Episode 469: The beginning of a counterattack (5)

'scram.'

In the dark.

Piggy was once again placed in the same environment.

The difference was that this time Piggy himself was aware that this was an illusion.

'… … Oh, is this a memory from your childhood?'

Piggy looked at his younger self and the middle-aged man standing in front of him.

It was a face I felt like I had seen many times before, but strangely I couldn't remember it. It was just obscured like fog.

'Such trash is not in my blood.'

Memories from the distant past that even Piggy himself could not remember are replayed.

It was the same vision I had when I had just entered Colosseo Academy and almost died while taking the midterm exam.

'I seem to be particularly good at seeing illusions.'

It was like that during my academy days, it was like that when I was trapped in the abyss, and it's still like that now.

I was now somewhat accustomed to experiencing strange hallucinations and visions whenever my life was at stake.

… … However, she cannot get used to her mother's crying every time, and a corner of her heart feels cold.

And the contempt and hatred that followed that mother.

'I don't even know how lowly the topic is.'

'Kick me out of here immediately.'

'… … 'Get rid of it.'

The whispers around me follow the whimpers, swirling around.

After that, Piggy's vision changed several times.

A fleeing mother, forests and mountains, pursuers, steep cliffs, rough rivers, hungry wolves, and the surprised faces of passing bands of merchants and mercenaries.

As time passes, so do memories.

Her mother, who never smiled and always looked at her with a sad expression.

The stepfather was a reliable supporter of the family by always providing kind comfort by the mother's side and generous love to the son.

In the face of my father's dedicated efforts, my mother was gradually able to smile.

And then the entrance ceremony follows. Colosseo Academy, the best university in the empire.

Piggy wanted to show something to his mother, who was full of misfortune, and to his father, who devoted his life to making his unhappy mother happy.

… … But not everything was smooth.

Piggy was bullied at the first school she entered. This was because of his unique timid personality.

Unlike his outstanding brain, his relatively weak body made Piggy frustrated in various tests.

The scenery of Naraksu continuing after the Academy days. Motives who brutally kill each other.

And the next scene that unfolded was a world completely burned down.

The world is gradually becoming desolate amid rampant monsters and a civil war that breaks out every day.

… … however.

Piggy was bravely overcoming all of this.

The reason Piggy was able to persevere without giving up her attachment to life despite all kinds of hardships and adversity.

'It's okay now.'

It was thanks to the voices of my friends who were always behind me.

Piggy, who could have a distorted view of the world, was always supported by his relationships with his friends.

Piggy unconsciously smiled and muttered at the blunt but warm voice coming from behind.

"He's a good person."

Moment.

'uh? Come to think of it… … '

This is an auditory hallucination that I also heard when I fought with Amdusias, the 5th city, Cimmeries, the 3rd city, and Andrealphus, the 3rd city.

'He's a good person.'

An auditory hallucination that embarrassed countless demons.

That was what he heard every time his blood flowed into the demons.

Moment.

… Phew!

There was a face sticking out in front of Piggy.

'I can not hear you? 'Get out?'

That's it... … .

* * *

"… … omg!?"

Piggy opened his eyes.

Then the first thing that came into view was a face.

Bikir.

Vikir was looking down at Piggy's face.

"It's okay now, Piggy."

The voice was exactly like the voice I had heard in my auditory hallucination.

Piggy smiled weakly with his eyes growing blurry.

"… … After all, you are a good person. "In the past and now."

"Piggy! Come to your senses! "The bleeding has stopped!"

Bikir shook Piggy's body.

But even though the bleeding had stopped, too much blood was lost.

The seed of the Maw Tree spread like a buckshot, lodged itself deep in Piggy's body and tore up all of his internal organs.

Piggy answered, swallowing the blood that was welling up in his eyes.

"Closing the abyss is my only strength. Even though I can't do anything... … "I really wanted to help."

"Sounds stupid... … !"

Bikir opened his mouth, but Piggy shook his head.

"go."

"… … ."

"Go and kill the devil. "I have to save the world."

Piggy looked at Vikir with all his strength in his eyes.

"Even if I don't become a hero, I'm very satisfied if I can remain a hero's friend. "Go!"

At Piggy's shout, Bikir gritted his teeth.

In front of me, the harvester is still standing tall, holding a scythe.

After that, Flauros was activating an ultra-long-distance magic circle this time.

"Get out of the way!"

Bikir put Piggy down on the ground and swung his sword at the harvester.

Cheong-

The Harvester willingly countered Vikir's slash, as if he could do whatever he wanted to buy time.

… Quagigeek!

Vikir's blade fell and the Harvester's scythe caught it.

When there was a brief confrontation between the two.

"… … "I know who you are."

Piggy's voice instantly made the Harvester's whole body tremble.

Piggy's dying eyes were looking as if they were contemplating something.

"… … he is the devil "You are being lied to."

"… … ."

"And you have the power to see through it."

Piggy coughed and spat out a few mouthfuls of black blood.

And with difficulty, he continued speaking.

"I don't think you're a bad person. Because we were friends... … ."

However, Piggy's words did not last until the end.

Piggy's hand, which appeared to be smiling weakly as he said the word 'friend', soon fell limply to the floor.

"Piggy!"

Tudor and Sancho ran crying, but were blocked by the wall of the last German guards.

The harvester raised his scythe and shook off Vikir's sword.

Pow!

Blood spurted out from his chest and limbs, but his intended goal had already been achieved.

This was because Flauros had completed the space movement magic circle.

[Come here, my eldest son]Flauros smiled and summoned the harvester.

For some reason, even now that he had lost all his German soldiers and was being defeated, he still had a big smile on his face.

[Can I ask you a favor?] [Please? you to me what?] [… … It's about killing a man. If he were alive, he would look like this by now.]Flauros, who recalled the recent past, exclaimed in a satisfied tone, as if he had done an extra business.

[The purpose of coming here has already been achieved! Everyone retreat! Survive on your own!]Flauros' cry shocked everyone gathered at the water source.

"… … !"

Vikir noticed the utmost satisfaction and accomplishment in Flauros' voice.

Also, why he, the master of lies, brought all his troops to the water source, and even the real reason and purpose.

'Oh no!'

When Bikir turned his head, he saw Piggy lying bleeding.

Flauros' smiling gaze is fixed on Piggy, who is turning cold and hard with his eyes closed.

The purpose of the devil coming to Tochka was not to kill the devil hunter.

His purpose in the first place was to kill Piggy!

[Demon Hunter, I will postpone my conversation with you until later. I promise. It won't take long. You will soon realize that today is just a taste. Because my poisonous soldiers are much more numerous than this.]Flauros shouted from within the magic circle emitting bright light.

… … however.

"Piggy never dies."

Bikir's speech was short, as always.

"Only you will die."

At the same time, eight strong teeth rush in, tearing the magic circle apart.

A slash more vicious and deadly than ever before.

Even Flauros in the world couldn't help but break into a cold sweat at Vikir's deadly will and tenacity.

[Son! Hurry and stop that!]At Flauros' command, the reaper immediately raised his scythe.

however.

"… … Aren't we 'friends'? "Trust each other."

The harvester's whole body stiffens upon hearing Bikir's voice.

In an instant, the harvester's face was revealed beneath the destroyed hood.

Vikir looked at the harvester with straight eyes.

And that very moment of hesitation brought about a big change.

… Flash!

The fiercely meshed teeth took a big bite of the light pillar emanating from the magic circle.

[K-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa of of of of of of of of course of of of of course not of such of of of course) of of such~~~~!?"")!?Flauros screams in unexpected shock and pain.

At the same time, the magic circle shook greatly.

Paat-

The red poisonous dance and light enveloped Flauros and the harvester and swallowed them up.

… … .

And a surprising silence fell.

The place where a fierce battle had been taking place just moments ago became as quiet as a tomb.

The devil I missed just moments before. And a comrade who lost his life.

Everyone who came together, even though it was belated, could not say anything in the face of this tragedy.

From afar, the sounds of the Allied forces subduing the remnants of the German soldiers can be heard.

Camus, Iyen, Dolores, Sinclair, Circo, and everyone else just stood behind Vikir and said nothing.

… … .

and.

Bikir's lips moved as heavily as hardened lead.

"The really big fight is about to begin."

Everyone's expressions hardened when Bikir said that the real fight had not yet begun.

A time when greater and more enormous sacrifices will be required.

The finale of all these stages will come soon.