Prologue
“How much longer do we have to hold out?”
I argued with the party members while struggling to block the demon lord’s blow.
Now that it’s already been 2 hours since I fought a bloody battle with the demon king, my stamina was slowly reaching its limit.
My opponent is the demon king who is said to be the most powerful since the establishment of the Solus Empire.
On the outside, it has a slender body and a somewhat sickly appearance, but the power emanating from a demonic sword as huge as its height is devastating.
Because I blew the warrior chosen by the Holy Sword to the edge of the square in the Devil’s Castle with a single blow.
Thanks to that, the only hero who could damage the demon lord hadn’t woken up yet.
“Hold on a little longer!”
The voice of the saintess came from behind.
I think I’ve heard that 20 times already.
I laughed and regained my composure.
A party of 5 warriors. However, there are actually only two people fighting the demon lord right now.
As mentioned above, the hero Calia collapsed at the start of the battle,
Iris Rossier, who is said to be the best archer in the empire, is all about pulling aggro from time to time to the demon king,
Saint Lucy, who is the agent of the Goddess and possesses her excellent healing power, is now completely focused on curing Calia.
By the way, only Pesima, the owner of Blanc’s Magic Tower, is showing meaningful results by casting buff magic on me or casting bondage magic on the demon king.
Quaaang!!!
And I… With strong stamina and excellent defense skills obtained from the blessings of aliens, he serves as a tanker.
‘I always think about it, but the goddess should have chosen me as her hero.’
I thought as I barely blocked the demon king’s attack. But what can I do?
Only one authorized person can wield the holy sword. It is impossible for anyone who is not a hero to even lift the holy sword.
The problem is that, as mentioned above, only the warrior’s holy sword can strike the demon king effectively.
Thanks to you, I have to go through all these hardships.
“Now!”
Still, what I endured for a long time has finally borne fruit.
As I was slowly losing strength in my legs, I heard a pleasant voice while listening.
Ughhh… ….
At that signal, Pesima activated her confinement spell she had been saving.
The demon lord, who had gone mad just a moment ago, froze as if time had stopped.
Quaaang!!!
Then I hit the demon lord’s armor with a sword enchanted with destruction.
Quarrr… ….
The demon lord’s armor, tattered by the two-hour bloody battle, was finally destroyed.
Ta-ta-ta-ta-tata… ….
Then came the sound of light footsteps behind me.
I was running to insert the holy sword into the heart of the demon king.
I wanted to punch her in the face thinking about how she lay down for two hours, but what can I do?
No matter what she does, in the end only she can kill the demon king.
“It’s over!”
Calia charges in while blowing mana into the holy sword.
Sureureung… ….
But at that moment, the demonic sword came out of the paralyzed Demon King’s hand.
Then, the magic sword flew toward Calia like a rocket.
“Dangerous!”
I showed superhuman strength and ran towards Calia.
Then, she pushed her away and blocked her demonic sword.
Wow!!!
With a tremendous roar, the demonic sword and my sword collided.
I felt vibrations all over my body, and my whole body went numb.
All I could do was hold on so that the demonic sword wouldn’t pierce my neck.
“Calia!! Come on, finish it!!”
As I struggled to buy time, an absurd scene came into my field of vision.
Calia was still unconscious and sat there staring blankly at her demonic sword.
When she saw that, her head was filled with anger.
“No, f*ck!! What are you doing!! Please finish quickly!!!”
It was only then that Calia jumped up and charged at the demon lord who was still under the spell of restraint.
Pooh Woowook!!
Finally, an eerie sound resounded in the middle of the castle.
At the same time, the demonic sword that had pushed right up to my neck lost its power and fell in front of me.
“Haa….”
I looked at the Demon King with a sigh of relief.
When Calia pulled out her holy sword, the Demon King collapsed like a puppet whose string had been cut.
Sure…….
And the moment the light disappeared from her eyes, the magic sword that fell in front of me lost its shape and disappeared.
Finally, the Demon King is dead.
“It’s over… ….”
I spat out a few words and got down on my knees.
The life I’ve lived passed through my mind like a kaleidoscope.
Life on Earth suffered until the moment of death.
The feeling of being saved when summoned to this world.
However, after knowing the situation here, I felt a sense of disappointment.
The moment I first met the warrior party members.
The first meeting with the real princess of the empire.
And all the battles and hardships he had to go through until he killed the demon king.
Looking back, my life was misery itself.
Nevertheless, what I was able to endure was thanks to good memories and good relationships that came infrequently like an oasis in the desert.
And now the pain is over.
Now that the demon king is dead, only a rosy future awaits me.
“Edmund.”
Calia unknowingly broke my immersion.
After all, she was an unlucky guy to the end of her, but I looked at her with a smile.
Although she often quarreled with her, isn’t this the happiest moment of defeating her demon lord?
“Thank you for holding up well while I was down. Because of you, I was able to defeat the Demon King.”
“Don’t forget that I blocked the demonic sword at the end.”
“… Okay. Thank you for everything.”
Unlike usual, Calia said thank you to me. He even shook hands first.
“You worked hard too.”
I also accepted her handshake with a warm smile. Calia was making an awkward expression for some reason, but I thought it was because this was the first time she had been in a situation like this.
I should have already felt something strong from here.
“Speaking of which… ….”
Calia suddenly gets lucky. At the same time, she glanced sideways at the other team members for a moment.
And then she said something shocking to me.
“You should die here.”
