Chapter 246 – Gaiden – Part 0, Chapter 20
To be honest, I think I was a little excited.
It’s already been several years since I’ve lived in this world to help Goddess Luminous play, and the time has finally come to finish my role. To be honest, it would be harder not to get excited. And… There was something I was personally looking forward to.
The warrior who will come to visit me soon is, in fact, the purpose of my coming into this world. Since Goddess Ruminus assured me that she was a powerful person who defeated Serberk and Sillip in an instant, she must be very strong. There is no doubt that he is so talented that I don’t have to look at him. The stronger the opponent, the easier it is to achieve my goal, so I calmly waited for the warrior party to attack the mansion.
The current hero’s party is Luke, the warrior of light, Viola the wizard, Elia the priestess, and Hochna the ranger. It was a little disappointing that there were no tanks, but the party itself was well-balanced, except for the fact that it was enough if the hero took on the role of a tanker. Besides, by now, the hero would have obtained ‘Purification’, one of the Powers of Light, through quests, so he should be immune to most crowd control I use.
So, as soon as I start, I spread all sorts of status ailments, so even if I make mechakucha cc pickles, I can get away with it right away. If I use the seduction skill and then use a powerful magic that takes a long time, the hero who escapes hallucinations counters the attack gracefully before it arrives. A scene where the powers collide with each other. Wouldn’t it be the best way to direct the first clash between a hero and a villain in the best possible way?
It was for that reason that I first used large-scale seduction magic with the magic of darkness when the warrior threw the holy sword-Unikor and rushed after hearing the useless lines of the warriors in one ear and letting them out in the other. It is calculated that an opponent who has experienced a melee with Sillip, who distorts and distorts senses and rules, and a hero who has acquired Purification, the power of light, will be able to escape the delusion sufficiently in preparation for the next large-scale magic attack. It was an underlying action.
That thought remained the same until the dark magic emanating from my hand spread widely like a wave and struck the entire party of warriors. Was not in my plan.
“…”
In the meantime, I acted as a villain and managed my facial expression well, so it’s a shame, I almost made a very stupid expression.
Wearing a poker face mask of serenity, I desperately racked my brain over how to deal with the situation. Apparently, according to the script, the hero of this period acquired the power of purification and was immune to a lot of crowd control, but why didn’t he get out of the charm until he got hit by this attack with a slow casting time? Could it be that he has not mastered the power of purification?
Up to that point, well… Yes, pretend you can. It wasn’t once or twice that the script given by the goddess Luminous didn’t fit. But… I heard that you defeated Sillip, but why is your mental power so weak? Does it make sense that you still can’t get out of the state of fascination after receiving that attack from a while ago?
I set the warrior’s combat power to about 50 and started the fight, but it felt like the warrior’s combat power was only about 20.
Damn… My role is a villain who is defeated by the hero, not a munchkin villain who trains the hero.
But I can’t stay frozen here. The audience must still be watching this play, but if I was more embarrassed after beating up the hero, they would want something like this. As natural as possible…
“A guy called a warrior… Is this all?”
As if I wanted to die for nothing, I desperately continued my lines while arrogantly looking down at the fallen hero on the floor.
“They said they defeated Serberk and Sillip, so I paid attention, but I thought it was only this much.”
In fact, I would have only used one magic, even one that was ignorantly high in power and very simple in structure, so that Viola could interpret and dispel it as much as she wanted if she took the time. Of course, while other wizards are contemplating how to conserve water for a bottle of water as much as possible, I am the type of person who keeps drawing bottled water from a vending machine, but I am a special case with an extreme tendency to maximize quantity while giving up on quality. .
From the ancient magic artifacts I ripped from the tyrant Violence of Elheim, the magic artifacts made by Mystrina, the Witch of the Mist, the spearmanship I learned from Mars, and the marksmanship I personally honed, the means I can show are overflowing. But the important thing now is not what I can do.
“To be honest, I was very disappointed.”
Is what I have to do
I’m an obvious villain, and my opponent is a hero. What I have to do now is to play the obvious ‘bad guy’.
Laughing at the hero in the form of an arrogant villain, engraving it in my head so that I will never forget that I am the enemy I must defeat.
“If you’re a true warrior, get up quickly. If not… Okay, let’s take care of your comrades one by one.”
Dark purplish magic is condensed in my hand, and it is sharpened. Penetrating magic, pierce. It is a simple magic that simply emits condensed magic power in a straight line and penetrates the target, but if enough magic power is added, it can kill at least one person. Especially if it’s a defenseless person like the goddess who collapsed helplessly in front of my eyes.
Of course, I really had no intention of dealing with it. The important thing is that I direct the appearance of ‘an evil villain attacking a precious colleague’. No matter how weak a warrior is than I expected, if you are a warrior with a strong camaraderie and a righteous heart, you will never be able to ignore these words. And as expected, Luke, the brave man, groaned in pain and raised his body with difficulty as he aimed his sword at me.
“Ragna Armageddon, Baron…!”
“Hey, did you finally wake up?”
I moved my finger, which I had been aiming at the priestess, to the hero and flicked my hand lightly. Purple beams fired from the fingertips flew toward the hero’s chest. He deliberately avoided the heart, and since the hero always had the power of light wrapped around his body, he would never die even if he was hit by an attack of this magnitude.
And the hero spread the light widely and tried to deflect the beam I fired.
…Like a fool.
“Ouch…!”
Pierce. True to its name, which means to pierce with something sharp, the best advantage of this magic is its ‘penetration’.
The most appropriate action the hero should have taken was not to spread the power of light in the form of a wide and thin shield to defend against my attack, but to use that power to increase one’s physical abilities and evade the attack.
On the surface, this attack looks like a beam of light is coming out of the hand, but the actual speed of the magic is about the same as the speed of the arrow, and even if you are a normal person, if you are a person whose body has been strengthened by authority, you can see it with your own eyes and avoid it. The shield of light, which was wide but at the same time too thin like a sheet of paper, was pierced, and a beam of dark magic pierced the left shoulder of the hero.
“Kuk! Heuuuuuh…!”
“Did you think you could stop it that much?”
At the tip of the finger, it draws and gathers mana again.
Still, the hero didn’t do anything stupid to defend the light beam clumsily this time, as if he didn’t have the ability to learn at all. Instead, he chose the option of attacking before casting spells, taking advantage of the fact that magic takes time to cast. The blade wrapped in the power of light pierced me fiercely into my abdomen, and as if responding to it, I stretched out the magical energy in my hand and processed it into a spear, cutting off the warrior’s sword and throwing it aside.
Visor!! Kagagakak…!!
“What?!”
“That’s not enough.”
Weapons that were hastily processed with magical powers were unstable in shape and could not be maintained for long, but just defending against the warrior’s thrust once was enough to fulfill its role. As much as the stabbing concentrates its power on one point, it is bound to collapse easily from the impact flying from the side. After letting go of the sword shaped like a unicorn’s horn, I hit the warrior’s wrist with my magic spear.
Fuck!
“Keuuugh…!!”
The pain in his wrist made Luke involuntarily let go of his sword, frowning. To lose the sword from his hand just because he was apparently a warrior was attacked once, and as expected, he fell weak. At this rate, even if I somehow forced myself to lose and die, it was certain that I would collapse in the fight against the tyrant Violence.
“Kuu… Baron Radon, I never thought it would be this much…!”
If so… There is only one answer.
Yes, the fight between the hero and me right now… In terms of a game, it is definitely an ‘event-type battle with confirmed defeat’ that can never be won in a normal way because of the overwhelming difference in specs. Even if the hero loses here, he must show that his journey does not end as it is. For that…
“Master!”
“What is it, Saha?”
With the hero in front of me, I responded to the conversation of Saha who quietly appeared from behind. In order to show the audience that ‘it’s not strange that the hero is defeated right now’ by showing the leisure to talk with his subordinates during the fight.
“The remaining forces that supported the 3 princes took an opportunity and launched an attack.”
Alright, this is the right opportunity.
Anyway, even if I say that the forces left when the 3 princes died, I don’t have to worry about it.
“Hmm, I see. Specially saved, if you show your teeth like this… Well, I have no choice but to deal with it. In that sense… The self-proclaimed hero and his companions. Even guys like you have no time to waste. If not, then go back.”
“…”
As if I couldn’t help but finish off the warriors right away because something very urgent happened, I dared to show mercy to them in a situation where I could annihilate them with just a little effort. The warriors’ party also hesitantly retreated without saying a word, probably realizing that this was an opportunity to preserve their lives.
Lastly, the figure of the warrior retreating with a look that he would die in anger at me… And the screams of the goddess Luminous, asking what the hell did he do, hit my ears, and the whole story began.
It’s a messy story where you can’t even guess where the twist came from, in order to become a villain who is supposed to provide catharsis to the audience by defeating the protagonist, the hero.
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“…Many things happened after that, and that’s how our lovely angel was born.”
As I hurriedly finished the story and parted my soft blond hair playfully, the child who had been listening to his story with twinkling eyes gave me a chuckle and hugged me. The child, who had clung to me and rubbed his face, twitched his sharp ears at the familiar voice that came from beyond the door.
“Horina~! Dad told me not to bother you because he’s busy!”
“Ah! It’s a nagging mother!”
“Keen…!”
“Run away!”
Horina burst out laughing mischievously, just like children of her age do, and ran away. Looking at Horina like that, Mia Nord let out a sigh.
“Did you say that again? It must not be very good for children’s feelings…”
“But at the same time, it’s the story kids love the most. After all, it’s the story of when dad and mom meet for the first time.”
I smiled and put my arms around Mia’s waist. Mia seemed to be determined to refuse, but before she could refuse, I pulled her body into her arms. Mia then swallowed back her displeasure that welled up in her throat, and she leaned her head against me.
“How about tonight?”
“…Do you think that’s the only thing in your head all day? Seriously… Pervert.”
As I carved her kiss mark into the nape of her neck and raised her eyes, Mia spat out her scolding even with her flushed face.
“Slut. Pillar West. Rapist. Horny beast.”
“So you don’t like it?”
“…I’ve told you several times.”
But in the end, Mia, now accustomed to accepting her kiss, replied with a slightly flushed face.
“Don’t ask, just do it. If you really didn’t like it, you would have already said no.”
It’s nice to have this perspective, but I wish we get it sooner before the second arc begins.