Chapter 258 – The Hero Is Back
“Regression, isn’t it funny? Even if I kill you, what’s the point if I can start over?”
I scratched the back of my head as I saw Baal smiling bitterly.
It was because I thought that I could think of such a thing from his point of view.
“You have a misunderstanding, but the return is my wish…”
“A wish? Well. I don’t think so? It’s funny that it’s immortal in the first place. An immortal hero, and a return. It’s like a story with an ending.”
I couldn’t help but look at Baal with a puzzled expression.
“No, did I do the regression alone? The Demon King did the same.”
“… That bitch has no answers.”
I couldn’t figure out what expression to make when I saw Baal casually cursing the demon king.
I really didn’t think he would come out like this, and I wondered why I had to share such nonsense with him.
“I tried my best. I didn’t hesitate to do something I hadn’t done in my previous life. They attracted Astaroth, and through him they aimed for the Empire. But you appeared as if you were prepared, and all the things I prepared were in vain.”
“That’s all because I ran hard…”
“Well? Is it really so? Of course that could be the case, but things turned out to be very unfortunate. The timing of your appearance, and the people helping you all appeared at a moment too exquisite to be a coincidence. And at that moment, I realized that no matter what I do, I can’t beat you. It felt like a huge will was helping you.”
“…”
“It must be funny for a villain to make an effort in a story with a pre-determined ending.”
“Why do I have to listen to all this crazy talk?”
As I listened to Baal’s story, I began to get annoyed.
His explanation His didn’t make any sense at all, but it made me feel even more offended.
According to what he said, all the efforts I had made were for nothing, and I was just a puppet being manipulated by that huge will.
“It’s just, that’s what I think. There is no need to force that thought on you.”
Baal said that to me, then folded his arms again and closed his eyes.
I gladd at him, feeling the most displeased with his reaction, as if he could take his own head at any time.
“So, are you really going to give up everything?”
Baal’s head moved up and down at my question.
Then he looked at me with empty eyes and continued his words.
“Even fighting you now feels like playing on someone’s palm. I don’t know who it is, but even he couldn’t have expected this result.”
“…”
“Ask again, warrior. Are you a real human?”
“Fuck, keep talking nonsense…”
I was so annoyed by Baal’s words his, but I could n’t help feeling suspicious.
If you think about it, my first memory was all about meeting the old man in the ghetto while flowing into the village of Qalian.
I couldn’t remember at all what had caused me to wander the world without parents.
“I’m sorry if you were offended. It was just unbelievable that such a will exists for a human being who is nothing.”
After saying that, Baal closed his eyes again.
I felt like I wanted to blow off his head right away, but I hesitated with my sword in my hand.
Even though I thought his words were absurd, the suspicion that had once sprouted was growing in size.
“Nothing will change, hero.”
Baal said so to me with his eyes closed.
I lowered my sword to the floor with a trembling hand at that bastard’s reaction.
When I felt no pain, I kicked at Baal, who slowly opened his eyes.
Puck-.
His body his fell backwards, and I screamed at him like I was screaming.
“Don’t bullshit, fuck. It’s disadvantageous, so it’s all manipulation? Bullshit, really. Do you know how much fucking pain I’ve been through all this time? Is it all because of someone’s will? Fuck you! It’s all thanks to my hard work, and it’s something I’ve cultivated with my own hands.”
“…”
Baal said nothing to my words.
I couldn’t figure out why, and I started to burst into anger at him.
“You won’t die even if your head blows off? Fuck it, it sucks Do you know how fucked up that feels? Huh? You said it with your mouth too. If you were just a normal human being, you wouldn’t pick up a sword even in that situation. I did. Even after receiving more than a hundred fatal wounds, he stood up again even after crawling on the floor. And ended up killing you It’s me, not another will. That I killed you You have to imagine it, you crazy bastard.”
I could see the corners of Baal’s mouth twisting at my words his.
“Okay. What you did is right. But that will might be what you wanted to be trained for.”
“Shut up!”
I punched Baal in the face once more.
Blood splattered from his proud face his, but he just stared at me as if he had no real intention of rebelling.
“Show me the end, warrior.”
I untied the collar of Baal who said so to me.
Then he picked up the ebony he threw on the floor and put it back into the scabbard.
Reason was shouting that killing him like this was beneficial in many ways, but emotion was not.
‘Anyway, I can kill him anytime.’
I told myself that and said to Baal, who was sitting there with a blank look on his face.
“Just turn it off.”
“What?”
“When you come to your senses, let’s stick together again. No, after taking care of my busy work, I will go to you first.”
I said that to Baal and turned away.
I saw Talion watching the battle between me and Baal, and I was thinking of going back to the ecliptic and sorting out Aaron’s problems.
But at that moment.
Hook-.
The sound of sharp metal slicing meat caught my steps.
Looking back, he saw that Baal was driving a bottle into his belly.
“… You said It is not my taste to play in the hands of others.”
“Crazy bastard.”
I said so to Baal.
Red blood was pouring from the corner of his mouth his, and Baal was laughing as if he was genuinely happy.
If his reasoning was wrong, it would have been stupid enough to be described as a dog’s death, but Baal didn’t seem to have the slightest doubt in his thoughts.
**
“Run, quickly.”
I yelled as I nervously kicked Talion in the side.
I witnessed an absurd situation where the actual leader of the demon king’s army committed suicide, but I didn’t have to save him.
But the last expression of the bastard didn’t leave my head, and I was in the midst of a lot of agitation at his words.
The feeling that something was wrong made me nervous for no reason, and that nervousness was showing up as nervousness.
“Purrung!”
Fortunately, Talion ran faster, and I was able to reach the ecliptic much faster than expected.
“Allen!”
And the first thing that greeted me was Lina.
“… Why are you here?”
I asked as I looked at Lina who was standing at the entrance to the ecliptic.
Perhaps because my expression her was stiff, I could see Lina also looking at me with her puzzled eyes.
Of course, she didn’t harbor any ill feelings toward Lina.
It just felt like she knew in advance that I was coming, and she felt that it made me sensitive with Baal’s words.
‘Perhaps if Baal’s will really exist, it must be a goddess.’
At the time of Astaroth’s invasion, many of her realized that her goddess was real, but I was with her all alone.
In the first place, she brought her back to the past, and her mysterious ability was also due to her blessing her.
Because of that, I couldn’t help but be wary of Lina, who was inhabited by that goddess.
Even though she knew in her head that she and her goddess her were separate beings, hostility was being expressed unknowingly.
“… Because that’s what I’ve been waiting for every day.”
“What?”
“I’ve been waiting every day for you to come back.”
I frowned as I looked at Lina as she answered while looking at me.
It was because she did n’t know what she was doing wrong, and the expression on her face her looking at me didn’t seem like a lie.
“Ah, Allen. Did I do something wrong?”
I nervously tousled my hair as I looked at Lina who asked in her dejected voice her.
‘Damn it, that son of a bitch Baal poisoned me.’
It was the poison of doubt.
It’s not even doubt about the people around you, but about everything in the world.
I tried to catch her breath and looked at Lina again.
Although he still had some resentment towards her, no, towards her goddess her, it was not difficult for her to be determined and to hide her feelings towards her.
