Chapter 824 – #6-39 Final Battle, Villain No. 13 vs. Snow White Fairy (2)
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『I am a hero.』
Rahe resisted No. 13’s brainwashing to the end.
I am not completely free from the bondage of brainwashing. No matter how much he is, there is no way he can remain sane after being brainwashed for so long, having his head massaged with Dorothy’s brainwashing device, and being manipulated so many times with Apple’s assistance.
Various common senses have already become jumbled. The same can be seen from the way he calls himself a hero but obediently obeys Villain No. 13. Besides that, other common sense has become so messed up that it is almost impossible to say anything about it. ‘The worst villain’ Rahe’s appearance wasn’t all just acting.
But still.
There is only one thing, and that fact shines like starlight inside Rahe.
No matter how dirty you are and how much you wander, that light and will remain indelible until the end.
『I understand, Rahe.』
『Then, I will cast a spell on Rahe so that he can fight as a hero.』
No. 13 brainwashed Rahe again. So that she, the hero, can side with the villain No. 13 and fight alongside him. So that she can face Snow White together.
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The battle continues.
In the forests and valleys on the ground, the goblin Jeokhwa and Merga Baekseol are still fighting loudly against the spirits summoned, and in the air, Rahe and Baekseol are slashing with razor-sharp swords.
Rahe created an ice platform in the air, stepped on it, and jumped up. Even now, Baekseol is still standing in the air as a stepping stone, and responds to Rahe’s movements without missing them.
“… !!”
Rahe cheered and once again swung the blade filled with an ice storm. As expected, Fairy Snow White brushed it off with her subtle skill, but she frowned at the numb shock flowing down her arm.
Rahe’s slashes, momentum, and timing of using magic are becoming more and more proficient.
A cube fragment that scatters starlight, held in Rahe’s hand. The heterogeneous magical power flowing from it is difficult for an ordinary awakened person to handle. In fact, No. 13 also caused the cube to explode the first time it came into contact with it, and when it was used in an enemy battle, it became unable to move its body properly.
However, even though it was a fragment split into three parts at the time, Rahe was becoming increasingly accustomed to the power of the fragment.
Increased strength and speed, as well as increased magic activation timing and sophistication… It means that you are slowly starting to use your skills to the fullest.
‘No, that’s not all.’
A faint golden light surrounds Rahe’s body.
That light is the same as that emitted by the golden statue erected next to No. 13 below.
Rahe was being assisted by No. 13’s magic. The same goes for not only Rahe, but also Red Hwa and Mer, as well as Ashe and Olivia, who are fighting down there.
His power and his ships can turn even ordinary people into warriors, and turn inexperienced heroes into fully-fledged heroes. If so, to what extent can we strengthen excellent heroes who have already demonstrated fully-fledged power in their respective fields?
“But it’s still not enough!”
Baek Seol, who had been on the defensive all this time, seemed to change his posture in the air for a moment and then jumped out.
He approaches Rahe and stretches out his arms. What was reaching out was a slender arm, and Rahe felt a chill and stepped back on his icy steps.
He feels something brush his chest. One button of the shirt he was wearing fell off.
Baek Seol’s hand didn’t touch it. But now this is.
‘… Wind… ?’
Baek Seol’s offensive continued. Baekseol stretched out his arm and waved his hand as if trying to grab Rahe. Sometimes, a slash is delivered with the sword in the other hand.
Although the hands were small and the sword was thin, Rahe felt as if he was dealing with a giant. In the empty air, a large hand with the same shape as Snow White’s tries to grab Rahe, and a huge and vicious blade of wind flies along the blade that Snow White swings.
Rahe dodged it and once again swung the sword covered in storm, but the sword strike was blocked by something invisible and did not reach Baekseol.
Wind. It was the wind.
The wind armor that Snow White wears around her body protects her. The wind surrounding Snow White’s sword delivers a slash over a much wider range than the sword’s original length.
“Get caught easily! “I don’t want to hurt you!”
This is the body that will soon become Baek Seol’s. He has no desire to hurt.
Snow White shouts and reaches out her arms covered in the wind armor to grab Rahe once again.
She defeats the invisible hand of the wind by relying only on the flow of air that touches her skin and her intuition.
Rahe’s speed is getting faster and faster. Her storm-clad blade becomes more vicious as time passes. The cold air emanating from her sword freezes the surrounding air and causes frost.
But even with that speed, and even with the slashes of that vicious storm, she couldn’t pierce the armor protecting Snow White’s body.
But Baekseol also cannot catch Rahe. This is because Rahe’s skills were greater than expected, and Baekseol also ended up wasting some of his strength due to summoning as many as ten spirit creatures. Moreover, since he tries to catch the opponent without hurting him rather than simply defeating him, his means are also limited.
“【Fantasy】!”
Baek Seol’s martial arts skills unfold once again.
With one simple word of chanting, Rahe’s surroundings instantly turned pitch black.
Rahe was left in the middle of the darkness. I don’t even know which side is which, front, back, up and down. Maybe she’s upside down and falling headfirst, or maybe she’s standing on her side.
In the middle of the universe, which was as inconceivable as a zero-gravity space, a faint but faint light suddenly appeared. The light was snow. The eyes of a huge creature. It’s not just two or four, it’s crowded and hideous eyes that look like a hundred.
– Kahahahahahahah ahhhhh!
A gigantic creature that Rahe’s eyes cannot contain. The creature with many eyes opens its mouth like a spirit and tries to swallow Rahe, and eventually it does.
Then.
I’m not going to fall in… !!
Space itself, including the dragon, is cracked. And Rahe, who must have been eaten by the dragon, soared upward, sprinkling starlight.
The blackout curtain is lifted. Returning vision and world. And Baek Seol can be seen stretching out his hand towards the place where Rahe was just a moment ago.
It looks like he was trying to capture Rahe with the arm of the wind while using an illusion, but Rahe calmly broke the illusion and jumped up to avoid Baek Seol’s hand.
Tsk, Baek Seol clicks his tongue. It was a secret move, but it was destroyed so easily.
“Rahe. Why do you keep doing this? Do you think you can win against me? Is that really true?”
“Stop the pointless rebellion! Follow the winds of your constellation! Sacrifice your body for justice!”
“I will bring justice! I will make full use of all my power and the potential of your body to eradicate all evil from this country! Starting with No. 13, this country… No, I promise that I will build all the villains in the world with my own hands!”
“However, if you do not sacrifice your body and continue your childish rebellion… On the contrary, I can become evil! “Will I break the constraints of being a good person, risk my own extinction, and bring about disaster on this land?”
“So Rahe! If you want to save the world, if you want to save people… “Sacrifice your body for that justice!”
For justice.
For her Snow White fairy counterpart, it was the biggest offer she could make. For Rahe, these words will probably definitely be effective.
But Rahe shook his head at those words.
The statement that it was for justice was clearly harsh. Moreover, haven’t you witnessed the power of Snow White Fairy firsthand and are still feeling it directly when dealing with her? If she were to go one-on-one with Baek Seol, and if she had tried to kill Rahe without any hesitation, she had a feeling that she would not have been able to hold out at all and would have been killed in an instant.
If that’s what Baekseol says, it’s definitely true. If it were her, it wouldn’t be impossible for her to create villains from all over the world. She also said that if her demands were not met, she would bring disaster on this land.
However. Nevertheless.
Currently, Rahe has the ‘magic’ of No. 13.
Because of the magic spell he placed on Rahe, she cannot nod her head despite Baek Seol’s temptation.
『Rahe, you are mine.』
Rahe lost to No. 13. And No. 13 claimed Rahe as his. Having defeated her, he said, he would receive her as his trophy. He argued that if she was defeated, it was right and common sense to sacrifice her body.
『And Rahe, you are very precious to me.』
I don’t think it has a romantic meaning. I know. He knows that he is loved by many women, and he is simply giving himself the same level of affection that he gives to them.
Still.
『If you die or disappear, I will be truly heartbroken. You will be angry. And it will be sad.』
『The same goes for your precious subordinates. Everyone will be sad.』
『A hero shouldn’t tolerate something like that.』
『Getting rid of sadness is a hero’s job.』
Making someone sad is not justice.
I could die for justice. But if you die and make someone sad, then you can’t die.
So.
“It is truly painful to say this, Commander.”
“I will refrain from rejecting the Commander-in-Chief’s request.”
In response to Rahe’s polite refusal, Baekseol looked up at the sky and sighed as if sighing.
When he lowered his head again and looked at Rahe, there was a strange boredom in his eyes.
“… That’s it now. “It’s all become a hassle.”
Fairy Snow White mutters. The strange flow of wind that had wrapped around her, the armor of wind that had wrapped around her body disappeared.
The same goes for the strange sense of intimidation that radiates from her. Rahe looks at this in wonder.
Have I given up now? Did they decide that Rahe’s upright attitude and defiance were meaningless beyond this?
I think so.
Suddenly, a change occurred in Snow White’s body.
Sssssut…
As its name suggests, Snow White Fairy has pure white hair and jade-colored eyes.
But at this moment, Snow White’s appearance changed… Her hair became as black as her ink, and her eyes turned red like her blood.
The snow-white fairy with her black hair swung the sword in her hand.
It is a blade that is swung from a distance that even the blade of wind from a moment ago could not reach. Of course, it doesn’t reach Rahe. It has to be out of reach.
“!?”
Sigh, I said.
Rahe’s body was cut, and her bright red blood splashed out.
