32 – fail-3

It was a moment. With a little anger mixed in Enerel’s eyes, and a little willpower mixed with the sword she struck, she rolled unseemly on the floor.

“Kheuheugh!”

The princess’s sword was already broken. Even if he was holding a sword, he did not have enough strength left to hold it.

The holy sword did not cut her body. To be precise, it didn’t cut.

Following the thin blade of the sword, a mighty power struck her as if to crush her body.

“Keuheop, uh, ugh…”

He endured even more pain. A more powerful foe has been overcome.

Enerel, who wields the might of a hero, was feared enough to fight and win with her abilities, but she had stood firm in more intense battles.

But now I couldn’t.

His eyes were telling. No matter how she tried to excuse herself, she was the perpetrator.

“How… why, why… only now?”

She wouldn’t be surprised if he got angry, betrayed, and ran away. In the first place, she had no respect or trust for those without responsibility.

People have no choice but to get wet with inertia. The same goes for Eleanor, who at first treated him cautiously.

When you cross the line once for one reason or another, you can’t help but change your mind when you see him persevere without reacting.

The perception that that person has no means to counter is embedded in his head.

“Why are you asking something meaningless?”

He raised his sword high once again toward the fallen princess.

“If I didn’t have the ability to hold this sword, would something have to be different?”

The holy sword plunged into the helpless princess. The princess let out a painful moan, and collapsed without being able to resist.

“If you’re curious, I’ll tell you. I’ve been patient. That’s all.”

“You… did that too.”

Now that I think about it, he was helpful.

In addition to simply canceling the barrier and granting the blessing of the goddess, he himself was helpful.

Considering the fact that he was just a weak general, that’s unlikely to happen. If it was easy, I would have increased my companions from the beginning.

There were things sacrificed to protect him, but there were also many things he did.

After contacting the local residents, he persuaded them, and received the wrath of four insanely sharp people alone.

On the battlefield, instead of running away, he procured supplies for archers and wizards, carried a saintess in a dangerous position and moved them, or drew attention instead.

Looking at it now, there was nothing that was not sublime. It was just that Eleanor did not take his actions lightly.

“Then, for what?”

It is oaths that bind man. Human beings, no different from beasts by themselves, become humans through the weight of promises, fulfillment, and responsibilities.

However, he performed such perseverance without being tied down anywhere.

The princess couldn’t understand that.

“…why do you need a reason for that? Even if there is, why do I have to explain it to you? I don’t know at all.”

“Oops!”

The princess, who was trying to get up somehow, collapsed once again under the heavy sword attack.

Like a farmer digging, he hit her with emotionless regularity. Her bones were shattered with each strike of the holy sword.

Someone placed a hand on the shoulder of Enerel, who was absent-mindedly crushing the princess.

“you.”

Enerel paused, then looked back blankly.

“Oh, didn’t you go out?”

“Is there anyone who can see her daughter in that state and go out unscathed?”

The blood shed by Farseer and Eleanor was buried here and there in the basement, and the traces of their fight scattered all the magic circles.

However, the two were having a natural conversation as if nothing had happened here.

“It’s too bad.”

“I evacuated the others just in case, but you… do you intend to get revenge?”

Enerel closed her eyes and sighed.

“Are you going to kill everyone in the Empire?”

He just hung his head, neither affirming nor denying.

“I do not know.”

“Even if you have that in mind, I have no right to stop. Right now, I’m the weakling. I have to accept it.”

“…”

“However.”

The Emperor laughed. It was a benevolent and benevolent smile, as if looking at her son.

“Shouldn’t we follow the order?”

“yes?”

“The person you should kill first should be me, no one else.”

“Why?”

“I am the one who made you give up the power of a hero so that my daughter can become a hero. I am the one who made you hide the fact that you are a real hero.

The princess, who must have had no strength in her body, crawled painfully by moving her elbows and toes.

She no longer had the strength to open her mouth, but her eyes were begging him not to.

“Because of my greed, because of my lies, and…”

The emperor took a deep breath and looked exhausted, as if he had aged several years.

“Because of my past, you must have been hurt.”

Enerel stood still, not saying anything.

Enerel, who covered her face with both hands, forcibly suppressed the harsh breath that erupted from her throat.

I was weeping without tears.

“Should I… kill you?”

As if this question was not expected, the emperor chuckled.

“It’s your choice! I made a mistake, and I’m paying the price now. You’ll be… ugh!”

Before he could finish his sentence, Enerel’s foot struck him in the stomach. The emperor’s body flew helplessly, crashing into the cellar wall.

“Woe, Emperor… Your Majesty!”

And Enerel looked around, looking for the source of the sense of alienation caught in his presence.

In the distance, an arrow was lodged.

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“Uh, what should I do…”

The saintess and the elf succeeded in sneaking into the basement, but they couldn’t grasp the atmosphere of this place.

“If you recognize and act, it will be too late.”

Before arriving, Nerwen, who had lost his temper and struggled, regained his usual cold and ruthless face before he knew it.

“yes?”

“Didn’t you say. There is a ritual going on to banish Enerel from this place by any means.”

The messed up magic circle, the runaway wizards, the fallen Farseer and Eleanor.

“You can kill it.”

“Yeah? What is that…”

Before the saintess could say anything, Nerwen raised her bow and aimed it at a man.

“Yes, Nerwen!”

Despite Celia’s screams, the arrow left Nerwen’s hand. However, the arrow failed to pierce the human body.

It is an arrow that must have been hit. No one would have been able to avoid her arrows in an unaware situation.

But neither the bow nor the arrow belonged to her. Even if the arrow is shot by the best shrine, the arrow that has already left the bowstring does not come back.

Even if the target’s body collides with a huge impact and falls to the wall, the person who has already shot the bow has no means to respond.

“Did I miss it?”

“Now, for a moment…”

“I’ll go first.”

Before Celia had time to stop, Nerwen ran to the side of Enerel, who had just driven a man into a wall.

“What is it?”

“I’m here to help!”

Nerwen is in prison, the least reward she can get. She reset her goals.

can’t move him In the last meeting, I realized while chewing on him in prison. For some reason, when he orders her, she can’t refuse.

It is also impossible to kidnap him by force. Aside from the title of baron and the protection of the empire, the captive will be freed if he says just one word, ‘Release.’

Then it was clear what had to be done. Even though it would take a very long way, I had to come back. I had to earn his favor.

I don’t know what the human man feels good about, but for now, I had to blindly stick to his side and help him.

“I don’t know what kind of ritual it is, but it’s not too late… No, it looks like you were able to handle it. I’ll help.”

Nerwen stood in front of him with his back to him, aiming his bow at the humans around him.

It was heartbreaking to see the princess collapsed, but she couldn’t help it. If he commands it, Nerwen will kill her.

It was a little surprising that the person she was targeting just now was the emperor, but there was no time to worry about politics now.

Now, the question was how to escape this place, but Enerel had already defeated the princess. Even Nerwen, whose body was in tatters, could do at least lead him to safety.

Nerwen was planning the future, delighted to finally be able to smell it right next to him.

Enerel standing behind her raised her holy sword high enough that she didn’t notice.

“Shut up!”

Without responding, she was hit by the holy sword from behind and rolled on the ground.

It was a sword strike with the might of a hero. There was no way that the elven archer, who was embarrassed to be shot himself, could bear it.

“I told you not to appear in front of me!”

His teary roar filled the cellar.

“Why, why, why, why, why do you keep showing up? Why am I, making you kill me!”

The flesh inside the body that should not be exposed is revealed. The body bends at an angle it shouldn’t.

Nerwen’s reason he had managed to regain was being eroded by pain.

Startled by the horrific sight, Celia reflexively cast a divine spell.

“AA AA AA!!!”

Nerwen, who had regained his senses as his body healed, let out a scream that he couldn’t let out just now.

Enerel lifted her eyes from Nerwen, who was pinned to the ground, and met Celia, who was hiding on the stairs.

Seeing those empty eyes, Celia trembled, unable to move even one step.