The Warrior’s Former Companion (3)
Although Harang was still young, he learned faster than others. [Acquiring the Skill Book] definitely helped.
Harang was able to acquire in one year the specialized knowledge that others would have to dig into for 10 years, and thanks to that, he was able to demonstrate outstanding talent in various fields.
Sorcery, divine spells, and spirit magic. Harang can hardly be said to be skilled in these fields.
However, it could be said that he was far superior to the average person, but Chelain was completely unaware of Harang’s characteristics.
‘How is this possible!!’
Chelain clenched her teeth and struggled, but her frail body was unable to break free of even a single tree trunk.
Even as she struggled, step by step, the law began to take its complete form at Harang’s fingertips.
Flames rose and shot into the sky, and the magic barrier rose into the air and rippled. Soon, something rippled in the air, a small curtain-like thing unfolded, and Celain closed her eyes tightly and lowered her head.
“Damn it… … How did you get this body?”
It’s been 500 years. Sealed by the warrior Kaladan, he has endured in a state of lyricism for a full 500 years.
It was painful to endure the passage of time with human mental power in a place where there was nothing.
If she had not been a great swordsman and saint who had reached the 10th level, she might have become a mad demon or disappeared long ago.
The reason I’ve been able to hold on until now is because I only had one ambition.
‘Here, the warrior Kaladan has sealed away some very precious items for the next generation of warriors. I thought it would be nice if we could wait for the next generation to come and go together… ‘
But a sorcerer named Taniya arrived before the warriors’ descendants.
I was greedy. If only I could obtain that body, I could go out into the world and run wild!
No longer will you be overshadowed by the shadow of the warrior!
My world. My own life, drawn as I wish. I had a dream that my own world, where I wouldn’t have to chase after the warrior, would soon arrive.
“Warrior, do you blame Kaladan?”
Harang immediately asked that question.
Chelain raised her head and looked into his eyes. She really didn’t like those silver eyes that looked so much like Caladan’s.
“Yes, I blame you! I blame you! Sealing me in this hellish place and making me wait for 500 years… … Didn’t he know that this would happen in the end? He must be watching me suffer from somewhere.”
“… … What did you do to be locked up here?”
“Ha, didn’t your ancestors teach you?”
“I want to hear it directly.”
Chelain clenched her teeth. She was tied up anyway, so there was nothing she could do.
‘… … Yeah. It’s all over anyway, so it wouldn’t be bad to just tell my story and then leave.’
She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and said.
“Why was it sealed? I killed my comrades. With my own hands.”
“… … !”
When Harang opened her eyes wide in surprise, Celine giggled.
“Why? Is this your first time hearing about this? Oh, of course. The ‘Hero’s Chronicles’ usually end after the Demon King is defeated. After the Hero and his seven companions defeated the Demon King, they each dispersed and lived happily ever after~ Did you think it would end like this? No way!”
Chelain suddenly stuck her head out toward Harang.
“For us, the day the Demon King fell was the beginning of true hell.” * * *
The warrior and his seven companions defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the world, but were unable to end the Demon King’s life.
No, I didn’t.
At that time, Kaladan had already anticipated this.
‘Why aren’t you sealing the Demon King?!’
The most vehement opponent was Celine, who drew her beloved sword, Saintias, and aimed it at Caladan’s neck.
Blood flowed from his neck, but Caladan quickly regenerated with the power of the blessing.
‘Calm down, Celine. This is for all of us.’
‘Work for everyone?! Stop talking nonsense! When the Demon King comes back to life one day, the same thing will happen again! By then, we’ll be old and gone!’
Immediately after the battle.
At the place where the Demon King’s castle was destroyed, Chelain and Caladan had a debate.
‘Look at Pichiel! He was crippled in this battle, and will never be able to cast a barrier again. Without him, who will protect nature and the civilians when we remake the world and fight the demons?’
‘Che, Chelain. I’m fine… … .’
‘Shut up! And what about Senian? His right arm is permanently damaged by a curse and can never be used again. The Spirit Archer can’t use a bow, and he can’t command spirits either!’
‘… …Celane. I know.’
She screamed, vomiting blood.
Seal the Demon King. That is the only way to salvation.
The colleagues were already mentally exhausted or physically disabled.
It means that he is no longer able to fight. However, if the Demon King is resurrected in the distant future, he will definitely be in perfect condition.
‘When that time comes, who on earth will stop the Demon King?!’
Celine screamed, but in the end her will was not accepted.
The Demon King has been sealed.
There is no eternal seal in this world.
Even though the sealing ceremony was performed while the magician Pichiel was unable to use any magic at all, it was expected that it would only last about 500 years at most.
She couldn’t understand. She hated Caladan.
So, I swung my sword.
‘… …Chelain.’
At first, he wanted to kill Kaladan. He wanted to pierce his heart and nullify everything.
But it wasn’t Kaladan that was pierced by Chelain’s sword.
Natalie. Her dearest friend, and someone who is like family to her.
With his omnipotent magic, whenever his comrades were in danger, he would always use the perfect magic at the right time and place, and voila, he would solve the problem, smiling bashfully… … .
He ended up piercing the heart of that beautiful woman.
‘Oh, why… … !’
Even Kaladan was embarrassed and hugged Natalie, but she smiled bashfully as usual and said.
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‘Chel, Lane… … Don’t blame Kaladan… … This is for all of us… … .’
‘I, Natalen! Why! If it were Kaladan, if it were Kaladan, I would have easily avoided or blocked it! Me, me! I really didn’t… … !’
As Celine screamed, Natale held her hand warmly, even as he spat out blood.
‘… … Anyway, I was destined to die soon. You know that too.’
‘Ha, don’t do that… ‘
‘I hope that through my death, you will understand the meaning of Kaladan.’
Natalie breathed his last after saying those words.
Celine screamed. She sobbed as if the world was going to fall apart, hugged Natalen and hit the ground, but even the greatest saint in the world could not heal someone whose heart was completely shattered.
Even that place was the Demon Realm. A place where divine powers did not work properly. If it had been the continent of Astera, he could have sacrificed his life to revive Natalen, but he could not.
So, Celine wanted to go find the ‘Flower Tower’ that Natalen had left behind. She couldn’t.
The world they returned to with Natalie’s body did not welcome them with warm eyes.
‘The demons have been defeated, and the warriors have returned!’
At first, they seemed to welcome us with a grand festival. However, not everyone did so.
‘Now that the Demon King has fallen, the warriors are a threat to the world.’
A being with higher authority than the emperor and deeper faith than the pope.
What being would welcome them? So, the warrior and his six companions were excluded from the world.
Kaladan was banished to the desolate wastelands of the outskirts.
Senian and Pichiel returned to the forest and spent their lives cultivating flowers before passing away in the embrace of nature.
After that, Kadalem became a drunkard and disappeared, and Gertollen left, content with his small territory and welcomed by the tribe as a warrior.
In the meantime, Chelain became nothing.
As a saint, she was not welcomed by the church. Cardinals and the Pope constantly tried to politically check and push her out.
I think I finally understand now.
How will the warriors be treated in a world where demons have disappeared?
‘Kaladin. One of the reasons you sealed the Demon King instead of killing him was because of this reality, right?’
She proved herself to the world.
Her colleagues remained silent about Chelain’s murder, but she boldly confessed in front of all her congregation.
‘The only person who died in the battle with the Demon King. I killed that woman.’
After that, the saint was excommunicated.
While the warriors were away to capture the Demon King, the newly born 10-star powerhouses appeared and defeated Chelain, then bound and sealed her.
‘Damn things. If they had such great powers, how great would it have been if they had followed me to subdue the Demon King, even if it was a little late?’
The Cardinal and the Pope would probably be delighted. Celine chose to go down that path to hell on her own!
But they did not know that with the fall of the most popular Celeste, the church would also fall.
Soon the church of Celina disappeared completely and ‘St. Benedice’ took its place.
“… … A warrior is of no use to the world. You said you wanted to be a warrior, right? That’s all useless. When you’re done with everything, the world will reject you. They’ll hate you and draw their swords! Do you understand? Warriors should only exist in fairy tales. The moment they burst into reality, the balance of the world will collapse.”
“… … .”
Harang, who had finished listening to Chelain’s story, closed her eyes.
“I see, that’s true.”
“Haha. Are you finally starting to understand reality? The hero who defeated the Demon King will be thrown into the mud… … .”
“So that’s how the Duke of Caladan came to be. I understand.”
“……what?”
Harang did not resent the fact that Celine had killed Natalen, who was like a teacher to him. It was a death that Natalen had chosen for himself.
However, he sympathized with Chelain.
“The warrior Kaladan has already come up with a solution to that problem. Even if he defeats the Demon King, the world will not dare to deny it… … He will create the most powerful force in the world.”
That’s the Duke of Calathon.
A family of heroes, a family of swordsmen, and now a family of magicians.
The world’s strongest family.
“I will not be abandoned like you. The world will not dare to abandon me.”
“… … .”
Celine’s expression became vain.
‘Yes… … I see. Unlike me who gave up everything and gave up on myself, Kaladan ran towards the future even after being banished to that wasteland.’
Close your eyes tightly.
Constant feelings of self-loathing… … .
It rose from the depths of my heart.
