The World After the Bad Ending - Chapter 102



The True Prince

The Sword of Heavenly Death.

The Sword of Cotton.

The Sword of Desire.

Famous swords known throughout the world were shattered one after another.

Each time, Ergo’s face grew more and more hardened.

It was only natural.

With expensive famous swords being shattered like this, it’s impossible for his face not to harden.

Just the shattered swords alone could buy a mansion.

This, even for Ergo, was a blow.

Clang!

Once again, a famous sword was shattered, and the pieces were thrown to the ground.

Stepping on the broken swords, I rushed towards Ergo.

Each time a sword was broken, the distance between Ergo and me was closing.

Ergo gritted his teeth.

He too was continuously exhausting his strength, endlessly wielding the Sky Swordsmanship.

“You wretched scoundrel.”

Once again, swords filled my vision.

My outstretched hand continuously struck down the swords.

The curtain of swords continued without end.

It felt as if I was trapped in a rain of swords.

However, even if my clothes were soaked by the rain, my steps could not stop.

The forest was filled with the deafening sound of swords clashing with hands.

But once again, I broke through.

The moment I emerged from the rain of swords.

Dozens of swords gathered before my eyes, forming a single gigantic sword that flew towards me.

It was like small fish gathering to form the shape of a giant predator.

My fist clenched.

At the same time, my body bent sharply around my right hand with the elasticity of my waist.

It was a fist I had swung countless times long ago.

With a clean motion imprinted on my body, my fist carried a strong weight.

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My back foot and stepping foot turned.

Simultaneously, the magic engraving on my elbow activated.

Boom!

The fist, made from a body of steel, shattered the swords all at once.

Through the gaps of the flying swords, my eyes met Ergo’s directly.

A thin line connected to his red pupils as he lowered his stance.

Power surged into the foot that stomped the ground.

Thud-

With the stomped ground, my body shot out like a cannonball.

The distance Ergo declared was continuously narrowing.

I saw him hastily gathering his swords to block me.

The shield formed by the gathered swords blocked my way once again.

If it blocks, I just have to break it.

The magic engraving was embedded in my clenched fist.

The extended fist shattered the sword shield once more.

At that moment.

A single sword flew through the shattered sword shield.

A sword no different from other famous swords.

However, the moment I faced that sword, my instincts felt a sense of incongruity.

This.

Cuts.

At the moment of decision, I abandoned the attack and twisted my neck sharply.

Spurt!

At that moment, a red line appeared on my face, and blood splattered.

Along with it, I discovered the golden aura on the sword.

‘Finally, he imbued it with sword energy.’

To cut through a body of steel, sword energy is necessary.

Only a few in the world can use sword energy.

Even at Jerion Academy, besides Ban and Iris, only Hania can use it.

But the opponent is a six-star.

Moreover, it’s Ergo, known as the genius of sky swordsmanship.

Though not as good as Ban or Iris, he knew how to handle sword energy.

“I told you.”

Two more swords floated around Ergo.

Both swords were imbued with the same golden sword energy.

Currently, Ergo can handle a total of three swords with sword energy.

More than that is impossible.

But those three swords can deliver the most fatal blow to me.

“There is an unbridgeable gap between you and me.”

The difference between having sword energy and not having it is like heaven and earth.

I am aware of this fact.

Moreover, Ergo has more than just sword energy.

Rumble-

High up in the distant sky.

A massive presence was descending here.

It is the sword of the giant god.

‘He has played his trump card.’

A sword imbued with the aura of three swords.

Even I cannot handle the sword of the giant god.

Ergo made his move before all the swords were destroyed.

Would the giant’s sword and the aura sword pierce first?

Or would I reach Ergo first?

But Ergo had one thing.

Something he hadn’t thought of.

He raised his right hand above his head.

The moment Ergo looked at my action with curiosity.

Boom-

Dark clouds gathered over the giant’s sword descending from the sky.

“Ergo Parazon, Your Highness. We need to correct one thing.”

Crackle-

For some reason, a blue lightning bolt shot out from the ring on my index finger.

“From the beginning until now.”

Rumble-

The dark clouds in the sky began to roar even more fiercely.

“I am the one attacking, and Ergo Parazon, Your Highness, is the one defending.”

“What?”

Before Ergo could ask again.

A fierce light opened its menacing mouth between the dark clouds.

On the clearing created by the falling lightning.

I declared once more.

Come.

Thunder Summoner.

―――――――!

The storm of lightning that swallowed even sound descended to the ground.

The fierce light that reached before the giant’s sword engulfed both me and Ergo simultaneously.

Ergo let out a silent scream in the face of the overwhelming power of the lightning.

But Ergo was not one of the Six Stars for nothing.

He summoned aura from within his body to forcibly protect his flesh.

When aura is applied to the body instead of the sword, it brings that much burden.

However, at least I could avoid losing consciousness due to the lightning strike.

Ergo’s eyes stared at me as if looking at a madman.

It was a face that couldn’t believe I would use the lightning strike to self-destruct.

So, I decided to tell him again.

This is not self-destruction.

Bzzzzzz-

Electricity surged in the hand reaching towards the sky.

The current that seeped through the steel body gathered around the right hand.

Accordingly, a spear of blue electricity was formed.

Magic Engraving · Lightning Catcher

I grasp the blue lightning of the goddess in my hand.

Ergo’s eyes widened.

He also realized the significance of the spear he now held.

I could feel the alarm of danger ringing in Ergo’s mind.

Ergo, the only prince.

A genius born of Parazon.

In front of such a genius.

A worthless third-rate villain declares.

“Try to stop it.”

I bared my teeth and laughed heartily.

At the same time, I activated the magic engraving with strength in my waist.

With the explosion of the magic engraving activated from the elbow, the arm swung with full force.

The blue flash devoured the atmosphere and raced forward.

Just before my vision was swallowed by the light.

Boom!

The giant’s sword finally pierced through the incandescent light and arrived here.

The giant’s sword and the goddess’s spear crossed.

Crash!

A deafening roar swept through, enough to shatter eardrums.

Even the overwhelming weight of the giant’s sword.

Unable to withstand the added power of the Goddess’s Spear, he was pushed back.

With a feeling of coughing up blood, Ergo gathered all the other swords.

Countless swords adorned the back of the Giant God’s Sword.

If he couldn’t block it, he would be pierced by the Goddess’s Spear and it would be the end.

Knowing this, he used all his might to block the Goddess’s Spear.

Sssssss-

White smoke rose in front of the Giant God’s Sword.

Sky Swordsmanship consumes considerable mental strength and power.

Drip-

Perhaps because of this, Ergo reached his limit, exhausted, and blood was dripping from his nose.

He breathed heavily.

Ergo’s lungs swelled and contracted repeatedly.

But in the end, he managed to block it.

He raised his head, confident of his victory.

And Ergo’s eyes widened.

I had already reached in front of him.

As soon as the Goddess’s Spear was launched, I was already running through the lightning.

Because he never thought this would bring me down from the beginning.

In Ergo’s faint pupils, my red eyes flashed.

My body was also in a mess due to the lightning.

But unlike him, I had already been struck by lightning twice.

Lightning resistance.

The resistance contained in my steel body allowed me to move even within the Goddess’s lightning.

“You b*stard.”

Ergo muttered a curse, spewing white smoke.

The distance he declared between us eventually converged to zero.

The outstretched fist struck Ergo’s chin accurately.

With a punch that was firmly planted in Ergo’s chin, his head twisted and flew away.

Thud!

Ergo rolled helplessly on the ground.

He rolled for a long time and then lay still, not moving.

I looked at the fallen Ergo and took a deep breath.

“I believe the promise made by the king will be kept.”

Apologize to Seron.

Soon, I too fell backward.

Boom-

Just before hitting the ground, I felt a soft touch behind me and lifted my head.

There was Iris.

“Feeling relieved?”

I nodded with difficulty.

Then Iris threw the sword of Parazon she was holding towards Ergo.

The sword of Parazon lightly spun in the air and stuck right next to Ergo.

Then, holding me, she moved and pulled out the sword of Baekmong that was behind the sword of the giant.

“It’s a memorable moment when my cousin defeated six stars. It’s a pity.”

Today’s fight between Ergo and me must not be known to anyone.

So when Iris smacked her lips, I smiled bitterly.

“If it becomes known that I beat the prince of Parazon, I will be in trouble too.”

“That’s right. It’s a secret between Hanon and me.”

Ergo is included too.

He is a proud man.

He won’t go around talking about this.

“There was one more trick to hide.”

Iris asked sharply.

Did she know?

As Iris said, there was one more trick.

But this was not something to use against Ergo.

“The trump card must be saved.”

In the meantime, I felt my eyes closing.

“Get some sleep.”

Iris said, holding me in her arms.

“Sorry, just a moment.”

He closed his eyes, surrendering himself to Iris.

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Seron Parmia.

She got up from her sickbed and was finally discharged.

Having eaten the lunchbox Hannon gave her, she felt full and in a very good mood.

‘Filled with what the prince sweet potato gave me.’

As she walked, thinking that, Seron saw someone approaching from the front.

The moment she tilted her head, trying to recall the figure.

Seron’s face hardened.

There was a blond man with bandages all over him.

His name was Ergo Parazon.

He was one of the six stars Seron had faced in the preliminaries.

Ergo hadn’t been injured in the preliminaries.

Why was he in such a state now?

Seron began to feel an uneasy premonition.

“Seron Parmia, right?”

When Ergo mentioned her name, Seron’s body flinched.

At that moment, Ergo bowed his head.

“I apologize for what I did.”

“What?”

Seron showed a bewildered reaction.

She never expected him to apologize.

Seron noticed the pendant around his neck.

It was the pendant Hannon had been wearing for a while.

At the same time, words flashed through Seron’s mind.

It was what Hannon had said when she was in the hospital room.

「I’ll just go and make him apologize.」

Seron’s eyes slowly widened.

In the meantime, Ergo let out a breath.

He shook off the oppressive demeanor that had always clung to him.

“To think there would be someone who would challenge me for the sake of their lover. Unbelievable.”

Ergo, who had lived his entire life being revered as the prince of Parazon.

Hanon’s actions were a first for him.

Perhaps because of this, Ergo felt his perspective had broadened.

Not all humans in this world look up to him.

That alone brought many changes to Ergo.

“You are right. That guy is a true prince.”

Someone who could do that for their lover could indeed be called a prince.

In reality, Seron and Hanon were not lovers.

But seeing Seron’s face, he couldn’t help but be convinced they were.

“He was a fine fellow. Take good care of him.”

Ergo turned and left as if he had finished his business.

After Ergo left.

Seron stood alone, dazed.

She had unconsciously placed her hand on her chest.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Her heart hurt.

Her heart was beating too violently.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Seron’s face turned bright red as she mumbled.

She realized one thing with her hair standing on end.

That she had completely lost her heart to him.

Ah, this.

I will never be able to cure this.

The love that had clung to the memories of her childhood.

Finally, today, it had fully blossomed.

A flower that will never wither.

“…That fool.”

But it’s okay.

Even if it can’t be healed in my lifetime, this unparalleled euphoria was the most beautiful thing in my life.

“I’m gonna give you a real kiss, you know.”

And Seron’s smile was just as beautiful.