Ed subjugation battle (8)
Ed Rosstaylor.
Boss in the middle of Act 1.
A piece of trash who spits out lines like a third-rate villain and craves Tailley McLaure, but then shows his dirty side and falls miserably.
It seems like it was put in hastily to set the tempo at the beginning of the story, which can easily be drawn out… Such a wasteful person.
From the mid-bosses with all kinds of backgrounds that appear later, to the final bosses of each act who take on the role of a shadowy figure for different reasons.
All kinds of enemies stand in the way of main character Tailley McLaure, but Ed Rothtaylor is the most insignificant and shallow character.
From Yenica Palover, Glast, Lucy Mayril, Crepin Rothtaylor, and Sung Chang-ryong Velbroke.
Whether it was the weight of expectations weighing down on your shoulders, whether you were twisted by the pain of loss, whether you still had a promise to someone who left, or whether you had to commit pure evil to survive.
The dark actors who decorate the finale of each act stand on the stage with their own reasons.
So, to Ed Rothtaylor, who should have quietly disappeared without any narrative… What could have been allowed?
It is said that there is value in a life other than that of the main character, but the weight will definitely be different.
Even if the story is twisted and the final dark place is reached… What can he say and what circumstances can he spit out?
For him who wanted to leave his family and end his life in pessimism… How much of what I want to say is left?
Therefore, did not allocate any stage to him.
I quietly come down to the back of the stage, watch the sun set and reflect on life.
For someone who ruminates on an unhappy life in a place where the spotlight cannot reach, what a great story it would be if the stage were illuminated.
This is the story of everyone who lives their lives in places where light cannot reach.
Even if the flow is somehow twisted and you end up on stage as the final boss of an act, nothing will change.
From being a third-rate villain who makes an unsightly exit at the beginning of the stage, to becoming the final black actor responsible for the end of an act.
Even though many things have changed, in the end, there is only one purpose for which he moves now.
Let’s survive.
We must survive.
– Tuk, tuk.
As if answering that thought, one or two raindrops fell. I thought it might rain, but it was earlier than expected.
One or two drops fell on the bonfire in front of Ed Rosstaylor, and a little cloudy smoke rose.
Across the slowly fading bonfire, Aila Tris raised her voice to him.
You didn’t say you were going to do this.
As if it was no big deal, as if we were just going to spar once.
Ayla raised her voice and spoke to Ed Rosstaylor, who had tempted Ayla like that.
I have to go back to Tailley.
Ayla says so.
Ed Rothtaylor doesn’t answer, resting his forearms on his knees.
Ayla looks back. If she runs out immediately, what time will it be when she arrives at the Elte Commercial Building?
I suddenly remember Tailly struggling. Is Tailly really trying to break through all those walls? If that’s the case, I think he’ll be able to stay like that.
When I turn my head again, the dark side of all this – Ed Rosstaylor is quietly looking at Ayla amid the intermittent raindrops.
He is a much more rational person than Ayla thought.
He is a person who has a rational reason for whatever he does. That’s why I couldn’t understand the current situation.
─The rain is getting heavier. The same goes for the Elte Commercial Building.
Elte Commercial Building, 3rd floor. Tailly, facing Yenica Palover, quickly takes out his sword.
Intuition whispers to him.
You can never win. This is an opponent you can never beat, even if the odds are one in a thousand or one in ten thousand.
They can handle high-ranking spirits freely, and if you include middle-ranking spirits and lower-ranking spirits, their army is in the three digits.
If we can attack the main body, there may be a chance of victory, but there is no way we will just leave it alone until the spirits touch their master.
In addition, they are equipped with a lot of self-defense devices to protect themselves.
If you rush at it at a perceptible speed, a shock-enhancing wave ball will activate, and if you try to use magic, a magic phase shifter will activate.
Even if you defeat all odds and land a blow… The small hourglass hanging on Yenica Palover’s waist will nullify even that blow.
Legendary magic engineering supplies – Delheim Hourglass.
A legendary magic engineering tool that can only be created by spending a lot of time on magic engineering.
Even Ed Rothtaylor, who has a wide range of personal relationships, gives this treasure to only the most trustworthy allies.
Ed Ross Taylor, who will be standing at the end of the stage, is one of the people I trust the most.
As proof of that fact, the various support items wrapped around the girl’s body… Each one boasts high performance.
The weakening spirit whispers in Tailley’s ear.
Put down your sword.
Run away without hesitation.
No one in the world blames you. Even if you run away from this, no one will call you a coward.
I did enough. Blood is flowing through my body, and my legs are about to lose strength.
You can collapse here. It was a lot of hard work.
However, Tailley McLaure shakes her head. She dispersed the distracting thoughts rising above her head and opened her eyes, which were losing their sense of reason, straight again.
─The rain becoming stronger hits the outer wall of the upper chamber and slides towards the floor.
Clevious was lying in the front yard of the commercial building.
Elvira dragged him, who was completely exhausted, and somehow carried him under the small roof attached to the outer wall of the store.
He sat down on the floor and hugged Clevious’s head… I look up at the rain falling calmly.
─On the first floor of the store, Ziggs pushes away the debris and stands up, shaking off the dust.
There were no serious injuries. In the first place, Tailly had no intention of hurting Ziggs. He just wanted to get out of the way.
I never would have thought that an entire floor of this size could be destroyed with a single sword strike.
Ziggs suddenly sees rain hitting the windows in the first floor hallway.
I take a deep breath, sit down on the debris, and take a rest, hoping that no one is seriously injured.
After sitting like that for a while, he purses his lips as if he has decided on something.
Lortel, running through the midnight forest, also feels a raindrop fall on the tip of his nose.
After looking up at the sky for a moment, I take a deep breath and put on my robe. As we move towards Gyosu-dong, which is less popular… It penetrates deeper into the darkness of the night.
Lortel prays.
I hope everything ends well. I hope that I can get the real power of the business association back, and that I can warm up by the bonfire while exchanging silly jokes with Ed.
In front of Dune, who continues talking while sweating profusely, Lucy and Princess Fenia also feel the rain.
The guards rush out making a fuss and cover Fenia and Lucy’s heads with a veil.
The sound of falling rain penetrates Fenia and Lucy’s ears.
Dune took a moment to gather her thoughts, but the fact that she was in a corner didn’t change.
In front of Dune, who continues speaking slowly, Lucy shakes off her skirt and glares at him.
The same goes for Tracyana Bloomriver, who was sitting alone on the 4th floor of Elte Commercial Building, polishing her cane.
As raindrops pour down through the gaping hole in the ceiling, the girl shakes her hair and enters deep into the hallway.
After snorting once, he sat down nearby with his chin resting and quietly looked at the rain.
The fate of many things depends on this one night. The last dawn before school starts. People who look up at the rain with their own circumstances wait for the morning sun with their own feelings.
The same goes for Taily and Ayla.
– Kaaaang!
Sword clashes with teeth.
The teeth of the snake spirit that broke its body dug into Tailley’s right forearm. Tailly screamed and tried to pull the snake out with her hands, but it only tore the wound further.
Immediately afterwards, spirits in the form of lions and tigers rush in. He caught the tooth with his sword, but his legs lost strength and his body fell.
– Wajangchang! Kang!
It’s an attack that she would have normally been able to withstand, but Tailley is already in complete turmoil.
As she was hung on the outer wall of the hallway, the window broke and shards of glass fell onto Taily’s body.
Tailly screams, and the rain pouring in through the broken window hits Taily’s body. Rainwater seeping into the wound causes even stronger pain.
Just give up now.
No one is forcing you to hang on here any longer.
I hear that voice again.
However, Tailly grits her teeth and gets up again.
The open gate. Beyond that is the VIP waiting room.
Yenica Palover, standing quietly in front of the sofa, does not have a very good expression.
I don’t even want to beat Taily any further, who is running at me in such a state of disrepair.
However, that doesn’t mean she won’t keep her promise to Ed Ross-Taylor.
The face looks as if it just wants Tailly to give up. The last thing she wants is for Manshin to continue attacking her opponent, who has become Changi.
Yenika, Ziggs, and even Ayla now hope that he will get enough and fall down.
Nevertheless, Tailly… I stand up, my body covered in glass shards and water. The prosecutor’s uniform is stuck to his rain-soaked body, and his white hair is stuck to his face, making him look shabby.
Burning willpower. However, the sight of him barely holding on with his water-soaked face is extremely unsightly.
“I can’t believe how difficult Tailie’s life has been… “You don’t even know!”
A bonfire that has gone out.
Ayla shouts to Ed in the rain.
“That’s enough!”
“… ”
“You don’t have to go through this much trouble… “Taylor did a great job!”
The walls prepared by Ed Rosstaylor… No matter how strong-willed Taily is, he cannot break through.
She thought that he would simply provoke Tailley and spar with her a few times, but contrary to Ayla’s expectations, Ed was completely trampling Tailley.
Even if it was that severe, it was too severe.
I owe Ed quite a bit, and there are also quite a few things I feel sorry about. This is why Ayla joined Tailley’s proposal.
However, Ayla did not want to join Ed any further than this.
“You think you’re doing the right thing, Old Man Ed?! Even if Tailly gets stronger by doing this, is that for her own good?!”
Ayla talks as if she were screaming in the rain.
The darkness that decorates the final battle of the chapter. Ed Rothtaylor, a fallen nobleman.
Even if Tailly reaches him, overcomes him, and reaches the end of the ordeal… Even if you become stronger that way, does that mean it’s for Taily’s benefit?
“Don’t force your self-righteousness on Taily.”
The rain continues to hit the ground.
The sound of pouring rain blocks out half of the sounds of the world.
Nevertheless, Ayla’s voice clearly reaches Ed.
Ed got wet in the rain… She lowered her head and did not respond to Ayla’s pitiful cries.
“Taylor… Tailly… ! That’s enough. If this is enough… I did enough… ”
“Ayla Tris.”
Ed Rosstaylor quietly stands up and looks at Ayla.
Ayla took her breath away when she saw Ed’s more serious expression than she expected.
Ed Rosstaylor was a man who always acted calmly and rationally. When she saw emotion in his eyes for the first time, Ayla was so embarrassed that she even forgot to breathe.
He is the first person that comes to everyone’s mind.
Ayla Triss, the companion who was by the main character Tailley’s side and always encouraged and affirmed him.
I lived in a reality like hell. Whether it is under fire on a battlefield or the sight of a city drunk at peace. Nothing has ever been painless.
That may be why I found comfort in seeing Tailly. While playing Sylvania’s failed swordsman several times, I received a lot of encouragement from seeing him overcome difficult trials and harsh fates.
Even though it was a meaningless past now, it clearly remained in my memory.
Ed Rosstaylor came up in the rain and grabbed Ayla by the collar.
“Even if everyone else is like that, what if you don’t trust him?”
“… Ugh… what… “What?”
“She grits her teeth and holds on, but if you urge her to give up… What are you asking me to do? Not anyone else, Ayla… you… ”
Ed gritted his teeth and spoke to Ayla.
This is my first time seeing Ed Rothtaylor so close and with such raw emotion.
Not anger, not disappointment… It’s something in between.
He is completely different from the strangely mysterious Ed Rothtaylor, who was always quietly faithful to his duties on The Bachelor.
“To this extent… There’s no reason to do it… !”
“If we don’t do this, we will all die.”
“I beg your pardon… ?”
“I didn’t think you would believe me in the first place, but… Now, whether you believe it or not is none of my business. But if you insist so much, there’s nothing I can’t tell you why.”
Ed Rosstaylor speaks while holding Ayla’s collar.
“Either you treat me like a crazy person or a coward who makes ridiculous excuses… I guess it’s up to you… ”
Seong Chang-ryong Velbroke.
As soon as that name came out of Ed’s mouth, Ayla’s pupils twitched greatly.
The final bosses who close the stage always have a burden on their shoulders.
However, the set stage has already gone awry.
Act 4 has ended, but I don’t even know if I’ve properly entered Act 5. Nowadays, everything is a labyrinth.
The final battle of each act has already been delayed for several months, and it has been a while since the love affair has lost its meaning.
Right now, we don’t know when Bellbroke will be resurrected or when the story will end.
It became impossible to know whether Act 4 would be followed by Act 5, or whether it would be the end of the story.
Even my goal of living leisurely with the goal of getting a diploma has long been meaningless. The world is already not leaving Ed Rothtaylor alone.
With the weight of the rain pressing down on his shoulders, Ed Rosstaylor, clutching his collar, speaks while soaked in the rain.
His appearance reflected in Ayla’s pupils… Infinitely serious.
If you have entered Act 5 properly, the final boss who will end the story has also been decided.
Fallen Aristocrat, Ed Rothtaylor.
This is the name of the person who must close this stage that is spreading without direction.
*Yenica Failover does not even move.
Even the way he looks at Tailly is so cold that it cannot be compared to her usual appearance.
– Kaang! Whoa!
Tailly, who was digging into the side, fell with one swipe of Tarkan’s tail. Tailly, who slipped and fell once along the wall of the VIP waiting room, gets up from the dust.
There is barely any consciousness left. It almost seems like it moves based on instinct. It would not be strange if the pupils immediately rolled up and lost consciousness.
Yenika swallowed dry saliva.
It seems like a fight with Ottogi, which gets up again even after being beaten again and again. If I do this, I might lose consciousness, but I never give up.
Rather, Tailley’s attack patterns were becoming more and more diverse. While holding on tightly to prevent his reason from being lost, he is thoroughly seeking a methodology to win.
This is an opponent that can never be defeated by simple force.
However, there is always a way to beat the spiritists. It is to subdue not the spirit, but the spirit master itself.
Yenika quietly raises her staff. Various magical engineering supplies were hanging on the pitch-black wood, and various spirit formulas were also engraved on it.
‘Thousand-year wooden staff struck by lightning’. Yenika’s sensitivity, which had already reached its limit, soared even further.
Tailly gritted his teeth and kicked the floor and leaped. Tailly, who flew towards the ceiling, turns his body around and steps on the ceiling as if it were the floor.
What you are looking at is the main body of the Yenica Failrover.
Sword Seongsik – Elemental Slash.
Taily’s sword strike, which cuts even the elemental spirits in two, eliminates all lower-level spirits around them.
It disappears after being transformed into a body by the spirits that have been reverse-summoned.
Tailly flew straight through the ceiling and headed toward Yenika’s body.
There was no way the spirits would just leave Tailley’s movements like that. Tarkan tried to block Taily’s movement by swinging his tail… Taily’s elemental slash breaks Tarkan’s tail into pieces.
It is a technique that has an advantage over elemental spirits. According to events, even in the first act, Tarkan was unable to withstand Tailly’s elemental slash.
However, no matter how much superiority there is, it cannot overcome the absolute difference in force.
As Tarkan roars and emits magical power, the impact alone causes Tailly’s body to lose direction.
He rolls around on the floor and aims his body, but is hit directly by the elemental magic of the mid-level spirits.
Since I was already in dire straits, my consciousness would come and go even from the slightest shock. Her bloody body screamed, but Tailly aimed again and glared at Yenika.
Eventually, the next Sword Seongsik appears.
Space cutting.
He performs the Sword Saint Ceremony, which causes stress to his body, over and over again, and cuts down the spirits.
Nevertheless, Yenica Failover does not move even a single step. She succeeds in getting right in front of her nose, but soon her ‘Shock Enhanced Wave Donggu’ unleashes its power and pushes her Tailly away.
“Kaaaaak!”
It feels like my body is being torn apart by even a small impact.
Nevertheless, Tailley regained her senses and stood up. Gritting his teeth, he glared at Yenika.
“why… why… ”
Even while bleeding profusely, Tailly spoke through gritted teeth.
“To this extent… To that man… There is no reason to join in… why… I’m blocking it… ”
Seeing Tailly bleeding, Yenika also momentarily narrowed her eyes.
She is a girl whose heart is not that strong to begin with. No matter how much of an enemy they may have faced, seeing them grit their teeth and endure like that makes me feel weak.
Nevertheless, Yenica Failover’s heart cannot be broken.
Standing behind this is Ed Rosstaylor. Yenica Failover has no intention of sending Taily to Ed.
“It’s not that complicated.”
Jenica, standing upright in the dark, has not a single scratch on her body. He is someone who cannot inflict even the slightest wound with Taily’s power.
“Edgar… If you were a villain… ”
Yenika speaks clearly, without any change in expression.
“Then I’m a villain too. “That’s it.”
Whatever it is, Yenica Failover is on Ed Rothtaylor’s side. That fact will never change even if the world turns upside down.
“If you meet Ed like this, you will risk your life.”
Ed Rosstaylor is currently unable to fully use his magical power. The ring’s recoil remains.
No matter how devastated Taily is, you never know what will happen.
“… “That’s right, of course.”
“Then I have no intention of sending you to Ed either.”
There is no hesitation in Yenika’s firm tone.
“Give up. You know it yourself. “Your journey ends here.”
Elte Trading Company with drizzle of rain. Now the building has become a mess, unable to function properly.
Taylor McLaure can never penetrate this third layer.
That heavy reality weighs on Tailly’s shoulders.
– That’s right, bang!
The hand holding the sword slowly lost strength. Tailley’s great sword, overused to its limit, rolled on the floor.
Completely losing all strength in her trembling legs, Tailly knelt down and sat on the floor.
My shoulders slumped, like that… Tailly slowly closed her eyes.
“… ”
Yenika sighed when she saw Tailly like that.
You must have had a lot of trouble.
It wasn’t an easy task.
I was just about to report to Ed through the spirits that the whole situation was over.
– Woe!
Geomseongsik – Heogeomsul.
The strike that manifests a sword strike without a sword, using only magical power… It split the atmosphere.
Magical swordsmanship alone cannot pierce the forces of spirits protecting Yenika.
However, Tailley, who is almost unconscious, takes the next step using instinct alone.
“… !”
Yenica quickly wrapped her body in magic and picked up the Delheim Hourglass. However, the target of Taily’s sword attack is not Yenica’s body.
A huge fire lizard that acts as the commander-in-chief of the spirit army guarding Yenika’s body.
Even the severed tail was restored in an instant… That high-ranking spirit standing and occupying almost all the space in the huge VIP waiting room.
– Quack!
The next Sword Seongsik following the Heogeomjutsu appears in Tailley’s body.
Sword Seongsik – Dragon Slayer Sword.
The sharp blade, which cuts through any thick skin and scales, splits Tarkan in two in an instant.
The high-ranking spirit that even the professors were struggling with was torn to pieces as Tarkan closed his eyes for a moment.
There is little consciousness in Tailley’s eyes. Just guided by instinct… I tried to point my sword at Yenika, who acts as the main body of the spirit army…
– Kaang!
Just like that, Tailly rolled on the floor. Now I really don’t even have the strength to aim my body.
Just cutting Tarkan down took almost all of his life force. Before the pieces of Tarkan’s body could hit the floor, Tailly’s body rolled on the floor first, kicking up dust.
“… ”
Yenika looked at Tailly with her eyes wide open.
Tailly was struggling to somehow push up off the floor and stand up.
“Uh, huh… Wow… !”
He tried to get up somehow, but Tailly’s body no longer moved according to his will.
Yenika watched him quietly grit his teeth several times and then gently closed his eyes.
However, the fighting spirit is still alive in Tailley McLaure’s eyes.
That was the last variable.
