140 – It was winter – 1

No matter how much power is minimized, it’s just an alter ego, but anyway, the opponent is a foreign press.

Even though it was a level of simply kicking it out, it wasn’t usually difficult to deal with.

In between, rewind time to negate damage.

To prevent the use of witchcraft or magic.

Or change your location at will.

With a skill called ‘Time Seal’, one ally is sealed for a certain period of time.

Other than that, you can throw an hourglass and shoot sparks or lightning from a staff.

It was very dirty to fight.

“Breath! Avoid it!!”

The alter ego of Cronus, whose head has been changed into a dragon’s head, emits a breath. Knowing its power, Lacey shouted harshly.

“Kyaaagh!”

hey bitch…

Lacey, who had been told to avoid, was hit by the breath and bounced off.

When she fell to the ground, I telekinetically pulled her up and put her in the sanctuary to automatically recover, then inhaled the magical potion.

“When will the time seal end!!”

“Soon!! I’ll enter the time seal again! Attention…”

– You guys!!

The moment Evangeline was freed from the time seal, the third eye on Cronus’ forehead flashed. If you get hit by that light, you’ll get a time seal.

so.

I, who is the center of the party by creating a sanctuary in this raid, must never be defeated.

“Ugh…!!”

With a low scream, Leventia’s body hardens like a stone. In order to protect me, she committed herself to being time-sealed.

the fourth already. As Leventia’s body froze, Cyron telekinetically lifted her up and carried her inside the sanctuary I had created before shouting.

“Isn’t it foolish to only target one person?!”

– Something insignificant.

Following Cronus’ cold words, the surroundings change. Not inside the tower, pitch-black darkness.

And to the space where thousands and tens of thousands of stars are placed.

The final phase of this attack has begun.

“It’s over soon!! Claire! Slice it up!!”

“…yes…!!”

Claire nodded with difficulty and jumped out. Cronus shot a light with his third eye flashing towards her.

“…no?!”

Claire, who moved through the portal, appeared behind Cronus.

Her sword shot aimed at Cronus’ head, and eventually Cronus raised his staff to block her attack.

“now!!”

-Ughhh…!!!

Karin, who had been sitting on the floor as if exhausted after using up all her mana, woke up with a twinkle in her eyes.

In her arms is a staff as red as blood.

– that?!

Replica of Cosmo’s wand.

A powerful staff that blows away 1/3 of HP and completely restores magic and mental power.

The moment Chronos’ expression distorted, the light and darkness on Karin’s hands merged to create the light of darkness.

– You’re thinking of killing him too… No?!

Cronus tried to snatch Claire, who was clinging to his side.

However, she is already using the portal to escape to another place.

Before Cronus could even react, Karin fired the completed synthetic magic.

-Kwaaang!!

A massive attack pierced Cronus’ body. At that moment, I hid behind the cherub.

“Eh?”

– Ino Ohm!!!

“This self-interest!!”

What was fired in the explosion was a time seal.

I blocked it with a cherub and smirked.

“Thank you! Friend! For taking my place!! I will never forget this debt!”

“Two spirit seeds!!”

“Negotiation established!”

I threw back the time-sealed guy with a satisfied expression and aimed my sword. The explosion dissipated, revealing a half-shattered Kronos.

The body does not recover, as if it can no longer even return.

– Insignificant… insignificant mortals…!! The worms bound by the chains of time!!!

“As you said, we are bound by time, going through the past, living in the present and walking into the future.”

oh I guess it’s over now.

Even in the game, there was an event like this when entering the final phase.

When Chin said something, Karin spun her wand and pointed it at him.

“Even if there is an irreversible past.”

Cyron held out the shadow spear created by magic.

“It is also our life.”

“people.”

“I live for that fleeting light.”

“To undo it is a great sin.”

Cronus’s expression gradually began to distort at everyone’s words.

…why didn’t the last word come out?

Originally, Claire should have done it?

But she just stared at Cronus in silence.

I have nothing to say is this?

Well, I almost became an apostle of Kronos…

Then I’ll have to do it.

“f*ck off. Son.”

I blew a sword wind toward Cronus, and starting with that, everyone’s attacks poured down on him.

[You have achieved the achievement Expelling the Foreign Gods of Time.]

Eventually, the alter ego turned to gray ash and was scattered.

All that remains is one fragment.

I picked it up and told everyone.

“Hey. Give me the fragments you have.”

Everyone held out the fragments they were holding. I took it and put it in my pocket and took it out.

“…What is it? That?”

“A fragment of divine power.”

“Ohh…?”

Is it because of the name God? The eyes of Karin and Cherubim, who are also researchers, shined. but what about this This is not something that people can use.

“Don’t stare at it. This is something to be dedicated to the gods.”

“To Cosmo?”

“No. Church.”

“Oh. Church. I thought it was dedicated to Cosmo.”

I tried it in the game, but Cosmo didn’t accept it.

Well, maybe it’s because it’s a fragment of the same foreign press. Or maybe there’s a reason, I don’t know.

When you leave the tower, Gwalteirak will explain, so let’s not steal his lines this time.

“Come on. Let’s go then.”

“But what about this tower?”

“It’ll be gone in about a day.”

I opened the door and walked out into the hallway.

“This too will become the past.”

When he came out of the tower, Gwalteirak was waiting nervously.

Veronica seems to have healed all the injuries she suffered earlier.

Seeing that we were all safe with a normal face, Gwalteirak let out a sigh of relief.

“A lot of trouble. Sage. What is that?”

“ruler.”

As expected, Gwalteirak was not particularly greedy even after seeing the fragments of the god’s power.

He just took a careful look at it, grabbed it with both hands, and politely held it out to Veronica.

“Dedicate this to the god of this world. Then, Kronos will never be able to approach this world again.”

“Uh… isn’t it a tribute to Cosmo?”

“Isn’t this what Cosmo wants? All of this will end with a tribute to the god the cardinal follows.”

“If so…”

Veronica politely caught the splinter that Gwalteirak held out with both hands.

And it seems to feel How great is the power contained in that fragment.

“…I have to be careful. Someone might try to take this away.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll be with you when you present it.”

“Then I’m glad.”

Veronica smiled brightly, and I smiled back at her.

“So is it over now?”

“right.”

“Ugh~ You’ve had a lot of hard work, so we’re disbanding now. Let’s go. Then see you later!”

“Where are you going?”

Chin, Cherubim, and Lacey seemed to have already been talked about.

After circling the dungeon near the cursed wilderness and explaining that they would return, they quickly left.

rest of it…

“We must return to the palace first. Gwalteirak. What are you going to do?”

“Hmm.

After a polite greeting, Gwalteirak leaves.

I looked around at the rest.

“Then Claire. Open the portal.”

“…yes.”

She lowered her head slightly and opened the portal.

I went in one by one toward the door leading to the palace, and only Claire and I were left.

“Let’s go too.”

“…why.”

“Well?”

“Why are you angry… Guidance?”

Claire, who was hesitant, let out a voice as if squeezing it.

Tears filled her face.

“Why don’t you blame me? Why don’t you curse me? Why don’t you…”

drip. Through tears, Claire said helplessly.

“Why… me…”

The reason Claire is like that is probably because she almost fell for Cronus.

Even though I said so much and comforted so much.

because of their own weakness.

Because of the guilt of not doing anything.

He must be blaming himself for not being able to overcome it and almost succumbing to Cronus’ sweet temptation.

Of course, you can rebuke and curse at it.

“But it’s already past, and things worked out, didn’t they?”

In addition, Cronus made up his mind and seduced her, but honestly, to the point of being shaken at the end, she endured quite well.

I honestly thought it would be corrupted from the beginning.

“still!!”

“The past is just the past.”

“…Hyeonu.”

“I always say, but you should look at today rather than yesterday, and tomorrow rather than today.”

Claire clenched her fists. Tears continued to flow like a burst water pipe on the face looking at me while shaking.

“I, I. I… no matter what… whimper… it has no choice but to be… huh… is it not possible…? The scars I left you… huh… heh heh… . Heuk… I… Heuk… Hmmm… Hyeonu… I’m not… I…”

I sighed as she cried and let out a sense of guilt and begged for her wrongdoing.

“For what Leventia and Evangeline did to me, and for not helping me…”

“…”

“I’m not badly hurt.”

Wasn’t it that I was determined from the beginning and worked with them?

It’s not a deceased person, at least if you knew the basics of running a 4-person party.

I didn’t expect a perfect party management from Claire because I couldn’t follow her even though I taught her a little.

While teaching that, the party could collapse while going on a journey to defeat the demon lord.

Of course, my mentality was hurt a little in the process, but well, that’s in the past now.

Anyway, that’s why I came this far.

Of course, Claire almost fell as an apostle to Cronus.

okay.

It was ‘obvious’.

Even though there was my hindrance, I didn’t do it.

But do you really need to kill or save with that?

I crossed my arms and shook my head.

If that was the case, I would have already killed it.

Claire isn’t even my friend.

not even enemies

So the conclusion was that there was no need to kill, and there was no need to be friendly.

Because it’s just someone else

“You must have had to do that too. I understand.”

I patted Claire on the shoulder again and entered the portal.

“What are you doing now?”

“I talked to Claire for a minute. Now… then.”

I patted Veronica lightly on the back.

“Shall we go to church?”

“yes!”

Now, most of the things to do in the kingdom are over.

***

Staring blankly at the open portal, Claire thought about what had happened earlier.

Hyeonu had no resentment.

Hyeonu had no hostility.

He simply said so.

he did nothing wrong

they did nothing wrong

But does that make sense?

It was something everyone could criticize.

And, the fact that he was shaken this time was tantamount to completely ignoring Hyeonu’s expectations.

Even so, Hyeonu was the same as always.

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Just plain dumb

As if nothing happened.

Because it seems to think of itself as nothing.

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Just, not worth anything.

Because he thought that all his actions had no effect on Hyeonu.

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Just.

Because they seem to think that they are ‘others’ who have nothing to do with it.

It made Claire so small.

If Lucille was like that, would Hyeonu have treated him like this?

If Cyron did that. If Lacey did. If Chin did that.

If Veronica did.

Could Hyeonu have said so casually?

Disappointment is a feeling that can come out because you expected that much.

However, the fact that Hyeonu didn’t seem to be disappointed at all.

It’s just that I didn’t expect anything from myself.

“Heh… heh… heh… heh heh… heh…”

In the end, he was right.

His relationship with Hyeonu could no longer be changed.

Isn’t it natural

Unlike him, Hyeonu would no longer have expectations.

Since there is nothing to wish for, the relationship cannot improve, and since the relationship cannot improve, it will simply become nothing.

“aaa”

Sat down in her seat, Claire cried.

The relationship between oneself and the sage.

I had no choice but to accept that it had already ended a long time ago and had hardened like a stone.

Because he had no choice but to acknowledge his past without turning away.

Claire broke down and cried.

With tears in her eyes, she is where she should be.

Finally, he walked lonely to the place that Hyeonu had told him about.

.

.

.

The foreign press of the time appeared and there was much confusion.

But time flies.

When everything gradually returned to normal and all traces of it disappeared.

“It’s snowing.”

“Oh, really?”

After sticking her head out of the carriage window, Veronica spoke to the wise man sitting in the driver’s seat.

“It’s the first snow. It must be winter now.”

“Yes. It’s the first snow this year…”

Time passed and it was winter.

Looking at the pure white snowflakes that came along with winter, the wise man thought.

‘It must be the last winter we will encounter in this world.’

Thinking so, he turned his eyes to the gray window that only he could see.

There were hardly any blank spaces left on it.