The Hero Disciple Is Back - Chapter 75



74. The warrior aims for the Demon King’s crown

“Why…?”

The World Tree could only instinctively ask that question. She was so mentally shocked that she couldn’t think of anything, so the question just came out instinctively.

To that World Tree, the Demon King smiled naturally and continued to tell his story, as if he was reciting an interesting story he had heard at a drinking party.

“It is my privilege to be able to destroy this world. That is why I have the right to decide. The end of this world. But it was too vain. My staff was too good. As a result, the world was easily led to destruction. It was so simple that it was not even fun.”

“… … .”

“So Jim decided to give the warrior a chance. Send him back to the past, over and over again, dozens of times, hundreds of times, thousands of times, tens of thousands of times! So that Jim could feel a little bit of interest. So that Jim could create an ending that would satisfy him even a little bit!”

In fact, I should have thought it was strange from the beginning.

Why is it a regression?

Why did the gods only make them regress when they had left them with such great power? Wouldn’t it have been much better to give them the power to fight directly?

Regressing, regressing, regressing, regressing, regressing, regressing, regressing, regressing, regressing, regressing, regressing, regressing, just regressing… . Can’t that be anything more than a torture of hope? In reality, the warrior of the infinite regress had despaired. He had to despair, despair, despair, and despair again.

If she hadn’t met Jade in this episode, Sera, the warrior of Infinite Regression, would have died in vain and been regressed without being able to recover anything.

Yes, that’s right.

There was no god from the beginning.

What exists is

There was nothing but ‘absolute evil’.

More than that

Less than that

It never existed from the beginning.

“Do you… know how much… how much hellish pain that child suffered?”

So the World Tree had to ask.

Do you know the feelings of the victim who had to endure such hell due to that absolute evil?

Even if you ask such a question

Even though I knew I wouldn’t be able to hear an answer she could accept

She couldn’t help but ask.

Because she knew, even if she didn’t have any experience, through knowledge, how much despair and suffering the warrior of the infinite regress had suffered due to the knowledge they had left behind, she felt that she had to ask. As someone who knew nothing, but knew through knowledge, she felt that it was her responsibility to do so.

but

As she expected

The Demon King simply gives her an answer she cannot tolerate.

“For Jim to think about the human mind? Isn’t that an unbecoming act? World-bestowing.”

“… … .”

All that the countless women left her was knowledge. She had no experience, no feelings. Only the knowledge of words in her head. However, it is not that there is nothing. It is not that she does not know anything. To her, Sarah is not an irrelevant being. That is why she could not help but be angry.

therefore

She stopped thinking.

No matter how angry you are and how much power you wield,

You can’t kill the demon king.

Even if he hurts the Demon King

The Demon King will be able to recover in an instant.

In the first place, he had exerted a lot of effort to evacuate as many children as possible safely. There was no way he could do anything with the remaining strength.

Even though he knew everything, the World Tree had no choice but to fight.

Kugugugugugugugugu!

The forest is shaking.

Even though everything is being destroyed

The forest responded to the voice of the World Tree.

The Demon King smiled as he looked at the World Tree.

“Yes, use whatever strength you have left to your heart’s content. Burning you like this will also provide a brief thrill.”

“shut up!!!!!!!!!!”

The World Tree drew out its power as it felt the emotion of true hatred for the first time. The World Tree was able to truly experience the emotion of hatred, which had been described only in words and knowledge left behind by countless women, deep in its heart.

♧♧♧

Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, countless wooden arrows flew toward the Demon King. If it were not the Demon King but the Four Heavenly Kings, it would have been a very dangerous attack, but unfortunately, it was the Demon King. That is why it did not penetrate the black flame shield surrounding the Demon King’s body at all, and simply burned away in vain.

“Coolook! Coolook!”

The World Tree vomited blood. From the moment the fire of destruction that burns everything began to burn this forest where her true body was, her internal organs were destroyed. It would not be strange if she collapsed at any moment.

but….

‘At least that guy! At least that guy!’

I want to feed you a room.

Even if your soul is torn to pieces

I can’t close my eyes without hitting that absolutely evil being once. So by all means! No matter what happens!

As the one who knows it

As one who knows the truth

Because it was a hatred and anger that I couldn’t help but have.

But the hatred and anger of those who know are always completely covered and destroyed by a powerful force.

“Try harder, World Tree! This won’t leave even a single scar on my body! Leave a trace of your life on me!”

Hooo!

Whoosh whoosh!

The moment the Demon King showed his true colors, all the arrows created by the magic of the World Tree flying towards him were instantly turned to dust and disappeared.

“Coolook! Haa… . Haa… . Haa… .”

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The world tree eventually knelt down.

I want to fight more

I absolutely have to get at least one room… .

Unfortunately, the power gap was hopeless.

‘please….’

No matter how desperately you wish for it

The only thing that feels more certain is that the speed of my body’s decay is accelerating. Nothing has changed. I can’t resist the reality of my own helpless destruction.

The world has always been cruel and brutal, and that didn’t change even if there were special beings who had existed as the parents of the elves for a long time. Even the World Tree couldn’t escape that truth.

“Did you use up too much energy evacuating the elves? It’s a shame. It’s a shame. But this isn’t so bad either. It would also be a role that suits me to destroy the being that has such an angry face.”

“Shut up… You… You!”

The Demon King smiled as he looked at the World Tree burning with hatred and resentment toward him. Ah. This is how it should be. Without despairing in the face of his own power, he should burn with anger like that until the very end. The Demon King was satisfied that the World Tree, which had always met its end calmly, was showing such a behavior for the first time.

He spread out his hand and aimed it at the World Tree.

There was no reason to hesitate, as he had a face perfectly suited to giving the final blow.

“World Tree, I have clearly seen your final will. Now, I permit you to perish.”

With those last words, the flames of destruction began to gather in the Demon King’s hand.

Tuktuk

I bit my lip so hard that blood flowed out and fell to the ground.

Even if my blood vessels burst

The World Tree looks at the Demon King with burning anger and hatred.

Because there was nothing else she could do. She could only stare at the Demon King until the very end… There was nothing she could do.

That’s why she could see.

A pure white sword suddenly appeared

It means cutting off the hand that is gathering the flames of destruction.

“…brave”

It was the appearance of a warrior.

♧♧♧

The World Tree knew the warrior through knowledge, but the Warrior of Infinite Regression knew the World Tree through experience. That’s why she knew. Even if it wasn’t the same World Tree every time the turn changed… . After all, the World Tree was the World Tree. She couldn’t help but know what choice she would make.

No matter what anyone says

Even if we eventually drifted apart

Because she was someone he cherished and called his older sister.

So, even if you don’t want to know, you can’t help but know.

“are you okay?”

“…you.”

“As expected, they were all dying.”

“…how?”

“Children who know how to cherish their parents will know how to tell good lies.”

It was said that he had predicted what choice the World Tree would make and had taken action against the elves without the World Tree’s knowledge. Normally, it would have been impossible, but if the warrior of infinite regress had wanted to, he would have been able to do it.

“So why are you so angry when I don’t answer?”

“… … .”

The world tree could not speak.

What if she finds out that the miracle of infinite regression that was given to her was not given by God, but was a curse from the Demon King? Will she be able to endure it?

It was when I was thinking like that.

“I just told you the truth.”

At that moment, the Demon King, who had been quiet, opened his mouth.

Sarah frowned.

“truth?”

“The truth is that the power of return that was given to you was not given by God, but by Jim.”

“… … .”

Sarah kept her mouth shut.

The World Tree could not bear to see Sarah’s face. How shocking must the harsh, almost maddening truth have sounded to the ears of the person involved, who could not help but be angry?

That’s why the World Tree wanted to close both its eyes and ears. It was so tragic.

But what she heard was not a voice shaking from a strong shock.

It was such a calm voice.

“… So that’s what it was like.”

Even though I realized that it was not a miracle of infinite regress, but a curse of infinite regress.

Sarah was calm.

The Demon King exclaimed, “Wow!” in amusement at that reaction.

“Did you expect that?”

“I just thought it was strange. No matter how many different choices I made in this world and how many different outcomes I created, the ending of regressing was always the same. I hated regressing so much that I walked a path that no god would ever tolerate… But from the moment he calmly made me regress, I thought something was strange.”

“Then you’ve been suspicious of Jim since before?”

“It was in this episode that I was able to be certain.”

The reason was simple.

The reason why so many irregulars occurred in this episode was because Jade, the so-called brilliant soul, met the warrior. In other words, if all of this was really happening in the palm of the gods’ hands, the gods would have used Jade from the beginning. Sera knew very well how much the gods liked to use humans and how they had no hesitation. It was only natural that a god would willingly use any human to the bone if he could gain even a little bit of potential by using that human.

That is why, in this episode, Sarah was finally able to suspect another possibility and get a little closer to the truth.

It is not God who leads this board.

I’m talking about the Demon King.

but

It wasn’t just a story of despair for Sarah.

It was also a story of ‘salvation’ for Sarah.

because

“That means if I kill you, everything will be over.”

Sarah said this with confidence and aimed her sword at the Demon King.

The Demon King saw that sight….

“Hahahahaha! That is also true. Warrior, if you kill me, the curse of regression that has tormented you so much will disappear. That is, if you can kill me… . But that is impossible. I am the Demon King. I will not be defeated so easily…!”

But the Demon King could not finish what he wanted to say.

Kwaaa …

This was because a wave of pure white fire fell upon the Demon King from above as if it were a waterfall.

A magic circle was drawn right above the Demon King, and fire was pouring out from within it. It was a long-distance attack using space jump magic, a compromise between Sarah, who could not bring Leah to the battlefield where her life was at stake, and Leah, who wanted to help her mother in some way.

Sarah smiled at the sight.

“If you tormented someone that much, you must have been prepared to get beaten up.”