〈 Episode 357 〉 Now moving forward (5)
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A person blessed by the stars, a brave person.
They are born with a soul shape optimized to capture starlight. However, even they cannot handle starlight right away. Just as a child begins to walk as a toddler, so do warriors.
Only after becoming familiar with starlight, understanding how to use it, and learning how to use starlight can you use it properly.
From the beginning, there was no warrior who knew how to manipulate starlight. This has been the case for the past hundreds of years. But now, there is only one exception.
Raniel van Trias.
Having awakened as a warrior just a few days ago, she manipulates starlight freely. Even the characteristics of the stars are being used as if they had been mine for a very long time.
As it is, it is impossible.
But she has experience. The life she has lived and the experiences she has accumulated have made the impossible possible.
“I offer it.”
“The power to stop that.”
Even though she was not blessed by the stars and did not have the soul to manipulate starlight, she already had experience handling the stars. She has had so much starlight engraved into her soul that it overflows.
That’s not all.
“I go first, Raniel.”
“I’ll leave the rest to you.”
she saw I’ve seen it for years.
She has seen the warrior called the strongest utilize starlight and run while burning starlight over and over again.
Experience and examples.
Even though she has just become a warrior, the experience she has accumulated is no less than that of most warriors. His understanding of the stars is also higher than anyone else’s. Everything she had accumulated made the starlight given to her bloom.
Cheeeeeeeee!
The ground burned with every step I took. Suddenly, a pile of dirt rose up from the cracked ground. The soil that popped up couldn’t overcome the heat and boiled. The boiling mud splattered like blood.
Acceleration(??).
Like Kyle, who ran while covered in starlight.
Raniel ran like the guy who jumped into the oncoming army. He chose to break through the endless waves of demonic beasts head on.
Breaking through one point.
Raniel stared straight ahead and sprinted away.
With each step, the scenery changed in an instant. As the approaching demon beasts and the demon beasts blocking the path were all reduced to ash and scattered, Raniel felt someone’s gaze.
A gaze felt from far away.
The soggy life in your gaze. A presence so massive that it is impossible to hide. There is no question as to whose gaze it is. Raniel laughed as he listened to the voice of the false god echoing in his ears.
“···Yeah, you son of a bitch.”
Laughing bitterly, Raniel muttered.
“It’ll be there soon.”
wait.
I will grab you by the collar and beat you up.
2.
Piing, the bowstring trembled.
Remia poured out moonlight without stopping. Moonlight fell like rain from the pierced clouds. Countless demonic beasts were burned by the pouring moonlight… but the number showed no signs of decreasing.
There really is no end to it.
Neither Remia nor Destel were able to catch their breath as arrows rained down on them, but the demonic beast took the lead and tore through the net of arrows that the two had spread.
Kieeeeek!
With screams, one by one, the demonic beasts rushed toward the barrier. Where they rush to, there are knights with sharp spear swords waiting behind the stockade.
Fix it, block it!
The sound of armor clanging along with a resounding shout echoed loudly throughout the battlefield. The knights buried their feet deep into the ground, fixing the ends of their spears at an angle to the ground.
Boom, boom, boom!
The demonic beasts that were charging with a loud noise were pierced by the guardrail and the knights’ spear swords and fell limp. After kicking away the dangling beasts with their feet, the knights immediately returned to the same posture as before.
“······.”
As she put an arrow on her bowstring, Remia suddenly turned her head and looked down at the knights. From the top of the watchtower, I could see the knights lined up at a glance.
Something I didn’t normally see.
Remia glanced at their faces, which she had not tried to see, with narrowed eyes. The knights’ eyes are revealed through the gaps in their helmets. Looking at those eyes full of determination, Remia involuntarily took a breath.
The swallowed breath will be exhaled.
Remia no longer looked down at the knights. Looking at the same place as them, she pulled the string of her bow until her fingers went numb. Piing, the bowstring shook with a clear sound.
Moonlight sweeps the battlefield.
A meteor shower poured through the clouds.
The demonic beast that tore through the spread net of arrows and managed to reach the barrier was pierced by the knight’s spear sword. The magic knights chanting behind them swept away the incoming magical beasts.
In order for someone to fulfill the minimum responsibilities.
To help someone.
And someone else to prove it.
The knights endured even though they were scratched and bitten and bleeding by the demonic beasts that managed to overcome the barrier. He stands still and never steps back. As if it were a pride that needed to be protected.
Drops of blood bouncing.
The cries of demonic beasts.
The desperate cries of knights.
···Of course, they cannot have a big impact on the battlefield. All they do is stop the onslaught of demonic beasts. It’s just a matter of getting the devil’s attention.
However, that does not mean it is meaningless.
Raniel, who was running towards a distant place while burning the demonic beasts, felt that the flow of the demonic beasts had changed at some point. The demonic beasts no longer blocked him. You are avoiding yourself and going somewhere else.
If so, where?
Toward the front lines that the knights will be blocking.
The road was slowly opening up. It meant that I had some free time. Raniel stopped for a moment and slowly caught his breath. Hot breath escaped his lips.
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“···Phew.”
A moment of relaxation, one breath.
Raniel let out a long breath and started walking again. He was slowly getting his way.
3.
Ka■ ■■ opened his eyes.
A sign was approaching.
The being he had longed for was approaching towards him. Slowly, very slowly, he got up.
My head still feels dull.
lost faith. Broken values collide, collide, and wear out. Someone shouted that humans should pollute the land, but someone else shouted that this should not be done. There was confusion as shouts and shouts mixed together.
dizzy. Confusing. noisy.
Everything is blurry and unclear, but there is one thing that is clear. Ka■ thought about it.
【Kill the gray.】
A sword with my heart as its sheath.
Ka■ stood with both feet on the ground, smoothing the hilt of the sword that was once called the Holy Sword.
The gray light was approaching.
I could feel it.
The only thing clear. A purpose that you can feel strongly about even when everything is confusing. The reason why you should pick up the sword.
When I think of gray, I can be myself.
The prosecutor who has lost himself thirsts for gray. She instinctively felt that if she faced the gray light, she would be able to realize something. Touching the hilt of her sword, Ka ■ walked aimlessly.
As I walked, I saw demonic beasts.
Countless, countless beasts surround the area to protect themselves. followed behind him. Ka■ thought as he looked at them with empty eyes. They say they’re in the way.
These are things you don’t need.
Ka■ lightly waved his hand.
That was the end. The bodies of the demonic beasts swarming around Kyle were torn into pieces. The magical beasts that turned into six pieces and poured out with a patter were bowing their heads towards their master until the end.
Blood poured out.
With each step he took, the blood became thicker. He walked amidst the blood and eventually stopped in front of a building. It was a shabby church that had been abandoned for hundreds of years.
For some reason, it feels like it has to be here.
I don’t know why, but that’s what I thought.
Ka■ placed his hand on the church door and pushed lightly. Just before she stepped into the church, which opened with a loud sound, Ka ■ looked behind her.
Ash was flying in the wind.
Ash powder that is a little different from the ash powder you crave. It was ashes that didn’t seem like they could burn again even if they caught a spark. The ash scattered in the wind landed on the hilt of her sword, which was pierced into Ka ■’s heart.
「···, ······.」
I felt like I heard someone’s voice.
Ka■’s empty eyes narrowed.
Frowning, he grabbed the hilt of his sword and pulled it from his heart. The ash powder on the tip of his sword was annoying. Also a voice ringing in my ears.
I swung my drawn sword.
The ash on the tip of the knife flew.
The sword energy fired belatedly swallowed up the ashes without a trace. With her forest shaking, Ka ■ looked at the knife in her hand.
There was no more ash left on the knife.
But in Kyle’s eyes, there was ashes. He saw a vision of ash wrapped around a sword. The fantasy was fleeting. When I closed and opened my eyes, the sword was just a sword, and the black sword blade did not change.
Ka■ returned his sword to its place.
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It is difficult to find direction in the twisted demon world.
In a landscape so ruined by the shadows, it was not easy to tell which was in front and which was behind. Raniel, who had been running vigorously, gradually slowed down. She couldn’t slow down and stopped completely.
A broken and distorted terrain.
The pleasant scent wafted by the swarming demonic beasts.
The cries of a demonic beast echoing from all directions.
The magic world where all these things were mixed together was truly reminiscent of hell. His head felt dizzy. Raniel slowly caught his breath and looked around. In confusion, she fumbled for her direction.
It wasn’t easy to find direction in the mixed energy (？？). Feeling gaze was the same.
How many steps did you take like that?
Suddenly, a strange noise rang in my eardrums. It was a quiet cutting sound. Raniel belatedly felt the sound that shook the magic mirror.
Chaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
The sound came from behind.
Raniel stopped walking and looked back. Something swept through the area. Raniel belatedly understood that it was a sword (??) fired from afar.
A sword that was clearly fired by Kyle.
But no matter how long I waited, there was no second sword energy fired. Raniel silently glanced at the place where the sword energy swept past.
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A landscape cut in two.
And, a long line drawn on the floor. If you look up along the line, you will see that the line extends very far away. It felt like a path to Raniel.
The road to Kyle.
Raniel ran following the traces left by the sword. How far did he run like that? Raniel realized that he had completely escaped his complicated demon world. Looking around, what unfolded was a huge wilderness.
There were no magic beasts in the wilderness.
There was only a thick fog of blood.
Raniel waved his hand and cleared away the blood mist. Then, the surroundings came into view. Split and broken fragments of the castle were everywhere. That scene looked familiar to Raniel.
‘···The old site of the Selef Kingdom.’
A place where I faced the devil in the past.
Raniel swallowed dryly and started walking again. However, even that step did not last long. Because it was no longer possible to walk along the path carved by sword energy.
Raniel looked at the floor.
Numerous sword marks were engraved on the floor of the wide expanse of wilderness. The sword marks that filled the area and the paths engraved with sword energy were mixed together and became indiscernible. I couldn’t figure it out, but it didn’t matter.
Because the sword marks have become a guidepost again.
Raniel stood right where the sword marks began. No, maybe it was the place where the sword mark was cut off. If he stood there and looked up, he could see a huge slash splitting the air. Raniel laughed as he watched the slash.
I couldn’t help but laugh.
···Raniel doesn’t know much about the sword(？）. He is also ignorant of the state of swordsmanship. Just as a swordsman does not understand a wizard, a wizard also does not understand a swordsman. Nevertheless, the limit is the law that works.
The long torn space did not heal.
It was stuffed there like a scenery.
It was not difficult to understand how much value this blow would have had and what it would have cut down.
‘It’s here.’
Raniel burst into laughter.
‘Here, you cut down the demon lord.’
As did Ganicalt van Galatric.
I ended up reproducing this ridiculous attack. You really cut down the demon lord. I ran away that time, but this time I struggled…
No way.
“Whoa,” Raniel clenched his fist.
And then he took steps again.
Raniel walked from the end of the sword trace to the starting point. The messy sword marks were Kyle’s footprints. Raniel walked against the path Kyle had taken. From where Kyle last reached, towards where Kyle began to take his steps.
From end to beginning.
To put yourself at the starting point too.
Now to move forward.
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fantasy,
