Battle of Bellbroke (15)
No matter what happens to the people offstage, the story on stage continues.
The moment Ed Rosstaylor and Sylvania disappeared into the space curtain, the battle suddenly quieted down.
Yenika, who was completely in a state of death, fell to the ground and the spirits that covered the sky disappeared one by one.
The same goes for Lucy. The ring he was wearing on his hand was unable to withstand the astronomical amount of magical power and shattered into pieces. He stumbles and heads towards the direction where Ed disappeared, but eventually falls to the floor.
There is no longer anyone who can stop the monsters that cover the sky.
Once again, Belbroke’s monster tribe covers the skies over Aken Island.
There seems to be no end. Even though I tried to kill it like that, it keeps coming.
However, human resistance also does not end.
New forces invade the square where only the dying Yenica and Lucy remain.
The cathedral knights led by Saint Clarice, the top mercenaries centered around Lord Lortel… the
blood-crazed sword spirit Clevius, a group of combat club students following Dyke, and student members led by Tanya Rosstaylor…
one . They arrive two by one and participate in the battle.
We advance to the center of the square, suppressing the crowds of monsters.
Withstanding the magic of Velbrok that flew in from time to time and neutralizing the magic thrown by the monsters… they headed toward the center of the battlefield.
The first person to arrive was Lortel Kecheln, the acting head of the Elte Chamber of Commerce.
Lortel discovers blood stains under the collapsed spire, the spirit of Ed’s magical energy, and the fallen Yenika and Lucy.
He gives instructions to the mercenary unit of the company to take care of the two people and calmly assesses the situation.
The numerous spirits and traces of aspect magic seen just now mean that a fierce battle took place.
Here, Yenica and Lucy fought a bloody battle, helping Ed, right up to the point of death.
It was not a bloody battle that took place on stage under the spotlight.
A fight off stage that only people in the know know about. However, it must have been such an intense battle that its ferocity was incomparable to any other battle.
Lortel is a generation of shining protagonists.
Therefore, it is not Lortel’s stage.
Lortel quietly looks up at the sky.
Belbroke was struggling in chains. Perhaps that gigantic Seongchangryong is the final enemy that everyone’s anticipated hero must defeat.
Walking along the path of the hero is the path. If you walk steadily along the unfolding path, a bright and beautiful ending will await you.
However, those standing next to Ed Rothtaylor are ultimately the ones below the stage.
I quietly look at Yenica and Lucy, who are all in disrepair.
Although the two continued their fierce and arduous fight, they ultimately fought next to the man.
This is the crucial difference between Lortel and the two.
The fact that the stage you are standing on is different, which ultimately creates a strange gap at important points.
I wasn’t used to the distance, so a lonely and absurd feeling began to rise in my heart…
–and then I slowly smiled.
“I’m sorry, but I have never lived according to the correct answer.”
It reminds me of Ed Rosstaylor, who was obsessed with graduating and until then was only focused on survival. Wasn’t it Lortel who, with a seductive smile, declared that he would snatch you away when the time came?
Starting from a group of poor people who were told to give up their dreams of becoming wealthy, they have reached the peak of wealth. Lortel Kecheln was already accustomed to resisting what he called fate and destiny.
Moreover, the end of the stage is just around the corner. Did you think you would be frustrated here?
While picking up the injured Yenika and Lucy, Lortel lowered his head beneath his robe and smiled.
Seong Chang-ryong Velbroke.
If the thing blocking the way between Ed Rothtaylor and his stage is that huge monster, all you have to do is get rid of it.
When the curtain falls, the stage ends.
When the stage ends, the shining leads also come down.
Lortel smiles coquettishly while looking at the stairs leading down to the stage.
The stage prepared by Ed Ross Taylor is in its final stages.
When everything is done, you go down the stairs and slowly seep into the world the man lives in.
Eventually, the Belbroke subjugation team, led by Taily, stormed into the square and everyone finally gathered in one place.
Tailley McLaure Ayla Tris Fenia Elias Cloel Lortel Kecheln Six Epelstein Clevious Nortondale Elvira Eniston.
The generation of protagonists, each with their own circumstances in their arms, gather in one place and look up at the roaring Belbroke.
The stage curtain slowly rises.
Tailley McLaure will win.
He was the main character.
*When I opened my eyes, barely able to control my blurred vision, I found myself in a pure white space.
Had he completely lost consciousness? I looked around in a dazed state for a moment. I frowned for a moment at the sudden pain in my body, but I was able to hold on somehow.
There was nothing much to see.
I was sitting on a simple wooden chair. That was everything in this pure white space.
And there was a familiar-looking girl sitting on the chair opposite.
He had shed a lot of blood, just like me, and his luxurious-looking wizard’s robes were also covered in red blood.
The girl with her pure white hair neatly down is the great sage Sylvania Robester.
When she saw that I had opened my eyes, Sylvania closed her eyes and seemed to be contemplating what to say.
I was the one who spoke first.
“Since when did you come to your senses?”
It must have been more difficult than expected to face the fear in the abyss with no end in eons of time.
So there was no need to argue.
“From around the time I saw Glaskan.”
Sylvania’s voice was thinner than expected.
It is quite different from when I was consumed by madness and lost my reason. However, with his eyes downcast and a dark expression on his face, he did not look very confident.
“I was feeling uncomfortable even before that. “I guess I was thinking that my life was just a series of futile struggles as I was slowly being eaten away in the abyss.”
“It’s worth it.”
I sympathized with him, but did not necessarily offer comfort.
The only person who can comfort Sylvania Robester is herself.
I placed my weight on the back of the chair, feeling that my body was no longer strong.
“This is…”
“It’s a gap in space. “If you hide inside the space curtain, you can be completely separated from the outside world and free from all damage and influence.”
“You have all kinds of amazing experiences.”
I slowly put strength on my lower back and moved my head forward. Then, the strength in my lower back suddenly disappeared, so I was able to speak with my arms resting on my knees and my head down.
“Your life was not meaningless. Because I’m here.”
Not comforting or anything, just telling the truth.
“I am the proof.”
It’s not that I have a duty to protect, but I still say that much.
Even if he is a great sage of the century, he is ultimately just a human being.
That was all she wanted to check.
Sylvania slowly put down her wand and nodded. It seemed like I was trying to hold it in, but the tears that were in my eyes slowly leaked out.
She lived to save the world. Then I failed a lot, went crazy, and made a lot of mistakes.
But we finally reached it. We have found a branch of the future that allows us to move beyond the distant cliffs.
It is you who has reached the end of the journey, not me. Sylvania Robester.
With that in mind, I nodded.
“Then now is the time to finish. Actually… I thought it was about time. “I’m so glad you came to this world.”
“Is it time?”
“The providence of the world is not that simple. The total number of souls allowed in the world is ultimately determined. If you summoned a soul from another world, the soul would have to disappear from this world in proportion to its weight. “Because there are limits to twisting providence.”
Permanent extinction through Aspect magic. It is a magic that twists providence itself and makes it become something that never existed.
Sylvania speaks while gathering the magic power of the Aspect.
“Many people died because I was immature.”
The purpose is to save the world.
Although he lived his entire life for that noble purpose, that does not justify the lives he sacrificed because of his own fault. Sylvania was that kind of person.
“I will destroy Belbroke and make him leave this world. “The seat I left empty is yours.”
Sylvania stands up and talks to me.
“Thank you for coming. And for surviving.”
“…”
“I’ll take care of the rest. I just wanted to say that. Thank you for surviving. “For gritting your teeth and holding on until the end… So… I just want to thank you…”
Sylvania says that and slowly turns around.
Perhaps he wants to put an end to this disaster. In this way, Bellbroke is overpowered by Sylvania, and the world moves forward with the hope of overcoming the cliff.
There is no place for Sylvania there, but the result of saving the world remains.
That’s enough. Sylvania was able to smile just by confirming that her fate, which she had been struggling with her entire life, was not a meaningless struggle.
“hey.”
Of course, I was not convinced by that statement.
Leaving my body with almost no strength, I sang Sylvania with full force in my voice.
“…?”
“I completely understand your position. “Because you had to struggle to save your world… Why you suddenly called me and why I had to endure all kinds of crises… I can understand everything.”
From her perspective, it must have been a struggle to save the world. It may have been part of a desperate struggle to survive.
Let’s say you give in 100 times and understand everything.
But there remains a part that can never be understood.
“Then what world was I in?”
“huh?”
“You said with your own mouth that if the total amount of the soul is not balanced, providence will be distorted. So who maintains the balance of the world I left behind? “How are you going to fill the position I left empty?”
Close your eyes.
What I still remember are the relationships I left behind in the previous world.
“I had very few acquaintances left and it was a very harsh world, but… it was like my hometown. It is also a place that I have a lot of affection for. “Then… if I protected your world, shouldn’t you also be responsible for my world?”
“That… thing…”
“If I have to exist in this world as a variable, wouldn’t it be polite to at least prevent my original world from collapsing?”
I knew very well the sacrificial spirit that tried to leave me in this world even at the cost of destroying my soul.
But such sacrifices do me no good.
However, there is only one thing I would like to talk about.
“I will take responsibility for your world, so you too must take responsibility for the world I left behind. “Don’t try to run away from something like death, but take responsibility.”
“Are you telling me to go over to that world? On your behalf?”
“If you called me here, it wouldn’t be impossible for you to go there.”
“I’ve never… tried it before…”
“Then you should at least try.”
Sylvania, perhaps not expecting my reaction at all, opened her eyes wide and looked at me intently.
However, there is nothing wrong with the logic.
Since coming to this world, I have experienced a lot. Although it was a lot of hard work, there were quite a few rewarding and enjoyable things to do. Still, it doesn’t mean I don’t love the world I left behind.
I definitely don’t want the place to be caught up in strange happenings.
“then… Belbroke…”
“You have some faith in the world. The Tailie I know somehow managed to overcome even against Bellbroke, who was completely unsealed. “Moreover, there is no way I can lose against Belbrok, who has more companions than before, and whose seal has not yet been broken.”
The stage has already been set.
I went through all kinds of hardships while running, but it doesn’t matter as long as the result was good.
“Don’t waste your Aspect magic, just save my world. “Because I will save your world.”
Isn’t it a simple transaction?
There is no room to think further. I have no intention of letting go of my remaining affection for the things I left behind.
Sylvania looks at me quietly and then smiles. He closed his eyes and continued to laugh for a while before slowly continuing his story.
“Yeah, you’re right.”
Sylvania nodded and raised the magic power of her entire body.
Dark red magical energy fills the huge space. The bright, white space suddenly became filled with heavy aspect magic, giving the appearance of a huge underground space.
A greater amount of magical energy covers the infinite space than when using the highest level magic.
The amount of magical power is enough to make you dizzy just by looking at it.
The magical power that goes beyond the providence of the world and reaches the world beyond the stars is such a distant amount.
This is a magic that has already been implemented hundreds of times. To call out Ed Rosstaylor.
This time, it is not a spell to summon someone, but to leave the world on one’s own.
Eventually, from a gap in the enormous magic power… something like a huge iron gate rises.
“Actually, I don’t know. It’s as if you came to this world a long time after I called you out… everything is unstable. You may have to swim for a while between the flow of time and the flow of space. “It could go further into the future than expected, or it could go further back into the past.”
“Still, it might be a lot better than killing yourself here.”
“that’s right. And like you said, I have to take as much responsibility as you have.”
Sylvania looked back with a faint smile.
And he moved his mouth as if he wanted to say something… but he couldn’t hear clearly due to the aftereffects of the swirling magic power.
Anyway, it seemed like he was leaving a thank you note, so I waved my hand and told him it was okay.
In fact, all I did was make a fuss to survive at every moment. There was no particularly grandiose and noble goal, such as saving the world.
We survived in our respective positions. If you confirmed that fact, that was enough.
Sylvania’s Aspect Magic ‘Space Curtain’ is disappearing.
I quietly closed my eyes as I watched Sylvania moving through the slowly opening door.
There was no need to say goodbye.
If you’re alive, there will be another chance to meet you.
*No matter how long the night is, the morning sun always rises.
Even on that night in the rainy forest with a gun pointed at my head, after enduring the long darkness, dawn began to dawn.
That fact remains the same on Aken Island, where the monster tribe and Velbroke ran rampant.
The morning sun rises against the background of the Belbroke subjugation team and Tailley flying into the sky, cutting down space.
The group of monsters that cover the sky try to move towards the continent and commit massacre, but they are blocked and suppressed by the imperial army that soon arrives.
The imperial army, led by the Princess of Persica, was stationed widely along the coast to prevent the casualties from spreading to the continent, constantly blocking the hordes of monsters.
Princess Fenia, who guards Taily and commands the forces, Ziggs, who clears the way for Taily to reach Velbroke’s heart, and Clevius, who uses all his strength to repel Velbroke’s attacks, are all affected by the aftereffects of Velbroke’s magic. Elvira, who takes out a reagent to minimize the damage caused, Lortel, who is thinking about a method to approach Belbroke more rationally, and Tailly and Ayla, who do not lose courage and ignite their fighting spirit at the center of it all.
Everyone struggles to survive.
I remember sitting in the woods on a battlefield on a rainy day… leaning against a tree stump and putting down the muzzle of my gun.
I remember quietly looking at the flock of squirrels running around in front of me, the ants crawling in the dirt, and the sparrows sitting on the top of the conifer tree.
No matter what happens, everyone lives anyway.
I was confident that that fact would stick in my heart and not go away until the day I died.
When I opened my eyes, I was lying in the rubble of a building.
Yenika and Lucy, both completely injured, were lying next to him. Both of them probably weren’t in normal physical condition, but the way they were hugging each other tightly and wrapping their arms around each other looked like kittens, so I almost burst out laughing.
Both were unconscious. He stayed by my side until just before I lost consciousness.
The sky was high and clear. Has the day become bright before we know it?
Morning sunlight is pouring down on the remains of the collapsed building.
There was no sign of Bellbroke covering the sky.
I ended up trying to get up from between the half-ruined academic buildings. Because the pain was about to come again.
“Did you have a good dream?”
It was Lortel who was looking at me, who was lying down with Jenica and Lucy, and then finally spoke up.
Lortel, who was sitting quietly on the remains of the building next to him… was covered in blood all over his body, just like us.
It was a sign of a fierce battle. However, Lortel was just smiling openly as if everything was over.
“The stage has come to an end.”
Lortel does not elaborate on the long, life-threatening battle that took place last night.
However, I am talking about seeing all the people gathered in the square resting on the ruins. Members of the punitive force and survivors were gathered together, panting as they waited for the rescue team. They were all people full of wounds.
There were no fearsome Holy Spear Dragons that covered the sky, nor were there any monsters running rampant as if they were going to destroy the world.
Only the warm breeze blows through my hair.
Lortel, who came off the stage, was quietly smiling while carrying his tired body. As I looked at us lying in the rubble, I closed my eyes. Then we talk.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
That one short word felt like it was stabbing my heart for no reason…
so I lay still looking up at the sky.
Suddenly, while reading a book, I looked out the window…
It was a wide and blue morning sky as always.
*Drop- Drip-
The girl opens her eyes to the sound of water dripping from the sink.
A dark room. Unmade blanket. Clothes lying around. A computer screen with lights on.
The sound of a passing train occasionally heard outside the window. The sound of cicadas crying, wow wow. A slight breeze coming through the open window blows through the notes spread out on the sitting desk.
The girl opens her eyes and stands up quickly.
I look around with a confused face. There are cutlery-like things scattered on the floor. I was pessimistic about something and tried to end my life like this. Just like Ed Rothtaylor, who tried to hang himself that day.
As I look around, I see a small mirror standing on a sitting desk. A small girl with black hair and glasses can clearly be seen looking confused.
The girl presses her throbbing head and flips through the open notebook. There are a lot of pictures drawn.
Illustrations filled with many wonderful characters. It was probably drawn by the girl herself.
Some of them are drawn with sincerity, giving a realistic feeling of game concept art. Is this a girl’s dream or goal? The shelves are full of books related to all kinds of concept art. In addition, there are a lot of books related to things like scenario writing and game programming.
It is a world where there is no such thing as magic. Even if you try to gather magical power, nothing happens.
The fragmentary memories left in my head make me feel more dizzy. Anyway, it seems like this girl dreamed of something, got frustrated, and tried to end her life. That was as much as I could know at this point.
It is a world full of unknowns.
Nevertheless, the girl stood up from her seat.
I stare blankly at the monitor screen while listening to the sound of the computer cooler spinning. I stare at it for a while as if I’m having a snowball fight, but I still can’t figure out what it is.
First of all, I am very hungry. I don’t know why, but I guess I starved for a few days. First of all, if you don’t want to starve to death, you should probably eat something.
The girl somehow gets up and goes out to the kitchen. The wobbly gait is precarious.
The screen of the computer the girl left behind turns on for a moment and then goes black. The last user name set by the girl just before going dark appears for a moment and then disappears.
‘Pepero Pepe’
was the name of the chocolate snack that the girl often bought.
The computer screen went completely black, and only the sound of the girl opening the refrigerator door with difficulty came into the room.
First of all, you had to eat something to survive.
And as long as we live, life goes on, as it always has.
