Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 490
◈ 490. [STAGE 23] You will come like lightning
《You're being cruel, little thing..》
Medusa flashed her petrified magical eyes at Thorkel, who stood up..
《It would have been easier if I had just laid still and pretended to be dead.……!》
Kiiiiing!
The energy of petrification swept over the area..
but,
《……?》
Thorkell was fine even though he was stared at head-on..
《what.》
Medusa was taken aback and asked hesitantly:.
《How do you not get petrified?……?》
“I do not know.”
Thorkel answered briefly and staggered towards Medusa..
《this……!》
Thinking it was just a coincidence, Medusa fired her petrifying magic eye again..
Kiiiiing!
but,
Kwajik, kwadeuk! Quaguagwang!
While everything around him turned to rock, nothing happened to Thorkell..
Just walk forward.
《What are you doing??!》
“……I don't know why I'm standing like this right now.”
slow. But definitely. step by step.
“But I think I know one thing.”
Thorkel said as he headed forward..
“……That my situation is similar to yours.”
《what?》
Medusa was so shocked that she screamed..
《What are you pretending to know, human?!》
“…….”
《Because of a sin I didn't commit, the pain of having to live like this monster since I was born... … You talk like you know something!》
“Why do you think it's just you??”
Thorkel slowly grabbed his helmet and took it off..
“me too.”
《……!》
His face, covered with leprosy, was hideous. Even Medusa was shocked and shocked..
“I got sick of being treated like a monster..”
《you…….》
Thorkell put his helmet back on and frowned bitterly..
“I thought I was being punished like this for sins I committed in my past life. Since being born was a sin, I thought I had to pay the price..”
《…….》
“Because I feel unfair and hate the world. It was hard to bear. It wasn't strange if I became a monster like you..”
Unbearable anger and resentment toward the world soared..
I wanted to punch the faces of people who looked at me like they were bugs..
I wanted to beat people to death who spat and cursed at me just because they were lepers..
There were many sleepless nights due to the constant humiliation, resentment, and sadness..
Nevertheless, the reason Thorkel did not give up being human was because of fellow lepers..
The people who lived together on a narrow island.
Adults who taught us academics, saying that if you learn letters, you won't be persecuted for anything else. Children who always shared candy that they had worked hard to obtain..
It was easy to kill people who looked at you like a monster..
It was also easy to set fire to a village that was mistreating them. It was a sweet and pleasant temptation to give up being human and become a monster..
But if that happened, everyone on the island would be in trouble. So Thorkel gritted his teeth and endured..
No one gave me work so I had to live as a mercenary, but I earned money and sent it to the island..
Instead of becoming a monster, I endured and endured and lived..
But it was just patience, not overcoming..
It was just a prolongation. I didn't live as a person.
But even in this terrible life…….
- Welcome to Crossroads! Welcome, mercenary friends! Nice to meet you!
There was a moment when I shined like a star.
Thorkel remembered it like it was yesterday. He saw the face of Ash, who smiled brightly and welcomed him and his colleagues, who were not welcomed anywhere..
Actually, money wasn't important..
Thorkell decided to fight for Ashe just because he showed a non-smiling expression towards them..
The days here on the monster front were painful and miserable. It was a harsher battlefield than any other human world, and death was always nearby..
but… … The people here treated me like a colleague..
People of different races, remnants of defeat, refugees, fugitives from the frontier, mixed race people, and even lepers like yourself..
Here at the front, I was able to live as a human being..
Thorkel remembered. One day, a few people quietly came and laid flowers in front of the graves of my colleagues, which were always desolate..
The moment when people walking in front of the temple hesitated to say hello to him who was just quietly brushing the broom at the temple..
and…….
- Now, let me hold your hand..
The moment the saint held his hand and prayed.
Thorkell could remember things more clearly than anything else in the world..
“……I thought my life was nothing but pain.”
Throughout my life, it seems like a dark cloud hangs over me. I just thought it was dark and gloomy.
“But it wasn't.”
Sidga, a newborn mixed-race baby. The moment you innocently put your finger on your hand.
The moment he felt the warmth of the child who, like him, had the same 'sin of being born into the world', Thorkel realized:.
“In fact, the sun was always shining.”
Behind the dark clouds. Look this way. Sunlight was pouring down on the ground.
Thorkell, who had closed his eyes because he had been in the shadows for so long, was not aware of it. But now he realizes.
The sun is always shining here at Crossroads. I am already walking in the sunlight.
And then I realized again.
Even in the dark clouds that I thought were hell as a child... … There was a sunny land.
That small, narrow island that I always wanted to escape to was in the sunlight..
《……So what?》
Medusa opened her mouth and laughed empty-handedly..
《You, who are similar to me, did not become monsters and remained human, so what should I do??》
Kiiiiing!
Medusa fired her petrified magic eyes one after another. Thorkel was not petrified, but he swayed in his seat every time the strong magic struck his body..
《I became a monster by my choices! At that time, looking at the stars in the sky... … I made a wish!》
That devil... … It was just as the devil said..
In fact, young Medusa made a wish by looking at the stars..
《May everyone in the world become as ugly as me! I hope my sister, the villagers, and all humans become monsters like me.!》
Although I said it as if I was blaming the devil. He lied and said he never wanted anything like that..
In fact, Medusa turned her two older sisters into monsters through her own will..
Although she regretted, regretted, and regretted again - it was undoubtedly Medusa herself who made this evil wish to the stars at that moment..
And at that moment, Medusa truly became a monster..
The girl who could have lived as a human under the love of her two older sisters became a monster of petrification who truly cursed humans..
“……okay. That's the difference between you and me.”
Thorkel took a step forward while receiving a series of showers of magical energy..
“Born with such an ugly appearance... … What did you choose? Will you live as a human or a monster? That must be the decisive difference that separates us..”
“No way. That kind of thing doesn't suit an ugly man like this. … … I just realized.”
Thorkell, mocking himself, lifted his head up..
“Because I endured countless times of my life that almost collapsed... … . I was able to reach the current conclusion. So thank you.”
To myself who has endured this painful life.
To myself who did not cross the line of becoming a monster in the end..
After expressing his gratitude, Thorkell stepped forward..
Kyaaaaa-!
When Medusa's magical eyes did not work, she fired sound waves. He poured out rocks, spewed out fraud.
“My ugly appearance doesn't change. The prejudices of the world do not change either. but now i know.”
But without hesitation, Thorkel stood in front of Medusa..
and declared.
“There is no such thing as sin born in this world..”
《……!》
“I am not being punished by my past life, nor am I cursed by God. So, I will struggle in this life by my own will. By my own will... … I will live as a human, I will die as a human..”
Medusa, who of her own will gave up on humanity and became a monster, took a step back without realizing it..
“My name is Thorkell. I am a mere human being in charge of the last line of the monster front here.!”
《Ugh, ugh.……?!》
“Come on, monster. I will stop you with my life.”
Thorkell lowered his stance, raised his shield forward, and tightened his grip on his mace..
“That's why I'm here... … Because it will be a way to repay the debt owed to the sunny land.……!”
The next moment, Thorkel let out a roar and rushed towards Medusa..
***
Thorkel laid down his burden..
The sin of being born into a world that had oppressed you all your life - I overcame original sin and became awakened..
In this way, he was able to use his ultimate ability, and by using that power, he was able to withstand Medusa's attack..
But the power was not infinite.
When the delay was over and the short fight was over, Thorkell fell to his knees in a pool of his own blood..
《You act proud, but in the end, is it like this??》
Medusa sneered, flicking her tongue..
《I went on a tirade, but so what? Even including the time you chatted, 10 minutes at most? Are you really that great of a person, only stopping me for this long??》
“…….”
《The sun was always shining? haha! So, where is your sun now??》
Medusa screamed, pointing with her hand at the dark sky filled with dark clouds..
《Come on, human! If you have no more means to spend, beg God for mercy! like i did!》
“…….”
《And realize! Even though this world is full of devils, there is no god who can save you.!》
“I don't know about God,”
Thorkell chuckled even while coughing up blood..
“There are humans who are the masters of this land..”
《what?》
thud……!
At that time, the rock wall raised by Medusa shook greatly..
thud! thud! thud!
Rumble!
There was a continuous crash sound, and the northern side of the rock wall collapsed..
The ordinary soldiers of Crossroads were standing there..
They brought water-based weapons such as cannons and pierced the wall built by Medusa with crossfire, and ordinary soldiers with determined expressions approached in line with their mirror shields raised..
To stop the monsters here on the front line.
Following the heroes, ordinary soldiers also risked their lives..
《……Yeah, it should have come out like this a long time ago..》
Medusa, smiling through her long torn mouth, flashed her petrified magical eyes and screamed evilly..
《I'll turn you all into stones! I will leave no one behind, I will turn you into stone statues for eternity and make you regret the choice you made now.!》
“…….”
《Your god who put you here in that petrified hell! your king! Let them complain and curse for eons.!》
“I neither complain nor curse..”
Thorkel sighed calmly..
“'Cause it's our choice.”
《……under. You really pretend to be noble until the end..》
Kiiiiing!
He activated his petrifying magic eye right in front of his nose, turning even the kneeling Thorkel into stone..
Medusa looked up at the sky and sang in an eerie high-pitched voice..
With ridicule, contempt, and ridicule.
έλεος, έλεος, Επουράνιε Θεέ!
Mercy, mercy, God of Heaven!
Βασιλεύς Βασιλέων, Βασιλεί Βοήθει!
King of kings, help me!
《Look! Foolish humans, see clearly with your own eyes.!》
Medusa roared as she charged the soldiers with her magical eye of petrification..
《While you are sacrificing like this to maintain the front line, where is your king?!》
It was that moment.
Coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo…….
the sky trembled.
The air rippled and clouds trembled. Medusa was perplexed and raised her head and looked at him..
and,
Hwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!
Tearing the dark clouds apart, turning away from the dazzling sunlight-
A huge empty vessel has appeared.
It was the flagship of the imperial family, Alcatraz..
Medusa was embarrassed and opened her mouth, but a clear voice came from Alcatraz..
Commander of the monster front. 3rd prince of the empire.
It was the voice of Ash 'Bornhater' Everblack..
「Here it is, motherfucker..」
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