Chapter 84 – #19 the Decisive Battle, the Warrior’s Sword Reaches the Sky (1)
Unfortunately.
Unfortunately, the fallen black knight did not escape without someone granting the wish of the brave Emilia.
Black mist wafted through the gaps in the cut and shattered garment, and he approached his beloved dragon waiting behind him――and stroked it.
Just as if she were touching her own pet, it was just a touch that was kind and affectionate to the end.
However, in this situation, there was no way that black knight would show such affection.
As if to remind them of that fact, the flesh that had been used for corpses suddenly began to melt and disappear.
“?!”
Seeing that scene, Emilia raised her eyes, and those who had been watching this scene from her distance each watched it with bated breath.
『―――――――――――!!!」
Howling corpse dragon. But the cry did not seem to be caused by pain.
To put it mildly, it’s like a sense of exaltation.
With such a howl, the giant jumped up from the spot and turned around.
The monster was heading to the broken balcony he had just broken into.
Thud… Thud…
Cood de de de deuk… !
Even while the corpse dragon’s body was melting,
Break the wall with his body, break the pillar, move towards the balcony, and jump.
A pitch-dark night sky, still raining and stormy.
Against the background of such a sky, a dragon flies in the sky flapping its half-melted wings.
Even though the current wings are not structured to fly at all, the fact that the giant can float is probably thanks to some shamanistic action.
Most of all, the flesh that seemed to simply melt away was turning into a dense black mist.
The nobles and knights who were watching cheered.
That fearsome dragon is running away, and we are sincerely glad that we are alive.
However, Emilia, who was looking up at the figure of the dragon through the collapsed ceiling on the balcony side,
Emilia, who watched the dragon’s every move with her warrior’s eyesight until the end,
I could clearly see that the dragon, gradually reconciling to bones, was spinning while standing still in the air.
――That isn’t about running away.
――That… Maybe…
“Me… Is… No more… Hold on… I can’t…』
Emilia turned her head.
The place where the dragon was a while ago. The black knight, who was still standing there stunned, now even the places where he was not cut had turned into black mist, and his armor was gradually disappearing.
“… What are you.”
“――What are you trying to do?!”
Emilia roared with her anger, standing firmly on her trembling legs.
She must have sensed that there was something unusual about that appearance, so the nobles and knights, who had been in a festive mood, closed their mouths again and paid attention to this side.
And the black knight answered Emilia’s cry in a daze.
“Recovery… Do… For… Remained… Last… Power… Passed… Command and… Together…』
『Here… Destroy…』
“Every… Power… Do your best… This place… Blow it up…』
“This Saint… Beyond the castle… The lower village… All…』
『With the hero… Living life… Possible… A lot of…』
『Demon Lord hates… Bugs… You guys… Possible… Even one… A lot of…』
“That… I gave my life… To destroy… I… Like that… Ordered…』
『… If you can stop… Stop it… Warrior…』
“Otherwise… In this spot… For the glory of the Demon King… Die… Ah…』
Half of the Black Knight’s armor had already disappeared.
The greatsword he was wielding also gradually turned into a black mist as it was embedded vertically next to him.
He’s no longer a threat, no need to care.
The dangerous thing, the thing to be truly careful about is the dragon up there.
“Kuh… !”
Emilia went out to her balcony, whipping her unmoving body.
In the middle of the stormy night sky,
A darker darkness than that dark stormy sky is floating.
A dragon that has now completely turned into bones.
In the middle of the group of skeleton dragons, not corpse dragons, something was shining red.
That is the core of this immortal dragon.
Unlike the Black Knight, who had been sealed up until now, this Immortal Dragon’s own Dragon Heart, which he had always possessed since his heyday.
The mana tainted by destruction and death, refined and compressed to a high purity, is now being prepared to be consumed in a single instant.
The corrupted flesh that turned that dragon into a corpse dragon a while ago,
Now, everything is turned into a black mist, forming a gun barrel for the next blow.
With the dragon’s body made of bones as the base, the black mist will become a gun barrel and shoot out the ready-made nuclear magic at once.
Although this dragon has no lungs, it is in principle no different from what other living legendary dragons use as their strongest hand.
【Dragon Breath】.
Depending on the size of the dragon, it is said that a small kingdom can be destroyed with just one dragon, the strongest and worst disaster in both name and reality.
It is about to unfold in this place now.
Covering the imperial palace, covering the hero Emilia here, and swallowing up the nobles and knights who had not yet managed to escape.
If that wasn’t enough, a terrifying blow that would reach the village below the castle and completely annihilate a part of the country, such a terrifying disaster… It was being prepared right now in that sky.
… The situation is getting worse.
* * *
‘Uh… What’s wrong?’
The back of Emilia’s hand was still as hot as a fever rising. It feels like it’s constantly ringing.
But that’s all.
I don’t know what I can do right now, so I’m just looking up at the disaster that will come soon.
――I wish I had at least a holy sword.
The mithril sword procured from the imperial palace’s arsenal was certainly excellent.
It withstood even Emilia’s strength to some extent, allowing Emilia to exert enough strength to drive her black knight.
But that’s it.
Even so, the limit is clear, and it is still impossible to use enough force to overcome the current situation.
The Dragon Breath that is being prepared far away now.
Even if it contained only 1/10 of that mana, it would instantly become dust and scatter.
Even if she had her holy sword, would it be able to stop that?
I wonder if I can overcome that terrifying wave of magical power that has been completely tattered and added to the last power of the Black Knight.
Impossible.
Let’s admit it plainly.
Impossible.
There is no more left.
Can only die here
The [Blessing of the Hero] Is noisy, and it keeps urging me to do more, but…
Impossible is impossible.
After all, not all warriors of the past were successful.
Even a hero will die when he dies in the end.
‘… I will be the last hero, really.’
‘If I die here, it’s all over.’
If he dies, will the 【Hero’s protection】 be lost forever?
It’s a shame, but there’s nothing you can do about it.
Just one last wish,
‘I hope that Count Meln will die with this.’
The only thing I wished was that Earl Meln was also in the line of sight of that breath that would be fired at the imperial palace where he was by chance, and that they would be swallowed up and killed together.
Then, even if I die, I think it will be less unfair.
“My love, it’s not elegant to mumble something like that in a moment like this.”
“?!”
Then, at the terribly unwelcome voice she heard, Emilia hurriedly turned her head away.
Right behind her, before she knew it, Earl Meln was right next to her.
She had been running hard, and there was a lot of sweat on her forehead, but she looked fine nonetheless.
“… What, I thought you ran away.”
“There is no running away from my love. How do you think you will fall in love?”
“If you were a more normal man, I would have been a little attracted to you. You bastard rapist who makes fun of this woman.”
“At a time like this, words become very harsh, my love. You, too, are very attractive.”
Still makes weird noises
No matter how passionately you talk about love, you won’t be attracted to a man like this even if you die.
‘Still, that’s good.’
At the end of the last, at least the last wind seems to have reached the sky.
In this place, the Earl of Meln is also by her own side.
Even if he dies now, this trash demon follower who will surely become the source of trouble for this country will also die with him.
She doesn’t know what happened to Princess Mine, who must have come with her, so I’m worried about that part…
Right now, it’s not a relaxed situation enough to worry about others.
‘Maybe I’ll at least hold my hand so they don’t run away.’
Thinking of it as the last service, I decided to hold the hand of Count Meln, who was truly contemptible and hateful.
In the hand of Emilia who reached out like that,
Earl Meln placed the hilt of his sword in place of his hand.
“Uh?”
What Count Meln gave to Emilia.
It was a jet-black greatsword that was completely black from the blade to the handle.
That sword must have belonged to the black knight that Emilia was fighting against just a moment ago.
When Emilia looked back, her black knight’s armor had completely disappeared, leaving only her corpse-like remains.
There is no greatsword that should be stuck next to it.
The one in his hand right now was that great sword.
‘A little while ago, it was turning into fog…’
“I maintained it with my magical power. Mona taught her how to do it anyway. … It will hold out for a while, my love.”
Count Meln said, placing his hand on Emilia’s forehead.
Then, a faint light flowed from the fingertips, penetrated Emilia’s forehead, and spread throughout her body.
The vulva of the lower abdomen shines under the cloth wrapped around the body.
Along with that, Emilia could feel her own body, which had reached her limit, recover rapidly.
Super recovery through magic infusion targeting her subordinates under her control.
It was their own special recovery technique that was possible because Mona ruled Emilia, and Mona’s contractor, Earl Meln.
Originally, this was the power of the Demon King.
Earl Meln, who had consumed the ‘Egg of the Demon King’, was able to use it at least partially.
“…”
With a bewildered expression, Emilia looked up at Earl Meln,
He said with a smile that still wants to smack him.
“How are you, Emilia? If it’s my love that I believe in, I wonder if I can do something like that if I’ve done this much.”
“Can you do it, warrior?”
At those provocative words,
Emilia burst into laughter.
