◈ 470. [Side Story] Forgive me not (3)
Flash-!
Quagmire and light!
Lightning strikes and the wind roars.
Junior and Raina continued their workshop.
Junior suppressed his aching chest and continued to attack, swallowing the blood that surged inside.
Still, Reina’s proficiency in interpersonal combat was overwhelming. In order to confront Reina, Junior squeezed out all of his magic power and poured it out.
Without sparing anything as if the time behind this does not exist.
“Ha ha ha ha ha!”
I am short of breath.
It seems that the magical power of the whole body will burn due to the harsh operation of magical power. However, Junior managed to persevere.
… Junior thought.
How can living be so painful?
The world is always unfair and sometimes resentful.
Even if you overcome one adversity, what you see again is the next adversity.
Without a clear answer sheet or plausible commentary… … You have to bump into and get hurt and move on.
It’s just that things aren’t easy.
Life itself is hard and harsh.
“Ha ha ha ha ha ha… !”
But that’s why
this life has value.
Because I’ve never been through an easy road, I’ve crawled all the way here with scars… … .
Because the hills of adversity overcame layer by layer to become a tall peak.
– You’ve come this far.
You can look back and be proud of yourself.
At the same time, you can look at the road ahead and not give up.
– I’ve been through all kinds of adversity, but I’m afraid I won’t be able to climb one more hill in front of my eyes.
Reminds me of the enemies I’ve dealt with in the past.
The Wolf King, the Goblin God King, the Ghost Slayer Captain,
the Vampire King… … .
countless monsters. Endless adversity. remind
He overcame all those harsh times.
Why can’t I overcome the adversity right in front of me?
Tuhak! Tuhak!
Kwagwagwang-!
“Kuk!”
Thrown away by Reina’s gust of wind, Junior quickly regained his stance and fired a thunderbolt.
“Huh!”
Reina dodged the thunderbolt and fired a magic bullet of wind with her fingertips.
Junior coughed up blood. They have already reached their limits.
Nonetheless, Junior suddenly laughed as he squeezed out his mana and continued the bloody battle.
Maybe someday the world will perish.
It may be easier to give up fighting, accept defeat, and hide.
But-
‘I’d rather die in the face than hide in fear.’
That was the way Jupiter Jr. chose to live.
Burning to the last bit, the last bit.
clap clap clap clap-!
The [Lord of Crimson] cane in Junior’s hand was deformed arbitrarily with an irregular mechanical sound.
The previously purified [Lord of Crimson] gained several new features.
Among them, this is what I am going to use right now –
ultra-high speed chanting, one of the unique powers of the Vampire King Selendion!
Whoa!
[Lord of Crimson] completed preparations while emitting red magical light.
“… ?!”
Sensing something unusual, Reina raised her eyes.
From the beginning, Junior had been infusing magic into this staff. The battle with Reina was just to buy time.
And when he had enough magic power, [Lord of Crimson] completed one spell at once with his super-high speed chanting function.
Chaeng-Grang-!
The sound of cracks in space echoed in the air.
A brilliant halo appeared in the sky and light streamed down the cracked space.
[Dismantle element].
Junior’s ultimate and strongest Mana-burn skill that reduces the target’s magical power to a negative number.
However, [Dismantle Element] has one fatal weakness. It was an overwhelmingly long casting time.
In a battlefield where lives come and go in seconds, [Element Dissolution], which takes more than 10 minutes to cast, was an ultimate skill that was difficult to use except in a siege battle.
However, with the Nightmare Slayer’s new feature, Junior was able to use his ultimate without giving Rayna a chance to deal with it.
‘This happened… … ?!’
Knowing the power of [Dissolving Elements], Reina gritted her teeth. She thought that soon all magic power would evaporate from her body.
But no.
Junior didn’t use his ultimate on Reina from the beginning.
What Junior was aiming for… … The shutdown protocol magic circle behind Reina.
was the center of it.
Chaeng-Geurang! Chaeng-Grang-!
There was a continuous sound like breaking glass, and the magic power concentrated in the center of the huge magic circle evaporated at once.
From the material horsepower prepared to use the shutdown protocol to the reserve horsepower that constitutes the basic magic circle.
All evaporated without discrimination under Junior’s ultimate skill.
“… her.”
Reina opened her mouth slightly because she was dumbfounded by this sight.
Shutdown protocols are now a mess like an empty ship that has lost its fuel.
If the outer magic circle was normal, it would be possible to draw magic from the outer area and recharge it, but the current outer magic circle is also attacked and incapacitated in turn.
In this situation, the central magic circle, which is the operating part, was discharged.
In effect, the shutdown protocol is now completely disabled.
“… If I had been directly hit by offensive magic, I would have had a chance to reuse it.”
As she looked down at the facility, which was no longer a magic circle, but meaningless lines and symbols engraved on the floor, Reina laughed.
“This is unusable. completely… it’s over.”
“… .”
“But you made a mistake, Junior. The order is reversed.”
Raina glared at Junior. Junior was leaning against the wall, gasping for air.
In an intense battle, he even used an ultimate skill that consumed a lot of mana.
Junior is now completely drained of his mana. Seeing Junior bleeding from his nose with a pale complexion, Reina bit her lip.
“If you were going to aim, you should have aimed at me first. After that, you should have destroyed the magic circle.”
“… .”
“Even if I neutralize the magic circle first, if I’m still in this state… .”
Gathering the magical power of the wind at her fingertips, Reina strode toward Junior.
“Even after I kill you.”
“… .”
“You made a fatal mistake, Junior. As a wizard, you should have been more calm. Even if I just changed the order of the spells, it would be much better-”
He didn’t listen to Reina growling.
Staggering and moving his legs forward, Junior spreads his arms wide to the sides… … .
Warak.
He hugged Lena and hugged her.
With a calm face. With a faint smile on his lips.
“… .”
Reina’s entire body stiffened.
Junior whispered softly.
“are you okay.”
“… .”
“We are fine with this… .”
Reina didn’t know the meaning of this hug.
what is okay
who do we mean
I couldn’t figure out anything at all.
… Looking back, Jupiter was like that too.
On days when we had a violent argument, he would come silently and hug me and not let go until I was angry.
A hug can tell more than a thousand words.
The woman who smiled… … .
“… .”
Reina stood still in her place like a stone statue with her eyes wide open as if she was being ridiculous.
“… idiot.”
He put his magical fingertips on Junior’s chest and said,
“Really… … You look exactly like my mother.”
He fired without hesitation.
Tuhak-!
The magical power gathered from the deepest part of Reina’s heart penetrated Junior’s heart.
***
Junior was pierced through the heart by Raina’s magical power.
Junior thought death would come. But no.
“… ?”
When he opened his trembling eyes, he was still breathing.
Junior, who blinked at this incomprehensible phenomenon, eventually discovered it.
The figure of Reina, who had fired her magical energy, was rather lying on the floor.
“Sir Reina… ?!”
Embarrassed, Junior stumbled and approached Raina. Reina had a pale complexion and was bleeding from the corner of her mouth.
“… After using all the magic until the magic furnace is empty. Residual elements are revealed at the bottom.”
“yes?”
“It is said that it was not a bad environment to perform the last operation.”
Rayna violently coughed up blood.
“Cool! ha… I removed all remaining elements from your magic furnace and transferred the ‘source magic’ of my heart to your magic furnace.”
“What is that… ?”
“No more… Even if the residual elements arise again, there will be no digging into your magic furnace. My source magic will absorb it… … .”
source power.
It’s something like the so-called ancestral true energy that plays the same role as the magic core for human magicians.
Since it is the source of life, the wizard who lost it is of course… … Die.
Reina transplanted her own into Junior’s heart.
“why? why… to do something like this?”
When Junior asked because she didn’t understand, Raina smiled with blurred eyes.
“Don’t get me wrong. I didn’t do it out of guilt or a sense of justice toward you.”
“… .”
“I failed in my mission, and even if I survived, I would be arrested as a high-terrorist who tried to massacre the citizens of the imperial capital. Before that, it’s just a clean suicide as a soldier.”
Rayna’s breathing got weaker and weaker. Reina muttered in a dying voice.
“But you were just in front of me… I was going to commit suicide anyway, so I acted on my whim at the end of my life.”
“… .”
“It was because of my magic bombardment that the residual elements were engraved in your heart in the first place… .”
With trembling lips stained with blood, Reina managed to smile.
“That’s it.”
“… .”
Junior didn’t bother asking.
Why did he keep watching even though he had several chances to kill himself during battle?
Even though there were several opportunities to activate the magic circle, why did they continue to delay it?
Why did he act as a teacher until the end and teach himself the attitude of a wizard?
I didn’t bother to ask why.
because she’s a villain
Because she decided to die like a villain.
Reina, who had fallen to the floor, raised her trembling hand. Junior held her hand.
“Don’t forgive me.”
“Okay.”
Junior nodded.
“I will never forgive you for the rest of my life.”
“… .”
“and… I will never forget you for the rest of my life.”
A satisfied relief passed over Reina’s wrinkled face.
“That’s enough.”
Junior found a cigarette in Raina’s arms and put it in her mouth even though she didn’t ask for it. and lit it on fire
Finally, Reina inhaled the smoke and whispered.
“Hey Jupiter daughter.”
“Please speak.”
“One day the world will be at peace and you will be old enough. Build a villa with a swimming pool in the warm southern part of the country… … Have a great retirement.”
Suddenly, an image from the distant past passed before Reina’s eyes.
“… It’s a life that your mother and I made promises to and never enjoyed.”
Wearing the same military uniform, smoking the same cigarette, exchanging jokes and flirting together.
The nostalgic appearance of the thunderbolt.
“Because it’s a life that has been extended in the past… .”
Reina’s eyes slowly closed.
“Live happily ever after… .”
Took.
The cigarette fell from Rayna’s mouth.
Junior held her cold hand and peered at her faded face.
will remember
In the end, I couldn’t forgive or take revenge.
The face of this sinful soldier who took his life and gave it back at the end.
Junior will be remembered until the end of this life.
Laying Rayna’s body flat, Junior stood up staggeringly.
I put my cane on my back and looked up at the sky.
The rain is still pouring – but the sky is more dazzling than ever.
After preparing for death, life began again.
And being alive, she must keep running.
Junior looked up at the palace of thorns soaring endlessly toward the sky.
Now, there was only the final match left for the imperial battle.
***
Above New Terra.
‘The Last Ark’ Inside the palace of thorns. The audience room.
“Heh heh heh heh heh… .”
“… .”
“… .”
Me and Fernandez were dumbfounded at the sudden appearance of the man at the entrance to the audience room.
I shyly called out the other person’s name.
“… Lark brother?”
How did he come this far, even though he was in a terrible state of losing all his limbs?
I wiped the sweat from my haggard face with my half-remaining forearm and said,
“I’ve come to pick you up, younger brothers.”
Empire’s 1st Prince Lark ‘Avalanche’ Everblack grinned.
“Let’s go home together.”
