Chapter 453 – Hero, Demon King, Goddess (8)
Orphelia remembers.
The day she was abandoned by the goddess for the second time.
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“Kwaaaaa!!”
“Wow… Orphelia…”
“Ahh!! “My arm!!”
Screams and screams filled the battlefield.
The smell of blood, a mix of demi-humans and monsters, made my nose feel numb.
“Hold on just a little longer!!”
Orphelia, whose entire body was covered in golden dragon scales, flew to where her screams were heard and struck down her lightning.
──Kwaaaaang!!
Orphelia’s thunder dragon painting.
It was a technique that increased physical abilities and magic affinity extremely by infusing dragon’s blood, but as a side effect, reason became blurred.
However, Orphelia held on to reason only with the earnest will to protect the demi-humans even as she pushed her thunder dragon transformation to the limit.
‘I can’t see the end…!!’
I couldn’t tell how many people I had killed.
One thing is certain: no matter how many people kill them, the advance of the monsters that seem to cover the wide coastline will not stop.
“…Orphelia!!”
“Orphelia!! “Where are you?”
“Aaaaah!…Or…Pelia.”
Before she even had time to catch her breath, a constant sound could be heard from the battlefield, searching for her.
──Kwagwa River!!
They ran through the battlefield to the extent that the dragon’s scales, which were harder than diamond, were torn off, but they could not save the soldier whose stomach had already been torn open and his internal organs spilling out.
“…”
Orphelia clenched her fists and turned her gaze away from the corpse.
She had no time to mourn the soldier’s death.
Where Orphelia left her position, the front line was quickly pushed back and countless demi-humans were losing their lives.
—Kwasik! Sigh!
Cut, stab, crush, burn, tear.
Slaughter the monsters using any method possible.
“Aaaaahhh!!!”
However, no matter how fast you move, you cannot overcome the limits of your body.
As time passes, the screams get louder and louder, and this place turns into the center of hell.
Hehe.. Hehe…”
With each step Orphelia took, her overheated body made her scream.
I wanted to collapse and close my eyes right now, but I couldn’t.
The moment he stops, all the demi-humans here will become prey to the monster.
Quagwagwang—!
Orphelia whipped her crumbling body, wishing she could kill more monsters, even just one.
“Ah…”
However, reality cannot reach the ideal.
At one point Orphelia realized that her own legs could no longer move.
“Ah..No!…No..!!Move…Straight! In action! “Move!!!”
She tried to hit her stiff leg with her fist, but her leg did not move as her muscles had already completely melted due to excessive overuse.
Fluttering─
Orphelia, sitting down in her place, looked up at the sky and called out to her goddess as earnestly as the demihumans had called out her name.
“W-Goddess…Please help me.”
Now I will never hold a grudge again.
I will also make peace with Berlioz and Tristia.
I will be a good child.
I won’t be greedy.
I will do whatever you ask me to do.
So please… Please…
“Please help me.”
Help.
I don’t care what happens.
I know very well that 300 years ago, I was selfish.
But that was my sin, these people are not guilty of anything.
These are your children as much as I am your child.
So if you’re listening, please just this once…
“…Please save them.”
Orphelia closed her eyes, folded her hands together and prayed with all her heart.
─Tuk
At that time, a small touch was felt on Orphelia’s shoulder.
Could it be that the goddess responded?
“Orphelia!!”
…It wasn’t.
The hand on her shoulder belonged to a young boy who looked like he had just become an adult.
“Come to your senses. “If you give up, everyone will die…”
Phew!
As he spoke, the boy’s chest pierced and his monster’s spear stuck out.
“Uh…?”
Orphelia stroked her face with her trembling hands.
The boy’s still warm blood was visible.
At that moment, the boy fell forward like a puppet whose strings had been cut.
“Ah…Ah…Ahhh!!..Don’t die…Please…Don’t die…Please…”
“…Or…Pel…Lia…”
Even as he was dying, spitting out blood from his mouth, the boy did not complain about anything.
However, with her last remaining strength, she held Orphelia’s hand and spoke.
“…Please…Save us…”
The unknown boy lost his life before even completing his will.
“…Ah.”
Holding her boy’s body, Orphelia looked up at the sky once more.
There is still no light to be seen.
The sky covered with dark clouds only scatters rain.
At that moment, Orphelia was certain.
The goddess abandoned the world… And me.
No matter how earnestly she begged, she wouldn’t help.
This hell never ends.
“Kwaaaaak!”
“Orphelia!”
But…
Even though the goddess has abandoned me, I will not abandon them.
‘…I need a little more strength.’
If so, you need to become even stronger.
You can’t save everyone just by pushing your body to its limits.
Crrrr!!
The moment she realized this, the dragon scales covering Orphelia’s entire body fell off one by one.
Pajik─ Pajijik─
What was seen where the scales were removed was not an ordinary body made of blood and flesh.
Lightning made of nothing but pure magic was there.
Magicalization of the body.
Orphelia’s earnest will to protect her people from the edge of despair created her miracle.
“…Everyone die.”
Crumbling!
The day when Eugene and ‘Jong-eon’ died together.
In another hell, ‘Emperor the Brain’ was born.
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Upon arriving at the capital of the Allied Powers, the first thing I saw was a huge golden statue.
“This?”
“Four! This is a golden statue of Emperor the Brainy made with donations from citizens! “Don’t you feel the greatness of the Emperor the Terrible!!”
Gates looked at the golden statue and said with a proud face.
When I first heard Berlioz and Tristia’s words, my first thought was that Orphelia might be a tyrant.
However, when I came and checked it in person, I found out that it was a complete illusion.
The faces of people looking up at the golden statue were full of pride and trust.
I said to Gates, who was talking excitedly about the brainchild, holding his shoulder.
“Hey Gates. “I have one favor to ask.”
“What is it! “Just say the word!”
“Can you give this to Orphelia?”
When I took out the letter from my pocket, Gates waved his hand wildly and said,
“That…That’s…Trouble! As I said, the Emperor is not a person who likes humans!”
“…Mr. Gates. Although we haven’t seen each other for long, I consider Mr. Gates like a friend.”
“Well, me too! But, still… It’s still a bit difficult!”
Kkook─
I grab Gates’ hesitant hand and push the jewel into his hand.
“It’s nothing special, but it’s my small courtesy. Of course, it is not a real gift, but I am giving it to Gates personally.”
“Brain, no bribes!”
It has already been heard in the Black Tiger family that Gates reveals the money, but he does not accept bribes.
But that’s only if I was an ordinary person, and I had the protection of the World Tree.
“A bribe? This is a sign of friendship. If it’s a bribe, there has to be a price. But I give this to you without any conditions.”
“Then… You don’t have to deliver the letter?”
“Of course. Didn’t you say there was no price? “I swear to the World Tree.”
“S-You mean I swear to the World Tree!”
Gates was astonished with his mouth wide open.
As expected, the World Tree seemed to have significant meaning to the elves.
…Of course, it means nothing to me.
If I make an oath to my wife and daughter, I will keep it no matter what, but I can sell the World Tree 100 times if necessary.
Sigh─
As I pushed the letter into Gates’ arms, I smiled brightly and said,
“Of course. However, I will only tell you that if you give it to me, there is a high possibility that you will receive a much greater sincerity that cannot be compared to this small sincerity…”
“This, this… A small sincerity… If you mean a big sincerity… How big a sincerity…”
“It’s an incredibly generous gesture.”
“…Yujin. “I’m just asking this just in case, but there’s nothing about the goddess religion in the letter, right?”
“Of course. “I just want to thank you for allowing me to enter the country and hope to continue our good relationship in the future.”
Gates, who had been thinking for a while, clenched her fists and said.
“I understand that much! “I’ll tell you!”
“Thank you. “May the blessings of the World Tree be with you, Mr. Gates.”
When Gates nodded and made a gesture, a man dressed in black appeared and took her letter.
“…Put it in directly!”
“All right.”
When I saw that, I expressed my gratitude to the World Tree in my heart.
The reason things progressed so quickly may have been largely due to the World Tree’s increase in Gates’ favorability rating.
After a few hours of sightseeing the city, dark clouds suddenly appeared in the clear sky.
“…What? “This is a big deal!”
Gates, seeing the sky getting darker, grabbed his head.
“Yu, Yujin! Situation number 4! Quickly hide in a place with a roof… Hehe!”
Gates had witnessed the Emperor’s anger a few times.
Never before has the sky been so black with dark clouds as it is now.
Kwarung! Crumbling!
The lightning that fell instead of rain seemed to materialize the Emperor’s anger.
〈〈Who dares!!!〉〉
A huge voice created by the tremors of thunder echoed throughout the heavens.
“Hi! Up, it’s dangerous!… Brain, this is the first time I’ve seen the Emperor so… Angry. What on earth did you write in the letter?”
“Sosoya.”
“Yes, sir.”
As soon as he calls Gates’ name, Soso places a point on the back of Gates’ neck, making it impossible for him to move.
“Ugh! What is this? Fu, please release me. “I might actually die this time!”
“I am mentally unstable, so please remain calm.”
“Soso! Eugene dies like this! “It’s because you don’t know how strong the Emperor is!”
Soso burst out laughing at Gates’ words.
You don’t know the strength of Emperor Lei? This is nonsense.
Twinkle twinkle─
The moment Orphelia’s voice was heard, each of Soso’s fur rose up, warning him to run away.
If Bai Xiaoxiao had been alone, she would definitely have done that.
But Eugene was here.
〈〈Are you bringing up the name of the goddess in front of luggage!! 〉〉
“Me.”
──Quarrrr!
In response to Eugene’s answer, Orphelia, with her lightning wrapped around her body, descended.
