The Hero Disciple Is Back - Chapter 119



118. The Ant’s Great Magic

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Phew!!

There was a gruesome wound on his shoulder. Anyone could tell that it was a serious injury. It was such a gruesome injury that it wouldn’t have been strange to think that the match was decided here.

Woohoo!

But before blood could spurt out from the wound, a pure white light appeared for a moment and then disappeared, instantly healing the wound.

It was the divine power of the holy sword.

‘Now it feels like it’s its own body.’

The divine power of the holy sword did not heal the warrior because it was a holy sword. It healed the warrior’s body because it was considered a holy sword. And that statement is probably not much different from the truth.

‘Is my body being eaten by the Holy Sword more and more?’

I’ve heard stories of being eaten by the Demon Sword, and I’ve actually seen it happen… but I never thought I’d be the first to experience something so outrageous as being eaten by the Holy Sword. I guess you never know what’s going to happen in life. The warrior swung his sword with such thoughts in his mind.

Phew!

It made an eerie sound and definitely caused damage… .

【More! More! Fight harder! Warrior!!!】

“Shut up and… fight.”

Even though I applied damage, it didn’t work at all.

Even if you get hurt, you recover quickly.

It seemed like a situation where conditions were equal, but the inside was different from what it looked like on the outside.

‘… is dangerous.’

I know it instinctively.

The Demon King could fight like this indefinitely as long as his core was not destroyed, but this was finite. If he continued like this, he would be completely absorbed into the Holy Sword. His entire body and self would be subordinated to the Holy Sword. Even then, it would be nice if he could give it his all to fight that monster… .

‘There is nothing more foolish than leaving something to someone else.’

She was able to confidently say this because she was a warrior of infinite regression who had repeated countless vicious cycles of failure and regret.

If you were fooled by the name of the Holy Sword and fell for it, who could guarantee that the Holy Sword would fight the Demon King? Even if the Holy and the Demon were supposed to be incompatible… . But that didn’t mean you could be certain that they would be unconditionally hostile. If you think about the past when the Celestials, who could be called the symbol of the Holy, didn’t act in a way that befitted their image… . Just because it was a Holy Sword, you couldn’t necessarily say that it would act according to its image.

Maybe he will betray and join the Demon King. Or even if he fights, he may be weaker than expected. So he may be defeated in vain. There is no certainty about what will happen. So no matter what happens, he must end it on his own. He must end it himself. Like a warrior! As a warrior!

That was the moment.

-Kwaaa …

White Breath suddenly attacked the Demon King.

“ostrich…?!”

It didn’t end there.

“Excuse me for a moment.”

“Black?!”

Suddenly, the Black Sword! … Not only that, but other Transcendent beings also appeared and began to attack the Demon King without holding back.

“Stop it! That monster is just that much!”

“We’ll have to wait and see.”

“…The Steel Knight?”

The warrior, who had been surprised by Galahad suddenly appearing behind him, soon saw a massive amount of attacks bombarding the Demon King as if they had been waiting for it.

It was clearly a great attack. It was so powerful that it would not be an exaggeration to say that it mobilized all the firepower the human army could muster.

But she could know better than anyone else because she had experienced the monster known as the Demon King for such a long time.

“In the end, it’s just a temporary hold back… .”

“That should be enough. That should give us enough time to talk.”

“what…?”

The moment when the warrior was frozen in his tracks, unable to understand Galahad’s incomprehensible words

“I am sorry, my lord.”

“William?!”

Archmage William used teleportation. From the warrior’s perspective, it was a situation that was no different from a surprise attack.

♧♧♧

Wow!

As soon as he got out of the teleportation magic, the warrior could feel a warm presence. It was none other than the White Dragon Rhea.

“ostrich?”

“Idiot! Idiot! Idiot! Sea cucumber! Rabbit poop! Puppy! Bird head! aaah!!!”

Leah burst into tears after spewing out every bad word she knew. For a moment, Sarah was at a loss as to how to respond as a mother… but she just held onto her daughter who desperately clung to her.

“Yeah… . I knew it… .”

It was only natural. It was a perfect race, the dragon. Their excellent knowledge and intuition would have immediately told them what the warrior wanted to do.

She momentarily hesitated about what to say, but knew that there was no proper logic to this matter, so she had no choice but to keep her mouth shut.

It’s not that she couldn’t think of anything to say. But she couldn’t bring herself to say, “This is for your sake. There’s nothing I can do.” She knew that such words would be like the sharpest knife, cutting into her heart.

“don’t go!!!”

“… … !”

“Don’t leave me alone!!”

That scream makes my heart pound.

…I knew.

‘Self-abandonment… Can we really say that it wasn’t?’

I know.

He was just afraid.

A tomorrow without Jade

A tomorrow when Jade won’t be with us

I’m afraid of that

I wish I could just disappear… .

If I say that I had no such intentions at all, that would be a lie… .

‘I’m scared… .’

I know.

She clashed with the Demon King with the intent to burn everything down as quickly as possible, but… it would already be too late. She knew very well how formidable the Overlord was. Defeating that Overlord… couldn’t have ended with just minor injuries.

That means… unless he can defeat the Demon King quickly… time is already…

So, he tried to burn himself even more. He neglected his physical condition even more and tormented his heart and soul. If he died faster than the worst ending could reach him… . That would not be so bad… .

but….

‘I know….’

That you have no right to do that to yourself… .

‘I have this child… .’

If it wasn’t a fate, then I wouldn’t know… But if it was a fate… and it was tied by the fate of parents and children… Once you accept that, you have an ineradicable duty and responsibility.

There’s no denying that.

As accepted

Because there was no way for him to escape that responsibility and obligation.

Even if we are not related by blood, even if we are of different races, once you are called mother, you are connected by a red thread that cannot be severed. A red thread that will never be broken, that must not be allowed to be broken.

“sorry….”

So there was only one thing Sarah could say to her daughter right here and now: a sincere apology… that was the only thing she could say.

“I’m sorry… I’m sorry, Mom… I’m sorry for having bad thoughts…”

I’m afraid of tomorrow.

I’m so afraid of a tomorrow without that person.

But that doesn’t give you the right or qualification to give up tomorrow.

No matter how painful it is

No matter how difficult it is

No matter how terrible it is

He must live.

That’s what it means to be a parent.

Because that’s what it means to be an adult.

Because that’s the burden the guardian has to bear.

That’s what it means to be an adult and a guardian.

Because that person taught him.

So, even more so, you cannot deny it. You must not deny it. That is what you really have to do. Rather than giving up and abandoning the responsibilities and duties you have to bear, you have to somehow live and fulfill your responsibilities and duties. That is what you really have to do.

Because that person would definitely tell you that it’s right.

“I’ll live… I’ll definitely live, Mom… .”

“Eww!!!”

Tears flowed from Sarah’s eyes as she hugged Leah tightly.

♧♧♧

The Demon King realized.

Something has changed.

He couldn’t explain what, where, how, or what specifically had changed. It was a strange thing. For him, who had reached the realm of the gods, the unknown had become something very distant.

But one thing is certain: something important has definitely changed.

Kwaaang! Kwaaang! Pfft! Pfft!

Crazy continuous bombing

It was certainly not light, as it was a chain of bombings that the human army was risking their lives for, but there was nothing he could do about himself, who had reached the realm of the gods. It was only a temporary hold-up. If his power was reduced even a little, he could counterattack. So this couldn’t be that great.

‘Are the warrior and the white dragon preparing something?’

Because at this moment, there were only those two who could cause a change in the situation. So, that was all the Demon King could think of. However, he could never think of that as the Demon King’s fault.

no way….

Neither a warrior nor a dragon

Although he has a special title as a warrior’s teacher, he is still just a human being.

It would not be strange if the Demon King had not expected that he would be involved in a great transformation that would change the course of the world at this moment and bring about such results. From his perspective of having reached the realm of the gods, it was as absurd for a mere human to do such a thing as an ant using great magic. Jade, the warrior’s teacher, had done something as absurd as an ant using great magic.

This was that kind of story.