end of his life.
‘… Heira?’
There is no way that a being whose neck and body are separated can hold its breath.
The same goes for elves, not humans.
A moment was enough to put an end to the long life of the girl who had been learning the world with them.
‘Nonsense.’
Even though he was the first to realize such a reality, it was none other than the Archmage who was the first to spit out denial.
She lost her love for humanity due to her sense of betrayal of her world, but she has a stronger mental strength than anyone else because she rose up from that wound.
His spirit, which he thought would never be broken, crashed into a deep sense of despair, starting with the death of his colleague.
‘Why are you there? Say something, Day… !’
At that moment, his body was torn alive by the torrent of power that spread out, and the despair that burst out of his mouth from that moment was also cut off.
The upper body falls in the place where the lower body disappeared.
Her gaze, centered on her in that state, was still fixed on him.
Her face, covered in her blood and hardened, left the feeling of despair she felt.
‘… Run away, Celica.’
While denying that reality and being unable to do anything, there was a person who stood in her way.
Verdia.
The warrior god of war and the strongest of mankind. She is the one who guided her and became her mentor and protector.
‘Mr. Verdia, but… Two people…’
‘Run away. If you remain, humanity can recover.’
He didn’t care about the deaths of the two of them, and he was demonstrating his faith by erecting a shield in front of himself.
The radiance that shone from her body taught her that she had not lost her fighting spirit.
‘… Sister.’
Before him.
The one who is approaching them, even though he knows that he is the one he loves so much.
‘How can you stay so cool? It’s Dave. That’s Dave!!’
Celica at the time did not understand that she had already let go of her sword from her hand, but was trying to buy herself time to leave.
‘… My role is to protect the warriors.’
Still, she spoke quietly.
‘Even though I can’t protect everything in the world, I’ve been honing my faith and strength to protect just you.’
It is more important to protect yourself than the feelings you have towards him.
I want to think that it was also a feeling that came from a great cause, but Celica, looking back on that day, couldn’t help but think that it was just a shady excuse.
Having something to focus on means you don’t have to worry about anything else.
If you insist on the mission of protecting yourself, you don’t have to accept the reality you are facing at this moment.
‘Verdia, sister.’
Even so, she tried to bump into reality in that way…
When a clot of blood presumably belonging to the noblest paladin ricocheted out of the scene and crashed in front of me.
Starting from the moment the bloody water from the clotted clots flowed down in front of me, I felt that my head was turning pure white.
‘…No.’
After that, it was just running.
With her ears covered and her eyes closed, she just kept running to get out of there as quickly as possible.
‘This can’t be real…!!’
I didn’t want to see anything.
I didn’t want to hear anything.
I just wanted to sleep.
If you wake up after a little sleep, it’s all a nightmare…
When he wakes up again, he expects that tomorrow will be greeted by his colleagues and loved ones.
‘Hero, why did you give up fighting the demon king!?’
But her world cruelly forced her to face her reality.
She defined her irreversible time as failure, not her despair, and urged herself to go out to save her world.
‘There may be one failure. If you’re alive, you still have a chance!’
‘Forget about your colleagues! You can’t be replaced, but they can!’
‘We will do it together. So please stand up again!’
She ignored all of it.
They just stretched out their hands because they felt sorry for them, because no one understood them and didn’t even properly throw out anything to call comfort.
Why did he have to raise his sword for them in the first place?
Everyone I love has already left me. Why don’t they even mourn their deaths?
He wanted to save the world with them, but why didn’t anyone save him from being alone?
‘That guy is not a hero.’
I know it’s a struggle.
As much as he betrayed the expectations of many people, he understood what the words that betrayed those expectations meant.
‘Yes, if you are a hero, you are supposed to save the world, but that person keeps ignoring our call even though the demon king destroyed half of the world!’
‘It’s a witch! The witch stole the hero’s power!’
‘We must kill him and prepare a chance for a new hero to be born!’
Even the curse that came from it and even the original voice were considered good no matter what.
He has the power to take on the world, but his heart stems from the same human beings as them.
‘Mah, Demon King…’
‘That’s not a warrior. That kind of thing can’t be a hero!!’
‘Oh, my God. Please save us!’
Because no one guides and sympathizes with such a weak feeling,
She decided to give up understanding the world.
She decided to give up even getting her own heart understood.
Swinging the sword she held in her hand, swinging it… All she does is punish those who disturb her own rest.
‘… Dave.’
Even those who hinder themselves like that.
Only after all the things she had to protect were gone, she was able to summon up the courage to face him.
‘Can you hear me?’
Even in a world where everything has collapsed.
Starting from that day, an existence that wanders aimlessly, seeking only destruction.
‘… I hate you so much.’
I don’t know why he faced himself like that.
Did he get caught up in something after breaking up with him?
Or did he hide his true intentions from the beginning and approach…
No, maybe he sneaked in, distorting even my memories, in order to perfectly act out the sincerity he was whispering to himself.
‘I hate you madly for betraying my expectations and taking away everything I had to protect.’
But for whatever reason, he became the Demon King and destroyed the world.
Remaining in a world where everything was crumbling like that, he was obliged to kill him.
‘I have to hate you…’
Sufficient time was given to realize that reality.
Because over the years, I reflected on the reality of that day, and realized that everything was the truth, not a nightmare.
In the midst of the tragedies that took place during that time, she had developed her own strength by borrowing the infinite power of growth she was born with.
‘I have to do that…’ … Why can’t I kill you?’
Even so, the sword in his hand never slashed his throat.
Once.
Even though it could kill him with just one swing.
‘I know I have to kill you, but I can’t. Even though I know that killing is the only way to solve it, I can’t bear to do that.’
From him who roams the world where everything is already crumbling.
Because she was peeping at the person she loved.
‘Really, can’t you hear my voice?’
The face of the man who whispered love to her even when everything was crumbling.
‘Really…Really…?’
A voice that might leak out of that mouth.
Because I couldn’t let go of the expectation that I would whisper love to myself.
‘…Puch.’
So she laughed.
Just by looking at his face.
Even though everything was already late, she mocked and sympathized with herself for not giving up hope that things would be right now.
‘Ahahahahahahaha!’
While despairing at the reality that no answer comes back.
She was still aware that the face of the man she loved was still there, and she tried to fulfill her expectations.
‘Dave…’
The rest I couldn’t bear to let go of that expectation.
Even with the sword pointed at his neck, he turned his back on him and began to wander the world that was perishing.
‘Dave~ Where the hell are you?’
She endlessly repeats only the missions she has not fulfilled.
Even so, if time flies, someday, I couldn’t give up the expectation that all of this would be corrected.
‘Now, finally, I can kill you… Why are you moving away from me?’
Only such a futile hope was trying to prolong the pain while taking away even her late chance of atonement.
Until I realized that it was all a one-time nightmare.
While preparing to endure such a torturous time that may have lasted forever…
