chapter 11
11 – I’m Not Wrong 2
“Ouch… omg… omg… “
The hero Elise lets out heavy breath.
With scars all over her body, she was slowly reaching her limits.
Although he was able to narrowly avoid the blows that aimed precisely at vital points, he could not prevent large and small wounds from occurring in the process.
The problem was that their weapons were poisoned.
Although the hero’s body had resistance to poison to some extent, the accumulated poison energy quickly took away her physical strength.
Even in the midst of this, the hero who defeated three attackers with his own strength.
However, there were still two enemies ahead of her.
On the other hand, her body was almost at its limit.
‘Damn it… Only the holy sword… If only the light of the holy sword returns, those guys… !’
Ever since she first held the holy sword, the golden divine power that had been emitted in response to her magical power.
However,
At this moment, no light was emitted from the holy sword in her hand.
No matter how much mana I injected, the Holy Sword didn’t respond at all.
This fact was giving her a great shock more than the pain of her body being eroded by her poisonous energy, and the gap that was created by this eventually drove her into a great crisis.
Like, she’s no longer a warrior…
As if to show that I am not a being chosen by God…
Just as her god tells her that she has abandoned her…
‘Ah… no… no… that… It can’t be! God can’t abandon me… This… This must be an ordeal… It’s just a hardship for God to test me!’
A far-fetched excuse even if you think about it yourself.
However, she had no choice but to think that way.
The light of her holy sword is proof that her god has chosen her.
It was nothing more than a proof that her actions were God’s will.
The disappearance of it means that her actions up until now are denied.
It meant that the biggest factor that had supported her spirit so far had disappeared,
For Elise, this was absolutely unacceptable.
Even if it’s true…
Never.
“Ah… Ah….aaa!!!!”
Elysee squeezes out the last remaining strength and injects magic into the holy sword.
Thinking calmly, her choice now was the most foolish.
A reckless gamble of pouring out all the remaining magic power in a situation where you have to do everything in your power to defeat the enemies in front of you.
However,
Already physically… And for the hero who was mentally cornered, there were no other options left.
“Please… please please… Oh God!! Oh God!!! Please!!!!”
Elysee pours out her mana while praying as if screaming.
I can even feel the madness… In that look that makes you feel instinctively creepy,
The attackers had no choice but to hesitate for a moment.
Then…
– PAT!!!
“!”
“Ah!”
The next moment, the holy sword suddenly started to glow with light.
Elise’s face, which had been screaming at the same time, began to brighten as it was.
“Ha… hahahaha… okay… yes! No way… It can’t be! That I was abandoned by God! There’s no way such nonsense could have actually happened!”
Elise bursts into light as she sees the new sword that emits light.
However,
Seeing her like this, the assailants felt that something was wrong with her.
The light emitted from the holy sword.
At first glance, this doesn’t seem to make much of a difference.
However,
A bright flame so bright that it stings your eyes at this moment.
It’s not the golden light that is the symbol of God…
A purple shimmering in pure white light…
“Huh?”
“Huh?”
The flame of a holy sword that suddenly goes out before it accurately captures something strange.
Immediately after that, they saw the figure of the fallen hero on the floor.
The figure of the hero who seemed to have completely lost his mind, perhaps because of the aftermath of forcibly revealing the light of the holy sword.
So, the two raiders thought that they were mistaken, and for now, they moved to retrieve the fallen hero as planned.
Then…
“This is so… It is a rare scene.”
“Laugh!”
“Who… Who are you?”
The next moment, someone’s voice suddenly came out.
The assailants’ eyes then turned towards the sound…
Then their faces hardened as they were.
“What… what? All… you… Why are you here?”
“Oh, if you know me, it would be quick to talk. If you quietly step back, I will turn a blind eye to this incident. But if you want to resist… I don’t like it, but I will try my best.”
With those words, that person slowly walks forward.
He is wearing a monk’s robe,
A graceful elf woman with neat black hair and green eyes.
Who she was, the assailants couldn’t possibly know.
One of the members of the warrior party.
One of the continent’s greatest priests who, along with the pope, is said to be able to hear the voice of God.
Elf Saint
Frieza.
At the same time as her appearance, the area was flooded with divine power that felt a cold chill.
“F… Freder… “
“Oh… You misunderstood. We just… “
“Misunderstanding? Please tell me what kind of misunderstanding it is. If it is something that can be disclosed to many people in that banquet hall, I will gladly listen.”
“Kuh… “
The two keep their mouths shut at her words.
While watching this, Frieza lightly swung her sleeves as it was.
Then, in her hand was a huge scythe she didn’t know where she had pulled it from.
A scythe that sheds divine power wrapped in cold air.
Seeing it as a clear warning, the two realized that they had no choice.
“Let’s go.”
“Chit… “
The raiders who took the rest of their fallen comrades and disappeared somewhere
Immediately after sorting out the situation, Freeza approached the hero who was lying on the floor.
*
Head throbbing pain,
Among them, the hero Elise struggled to open her eyes.
“Damn it… what the hell is this… “
What you see is the familiar appearance of the room.
At least she felt relieved that she hadn’t been taken somewhere unknown.
Then.
“Are you awake?”
“!”
A familiar voice.
At this, Elise turned her gaze towards the sound.
Then, a person started to come into her eyes.
The moment she recognized the man’s face, Elise couldn’t help but be taken by surprise.
“F… Frieza? Yes… how do you… Could it be that you saved me?”
“As a result… I think we can do that.”
A colleague of the warrior’s party, Frieza disappeared immediately after the expedition, leaving behind the words that he had no interest in the banquet.
She thought that due to her personality, she would have gone to an orphanage somewhere in the countryside, and her friends, including her hero, didn’t pay much attention.
Feeling grateful for the fact that she saved her, Elise spoke in a voice filled with a bit of relief.
“Thank you very much. I could have been in real danger, but thanks to that, I survived.”
“It is only natural to protect one’s comrades. Don’t mind by the way… What the hell were they doing?”
“I don’t know exactly. It’s clear that they’re not normal guys if they’re just doing things here in the ecliptic.”
“Besides… To the point of defeating you with a new sword like that, you wouldn’t be an ordinary strongman.”
“Ummm… what. Yes.”
At that moment, the warrior could not tell the fact that the light of the new sword was turned off.
Especially if that person was Frieda and not another colleague.
‘I did help, but… This guy still doesn’t like me. He doesn’t have to tell a guy like that he’s going to get into trouble… ‘
It was temporarily turned off, but the light of the new sword came back anyway.
She was honestly not sure what the cause was, and if she was a saint, Freeda, she might be able to give an accurate answer in this regard.
But nonetheless, Elise decided to keep her mouth shut about this for now.
This was also because there was a possibility that it could simply be a problem,
More than that, it was because there was still a distinct distance between her and her Frieza.
Frieza was the only one among the past warriors’ party who believed in the Demon King until the end.
Just like Elise once did,
Frieza believed that the peace the demon king had claimed was possible, and at the same time he was convinced that greater chaos would come if the demon king were toppled.
Because of this, Freeza opposed the task of defeating the demon lord to the end,
After Elise and others finally eliminated the demon king, a distance that was difficult to bridge between Frieza and them developed.
Even at this moment, I feel awkward from the skin.
“Anyway, I’m going to leave. Please refrain from talking about me to others as much as possible.”
“… Okay. Enter carefully.”
After that, Freeza immediately used magic.
A movement magic that opens space based on divine power.
The body of Frieza, who entrusted himself to it, disappeared neatly as it was.
The hero, Elise, was left alone in the room.
“… Heh heh heh… Heo Eo Eok… Heo Eo Eok… “
Right after that,
Elise began to breathe heavily as she felt her tension release.
Difficult breathing as tears pour out.
A memory of despair about the moment when I felt abandoned by God that I had just experienced.
Feeling it build up to the back of your throat…
She looked at the holy sword lying beside her with a trembling gaze.
A sword in a hilt.
Stretching out her hand with difficulty toward it,
The hero remembered what had just happened and bit his lip enough to bleed.
Thanks to Frieza, Elise has recovered somewhat,
It was a very simple thing for her now to draw her holy sword again and apply her magic.
However, at this moment, Elise couldn’t bear to try it.
Fear.
Even if she uses her magic…
The fear that the light might not return as before.
Trembling at the memory he didn’t want to think about, the hero began to tremble in bed without finally pulling out his sword.
‘It’s okay… no problem… Because God didn’t forsake me… I still… Because he’s the chosen hero.’
*
Those who hear the voice of God,
Gray Saint Frieza.
Standing alone in her little chapel, she silently prayed her prayers, her hands folded across her chest.
Thanks to God.
Compassion for those who suffer.
And…
The guilt she felt herself and the words of apology for it.
However,
To be honest, Frieder wasn’t sure if this apology, which had continued every day for the past several months, would really reach him.
The object of an apology is a being that is often said to not belong to God.
She didn’t even know if it was right to ask forgiveness from such a being in the name of God.
But, nevertheless, she continued her prayers today.
Whether the place he was in became heaven or hell.
I hope that her voice will reach you even just a little bit.
“Sorry… sorry… Demon King… “