The Devil Who Grants Wishes

“That… what…”

Teach me the basics, what the hell do you mean?

When are you waiting for each one?

I mean, I… I need to get my strength right now…!

“I don’t have time for that! Come on, I need to get my strength and slay that demon!”

It’s surprising that time stopped, but it’s very likely that this powerful magic won’t last very long.

By the way, are you going to teach me swordsmanship in that short time?

After all… I didn’t believe in demons. It’s cold for a little while, I’m stupid.

So, while that demon is still, I need to get some power– Huh?

‘Isn’t this… a chance?’

The world stands still because time has stopped, but I can move. Even the demon that slaughtered us up until now was still.

Not only that.

Not only does it move, but there is no problem in raising the sword or swinging the sword like this.

Yeah, it’s now… it’s only now…

Aww

Legs move freely. Power enters into his hand and grabs the sword tightly.

The blurred vision becomes very clear, and the clear vision is filled with the image of a still demon.

The chance is now. If not now, the revenge of the dead companions—

heartbeat

“-!?”

what…?

Suddenly, the world shook as if my heart was beating.

It is not a simple analogy.

It was only once, but the world certainly pounded and rang once. I could clearly see that the space was distorted, bending not only the light but also my body.

“Unbelievable…”

I don’t know much about magic, but I can definitely know such a country.

This magic… is closer to the power of God than magic.

“Time is enough.”

The ghastly voice of the devil scratches my eardrums.

There is not a single lie in that statement.

Time will suffice.

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Maybe until I die of old age.

But the reason I want power is to kill that demon, isn’t it?

“Time isn’t the issue—it’s…”

I was going to say, “If that demon dies, I have no reason to want power…”

But no words come out. I can’t open my mouth itself.

The air is weighing me down from all sides. I can’t even squirm. It’s like diving deep into the sea.

If I opened my mouth like this, I felt like I was no longer me.

That’s not the only reason I can’t speak.

‘Are you disappointed…?’

I’m not sure.

So far, I’ve only seen two demons, including that one, so how can I read the devil’s emotions?

But… and yet this demon seems to be disappointing me.

Of course there is no evidence whatsoever. It could have been just a momentary delusion.

But why the hell am I feeling this way?

“The only wish I received was to ask for power. I didn’t ask you to kill that demon.”

“…Then give me strength.”

He protests to the devil by barely squeezing his neck.

I sold my soul to the devil for power.

However, the reason for gaining power is not my own bosin and ambition, but simply to kill that demon.

As long as you can kill demons, if you can honor the souls of your allies, your strength is definitely good.

By the way, why is this white-faced devil stopping me so much?

Even teaching swordsmanship from the basics again? No wonder I was insulted for being so weak that I had to learn those basics again—

“If you kill that demon with my own power, your comrades would have been literally killed as you said. There’s no reason why they should have died for you.”

“…!”

Then, the world becomes white.

It’s like being hit in the back with a bat.

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My ears are full of buzzing tinnitus, and when my thoughts that I thought were right up until now are instantly denied, I feel a tremendous sense of vomit.

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My legs are shaking and I can’t stand properly. If you sell your mind to other places, even just a little bit, it seems like you’ll just sit there.

But… strangely, it doesn’t feel bad.

Is this what a person who has attained enlightenment feels like?

“Raise your sword.”

“…”

don’t answer

I just point the sword in my hand at the devil.

Not to a still demon, but to a demon with a white face.

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‘This female swordsman is a hero… so it must be a player.’

The hero feels a special power that is different from others.

In the game, I was just narrating in text, so it didn’t really make sense to me, but I can tell for sure when I become a character in the game.

Like the player in Noah, the hero in front of him is destined to overcome all adversity, unite the fragmented world, and reach the truth.

‘…Whew.’

But there is a problem.

The demon standing still behind there is a demon that appears after breaking the Leon story, and should have been defeated after fighting the hero in the ancient ruins.

However, on the contrary, the hero and the group were horribly annihilated by the devil, and only the hero managed to survive and confront the devil.

The reason, of course, is me.

Keying~!!

“Ugh…!”

Obviously, fighting that demon in the game wasn’t that difficult.

It wasn’t a raid with any expertise, it was just a scenario at the beginning of the game, so the difficulty was quite low, and because of that, it was easy to defeat the devil with just the first shot.

However, because of me, all of Leon in the beginning part of the hero’s party disappeared because of me, the means to raise the level disappeared, and as you can see, the result was that the hero and the party were annihilated by the devil.

“Come on, get up.”

“I… I know…!”

So, I decided to give the hero the power to compensate for the skipped Leon. If you become strong with my magic, you will be eroded by the magic and will no longer be a hero, so it is a way to train yourself.

Of course, the reason is not just that.

A big reason is that even though he was on the verge of death, he did not pray for his life and shuddered at the upright warrior who thought of his dead companions.

Kaga-Gak

“When you take out the opponent’s sword like that, if you raise the blade uselessly, the sword will be damaged and your stamina will be consumed, so lay it flat so that the blade slides.”

“What… what are you talking about…! Then just hit the sword you wield…!?”

“No, in the first place, it was wrong to have a battle of power and power. Now, like this.”

“Ugh…?!”

When the strength of the wrist is slightly relaxed and the sword is laid down at an angle, the posture of the warrior, who had only applied force to the sword and hit it, is disturbed, and then the body leans forward.

Of course, since a hero is a warrior, he did not fall down due to his high body specs and quickly regained his original posture, but that time is more than enough for me.

“Why the hell are you fighting uselessly? It’s right to let out an attack that can flow.”

“…”

A sword is aimed at the warrior’s neck. If I hadn’t stopped in the middle, the hero would have lost his life.

However, the hero does not have the face of a person facing death. He doesn’t even look frightened.

I am only filled with a desire to learn even a little bit of my movements.

…that’s awful, and it’s very.

“Even at this level, are you offended by my suggestion to teach you the basics again?”

“So… that’s…”

“Looking at his excuses, his ego is quite high. It’s really second to me.”

“…”

When I finished my words, the hero blushed and then wrinkled slightly. It seems too embarrassing to even think about it.

Ummm, I still have to say something.

To be honest, the hero is wielding a sword, but there is no sense of swordsmanship there. He only trusts in his own strength and wields his sword at random.

“It seems like you’ve only been fighting based on your physical abilities so far. Slashing is great, but that’s all. A swordsman doesn’t just have to swing his sword strongly.”

“…that’s right, honestly, except for that demon, I’ve never been pushed by force when fighting with anyone.”

“It will be difficult in the future, so learn swordsmanship. Even after the contract with me is over, keep honing your swordsmanship.”

At the beginning of Noah’s story, there is no danger of death.

Even if you roughly click the mouse, the monsters die randomly.

And this again suggests that the warrior didn’t have much opportunity to hone his swordsmanship.

If you level up in the game to get skill points and use them to shoot skills, you can use colorful and diverse skills without any conditions… But this isn’t a game, it’s a reality, so can’t it be?

As the level rises, an unfamiliar posture becomes accustomed, and the unknown magic suddenly becomes known, and this cannot be the case.

In other words, in a word, the hero lacks a level, but the swordsmanship is also desperately lacking.

If you focus on training a warrior who lacks swordsmanship, he will be able to show great results.

Of course, the level left empty by Leon’s skipping will also have to be filled… For now, let’s focus only on swordsmanship.

‘By the way, how did Faust eat?’

He uses such powerful magic, but his swordsmanship skills are top-notch.

Unlike magic that has reached its peak, swordsmanship is just moderately strong, but it’s strange that a nobleman called a wizard has mastered swordsmanship so much.

Bosses who use magic and weapons together are a common concept, but still, it’s very strange for me, who has lived in this world for a long time.