Sairin Yuusha no Fukushuu Hanashi

Episode XII: The Elphiszark

"Ha ha."

The protruding arm is pulled out, and the blood is well zeroed out.

A hot object approached his throat, and a mass of blood overflowed with gopoli from his mouth.

I was pushed hard on my back, and I rolled unnecessarily to the ground with blood scattered.

With his face up, Elfi was looking down at me with his cold eyes, waving his bloody hands.

"That's an expression like seeing incredible things, Io. You had that look on your face when those magicians betrayed you? If that's the case, Itsuki looked ridiculous."

He distorted his mouth like a mockery, and Elfi told him to throw it away.

"El, fi"

The look was too far from what I saw and I accidentally called my name in a trembling voice.

"Are you, really... Elfi?

Ask, Elfi puts his hand on his chin.

Then I slapped my hand as if I was good at it, and I said it as if I was frightened.

"Hmm. Did you even think I was possessed by someone, like that woman named Lucifina? Unfortunately, no, you're not, Io. There's no such thing as being possessed by me back in my body."

Cold.

The falling blood dyes the ground red and black.

Every time blood fell, I had the feeling that the temperature was falling out of my body.

"You know what, Io? I came here, I sent down Orteguia, and I pierced you with this hand. - It's all done by my own will."

Since that incident in the first place, we've worked out a whole lot of measures to combat possession, haven't we?

Elfi lines up his words to hunt him down as he slaps a ton and his head with his fingers.

Exactly.

Never again have measures been taken against possessive witchcraft to avoid treading on the same lines as in Lucifina.

I also get the ink from Idler.

There is not a single possibility that Elfi is possessed.

Elfi exhales a small sigh.

Then I got a pitiful look on my face.

"Io, it is true that I am grateful to you. Without you, I would never have made it this far. I got here because you were there for me."

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"A human being named Tianjin Yiwei was a favorite for me. I enjoyed traveling with you and the countries, and all the food we ate together was delicious. Not once did I wish the time I spent with you would go on forever. But now that you've brought down Orteguia, your presence is useless. The journey, the revenge, the contract with you, that's it."

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"If we keep working hand in hand with you like this, we'll be able to fulfill the purpose of the table I was putting up. But for my true purpose, the presence of“ brave men "stands in the way. So, Io. I want you to disappear here. No one gets in the way, now, in this place, I will definitely stop your breath root with this hand"

After saying that, Elfi lays her eyes down for the first time.

"And you never thought about it?

In the open eyes, the colour of hatred was floating.

"- the possibility that there was a precious presence of me among the demons you have slaughtered as“ brave men. "

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"Your ideal is a noble thing. Even so, it doesn't make a difference that you've killed many demons before. Some of those you killed with that hand were inevitably following Orteguia, including my men. Someday, to help me, I was trying to gain the credibility of Orteguia, my people. Heavenly Moon Iori...... No“ Hero Amatsu ". Ortegia is not the only one. You have my people in your hands."

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"You know what, Io? - This is revenge for the brave as the Demon King."

Elfi turned his gaze under the Castle of the Demon King.

In the outer perimeter of the castle, the Allies and the Demon King's Army continue to fight.

Distorted his expression to see something painful, Elfi turned his gaze to me again.

"I will kill you and I will reign as the“ Demon King ”again. If you list the remains of the“ brave ", all the demons who followed Orteguia would recognize me. With the Allies, if we find out about your death, we'll lose a lot of morale."

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"I will end this war with the death of the brave and the return of the Demon King."

At the end of the story, Elfi stepped out here.

"Don't worry. Unlike the others I've seen before, I don't do bad tastes that I enjoy wearing you around. In an instant, I'll stop that breath root."

In those eyes, magic gathers.

I've seen it many times in battle together, "Demon Eye/Ashes Explosion".

The hell of the Red Lotus, which melts even the earth and wipes it out, spreads in front of you.

Look at that.

"Ku"

I am.

I...

"... kuku. Ha. Ha ha."

Uncomfortable, he was laughing.

"... what's wrong"

I can't stop laughing when I'm surprised to hear such questions.

"Hahahahahahahahaha!!"

"What's wrong, I'm asking!

Hearing the anger, the laughter finally subsided.

Exhale and regain calm.

"Oh, bad. I'm such an idiot."

"... what do you mean"

Elfi asks in a low voice with her eyes glowing red.

"Oh. Since that day, I've thought over and over again. To Elphi, to Elphiszark Gildegard, the possibility of being betrayed."

This word was half monologue.

Ever since the day I put my hands together with Elfi, I've been thinking.

I fought with you many times, helped you many times, and spent all my time with you until today.

All that time, I've been thinking.

That's why this isn't even bothering me right now.

"What an idiot I am."

Smile, I repeat.

I've always known I was a fool.

I didn't think you could come here and make me double-check.

Slowly, get up.

"... that's good enough. It's over, Io."

Elfi freed the demon's eye, as he refused my words that followed.

The light of the red lotus looms in front of you.

Nevertheless, I kept my word.

"I can't believe we've come to a conclusion."

Oh, yeah.

I can't believe the answer is already out.

'Cause you helped me. Wouldn't that have anything to do with humans or demons there?

"... let me down, Iori"

"Find out for yourself who believes."

"Get out of here, Io."

"- Demon King Kiwik!!"

"Just now I was alone with the bumps...! It stinks and it's a little creepy! The apple pie won't taste good!! '

- You're not bad.

"I... don't want you to die."

I don't have to worry, it's the obvious answer.

'If you help me, I'll help you, too. If you will lend a hand in my vengeance,

I'll give you a hand with your revenge. "

"As long as you are one of mine, I will not betray you"

"Come with me -" Ex-brainer. "

The vision that was blurred is clearly defined.

The cooling body temperature returns to normal.

An empty hole in your chest, feeling like a flame lit up.

That's right.

You are.

"Elfi is"

Just before the ash explosion wrapped me up.

- Elphiszark will never betray me.

- With that word, the world broke apart.

The flash looming in front of me, the sky I was seeing, the Orteguia I was falling.

Everything collapsed instantly.

The landscape I was seeing changes.

What I stood in was a large room surrounded by black walls.

Elfi, who stood in front of him until earlier, is disappearing.

Zupli, and.

The sword that stood behind me (...) had the feeling of piercing the meat.

"Horses, deer...... Why, I can move."

The blade was piercing the demon's chest that was about to be slashed by me from behind.

Pull out the sword.

Speaking out a trembling voice, Zulu and the Demon Clan fall to the ground.

Things I had ever seen were all hallucinations.

I was just under the illusion that I'd come up on the roof, and I'd been in this room the whole time.

It must have been a juncture aimed at deciding on the trauma of the heart, based on the subject's memory, that the only information that Elfi and I could know came out of the conversation.

It's a nasty trap.

Was it around Hilde Gard that I thought about?

There are many demons in the room staring at me with a bitter look on their face.

You were going to trap me in hallucinations and kill me for stopping moving.

"Under Master Orteguia, you can't let him go! Here, stop this man!

With the roar, the demons in the room will kill me.

I'm sorry.

I'm not stopping here.

"- [Hero Reproduction (The Raise)]"

In sight, a gray-haired man.

Reaching for its back, I regain my former power.

Under one sword, he slashed and lay down all the demons that pushed him.