Chapter 100 – Confinement of the Hero(1)
Episode 100 Confinement of the Hero (1)
“I was waiting for you. Ikarut.”
Retina flicks her toes and smiles at her.
A holy sword standing upright on the altar.
Seeing as there is no holy light, Retina deliberately did not hold her holy sword.
“Why did you hide the holy sword when you found it first?”
“If I don’t go looking for the holy sword, there’s no reason for you to come after me, right?”
Retina lazily rested her chin on her and lifted the corner of her mouth.
“I don’t understand.”
“It’s only natural that you don’t understand. Even if I am resurrected, it is difficult for me to understand myself.”
After Retina rubs her fine nails, she blows and fiddles with her.
“Why did I go so far to kill you? Why is it natural to have a sense of duty to protect the world? I have lived without doubting myself.”
She lifted her blurry gaze, blankly pursed her lips, and cupped her chin again.
Retina’s expression was somewhat farsighted.
“But Ikarut, I realized it thanks to you. The fact that this world was artificially created by someone.”
Her pupils bulge as they constrict.
When the soft green eyes shine like a flash of light, the light source is drawn.
“I don’t really remember after I died, but I definitely met the Creator.”
Retina stood up slowly. As she descends the tall stairs one step at a time, she keeps an eye on the Ika route.
The distance got closer. She could identify the myriad emotions floating on Retina’s face.
“The hero, Rex, lived by repeating death and resurrection. She realized that there was no end to that life. And now, I am a woman!”
Retina grabbed her chest so much that the hem of her dress crumpled.
‘Since the patch, it has a regression characteristic. But it’s strange. How did he even know about his previous life?’
I was guessing that she might have regressed.
However, Retina mentioned that her death and resurrection were repeated. In addition to the life of the hero Ikarut himself killed, she remembered another hero’s life.
‘This is a game. It is only natural that the longer the play time, the more hundreds of times it will be reset.’
Ikarut was a famous player of Artis’ game.
Even if you made a character’s normal ending, play it again from the beginning to see a different ending.
I saw all the bad, happy, and true endings. Some endings were so interesting that I did them several times.
Remembering countless deaths, the hero could only go mad.
“I lived as a man until then, but suddenly changed into a woman. Do you know this miserable feeling?! Do you know!”
Unable to contain her anger, Retina let out a loud cry.
Soon she twisted her expression, chewing until blood pooled on her lips.
Ikarut calmly faced her and waited for her anger to subside.
‘The gender change must have been because of the patch notice. I was a man before then.’
Ikarut recalled her hazy memories.
Although she thought of the situation just before becoming possessed by the game. He could only remember the scene where he had broken the normal ending and the notice posted afterwards.
“So I tried to find the root of the world tree by tracing my old memories. To be honest, I was dubious, but what can I do? I have been forgotten by my sister and her parents, with whom I have lived all my life.”
Retina, who was talking about her circumstances, stumbled over.
Pod!
The sharp tip brushed against Ikarut’s cheek.
Although the dagger was pointed in the direction of his eye with precision and speed. The target was the demon king.
Ikarut twisted his head and grabbed his wrist.
“Oh, ok!”
“If you want to kill me, bring the holy sword.”
“When I saw your face, I was so annoyed that my hand came out to meet me? Sorry.”
Retina arrogantly condescends.
I tried to remove her wrist, but she couldn’t get it out due to the difference in grip.
Retina, who clicked her tongue briefly, landed her kick. As the shield of shadows that appeared suddenly blocked the attack, her complexion hardened.
“It’s not like you were caught on purpose.”
“What are you talking about? He is a warrior who has dealt with you every day.”
Retina smiles and casts her buff spell on her fist.
I wield it at the same time as drawing her spell.
Kwak!
Ikarut, who narrowly avoided it, widened the distance.
The seat he had been in was shattered.
After Retina smoke billowed into her fist, her blowing brushed off her hand.
“I can even fight barehanded.”
Retina Gets Her Tai Chi Pose
Her hero was a playable character who could handle various weapons and use simple magic with bare hands.
As she is the main character in Artis’ game, she belonged to a hybrid type position.
“Let’s play together. Demon King.”
Retina nods her hand, beckoning her to attack first.
Ikarut shreds and releases the shadows at his toes.
Papababat!
The shadow roamed around like tentacles and attacked Retina.
Retina pulled out her old longsword.
Visor! Chaeeng!
It sprints at full speed while hitting all the shadows one by one.
A long sword that draws horizontally towards Ikarut.
An aura appears, pouring down like arrows.
“It’s also used for mana aura.”
“Because I used to be a pretty strong guy.”
Even if it is blocked by the shadow curtain, it will be pushed back by the power of the aura and will disappear.
Ikarut directly evaded and threw a blade-like shadow.
Retina closes her distance by blocking them all with her sword back.
Quaang!
Ikarut made a net of shadows and attacked Retina.
Dodge quickly with sharp movements.
Maybe it’s because he’s a real person, but he fights quite differently from the game pattern.
They had a similar attack pattern, so they easily blocked it.
“Are you doing enough?”
“Stop getting caught.”
“What are you going to do with me? You’re not trying to treat me like a mess, are you?”
“I’ll let you do it if you want to.”
“Are you crazy at last? I am a man You stupid demon king!”
Seemingly angry at her treatment as a bitch, Retina sprints at her full speed, brandishing her sword.
Visor!
In the blink of an eye, Ikarut summoned a demonic sword.
When colliding with the sword, the demonic sword resonates with a hum. After that, it seemed to absorb the damage, and then released more than twice as much magic.
“Sheesh, annoying.”
Retina hastily got out of her radius.
Corrosion from her demonic energy damaged her blade. Retina discarded her weapon, deciding that she was not needed.
Spinning the two daggers in her leg pockets, she prepares for battle.
“Grab the holy sword.”
“I still have a lot of weapons. I will write it after I finish writing it.”
Retina flaps her cape. Various weapons hung from the inside of her cloak.
A warrior who spurns her foot and goes out. Ikarut wanted to quickly finish the fight and reach the end of the game.
However, the hero flung his body as if he had no intention of grabbing the holy sword.
“Senseless fights are annoying now.”
“Hey you too? So do i.”
Retina grins and throws her dagger.
Ikarut, bounced off by the shadow, wields a demonic sword.
As her magi roars and spreads wide, Retina hastily bites her street.
At that moment, Ikarut stood up.
It was easy to fool the human eye because it teleported within a short distance as if walking in midair.
“It is over.”
The place he ran to was the altar with the holy sword.
Surprised, Retina hurriedly ran towards her holy sword.
Ikarut, who arrived first, was much faster.
Boo-woong, swings the magic sword wide.
Then, the demon in the form of a huge dragon was thrust into the holy sword.
Softly…
The holy sword that absorbed a lot of demonic energy caused an earthquake.
Retina loses her balance due to the aftermath of the earthquake.
Dig.
The Holy Sword, which had been emitting pure white light, was corrupted in an instant.
The black paper, which had been stained black, sparked and began to crack.
Wajangchang.
A holy sword that has been shattered.
Retina was staring at her in the distance as if she was devastated.
“This… What is this… As if… !”
Nancy, who had escaped through another secret passage, appeared to participate in the battle between the hero and the demon king.
However, the holy sword was corrupted by demonic energy and was broken. At the end of the fight, it seemed that the Demon King had won.
“The Holy Sword is broken… “
Retina Covers Her Face
There was no sadness or anger in her. Between her fingers she just holds her laugh.
“Everything is over.”
Leaving behind the great sage who had been eaten by slime, Lesilia went to find her master.
I was surprised by the sudden shaking of the earthquake. When she followed the sign and went to find it, the place was already over.
The altar is full of traces of the shattered holy sword.
Lesilia crosses her cross and prays for her rest.
The holy sword was smashed. With this, the hope of the human world is gone.
‘Weird.’
Ikarut looked around him and tightened her mouth.
For some reason, it seemed that all of this situation went according to Retina’s intention.
Retina deliberately risked her life and did not battle without holding her holy sword.
“It’s really over… Okay… It’s over… “
Retina, muttering to herself, wiped her forehead.
Glancing at her holy sword, I looked at Ikarut.
His pupils blurred as if he was lost in her thoughts, and he sat down.
“Are you going to kill me?”
Retina, sitting in her gentry posture, raises her head.
For some reason, it felt like a joke.
“Come on, kill me. If I’m gone, you win.”
Retina raises her mouth as if she has no regrets in the world.
Lesilia slowly approaching. Sensing her presence, Retina moved her eyes and an unknown glow shone.
“Did you come all the way here to kill me?”
“Your mind has changed.”
Retina’s eyebrows raised strangely.
She then burst out laughing and crossed her arms.
“What else has changed your mind? Life to die anyway. Let’s listen.”
“Only a holy sword can pierce my heart. But the holy sword was broken, and you did not kill me.”
“… What?”
The holy sword was the only weapon that could kill the demon king’s heart.
She didn’t know this, but Retina widened her eyes.
Well, it was an Easter egg that you can understand by playing the Ikarut character.
“Let’s make it special.”
“For a moment… What are you oh!”
The hero’s shadow moves and captures Retina.
“Don’t bully Retina!”
“Noisy.”
“Ugyanyang!”
“Nancy, run away!”
Ikarut’s shadow grows longer and ensnares Nancy as well.
As Nancy struggles, Retina exclaims urgently.
“I am already nothing. If your target is the Holy Sword, shouldn’t I let go!?”
“It takes a lot to do that.”
Returning warrior. A hero who remembers his life reset several times was also a risk factor.
Ikarut painfully pulls the tip of Retina’s chin upwards.
Forcibly makes eye contact with the hero who is trying to avoid his gaze.
“I will drag you.”
Retina clenched her chin.
Lesilia looks at her terrified hero, and silently crosses hers.
