The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 430



431 – 99

An angry Lizardman could be heard growling lowly. It seemed like he was properly enraged by Raelan’s provocation, as his yellow eyes were shining as if he would attack at any moment. But I felt nothing despite the hostile gaze. I wasn’t happy about being the leader first, nor was I annoyed that Raelan’s anger was directed at me.

… Was I like this before? I don’t think I’ve ever dreamed of being a cool protagonist. There was something strangely empty about my chest. It feels like someone has taken away half of the invisible thing called emotion. Then I should feel light, but I don’t know why my heart feels like it’s weighed down so heavily.

Done. This is a problem that cannot be answered even if you think about it. With a sigh, he recognized the spatial coordinates and created a spear, and the Lizardman, who thought he was ready to fight, shouted loudly.

“I’ll tear you to pieces and make those hiding behind you trample on their comrades’ flesh and beg for their lives!”

As his tongue is long, he seems to be the type of person who speaks for quite a long time. Swinging a huge half-moon sword the size of his body, he applied force to the Lizardman’s thigh and rushed forward as if shooting. The ground shook so violently with every step I took that it felt like I could easily weigh over 300kg.

Is this what it feels like when a rhino charges at full speed? As a monster that has reached the realm of transcendence, despite its enormous size and weight, its speed was the fastest and most threatening of any monster I had ever seen.

I was quietly waiting for the right moment, and in an instant, I used my intangible breath and threw out my spear at the shortened distance. It was a precisely timed attack that calculated the enemy’s reaction speed and the speed of my spatial magic and spear.

Swish!

The moment the Lizardman, who had easily avoided a standard head-piercing attack from the front by shaking his head, was about to swing his half-moon sword to cut off my head.

Pow—!

The spear blade protruding from the dimensional exit next to the Lizardman’s temple penetrated the Lizardman’s head and stirred his brain. The Lizard Man blinked once and fell down in the same stance he had been running in, sliding down until he touched my toes and stopped. The aim worked, but I wasn’t particularly impressed.

It seemed like the Lizardmen would move more efficiently as they reached the realm of transcendence. No, he was sure of that. In anticipation of avoiding standard attacks with minimal movement, a variable was created using space magic to avoid attacks from the beginning. No matter how fast I had it, if I took away the timing with space magic, I could easily enter the counter.

“… .”

“… .”

There was silence. Neither side expected that the fight would end in one blow. People who were expecting a gripping fight between those who reached the realm of transcendence scratched their cheeks or touched their noses when the fight ended so easily.

When I thought about it, it didn’t make sense for a monster to react to spatial magic that I had never seen before. Who would have expected that the spear blade that was easily dodged would suddenly pop out next to the head? I just wiped the brain fluid from the spear blade on the lizardman leather and waited in silence for the next opponent to come forward.

The monsters exchanged glances and took a step back. The Orc, who was staring at the Lizardman in a daze, tried to step back, but the monsters pushed his back and sent him forward.

“… “Holy shit.”

The orc swore, grabbed his sword, and rushed towards him.

***

Shouldn’t it be called an execution ceremony, not a grand battle? Raelan, who was watching the battle from the side, had this thought. He did not sympathize with his enemies. Raelan’s thoughts grew as he watched Ross repeatedly kill his opponents with one blow in an aloof manner.

When I met Ellie separately, I heard about Ross’ change due to Estelle’s death, but I had no idea that he had become this strong. Ross, who had been acting and fighting emotionally even after Luna’s death, was now completely in control of himself. He had no hesitation in killing his enemies, nor did he hesitate in killing his former allies for his own gain.

‘Roel was right. Nelson’s plan also succeeded.’

Roel is a person who has watched Ross grow up in many worlds. His conclusion was that Ross had to lose something to grow. Just as the saying goes that trials that do not lead to death make people stronger, the more Ross loses, the stronger he will become.

So Nelson thought Luna was important. No matter how desperate she is and how much she wants to die right away, if she had Luna, Ross wouldn’t be able to die. Luna was the growth engine and sacrifice that enabled Ross to endure any ordeal.

How strong can Ross become before he reaches the 10th floor? After Luna’s death, Ross was growing faster than ever. Estelle’s death even played a decisive role in Ross’s growth.

Looking into Ross’ blue eyes, Raelan could clearly see that he had lost something. Raelan didn’t care at all whether it was humanity or a part of Roth’s soul. People are parts. Ross is the core that makes everything that comes together and completes roll towards victory.

Use everything that is available. Luna, Nelson, Estelle, Navier, and even the Messiah club. There was no change in the idea that in order to win, everyone around Ross had to become a stepping stone for his growth.

As the saying goes, misfortunes overlap, and the weight of the deaths of people around him overlapped endlessly, weighing down Ross. When I thought about how freely Ross would be able to move when freed from that weight, I felt a sense of regret that it was still not enough.

Raelan tilted his head and looked at Ellie, who was quietly looking at Ross. Raelan had already sensed that she was secretly making plans with Eunice. The delay of Lycan, who had promised to join before the dome was created, must have had something to do with that plan.

Making a plate. It may not be just Ellie and Eunice who designed the board. So Raelan was truly happy. Upsetting someone’s game was the only pleasure Raelan felt in being alive.

Raelan just hopes that the ending of all these stories will not be empty.

***

[98/100]

A difficult problem related to the procedure emerged. The adventurers, who had no knowledge at all, were resting against the wall of the dome, leaving everything to the wizard. Just watching Colton, Valentine, and Ellie and Raelan work together to dissect and redesign the spell was enough to give me a headache.

Eventually, as time passed, Ellie solved the problem. Although she had help from others, she felt like she solved the problem almost on her own. Valentine and Colton looked at the talent of this brilliant genius with a mixture of envy and jealousy. Valentine even got hit on the forehead by Ellie’s cane when she tried to get close to her chest with Ellie, just as she did with me.

Knowing that the problem had been solved, the resting adventurers got up from their seats and quietly approached me. It seems that they naturally realized where the safest place was. Even the guild leader, Derok, is closest to me, so everyone comes to my side without any pressure.

“… Ha, it was hard.”

Of course, Ellie’s fixed spot on my left was cleverly left empty.

“great job.”

“It’s very difficult… Thanks to you, the sense of accomplishment is no joke. It was difficult to interpret the technique because it was intentionally made dirty. “I think it’s possible to overlap, but deliberately mixing up the left and right sides to distort the direction itself and make it difficult to interpret is so vicious!”

Like other adventurers, I didn’t understand Ellie’s words and just nodded. In other conversations, Ellie was able to keep up with her opponents’ level, but in conversations related to her magic, she was busy spilling everything she knew. As Ellie let her grunts flow through one of her ears, she finally noticed that the numbers above her head had changed.

[99/100]

―――!

At that moment, everyone there felt a presence at the same time. There was someone standing across from us, in an area we couldn’t invade where monsters appeared. It is a human form. However, that body could never be called a human being.

Yeah, that thing is similar to a chimera. The gray flesh could not be called skin. It had two large eyes on the back of its hand, and its abdomen was open, exposing its teeth. The wings on its back were folded like a cloak, and its face had three closed mouths and numerous eyes.

“… Wow, crazy.”

Derok cursed without realizing it. Other adventurers couldn’t do the bathtub. By simply standing there, it overwhelmed the presence of all of us.

It was similar to the presence of Roel who tried to kill me in another world.