Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 807
807. [LAST STAGE] A tree that gives generously
It wasn't just Dustia.
Each generation of regressors who inherited the curse from the goddess were all trapped here in Everblack..
This is the punishment the clan received for stealing the magic fire.).
The curse of eternal return, where the entire clan is trapped in the spirit world even after death, and must watch their descendants repeat their lives together..
“won't you help me?”
Dustia asked once more.
The goddess let out a long sigh. she muttered softly.
“We, the human race, lived as slaves... … At least to live like a human being. So I planted this tree.”
The goddess looked up at the roots of the great thorn tree she had planted herself, and which was now providing her warmth by burning her..
“But now they want to destroy this tree.?”
“When this tree disappears, Mother can be liberated. She doesn't have to sacrifice so she burns forever.”
“I'll be free, but!”
The goddess shook her head..
“Our descendants, all mankind, will now shiver in eternal cold..”
“…….”
“Without magic lights... … The next harsh millennium is about to begin. And yet…….”
“Because that's what we need for the next generation..”
Dustia said with confidence..
“That is humanity, no… … For the whole world, it's truly necessary..”
The goddess blinked with a surprised face..
Dustia turned her head and saw her son leading the battle against the foreign gods..
“Just like a child grows up and becomes an adult. Just as childhood ends and the time for independence comes,…….”
In his mother's memories, he is still a small, young boy..
Before I knew it, my son had grown so big..
“The time of maturity has come for us, humanity, and the world..”
“It's a time of maturity……?”
“When you stand upright with your own strength, not with strength given from outside.”
It's time to break away from the one-sided help from parents and live on your own..
Because it has to come at any time.
“I understand your heartache, Mom..”
“…….”
“What parent wouldn’t? What parent's heart wouldn't break as they watch their child wandering alone into the wasteland??”
Dustia said emphatically.
“But I have to let it go.”
“…….”
“Just as parents cannot take care of their children forever, this tree also cannot last forever..”
A magical lighthouse planted by the will of foreign gods, spreading the power of the outside world into this world..
Thanks to the magic provided by this tree, mankind has thrived over the past thousand years..
But in the end, that power is external. This world was not created by itself..
I have to get out someday.
“Of course, a child who leaves his parents and goes into the wasteland alone will be cold. Of course it will be painful. but.”
Dustia smiled..
“Becoming an adult is something like that..”
Even if it's cold, even if it's painful.
Doing today's work while chewing dirt and swallowing dust.
In this process, the child finally becomes an adult..
Only through this process can one become an adult..
“…….”
This time, the spirit body of another returner appeared in front of the goddess who could not continue speaking..
He was her own son, born to the goddess herself, and burned at the stake with her..
“Mother, that child who is fighting now... … It's that kid.”
Watching Ash gasping for air while holding the flag outside, his own son whispered to him..
“As I said at the time, people discriminate against each other based on power and race and rule each other as slaves... … A child who will cut off and change this world itself.”
“…….”
“At first glance, that child's actions may seem reckless and foolish. But such a reckless and foolish path is actually leading the world into the next era.…….”
my son laughed.
“Your mother showed it to you herself..”
Before I knew it, all the other regressors of the clan appeared and stood in front of the goddess..
The goddess wept as she looked at her descendants who had suffered eternal punishment together with her..
“Just as our mother joyfully sacrificed herself for us and our descendants..”
The son stretched out his hand towards the burning hand of the goddess.
“Now please send it to me with a happy heart. Please accept it with joy..”
At the same time, the returnees reached out for each other's hands..
“The maturity of our descendants. My child’s… … independence.”
The flames that burned the goddess spread through the son's hand and onto his body..
The returnees held hands, connected to each other, and lit the flames with their bodies..
Willingly enduring the pain of burning bodies, the returnees headed toward the sky. With her hands aligned and at the end of her hands, Dustia reached out to the sky..
The tip of Everblack's root touched her hand..
and.
Grumbling-
Through the flames, the will was conveyed.
“my everblack.”
The goddess swallowed her tears and whispered.
“my… … The generously giving thorn tree.”
The fire spread throughout the roots, and the voice of the goddess who had planted, warmed, and protected the tree for the past thousand years was transmitted to the tree..
“Even now, I'm a tree that cares about people and feels sorry for the people who will be cold without you, so I can't bear to cut off the trunk..”
The goddess whispered sweetly.
“are you okay.”
thud…….
The roots of the tree, which had been motionless all this time, began to twist vaguely..
“Because people are strong, they will create new fires on their own even without us. So, it's okay to rest now.”
With connected hands, stroking the roots of the tree that shared eternal punishment.
The goddess sobbed and laughed..
“You've had a lot of trouble over the past endless years..”
Towards the tree, the goddess did not command.
“Let's take a rest.”
I just spoke with all my heart..
“Let's go to sleep together…….”
and.
Kugugugugung Palace……!
Everblack's roots began to vibrate violently..
***
Kugugugugung Palace……!
“……!”
I saw Everblack moving on its own.
The guardian beast of humanity began to rise up, opening a huge crack around it. At the same time, they themselves began to remove the stem that connected the spirit world to the real estate..
“It's success……!”
Everyone in the fortress who was watching this scene cheered. I also breathed a sigh of relief..
As Everblack cleared away the stems and roots, the spirit world began to close rapidly..
And it wasn't just that..
Kugugugugung Palace……!
The giant tree moves out of the way of the spiritual world and at the same time spreads its freed trunk and roots... … He began to block attacks from foreigners with his own body..
“this is…….”
The tree was trying to protect us through its own will..
Even though his body was crushed and broken in the face of attacks from foreign media, he did not care and did his best to help us in any way possible..
“…….”
Until now, I have viewed guardian beasts as objects that simply need to be eliminated..
I thought it was closer to a simple mechanical device planted by foreign media. So I was willing to burn it and kill it..
but it wasn't.
This tree only wanted to serve people until the very end..
“thank you.”
I gritted my teeth as I saw Everblack supporting us with all his might..
“thank you…….”
Between Royalty and the spirit world, Everblack completely removes himself..
Now was the moment when the spirit world itself was about to begin to close in earnest..
tup!
The hands of the foreign gods pouring down from the sky began to merge with each other, and eventually they formed an unprecedentedly gigantic hand.…….
What the heck!
The sky of the spirit world that was closing was taken by force..
“……?!”
The giant hand held on until the end even though its grip was torn and exploded..
And conversely, the sky of the spirit world began to open the passage connecting it to the other world..
《What is this... … ! does not make sense-》
The blood-red gaze of foreign media was focused on Salome, who let out a bewildered moan at the sight of this scene..
Bubbling bubbling!
Perhaps because she was not prepared to absorb it, Salome let out a scream as she was hit by the intangible attack..
《Wow!!》
“Salome!”
Salome has fallen.
Subsequently, the passage to the spirit world was forcibly expanded as if torn apart - all attacks from foreign powers intensified..
In addition to the huge hand, countless other fingers poured out like a bombardment..
The tribal gods who were fighting on top of the fortress could not hold out, and were crushed under the pouring fingertips and died one by one..
“Ugh!”
“Is this their real power?……?!”
Larque's sword was broken, and all the magic Fernandez was chanting was forcibly extinguished..
The two older brothers tried to continue their resistance even in that state, but-
Kwaaaaang!
Dozens and hundreds of fingers poured out, and in the end, the 'last ark' was torn to pieces and crashed..
“Larque, Fernandez! no……!”
La Mancha, who was making an evasive maneuver next to him, was caught by another foreigner and thrown to the floor..
Kuwagwanggwang!
La Mancha was thrown to the other side of the clear sea of the spirit world and sank..
“Abama! Glory Knights!”
There was no time to worry. Because a huge number of fingers were pouring down on my head..
I gritted my teeth, raised the flag, and raised the fortress..
But my magical fortress crumbled like sand at the fingertips of foreign media..
《ash!》
At that time, four red dragons flew in and stood in formation above my head, simultaneously releasing their breath towards the sky..
Quaaaaa!
Dusk Bringer, Dawn Bringer, Day Bringer, Dusk Bringer again - the breath released by the four dragons at the same time merged into one and set the sky on fire..
But the fingers that hesitated for a moment soon broke through even the flames and began to fall again..
thud! Coogung! Kugu Palace-!
Everblack desperately tried to block the attacks by stretching out its trunk and roots, but its hands ruthlessly grabbed the tree and tore it down..
《player-!》
Another struggling voice was heard from afar..
When I looked there, I saw that it was the devil who had spread the curtain of darkness from the start of the battle until now, blocking the 'blinking' of foreign powers alone..
He had always looked relaxed and strong, but now his whole body was in tatters. Even at this moment, the Demon King's shadow-like body was repeatedly being torn apart and reassembled every time the foreign gods blinked..
《If things continue like this, it will be impossible for me to completely close the spirit world.!》
The Demon King shouted and asked in an urgent voice like never before..
《When will that ‘secret shot’ be ready?……?!》
At what point did my spirit body get injured? The blood from my forehead ran down to the tip of my chin..
I swiped it away with the back of my hand and grinned..
“Hold on just a little longer. I will definitely do it.”
i was believing.
“The man who wants the true ending more than anyone else... … Damn the previous player.”
My accomplice who fought forever before me.
“I will definitely give those foreign media a big blow.……!”
***
royalties.
Crossroads. in front of the castle gate.
《…….》
‘The ‘Lake Princess’ who couldn’t sleep stood still and looked around..
The whole area was devastated..
The castle walls made of black dragon scales and bones were completely crushed, and all water-based weapons placed on them were destroyed..
The humans who were once engulfed in a golden aura and stood against the master of nightmares and blocked her advance..
Now no one can stand on two legs.
Everyone is bleeding, holding their wounds, and struggling to breathe..
He's still glaring at me with two determined eyes, but that's it..
the battle is over.
《…….》
Chijijik, Jijijik…….
As the connection between the spirit world and royalties weakened, the foreign media's puppet thread covering the 'Sleepless Lake Princess' continued to blink..
And every time the connection weakened like this, something kept moving inside the 'Sleepless Lake Princess'..
‘The 'Lake Princess' who couldn't sleep couldn't understand why they were still breathing..
Why do you withdraw your strength from the tip of your sword at a critical moment?.
Don't you somehow want to kill these people, this city,.
She is the master of nightmares. It's just a monster's holster that crawled out from under that black lake..
It's just a tool to kill people and destroy the world..
As her connection with the outside world weakened, something inside her continued to disturb her..
《…….》
Blurry memories... … It passes through my mind.
The day I first met them at the entrance to the Lake Kingdom.
The day I first sold something to them.
The day we cut down monsters shoulder to shoulder.
The day we defeated wolves, snakes, and dragons together.
The day we shared a drink and talked about our dreams for the future.
Oh, and…….
Until one night at a party where we held hands and danced.
《…….》
Beneath the burnt veil, the woman's mouth stammered..
《I am…….》
For the first time in countless times.
The Queen of Monsters opened her mouth and spoke to the people..
《I, to you… … what was it?》
After a moment of silence.
Those who had fallen opened their mouths one by one..
the dwarf said.
“friend.”
the elf said.
“lamplight.”
said the young knight with a broken shield tied to his bloody arm..
“sister.”
said the blonde knight, still clutching the sword of light..
“colleague.”
Underneath the veil, the eyes of the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ opened wide..
It was then.
Pachichichichik!
Foreign media forcibly expanded the channels in the spirit world, and as a result, the gaze of foreign media on royalties also became stronger..
‘The black gaze connected to the ‘Sleepless Lake Princess’ has become clearer than ever. Her foreigners instilled in her an unprecedented intensity of will to control her and make sure she didn't miss a single thing..
Now, the gaze wrapped around the body of the 'Sleepless Lake Princess' almost looked like a black spider's web..
The delusion that was disturbing the master of nightmares was forcibly deleted. She was once again reborn as a puppet for foreign media..
The trembling disappeared from her fingertips. The Nightmare Master slowly raised her dark sword, and even though she had fallen, she still aimed it at those who tried to stop her..
Jeez. Jeez. Jeopuk…….
It was then.
In this place where no one could stand, someone's footsteps rang out..
Inside the city, past the collapsed gate, right in front of the point of the sword pointed by the owner of nightmares..
Everyone turned their gaze towards the person who was slowly walking out..
The person who appeared was Ader..
The lord's aide, dressed in old robes, slowly took off his glasses..
The thick glasses disappeared, revealing his worn-out gray eyes..
Ader gazed at the 'Sleepless Lake Princess' with those long, deep gazes and opened her mouth..
“and…….”
Smiling vaguely and shyly.
what she was to herself.
To confess without hiding.
“crush.”
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