Chapter 88 – Choice
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Carl didn’t like battles that took place this way. A battle in which the opponent approaches in a state of complete preparation, and oneself is insufficiently prepared. For thieves, especially assassins, information warfare was the most important. After Carl knew what his opponents were capable of, he preferred a strategy of surprise. In that sense, this battle was unpleasant from the start. Carl frowned.
“Why are you fucking?”
“Die!”
There was no sign that the conversation could be resolved. Carl checked his armament. The weapon he was carrying was insignificant. At least he was on his way to the cathedral, so it was fortunate that he had come with the bare minimum. He must have loosened up a little as he was on his way to see Sophia. Well, I’ve been hungry for a while now.
Lloyd drew his sword and approached slowly. An invisible momentum pressed the front. Carl said in annoyance.
“Just go.”
“Why? Do you not want to die?”
If you fight like this, one of them will inevitably die. Although he didn’t show it outwardly, in reality, even Carl couldn’t help but be nervous. When a knife whose main specialty was assassination had to fight a hero in front, it would usually suffer losses.
It would be difficult to say that we would lose unconditionally, but the chances of losing were higher than the chances of winning. He placed his hand on his back. His favorite dagger was in his hand. Cal held the gently drawn dagger in his hand and slowly backed away.
If you think about it, reconciliation with the emperor and restoration of the relationship with the hero were completely different things. However, there were things I didn’t know that Lloyd would go this far. What’s the problem? Lloyd’s eyes were bloodshot red. Even though Lloyd liked Sofia quite a bit, Carl remembered, she wasn’t so unanswerable that Lloyd would hang on to a guy who also has a girlfriend.
“Was it tea?”
Light provocation. It was close to just throwing words, but to Lloyd, it was a straight line. “Something like you must die!” Only then did Carl remember that he had also slept with Lloyd’s girlfriend, Circe.
“Oh, damn it. Still, my ass is tight, so that’s okay.”
*
Fortunately, Lloyd didn’t come out with her holy sword. Lloyd was a devout believer, and she was an idiot who didn’t think it was right to use the holy sword for ‘murder’. To the extent that he left behind the best weapon while risking his life. Lloyd is an idiot. It wasn’t a matter of a day or two, so Carl decided to do it.
Even Lloyd’s slight swing of her sword rips through the air. It seemed like a light swish, but the floor exploded and a tree fell. The difference in the length of the sword was great. Carl evaded Lloyd’s attack with his flexible body and unique movements. The figure of the knife disappeared and appeared again and again.
Flickering here and there, it gave rise to the illusion that it had multiplied into several people in an instant. There were several scenes where Lloyd’s sword slashed the sword’s shape, but none of the sword strikes actually struck the sword.
“The roads are all ruined, you motherfucker.”
Kang! A clear metallic sound resounds. A dagger thrown lightly by Carl hit Lloyd’s sword and fell apart. Lloyd’s bloodshot eyes followed the momentarily motionless knife. His ankle moved slightly, and with a bang, Lloyd came running as if he were being shot. Lloyd’s flash strike struck with the momentum to sever the body of the sword. However, the knife was no longer there.
“Come on criminal! Let’s stick together!”
Carl opened the distance again before he knew it. It is not an advantage to blindly cut off time. When Lloyd regained her sanity and began to react coolly, it was likely to be a tough fight for Carl as well. Carl calmly predicted the odds. He is a guy who only knows how to rampage like a bull, but the power to rampage like a bull is stronger than expected. The moment he allows a blow, he may die.
Thud.
Lloyd stamped her foot. The pressure spread out in waves. In an instant, a space where no rain fell was formed in a radius centered on Lloyd, and the sword was also located in that space. The hero gripped the sword with both hands and released a sword strike that accelerated slowly but gradually. It is a blow through the air. The blow reached the knife through the air.
“Fuck it.”
The knife also mobilized its own means to block the sword attack. Because it was an area attack, it was difficult to evade. Because I’ll aim for the moment when I lose my posture while avoiding it. The blade of the sword was stained black. His vision and his body all turned black, and it felt like clay absorbing light. Drop, drop. The black energy materializes and flows. “It’s a real fucking thing.” Lloyd was holding her stance before she knew it.
Originally, the fight of masters is a fight at the end. Lloyd charged at breakneck speed, slashing down in her line of sight. In that sword attack, all of Lloyd’s power was compressed. It wasn’t so fast that it was impossible to evade, but it wasn’t the kind of sword attack that could be avoided.
Lloyd’s sword was aimed in such a way that no matter which direction he evaded, he could pursue and annihilate him. If you focus on avoiding and clumsily receive it, it will soon be the defeat of the sword. It was unfortunate, but I couldn’t help it. I have no choice but to face it head-on.
With his eyes focused on the tip of Lloyd’s sword, the sword aimed the tip of the dagger at Lloyd’s. If Lloyd slashed down intact, the knife’s dagger would immediately pierce Lloyd’s throat. If Lloyd changes his stance, Carl will benefit. If you ignore the inertia and try to change your posture, it is difficult to exert all of your original strength.
The black aura that ate away the light and the flashing aura that imitated the sunlight seemed to collide with each other. But no roar was heard.
Squeak.
A quiet sound signaled that the two swords had not collided.
“Dog… Fucker.”
Carl gave Lloyd the option of “Either die together, or live both, even if you suffer great losses”, And Lloyd happily chose the former. Lloyd’s sword cut her chest diagonally. Carl slit Lloyd’s throat.
The head of a warrior who was once called a hero and brought peace to the world by cutting down the demon king was now rolling miserably on the roadside in front of the cathedral.
*
“Knives, knives… ! Please!”
Sophia wept as she saw Carl lying on her bed. She couldn’t figure out how it happened. I just hate Lloyd. Even that, she didn’t know whom to blame since Lloyd was already dead. When she hated her sword, no one tried to save her, but she came to love her sword with all her heart and now tries to take her sword’s life. It’s not even a joke.
“Don’t, please, don’t.”
Lloyd left, and just as she was trying to suppress her strong feelings, she heard a roar outside. Naturally, Sophia raised her voice and relayed the contents to anyone in the cathedral, which resulted in an unfortunate incident where the hero’s body was discovered.
In addition, Carl Leben was also seriously injured. It was a wound that honestly should have died. Half of his heart had been cut out, and none of his organs were intact. However, thanks to Maria, who was being promoted as her next saintess, she was somehow maintaining her life.
“Please, Goddess, please. He is the person I love the most. I, I can’t be without this person.”
Sophia also tried her best to add her divine power, but without her hands, which are the medium through which her prayers are conveyed to others, she could not be healed smoothly. In the first place, it was a wound that I wondered if it would be possible to heal with Sophia’s prayers. Because it was a swordsman wielded by a hero with all the tricks of the realm he had achieved, it must have left more scars than her eyes could see.
“Wrong, as it is… “
“Uh? Wrong, what do you mean? Maria? Don’t do it. Do not do that.”
“With my own strength, unreasonable… “
“Save! Live!”
“… “
“You asked me to marry you! To me! The person who tried to have me while making my limbs look like this! You have to take care of me, where are you going? Do not do that! Really why are you doing this to me Don’t joke! You’re playing too hard! Why! Why! Why!”
It’s ridiculous.
Everything just seemed like a lie. God was resentful. Tears flowed. Covered the front I thought the only thing left to do was to be happy. Why? Why does it always take away from me only when happiness is right in front of me? Why are you doing this to me? I got my arms and legs cut off because I was trying to be happy after catching the demon king. Still, the person who will be my husband dies when I try to feel some happiness as a woman after being confessed to?
Why?
Why are you only doing this to me?
Isn’t that really too much?
Now you can fix your arms and legs with the elixir. We go on a date together. Hold hands too sex… Also do it often. All that remains is to enjoy a truly happy life? Really is this right? It’s unfair. Mad. I’m going crazy.
… Wait for a sec. Yet.
“What about the elixir?”
“Yes?”
“Can you fix it with an elixir?”
“Yeah… It will be possible. But that.”
“Fix it. Fix the knife please.”
“Sister, then you can’t fix your limbs. You will need half of it!”
“Is that algebra? Are you kidding Fix it quickly!”
Sophia screamed and screamed.
“I will live! Please live! I don’t need my limbs, so just ask me to save you! Please please… “
Tuk-tuk, tuk-tuk. Water drops fall
Sometimes it rains even inside a building.
