chapter 32
32 – Maybe, No way
Tenth challenge, tenth defeat. The humiliation and humiliation suffered ten times.
I’m angry, but something unbearable boils, but Enlil has a good control over my mind.
He planted something Leon had told him deep in his heart.
Live and win. The owner of the tower, I must use his arrogance.
Mana dwells better in an extremely calm body, so don’t be shaken.
If you go down like this, the strange eyes of the people of the world will fly away once again.
I won’t curse at myself or openly show my disappointment, but something like that will happen.
Has it failed again? But how did you come back alive?
No matter how many times you try, there is no noticeable result.
Even Enlil knew long ago the question that had been in people’s eyes.
But I couldn’t find a reason to answer that.
I just kept my mouth shut because I couldn’t be proud of myself.
‘I lived despite being defeated, and the other heroes died. It would have looked as if I was begging for my life.’
At first, I was afraid that it might look like that. I hated living so much.
For 100 years, everyone died doing their duty like that.
I was worried that coming back alive would be seen as something I wanted to live for.
But it’s okay now. On the contrary, the more it does, the stronger the flame.
Just wait and see. I will surely become stronger and return your actions to death.
Next is the eleventh challenge. I would have been stronger then than I am now.
In the end, if you can’t hold on and kill me, I’ll give you a laugh I haven’t had before.
If you’re lucky enough to save him again, and finally defeat him the next second.
You will sneer at your arrogance and say that your arrogance cost you your life.
“Okay….”
With injuries here and there, Enlil stepped out of the tower once more.
This next one will be the same. People who flock to him, people who ask for results.
And when I heard the truth, I was disappointed and comforted….
“Eh, Lord Enlil?! Are you really Enlil?!”
I was hiding my face from the blinding sun for a while, but someone screamed like that.
It’s like if someone heard it, the corpse would come back to life and come closer.
“Oops! Lord Enlil!! Sa, are you alive?!”
Huh? Enlil withdrew his hand and checked around the line.
Those who always see it are invisible, and only those who see it occasionally are present.
It’s a strange thing. While I was alive ten times, the people who greeted me were also fixed.
Where are they all going and where are these people here?
“Yes. You may be disappointed… We lost again this time.”
As always, he scratches his cheek with a bitter smile.
He said it would probably be fine next time, but still couldn’t erase his disappointment.
To be surrounded by people with such mixed emotions—
“Oh my God! Thank you!! Thank you so much!!”
“… Hey?”
People’s reactions are strange. It’s completely different from what I’ve been through just a while ago.
As Enlil was about to ask what the hell was going on, he suddenly had this thought.
I saw this scene sometime ago. When did you see When did you see this….
“Ah.”
I remembered. The first time he was revived in the Tower. It was the same reaction back then.
A time when no one knew that a hero could return alive in the Tower.
People were shocked when they saw me appearing covered in blood.
But it’s a strange thing. Why are you showing that reaction again now?
Enlil himself has been reincarnated for the eleventh time this time.
Although it is said that he was defeated 11 times, he still came back alive –
“Wait a minute.”
Perhaps he noticed something strange, Enlil calls the people.
Her The people who supported her watched her to see if she had anything to say.
“Why is everyone doing this? Did you think I was dead?”
“Yes! All of them! You will not know how surprised Enlil was!”
“Something flashed and it was the saintess who appeared. Since Enlil-nim showed up later than Enlil-nim, I had no choice but to know that Enlil-nim was killed in action!”
The moment Enlil heard those words, ah? And let out a sigh.
I know that your climb to the top is a bit later than before.
Because I had to waste time because of the mana technique.
But in the meantime, to think that the saintess, Seria, had gone up before him.
That means how much time did he spend on seniority?
No, no. That’s not what’s important now.
“I came back alive. This is Seria.”
“Yes. The extent of his injuries was incomparably worse than that of Enlil-nim, but he came back alive from the tower like Enlil-nim.”
“….”
She didn’t ask if she killed the owner of the tower.
Because it’s impossible in the first place. Right away she said she herself had been fighting the owner of the tower.
She said if Seria entered before herself, so if she defeated the owner of the tower.
I would have been sent out of the tower before I even reached the top floor.
“Then….”
“With this, there are two warriors in total. How the hell am I supposed to accept this?”
Before and after the full moon when Enlil enters the tower, the warriors continue to enter the tower.
And no one came back alive. So far Enlil was the only one.
So many believe that Enlil has something special that has never been there before.
Thanks to that, I think he can continue to challenge the tower without losing his life.
But this time it was twisted. Another survivor came out.
“How can you take it, man! Of course that’s a good thing! It means that even the owner of the tower cannot harm the hero, following Enlil-nim, one more!”
“Is that so? Hey! It’s not someone else, it’s the saintess, so that’s understandable!”
In fact, if you look at the history of 100 years, there are many times when even saints or saints entered the tower as warriors.
And they are all warriors. He never came out of the tower again.
That’s why it’s right that what they say goes against logic.
However, that fact didn’t seem to matter to them at present.
“There is another survivor besides me. It’s none other than Seria-sama.”
No matter what those around him said, Enlil was lost in thought.
He remembers the last words he said before leaving the tower.
“You shine more than anyone.”
I was never happy with the admiration or recognition of my enemies.
It’s just that I received such an evaluation from an opponent that no one had ever beaten.
The fact that he showed his arrogance and told me to try one more time set fire to his desperation.
I definitely wanted to overcome that existence and stand proudly on top of it.
In addition, he thought that only he had such qualifications.
Since the owner of the tower saved his life, he deserved to be killed.
He thought it was the best revenge, but he thought it was another destiny that only he had.
‘Have you become more arrogant? He sent down another warrior alive. Do you want to kill yourself that much? Will he continue to come back stronger?’
I was dumbfounded, but I want to ask what the hell was that thing I said to myself.
A body that has already come down from the tower, even a loser, so I can’t do anything more.
I just wanted to visit another survivor and ask him something.
*
“Whoa.”
Officially on vacation, unofficially returning to work. After finishing that, Leon returned to the academy.
This time, unlike the past, it really felt like I was going back and forth between hell and heaven.
Especially when I thought that Enlil was dead, there really was no more miserable moment than that.
There was Seria, which could be called a substitute, but it was the same as low pressure.
Her weeping and eating mustard saved her and sent her down, but her hope was gone.
The world will collapse and you will never be able to escape from this place.
In the moment when anger and depression were rushing at the thought, Enlil appeared.
‘Even with the transformation of the mana training method to suit the environment and to suit myself.’
It was groundbreaking. It was more important than any advance seen so far.
So Enlil has clearly proven the possibility that he can advance on his own.
If she does that in the future, she will soon be able to achieve what she wants.
After returning to the academy, Leone first went to see Edmund.
To announce her return from vacation and to inquire about Enlil’s situation without knowing it.
Then Edmund was surprised that another survivor had appeared.
He emphasized that all the heroes you taught were alive and that it was a great thing, and said that we should prepare a little more thoroughly and really destroy the tower next time.
‘Of course I should. Me and you all have to get out of hell.’
Thought so, Leon went to see Enlil next.
Actually, I wanted to see her first before her Chief Instructor Edmund, but with her order, she couldn’t help it.
“Enlil! Thank god. You came back alive this time.”
Even though you already know everything, you act as if you just knew.
I’m sorry, but I feel remorse, but it can’t be helped.
It’s not just for her, it’s for her and her whole world.
“Instructor Leone.”
But it’s strange. Enlil’s expression is not very bright.
As if he had heard some unpleasant news about her.
“Did you hear the news? That Seria-sama was also alive.”
“I just heard about it. Good news. If it goes like this….”
“Maybe. Instructor. I really want to ask you a question just in case.”
Kwaak-
Unusually, Enlil felt a bit urgent.
Wanting to know why this woman was like this, Leon waited for her next words.
“The fact that you treated me special… Just because I’m a survivor… Wouldn’t it? Yes?”