175 174. World return array.txt (2/2)

It wasn't just the battlefield. The light shone indiscriminately on the streets of the mainland, as well as the innocent inhabitants.

That light was supposed to be a type of magical power, but it was terrifyingly quiet and transparent. There was no concept of attributes, it was colorless, encompassing only a fundamental color.

Its mercilessly gentle light clung to all living things, trying to dissolve them bit by bit (・・・・・・・・・・).

I didn't have to let it 'display' --I've been 'decomposed',” he said.

The composition of the body is unraveling and the organism is dissolving. The unraveled body returns to pure magic and floats in the light like fine ice (diamond dust).

Light dancing in the light. The fantastic particles of magical power fell directly to the white earth and soaked into it.

It was a snowy landscape that made me want to throw up.

No living creature could withstand the ”World Bongbong Formation”. Equally, monsters, people, beasts, and insects are being decomposed. If this continues, more than a million people and a billion creatures will die. --with only one exception, the one with the magic stone of The One Who Steals Reason.

That's when the soldiers around them finally begin to notice the change.

They stared at their own bodies, which were becoming particles of magic power, and let out a voice.

''--?　Na....... This, what the hell is this: ......

The power of The Magic Circle.

Palinkron answered everything when asked.

But it was only clerical and not emotional.

A buzz of joy turned into a buzz of confusion.

Some of them couldn't bear the level down and began to feel dizzy. At last, about a third of the troops poked their knees, as if they were anemic.

It seems that the lesser of the two, the faster the limits of their abilities are reached.

Feeling death all around me, I let out a shaky voice.

You'll die if you don't ....... Your people are going to die ......?

'Haha. Yeah, right.

My question was affirmed by Palinkron.

However, unlike when the soldier asked me, he was not clerical, but emotional. He seems to be smiling a bit. It's a difference in response that shows that he really doesn't care about anyone but me.

I'm painfully aware that words don't stop me.

I put my hand on the front of my aching head and grit my teeth with all my might.

In the meantime, the effects of the ”World Consecration Camp” do not stop.

First one. The one who had lost his skin screamed as it was converted into magic power.

Then a second and third person, and their voices overlap. The flesh of his companions began to disappear, and he realized that he could see what was inside. A cutting cry rushed across the battlefield in the face of this grotesque sight.

The unrest propagated just as easily as the jubilation.

A fourth and then a fifth - and then the horror spreads.

The battle between the north and the south was completely suspended as we grasped the distance in The Dimension. All hell is breaking loose in the war.

I thought I should guide them before they plunged into depression.

'Ladies and gentlemen!　Get out of The Magic Circle now!　It's not too late!　And while I'm doing that--!

Kanami-san!

But it was stopped by Maria next to me.

I turned my eyes to Maria to ask her why. There she was, unguarded and on the verge of war.

'Do not turn your eyes away from the enemy. This (...) is also the attack of the Palinclone Legacy--, we are still in combat.

And he told her in no uncertain terms to abandon everything.

To Maria, the soldiers at war must be strangers to her. She tells me that there is something more important than that.

”Maria, but--

-Will anyone try to help him and fail again?　There's no room for that!

Maria's hand grabbed my arm.

I caught it tightly and didn't let go, not letting it go anywhere.

I felt a wrenching dilemma.

If possible, I would like to help anyone and everyone. That's the kind of person I am. I'm sure you can understand that now that you've lost everything. That's the only humanity I can be sure of being me.

So it was a fascinating story to risk my life here to save ten thousand soldiers (・・・・・・・・). It was very, very fascinating, like an act in a play. If he lost his life to save them, he thought it was such an excusable death.

But I knew very well that helping no one else was not going to do any good. A hypocritical, self-satisfied act of thoughtlessness would not solve anything. In fact, it often leads to worse results.

I had that experience. Because Maria's advice also came in tandem, I had no choice but to give up. -- much to my chagrin (・・・・・・).

Suppressing the urge, I stopped looking at the battlefield and turned my attention to one Palinkron. I focus all my attention on the sinner who caused this devastation, only to defeat him.

Do not decipher the sound of the soldiers' suffering.

Don't get caught up in it, no matter how much the battlefield is in a whirlwind.

After all, it was already too late for anything.

If we wanted to help these people, we should have done so from the beginning. Instead of going after the Palinklons, we should have fought for evacuation. Or, earlier, they should have followed the path that Palinkron had prepared for them and become the Lauravian Hero. In the position of the Hero, he could have helped many people. You could have been happy without knowing anything, without losing yourself.

But I refused to do that and that's how I got here.

I gave up a lot of lives on my way here. If it was my strength, I could have saved many lives in the war. I was that good. -- but I left them behind. I tried not to look.

It's selfish of me to want to save them now. It's too selfish.

Most of all, it's unrealistic to expect me to help every single soldier here. Without thinking it through, it's obvious that this is beyond my capacity.

It's not surprising that Maria felt madness at me for still trying to help.

I have a real sense of falling into madness myself.

While we are staring at each other with Palinclone, the miserable hell stirs behind us.

There is a scream.

In the light, the throbbing and dissolving human beings cannot help but stand out.

The battlefield was a screaming place.

The eyes of the soldiers were stained with despair.

The fear that there is no pain even though their bodies are melting. The nightmare that there is no way to avoid that slow death, only to be frightened and confused. It was a blasphemy of life. Most of all, the light of hope that should have ended the war turned into a light of despair, which broke the hearts of many people.

One by one, the soldiers couldn't even speak, and one by one, they fell to the ground.

The reasons for fighting that had inspired me to fight are disappearing one by one.

The ”wedge” that held me together is falling out one by one.

In the midst of it all, a man of exceptional level and quality remained unmolested and unbending. I could tell that he was a high-ranking military official from the way he dressed unlike the others.

And I can also tell somehow that he was probably close to Palinclone--

”--Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!　General, Palinkulon Legacy.　All of it, all of it was a lie!

His voice was so loud that he refused to read in time.

'Oh,'

To the man's question, Palinkron answered shortly.

'You never had any patriotism in you ......?'

Yeah.

'Do you have nothing to say about this devastation ......?

Yeah.

Was it your goal all along to sacrifice us ......!

Yeah.

'...... you are!　You're not a person!

At last the man was furious with Palinkulon's attitude and shook his fist.

However, his fist failed to reach the man.

Before it could reach him, the man lost all his physical strength and fell to the ground. The fallen man spat out a curse with his last ounce of strength.

''It's not a person ......''

Yeah, apparently.

With this man as the last soldier, all the soldiers around us had fallen.

Within a few dozen seconds, the noisy battlefield had become quiet. There was no more shouting and shouting that was typical of the battlefield. The only sound in my ears was a groan.

It was just me, Maria and Palinkulon standing on the ground that glowed white and pale to the horizon.

Abominably, there was no longer room for interruptions.

The elimination of anything that could help Palinkron was accomplished. It was supposed to be a joyous situation, but there was no way he could be honestly happy about it.

'Come on, boy. Now it's easier (・・・・・・・・・・) to do (...)?

On a battlefield where there was no longer anyone on his side, Palinkron finally spoke his words.

It was certainly easier to do. In two ways.

No longer did he have any hesitation in killing Palinkron.

It was easier to fight and easier to kill.

There was no way she could do something shameful like asking for help from the Palinkron anymore.

Whatever anxiety Maria was feeling was solved by Palinkron himself, no one else.

Oh, it's really frustrating, it's just what Palinkron had in mind.

There was no reason not to kill each other now.

So, without answering Palinclone's question, I activate the magic that has finished building without hesitation.

I no longer have to think about the aftermath to my surroundings.

It's really quite neat. This one too, in two ways.

''-- 'Midgals Freeze'!

Maria follows suit and releases.

''-- 'Midgall's Blaze'!

Ice and fire. Two giant snakes are generated and head straight for Palinclone.

Maria begins to build more magic without moving, and I run out to hide behind the giant snakes. It's an attack that clearly separates the roles of vanguard and rear guard.

I go straight ahead and stare at the enemy (Palinkron).

The other side is also staring at me. The one eye left on the Palinkron's body has caught me in its hiding place.

'Come on, Legacy. I'm getting as close to 'Kanami' as I can get. And I'm getting as close to being an 'apostle' as I can get. I'm almost there. I'm almost--

In response, Palinkron builds his magic as well.

He unravels his human form and transforms both arms into blades. He thinks that he no longer has to worry about anyone's eyes.

''-- ”Dark Sphere

He pointed one blade towards us and sent a black sphere flying.

It collides with the two giant snakes and the magic pops in the air.

The battle resumes.

A fog of magical power of complementary colors mixed with black, blue and red spreads out.

From within it, a small voice can be heard.

''-- All that's left is for Miss and Miss to leave and we'll be alone. Boy.''

Blurting out, Palinclone muttered that, which was clearly heard by 'Dimension'.

I eliminated more than 10,000 people around me who were in the way, and I knew that Maria was my next target.

I'll be barking to prevent that from happening.

”Palinkulon--!

He slammed the crystal sword into the palinclone.

A dull sound rang out as it collided with the black blade.

The high-pitched sound doesn't sound anymore--