Chapter 169 – The Last Battle (1)
What was it
Suddenly the ground seemed to go out.
Savoring the sensation of my heart sinking, I opened my eyes.
Black
The surrounding area is pitch black, as if ink had been spilled on rice paper.
It was pitch black with no shape or outline.
Could it be that I still have my eyes closed?
Not really.
It seems to have risen.
“Ain?”
My voice rang hollow in the dark.
Like an echo.
There was no answer coming back.
What happened to me
I decided to enumerate the events from a point of view that excludes subjectivity as much as possible.
It wasn’t that there was anything special about it.
A light fight between Ain and the Demon King.
After that, the demon king asked me.
‘Have you ever heard the voice of God?’
Then it became like this.
… Isn’t this a sudden, incomprehensible phenomenon?
“What is it, what the hell?”
There is neither Ain nor Demon King.
What exists is just a black and black world.
I couldn’t come up with a plan to deal with this strange situation.
I wonder if it would have had a big effect even if it was salty.
Was listening to the devil’s voice the triggering condition?
So, should I have covered my ears?
That’s close to impossible
What happened.
Stupid I got an accident blocked.
“… Whoa.”
It was useless to regret what had already happened.
I shouldn’t have missed the string of tension.
In any case, it is safe to say that the current me fell victim to the devil’s trick.
Is it some kind of hallucination or fantasy?
I can only hope that it is a class that can break through with force.
I raised my holy power and tried to erase this scenery.
Again, it was not erased as intended.
No, there was no reaction as if the holy power itself was lost before that.
Why did you have the power to move so freely?
In the black landscape, I was left alone.
With power sealed.
Alone.
“Ah.”
I pressed my head with both hands.
Hate.
It’s painful to be alone.
* * *
Arya’s pupils dilated.
It was a stunned look.
What trick did the demon king play?
In any case, it was not a very pleasant situation for Einstein.
The rising rage froze sharply and turned to the demon lord.
Even if he lives to hack his skin, he is only able to afford it.
“What did she do to her?”
“What do you think she might have done?”
“I didn’t ask to listen to useless puns. Tell me before my patience runs out.”
To think that the hero who had jumped in without hesitation was so frightened that he had done something to only one saintess.
A sneer came out of the devil’s lips at that shallow attitude.
He himself once had a time like that.
“I just performed the ritual of a saintess that was supposed to be performed.”
“The saintess’ consciousness?”
“The awakening of her saintess was originally planned to be carried out step by step by Karelin, but someone appeared and saved her saintess suddenly like a hero in a fairy tale.”
It was a demon king referring to Karelin, who was disguised as a holy sword in sexual love.
Einstein asked, raising an eyebrow, as if she hadn’t expected her name to be mentioned here.
“You speak incomprehensible words.”
The demon king stood up from his throne without answering.
The intense pressure raged like a storm.
Einstein’s gut feeling sounded an alarm bell.
The intangible aura that spreads from the author’s gestures.
I was overwhelmed by the energy and was very nervous.
It is a reaction close to instinct.
Even if she faces her for a moment, she realizes that she is an existence that cannot be dealt with.
Just as human beings cannot resist natural disasters, an opponent with such an irresistible sense of helplessness rises.
The Demon King was such a being.
An absolute predator that has reigned for countless years.
“It means that Gwain also had a plan. It would have been nice if some bloody idiot hadn’t ruined it. Thanks to this, the saintess’ maturation was postponed. If you are a warrior, you will know who the fool is here.”
Einstein was dumbfounded.
It was clearly a tone of self-accusation.
“Aria, are you saying she should have been teased more in sexism?”
“The saintess’ suffering was a predestined matter. Isn’t it, it must have been surprisingly common for priests to achieve her enlightenment through enduring great pain?”
“With pleasure. Shut that mouth.”
Quaang!
Einstein pulled out the pendant and put magic into the sword and hit it.
It was a blow that he couldn’t contain his anger.
Of course, I couldn’t land a valid blow.
The demon king lifted his arm and lightly blocked it, then scratched his chin.
“It is this side that is angry, hero. Do you know how many years Guoin has endured?”
The demon king swung his arm.
It’s just an act.
Aaaaagh!
The demon king swung his arm, and in the aftermath, a sharp blade of wind was created.
Einstein’s sword and the wind pressure generated by the demon king swinging his arm collided and fought against each other.
Shaking.
At most, it only blocked one sum, but the sword in Einstein’s grip went into incontinence.
It was a warrior who thought that he would be more difficult to deal with than he thought.
The demon king lowered his shoulders and let out a sigh.
“You bastard acted recklessly to reach Gwa-in without even realizing your own awakening. Obviously, the potential and talent can be seen as the most outstanding among all the warriors, but it is only about that much. It’s not perfect. What Gwain wants is a perfect hero and a saint.”
His eyes were cold.
Einstein tried to fire at the disappointed demon king on his own, but he continued talking.
“Have you ever thought about it with your stupid head? Wasn’t he impatient? Are all preparations completed? Didn’t he attack Gwain out of complacency? Warrior, isn’t there anyone who enjoys unripe fruits? No matter how good the skill is, not having a mature taste is the same as having no value. I expected in many ways that this time the hero would be different, but it is regrettable that the contents are poor.”
Einstein frowned.
There was a lot of talk every week.
“Your tongue is long, Demon King.”
“I am sorry to say that. The fact that I have to break the material of the blade that will touch me like this.”
“I won’t lose.”
“I heard too much about the theory of spirit, and now I vomit.”
“I will show you that I am different.”
“I don’t know how much I copied that line.”
Einstein responded with a warlike expression.
“I don’t think I’m going to lose to a child who talks about awakening or whatever.”
The demon king answers plainly.
“All living things are said to be as good as my insight. That is why Gwain showed special mercy.”
“… Mercy?”
“If you fully awaken the saintess, she will be quite threatening even to you, who is not even awakened.”
Words spoken as if condescending.
In other words, you are not a threat now.
“The liver came out of the boat.”
“Even if you did this, there was no hero or saint who defeated me.”
There was no confidence or pride in it.
The only thing contained in the demon king’s voice was a terrible boredom.
The two did not take their eyes off each other as if they were confrontational.
“Haagh, uhhh.”
It was a sudden moan.
A scream of pain erupted from Arya’s mouth.
Dump.
Soon after, she collapsed.
Einstein was startled and supported Arya.
It was a sufficient gap, but the demon king did not even look at it.
It was an expression of confidence that even if it wasn’t a gap like that, we could win enough.
Einstein was quite annoyed, but Arya was the priority right now.
She looked at her condition and saw her face grimacing in pain.
“Aria! Wake!”
“Has it just started?”
The devil’s meaningful words.
It was probably the ‘saint’s test’ I mentioned before.
It actually looked odd.
A round pattern stood out on Arya’s forehead.
It looked like a pattern embodying the sun.
“This…”
The devil receives Einstein’s words.
“Saints are originally from a family that worships God. If that family were to be tested, by whom would they be tested?”
As if he wasn’t expecting an answer, the demon king continued to speak.
“Isn’t that the god of the sun? She says that now she is the goddess of erotic love.”
Einstein gritted his teeth and carefully laid Arya on the floor.
Then he glared at the demon king.
“Don’t stare at me like that. Anyway, if she passes the test, she will gain strength that she has never seen before.”
If it passes, yes.
But what if it doesn’t pass?
Ain asked in an insensitive tone.
“… What will happen to Aria if she fails the test of the saintess?”
“Oh, is that what you mean?”
The demon king’s eyes turned to the ceiling for a moment.
And she replied like it was nothing.
“Her own personality will be lost, and she will become a puppet of the settled year.”
Arya disappears.
She said she was precious.
She complained that if she wasn’t herself, she wouldn’t be.
She has promised herself and her marriage.
She will disappear
Two swords were created in the air, and Einstein grabbed them without hesitation.
Then, he fired a sword blade at the demon king in succession.
Quaang!
Quaang!
At first, she blocked it with the palm of her hand.
Then she blocked it with her forearm.
This time, it was the demon king who blocked him by crossing his arms in the shape of an X.
“I can feel it getting stronger. Yes, as expected, a hero blooms more splendidly in a crisis.”
For the first time, a warlike smile appeared on the corner of the demon king’s mouth.
Conversely, the corner of Ain’s mouth did not even move.
What there is is an outright murderous intent.
“It’s a test or something, I’ll beat you before it’s over.”
I don’t think Arya will pass the test.
She couldn’t forgive her enough for putting her through such a dangerous test apart from her beliefs.
Drurrrr
A pendant that Azazel gave to Einstein.
She used the pendant to unleash her sword to the fullest extent possible.
A total of about a hundred nearby swords were thrust into the floor from the air.
They were swords that felt like tombstones.
The Demon King was looking at the fun joke.
“Well, waiting for the saintess’ test to end must be very boring. In the meantime, relax your body lightly.”
Black aura similar to Einstein’s body spreads like paint.
Its aura continued to rise, growing to the point of encroaching on the battlefield.
It’s not serious.
Should I cut this energy right now?
Just as Einstein is about to act.
Pounding, pounding!
In an instant, the black energy was condensed and united.
It became a sword.
Took such a form.
A sword as red as blood, a jet-black guard, and a pommel.
A ruby resembling the eyes of a monster embedded in the middle of a sword.
Anyone could see that it was a demonic sword worthy of a demon lord.
The demon king holding the sword informs the hero.
“By the way, warrior. Can you endure the entertainment of wine without the saintess and the holy sword?”
Tingling pressure.
But Einstein doesn’t avoid it.
I will fight bravely.
It’s not because of the responsibility of being a warrior.
It wasn’t even because he was the head of the monster that killed Amelia.
It’s because he’s the one who used Arya.
Because he was the one who put Arya in danger.
The reason was enough.
“That big nose, I’ll sink it in.”
Finally, the opening match between the hero and the demon king was held.