EP.124 Monologue (7) (Reupload)
※ The contents of Monologue Parts 5 and 6 have been modified.
This re-uploaded version is the content after modification.
The revised contents of Part 5 are summarized at the beginning of Part 6, so you can watch Part 6 first.
Dorothy’s intervention rescheduled the ordeal, and the hidden truth was revealed.
It was the second time.
This wasn’t the first time I spent my freshman year possessed by
As everything was reset, I even lost my memories.
As I reached the threshold of the forgotten truth, the regrets I felt in this world one after another swallowed up my heart.
I couldn’t remember all the memories, but the big memories that had broken me were coming back one by one.
I couldn’t save Dorothy. She left me a word of gratitude and met her end with the floating island.
I remember being shocked while looking at the Dorothy statue erected at Marchen Academy. I was so helpless that I felt an unbearable return.
They could not protect the princess, the shaman, or Kaya.
The idea of protecting everything on the hell difficulty level made no sense.
‘Difficulty as hell?’
Hell difficulty… . Suddenly, I felt a strong sense of discomfort in that expression. As if a Gestalt collapse had occurred, the consonants and vowels were scattered separately in my head and I was giggling.
In the first place, difficulty level didn’t matter. This world was just this world.
I quietly took a deep breath to calm my twisted, twisted feelings.
I also looked through the memories of how I felt like I had grown by myself while gaining insignificant realizations. Well, the more I did that, the more my mental power became stronger.
At least I could move forward.
As I silently defeated the enemies, I finally reached the end of the scenario.
In the end, he was defeated by the evil god Nephid.
and.
‘The system window said that the evil god’s magic had brought an end to ‘all worlds’.’
I had no idea that it included the world I lived in, that is, Earth.
A huge secret was hidden behind my possession in this world. It may not be possible to reveal what it is yet.
However, there is an enormous burden of wondering if I can handle that secret… It weighed me down like a rock.
“It’s a shame… .”
At that time, Luce’s low sigh rang in my ears.
“I wanted to marry Isaac.”
“… what?”
What do you mean out of nowhere?
My attention was focused on Luce.
“I imagined that. You and Oh Sun-do… “Imagine being happy.”
Even though I tried using [Psychological Insight], I couldn’t read the psychology, perhaps because I was in the middle of an ordeal.
However, Luce, a third year student, already knows that I am a black monster. She knew full well that she liked me.
“Do you want to listen?”
Luce looked at me and smiled.
She seemed to have taken my silence as an affirmation, and with a small smile she began to speak in a soft voice.
“Do you know asberica? A city of magic and learning. If you go there with a diploma from Marchen Academy, your life as a wizard will be solid. When we graduate, we’ll go to Asberica together and buy a house… . I am practicing hard at the Magic Tower. You also work as a wizard at a guild or something. When you come home after a day of work, I will give you a kiss. ‘You did a good job today, Isaac,’ he might have even whispered to you while giving you a hug. “You’re so weak to my voice, hehe.”
Luce’s fingers wiggled helplessly and tapped the back of my hand.
“Eating delicious food together, falling asleep in the same bed while talking about the little things that happened that day… . Then, in a very ordinary and simple way, he proposed in bed, dressed up stylishly at church, and got married… . After that, the same routine is repeated again. At that time, it was a little embarrassing, but the title would have changed. ‘Thank you for your hard work today, honey’… Called.”
Luce continues her story with her head down.
I listened to her story in silence.
“Would it have been better to have five kids? Isaac has a very strong body, so he must have been born a confident child. The child must have cried loudly all the time. That might have been a bit difficult… , Still, I would have been really happy because those kids were so adorable. There must have been difficult times. Still, we’ll figure it out okay, right? We rely on each other, have a drink every now and then, talk openly about difficult times, and comfort each other… . Then something happens to make you laugh. That’s how you live, that’s how you live. “I imagined that.”
Only then did I know. This is the reason why there was no need to worry about the bad ending “Birdcage” after the evil spirit problem was resolved.
Luce wanted to build a future with me.
But now, I felt like I knew why she brought up this story, so I couldn’t say anything.
An eerie magical power was felt outside the cave. A group of black flames, the servants of the evil god, would soon attack this way.
So, Luce must have said what she wanted to say for the last time.
To be realistic, it would have been judged to be hopeless.
“Don’t you feel a little sad? “You can’t marry me.”
Even in this situation, hearing Luce’s playful jokes made me chuckle and laugh.
“That’s what you wanted… .”
Crash.
All of a sudden, I heard a metallic sound and the sound of magical energy pulsing around my wrist.
I was startled and stopped talking and looked down. The restraint ball containing Luce’s magical power was fastened to the wall, fastening my wrist.
Was the reason he was touching my hand to fill the restraints? ? My memory was still hazy, so I wasn’t prepared.
“I let my guard down.”
“… “What are you doing?”
“don’t worry. “It will go away after a while.”
Only then does Luce stand up. An intense feeling of anxiety enveloped my entire body.
“What are you going to do… ?”
I swallowed a sigh of relief when I saw Luce standing in front of me.
The right arm was not visible. Despite the darkness of the cave, she could see that her blood was dripping from one of her missing arms.
Of course. There was no way Luce would have saved me so easily. She must have lost a lot to save me.
Luce bent one knee and sat at eye level with me. Short distance. There were dark shadows under her eyes, and her lips were pale. Her complexion was very pale, as if she were about to die.
I held my breath.
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She gently caressed my cheek with her left arm and smiled softly like moonlight.
And said:
“I love you, Isaac.”
As if he were certain he would never be able to say something like this again.
As if saying what I really wanted to say for the last time.
In a very sad voice, Luce whispered softly.
“I like you. I love you, I love you so much… .”
Luce carefully brushed my bangs and kissed my forehead.
As if time had stopped, I felt the warm touch of my skin with my bloody hands and dry lips.
Eventually, he walked away from me and showed a noble smile.
“Stay calm here. “I’ll be back soon.”
With those words, Luce began to walk out of the cave.
“Hey, Luce? Luce!”
I tried to rush towards Luce, who was leaving, but I couldn’t go any further because the restraints were caught.
Even though I pulled my wrist until it bled, the restraints did not break.
Because the mana was depleted, even proper elemental magic did not come out. In the first place, if I used magic, the black flame army outside would sense my magic and attack inside.
“Stop it, hey!!”
Luce didn’t stop even when I called. He just trudged out of the cave without hesitation.
Soon she was out of my sight. This was because the cave had a curved shape.
The purpose of Luce’s departure was clear. The dark magic felt outside the cave. He will sacrifice himself to fight before the evil god’s minions invade here.
The reason I was put in a restraint was probably out of fear that I would sacrifice myself on behalf of Luce.
Lost memories were revived.
During the first round.
Just before the initialization loading ends, as soon as the restraints are automatically released, exit the cave.
I remember watching Luce being consumed by black flames and dying painfully.
A feeling of guilt and despair at having left her to die painfully, surrounded by an army of black flames and hearing strange laughter.
My heart was so broken that even at the end, I felt like I was sinking into the abyss.
“Luce!! “Come back!!”
When reset, a transcendent power in the form of a literal ‘status window’ will return everything to the beginning.
I don’t know who the bastard who created this status window was, but I’m sure that godly bastard would do something about it.
So don’t leave.
No matter how many times I screamed, Luce did not come back.
My magic power was already exhausted. The frost scythe inside me has reached its full potential.
What should I do to remove this restraint?
「Create ice (Ice attribute, ★1)」
A small piece of ice formed. No matter how depleted the mana was, the mana would recover at a slow rate. At least it was possible to create small chunks using [Create Ice] or [Create Rock].
It didn’t matter whether the Black Flame Army could sense my magic or not. I had to run to Luce right away. He didn’t want to regret any more.
The fingers in the restraints were gradually turning into stone. I used [Create Ice] to create a block of ice made up of high-density magic power, and struck it down with all my might with my thumb, which had turned into stone.
Kwajak──!
“Keuuuuu… !”
My thumb was broken.
Since my carpal bone was still intact, I felt a pain that made me feel dizzy. Still, he couldn’t get his hands out of the restraints. So even the metacarpal bone connecting the index finger was broken.
This was enough. Just like that, he pulled his hands out of the restraints, jumped up from his seat, and tried to run out of the cave.
“ah!”
However, I was unable to maintain my balance as I was used to, so I had to fall forward. I found out after checking my legs. The area below her left knee was empty.
Because I had turned into stone, I couldn’t feel anything. It appears that she lost her leg in a fight with an evil spirit.
I jumped up and down on one leg. Then, when he fell, he got up again and ran like a spring.
So we managed to reach the cave entrance. The doorway led upward.
Before I knew it, one arm had turned to stone, and the arm that was less petrified had been partially shattered with a block of ice.
The palm was still usable.
I cupped my palms and held the irregularly formed wall, draped my arms, and bit down on the stone protruding from the wall with my teeth.
I somehow climbed up and up like I was rock climbing.
“Khaha, haha… !”
After coming out of the cave, I fell to the ground and gasped. He spat out his broken teeth. It was fortunate that the entrance wasn’t that high.
When I raised my head, a barren land with flying ash spread out into my field of vision, under a sky covered with rock magic.
Amazing area. It must be a landscape created by the evil god’s magic evaporating the sea. The place I was in seemed to have originally been an underwater cave deep under the sea.
Beyond the horizon, huge eyes oozing ominous magic were observing the world. It was Angra Mainyu, a servant of the evil god.
Black flames were burning brightly all over the ground. A high-density mass of magical energy that destroys everything it touches.
Then, I turned my head to the back where I could feel the enormous magical power. Luce stood alone, looking at the Black Flame army.
When I finally got out of the cave and saw it in the bright light, I was able to immediately see how serious Luce’s condition was. The body, which was already tattered, did not look strange no matter when it fell.
Several magic circles unfolded above Luce’s head. She seemed to have little strength left, as her magic circles flickered unstably.
What she faces are strangely shaped demons made of black flames.
An enormous amount of black flames produced by the evil god indefinitely formed an army and were staring at Luce.
From the sky, a giant dragon with three heads let out a bizarre roar. It was the Dragon of Destruction – Aji Dahaka.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Soon, the Black Flame Army poured out black flames. A storm of flames rages.
Luce fought back with a barrage of water magic and lightning magic, but its power was weak and he was easily devoured by the black flames.
“Luce!!”
[The demon was recognized as the enemy.]
[The unique characteristic [Destroyer] is activated!]
[Your level and abilities will be greatly improved temporarily!]
[Skill tree temporarily increases to +10!]
Using [Rock Creation], he pulled up a rock from the ground and forcibly pushed his body. Just like that, my body was blown towards the storm of black flames.
There was only a little horsepower available. However, it should be enough to land a useful attack.
I used all my remaining strength to condense ice magic into my messed up right hand, and swung my arm to unleash an [Ice Blast].
Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa where
An explosion of light blue ice magic tore through the black flames. The ice chunks that formed in a flash caught fire in an instant, but at least we were able to deflect the black flame storm.
Now I’m at full strength. There was nothing more that could be done.
A terrible pain came over me, and my body fell helplessly to the ground. An eerie sound. Even if I didn’t fall from that high of a height, I couldn’t avoid the feeling of my ribs being fractured.
I didn’t even have the strength to moan in pain. She could barely breathe.
“Isaac!!”
Luce ran towards me, knelt down on the ground, and lifted my body up with a grunt.
“Ah, Isaac… ! Isaac! Sorry sorry… ! iced coffee… !”
Luce’s voice was broken. She was sobbing. His voice was as upright as the noble demeanor he always displayed.
He seemed to be feeling guilty because my hands were damaged by the restraints he had put in, and because I had barely escaped.
I have nothing to be sorry about.
I no longer had any strength in my body, so I had no choice but to rely on Luce. It was because he abused his magic power.
Luce hugged me. I didn’t even have the strength to lift her head, so I buried her face in her slender shoulder. There was a smell of blood from the nape of her neck.
Ashes are flying. The Black Flame army slowly approaches. The Dragon of Destruction’s menacing roar echoes through the ground.
What should I say?
I didn’t want to leave you alone.
The reason I loved you was because you were that much lovely.
I didn’t want to be nervous about such a situation like in a romantic movie.
“Luce.”
I just wanted to respond to the sincerity she expressed.
“Thank you for loving me.”
I didn’t know what Luce was thinking right now. She was just trembling, as if she was trying hard to hold back her tears.
Soon, an eerie and heavy magical power weighed down my entire body. Because the Dragon of Destruction – Aji Da Haka held a flame made of dark magic in his mouth. They plan to pour it out on us.
Luce took a deep breath.
“… “Isaac, this is a bit of a funny story.”
A voice as gentle as moonlight.
Luce stroked my head and whispered softly.
“If I were to be reborn… “I will recognize you somehow.”
A slight tremor was felt in his always soft voice.
“I’ll come find you again. I will definitely come back again… .”
Suddenly, in the first semester of my freshman year.
I remembered Luce asking me to be her friend.
Luce, who often felt extreme disgust towards others, was the only one who didn’t feel this way towards me.
Just because they saw me training hard, even though I don’t look like anything special on the outside. She said she kept watching it every day because she wanted to see it again and again. Now that I think about it, it was an incoherent story.
… It seemed overly romantic to think that the emotions Luce was feeling at this moment were somehow carried over to the second episode. So I ended up bursting out laughing.
Sure, it’s a funny story.
“See you again.”
Luce said so.
For some reason, I felt safe in Luce’s arms.
From the beginning, my purpose was not at all deviant.
My mind is organized. I have always been like that. As long as the goal was clear, all you had to do was move forward.
From the weakest member of the academy, I will become a munchkin against the demons, eliminate all of those forces, and defeat the evil spirit.
And that we will put an end to this damn story and have a happy ending.
Soon, the Dragon of Destruction spewed out black flames.
When a pitch-black ball of flame engulfed us.
[ 99%… ]
[ 100% ]
[ Initialization begins. ]
[ Moving on to round 2. ]
Chii Iik… .
Pop.
As my senses disappeared, my vision was covered with noise and then suddenly disappeared.
.
“ha.”
I took a deep breath.
The body parts that had turned to stone gradually returned to their original state.
It was right after my hand touched the great sword stuck in the ground, in the center where light brown magic was swirling.
By being with Luce in the end, I was able to pass the ordeal of Saam. Because most of his body had turned to stone, he had to constantly struggle to crawl.
However, I could feel relieved now.
Immense rock magic seeped into me. The pieces of yellow stone floating around all at once take the form of magical power and are absorbed into me.
With his legs regaining his senses, he stood up and grabbed the handle of the greatsword with his right hand.
Heavy grip. Just like that, I pulled the great sword out of the ground.
The magic power of the topaz-colored rock swirled fiercely as it welcomed its new owner.
Gormos’ dark iron sword.
A rock attribute legendary weapon was held in my hands.
[You passed the ordeal of Saam with strong will and mental strength!]
[congratulations! The ordeal reward [Gormos’ Dark Iron Sword] has been obtained!]
[[Gormos’ Dark Iron Sword] has acquired the unique active skill [Earth Crushing]!]
[[Gormos’ Dark Iron Sword] has acquired the unique active skill [Air Strike]!]
[[Gormos’ Dark Iron Sword] has acquired the unique active skill [Rock Lord’s Fortress]!]
[[Gormos’ Dark Iron Sword] has acquired the unique active skill [Stone Type 1]!]
[[Gormos’ Dark Iron Sword] has acquired the unique active skill [Stone Type 2]!]
[[Gormos’ Dark Iron Sword] has acquired the unique active skill [Stone Type 3]!]
[[Gormos’ Dark Iron Sword] has acquired the unique passive skill [Dark Scythe]!]
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