The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 362



363 – The weight of the seat

A heated debate continued endlessly.

“To deal with the cult leader, you need Roel’s power. That means we have to kill the immortal Roman and immediately persuade Roel. Do you understand now what I mean about having no time to relax? “If it’s Roel now, there’s a good chance he can move ahead of us.”

When Raelan presented his opinion in a low voice, Eunice immediately objected.

“But nothing changes that way. Ross, who massacred Ludwig’s citizens in another world, ultimately failed. Shouldn’t we approach it differently this time?”

“The problem is that there is no time for that. Don’t you know that just gathering the troops in the North and secretly sending them to the South will take time? “We must decide our actions within today so we can invest time in persuading Roel.”

The opinions of Raelan, who wanted to give up Ludwig, and Eunice, who wanted to minimize the damage at all costs, clashed.

Away from the two’s argument, Ellie was talking with Estelle and writing down information about the immortal Roman on a portable blackboard. Luna and Lamine quietly watched the discussion and were lost in thought.

The parallel discussion eventually turned into persuading me that I had a choice.

Raelan turned his head to me with an annoyed face and said.

“As time passes, we will consider ourselves fortunate that only 1.4 million people were sacrificed. Now that Bella has become emperor, there is no time to delay. Unlike Ross the Slayer, we will take down Ludwig with only the power of the North. “It’s a plan that has nothing to do with Ross, the Slayer from another world.”

In response to Raelan’s persuasion, Eunice spoke with an earnest expression.

“You are the last Loss. You must create a new situation and turn the failures of the previous Loss into successes in order to break the chain of failures. I am strongly convinced that abandoning Ludwig’s citizens will not be good for persuading Roel, who has memories of the previous world.”

I wiped my face and asked them to give me some time to think. Raelan and Eunice nodded with dissatisfied faces and glared at each other again, continuing to argue without stopping.

My mind was racing and I got up from my seat. I wanted to get away from the discussion for a moment and gather my thoughts. I approached Ellie and Estelle, who were talking and organizing records about the immortal Roman.

“What are you doing?”

In response to my question, Ellie and Estelle did not even look back, but spoke with their eyes fixed on the blackboard.

“I’m looking into whether there is a way to nullify the powers of the immortal Roman. “If it’s magic, I’m sure we can find a way.”

“Do you think there’s a chance?”

In response to my question, Ellie sighed and said.

“No, it is most likely an ancient magic that was put into practice. If I had enough time, I could keep researching and find a way… “It’s impossible in a week.”

As if he wasn’t giving up even though he said that, Ellie was lost in thought again, comparing the paper with information about immortals and the blackboard. She said as Estelle, who was by her side, placed her hands on her waist.

“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with Raelan or Eunice’s opinions. I think both opinions have their own merits. But the direction of choice is completely different. Depending on which opinion you choose, our ending will definitely be different.”

“… “I know.”

Now I stand at a crossroads of choice. Depending on which guide you choose, your future story will be completely different. I felt a heavy sense of responsibility for having to make choices that would determine the fate of the world.

I needed some alone time to think, so I headed to a corner of the basement away from the crowd. I sat down on the floor with my back against the wall, looking at my colleagues, lost in thought.

Eunice’s words hit the point. There was a concern that if Roel killed an immortal in the same way as Ross in the other world, he would be repeating what he had already failed to do once, so he would refuse to persuade him.

Killing the immortal Roman ruins Roel’s plan, and as Raelan once said, it doesn’t change the fact that we must become the next best option for new salvation.

That means that the possibility of change must be proven to Roel by killing immortals in a different way than in other worlds. I thought that was the most important goal of this job.

But I don’t know any other way to kill an immortal. The reason Ross from another world became a slayer was to prevent the resurrection of the immortals by eliminating all the parasite hosts.

Is there really a way to kill the immortal Roman without killing the innocent citizens of Ludwig?

As I was thinking for a while, a shadow suddenly appeared and obscured the light, making my vision dark. When she raised her head, she made eye contact with Luna, who had come closer.

Luna, who took the seat next to me without saying a word, put her legs together in front of her chest and smiled.

“Because it seems difficult to worry.”

At Luna’s words, I sighed as if to prove it.

“Because I can save the world only if I make the right choice.”

“You can do it. “Ross is a writer who creates good stories.”

Luna said that and held out something she was holding in her hand.

“This is… ?”

“I asked Amber for it and got it. “Reflect on what kind of person Ross is and what path he must take.”

While saying that, Luna passed the acorn into my hand.

acorn.

A small gift received from saving a village child.

It was something that really had a big impact on me when I was lost and wandering in the early days of Possession.

As I was staring blankly at the acorn in my palm, Luna wrapped my hand with both hands and looked straight at me with her blue eyes and said.

“I believe Ross will become a hero who will protect everyone.”

Luna’s voice was full of faith in me. She wanted to repay that trust and had a strong desire to prove it.

At that moment, something to do came to mind. In Luna’s words, there was a path for me to follow.

As Luna said, you can become a writer who creates new stories. Roel can show new hope by defeating the immortal Roman in a way he has never seen before.

I handed the acorn I was holding in my hand back to Luna.

“Please keep it.” “I think I’ll need it next time.”

I said with a smile, and Luna smiled brightly and nodded.

“If you need anything from now on, just let me know. I’ll always be by your side.”

I stood up vigorously. Then, walking towards the table where everyone was, he took out Lily’s mask from the space storage.

The artist embodied the essence of the artist and wore the mask along with covering his soul with the mask.

All the distracting thoughts in my head disappear. It feels as if I am extremely focused on this moment. In the silence, I was able to find scattered clues and flows.

The story is not a short story. Each is connected with its own flow. This can be reconnected and modified to create a new story.

“stop.”

My brief words brought silence to the table that had been intensely debating. Eunice, Ellie, and Lamine, who had never seen me wearing a mask, looked shocked and wary.

“I learned how to wear a mask properly from Estelle.”

Raelan laughed as if it was fun to see me wearing a mask.

I looked at Raelan in silence and then turned my gaze to everyone else. I instinctively knew that now was the moment to make a choice.

I spoke in a low voice.

“I will not kill Ludwig’s citizens. Our goal is only to become immortal. “It’s one person.”

Eunice sighed in relief, looking relieved at what I said, but Raelan frowned as if she couldn’t accept it.

“You must have forgotten the problem that in order to completely kill the immortals, Roman must kill all the parasitic citizens as well.”

“I know.”

Raelan snorted at my answer and asked.

“Then how do you plan to kill the immortal Roman without killing a citizen who could become a host?”

I was able to naturally recall all the information about the immortal Roman in my mind without having to look at the setting book. It was me, the writer, who created the character of the immortal Roman, so this was an easy task.

“Roman’s abilities are not omnipotent. There is a limit to Ludwig, and there is a restriction that the parasitic body must have magical power.”

I turned to Eunice. Eunice, who caught my gaze, shrugged her shoulders and met my gaze with anxious eyes.

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“The clues to targeting the immortals are already in front of us. I think Bella’s extreme methods are wrong, but I think we can use the essence of them in our plans as well. Eunice, think about it. “What have we missed?”

Eunice is a tactician who reads the situation. Although he is still inexperienced and cannot fully demonstrate his abilities, he has the ability to produce clear results if given the materials.

Eunice, who was slowly mulling over my words, opened her eyes wide, jumped up from her seat, and ran to the portable blackboard where Estelle and Ellie had written down Roman’s information.

Eunice, who had been looking at the contents of the blackboard and muttering to herself in a voice so low that she couldn’t hear it properly, turned around. Unlike before, I could see from Eunice’s confident expression that she had read the situation as I had intended.

Eunice slowly explained to everyone what she had realized.

“The Immortal accepted the Euron tribe, a minority group in Ludwig, with innate magical powers. To increase the number of parasites one can live on. So Bella from another world gave the soldier with magical powers a poisoned drink. “The purpose is to prevent Ludwig from being resurrected because there is no one with the magic power to parasitize the immortals.”

“Everyone knew that, right?”

At Lamine’s point, Eunice smiled and stretched out her index finger to draw a circle in the air.

“Think about it the other way around. Without magical power, the immortal Roman cannot live as a parasite. In other words, it means that a certain amount of magical energy is required for an immortal to be resurrected into the body of the host in which he was parasitic.”

Everyone nodded at Eunice’s explanation. I raised my hand to stop Eunice’s explanation and turned to Ellie.

Ellie, who caught my gaze, shrugged her shoulders with an embarrassed expression and slowly pulled her upper body back. My gaze was a burdensome response.

“… “Why me all of a sudden?”

It seems that Ellie still does not understand her role even after listening to Eunice’s explanation. I gave Ellie a little help to help her figure it out on her own.

“Magic power depleted.”

“huh… ? How could I… say that mana is depleted without any context? .”

Ellie, who was trailing off her words, bit her lower lip lightly and froze.

Ellie shouted, her obsidian eyes sparkling.

“We are forcing all citizens of Ludwig to deplete their magical power! If there is no magic power in the host’s body due to exhaustion of magic power, the immortal person will not be able to be resurrected due to the lack of magic power needed for resurrection!”