103 – Operati Annulus (2)

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“I didn’t expect to come after you so soon… I guess the prophecies are good?”

Selina looked down at us from the top of the nearly collapsed castle wall, like an insect.

I had no choice but to nod my head as I guessed that the prophecy she was talking about was ＜Academy Demon God Subjugation＞.

“Yes. The Sitri, which can cast spirit world magic on Ian, is rooted here, so this is the only place you can kidnap Ian. You know that.”

If my memory is correct, Sitri, a demon that can make even a mere ant feel lust and sexual desire and become horny, has taken root in the deepest part of this castle.

Selina herself won’t be able to continue atoxylating Ian,

Now that Ian will try to resist as much as possible, this is the only place where Ian can be held, as Sitri, which was the only one capable of psychologically attacking Ian in the original work.

If I cut off my limbs, the story would be different, but that bitch who had a crush on Ian wouldn’t be like that.

“Sword Saint, I want to ask you something.”

Selina still seems to mistake me for Finn.

I couldn’t be more grateful for the enemy to overestimate me, so I glared at her without denying it.

“What is it?

Maybe he can’t hear what I’m saying, so he continues talking on his own.

“Why can’t I see the disgust in your eyes? Look behind you, what expressions everyone is making.”

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Just like Selina’s gesture, I only moved my eyes and scanned my surroundings.

Even if it was Grace or Lily, even the knights of the Empire and the Justia family were glaring at Selina with eyes as if they were facing an enemy.

“Well, I’m not interested in revealing my personal life.”

“…It’s really not funny how even a newborn baby looks at me just because I’m a demon…”

“Why don’t you go talk to your mom, Selina Callie.”

“…I don’t even want to hear it, is this it?”

“There is no reason to listen.”

“You must have a story. There must be a reason for kidnapping Ian and attacking my colleagues. So what are you saying?”

Whenever you see these villains, each one has its own story.

I was raised in such a facility when I was young, so I had no choice but to have my murderous instincts engraved on me.

It seems that he became black after having everything of himself stolen by a strange third-class villain.

“Even you, it’s because I’m a demon… Um, it doesn’t seem like it.”

“Asmodians? Ha, everyone has a reason for their actions, and each person has a story.”

Where is the person without a story?

Moreover, there is a story that happened to me, who was sitting in the corner of a room on a fictional day and reading a web novel.

A story that is trivial but cannot be seen without tears.

But what kind of justice is it, that I committed evil deeds like this… .

So, let’s say you committed a livelihood crime to survive for one reason or another.

Should I understand and cast ‘Oh, that’s right’ even in a situation where the victim is me or my family?

A good man like Ian could do that. But not me.

Whether Selina was a demon or whatever. It’s not that important.

“Whatever your reason is, I don’t care. It’s not because you’re a demon, it’s because you touched my woman first.”

“Because that’s the only reason I’ve been swinging my sword since before.”

Lily.

If Selina hadn’t touched Lily, I wouldn’t have made up my mind to kill her.

Cindy? Grace? Anna? Ian?

It’s not my business. It’s someone else’s business. As a colleague, I will lend you my strength, but I will not rush to kill you recklessly. Or, how can you compromise and ask them to come to an agreement?

Since Selina is the daughter of a demon god, she is not a demon god, so there is no reason to necessarily kill her.

Think of the beings I’ve killed so far.

Rotten nobles of the Empire.

Lycanthrope.

thieves.

mines.

Insignificant kidnappers met on the day of the festival.

Without exception, all of them were trying to touch Lily, but were left behind.

Did I start a fight? not. I just wanted to enjoy my time with Lily.

So, if Selina hadn’t touched only my troubles, I wouldn’t have felt so bad for Selina.

“What is justice, and who is pitiful?”

sereung.

Said, raising the moon toward Selina.

“I just took the fight with my heart, and since I touched Lily, I… even if you were the most pitiful ‘human’ in the world, I would shatter and kill you.”

A mysterious smile appeared on Selina’s face as she silently looked down at me.

“For love…not bad.”

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What is needed for war on Earth is quantity or quality? I remember that such a problem eventually ended with the story that high-quality weapons are the strongest no matter how large the quantity is.

No matter how many people there were, a nuclear bomb would end the world.

This world feels more intensified than that.

In Earth, though, defense is equal to you and me, and you and I are inferior to each other with a single spear, but in this world, it is common for those with strong attack power to be inferior in defense.

“Matis!!”

“John!!”

A name I’ve never heard before. Those Matisse and John must have just died.

by the hand of the devil.

‘Damn it.’

The reason I complain so much is no different.

We were the ‘sheep’ in this war.

Because the demon side is in charge of ‘quality’.

Even if the knights of the empire cut as hard as they could, a bunch of demons ended up with only light cuts, and we, 10 people dying in one attack by demons.

People’s limbs and blood splattered, and screams could be heard from all directions.

… top right.

After blocking the blade from being slashed down without a sound, it spun as it was and cut off the spine of the guy.

Chaeeng!

squeak.

“haha….”

The fortunate thing is that some strong people, including me, are occasionally defeating the demons.

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Jureuk.

Blood flows from the wound on the forearm.

Fondant. Fondant.

The corpses of demons piled up around me.

The blood shed by the corpses gathered to form a puddle.

“Berry!! I will heal you!”

Grace gasps for breath as she approaches me and stretches out her hand to bless me.

“I’m fine, so stay by the princess.”

“However….”

“Rather than getting hurt while you’re in the vanguard, I can fight in peace if you stand by the princess’s side. If you’re in a hurry, even if it’s an Anna potion…!”

squeak.

He continued talking while cutting off the magic flying behind Grace’s back.

“Because you can eat it! Okay?!”

“Oh, I see!”

Still, experiencing the horrors of Wiridia with your own skin might have been a big help, so you quickly get out of the seat and run to Lily.

I met eyes with Lily, who had been checking my safety from afar while casting colorless magic.

Opépati Anulus did not show any reaction, and since it was located at the rear of the camp, there would be no danger.

‘It should be fine now that I have Grace attached to me.’

Rather than Lily, I am the problem.

“It’s great, but… are you not using Solaris, Sword Master? Or… are there restrictions that I’m not aware of?”

Selina descends from the sky using the floating magic unique to the demons.

It seems that the floating magic was also a big burden for her, who hadn’t recovered much of her magic, to abandon her geographical advantage on her own.

“Looks like you’ve gotten a lot weaker than I’ve seen…”

It’s not that I’ve weakened much, it’s because battlefields like this are rat poison to me.

I can’t use my main skill, even the moon night.

Because demons have a much shorter time to adapt to the darkness than ordinary humans.

Isn’t it possible to create a hell where all the other colleagues search without knowing why, just to make me feel comfortable?

“You are…!”

Chaeeng!

With my sword, Selina defended by creating a transparent space like a barrier.

“Is it okay for the captain to appear in front of the enemy like this? You’re a wizard. I thought Baal would definitely come out against me!”

The magician is defeated with a probability close to 90% the moment he allows the swordsman to engage in close combat.

I asked because this was close to common sense that everyone knows.

If Selina thinks of me as a swordswoman, then I’m number 1 in the ranks of demons. It was only right that he, who could be said to be a master of swordsmanship, should be let go.

Geek. gigg.

My moonlight burrows into Selina’s barrier with an unpleasant sound.

I felt through the trembling of the moon night that what kind of space is harder than steel, and that darkness is definitely darkness.

Selina sticks out her tongue and smiles at me.

“yes I’m fine.”

Even though she was blocking my sword, she wasn’t looking at me.

“What if it’s the most important captain, I haven’t even fully recovered my strength yet.”

At the same time as noticing him, Opépati Anulus sounded the alarm again.

The light only visible to me shines brightly, telling me the best route to save Lily.

“Shouldn’t you hold onto your ankle, the strongest there?”

“…What?”

… .

… .

… .

“Here you are, the Baal you are looking for so desperately.”

I turned my head to follow Selina’s gaze.

The act of averting one’s gaze from the enemy during battle was originally something one should never do.

However, I couldn’t bear to suppress my instincts.

The instinct to want to relieve this unknown anxiety.

My vision gradually changes and becomes clearer.

It’s a distance that would take 20 seconds even with my own walking.

Grace screams in horror and runs away.

A distance that would take 30 seconds on my own.

Baal, who had been hiding alone on the road we came from, appears in the air and swings his sword at Lily.

“No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t come up with a way to defeat you head-on. So I gambled.”

“Aren’t you curious about whether your princess will die first, or whether I will die first…?”

that’s late

All the wizards around are trying to protect Lily, but they can’t get through to Baal.

Could it be that it was like this from the beginning?

The one that showed us openly.

After consuming my stamina with the appropriate demons, I was quietly watching from the sky as if I was going to send out Baal to deal with it.

In the end, it came down from the sky on its own and focused my attention on it.

Was it all for this time?

“When demons lose their reason, they run amok and become stronger, but humans are the opposite.”

Baal swung his sword once, and the heads of the wizards who were protecting Lily flew into the sky.

Lily hurriedly opened the barrier and took a step back.

Lily’s gaze, having intuition of death, turned to me.

and face

But the whiteness of Operati Anulus was not around Lily.

rather the opposite.

The whiteness of Opépati Anulus was telling me to move towards Selina.

‘under… .’

vain. It was pathetic again.

In other words, as long as the common goal of the demons is Lily’s life anyway, no matter how hard I try, I can’t protect Lily.

He threw the moon at Selina, threw himself into the gap in the space broken by the moon, and hugged Selina.

Wow!

“What, what are you doing…!”

“It’s too sad to die alone.”

Fu-wook!

The deadly sword loaded with Baal’s power pierces Lily’s heart.

at the same time.

Pooh!!

“Geup, aaagh…!”

The sword of Baal, which should have pierced Lily’s heart, pierced my heart and pierced Selina’s chest at the same time.

“…bo, hum. I’m glad it worked.”

Operati Anulus.

To interpret the meaning by combining it with Latin words picked up from some web novels… .

‘The ring of sacrifice.’

By allowing the subject to face ‘death’ instead of the subject, it allows the subject to avoid ‘death’.

and.

“Rain, empty!!!!”

Transfers the target to a pre-specified location.

… The figure of Lily, who was about to jump towards me with her face completely blue, soon disappeared as a single light.