“Episode 24
Quaaaaaa!
A vortex of blue flames swallowed everything it blocked.
A building that reveals collapsed concrete and bony steel frames. Even the corpses of humans and monsters scattered all over the place.
The super-high heat burned and melted countless things.
only one.
_ Blink.
everything except the bastard.
Beep.
– You used the skill, [One Flash]!
– You have exhausted all [Air Power]!
– Everything has a price. You have exhausted your strength despite serious injuries.
– I got a status abnormality, [exhaustion]!
– [Muscle Strength], [Stamina], and [Agility] temporarily drastically decrease!
I felt power go out of my whole body. I couldn’t hear the system notifications digging into my ears, nor the screams of the Skeleton Warlord in my inventory.
My body was as heavy as wet cotton, and only one thought lingered in my cold, frozen head.
‘It was my last chance.’
Why, why didn’t you know couldn’t you guess
Akrich said clearly. The Familiars planted all over the battlefield watched over me.
Then, on the way ahead, he had to keep in mind that he had used a single strike against the Lich and Death Knights.
Even if it wasn’t certainty, it was right to have doubts.
‘Sick.’
A self-deprecating laugh flowed out. I promised myself I wouldn’t be so careless… … In the end, the biggest mistake was made at the most important moment.
Not having a choice is no excuse. Fighting is a process, not a result. And this is the result of carelessness.
Empty!
The iron bars that slipped through his fingers tumbled across the ground. The weak leg slowly crumbled.
A thick darkness fell over my head as I knelt down and lowered my head.
– You, human. How does it feel to have paid the price for your hasty recklessness?
I barely lifted my head and faced the blazing red eyes. A squeezed voice escaped from between parted lips.
“Of course it sounds like shit. This Sibeol bastard”
– It was a scary blow, that one
give praise
Arch Richie’s voice was wet with a sense of victory.
Although his left arm was missing as if he couldn’t completely avoid the flash with teleportation magic, in the end, it was him who stood tall as the victor.
Red eyes gleamed with joy as they looked down at me on my knees like a criminal.
– I waited until the end. He endured and persevered despite the humiliation suffered by humans. And finally*??… It’s a win for this body.
He’s a smart, sneaky guy.
As I expected, it was clear that he had been waiting for Ilseom from the beginning.
Previously, I wiped out the Lich and Death Knight with a single strike and recovered my physical strength through leveling up, but he did not lose sight of the fact that I had exhausted all my strength in an instant.
– Do you understand now? That this is your human limit.
Limit.
That one word cuts deep into the heart.
The limit of the name F-class that I couldn’t escape even though I tried so hard. After acquiring the system, he was breaking through day by day, that limit.
‘Is it really this far?’
tried to die For me and for the people I love. No matter what danger came, he gritted his teeth and came out. I, I lived like that All of that was a process of pushing the limits.
“yet… … It’s not over.”
A voice as unfamiliar as someone else’s, not even a handful of vitality could be felt, flowed between the lips.
I looked up at Arch Reach with blurry eyes.
– what?
“It’s not over yet.”
Life and death risking ends when one of the two falls. So this fight is not over yet.
When someone finally dies, the last person standing is the only winner.
I muttered in my hazy consciousness.
‘Open inventory. Summons.’
At the same time as the command, one of the spears I put in my inventory was caught in my grasp.
No, I thought I had caught it, but at the same time I missed it.
Turton!
realized again. The fact that I no longer had the strength to hold the spear or the energy to wield it.
– Ha ha! Ha ha ha!
At the sight of me like that, Archlich burst into madness.
But I didn’t give up. I couldn’t give up.
‘Open inventory. Summons.’
Continue summoning weapons.
Turton!
Even if you keep missing your weapon.
‘Open inventory, summon.’
Turton!
– Human. You stupid, stupid human being!
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Even if the Arch Lich laughs at me
never stopped
Courage to humbly accept death? If you call that kind of courage, I’d rather be a coward.
I am… … will surely survive I believed that it was the last courtesy and correct answer for my life, which I had struggled with so far.
‘Inventory Open Summon.’
That was the moment.
belt ring.
– [Patience] is greatly increased,
– Ability, [Patience] changes to [Will]!
– Strong-willed people are easily broken
It doesn’t, and it doesn’t fall. They will fight with all their might, burning their will to the last.
– A strong will sometimes pushes the limits!
– The special effect [Indomitable] has been developed. Temporarily increases all stats slightly and reduces fatigue!
I felt warmth radiating from deep inside my body.
Although it is infinitely small compared to the original power it possesses, on the other hand, it is a power that is warmer than anything else.
It was the system’s response to my earnestness, and it was my last chance.
With a hand that was still trembling, he grabbed the cool spear pole with great strength.
– you… …
I wasn’t the only one who noticed the change.
When the eyes of the Arch Reach, who had been watching me like a monkey in a zoo, opened wide, I gathered all my strength and threw myself away.
In an infinitely slow world, he stretched out the spear in his hand toward the one standing tall.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
And at that moment when the blade of the spear cut through the wind with a hole in the air, I saw it clearly. The arc lich’s eyes that bend like a crescent moon.
that was a laugh
一 Blood Explosion.
Pew-!
belch. And a shock that engulfed the whole body.
The new model, which had been fired with all its might, stiffened, and the spear that slipped from its grip slanted into the ground.
I blinked my two eyes, where the blood vessels had burst. In a world dyed red all over, something sticky and wet fell out of the air and landed on my face.
Toduk, toduduk.
‘… … ah
Blossom.
Blood welled up from my whole body like a fountain, pouring down to the ground in a shower.
When I lifted my arm, which trembled like an aspen tree, I saw tattered skin and white bones.
Blood Explosion. bloody explosion.
Beyond the distant consciousness, the cry of the Skeleton Warlord is heard.
– ??… ? Liver, human!
Since when the hell have you been shouting?
I wanted to say something, but what came out of my lips was no answer, only blood mixed with pieces of intestines.
“Cool. ,,
My eyes are dizzy.
I stretched out my hand toward the blurry Ark Reach through the blood that covered my face, but did I reach it? She was unreachable and unreachable.
maybe forever and ever.
– Wake up! Aren’t you supposed to live
say that
Of course it should. I must survive, defeat him, and return to where I belong.
but… … .
‘Could that be?’ At that moment, the world slowly began to tilt.
No, the world remained the same, and I was the one leaning. The body, which could not overcome the continuous bleeding and injuries, was collapsing with all its might.
‘no. If you fall, everything is over.’ His body was supported by his already broken ankle.
The faint pain, as if stabbed by a thorn, was proof that I was dying, and the cry of the Skeleton Warlord, heard sparsely like a noisy radio, was proof that I was still alive.
– … … Do it, human! hurry!
to do? what?
– Fire me right now… … !
The already ruptured eardrums and blurred consciousness did not properly accept the Skeleton Warlord’s cry.
Even if he had listened carefully, he would not have been able to stop the subsequent actions of the Arch Reach.
– You’ve got some interesting stuff.
Suddenly, the Arch Reach had a familiar object in his hand.
A soldier who has fought with me in countless battles,
Baekyeom (白炎) lit a flame at the stranger’s touch, but he just laughed while his bones were burning.
– I received an undeserved gift, so now I have to return it to the owner.
Archlich threw his arms back. The mighty magic power that suppressed the flame of the white flame rushed toward the spear blade.
– Bye bye. A new adversary, or a mere fool who might have been an adversary.
Wedge!
The breakage was short, and the moment seemed like an eternity.
Without saying a word, I looked at the white flame shooting like a flash. Numerous cases passed through my mind, and I finally drew a conclusion.
‘can not avoid.’
Then there is only one ending left for me. death.
Seven years ago, he had fought countless battles, but the word death had never felt as close to him as it does now.
All you can do is watch death approach.
That’s it.’
The very moment I calmly thought about it.
Kwajik!
The blade of the white flame pierced the middle of my chest, shattering my bones, and I froze with my eyes wide open.
Not because of the pain, but because of the shock.
“… … you.”
– Why, what.
I couldn’t find anything to say, so I looked at the blue eyes that shimmered right in front of me.
The Skeleton Warlord, who changed from a skull the size of a soccer ball to a body measuring 2 meters, said in a gruff voice.
– Don’t ask how I came out alone. Commander Bon doesn’t know English either.
“Then why the hell?”
I looked at the guy in front of me and asked.
The spear blade that penetrated the Skeleton Warlord’s back to his chest stopped exactly one span away from me.
If someone hadn’t stopped it, it would have been dead.
He just threw himself to save my life.
– ??… ? I don’t know either. damn it now i don’t know anything Maybe he was possessed by this sword.
Only then did I recognize the identity of the sword in the Skeleton Warlord’s hand.
“Hero’s soul.”
A sword that is Leifei’s only keepsake, and cannot be held by those who do not have the qualifications to become a hero.
That very [hero’s soul] was in the hands of the Skeleton Warlord.
In the hands of a named monster, not even a human.
– It is the soul of Yeongyeong. That’s a good name for a man-made one. No, to be honest, it’s cool. Although it was too late, I couldn’t even swing it properly… … .
The Skeleton Warlord’s voice faded. The light was slowly fading from the always clear blue eyes.
What this situation means, I know.
extinction.’
Undoubtedly. Even at this moment, the magic of the Arch Reach carried on the blade of the White Flame was rapidly eating away at the Skeleton Warlord.
“you.”
– Say no more. I didn’t believe it because I was already regretting it. It was because I heard a low laugh that didn’t go well with the brusque tone.
– human. I have a question.
The Arch Reach was approaching over the shoulder of the Skeleton Warlord, which was slowly disintegrating, but I silently nodded.
“anything.”
After hesitating for a moment, he asked in a low voice.
– Were you serious about what you said last time?
“What if last time… … ah.”
I suddenly remembered. Right after Leifei’s death, the figure of the guy who was thinking about his past that he couldn’t remember.
And the one word I handed to him in passing.
‘Well, I think he must have been a very nice guy.’
???… uh? Did you say that to the commander who saw it?’
‘no. Just talking to myself.’
‘Cheer, coo hum. yes?’
So it was. It was because of it.
To the Skeleton Warlord who woke up after gaining strength from a specter who had lost all memory, I might have been his only friend.
A word like a small stone thrown by me caused ripples in the pond of his heart.
‘Such a fool.’
what is that What did you have to do like this?
I was speechless for a moment and something hot rose up inside me, but I held it in. I barely opened my mouth to answer.
“Of course I was sincere.”
– Yes, that’s right.
The very moment when the dangerously flickering blue eyes drew an arc. A ghastly voice rang out to end it all.
– Are you done saying goodbye?
“… …
– Bone Explosion.
bang
Instinctively, I crossed my arms to block my face, and I was thrown back with a shock that engulfed my whole body.
I barely stood up and saw soaring skulls and shattering bones.
and… … That was all.
The figure of the Skeleton Warlord could not be found anywhere.
Fu-wook
The [Hero’s Soul] that fell from the air was deeply embedded in the ground. With the hand of someone who didn’t let go of the sword hilt until the end.