The Hero Disciple Is Back - Chapter 113



112. Happiness at the End

Phagec!

The sword cracked and eventually

Bang!

The sword lost its shape.

“-Was the sword the first…?”

I tried my best to save it by storing it in Aura, but… in a world where everything rusts and collapses, the limit inevitably comes quickly.

“Haa. Haa. Haa.”

For a swordsman, the sword is his life. If the sword had been broken, the match would have already been decided. However, even so, the warrior’s master, Jade, did not let go of the handle even though the main body was lost and only the handle remained. Instead, he put it back in the sheath and assumed the stance of a swordsman.

‘Just one more time… . There’s only one more time left… .’

A miracle happened once, but… unfortunately, there was no second miracle. Eventually, the limit had to be reached. – That was how the end was reached.

‘This is just one time. This is the end of it all.’

One swing, one swing, and it’s all yours.

-But no matter what the outcome of this one swing, the ending was already decided.

And that too in its worst form.

Even if the result of this swing is that the Overlord is defeated, Jade’s ending will not change. Because he has already offered himself in exchange for creating a miracle. It wasn’t a cute story about sacrificing his body.

soul

He sacrificed his entire soul.

That’s why

Whatever the outcome of this battle,

His end is already determined by tragedy.

It’s not a story about ‘the soul is going to hell.’ It’s literally about the soul being torn apart. It’s about being completely shattered without a trace, without a trace of peace, without a trace of future.

I have no regrets.

There is no sadness.

There is only one thing

‘Bend.’

Even if he sacrifices everything, he will kill the enemy he has decided to kill no matter what. That is why the worst fate that will come upon him is not a problem to him at the moment. He burns even the future, even the soul, even the peace, and kills the enemy before his eyes. That was the only thing that controlled him at the moment. That was all he had at the moment.

There is no need for a future.

There is no need for rest.

All you need is one thing

‘If I can just cut off that guy’s neck, I don’t need anything else.’

The neck of the rival standing before you

-That was all there was to it.

♧♧♧

Just once.

The last final swing

That’s it for the end.

Even though Jade didn’t say anything, the Overlord knew it with his instincts as a swordsman.

‘I have three paths.’

First, avoidance

In the end, it only takes one swing. So just focus on evasion. That’ll be it. There can’t be a second. Just as there’s no second miracle, once Jade’s final blow is done, there can be no more.

Second, the exterior

It means literally. Although the winner has not yet been decided, Jade’s end has already been decided. In return for creating a miracle, Jade’s ending is fixed as the worst ending regardless of whether she wins or loses. So, ignoring him here is also a method. If the ending is fixed regardless of whether she wins or loses, then just letting time pass without deciding whether she wins or loses will cause a tragic end to overtake her.

Third, a head-on confrontation

It is an irrational choice. It is an unwise choice. Regardless of winning or losing, if Jade’s end is fixed anyway, there is no reason to clash with her. If she is going to fall anyway, then just pretend not to know. There is no reason to risk your life and fight her.

-It won’t be on this side.

-It’s clear that it’s not on this side.

but

【… How foolish.】

It’s a stupid choice.

Not wise.

It is not reasonable.

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I know but

There is no avoidance.

I can’t turn away.

There is only confrontation.

Look! Look! Even though there was an absolute gap, he gritted his teeth, bled, sacrificed everything he had and burned himself like a log to reach his rival who was right next to him.

The one and only rival who appeared in his long life

That holy soul, wounded and spiritually broken, still preparing for the final blow.

Can it be avoided?

Can you turn away?

-No. There is no such option.

Even though I know that this moment, this time, is unique, and that there is only the first reality, and there is no second… – I cannot avoid it, I cannot turn away from it. There is no such option as avoidance or turning away.

‘Great Heaven… I am sorry. Even if this is a path that betrays your expectations… I cannot turn away.’

Because this moment was the most passionate moment for him, because it was more meaningful than the historical moment when he pledged allegiance to the great heavens, because he was convinced that it was the most decisive moment in his life, to the point that it would not be an exaggeration to say that it determined the meaning of his existence.

More than loyalty

More than an oath

More than a mission

He thought that the rivals that were in front of him now were more meaningful, valuable, and important. All of his past that had existed until today was shed. In that way, all of his loyalty, oaths, and the great sky in his head were all gone with the wind.

【-My one and only rival who has appeared after waiting for a thousand years… I have definitely received that final will. So I will also respond to it.】

Don’t avoid it.

Don’t ignore it.

Confront it head on, squarely.

Because it was a gesture of gratitude and courtesy toward the rival who had liberated him from the hell of a thousand years of loneliness in which he had been trapped.

【Mobilize everything! Burn everything, you enemy! I will also stake everything on breaking your resolve!】

At that moment, the King’s magical energy explodes out, instantly turning everything to rust and ash. As if he were going to turn the entire world into hell, his magical energy interferes with, takes control of, and turns the entire world into hell.

The world became a ‘hell of destruction’ in an instant.

Literally

Hell vs. Individual

The world versus the individual

To anyone who looked at it, the outcome seemed decided.

But the tyrant thought differently.

【Now! Show me! My one and only rival! The stage is complete!】

I only trusted the tyrant.

If it’s your rival

I’m sure it’ll show.

He said that he would show his rival a historical moment that would make him forget all about his time, his moment, his history.

♤♤♤

It reminds me of the story of the old man fighting the sea from a fairy tale.

The old man took his sword and went out and cut the waves. The reason the old man fought so meaninglessly was because his son was eaten by the sea. That is why he took his sword and swung it at the waves that were crashing down on him in order to get revenge. It was such a meaningless thing. That is why the fairy tale is unpopular. It is so difficult to understand and it is a fairy tale that you cannot tell a lesson. It is just one of those fairy tales that is gradually forgotten, as is the fate of such difficult fairy tales.

What on earth is this fairy tale trying to say? The futility of revenge? Is revenge ultimately no different from cutting through waves?

‘No. That’s not it. It’s not that simple.’

I don’t think so.

I am sure that the old man did not take up his sword and fight the sea to show the futility of revenge. I am also sure that the content did not attempt to ridicule revenge as something ridiculous.

‘The waves are a thousand, ten thousand, a hundred thousand times… It is only the old man’s prerogative to determine the meaning contained therein.’

It doesn’t matter what anyone thinks. It doesn’t matter if someone laughs at it. Only the old can decide its meaning and value. Only the old can decide the meaning of the struggle.

And it was the same for me now.

‘One hell? No, one world… .’

The wall that appeared before him was so huge. It was truly one world. It was one hell. On the other hand, this side had only one attack left. With this one attack, he had to tear down the huge wall that was one world.

There is no confidence that you can do it. Rather, your will is weakened in front of the huge wall that is the world.

At that moment

The sea was visible.

And then the old man appeared.

Towards the waves crashing down on you

The back of the old man swinging his sword was seen again and again.

It doesn’t matter whether it is possible or not.

It doesn’t matter if it’s impossible.

You just have to swing it.

There is meaning in swinging it.

It’s worth swinging.

There is a being that is like me who swings.

If I don’t swing it, the being called ‘I’ will not be ‘I’.

So just swing it.

Neither meaning, nor value, nor possibility

It disappears from my mind.

Just grip the sword handle tightly.

Just swing it.

Just bend it.

That’s ‘me’.

That is the existence called ‘I’.

so

Just what’s in front of you

-Bear it.

♧♧♧

The king realized.

-Ah. I lost.

It was a moment.

It was just a moment.

It was never as big as his own world. It was just a moment. A temporary phenomenon. But that moment, that temporary phenomenon… .

My whole world was torn apart.

One swing

But the blue flash that came out from there

Just his own world

Your own nucleus

I cut it whole.

As if no matter how much darkness there is, the moment light reaches it, it penetrates everything.

A single flash of blue light swung by Jade pierced through everything.

To such an end of oneself

In such a self-end

The king ‘laughed.’

【Kukuk! Hahaha hahaha hahaha!】

It was cool. No, it was so cool that it was exhilarating.

I lost, but… I was satisfied. It was a defeat I could be satisfied with.

At that moment, the tyrant knew.

Ah. This was my final destination.

It had to end here.

If he had chosen to avoid or ignore here and met a different ending… . Rather, even if he had survived that way, he would have regretted it. The tyrant was able to gain such a realization at this moment. It wasn’t a mental victory. It was literally true. He had to end here. Only by ending here could he meet a truly satisfying ending.

It’s a funny story that defeat is a happy ending… but the king knew clearly at the moment when he was on the verge of death that it was the right thing to do for him.

【Thank you. My one and only family register.】

You enabled me to have the most satisfying ending.

I’m done with this.

Happiness is having a satisfying ending.

Therefore I am happy.

What is happiness? To have the feeling that no one among the demons has.

The Four Heavenly Kings, the only one among the demons to have obtained that emotion, smiled and closed his eyes as if satisfied with that emotion.

♧♧♧

“… … .”

Dang!

Jade let go of the sword hilt, which she thought she would never let go of no matter what. And soon… .

dump!

I ended up collapsing in vain.

The worst possible ending was coming to the warrior’s master.