〈 Episode 308 〉 What the stars wish for (1)
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Man’s pride reached death.
After death left the snowy field, the intimidating feeling that had been weighing down the area disappeared. Lark let out the breath he had been holding unconsciously. With each breath he took, his mind began to fade.
I used a technique that did not suit my body.
Even if the holy sword blocked it, it was swept away by the aftermath of Death’s sword. Her whole body creaked.
Maybe that’s why I kept trying to close my eyes.
Even as fatigue sets in, Lark does not close his eyes. With his head held high, he looks at a swordsman standing in the snowy field.
The strongest warrior, Kyle Torben.
Lark looked at the sword he was swinging.
He grabbed the sword he had lost and clearly saw Kyle’s technique. The sword(?) that moved in frozen time was strange, mysterious, and…
‘beautiful.’
It was beautiful. So much.
The strike that a swordsman who has reached the heights of skill puts his life at risk is so beautiful that it is enough to fascinate a boy who has not yet matured.
Truly a hero’s strike.
Lark imagines the image of a hero swinging his sword in the face of death over and over again. Lark closed his eyes, contemplating the scenery.
I won’t forget.
I will engrave it in my mind.
So, one day, I too…
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Raniel blinked blankly.
Raniel repeatedly opened and closed his lips at the sight, which he could not believe even with his own eyes. After a few seconds passed, Raniel slowly stood up.
“···Ugh.”
A broken finger hurts.
My whole body was creaking and blood was pouring out from the open wound. Ran El continued his steps, leaving red dots on the snow. He took unsteady steps.
Sabak.
After walking for a while, Raniel approached Kyle. Kyle knelt down on one knee and leaned against the hilt of his sword. As Raniel looked at the back and thought about what to say, he opened his mouth with difficulty.
“Crazy guy.”
Raniel muttered.
The corner of her mouth kept trembling. Ran El said, holding back the laughter that kept trying to escape.
“Really, crazy guy.”
She flopped down next to Kyle.
“Are you crazy? “You’re really crazy, aren’t you?”
“···My ears are ringing. noisy.”
“Look what the f*ck, what did I say?”
Raniel couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
“It really works.”
I was skeptical.
Raniel also knows that Kyle can’t swing the sword like he used to. Because over the past few years, Kyle has let go of his sword. So he didn’t expect it. He was prepared to risk his life from the beginning.
“You can really do it, bastard.”
But what are the results?
Raniel looked.
Kyle confronting death. Kyle, who ended up bleeding to death. It’s not a dream. The blackened snow fields prove that this is reality.
“You crazy bastard. What a f*cking great bastard. Really, wow.”
Raniel laughed while stroking his hair.
After laughing for a while, she took a short breath and said.
“Good job, motherf*cker.”
Raniel slapped Kyle on the back.
A loud noise rang out. Kyle rubbed her numb back and laughed.
“You still have a foul mouth.”
“what.”
“That’s just the way it is.”
Kyle, out of breath, collapsed into his seat.
“Kyle, Raniel!”
A voice is heard from the top of the cliff later.
Sara came down the cliff while being held by Remia. Sara walked so quickly that she thought she might fall, but stopped in front of Kyle.
“are you okay? “Snow, snow!”
“This will heal quickly. “Rather than me…”
Kyle pointed to Raniel.
“Look at that guy first. “Your condition must be more serious than mine.”
“···I’m fine.”
“Don’t be bluff. “A guy who has used up so much mana that it’s hard for him to even breathe is bluffing.”
“evil!”
Kyle grabbed the back of Raniel’s neck and made him sit in front of Sarah. Ran El grunted but held out his hand, and Sara began to use her sacred arts, adjusting Ran El’s bones.
“Labor pains, Sipalryeon-ah, labor pains…!”
“Oh right.”
As Raniel screams, Kyle raises his head and looks up at the sky. What catches his eye is the sky split by the sword of death.
The split sky is coming together.
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The star, slowly returning to its original position, is looking at itself. As if to fulfill a contract.
2.
The stars begin to shine on Kyle.
Torn contracts are being put back in place. When you raise your hand, starlight is condensing on that hand. It forms the shape of a sword.
If you squeeze it and the holy sword will appear.
If you hold the holy sword, your injuries will be healed in an instant, and your lost eye will also be restored if you receive Sarah’s help. But Kyle doesn’t do that. Kyle stood up without holding the holy sword.
Stumbling, Kyle stands on the dark snow field.
Then he stretched out his hand and grabbed a handful of the eye covered in death’s blood. Kyle pushed it into my bulging eye. As if it were interfering with treatment.
“Kyle…!”
“Hey, what are you doing…!”
Raniel and Sarah run towards Kyle, screaming. Kyle held out his hand to stop the two and slowly opened his mouth.
“One eye is enough. “Because I don’t need eyes made of starlight.”
“What is that…”
“Ganikalt van Galatric faced the devil with one eye. Just follow it. “Because the one remaining eye is completely mine.”
A sentence Sarah couldn’t understand.
However, Raniel understands it. Raniel’s eyes wavered. Kyle looked at Raniel and smiled.
“I guess you saw it too.”
“···How do you do that?”
“well. “It seems the ancient elf made a mistake.”
I remembered everything.
Why was he able to make a contract with a star?
Everything, even why this method was chosen.
‘I guess I unconsciously followed the remaining memories.’
A contract made by the Great Sage.
Kyle imitated it. He asked Star for such a contract, and Star put Kyle through a trial. Recalling the ordeal, Kyle inadvertently burst into laughter.
‘···We’ve barely reached the starting point.’
It is now possible to imitate a hero’s strike.
We are gathering starlight to clear the way.
Recalling the contract he made with the star that day, Kyle let out a short breath. Even though she realized she had been walking down the wrong path, it didn’t change what she needed to do as a result.
Only the process leading to the result has changed slightly.
“Sarah.”
Kyle called Sarah’s name.
Sarah nodded slowly. Kyle’s mood is different from usual. Sarah, who noticed this, narrowed her eyes and looked at Kyle.
“thanks. “It was helpful.”
“···yes?”
“Is it too late to say thank you? “Um, I’m sorry.”
“Oh, no. “Suddenly?”
“I feel like I have to do it now.”
Kyle smiled sheepishly.
Sarah was really taken aback by that smile she hadn’t seen in such a long time. Sarah blinked her eyes and came to Kyle’s side and began to look around his body.
“Kyle, where do you hurt?”
“No, it’s actually normal. “More than ever.”
Kyle looked at Raniel, leaving Sarah smoothing his forearm. Although her appearance has changed a lot, her piercing blue eyes remain the same.
“······.”
Cool and creepy eyes that seem to see through anything. Raniel, who was looking at Kyle in silence, slowly opened his mouth.
“Kyle, you.”
She looked straight at Kyle.
“Have you signed a subordination contract?”
“The warrior is free from all mental spells. “You probably don’t know that, right?”
“Don’t talk back, bastard.”
Raniel glared at Kyle.
“Hey. “There is someone who can force something like that.”
She pointed to the sky.
“Did you end up with a star? Subordination Agreement.”
As expected, it’s hard to avoid it.
Since I showed myself like this, it was natural for him to notice. Kyle smiled bitterly at his old friend, who seemed to be overly perceptive when it came to her strange side.
“then?”
“Since when… No. done.”
Raniel nervously messed up his hair and snapped at Kyle.
“What were you trying to get?”
This is a question that goes straight to the core.
“What were you trying to achieve by putting the power of the doctor and the body on the scale? “You bastard, didn’t you get caught by the star?”
Kyle doesn’t answer anything.
I just smiled bitterly and looked up at the sky.
Before we knew it, the star had found its place. Kyle’s hand moved randomly and grasped the air. The Holy Sword appears, and Kyle’s body begins to recover.
“Well… I don’t think he was caught.”
However, the empty pupils do not fill up as much as they do. Kyle slowly closed and opened her eyes. The stars surround my body, but my mind is not as blurry as it used to be. The world seen through one eye is still clear.
Kyle Torben became a superman.
The star no longer has complete control over Kyle’s mind. Because the human will that has reached the level of superhuman resistance is resisting it. In protest, Kyle continues his words.
“Because you will be able to achieve what you wish for.”
Kyle mumbles and looks at the girl.
A girl who was never thought to be Raniel.
Raniel doesn’t change. There is no weak part in Raniel. Raniel is always perfect. So, I thought that that girl was not Raniel.
‘but···.’
It is your own illusion.
He also changes because he is human.
The guy he trusted also changed. Everything changes. There is nothing constant. That is why humans struggle to survive.
Kyle sees the incomplete Raniel Van Trias.
He sees an old friend who was ruined by him.
Kyle’s feelings still haven’t changed.
You must take responsibility in one way or another. Kyle laughed bitterly. Now Kyle also regrets it. She wonders why she didn’t realize it sooner.
That’s the moment I thought about it.
【Perform the contract.】
Starlight tore through the air.
Now that the contract is not being properly kept, the star moves the most powerful apostle he has. To enforce a contract.
Damn.
Space splits.
Just like the sword of death did.
The split space takes the shape of a door. The door opens, and the executioner steps into the snowy field.
“You’re really bothering me.”
Platinum-colored robes flutter.
The robe has a dragon symbol engraved on it. Everyone standing here recognizes its presence. Raniel muttered, his eyes wide open.
“···Ancient Dragon Wizard?”
Jormun Van Dragonic.
An ancient dragon wizard appeared in the snowy field.
“Yeah, it’s been a while. Raniel van Trias.”
And Jormún.
“And a damn contractor too.”
I pounded the snowy field with my cane.
The remaining circuits that Raniel has already used, circuits that should not be activated again, activate arbitrarily. The rising chain entangles Kyle’s body and forces him to his knees.
“Providence exists to be kept, and contracts exist to be fulfilled. That was the condition, and you accepted it. Isn’t it? Kyle Torben.”
He approaches Kyle, who is kneeling.
Aim the wand at Kyle’s forehead.
“Perform the contract. Otherwise, I will dispose of it.”
The ancient dragon wizard is expressionless.
The playful side is nowhere to be seen.
The person standing here is a human representing the stars, and a perfect god(?) who has come down to this world.
and.
“Damn.”
A bad-tempered wizard who would be angry at a god (?) would not tolerate the tyranny of a god. Sigh, Raniel grabbed the staff that the ancient dragon wizard aimed at Kyle.
“What happens when it’s all over? Fulfill your contract?”
Raniel chuckled and laughed.
“They’re trying to catch you, you idiots.”
3.
Ten fingers have already been offered.
I gave everything I could, even my arms and legs.
But it couldn’t be stopped.
“······ah.”
Belnoa sits down on the floor and looks around blankly. It’s chaos. Hell is unfolding. The corpses of the knights were lying on the floor. The surrounding area is full of ghouls eating the knight’s flesh.
If you look up, there is a curse dragon flapping its wings in the sky.
Belnoa nodded and lowered his head.
In front of Belnoa is Chloe, who has collapsed bleeding. Blood is flowing ceaselessly from Chloe’s body. Belnoir screams while hugging Chloe.
It’s hell.
Hell broke loose.
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