The Hero Disciple Is Back - Chapter 112



111. Are birds happy?

‘Just like how, by building and building without giving up, a wall is created that no one can damage… Is it that the things he has built are now manifesting?’

As soon as oil is added to the fire, it becomes a huge fire that cannot be controlled by water.

When opposing attributes are mixed, they usually cancel each other out, but if you control your magic power to the point of a wise man, you can use magic with unimaginable power by creating an exquisite chain reaction.

When the cooperation of many people is added, there are times when it becomes a plus, but there are also times when it becomes a minus depending on the situation and conditions, and there are also times when it becomes a square result that we could not have imagined.

That is what happened to the warrior’s master right now, at this moment.

Chaeaeaeaaeng!!

Not pushed by one’s own sword.

Don’t be pushed around by your own world.

Don’t be pushed around by yourself.

【… Amazing.】

‘… It was clearly a fight that was over.’

Surely victory was before him. He had it in his sights. Just a little more… just a little more… If he could stretch out his hand, victory would surely be his. If he had done so, he would have been able to return to the great heavens and play a part in accomplishing the great task.

But that didn’t happen.

I didn’t leave it like that.

His natural enemy grits his teeth and tenaciously stands before him.

To that fact… to that reality… .

he is….

I was feeling an overwhelming sense of joy.

‘Great Heavens… I am sorry. I should have felt the urge to return to your side right away. I could not.’

It was a natural emotion that a subject who had to assist his lord should have, to want to return to his side as soon as possible. Since he did not have even a little bit of that natural feeling in himself at the moment, the overlord could not help but feel guilty. He could not help but feel ashamed.

The emotion he was feeling right now was joy… and an overwhelming sense of gratitude. No, it wasn’t that light. At this moment, he truly felt that he was lucky to be born into this world, and that he could understand the emotion humans call happiness. It couldn’t be otherwise. He was now able to escape for the first time from the hell of loneliness that he thought he could never escape. It was only natural, and natural, to feel an overwhelming emotion now that he had escaped hell.

Because he was freed from that hellish loneliness that had dominated his mind for so many years, that had made him empty, like a terrible drought.

Because I could feel that the void that could not be restored even by dedicating loyalty to the great heavens was being filled.

【I can’t believe it! I never thought I’d catch up to this level! You wouldn’t know! The shock I’m feeling right now! This contradictory feeling of mine that feels joy even though I’m shocked!】

“I don’t know, I don’t care.”

Chae-ae-aeng! Chae-ae-aeng! Chae-ae-aeng! Chae-ae-aeng!

He was attacking at a rapid pace. Even at that moment, the King was feeling joy. He was catching up. It was clear that he was in the lead, so much so that he could never catch up, judging by his sword skills… . Before he knew it, there was someone right behind him, a pursuer who had almost caught up.

“There is only one thing that matters to me. I will cut off your head.”

If someone else had said something like that, I wouldn’t have cared. I would have lightly ignored them and just slit their throats to punish their arrogant tongue. But the person in front of me was different. The warrior’s teacher, Jade, was different.

Because he deserved it.

【Admit it! That it is not a lie, a boast, or a bluff, but a statement that is actually possible! Come with all your might! I will face you with all my might! My natural enemy! No, my rival!】

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Comparing his speed and strength to his previous self was meaningless, as he had obtained strength on a completely different level.

That’s a good thing.

It’s literally a miracle.

but….

“no!”

“stop!”

“There’s no way I can endure it!”

… the voices of the spirits are heard.

The miracle happened. But it couldn’t have been without a price. The vessel couldn’t have endured it in the first place. It wasn’t just the vessel of the body. Even the vessel of my soul, my very existence, was starting to crack.

therefore

Whether you win or lose this fight

The ending that awaits me is….

It will inevitably be filled with despair.

But it doesn’t matter.

‘If I can take that guy down… then whatever happens to the rest doesn’t matter!’

Even if my body and my soul are shattered into pieces and cannot return to their original state… Even if I meet an end more terrible than any ending this world could face… I have no choice but to stop.

‘No matter what happens, it ends here! It has to end!’

I know how terrible the world that the tyrant possesses is. There is no ability more terrible than that in war. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the moment it heads to war, the outcome of the war is decided.

As a veteran mercenary, I was able to be confident because I knew war better than anyone else, having experienced it more than anyone else.

The Overlord, he must never be allowed to go to the battlefield. No matter what happens here, it must end. No matter how terrible the price that awaits him ahead…!

‘Just like everyone else. Because everyone did it that way, it was possible for me to stand here now. So for the next person… no, for my disciple… I will become fertilizer for the future here!’

That is my determination.

As countless others have done

It will continue like this in the future….

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They fight endlessly. They fight with all their might and are determined to kill each other.

The tyrant’s momentum seemed to be more overwhelming. It certainly had been. It certainly had been, but… . Little by little, it became a story of the past… . It finally reached the past tense.

Phew!

He was pushed. He was pushed slightly, and because of that, the King was slightly injured. It was the result of Jade’s sudden acceleration that made him miss.

‘It’s accelerating more here?!’

The Overlord was taken aback by Jade’s sword, which had become faster. The result was certainly small, but the fact that he had allowed the attack was a great thing in itself.

At that moment

“Ugh!”

Jade’s expression crumpled. The one who was attacked was the Overlord, but for some reason, it was Jade who let out a groan.

At that moment, the Overlord knew that the miracle that had just happened to Jade was not something that was free of cost, but rather a miracle that required a definite price.

‘It is a natural providence that tragedy follows miracle.’

It is literally true. That man is running with his soul, the vessel of his very existence, burning. He is trying to overtake himself with it.

But even so… .

It’s just a temporary phenomenon.

Because miracles are not sustainable and are only one-time events.

After all, temporary miracles are destined to lose their luster before long.

So what you have to do here is just buy time until the light disappears. There is no reason for you to join them even if they are running like crazy with their hearts about to stop. So you have to wait until the other side gets tired first and then turn the tables at the last moment and win. That is a rational and wise choice. If it is obvious that they will self-destruct, then you can just leave them like that.

Yes, that is a reasonable decision.

It’s not that I don’t know that obvious fact.

but….

‘Is that okay?’

‘-really?’

‘Do I really want that kind of ending?’

Until now, not a single person had reached out to his realm, his position, his place. It was literally a thousand years of loneliness. Deep in his soul, he could feel an intense thrill of joy, being freed from that thousand years of loneliness for the first time. The one and only rival who had given him the sweet fruit that even the great heavens of the demon world could not give him, it was like a miracle that had happened to him now.

But you just throw it away like that?

Another thousand years of loneliness will come… No, an even more terrible hellish pain will come upon you.

‘…I have discovered the taste of this sweet fruit.’

The one and only fruit that even the great heavens could not give to themselves is the one and only rival standing before me.

But do you decide victory or defeat by just buying time? Do you just watch the heat drain away like it is now? And then swing your sword at the corpse of your rival that has grown cold?

embrace.

That’s a reasonable length

If you are a loyal knight, you must value results above all else.

It’s not that I never knew.

The dark knight standing here was not unaware of that obvious fact. Of course he knew it. But… .

‘-Are you sure that’s okay?’

Everyone thinks that birds that can fly freely in the sky are happy. But are birds really happy? Unlike humans, their lifespan is short, and if misfortune strikes them anytime and anywhere, it is not strange for them to die tomorrow. Can the lives of birds really be considered happy? Knowing that there is a high possibility of hell coming tomorrow, is it really possible to truly and sincerely think that today is happy?

‘-That can’t be true.’

Knowing that what awaits them is ten thousand years of hell, worse than a thousand years of loneliness… Can there really be a being who can truly welcome tomorrow?

-It can’t exist.

-It can’t possibly exist.

-Therefore, the overlord had no choice but to make an unsuitable choice as a subject serving the great heaven.

Even if that path ultimately amounts to nothing more than betraying the great heavens… .