Chapter 20: The End, and at the same time the continuation of the end + Afterword

After looking at the severed arm and the manual in it, I decided to listen to the voice inside my head." I feel crazy, but I need to make sure. Is it?I lifted my arm slightly to definitely confirm that I wasn't mistaken, as my head hasn't been working as well as it used to lately." Yes, now all you have to do is apply it." All I have to do? You know what the man I ripped my arm off turned into, are you sure you're ready for that?I waved the severed limb in front of my nose, reminding myself of what external changes could occur while the rest of the room watched me." We need to act, it's either now or never. It's up to you." Alright, but we need to clear out the extras first.A thoughtful hum sounded in my head as I turned to the characters in the manga, or whatever it was, something I'd forgotten.- Otis? - I pointed at the red-haired girl with glasses, but some nook of memory alerted me.- Kira Yoshikage?He asked with surprise on his face." Haahahaha, Kira, ahahahaha, Yoshikage. How funny that sounds coming from someone other than us, ahahahaha.Making a stony face, I replied:- Yes!" Hurry up, time's running out.At this moment, I was in a not so pipe room, perhaps because I had made a hole in the ceiling, it was a bit brighter now. Looking at the people around me, which were the injured black-haired girl, the wyvern, and Otis, I shouted:- Hurry up and get out, I'll hold him off!Otis turned to me with a serious face and replied:- Thank you!Then they ran off in a hurry, leaving me with Alejandro, who was still reeling from the loss of his arm; he even had a bone sticking out of it." Eh, even a little hurt that I was left behind, in movies they usually don't leave you almost to the last man or not at all.It's easier for you, it's time to get started," the voice in his head replied.I moved towards Alejandro, who started to move away from me because of fear, and when the distance between us was only 7 meters, I heard the sound of a portal opening." Hurry!!! - shouted a voice in my head.But I turned to see a hole opening in the space I came out of.... Me and a beautiful pixie who could be easily distinguished from a human because of her pointed ears.- W-what? Is this real?I stared at myself in disbelief as I stepped out of the portal."Hurry up and do it!!!The voice wouldn't stop, but I didn't listen to it, keeping my eyes on myself. When the elf and I came out of the portal, they turned to me.- Give me the manual, you might make a mistake, said my double, or I'm from another reality.- I'm not going to use it on myself, I'm just going to stick it in him," I pointed at Alejandro, who had already passed out from bleeding, "And who are you?- I am the version of you from the other universe that was able to defeat that entity. I've decided to destroy all artificial instructions in all universes, so give it back," the other version of me said." They just want to take her for themselves, you shouldn't believe them.- That doesn't sound very convincing.* Sigh *Suddenly, my version from the other universe threw some kind of dagger and knocked the instruction out of my hands at an incredible speed that I didn't even have time to react. The other me immediately ran instructions, trying to get ahead of him, I realized that I simply would not have time. The speed of the other version of me is much greater." How is this possible? He was able to raise the level?In an effort to get ahead of myself, I wondered as 2 words suddenly rang out in my head." We'll have to take our chances.Suddenly, I lost control of my body as I noticed that my flesh was burning and literally coming off my bones.- Space rupture!Someone else in my body shouted, with my tongue, with my ligaments, swinging my arm, which immediately fell off, leaving no bone behind, but I felt no pain, just a kind of peace.My body made a mighty leap to meet the instruction, causing my legs to fall off, but I was ahead of the other version of myself, which was slowed by the cut in space that was sucking everything in here into itself.- Noooooo!Screamed the other me as my "other personality" grabbed the instruction with my teeth and stuck it in my shoulder. After which everything went out.# On behalf of Mr. Razar, aka the host #After accepting the instruction, the body began to change, constantly changing appearance, from a monster to a normal person, while I was trying to stabilize after a long rest in the body of a kid.- Attack him!The sword-wielding asshole shouted, running up to me, and the elfess fired some magic."My body is still unstable, if I overdo it I'll be torn apart by the surge of cosmic energy.Slowly raising my hand towards the attackers, I stopped time in the area they are in, still trying to stabilize myself.# It's been five minutes #The original shape-shifting something took the form of a black-haired man with an athletic build wearing completely dark clothing that appeared out of nowhere on his body.- Fuh, I thought I was going to hell again because of you, - I pointed at the other version of the kid and the elf, - If it wasn't for you, it would have been much safer, the moment he wanted to use the instruction, I would have intercepted the control and stuck it in him without fear that the body would simply fall apart. But you assholes fucked it up.With a wave of my hand, I reset time back to its course, intercepting the kid's sword, and the magic disappeared before it even reached me. The swordsman broke free of my weak grip and decided to talk:- Who are you?! And why do you need a manual?- Well, I'm a god in a way. And I needed the manual to increase this kid's strength, while strengthening the body for me, because if I decided to take over the body without the manual, his body would simply fall apart, sending us to hell, or me alone.I pointed to the hand-shaped imprint on the floor, which was left behind by the fact that the hand had simply dissolved under the force of the cosmic energy.- Huh, I feel like a second-hundredth villain who tells his plan, after which I will be defeated, such a strange feeling.I said with a pensive face while my short-sighted opponents just stared at me.- I challenge you to a duel!The swordsman turned into a bloody mess, and the elf stared at me in shock as I stared at her.___________It's been five days.# In some city, a day, in the protagonist's house #I sat in a fancy chair, staring at the unconscious and naked body of a pointy-eared girl.- I guess I overdid it.* Click *Instantly, the unconscious elf took on her pre-battle appearance from a couple days ago, waking up. She immediately stared at me with fear and, keeping her eyes on me, began groping my body. I watched silently, giving her some time to recover.After a couple of minutes, she calmed down and asked cautiously:- It wasn't a dream?With an indifferent face I replied:- Of course not. Everything you remember was real.Her face changed at once: tears began to form in her eyes, and she began to smell of despair.- I apologize, but I'm understandable. I've been in hell for 342 years and that's not to say that time is different, but that's not important. Now, 342 years without a woman, that's not easy. The only thing that even resembled a girl were the fucking succubi, but bitch, the way they look is fucking fucked up. In hentai, they're cute and sexy demonesses, but in real hell, they're almost exact replicas of male demons, with a couple exceptions: their horns are curved backwards; and their entire lower half to the waist is covered in fucking sheep's fucking wool. Do you realize what a totalitarian fuck-up that is? If it wasn't for Sanya, I'd be a fucking cuckoo in there.I waved toward my invisible friend, who could only be seen by the likes of me and my boss, causing the elf to stare at me strangely.- Sanya, prove you're here.My friend came to the table, which was quietly located near the window, and then took it with one hand and just threw it, in consequence of which, the table broke the wall and flew over the horizon. The girl huddled in the corner of the bed with her knees drawn up.- Convinced? I'd been through a lot in that place, from eating demons to the final battle with the boss.I fell into my memories, thinking about how many brutal battles I'd been through, but the most memorable was the meeting with the overlord.- Yeah, I remember the battle against the lord of hell, you probably don't know who that is, although the name should make it clear, but I'll explain. Imagine an enormous man-ambala, five meters tall. Is that it?She shook her head affirmatively.- Good, now change his skin color to red and give him two-meter horns. You're probably thinking: why are they so huge? It's simple, it's a kind of indicator of the demon's power. For example, in the beginning demons had no horns at all, they were called demons. Okay, I'm taking a wrong turn here, all right?- Uh-huh.- All right, what do you think of him?- Scary.- Well, yeah, basically, he was a living creep, too.# N amount of time ago #In the middle of what was almost an ordinary throne room, except for the lavopads around the edges and the succubi filled to the brim with strange liquid and broken necks, stood a man whose aura warped the space. Opposite him was the lord of hell, seated on a throne made of saints' skulls, the top of which was adorned with a huge upside-down cross.The appearance of the lord of hell was not significantly different from ordinary demons. It was a 5-meter tall, red-skinned and simply overpumped demon with a huge pair of horns. And for his clothes he had human skin, which smelled of powerful holy magic.The man was a young man, not as tall as the demon, only 1.80 meters, but the physique was athletic, muscles perfectly visible on the tanned body because of the hellfire and lava. The most amazing thing was that he didn't have a single scar on his body, unlike the lord of hell, whose body was adorned with many healed wounds.There was a silent pause between them, both of them staring at each other. With a vision of the future, they knew what awaited them, but the appearance of victory was still hazy. Both had no weapons on them, as they would only get in their way.After a second, both shifted from their positions. Coming face to face, they began to fix each other's faces, breaking space in the process.# Back to the present #Turning my head, I noticed a dark eagle with red eyes perched on the windowsill.- Time to go?The bird waved its head in the affirmative at my question, and then flew off in an unknown direction, if you could say that, since it didn't even flap its wings. I turned back to the elf.- Well, I want to say thank you, you are the second living creature who calmly listened to my adventures and sufferings without trying to kill me, and for that I can fulfill your every wish. Even resurrect that asshole who was with you.She hesitated for a moment, but answered quickly:- I want to go home.- I see, if I'm not mistaken, Elftaisk?- Yes!- Okay.* Click *It disappeared as soon as it clicked, leaving no trace. I walked over to the hole in the wall and looked around the town, where children were running around, vendors staring at me, and homeless people begging for money and sleeping in the gutter.- Eh, I missed it, but it was time to move out.With a wave of my hand, a portal opened in front of me, leading to some dark space, and I entered it without thinking."When do I get a vacation, Sanya?Something invisible shrugged, following the hero. After that the portal closed.____________Afterword.Let's omit all the greetings, as it's been a long time since the last chapter, and let's get right to the main thing.This work was originally supposed to be a fun story on the King of Swords, but with my take on the story and a new protagonist. Unfortunately, not everything is destined to come true.... During the course of writing the chapters, I started to lose interest in the source manga, or whatever it is, I can't remember and I'm too lazy to check :) because of I decided to make this work a part of my universe (hi Host), so here goes. I think it's time to say goodbye.Thank you to the first readers of this story, if it wasn't for you I probably wouldn't have continued this because of which no other works would have come out. Every comment under a chapter brought a smile, because someone was interested and waiting for the continuation of not the best quality, and what can be said, such a work. I don't know if I met your expectations for this story, but I hope you enjoyed it ;)It's the end, but... But, as is usually the case, when one story ends, another always begins....(づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づAlright, I won't bore you, thanks again for reading, you guys are the best(☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞