Chapter 41 (1/2)

Chapter 41 – Hero VS Kingdom (3)

He had a dream

It was a land of despair where everything was dyed with blood and darknessHe stood face to face with her on top of a castle wallof people

No, it was a too one-sided encounter to call it a face to face

Artpe had already lost to the heroAll his icianHe had thrown his daggers in desperation, but an archer with long ears destroyed all of them with her sharp arrows

Normally, his subordinates were lazy, and they had treated his authority as their coeneral as shi+tHowever, they acted in a way that was incongruous to their past actionsHis subordinates fought desperately to protect hireat swordIf they had always done well as they did right now, their actions wouldn't have felt sudden and unexpected to ArtpeThey decided to act in such a way at the last ht tears to Artpe's eyes

”Don't do itWait athat”

”Hero······”

The steel knight, who never took off his helmet, refused to stopHe was about to sever Artpe's headHowever, the hero desperately halted his action

All the other h at the same timeThe hero paid no attention to them as she stepped forwardShe made a sincere entreaty towards Artpe

”Please don't cause any trouble, and surrender to us, Four Heavenly King Artpe Hirtana KeldukeThere is no need for us to fight each other any longer”

”Hero!You!”

”It is impossible”

”Everyone be quiet······Please surrender yourself”

Artpe hadn't been hostile towards the hero froShe was the only one that are of this factArtpe had watched over the hero for a very long time, and she are of this fact tooIf Artpe had wanted to, the hero knew he could have killed her a long tio

This hy they could be on the same sideShe was sure they could be on the same sideThey…

”You speak as if the De peace to the world”

However, Artpe ht of the hero's words as he mocked herHis sharp purple eyes were half hidden by his drooping black hairIt wasn’t just the heroHis eyes twinkled as if he wasthe entire hero's party

”Why······?”

She asked the question as if she couldn't understand hiive her an answer

He didn't want to stop the hero's stepsA heavy burden was already on her slender shoulders, and he didn't want to add more to her burden

Instead, he tried to relax her contorted face a little bitHe let out a grin as he opened his mouth

””Hero I' here soon, and she'll be very angry when she sees e”

His words were very comedic when one considered it to be his last wordsIt made the hero's face scrunch upUnlike her, theto screw over the heroThis hy they startedbefore Artpe could finish his skit

The Warrior unsheathed and gripped his great swordThe ician held a staff that looked too heavy for her even if she was holding it with both handsShe prepared a spellThe archer pointed an arroards ArtpeThe red haired thief rushed towards Artpe with his daggers drawn

They all treasured the hero above all elseThey wanted to shi+eld her from the fucked up truths that dominated the world

”Don't try to confuse her, Four Heavenly King”

”In truth, I…Kuh-huhk!”

The dagger scored a clean hitArtpe had already exhausted his ear were all brokenHis consuer put up a fight, so he exposed his heart to the dagger of the thief

Yes, he already knew this would happen

”In truth, I'm not too fond of older women…KahkPlease tell her…!”

His vision was being dyed blackHe could feel Etna's Mana swell from afarShe was the commander of the Army of Thieves

'Ah, if I was going to die anyways, I shouldn't have called noo-nim here'

He had such useless thoughts as he died

”This makes you…It makes you seem like a normal person…!”

He could hear the tearful voice of the hero as he was at death's doorHer voice somehow made his chest burn

However, he couldn't turn back the timeThis was a story that had already ended

This was how his previous life came to an end

Artpe's Innate ability had reversed the world, and he opened his eyes from within a small huhtmare that rehashed the past events……

”No······ Nooooooooooooooooo!”

He heard a fe the last moments of his previous life

Wait a moment

Who's voice of despair was it······?

”······ah”

Artpe opened his eyesHis ears were deafened by the soundIt was the worst kind of nightmare

He had a harsh expression on his face as he tried to get upHowever, his body was strangely heavy, so he looked downMaetel and Sienna had fallen asleep froht over his abdomen

He looked to the side, and he saw Aena who had gotten up earlyShe glared at hi at him as if he was a convicted criminal

”······well, I'm popularWhat can I do about it?”

”Hmmph!”

Aena's cheeks were puffed out as she quickly turned her head awayArtpe let out a bitter laugh when he saw herThen he woke up the two brats that clung to him like koalasIt was time to head out now

When the htened, the townspeople and the children were led out the town by Artpe and MaetelSince all of theees Fortunately, it was late spring, so the weather was mild

”Mreat”

”Isn't it bad if we are noticed, Artpe?”

Maetel tilted her head in puzzleh as he gave an explanation

”That only applies e are exploring a Dungeon where we have no idea if strong enemies are present or notHowever, we know that there are only level 100 cast offs inside this regionThis is why it would be more convenient if they scouted and came towards us”

”I see!”

When their eneroup, they would immediately attack the partyIn such a scenario, Maetel would be able to cut the repulsed by what she had to do

Artpe didn't explain any further as he expanded his Mana Threads into a wide netThis wasn't so watched or a to attack himAt the very least, it would allow him to prepare a counterattack

As he controlled a massive amount of Mana, he directed a question towards the nearby Village Person A

”So which village is closest to this location?”

”The village doesn't have an official nao past that hill, we'll be there”

The town didn't have a nameThese toere so unimportant that it would probably not be recorded in the hero's chronicleThey went to several of these villages as they gathered more peopleMoreover, they cleared out all the soldiers and black icians they encountered…

The Quest Reould continue to bottom out

The thought of it e now, he had to go through it to get to the next stage of this QuestThis was the charm of a chained Quest, so he had to endure it

'Still, I hope this ends before the summer of this yearI want to avoid what always occurs in the fall……'

If he went by the schedule, they had plenty of tioing nowhere for four yearsEven if such delays occurred, Maetel would probably learn skills like Jump and all the techniques associated with itShe was scary like that