The Hero Party With Whom I Am About To Part Ways Is Obsessed With Me - The Hero Party With Whom I Am About To Part Ways Is Obsessed With Me chapter 209

209 – Epilogue-2

That holy sword, so mercifully, went towards the soldiers.

“Aagh!”

As if being hit by a huge blunt weapon, the soldiers hit by the sword flew through the air.

With the sound of breaking legs, the imperial soldiers screamed.

They tried to counter with their long spears, but they couldn’t reach them. Rather, the clumsy wooden spear shaft was cut like butter the moment it touched the holy sword.

“Lord, I don’t want to die!”

“Run away!”

The knights who were prepared for death realized that the tide of battle had changed in an instant.

Leaving their determination, dedication, and sacrifice behind them as if nothing had happened, the warriors moved forward.

“Call reinforcements! Shoot arrows!”

“Get ready! What are you doing!”

The emperor’s soldiers reflexively tried to stop him. Some people didn’t know that he was a hero, and even then, there were people who thought he had to fight.

However, the hero did not back down at all. Fierce resistance could not slow his pace in the slightest.

The soldiers who risked their lives to advance were able to stick spears into his body, but that was all.

The hero went on without changing his complexion and neutralized them. That hard skin was not even scratched by clumsy attacks.

The only thing the imperial soldiers could stab or cut was the clothes he was wearing. Even that, it was an attack he wouldn’t have hit if he had seriously tried to avoid it.

“Mmm, there is no time to hesitate! Help the warrior! For the Empire!”

The temporary leader, barely awake, shouted in a loud voice.

The imperial guards and Platinum Knights, who arrived late, alerted themselves to the shouting, prepared their weapons and rushed into the battlefield.

“don’t do it!”

And, the hero blocked it.

“…yes?”

With a surprised expression he had never shown before, the hero hurriedly stopped them.

“I’ll do it alone. I can’t concentrate, and something dangerous could happen. I’m just waiting here.”

“…All right.”

It was a calm tone that made it hard to believe that he had enemies in front of him. It was just as natural and peaceful as someone trying to carry a heavy load.

However, his sword did not.

Once again, his sword cut through the foe.

“Oh no! We’re going to die too! We’re all going to die!”

In a normal situation, no matter who the opponent was, the imperial family or nobles would have poured soldiers mercilessly.

However, some time ago, they thought, ‘If there are so many people, can’t one person win?’, and they were the ones who keenly felt what kind of damage they would suffer if it failed.

“Exit! The operation is a failure! Retreat first!”

“Who’s going to fall in at will! Are you saying you’re going to save yourself when it’s time for your soldiers to die after consuming only our soldiers!”

“That’s not the point!”

“It doesn’t matter! Shit, you were planning to fool us from the start! Now that it’s like this, even your neck…”

However, they were not an army with a unified command system.

What they promised was fight and victory. Everyone knew that there would be damage in the process.

The imperial family talked all night about who would take more damage and risk, but they didn’t consider failure.

It was natural. The news that Eleanor had returned to the palace with only her life attached after being beaten to death was such a public fact that even the most uninformed among them knew about it.

With intensive care from the priests, she could return relatively quickly, but it would still take her a week to fully recover.

And, the number of soldiers they could mobilize was beyond imagination. Virtually every soldier and knight in the Empire who had decided who they would support was on their side.

“If you back down like this… what do you think will happen? We have to fight somehow!”

So, I couldn’t accept defeat.

Eleanor’s popularity declined because she slaughtered knights and acted recklessly, but trespassing the imperial palace was disrespect far beyond that.

“Yeah, but that’s…”

“This old man still hasn’t figured out the situation? He said he was a hero! He said the person over there sweeping our soldiers was a hero!”

“…You’re scolded.”

“Yes. Eleanor wouldn’t know, the hero intervened in the battle for the throne!”

After all, Eleanor cannot ascend to the throne. She has admitted that she is not a descendant of the imperial family, and even after the coronation ceremony, she is only half an emperor.

Neither the ‘self-proclaimed’ patriots who were on the lookout, nor the neutral margraves would ever cooperate with her. Even if her powers increased for a moment, they could be subdued at any time.

However, the warrior is different.

“That means he’s the legitimate heir regardless of the imperial family! Once he goes through the coronation ceremony, there’s no way we can stop him!”

“Ha, but… How, are you going to beat that thing?”

The aged imperial family knew that such a monster could not be stopped by simply pouring soldiers into it.

“I have to do something! Kill! Go forward! Those who run away will be killed with my own hands!”

They desperately tried to kill the hero. However, no one died there.

Defeating countless people, the hero moved forward step by step.

“No, no, no!”

Like an irresistible death, with regular steps.

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“Did you finish your job well?”

“No big deal. No one was noticed, and probably no one was dead.”

A few days later, Eleanor’s wounds had healed as if they had been washed.

“…sorry.”

“Well, how about it. If you fall into a different world, you can play the role of emperor at least once.”

“My father said so too. But, I never… never thought he enjoyed it.”

“My mouth is long. Let’s start again.”

My sword struck her side mercilessly. Eleanor was hit by it without resisting.

It was an act that could be seen as a simple venting of anger, but my eyes were serious. Eleanor’s eyes, needless to say.

“How about this?”

“The side… Certainly, at this level, even an ordinary person’s life shouldn’t be affected. However, depending on the angle, with this sword strike, the probability of being hit in the ribs must also be taken into account.”

I ran my hand over her body, carefully sweeping away where there were no bones.

“Eww…”

“Oh, sorry. Anyway… it’s not as wide as I thought. It could be dangerous in practice.”

“In terms of life alone, aiming for the limbs is overwhelmingly safer than aiming for the torso. Other than death from shock, there is no danger to life.”

“Um… let’s do it again.”

As an objective perception, there was no reason why I should become stronger. As long as the demon king didn’t resurrect, he could defeat any enemy no matter how strong he was.

So, this training was just a test. Training with a moving mannequin that resembles a human so that I do not kill people even in extreme situations.

“Doesn’t it hurt?”

Of course, I was handy.

Because there was no other practice partner other than her who could move, move well, and give proper feedback whenever she was hit.

Besides, Eleanor was also quite a knight who transcended humans. As long as I’m making a clumsy attack that ‘normal people won’t die even if hit’, it won’t be dangerous no matter what.

“It’s bearable.”

She could have resisted if she wanted to, but she didn’t take it easy.

It was she who suggested this training to me, who was trying to prepare a moderately hard mannequin.

“…Well, he was that kind of person.”

“On the contrary, I’m happy. That I could be of help to Enerel, that I was able to see Enerel’s face so close that she neither hates me nor suffers.”

“We weren’t that close, weren’t we?”

she was laughing

It was difficult to adapt at first. The smiling faces of Enerel, Farseer, Nerwen, and Celia.

However, as we lived together, I could feel it. Rather than crying or frowning at me, smiling brightly made me think less of the past.

I don’t know if my request for a laugh sounded a bit intimidating, but they heard me and smiled. Perhaps the only thing fortunate among all the misfortunes is that it doesn’t feel like a forced smile.

“This is something I’ve longed for. Keep going, Enerel.”

“…great.”

It was like going back to the past.

No, if I really felt that way, I wouldn’t have felt this comfortable. This feeling was a new sensation.

In a sword-to-sword situation with her, it was definitely the first time I felt progress instead of fear and anxiety, disgust and anger.

“The shoulder is definitely effective. Even if the angle is slightly off, it doesn’t seem to hit the neck, so if you don’t smash the head, you will definitely be able to achieve suppression and fire at the same time.”

“Okay. Let’s try this angle again.”

I knew how to swing it recklessly, but it was not easy to drop the holy sword with just the amount of force I wanted.

That much, it was rewarding. I unleashed a smile on Eleanor’s shoulder with an attack with the perfect angle and appropriate strength.

Eleanor was laughing with me, as she had been throughout this couple.