last choice(2)

collapsing world.

Beneath the Black Sky Corridor, the emperor exhaled a fading breath.

Above the faintly dispersing breath, I saw a slender figure holding his hand.

“…run away even now. Staying here is dangerous.”

Despite her cold voice, Kaya shook her head.

I just shared his last moments while holding his cold hand.

“It’s so lonely to be alone at the end.”

Slowly fading, she smiled sadly and whispered to him.

“Then I’ll stay by your side.”

“why···.”

Turning to him asking, she said.

“Because I love you.”

The Emperor’s eyes widen.

Both eyes contain turbulent emotions.

“Because I love you enough to give you my all.”

“·······.”

“So, I’ll be by your side until the end.”

In a voice full of sincerity, tears eventually flowed from his eyes.

Memories come to mind, and I suddenly realize.

In the old world he destroyed, the reason why Kayaman didn’t stand up to him.

The reason why I smiled and opened my arms toward him as he pointed the gun at me.

All of that was contained in her short answer.

“I’m sorry.”

“yes···.”

the sinner cried

Swallowing the past that I knew but couldn’t stop.

She shed sadness in front of the sincerity he faced belatedly.

The world is collapsing.

The fading breath and dim light met their end in the fragments of the old world that perished just like that.

*

Kang Yoo-jin’s last move completely changed the game of war.

Batch application of the “conquest” stage using the cycle of reincarnation and the sympathetic nervous system.

This resulted in the mass production of the Arc Wizard, which was considered a walking disaster, even temporarily, and its power literally overwhelmed the battlefield.

“That’s the final fusion!”

“Knock it down! Hit it at once to get rid of it so it can’t regenerate!”

Hunters stood up at Tereon’s cry of vomiting blood.

Large-scale magic pouring from all directions hit the body of the giant monster…the ‘fusion body’ they called it.

None of the people who cast magic were perfectly fine.

It was common for them to be covered in wounds and covered in blood, and there were also people who ate more than one part of their body.

Although the power of “conquest” was bestowed on them, the emperor’s army was not an easy opponent.

As long as the monarch did not die, they were like an immortal army that would stand up indefinitely.

They were continuing a desperate fight against the undefeated emperor’s army.

“Shinny! Coming back from one o’clock!”

“Prepare the strengthening magic…! I’m going to fire my breath!”

“Karina-nee–!!”

At Ensia’s call, two giant dragons descended through the thick clouds.

At the same time as her strengthening magic was manifested, the breath emitted by Karina and Regera swept the battlefield.

─Kiik!

─Queueek!

The two superheated heat rays that had been shot out crossed between the Demon Beasts.

Soon, a blinding flash of light exploded, and everyone in the room closed their eyes tightly.

“Prepare for the aftermath!”

Karina’s voice echoed through the sympathetic nervous system.

In addition to the power of [conquest], the power of the breath, which was added to the strengthening of the angels, was like a cataclysm.

Karina, who quickly descended, protected Ensia and Cynthia with her large wings, and Legera covered the hunters in front.

Then, the defense magic of the angels surrounded them, and a tremendous aftertaste of breath hit them.

aaa!!!

A heat storm scorched the atmosphere, melting the earth and turning it red.

The aftermath subsided just before the defensive magic surrounding the human camp was torn apart, and Carina and Legera carefully gathered their wings.

“Wow···.”

The blow that gathered all the power was truly amazing.

The great plains, where mountains and hills have completely disappeared, are boiling red hot.

“How many survivors…?”

Claire quickly scanned the enemy lines.

It’s hard to find even a bone fragment, let alone survive, but the emperor’s army is not a very easy opponent.

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Just as expected.

Even with such a large-scale attack, the emperor’s magical beasts were struggling to raise their bodies.

“Aren’t they dead?”

“It seems that the Emperor is constantly reviving until he dies.”

Helena agreed with Claire’s dejected voice.

They carefully looked at their allies.

All Hunters are already exhausted from the long battle.

No matter how strong the power of [Conquest] is, as long as the caster’s body is human, there will always be a limit.

In this never-ending battle, not only humans, but even monsters with no physical strength to follow complained of fatigue.

“…Are you all right?”

“Fine.”

The four dragons, including Kim Yong, tried their best to keep themselves from collapsing.

Even Rezzera and Karina, who reached the highest level, were exhausted, but those who were lower than that did not have the ability to endure.

“…the situation is bad.”

Right now, he had a chance to win, but if the fight continues like this, the situation will turn over again.

If the opponent is an immortal army that constantly revives, it is meaningless to discuss victory or defeat.

“Even so… I won’t have to fight to the end.”

Thereon led his weary body forward.

Among the three generations, including him, as well as the Hunters, no one backed down.

Everyone made a desperate determination and regrouped.

“Even if we die here today, our descendants will enjoy peace.”

All for the future that will follow.

Everyone was determined with the same goal in mind.

─Queueek!

─Kyaaa!!

The emperor’s army rises again.

Ahead of them, humanity’s last line of deterrence also rises.

The witches howl and come rushing in.

The hunters stood on the battlefield with trembling bodies as they saw the monsters that had covered the red earth in black before they knew it.

Seeing the demons approaching, everyone drew their swords and shouted.

“Humanity!! Long live!!”

“Long live——!!”

they run

Run to protect the last hope.

Embracing the blades forged with faith and determination, they run.

And so, the moment when the armies of mankind collide with the demons.

───A change came.

Quadang! Cookie light!

Suddenly, the demonic beasts that rushed in fell and rolled on the floor.

Not just one, but all the monsters that covered the horizon became puppets with cut threads and collapsed.

“What, what?”

“Why are they like that?”

The witch falls.

It doesn’t stop at being knocked down, the light goes out from the eyes that were shining with madness.

It is dead.

“dead···?”

“This···.”

In an instant, a light flashed in the black sky.

On the other side of the distant world, where there is an abyss of dimensions.

The explosion of the dazzling starlight that started there was caught in everyone’s eyes.

Only then did they realize

that we won the war.

That the man had defeated the emperor.

“I won…”

“We won…!”

Fear and horror disappear, and silent cheers take their place.

It spreads and spreads along the sympathetic nervous system, and is firmly imprinted in everyone’s brain.

A dazzling light illuminating the sky.

The light heralding the end of a long war and the beginning of a new era.

They all watched.

“Wow…wow…”

Ensia, whose face was full of tears, looked at Cynthia.

Feeling overwhelmed, the two finally let out a boiling cheer.

“Long live the professor!!!”

“Long live Professor Yujin Kang—!!”

Along with the shouts of the two girls, thunderous cheers fill the battlefield.

Seeing the end of a long war.

Everyone looked up at the sky, shedding hot tears.

Looking at the dazzling starlight he lit up.

“Isn’t he a nobleman who makes people suffer so much…”

Putting down the sword, Claire untied her hair that had been tied up for a long time.

Helena laughed out loud for the first time, and Thereon removed his tattered helm to see the stars light up the sky.

And, Ensia and Cynthia, who were at the front, called Karina with a fuss.

“This is not the time!”

“Uh, sister! Quickly… to Helios…!”

There are people I want to see.

At this moment, there was someone they wanted to meet.

Looking at the two girls making a fuss, Karina lowered her head and let out a laugh.

“Then get on me!”

*

An incident came to Helios, where the battle continued.

When the monsters who were fighting in the middle of the fight suddenly died, the professors looked at them with bewildered eyes.

“What? What are these guys doing?”

“Everybody collapses… no, they’re dead?”

It doesn’t just fall down, it just dies.

At some point, a thought flashed through their minds as they felt bewildered by the eyes of the demon who had lost focus.

Everyone raised their heads.

The other side of the dimension where the battle between Kang Yu-jin and the emperor took place.

Beyond the boundaries of Helios, to the abyss of a distant dimension.

Those who stared at the place covered in darkness were able to see it only then.

The dazzling and brilliant starlight that brightens even there.

“ah···.”

“This… this is…”

Everyone’s thoughts stopped.

The flow of the sympathetic nervous system stops for a moment, and soon a thought spreads.

“I won…”

“Professor Yujin Kang won…!”

A small joy soon turned into a huge cheer.

After going through thoughts and thoughts, they were dyed with joy, and before long they let out a loud shout.

“Long live Professor Yujin Kang!!!”

“We won!! We won—!!!”

Voices of cheers spread in all directions.

And, joining the ranks was no different from three professors, including Skadi.

“Waaagh!! He did it!! He really did it!! Wowaaa!!”

“Boss… I trusted you, Boss…”

“Professor Yujin Kang, long live———!!!”

Along with their fervent cheers, there was light piercing the skies above Helios.

Riding a beam of light from the other side of the dimension, a small figure fell to the ground.

Estelle, who fell down with her dazzling blonde hair flying, reached the ground and slowly slowed down, then lightly stepped on the floor.

“Estel!”

“Student Estelle~!!”

As soon as she returned, everyone around her gathered.

All of them suffered from the battle and were all in a mess, but their faces were filled with bright joy.

Between them approaching with joy, Estelle’s eyes were only looking up at the sky.

Faaah—!

The new arrivals did not stop there.

As soon as the battle was over, Ensia and Cynthia, who had leaped to a dimension through Karina, came to Helios.

Perhaps it was because they leaped all the way from Sloan Wall to Helios, where the front line was located, Carina, who had picked them up, was exhausted and landed on the ground.

“Oh, I’m dying…”

“Thank you, Karina!”

“Thank you sister…”

The two hugged Karina and rushed after seeing Estelle in the distance.

He ran forward and hugged Estelle, who was standing still.

“Estel!”

“Esteel~!”

Estelle doesn’t move even when she sees them rubbing their faces as if they don’t care about their sloppy appearance.

“Professor? Where is the professor?”

“Eh… the professor…?”

A question posed by two people.

That was the question everyone had here.

Where is Yujin Kang?

Obviously Kang Yoo-jin and Estelle took off together, but only Estelle came back.

Are you late because you have something left to take care of?

Everyone’s eyes were focused on Estelle in search of Yujin Kang’s whereabouts.

“·······.”

But she doesn’t answer.

I could only shed clear tears while looking up at the sky, the other side where the starlight was bright.

“… Estelle?”

“Estel…? Why are you doing that…?”

In the midst of the two people’s question, Skadi came over and shook Estelle’s shoulder.

The reason why Kang Yu-jin waited more than anyone else was because she was the same.

“Hey. Even if it’s an answer…”

The moment when the question bites the tail and the uneasy silence spreads in all directions.

Voices echoed through their sympathetic nervous systems.

It was the voice of Adeline, who was maintaining the network.

「Confirmed that Yujin Kang destroyed the Beast Emperor and Singularity. The war is over.」

achievements he has made.

The victory won at the end echoed through the sympathetic nervous system.

However, Adeline’s voice was not recalled at all.

Rather, it contained a resonant sound as if it contained sadness, as if it was forced to hold back tears.

“next.”

And, the voice continued.

“Confirmation of Yujin Kang’s death.”

in that one word.

Everyone’s thoughts stopped.

“…above, as of today… I declare that the dimensional war is over.”

The painfully continuous voice ended with that.

victory in war.

The long history of struggle ended today.

It was a moment that should have been followed by joy and cheers, but no one cheered there.

Actually, because the most important person was not there.

“Estel? What do you mean…?”

“The professor died…?”

The two friends continued to ask questions, and only then did Estelle struggle to open her mouth.

“···Sorry.”

a short word.

That was the only word she could utter.

“I’m so sorry···.”

the day the war ended.

That day was the opening day of a new era.

It was the day the star that led the world set.

*

Footprints are stamped on the quiet snowfield.

In the middle of the destruction of the world, I was quietly walking on the snowy field.

“I didn’t know this place was here, but…”

A forest that was located on one side of Helios.

I remember the appearance of the snowfield covered with light snow.

A desolate forest where the dazzlingly white midwinter forest spread out wide under a cloudy sky full of clouds.

I thought the forest where I slept while breathing white as snow was only there, but mysteriously it was here too.

“It’s such an ironic fate.”

I sat down on the white snowfield and looked up at the sky.

…the world is collapsing.

The remnants of the old world, which existed under the power of the emperor, now prepare to sink to the other side of the deep, deep abyss with the disappearance of their master.

The scorched sky was once again stained with darkness.

Helios of the past, which was called the Dark Sky Corridor, disappears into the other side of the era like that.

“···hahahaha.”

I looked up at the sky and smiled.

I couldn’t help but laugh.

Because the sky, covered with pitch-black demonic energy and unable to see anything, had changed.

The sky where the dark magic disappeared.

There, there was a sky so vast that it could not be seen with both eyes… and a sea of stars that covered it tightly.

“…It’s pretty.”

The last sky I looked up at in a collapsing world was, ironically, the most beautiful sky I had ever seen.

If the sight he looked up at at the end was such a beautiful scene… it seemed like a reward would be enough.

─Reincarnation ring… Do you know the cost of using it, mister?

—If the dimensional abyss disappears, even Eugene-sama will not be able to escape from it…

The voices of people who stopped my plan pass by.

The cost of the reincarnation ring plan.

After all the fights in the dimensional abyss, I have only one fate to face.

To sink to the other side of the abyss where even fate cannot reach, and to face a complete death that cannot even be resurrected.

They wanted me to stop, but I didn’t.

It was the only way, and I had the power to make it happen.

─Then…what does Eugene-sama get?

I remember that sad voice.

──You won’t get anything in return…

To that, I didn’t answer.

Silent.

However, now I can answer.

No one was listening, but looking up at the distant starry sky, I was finally able to speak.

“I have already been rewarded.”

time spent with them.

All the relationships we shared.

All of that was a reward for me.

All the memories that saved me from the abyss of revenge and hatred.

It was a reward for me.

“ha ha ha···.”

The world prepares to sleep.

old world.

In the white forest where winter sleeps.

I laughed lightly for the last time.