The Hero Disciple Is Back - Chapter 114



113. Only one can kill God.

【… … !】

The Demon King hurriedly turned his head.

Because I felt it.

That the strongest and most loyal subject, who was thought to never be defeated, was completely destroyed in this moment.

【I see…. Did you close your eyes….】

The Demon King could tell that it was the Overlord’s choice. They were both destined to be alone. That was why they understood each other better than anyone else, and that was why they were able to protect each other.

【I see… You chose it…】

Normally, one cannot decide one’s own end, but those who have reached the ranks of the strongest can decide their own end. In that sense, the tyrant must have had a path that would not end. He could have made such a choice. However, he did not. He chose the path that would take risk… and eventually met his end.

【You left first. How disloyal…】

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The Demon King was saying that, but he was laughing. A near-infinite reset. Even though he had done that, he had never experienced the end, so he couldn’t know exactly since he hadn’t experienced it himself… . He just hadn’t experienced it himself, but he had worked harder than anyone else to get there, so he could know to some extent, even if it wasn’t perfect.

His loyal knights must have met their end with a smile.

Even though I didn’t achieve it myself, I was able to learn something because I suffered countless defeats in the process. Just because I couldn’t climb it myself, it didn’t mean I couldn’t see the expressions of those who did.

【I didn’t expect this.】

The hero had endless opportunities, and as such, he ended up defeating the Four Heavenly Kings many times. Therefore, the fact that the Four Heavenly Kings were defeated was not a surprising result to him. However, the problem was that it was not the hero who defeated the Four Heavenly Kings. And it was the Overlord who defeated him with his sharpest and most treasured sword… Who would have thought that the Overlord would be defeated by a human, not even him or the hero… .

‘The warrior’s teacher… .’

Even if he is the warrior’s teacher, he is still human in the end… .

But who would have thought that such a human being would have ‘created’ such a thing so that he could defeat the tyrant?

‘If my sword had made up its mind, it would not have died.’

The world that the tyrant possesses is such a world. He can continue to throw his opponents into a hell of destruction while being completely unaffected himself. If he had put all his effort into defense in such a hell… . In the end, no matter how many miracles he could create, he would have exhausted his strength and died. So the tyrant must have had a path of life. However, the tyrant himself had given up on that path. No, he had made it impossible for him to choose that path. That desire, that desire that forced him to go down that path even though he knew it could lead to death, was created within the tyrant.

【 He was a guy who acted like he had no desires, to the point where you’d think he was a demon… But he made me have such desires. I can only exclaim in admiration. 】

That was true.

It was something he could never have imagined that there would come a day when the Demon King would truly admire a mere human who was not even a hero… . It was the hero’s teacher who did it.

If you think about it, in all of the infinite regress, the Demon King has never once been impressed… .

【It seems like they’re so foolish and stupid that they’ll go extinct in vain… But they always end up hitting you with an unexpected blow… Humans are always so interesting.】

So, isn’t it possible that he has been repeating this infinite regression? Maybe the unexpectedness will lead to a miracle. Let’s bet on that possibility.

but….

【Was it really my greed? Warrior.】

As he said that, the Demon King looked at the hero.

There was a warrior there.

“Haa… . Haa… .”

The warrior was on his knees. There was no hope in his appearance.

♧♧♧

I did everything I could.

‘… and yet I couldn’t kill him.’

A bitter taste rose from the corners of my mouth. Fighting so fiercely that a bitter taste rose from my mouth was something I had really been tired of in the infinite recurrence, but even so, I could not possibly adapt to it. Should I say that my body instinctively rejected it? That would be correct. Just as people dislike extreme labor, my body would naturally feel aversion to it.

“Haa. Haa. Haa.”

My whole body screams.

I poured everything out.

… but the Demon King could not be destroyed.

”Immortal”?

Actually, it wasn’t that I didn’t think about it. Even for the Four Heavenly Kings, it was difficult to find and defeat their core. In addition, the Demon King was the one who had reached the realm of a god and reset the world to infinite regression.

“Ugh.”

The warrior tried to raise his body.

The opponent is immortal?

What is that?

That’s no reason to give up.

There is a reason why this world must be saved.

There is something I want to protect.

Even if the Demon King is immortal, there is something I absolutely must protect. I have decided that I must protect it. So I must stand up. No matter what happens to my body, no matter what happens to my soul…!

No more regression!

Everything has to end here…!

That was the moment.

-mom….

Leah’s voice was heard. It was as if she had seen something scary, as if she had realized that something scary was coming towards her, and her voice was as quiet and low as possible, and her voice was as desperate as she could be, and it was a desperate voice that resonated in her head.

‘no….’

The moment I heard that voice, I couldn’t help but know, even if I didn’t want to. Something was wrong, something that shouldn’t have happened.

‘That can’t be… .’

When a person is confronted with a truth so cruel that he or she can never accept it, the first instinct is to deny it. There must have been some mistake. There must be nothing wrong. Surely… . Surely… . Surely… .

But the more I deny it, the more I realize that it is an undeniable reality.

-Ah. Dad’s… Dad’s energy is getting weaker… .

Now Leah and Jade were tied together by a verb that asked them not to die and to stay by her side. That was why Leah could feel it. Right now, Jade was dying as a result of overdoing it to defeat the tyrant.

‘…I have to go quickly.’

To do that, you have to defeat the enemy in front of you.

but….

What can you do when faced with an immortal enemy?

I have to get to Jade quickly.

But to do that, you have to defeat the enemy right in front of you.

That’s the problem.

There are plenty of reasons to defeat it, but no means to do so.

In the first place, killing a being that has reached the level of a god…

“under-!”

‘Are you crazy?’

Do you have time to be weak? Do you have the spirit to be weak? There is something you absolutely must protect, something you absolutely cannot give up, and you are saying weak things?

You say that he is a being of divine status, so he cannot be defeated?

Can you use that as an excuse? Can you say something weak and say that you can’t help but lose someone precious to you because the enemy in front of you seems to be in the realm of a god? Can you accept that?

There is no way I can accept it.

There’s no way that’s possible.

If that’s the case, then it’s just that kind of feeling.

If there is something that you absolutely cannot give away, then it is something that you absolutely must not give away. Isn’t it something that you have decided that you absolutely cannot give away no matter what? Isn’t it something that you have decided by your own will, by your own soul? Then, no matter what happens, absolutely… .

“… If you have the presence of mind to say something weak, it means you are not truly prepared.”

You can tell because you are a warrior of infinite regress. If you have truly burned everything, you will not hear anything like a weak voice. Even the spirit that speaks of a weak voice will be burned. Saying a weak voice means that there is still something to burn. Just as the impossible becomes possible in the face of the fear of being whipped, there is still something to burn within yourself… a corner to whip. There is still something within yourself.

At that moment the warrior could see.

What still remains… .

“If you have reached the realm of the gods and cannot be cut… it’s simple.”

The warrior smiled. It was a smile that came from the emptiness of not knowing why he had not realized this simple problem, and why he had only realized the answer to this simple problem now.

“Become a god.”

If the enemy is in the realm of a god and cannot be killed, then shouldn’t we also reach the realm of a god? After all, only a god can kill a god.

“Challenge the realm of God.”

At that moment, all the remaining energy in the warrior’s body began to pour out and be stored in the holy sword she was holding.

The power that the gods had contained has almost evaporated, and now it is just a solid object with no special qualities left.

However, the fact that this holy sword was made by the gods does not change. In other words, this holy sword is the evidence that the gods existed in this world, and it is a relic that represents the past of the gods. So, conversely, this holy sword can be seen as a compass that can lead to the past and chase after the gods.

So, at this moment, the warrior poured everything he had into the holy sword. He could not think of any other way to reach the realm of a god.

The moment you lose something you absolutely cannot lose, you die. Even if your heart is beating, if you lose something you absolutely cannot lose, your clock stops there. If you are going to die anyway… .

I bet everything I have on this heart, on the possibility of what I can do right now.

And as if the gamble wasn’t meaningless

The Holy Sword began to emit a light completely different from before, and began to radiate majesty.

Feeling that the Holy Sword had responded to his will, the warrior lifted the Holy Sword and aimed it at the Demon King.

The Demon King laughed at the sight of such a warrior.

【Hahahahahahaha!!! Really?! Are you really thinking of becoming a god?!】

“If only I could kill you, I would. I would give everything I have… . “

【Welcome! Warrior! You have finally reached the realm of the gods!】

“Just shut up and fight.”

The Demon King laughed.

It was as if a suitable opponent had finally appeared on the game board where he had been playing alone.

He greeted the appearance of his perfect rival, who had finally appeared, with a very warm and cheerful smile.

And then, the black flame and white flame clashed, incomparable to the previous ones. A confrontation that would bring to mind the great battle of the mythical era, the opening of a new world, was unfolding in this era.