chapter 100
100 . The end
Leon’s face as he turned his head for a moment was miserable.
The children must have relieved all the stress they received from him so far, leaving traces of it intact on their bodies.
A hole the size of a human head had been pierced where the heart had been, and the arms and legs were bent in bizarre directions, ready to fall off the body at any moment. In addition, both eyes were gouged out and rolled on the floor, and the head that had been stiffly raised was also turned in a direction it shouldn’t have turned.
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Furthermore, the last time he was pierced from the top of his head by the holy sword he boasted until his saliva dried up was so brutal that an ordinary person would be traumatized.
Isn’t it sad that the end of a friend you’ve known for a long time looks like that?
Not at all.
Rather, I don’t even feel any emotions, so maybe I’m the one who lacks something? There was even such an illusion.
The most important thing to me right now is my brother’s work.
If the younger brother who opened his eyes saw Leon like that, he could fall into shock again and lose consciousness.
When I gestured, Noah, realizing my intentions, took Leon’s corpse and went straight outside.
After removing all obstacles that would interfere with the reunion, I slowly approached the throne, and Elia bowed her head and carefully moved away from her seat.
I definitely felt a different energy from before. Before, I felt stuffy, as if I was bound by something, but now, a much freer energy was swirling around my younger brother. The sound of his soft breathing also felt much more comfortable. I raised my hand out of emotion and carefully caressed my sister’s cheek. It’s a faded memory now, but I couldn’t forget this feeling.
I carefully held her hand. When I was young, the hand I held tight to without letting go. When I tried to do something by letting go of my hands, I always burst into tears, so I had troublesome memories. Holding hands like this reminds me of old memories more vividly.
As I stood there blankly with a smile on my face, Stella hinted at me next to me.
“Dad, what is your name?”
There was one name I had been thinking about for a long time. It was a name I would give if I ever got married and had a daughter, but I never dreamed that I would use it here.
“… Ella.”
The moment I said the name, something started to slip out of my mouth and into Ella’s mouth. I could see something supposed to be a soul separating, but it wasn’t unpleasant. On the contrary, I felt my heart swell. Ella, infused with my energy, flinched and looked as if she would wake up at any moment.
The wait didn’t take long. In the meantime, Ella, whose soul had entered her, opened her eyes slowly, and as soon as she saw me, her eyes widened as soon as she saw me.
“Brother? Are you my brother?”
The me Ella remembers in the past will be very different from now. A lot of time passed, and unlike before, I hurt people and committed a lot of evil. The me Ella remembers and the me now might be different people.
Nevertheless, Ella recognized me at once, and she looked for me with tears in her eyes.
Right after I saw her, I hugged Ella silently without saying a word. Ella, who came down from her throne and held me in my arms, seemed to be trying to somehow understand her current situation. Before long, Ella must have realized the whole situation. She spared her words just like me, and she stroked my back. Her small hand patting me as if everything was fine felt big today. I barely swallowed my tears, looked up at Ella, and asked in her weeping voice.
“Have you had a hard time?”
Ella shook her head at my question and gave her a wide smile.
“I’m fine.”
It couldn’t be all right. At a young age, he actually became a living sacrifice and ascended to the throne of the demon king. Although he had lost his mind all the time, it must have had an effect on his body and mind. Nevertheless, seeing Ella pretending to be okay to comfort me broke her heart. She couldn’t be in a place like this anymore. I held Ella’s hand tightly and said with a smile.
“Ella, let’s go back now.”
Ella seems to have accepted her changed name without any doubt as to whether the person herself could not remember what her original name was. Is it because after losing her name, she was granted it again? From the start, it seemed like she recognized Ella as her own name.
After getting up from her throne, Ella’s legs were inactive for a long time and she couldn’t walk properly. My wobbly legs soon lost balance and almost fell to the floor. Had it not been for my support, Ella would have bruised her body shortly after getting up. I couldn’t help but show her back to Ella and slightly bend her knees.
“Get up.”
Ella didn’t hesitate and climbed onto her back, clutching the hem of her dress in her hand and sniffing at her. I asked Ella in a playful voice.
“Why are you crying when there are only good things left?”
Ella spoke in an excuse as she buried her face in her back.
“… You are crying too.”
Since I was little, I was a quick-witted kid. He tried to pretend to be okay and started talking to him, but he couldn’t hide the emotions inside. I got out of the castle with Noah, Stella, and Elia’s support after I dealt with Leon.
Ella got a comfortable sleep for the first time, not forced by others, and I moved her steps carefully so as not to wake her up.
“Let’s go back… to home.”
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In the city burning red and polluting the sky, people’s screams did not stop.
Helga, who was watching the situation from atop the golem, muttered in a low voice.
“This is strange.”
At Helga’s self-talk, Olivia asked a question.
“What is strange?”
“No, usually when the chaos has reached this level, the remaining humans either unite with each other or completely lose their will to fight and surrender. But their attitude is a bit strange. Why are you defending all the way?”
As Helga said, the humans did not give up yet, even though half of the city was burning and disappearing. Even after seeing the unbreakable golem’s body and the destructive power that shattered the earth with a single swing, it did not break at all. As if you believe in something.
But Olivia dug into her ears at Helga’s words and responded moderately.
“Really? It doesn’t matter.”
Helga knew the strengths of Olivia and the other elves, but she didn’t know their limits. Her reaction to what she would be like was already decided.
“Yes? What if I come up with some kind of strange scheme?”
Olivia burst into laughter at Helga’s bewildered words.
“We are not even at full strength right now. I am just holding on.”
“Yes? For what….”
“You have to show the utmost despair to the guys who ruined the life of your dad and the person he cares about the most, right? Maybe all the other kids will agree?”
Olivia spoke again to Helga, who was speechless as she stretched herself.
“That’s not all. Wouldn’t the people need to see the moment Dad becomes the master of this world? Killing them all is no fun.”
Helga swallowed her saliva and looked straight at Olivia in front of her.
I already noticed that these elves had strengths outside of the standard. But where are the limits? Are there any impossible things for these guys?
In the first place, it didn’t make sense to resurrect the dead. Truly omnipotent, he had to be content with just having these guys bring him back to life.
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For Helga, the current situation wasn’t particularly bad. Putting humans under your feet and enjoying the given power and power to your heart’s content. Because it was what she longed for.
It’s better not to be curious about such a dangerous thing as to what these elves’ ultimate goal is. Even if it was a lifetime treated as a toy, I just had to enjoy it now.
There was something about Helga in her thoughtful eyes.
“Uh, that….”
Her sprawled hair, blood dripping from her unshoeed feet.
Her clothes were all torn and her flesh was exposed, and her eyes were wide open with fear.
Her scruffy appearance was far different from what she used to be, but Helga knew at once who she was.
“Maria? Why are you here?”
Olivia roughly tousled Helga’s hair and laughed out loud.
“Okay, everyone is here now. We can start soon.”
“Everyone gathered? What is that?”
Without saying a word, Olivia climbed on top of her golem and aimed an arrow at the sky.
The golden aura that enveloped Olivia’s body began to gather at the arrowhead before she knew it. The flow of her magic that shook even the ground around her made Helga tremble like an aspen tree. Her overwhelming aura, which she had never felt before, resonated with the momentum to tear even her air. Helga covered her ears to the sound of a thousand birds chirping and she sat down. Olivia looked at her sky without any movement, as if she was waiting for something.
In an instant, the moment when all the noise in the world stops.
Olivia released her hand from the taut bowstring. Her golden arrows shot through her clouds and pierced the firmament, and cracks began to appear in the sky as soon as the arrows disappeared. As if a mirror had been broken, an ominous energy leaked out of the sky that had begun to shatter, and it began to sway as if it were about to invade the land.
Helga asked Olivia in a voice that trembled at the unusual scene of her.
“What the hell is going on?”
Olivia raised the corners of her mouth and gave her grin, then she spoke briefly.
“Apocalypse.”