Bellbroke Subjugation Battle (15)
No matter what happens to the people offstage, the story on stage moves on.
The moment Ed Rosstaylor and Sylvania disappeared into the space curtain, the battle suddenly quieted down.
Yenika, who was completely in a state of death, fell to the ground, and the spirits that covered the sky disappeared one by one.
The same goes for Lucy. The ring he was wearing on his hand was unable to withstand the astronomical amount of magical power and shattered into pieces. He stumbles towards the direction where Ed disappeared, and eventually falls to the floor.
There is no longer anyone who can stop the monsters that cover the sky.
Once again, Belbroke’s monster tribe covers the skies over Aken Island.
There seems to be no end. Even though I tried to kill it like that, it keeps coming.
However, human resistance also does not end.
New forces invade the square where only the dying Yenica and Lucy remain.
The cathedral knights led by Saint Clarice, and the mercenary corps led by Hoeju Deputy Lortel…
Clevius, the blood-mad swordsman, a group of combat club students following Dyke, and student members led by Tanya Rosstaylor…
They arrive one by one and participate in the battle.
Suppressing the crowds of monsters, we advance to the center of the square.
Withstanding the magic power of Velbroke that occasionally flies in, and neutralizing the magic thrown by the monsters… They headed towards the center of the battlefield.
The first person to arrive was Lortel Kecheln, the acting head of the Elte Company.
Lortel discovers blood stains under the collapsed spire, the remaining elemental energy of Ed’s magic, and the fallen Yenika and Lucy.
He gives instructions to the mercenary unit of the company to take care of the two people and calmly assesses the situation.
The numerous spirits and traces of aspect magic seen just now mean that a fierce battle took place.
Here, Yenica and Lucy fought for Ed until the very moment of death.
It was not a bloody battle that took place on stage under the spotlight.
A fight off stage that only people in the know know about. However, it must have been such an intense battle that its ferocity was incomparable to any other battle.
Lortel is a generation of shining protagonists.
Therefore, that place is not Lortel’s stage.
Lortel quietly looks up at the sky.
Belbroke was struggling in chains. Perhaps that gigantic Seongchangryong is the final enemy that everyone’s highly anticipated hero must defeat.
Walking along the path of the hero is the path. If you walk steadily along the unfolding path, a bright and beautiful ending will await you.
However, those standing next to Ed Rothtaylor are ultimately the ones below the stage.
I quietly look at Yenica and Lucy, who are all in disrepair.
Although the two continued their fierce and arduous fight, they ultimately fought next to the man.
This is the crucial difference between Lortel and the two.
The fact that the stage you are standing on is different, which ultimately creates a strange gap at important points.
I’m not used to the distance, and a strange feeling of loneliness begins to rise in my heart…
─Soon, he slowly smiled.
“I’m sorry, but I’ve never lived up to the correct answer.”
It reminds me of Ed Rosstaylor, who was obsessed with graduation and had only focused on survival until then. Wasn’t he Lortel who smiled seductively and declared that when the time came, he would drag you away?
Starting from a group of poor people who were told to give up their dreams of becoming wealthy, they have reached the peak of wealth. Lortel Kecheln was already accustomed to resisting what he called fate and fate.
Plus, the end of the stage is just around the corner. Did you think you would be frustrated here?
While taking care of the injured Yenika and Lucy, Lortel lowered his head beneath his robe and smiled.
Seong Chang-ryong Velbroke.
If the thing blocking the way between Ed Rothtaylor and his stage is that huge monster, all you have to do is get rid of it.
When the curtain falls, the stage ends.
When the stage ends, the shining main characters also come down.
Looking at the stairs leading down to the stage, Lortel smiles coquettishly.
The stage prepared by Ed Rosstaylor is coming to an end.
Once everything is done, you go down the stairs and slowly seep into the world the man lives in.
Eventually, the Belbroke subjugation team, led by Taily, stormed into the square, and everyone finally gathered in one place.
Tayley McLaure, Ayla Triss, Fenia Elias Cloel, Lortel Kecheln, Ziggs Epelstein, Clevious Nortondale, Elvira Anniston.
The generation of protagonists, each with their own circumstances in their arms, gather in one place and look up at the roaring Belbroke.
The stage curtain slowly rises.
Tailley McLaure will win.
He was the main character.
*When I opened my eyes, barely able to control my blurred vision, I found myself in a pure white space.
Had he completely lost consciousness? She looked around her in a dazed state for a moment. She frowned for a moment at the sudden pain in her body, but she managed to hold on.
There was nothing much to see.
I was sitting on a simple wooden chair. That was everything in this pure white space.
And on the chair opposite, a familiar girl was sitting.
He had shed a lot of blood, just like me, and his luxurious-looking wizard’s robes were also covered in red blood.
The girl with her pure white hair neatly down is the great sage Sylvania Robester.
When she saw that I had opened my eyes, Sylvania closed her eyes and seemed to be contemplating what to say.
I was the one who spoke first.
“Since when did you come to your senses?”
Facing the fear of an abyss with no end in eons of time must have been more difficult than expected.
So there was no need to argue.
“From around the time I saw Glaskan.”
Sylvania’s voice was thinner than expected.
It is quite different from when I was consumed by madness and lost my reason. However, with his eyes downcast and a dark expression on his face, he did not look very confident.
“I was feeling uncomfortable even before that. “I guess I was thinking that my life was just a series of futile struggles as I was slowly being swallowed up in the abyss.”
“It’s worth it.”
I sympathized with him, but did not necessarily offer comfort.
The only person who can comfort Sylvania Robester is herself.
Feeling that my body was no longer strong, I placed my weight on the back of the chair.
“here is… ”
“It’s a gap in space. “If you hide inside the space curtain, you can be completely separated from the outside world and free from all damage and influence.”
“You have all kinds of amazing experiences.”
Slowly, I strengthened my lower back and moved my head forward. Then, the strength in my lower back suddenly disappeared, so I was able to speak with my arms resting on my knees and my head down.
“Your life was not meaningless. Because I’m here.”
Not comforting or anything, just telling the truth.
“I am the proof.”
It’s not that I have a duty to protect, but I still say that much.
Even if he is a great sage of the century, he is ultimately just a human being.
That was all she wanted to check.
Sylvania slowly put down her wand and nodded. She seemed to be trying to hold back, but her tears eventually leaked out slowly.
She lived to save the world. She failed a lot, fell into madness, and made a lot of mistakes.
However, we finally reached it. We have found a branch of the future that allows us to move beyond the distant cliffs.
It is you who has reached the end of the journey, not me. Sylvania Robester.
With that in mind, I nodded.
“Then now, it’s time to finish. actually… I thought it was about time. “I’m so glad you came to this world.”
“Is it time?”
“The providence of the world is not that simple. The total number of souls allowed in the world is ultimately determined. If a soul from another world was summoned, the soul would have to disappear from this world in proportion to its weight. “Because there are limits to twisting providence.”
Permanent extinction through Aspect magic. It is a magic that twists providence itself and makes it become something that never existed.
Sylvania speaks while gathering the magic power of the Aspect.
“Many people died because I was immature.”
The purpose is to save the world.
Although he lived his entire life for that noble purpose, that does not justify the lives he sacrificed because of his own fault. Sylvania was that kind of person.
“I will destroy Belbroke and make him leave this world. “The seat I left empty is yours.”
Sylvania stands up and talks to me.
“Thank you for coming. And for surviving.”
“… ”
“I’ll take care of the rest. I just wanted to say that. Thank you for surviving. For gritting your teeth and persevering until the end… so… Just saying thank you… ”
Sylvania said that and slowly turned around.
Perhaps he wants to put an end to this disaster. In this way, Bellbroke is overpowered by Sylvania, and the world moves forward with the hope of overcoming the cliff.
There is no place for Sylvania there, but the result of saving the world remains.
That’s enough. Just confirming that his destiny, which he had devoted his entire life to, was not a meaningless struggle… Sylvania could laugh.
“hey.”
Of course, I was not convinced by that statement.
Leaving my body with almost no strength, I sang Sylvania with all my strength in my voice.
“… ?”
“I completely understand your position. Because I had to struggle to save your world… The reason why they suddenly called me in, and the reason why I had to endure all kinds of crises… “I can understand everything.”
From her perspective, it must have been a struggle to save the world. It must have been part of her desperate struggle to survive.
Let’s give in a hundred times and assume that everything is understood.
However, there remains a part that can never be understood.
“So, what world was I in?”
“huh?”
“You said with your own mouth that if the total amount of the soul is unbalanced, providence will be distorted. So who maintains the balance of the world I left behind? “How are you going to fill the position I left empty?”
Close your eyes.
What I still remember are the relationships I left behind in the previous world.
“I had very few acquaintances left, and it was a very harsh world… It was a place that felt like my hometown. It was also a place that I had a lot of affection for. then… “If I protected your world, shouldn’t you also take responsibility for my world?”
“that… case… ”
“If I have to exist in this world as a variable, wouldn’t it be polite to at least prevent my original world from collapsing?”
I knew very well the sacrificial spirit that tried to leave me in this world even at the cost of destroying my soul.
However, such sacrifices do me no good.
However, there is only one thing I would like to talk about.
“I will take responsibility for your world, so you too must take responsibility for the world I left behind. “Don’t try to run away from things like death, but take responsibility.”
“Are you telling me to go over to that world? On your behalf?”
“If you called me here, it wouldn’t be impossible for you to go there.”
“never… I’ve never tried it… ”
“Then you should at least try.”
Sylvania, perhaps not expecting my reaction at all, opened her eyes wide and looked at me intently.
However, there is nothing wrong with the logic.
Since coming to this world, I have experienced a lot. Although it was a lot of hard work, there were also quite a few rewarding and enjoyable things. Still, it doesn’t mean I don’t love the world I left behind.
The last thing I want is for that place to become engulfed in strange events.
“then… Belbroke… ”
“You have some faith in the world. The Tailley I know somehow managed to overcome even against Bellbroke, who was completely unsealed. “Moreover, I have more friends with me than before, and there is no way I can lose against Bellbroke, whose seal has not yet been broken.”
The stage has already been set.
I went through all kinds of hardships while running, but it doesn’t matter as long as the result was good.
“Don’t waste your Aspect magic power, just save my world. “Because I will save your world.”
Isn’t it a simple transaction?
There is no room to think further. I have no intention of letting go of my remaining affection for the things I left behind.
Sylvania looks at me quietly, then smiles. Closing her eyes, she continued to laugh for a while and then slowly continued talking.
“Yeah, you’re right.”
Sylvania nodded and raised the magic power of her entire body.
Dark red magical energy fills the huge space. The bright, white space suddenly became filled with heavy aspect magic, giving the appearance of a huge underground space.
A greater amount of magical energy covers the infinite space than when using the highest level magic.
The amount of magical power is enough to make you dizzy just by looking at it.
The magical power that goes beyond the providence of the world and reaches the world beyond the stars is such a distant amount.
This is a magic that has already been implemented hundreds of times. To call out Ed Rosstaylor.
This time, it is not a spell to summon someone, but to leave the world on one’s own.
Eventually, in the midst of a huge magical power… What looks like a huge iron gate rises.
“Actually, I don’t know. After I called you out, it seemed like you came to this world a long time later… Everything is unstable. You may have to swim for a while between the flow of time and the flow of space. “It could go further into the future than expected, or it could go further back into the past.”
“Still, it might be a lot better than killing yourself here.”
“that’s right. And like you said, I have to take as much responsibility as you have.”
Sylvania looked back with a faint smile.
And he moves his mouth as if he wants to say something… I couldn’t hear it clearly due to the aftereffects of the swirling magic power.
Anyway, it seemed like he was leaving a thank you note, so I waved my hand and said that it was good.
In fact, all I did was make a fuss to survive at every moment. There was no particularly grandiose and noble goal, such as saving the world.
We survived in our respective positions. If you confirmed that fact, that was enough.
Sylvania’s Aspect Magic ‘Space Curtain’ is disappearing.
I slowly closed my eyes as I watched Sylvania advancing through the slowly opening door.
There was no need to say goodbye.
If you’re alive, there will be another chance to meet you.
*No matter how long the night is, the morning sun always rises.
Even on that night in the rainy forest with a gun pointed at my head, after enduring the long darkness, dawn began to dawn.
That fact remains the same on Aken Island, where the monster tribe and Velbroke ran rampant.
The morning sun rises against the backdrop of the Bellbroke subjugation team gathering and Tailly flying into the sky, cutting through space.
The group of monsters that cover the sky try to move towards the continent and commit massacre, but they are blocked and suppressed by the imperial army that soon arrives.
The imperial army, led by the Princess of Persica, was constantly blocking the hordes of monsters by deploying widely on the coastal area to prevent casualties from spreading to the continent.
Princess Fenia, who escorts Tailly and commands the forces, Ziggs who clears the way for Taily to reach Velbroke’s heart, and Clevius, who uses all his strength to repel Velbroke’s attacks, all attack Velbroke’s enemies. Elvira, who takes out a reagent to minimize the damage caused by the aftereffects of magic, Lortel, who thinks about a method to approach Belbroke more rationally, and Tailly, who does not lose courage and ignites the will to fight at the center of it all. Ayla too.
Everyone struggles to survive.
On a rainy day, in the forest of the battlefield… I remember sitting down against a tree stump and putting down the muzzle of my gun.
I remember quietly looking at the group of squirrels running around in front of me, the ants crawling in the dirt, and the sparrows sitting on the top of the conifer tree.
No matter what happens, everyone lives anyway.
That fact was stuck in my heart and I was sure it would not go away until the day I died.
When I opened my eyes, I was lying in the rubble of a building.
Yenika and Lucy, both completely injured, were lying next to him. Both of them must not be in normal physical condition, but anyway, the way they were hugging each other and wrapping their arms around each other looked like kittens, so I almost burst out laughing.
Both were unconscious. He stayed by my side until just before I lost consciousness.
The sky was high and clear. Has the day become bright before we know it?
Morning sunlight is pouring down on the remains of the collapsed building.
There was no sign of Bellbroke covering the sky.
I ended up trying to get up from between the half-ruined academic buildings. Because the pain was about to hit again.
“Did you have a good dream?”
While looking at me lying down with Jenica and Lucy, it was Lortel who finally spoke up.
Lortel, who was sitting quietly on the remains of the building next to him… Just like us, he was covered in blood all over his body.
It was a sign of a fierce battle. However, Lortel seems like everything is over… He was just smiling honestly.
“The stage has come to an end.”
Lortel does not elaborate on the long, life-threatening battle that took place last night.
However, I am talking about seeing all the people gathered in the square resting on the ruins. Members of the punitive force and survivors were gathered together, panting as they waited for the rescue team. They were all people full of wounds.
There were no fearsome Holy Spear Dragons that covered the sky, nor were there any monsters running rampant as if they were going to destroy the world.
Only the warm breeze blows through my hair.
Lortel, who came off the stage, was quietly smiling while carrying his tired body. He looked at us lying in the rubble and closed his eyes. Then we talk.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
I felt like that one short word was stabbing my heart…
I lay quietly looking up at the sky.
Suddenly, while I was reading a book, I looked out the window and saw…
As always, the morning sky was wide and blue.
*Drop- Drop-
The girl opens her eyes to the sound of water dripping from the sink.
A dark room. Unorganized blanket. Clothes lying around. A computer screen with lights on.
The sound of a passing train occasionally heard outside the window. The sound of cicadas crying, wow wow. A slight breeze coming through the open window blows through the notes spread out on the sitting desk.
The girl opens her eyes and stands up quickly.
I look around with a confused face. There are cutlery-like things scattered on the floor. I was pessimistic about something and tried to end my life like this. Just like Ed Rothtaylor, who tried to hang himself that day.
As I look around, I see a small mirror standing on a sitting desk. A small, bewildered girl with black hair and glasses is clearly shown.
The girl presses her throbbing head and flips through the open notebook. There are a lot of pictures drawn.
Illustrations filled with many wonderful characters. It was probably drawn by the girl herself.
Some of them are realistically drawn with sincerity, feeling like game concept art. Is this a girl’s dream or goal? The shelves are full of books related to all kinds of concept art. In addition, there are a lot of books related to screenwriting and game programming.
It is a world where there is no such thing as magic. Even if you try to gather magical power, nothing happens.
The fragmentary memories left in my head make me feel more dizzy. Anyway, it seems like this girl dreamed of something, got frustrated, and tried to end her life. That was as much as I could know at this point.
It is a world full of unknowns.
Nevertheless, the girl stood up from her seat.
I listen to the sound of the computer cooler running and stare blankly at the monitor screen. He stares for a while as if having a snowball fight, but he still can’t figure out what’s what.
First of all, I am very hungry. I don’t know why, but I guess I starved for a few days. First of all, if you don’t want to starve to death, you should probably eat something.
The girl somehow gets up and goes out to the kitchen. The wobbly gait is precarious.
The screen of the computer the girl left behind turns on for a moment, but then goes black. Just before it goes black, the last user name the girl set appears for a moment and then disappears.
‘Pepero Pepe’
It was the name of a chocolate cookie that the girl often bought.
The computer screen went completely black, and only the sound of the girl opening the refrigerator door with difficulty came into the room.
First of all, you had to eat something to survive.
And life continues as long as you live. As always.
