Became a tyrant of defense games (Episode 645)
◈ 645. [Side Story] If the world was ending
“It's okay, it's okay.”
With the side of her head cut off, Hecate smiled calmly..
“I'll just die for a moment. Then I'll go back to my old head and come back to life, then again…….”
“Why did you say such scary things??!”
Junior desperately caught Hecate, who was sobbing and trying to get out..
Hecate kept trying to escape, saying, 'It's okay because I know a lot of ways to die that don't hurt,' while Junior held on by holding on to the leg of his pants, saying, 'I'll try to fix it somehow, so don't die!'.
While the two women were whining like that, Dusk Bringer let out a sigh and blocked Hecate's path..
“First of all, Hecate. I should first tell you why Gwaine came here..”
At that time, Junior, who was lying face down on the floor and holding Hecate's pant legs, shouted with a grievous expression on his face..
“The situation got to this point because the Grand Duke suddenly opened the door! First of all, let me apologize.!”
“Well, that’s not what I meant to do! Anyway, listen first to why I came.!”
Huh! After catching his breath, Dusk Bringer faced Hecate with a serious face..
“Hecate. Your ‘curse’ is coming to an end..”
Hecate's red eyes, which were relaxed at those words, came into focus..
Hecate slowly looked at Dusk Bringer, and Dusk Bringer nodded..
“Since coming here to the front, you have already died twice..”
Once I was involved in an accident at a construction site..
Once while saving Ash during the Winged Juan raid..
Hecate died and was brought back to life by a curse..
“I am the one who created the curse on your body. So you can see.”
Dusk Bringer raised his small hand and raised one index finger..
“One more time forward. If you touch death one more time, the curse on you will disappear and you will… … It will end.”
If I die one more time, it will be my third death here on the front lines..
At this time, Dusk Bringer calmly declared that Hecate was over..
Junior, who was looking back and forth between Hecate and Dusk Bringer with wide eyes, stuttered..
“Okay, what do you mean it's over??”
“……It will be revived one last time. The problem is after that.”
Dusk Bringer crossed his arms and sighed..
“Usually it is ‘stopped’. Both the soul and the body are embalmed, unable to move or decay... … Alive, just frozen.”
“Hehehe.”
Junior swallowed his screams and asked urgently..
“Ooh, what if you're lucky? Is there no better case??”
“This is a lucky case.”
“Is this good?! There are worse cases.?”
“okay. In case you are unlucky…….”
Hecate's fist clenched at the next words..
“become an evil spirit.”
“yes? If it's an evil spirit……?”
“With loss of reason, loss of memory and pride... … They'll try to kill everything around them..”
Dusk Bringer calmly declared.
“To put it simply, you become a monster..”
“……!”
“So, as the Glory Knights near their end, they pass on the curse to their successors... … Prepare to face the end.”
“Last, ramen…….”
“If he is stopped, he will be buried alive in a joint grave, and if he becomes a monster, his successor will personally cut off his head..”
A sneer appeared on Dusk Bringer's lips..
“It is a curse that grants immortality while active. It's only natural to pay this price..”
“Well, like that... … ! How do you do this……!”
“Don't be too harsh, young wizard. For that, this child and I have already come too far..”
Dusk Bringer clicked his tongue as he looked at Hecate's short-cut side hair..
“So, Hecate. Don't try to throw away your remaining life just for something like a hair..”
“…….”
“More than anything… … It's not like there isn't a third way..”
Both Hecate and Junior widened their eyes. The bitter smile on Dusk Bringer's mouth became even deeper..
“To you, the last generation of Glory Knights, whose succession of the curse has become impossible... … As the inventor of the curse, I'm here to make a proposition..”
Dusk Bringer's amber eyes flashed with eerie darkness..
“If you don't want to end up like that, being buried alive or turned into a monster and beheaded... … How do you feel? Will you listen to my offer??”
***
‘After finishing the 'proposal', Dusk Bringer left the room..
“I feel sorry for the side hair... … Hehehe.”
Lastly, I leave you with just that..
“…….”
Hecate sat down again on the chair in front of the mirror, pondering the 'suggestion' left by Dusk Bringer..
Junior, who was standing awkwardly behind Hecate, lost in thought, finally said Whoo! She took a deep breath and raised her hairdressing scissors again..
“Hecate.”
“yes?”
“This is what happened... … I mean the head. Why not have an adventure??”
Hecate looked at Junior in the mirror curiously. Junior spoke gibberish..
“Anyway, Lucas, that snowbird driver doesn't care how hard you dress up..”
“……That's right.”
“If so, I'd rather do the opposite... … How about going real hard??!”
“Harder?”
“Just be very bold and try something new that you haven't tried before.!”
We also talked about hairstyles.
It was also a story about Hecate's curse..
It's a cliff edge anyway. In that case, why not boldly look for a different path?…….
‘At least it's better than being buried alive or having your throat cut by your comrades... … It's better.’
Afterwards, Junior added without realizing it:.
“The world is ending anyway!”
“…….”
“And, it might be destroyed soon? Of course, we are going through all this trouble to prevent that, but anyway, it's the end of the century! If not at a time like this, when would you take such a bold adventure? Isn't that right??”
Hecate, who was listening to those words blankly, soon burst into laughter..
“……Iknow, right.”
“huh?”
“The world is ending anyway, so why hesitate about doing something you haven't done before?.”
Hecate closed her eyes and leaned back in her chair..
“Let's try it, adventure.”
“……!”
“Please take care of me, Junior. Just… … Lucas, please do it in a very bold style that will make that bastard's eyes widen..”
Junior smiled brightly and adjusted his grip on the scissors..
“Please leave it to me!”
Hecate asked cautiously as she felt the scissors touch her head..
“But how do you do it boldly?…….”
snip!
Ususoo…….
The side hair that had already been cut off was cut off again in a handful..
“……?”
Cold sweat ran down Hecate's chin..
“Hey, hey, Junior… … ? for a moment…….”
However, Junior's eyes in the mirror were already in a state of concentration typical of a wizard..
Hecate looked down at her beige hair, falling into small pieces, and let out a silent scream inwardly..
***
After finishing the conversation with Skarian. dinner.
I took the heroes from the manor house to a restaurant in the center of the city. Because Evangeline whined that she wanted to eat her out..
“The world is ending, and I’m going to eat whatever I want! Go out and eat!”
“No, the world is coming to an end. It's a cheat, cheat. If you throw a tantrum for that reason, do I have to listen to everything??”
Of course, I am listening to everything. shit.
As we sat down in the appropriate (Evangeline's chosen) cafeteria, Evangeline flirtatiously picked up the menu..
“It's delicious here! New Terra's food is arranged in a southern style, and there is no menu that is not delicious.?”
I think you can roughly understand it as making Seoul food in a southern style (=spicy)..
“Is there something tasteless in your mouth??”
Without even pretending to listen to my scolding, Evangeline called the waiter and started ordering..
The young waiter nodded eagerly, writing down Evangeline's endless orders..
“So, how was it? lord.”
Lucas, who was watching Evangeline order meat meat meat with satisfaction, suddenly asked me..
I forced a salad at the end of my order and faced Lucas..
“This is the story of my conversation with Skarian.?”
“yes. I was wondering how you got the answer you wanted..”
“okay… … It was enough.”
Skarian faithfully answered my questions..
IPian’s strengths, weaknesses, and hidden factors.
The characteristics of each of the three heads, the rare location of Aipian, things to pay special attention to, etc.…….
‘It matches the information in the game. No, it was actually more detailed..’
Thanks to this, I was able to establish a strategy to deal with Aipian. The Skarians were definitely cooperative with us..
but… … I still didn't trust the Skarians..
Of course, it would be foolish to immediately believe the enemy general who surrendered. But more than that, I sensed something eerie about him..
‘what is that?’
Of course, you can use each other as needed. If he helps with the Aipian Raid and the Night Bringer Raid, it will just suck out your marrow..
But what is his truth?.
Really for what… … Are you cooperating with us?.
“People are beings who try to understand each other..”
Lucas suddenly spoke, and I suddenly looked in that direction..
“Here on the front lines, this is the justice given to you by your master..”
“…….”
“Are you going to apply that rule to monsters too??”
If the Skalians were truly trying to be on our side, would we see them as people we should protect rather than monsters to kill?.
That was Lucas' question..
“To a certain degree of darkness... … Will you, my lord, embrace it??”
“…….”
I couldn't answer easily. Lucas was about to ask more with a serious face..
“Oh, everyone is here.!”
Junior's voice was heard from the street. I made an ooh sound and looked in that direction..
“The Archmage of Water, Wind and Thunder has arrived. Great. Let's eat together…….”
I stopped talking.
It was because Hecate was approaching from behind Junior without knowing what to do, and her appearance had completely changed from before..
“Well, Hecate, your head is a little... … It's changed?”
Right after coming to the front, I had long, voluminous beige hair..
During the battle with Winged Juan, he was burned and turned into a short hair that reached down to his neck..
Now it was a short cut that looked like it had been painted, exposing the ears..
“Is this strange?……?”
Hecate didn't know what to do, as if her hair had become shorter than before, and I gave her a thumbs up..
“no no! It suits you perfectly!”
Since it was my fault that Hecate's head burned, I gave a thumbs up. It was actually very cool…….
At that time, Junior shrugged his nose and raised the bridge of his nose, saying, ‘I shaved it off.’.
“It's not easy for women to look good with short haircuts.!”
“Yeah, it's not easy.”
“It was one of my dreams, but it was obvious that I wouldn't fit in. I wanted to see something done by someone who suits me well... … Hecate happened to be there. Hehe, this time I tried to satisfy some of my personal desires.!”
“Well done, good job.”
But the important thing is not the opinions of me or Junior, but the opinions of Hecate and the person of Hecate's interest - Lucas..
And surprisingly,
“No, Hecate!”
Lucas was extremely pleased..
“You've become so cool!”
“huh? Uh, huh…….”
Hecate was surprised and her cheeks blushed..
Lucas ran in front of Hecate, looked at her head, and nodded in satisfaction..
“After all, the knight's hairstyle should be functional as well..”
“……?”
“It's cool now, but how about cutting it even shorter next time? If you want, I can shave it with a razor blade myself..”
“…….”
We swallowed dry saliva as we listened..
no way…….
Is this knight saying that Hecate's hair is shorter than before, and that's why she's cool?……?
“So cool, Hecate! It's the coolest thing I've ever seen!”
=This is the shortest hair I've ever seen.?
With a smiling face, Hecate began shaking her shoulders and clenched her fists. And spit it out.
“Even if the world ends…….”
“huh?”
“Even if the world ends, your perception will remain the same, you bastard.-!”
Hecate grabbed Lucas by the collar and started to grab him, and the heroes sitting around rushed to stop him. The interior of the cafeteria immediately became a mess..
Junior looked over there with a gaunt face and muttered softly..
“……By any chance, did I do something wrong??”
“No, no.”
I picked up the drink that the waiter had just brought out and put one in Junior's hand, then muttered as I put my share of the glass to my mouth..
“It's just because the world is ending…….”
still.
I want to see this peaceful scene for at least one more day..
Thinking to myself, I chuckled..
***
a few days later.
The production of equipment made from Winged Juan's magic core has been completed..
At the same time, preparations for Aipian Raid's departure were completed..
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