Chapter 50 - Frates Festival 3 (1/2)

Chapter 50 - Frate's Festival (3)

Artpe had died.His life had come to a absolute end when he had been stabbed by the thief’s dagger.

The thief clicked his tongue.He retrieved his dagger as he let out a sigh.The hero looked on with dazed eyes as she spoke with a voice devoid of strength.

“Silpennon······ Why....”

“There is no way that man had any intentions of coming to our side.He’s our enemy.We have to kill our enemies.It will endanger you If you hesitate.”

“No.That isn’t it.That can’t be true, because he…....”

Before she could continue her words, the Mana in the atmosphere started to burn up in flame.

The magician had already sensed their enemy approaching, so she had quickly thrust her staff forward to cast a defensive spell.

However, the enemy’s Mana exceeded what the mage could block.In the end, the hero’s party all suffered from burns.The warrior acted tough by crushing a potion bottle with his hand, and he splashed it over the party to heal them.

“Unforgivable.”

A seething yet earnest voice of a woman rang out from the top of the castle wall.

“You bastards…There is no way….I won’t forgive you.”

“F...Four Heavenly King.”

“Fire Witch Etna!?He really called her here!”

“Look, Maetel!That bastard never intended to side with the humans!”

The warrior was appalled, and the thief yelled out as he grinded his teeth.

However, the hero no longer heeded their words.The only thing she had eyes for was the sight of the witch clutching the corpse of Artpe.She easily pushed aside the thief with the brush of her hand.

There was a deep blood colored flame surrounding the entire body of the witch.However, it couldn’t evaporate the tears that were falling from eyes.

“How dare you do this to my Artpe.He was my only remaining hope, yet you guys…..!”

“How laughable, witch!You’ve killed thousands to hundred thousands of humans.You’ve ended the lives of family members and lovers!”

“We are past the point where we can persuade her with logic.Everyone raise your magical energy.Let us kill our enemy.”

The hero had become despondent at Artpe’s death, so the archer calmly tried to lead the party.The archer had an arrow drawn back, and there was a thick cold energy hovering around the tip of the arrow.

The witch possessed extremely strong power of fire.This was also why her weakness was the most well defined amongst the Four Heavenly Kings.Even though she was a much more powerful exististance than the Four Heavenly King they had just defeated, there was a chance that they could win against her.

“Please help, Regina.”

“Yes.”

The mage calmly nodded her head, and she started chanting her spell. Despite them being overwhelmed by the witch’s spirit, the fight would start now.She had trained too much as a magician to give up and back off so early in the fight.

Instead of changing the nature around her, she changed herself to be closest to ice.She reinforced the change as she created a new technique to resist against the heat.Then she placed the blessing of the Winter Queen on the members of the hero’s party.It especially strengthened the cold energy placed on the archer’s arrow to the extreme.

However...

“Ridiculous.How laughable!You cannot endure my wrath with just the blessing of the Winter Queen.You would have to bring the Winter Queen here if you want to do that!”

While she clutched Artpe to her, the Witch started to unleash a torrent of her power.It was as if she controlled all the flames of this world.From the depths much deeper than the foundation of the castle wall, magma started erupting from the ground.The magma quickly covered several hundred meters to hit the hero’s party.

The heat emanating from Etna spread to the entire castle wall.In a flash, the whole region turned into a magma field.The party barely had enough ground to stand on.The sky was thick with clouds, yet it started to part.The gray colored sun of the Demon world appeared from between the clouds as the sunlight created a pillar of fire.

Several hundred thousand Fire Spirits cackled as they revealed themselves.

“Koohk.That monster.”

“We’ll win this.”

The thief let out a curse, and the magician calmly made a declaration.Her words were echoed by the members of the hero’s party, and it buoyed their power.

“It is too hot.I can’t approach her.”

“You idiot.You should take off that can of an armor.”

“I can’t take this armor off.It is cursed.”

“······who did it?”

The hero’s party was trying to resist the heat in one way or another as they got into formation.The witch quietly opened her mouth.There were enormous fireballs floating around her.Dozens, hundreds, thousands, hundred thousands…..They floated into the air to assault the hero’s party.

“Who killed Artpe?”

“It was me, witch!”

“······no.”

Finally, the hero took a small step forward at that moment.

She had barely been able to steady her wavering eyes.Strength returned to the sword she was gripping.

“I’m the one that killed Artpe Hirtana Kelduke.”

“······you did, hero?”

The witch twisted her mouth.She had lost Artpe, and things couldn’t go back to how it was.The violent flames matched her anger as it swirled around her body.

“Yes, I wanted it to be you.I wanted it to be you, so that I can hate without reservation.”

All the Fire Spirits turned to look at the hero.It was as if half of the world was against her, but the hero calmly opened her mouth in front of such a sight.

“He wanted me to tell you something at the end..”

“What did Artpe say!What was his last words!”

“He said he doesn’t particular like older women.”

“What······?”

The hero had a small smile on her face.It was a smile that was holding back her tears.

“It seems you are a bit slow.You were ditched.”

“······hoo, hoo-hoo.”

Surprisingly, the witch Etna laughed when she heard the hero’s words.For a brief moment, the anger of the Flame Spirits lessened a little bit.

“Artpe, you idiot.I already knew that from the beginning.You should have left some other words behind, you dummy…...”

“You······.”

Etna quickly stole a hand towards her eyes to wipe at her remaining tears.Then all the Fire Spirits gathered to revolve around her arms.

“In the end, it was me.In his last moments, he thought about me.Yes, that in itself makes me happy.That is why…...”

The flames exploded.

The daughter of the Phoenix gave a proclomation.

“I’ll send you all to a painless death.It will only take an instant.”

“Bring it on!”

The hero also wiped away the remaining tears from her eyes. She flawlessly entered into her battle mode.She bravely charged towards the flame.The warrior and the thief followed behind her.The mage lifted her staff, and the archer notched another arrow.

The victor of the battle was the hero.