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Of course, the ‘suicide’ I ordered does not mean simple physical destruction.
He ordered a real death, destroying even his own spiritual core.
“Ah, keuheugh… … !》
A moan of pain escaped Selendion’s mouth.
With its own heart pulled out, it is destroying its own spiritual core over and over again.
《Kha, ah, ah… … !》
‘Absolute Command’, as the name suggests, gives absolute orders.
Selendion was faithfully cutting her own life until the very end, just as I ordered.
All humans surrounded him and silently watched the Vampire King’s end.
Some had a cheerful face, while others harbored a bit of pity.
Someone opened their eyes wide as if they didn’t want to miss it, and someone turned their head away without seeing it anymore.
When Selendione had only ten lives left, he cried out as he coughed up blood.
“Please, stop! I’d rather kill you with your own hands!”
“… … .”
“Please! With a gun made of Orlop! Shoot me in the heart with the Nightmare Slayer!”
Selendion shouted at Damian. But Damian turned his head away.
“s*x is good as a weapon! cut my throat! No, cut my body to pieces! If s*x is a weapon, it deserves it!”
He appealed to Lucas and Evangeline, but the two knights stared at the monster expressionlessly.
“In that case, even if it’s just a silver weapon! No, anything else is fine! Humans! Kill me with your hands!”
The soldiers flinched at Selendion’s cry, but no one stepped forward.
Because I ordered you to just watch.
never touch him Let him die himself.
Declining into a mere spectacle and continuing to commit suicide, Selendion cried out bitterly.
“please! To give me an honorable death… … !》
“Speaking of honor, leechling.”
I sighed coldly.
“You will die like a monster, like a worm.”
Dark despair hung over Selendion’s face.
heat.
nine.
eight.
seven.
six… … .
As his remaining lives decreased, Selendion’s face gradually grew old, and when he had five lives left, he became that of an old man.
The panic slowly disappeared from his face. Perhaps he had given up, his voice sank heavily.
《In my mansion in the heart of the Lake Kingdom, I tried to commit suicide every morning.》
Seeing his own spiritual core crumbling in his hands, Selendion smiled bitterly.
“But now I know. It was just a simple joke. To that extent, I was able to do it because I knew that I would not really die, just a game to confirm that I was alive.”
“… … .”
“Maybe it was as you said. human.”
He looked up at me with the wrinkled face of an old man.
《I just got bored with my long life and became numb to everything… … Maybe that’s why I was just looking for a new stimulus.”
four.
《In front of real death, I am afraid right now.》
three.
《But because this sense of fear is unfamiliar, because real death is in front of my eyes, I finally realized it.》
two.
“At this moment, I really… … That you are alive.”
one.
“Thank you, human. no thank you ash. for killing me.”
“You’re shaking the F*cking bottle until the end.”
I grinded my teeth.
“Go to hell, monster.”
After resurrecting to the last life, Selendion destroyed his own spiritual core for the last time.
Chaeng-Grang-!
The sound of breaking glass resounds,
“ah.”
Celendion murmured softly as he looked into the void.
“Finally, it’s over… … .》
fluff.
Celendion crumbled to the floor like straw.
《… … As a thank you for killing me, I will give you one piece of advice… … .》
Staring into space with eyes wide open in a sea of blood, he murmured slowly.
《The Nightmare King knows everything. He is a being of a higher dimension… … .》
“… … ?”
“So don’t try too hard against him… … .》
Celendion’s bloody eyes slowly closed.
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“Anyway, it’s useless, because… … .》
“What nonsense is that… … .”
I was about to ask, but I stopped talking.
The fallen Selendion did not move anymore.
“… … .”
I quietly looked down at him.
The vampire lord, the leader of the monsters, and the stage 5 boss monster.
Of all the monsters I’ve ever met, Selendion, the worst foe, died like this.
“after… … .”
I let out a dry sigh and slowly looked around.
“… … .”
“… … .”
“… … .”
I saw heroes and soldiers covered in blood and injuries.
All of them were looking at me with faces that didn’t know what to do now.
When the hatred for the enemy cooled and the adrenaline drained, everyone realized it belatedly.
the scars we have left.
Falling all over the place… … death of a colleague.
“… … .”
heavy.
It is too heavy.
But this is the weight that the commander of the front must carry.
Clenching my fists and biting my molars, I slowly opened my mouth.
“Pick up the corpses of our allies. Write a death register. Figure out the damage to the castle walls and defense equipment.”
Mechanically, of course, it assigns what needs to be done.
“Retrieve the magic stones from the corpses of enemies and collect the loot.”
People do not break down when there is work to be done in front of them.
So I gave the command
Afterwards, as he did after every defensive battle, he was about to recite a hopeful speech.
“… … .”
I quit.
Instead, he spat it out briefly.
“The war is over.”
I didn’t say we won. no, i couldn’t tell
lost too much
Victory was a victory, but a victory that only hurt.
Looking at the ruined walls covered with blood and the corpses of allies who fell miserably everywhere.
Gritting my teeth, I spat out one more time.
“The war is over.”
***
The corpses of allies began to be collected on the wall.
I forced my legs that were staggering out of strength and slowly walked on top of the wall.
“… … .”
Next to Jupiter’s corpse, Junior was holding his breath and sobbing.
– Welcome to the Continental Mercenary Guild Crossroads, Your Highness the Prince.
I passed by him.
Bodybag and Burnout were weeping next to the corpses of Old Girl and Skull, and God Hand kept his mouth shut with his head bowed.
– Is the 3rd Prince a good person? Are you a good person?
– Sounds like a nice guy?!
– You saved us in the first place! Even if you have a dark ulterior motive, it’s okay if you do this~
I passed by him.
The three Old Hunters tankers were helping to recover the corpse of their allies even though they were severely injured.
Worse priests forcibly put them on stretchers and escorted them to the temple.
I stopped in front of the corpse they had finished collecting.
Old Hunters wizard Jennich. And it was the corpses of five members of the Dion Mercenary Corps.
Unlike the gruesome death, I saw Dion’s face peacefully closing her eyes.
– Send me to the front lines. We will show you how much we can do.
I passed by him.
The vice-captain of the Twilight Corps sat quietly on his knees beside the corpse of the commander.
The old soldier was staring at the face of his comrade who had been with him all his life.
– There are no more monsters flying in from the south, so there’s no need to keep a close eye!
I passed by him.
The bodies of the soldiers were lined up in an orderly fashion.
Others were burned, shattered, or swept away by explosions, leaving no trace.
The soldiers shed tears as they collected the bodies of their dead comrades.
– The prince is here!
– Lord! Lord! Lord!
– The best commander in the South!
– A man born to kill monsters!
I passed by him.
Doesn’t collapse. It should not collapse.
‘Cause I’m the commander
It is natural for people to die on the battlefield.
I’ve lost before, and I’ll lose in the future.
So, even if everyone else cries, I must stand firm.
A watchtower at the corner of the castle wall had a simple guard post installed. Upon entering, Lucas, Evangeline, and Damian were waiting.
“The drafting of the dead list has been completed, lord.”
Lucas held out the papers in his hand. I accepted it silently.
“… … .”
Is it because you’re tired? text is not readable
I tried to concentrate and read the contents somehow, but Lucas cautiously called me.
“Lord.”
“hmm?”
“We are the only ones here.”
Looking up, Lucas smiled faintly with a haggard face.
“You can stay comfortably.”
“… … .”
Evangeline and Damian also smiled softly at me.
“Yes, sir. Because it’s just us… … I can’t stand it.”
“We’re at the same party, Prince.”
“… … .”
Legs were weak.
The party members picked me up and sat me down on a chair.
“I could have saved more.”
I covered my face with both trembling hands.
“I, if I had been a little more thorough, I could have kept him from dying.”
“Lord.”
“If the free exploration route had been drawn up more tightly. If you farmed your equipment to the limit and put it on. If, at all costs, reinforcements were brought from the capital.”
Know.
“If only we had made the regular soldiers retreat sooner. If only the Dion mercenaries had been trained more thoroughly. If only I had been a little more alert when wasting time with Celendion. If only I could protect Junior perfectly so that Jupiter didn’t have to step out.”
Know.
There was no better way. There was no better trick. There is nothing more foolish than questioning what ifs happened in the past.
but.
But the person died.
colleague died Those who cried, laughed, and crossed the line of death together died in front of me.
If I stretched out my hand, I was met with death within reach.
“Even if it was unavoidable during the time of the Black Spider Corps. it wasn’t this time could have changed Even one more person could have been saved. By the way, I Because I am not enough.”
My eyes grew hot. I closed my eyes and gritted my teeth.
“I… … If only I could do a little better… … .”
“My lord did his best.”
Lucas said warmly in a hoarse voice.
“Everybody knows that.”
Damian and Evangeline’s hands gently caressed my shoulders.
“So, don’t blame yourself too much.”
I covered my face with both hands and sobbed quietly.
I cried for a long time, squeezing tears.
My party members also cried along with me.
9 heroes.
146 soldiers.
It was the number of people written on the dead list that day.
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[STAGE 5 – CLEAR!]
[STAGE MVP – Jupiter Junior (SSR), Ash (EX)]
[Level up character]
>Main Party
– Ash (EX) Lv.41 (↑5)
– Lucas (SSR) Lv.44 (↑3)
– Evangeline (SSR) Lv.44 (↑3)
– Jupiter Junior (SSR) Lv.53 (↑3)
– Damien (N) Lv.41 (↑3)
>sub party 1
– God Hand (SR) Lv.41 (↑3)
– Body Bag (R) Lv.36 (↑3)
– Burnout (SR) Lv.34 (↑5)
>Sub Party 3
– Free (R) Lv.34 (↑3)
– Sentence (R) Lv.33 (↑3)
– Viole (R) Lv.33 (↑3)
[dead and injured characters]
>Main Party
– Ash (EX): Light wound
– Lucas (SSR): lightly injured
– Evangeline (SSR): minor injuries
– Damian (N): lightly injured
>sub party 1
– Old Girl (R): Death
– Skull (N): death
– Burnout (SR): minor injuries
>Sub Party 2
– Dion (N): Death
– Ayla (N): Death
– Lock (N): Death
– Hessen (N): deceased
– Chey (N): Death
>Sub Party 3
– Jupiter (SR): Death
– Jennich (R): Death
– Free (R): Medium to High
– Sentence (R): Medium to High
– Viole (R): Medium
[Acquisition item]
– Clan Legion Manastone: 520
– Vampire Magic Core (SR): 7
– Vampire general magic core (SSR): 2
– Vampire Lord Magic Core (SSR): 1
[Stage clear reward has been paid. Please check your inventory.]
– R grade reward box: 5
– SR grade reward box: 7
– SSR grade reward box: 3
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