Tale of the Fake Hero - Chapter 268



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Season 3: Episode 76

Now that she had decided that the match was over, Laminea relaxed her entire body.

No, I couldn’t keep it up.

My heart, my heart feels like it’s burning and about to burst… … My muscles, it feels like the muscles in my whole body are being torn apart… … .

‘This is the backlash from using the ‘jeosewon’.

As he collapsed, blood pouring out of his mouth and nose, Floret and Eshir rushed over.

Floret’s lips are seen slapping her face and yelling at her to come to her senses, and Asher is seen pulling out a blood syringe.

And beyond that, you can see Ragbaug, who should have died with his heart ripped out somewhere, writhing around.

‘Why, why don’t you fall down?’

Every time he twisted his body in pain, the sea surrounding him was sucked into him.

Once, twice, three times… … .

Ragbaug, who had been twisting his body repeatedly to absorb the deep sea, let out a scream and exploded into countless gore in the next moment.

And there… … .

In the place where Ragbaug had just been… … Shu’yulqula… … the murmuring madness… … the star being that had built a dark blue palace on the seabed with the disgusting light of the universe… … .

‘no.’

As the sound of the deep sea’s music was heard, the thing leaped towards Laminea. It wanted to make her its new host. It wanted to make her a vessel for its new star.

how…….

Somehow… … .

The moment when Laminea tried to push her friends and juniors, Floret and Asher, away from the threat.

“!”

“!”

“!”

The moment when the priest of Hong, Aydin, hurriedly spreads a curtain of light, the light is easily consumed by darkness.

A moment when Delfred’s ice and Melene’s sorcery were equally spicy.

The moment Camilla let out a silent scream and stretched out her legs towards him, but then collapsed from lack of strength.

Darkness.

In a world where sound cannot keep up, in a world where only silent screams echo.

Yes, darkness.

That one moment before all resistance was crushed and darkness engulfed the world.

“ah…….”

The light… … .

Warm, light… … .

“iced coffee…….”

It wrapped around the three white-haired warriors in an instant, and made them completely escape from that space.

“Everyone worked hard.”

Before I knew it, Laminea was in Setsunen’s arms, and Floret and Ashur were sitting at her feet.

“Take a rest now.”

Although Mauna Loa, the Lord of the Sea, was several times more exhausted and worn out from the decisive battle with the incarnation-level demons known as Kraken, Noehyang showed no sign of it.

Instead, he reached out.

Then, that space… … searching for a new vessel in the deep sea’s music… … that space of corruption itself was enveloped in light and disappeared.

To be exact, it was transferred.

Over there, far above the sea surface, where no being dares harm.

“The war just ended.”

The final stages of the mid-war, the battle to recapture (7)

[Tars: This is Taishan. After the subjugation of Oukan, we have completely taken control of the coast. We will enter the west gate together with the Steel Fleet Armored Special Forces.]

[Jacquard: This is the battlefield! 90% of the northern city has been subdued! Everything has been burned with the fire in my heart!]

[Balbray: This is Hwang Eun’s Balbray, we have completely subdued the eastern city and are awaiting His Majesty the Qing Dynasty’s next orders.]

[Halvaron: Steel Fleet, raise anchor and change from cannon firing formation to moving formation. As the fleet moves to the inner harbor, send landing ships in three groups of six.]

[Mate: This is a non-stop battle, no support needed in the southern battlefield. Returning after confirming that the Fairy Troopers have been completely suppressed.]

The city, devoid of the power of the old ruler of the sea, was left in ruins, with only its skeleton remaining.

Just as the sea is dragged into the deep sea during low tide, revealing a mudflat in the empty space.

Amidst the news of victory that was pouring in from all sides, competing with each other, Asher felt that everything was now truly over.

“What are you doing, Asher?”

“yes?”

“We must raise the Blood Horse Legion’s flag on the ruins of the headquarters! It is the role and right of the vanguard to announce the victory to everyone.”

At Floret’s words, Eshir lowered his head with a miserable smile. His gaze was fixed on Renault’s blade.

“You know… … I don’t deserve this. My contribution to this operation was truly miserable… … and maybe it was because of my greed that there were too many casualties… … .”

The priestess Silamine, one of the most senior priestesses in this operation, also died.

One by one, the members that made up the tree called the corps are disappearing. Just as they disappear from the world, they do not easily disappear from the heart.

As if being torn out by the roots, the pain remains and the traces are never completely healed… … .

“Why would that be your greed? What kind of a corps is the Blood Demon Corps? It’s full of guys who all resemble Senior Vinessa and have the same personality. I bet you all wanted it to end up like this.”

“… … .”

“And no one will object to putting up a flag. Everyone knows that it was Senior Vinessa who should have put up that flag in the first place. It was thanks to her that we were able to come this far. So hurry up and put it up, Inma! Before the fairies or Ain come and start a fight!”

As the first payqueer of Binessa, her sacrifice to become a benevolent person prevented a great disaster and bought time for humanity to come here.

What’s regrettable is… … .

What is really regrettable is… … .

I wish you, more than anyone else, had been able to live to see this victory, the end of this war… … .

‘Master… … .’

The remains of the city hall building, which had been horribly destroyed by the dead dragons that day, and which had just recently been submerged in the deep sea and decayed.

I found the flagpole in the wreckage.

Aeshir tore off his cloak and hung it on the flagpole as a flagpole. A red horse galloping across a pure white field… …the flag of the Blood Horse Legion.

‘It’s really over now.’

The sorrow that had been building up, coagulating, and eventually rotting away welled up. Even though I bit my lower lip, tears flowed out, and the survivors of the Blood Demon Corps also sat down and wept.

at that time…….

I shouldn’t have left you here, but I should have stayed with you, somehow, until the end.

“It really is a city of beginnings and ends.”

Camilla, who was supported by Sharon as if clinging to her, muttered as she looked at Asher’s back.

“huh?”

If I think about it… … I think that’s when my own journey began.

At that time, it was too much of a coincidence that the journey that started at Vinessa’s temple ended at the Master’s temple.

At that time, at that very moment, I first established my beliefs about what a warrior is… … and now, I have decided on the direction I should take to become a warrior.

“No, it’s nothing.”

As Camilla finished her journey with a smile that only she knew, Nohyang was on the other side, picking up a piece of stone.

「… … .」

It is a trace of an old memory… … that is, a fragment of an old statue.

250 years ago, the incident caused by the second pillar of the Black Church, Xernix, occurred here… … A statue was erected to remember those who ended the incident.

It was a statue of Yong-Hyeon, Rain Ludwig, and his party, and in the statue, Setsunen as a child was held in Yong-Hyeon’s arms.

‘Now I can only see that scenery in my memories… … .’

Every time I came here, I used to enjoy looking at that statue and reminiscing… … .

I want to go back… … .

Why does the longing for days I can never return to only deepen after becoming Jackie Chan?

‘If my father were here, would he have scolded me for this?’

In my memory, I felt like the young Yong-Hyeon was smiling. Next to him, it seemed like Hong-Yeom’s Akira was smiling brightly as well.

– Hmm, if Nen says so, what should we do, Aki?

– Aki barely manages to keep his little brother from getting scolded for things like this!

– Okay, thump thump, Judge Aki’s arbitrary judgment and prejudice have made me innocent? What should I do? I can’t even bother Nen anymore.

It was an illusion that had never happened in the past and will never happen in the future, but surely, the two of you must have said so. Smiling brightly… … .

Noehyang hid her tears with a smile.

Just as we can’t go back to the past, we can’t make things the same as they were before, but we can build them anew…

‘This time, let’s erect a statue of everyone here.’

Everyone who was here… … .

A statue that can contain all that blood, tears, and joy… … .

First, we build a tomb to mourn those who have passed away… … .

[Cheongseong: This is Cheongseong’s Mirngardia. The battle situation has ended and we will now begin the purification and restoration procedures. Each engineering unit may move according to my orders. We will maintain martial law for 30 days, connect the railroad, and complete the restoration of the 3rd Army and 6th Division. That’s all.]

In that way, the daily life that had collapsed in an embarrassingly sudden manner was quickly restored.

Cheongseong conscripted technicians from all over the country and requisitioned supplies to rebuild and reorganize the defenses of the three armies and six garrisons.

Even if there had been no conscription order, would have been filled with volunteers, as it was rumored that they would be able to receive command from Halbaron, the best craftsman in Ain.

Brain fragrance built a cemetery.

In the old city hall building, the center of the city where the headquarters was located… … we paid tribute to the souls of those who supported this world with blood and tears during the four-year nightmare.

The statue was no longer needed.

Because the monument to the patriots was actually a statue.

When the monument to the fallen was completed and the prayer of Noehyang was recited, the cries of those left behind filled the city.

* * *

“There it comes, there it comes!”

And so the half-year has passed.

Finally, in September 1675 AD.

“It’s an improvement!”

As the 30-day martial law ends, the United Human Forces enter , the center of the Adrion continent.

The Red City, .

Their pride in the city built with the tears of the bloody sun, Shurigan, was as high as that of the residents of the blue city, Tervenople.

“The first pay querier and the Taesan Corps!”

“This time, I defeated the Ten Stone Head Oukan!”

Many refugees flocked to , and the city was teeming with people who came to see the ceremony that day.

How could I forget… … .

That day, I remember walking down the middle of the street, amidst the sound of bells, amidst people cheering, crying, and scattering flower petals… … .

“Over there, over there! That’s the red lotus Lamine!”

“The best performer of this expedition!”

“I heard the disciple next to me is also amazing? I heard he was really active this time.”

“The strongest battle mages, Delfred and Johan, are also here!”

“John? I heard he was definitely considered the next great wizard, but was he that handsome?”

“This is the assault leader of the corps, Griffveron! He looks sturdy just by looking at him!”

Then a group of children crawled out between the military policemen’s legs and ran towards their teacher.

He was holding a bouquet of flowers in his arms. They were bellflowers, which bloom in late summer and signal the end of summer.

The teacher accepted the flower with a hearty laugh, and just looking at him made me happy.

‘Perhaps, the warrior.’

This moment… … maybe I’m living for this one moment.

That day, I thought so.

For this moment, when all the sadness and pain that no one knew about until now will be rewarded.

“Master.”

“huh?”

“The Rista party must have seen this sight too, right?”

Truly, a dreamlike landscape.

The stories of the warriors that my mother used to read to me when I was young… … The achievements of the warrior party that I saw with admiration at the Heroes’ Square in the Vatican.

After completing my journey in the same place as the Ristar Party, the main character of the story and achievements, I ended up at this kind of improvement ceremony.

‘Mom, are you watching?’

I wish you could see it, I wish I could show you.

“Was it the same feeling as us? Somehow, it felt refreshing… and… bittersweet.”

“Um… … I probably couldn’t do that.”

The Master gave a sad look to Melene, who was absentmindedly following the procession of the triumphal procession in sorrow over losing her master.

“Because Archmage Lin didn’t return from the Rista party. He must have been sadder than anyone else… …like Melene.”