322 319. Epilogue Part 2.txt (1/2)

The Great Sacred City of Fuzzy Yards Castle, top floor.

Naturally, a strong enemy appears there, different from the knights so far.

The battlefield on the top floor was terribly small.

There is only a single corridor about three meters wide with a door at the beginning and end of the corridor.

In the middle of that long corridor, a black-clad 『Jewelcrus』 is standing alone. Furthermore, just above the door I just entered, there are two Jewelcrus Humans on each side of the ceiling - a total of three assassination specialist enemies waiting for me.

And all three of them were familiar with the knight named Lagne Kaikwola.

They must have known that I, the intruder, would take them by surprise with the 'skill without a skill name'. Without being swayed by the sword in his hand and the oddity of the corpse in his mind, he will swiftly exploit my weaknesses.

''--[[Dark]]''

They can also use life-shredding 'chanting', but they dare to choose a basic magic with weak power.

Spreading the darkness to surround them from three directions is a very effective tactic against a sword-based knight. My best hand, 'Magic Power Materialization', is completely useless if my vision is poor. It would be the best move to kill the knight Lagne Kaikwola.

However, unfortunately, dark magic doesn't work for me right now.

I lightly pray to the magic stone of 'The One Who Steals the Reason of Darkness' on my chest, and this one uses 《Dark》 without a chant to clear the spreading darkness in an instant.

With this, I can hide in the darkness, and I can see the three people who are attacking me with daggers in their hands in full view.

Immediately, I generate three blades of magic power and send them flying at the three men's hearts.

However, the opponents are also battle-specialized 'Jewelculus' that have exceeded 20 levels. Without being baffled by the unexpected situation, I dodged all of its flying blades.

Continuing, I increased the three blades to six. However, even that, the three of them avoided the three with a single piece of paper, and they were getting closer to me.

I had no choice but to catch the enemy's poisoned dagger with the sides of both arms without hesitation.

''--?

The expressions of the three enemies were obscured by their black masks, but they seemed to be lightly flustered.

From the other side, it would be an incomprehensible defense. How could I, who had once done the same job here, not be aware of the poison of this dagger? Nevertheless, I took it in with my body.

I pretend to be affected by the quick-acting poison, frowning and almost bending my knees to show them.

In contrast, the three enemies try to put a stopping blow into the vital point. I can sense the spirit of their unhesitating pursuit, whether it's a trap or not, to stab one of them in the back.

And I have a word for it.

With my face down, I say goodbye to the encounter and goodbye.

''-- Juniors, it's nice to meet you and say goodbye.

Of course, there was no way the three of them would fall for that too-easy distraction. They didn't answer or get upset, but only moved to kill.

-- The next moment, two of them fell down with their hearts pierced by the blade.

Only one of them avoided the blade with only a snatch and got away from it as he bounced.

''--!

Right now, there are more than ten blades dancing in this narrow corridor. The trap is just a trap that has been placed beyond the point where I dived through them, diluted the magic power to the limit with 'magic manipulation', made it transparent with magic wind, and placed a blade that exploited the gap in my thoughts with the example skill.

Honestly, I thought that a trap of this level could inflict wounds, but not kill them.

But for some reason, two of them fell for it as well. I feel some kind of absurd benefit. My level of magic manipulation and wind magic must have increased beyond my ability to measure myself. The two people who died were killed by the magnitude of the difference between the information I had heard beforehand and my information.

This is the so-called talent compensation. The interference power of the demonic poison. The world's favoritism itself - and I was just calmly checking my change.

”-Okay, uh, uh, oh, ......

What ......?

The last survivor suddenly collapsed.

He passed out in a flash, as if he was struck by dizziness.

Suspecting a trap, I pull out the daggers stuck in both arms. The effects of the poison are completely unaffected by the 'affinity'. I approach her with a light step and check her condition.

''Could this be ......?''

If not, he was dead.

I know what that means for no reason.

It's an intuition that comes from calling oneself ”the one who steals the logic of the stars”.

--This is the 'logic' stolen by 'the one who steals the logic of the stars'.

I'm still not sure how this happened, but it seems that I was able to cause death from a snatch alone.

With a different unfair procedure than Nosfi and the others - or is this the right procedure, as long as there are no disadvantages?

Anyway, I stole the 'reason' just like the others. In both name and reality, I'm on the verge of perfecting it as 'the one who steals the 'reason of the stars'. That power is - this.

A battle-specialized 'ri' that can be said to be the complete opposite of the gentle Nosfi-san's power.

''Hmph. Fufufufu. Fufufufufu.

I'm in a great mood, having gained further strength here.

I jumped over the three junior corpses, and enthusiastically walked down the corridor to reach the door where the 'Senate' and the others were waiting for me.

This is the last time I'm going to be here, so I'm going to be serious.

My original power and my new power.

Let's mobilize all of them and get rid of the obstacles.

From the feel of the test cut earlier, I'm sure we can do it.

No, rather - there's no way I can't do it.

''Phew. ......

I become a phenomenon of mindlessness, thinking nothing of it, only achieving my purpose.

The true value of my magic and skill is to erase the signs, diminish my existence, and become 'that which is not there'.

And to that, I also gain the cooperation of the 'things that steal reason'. The wood attribute gives me strength, the wind attribute gives me soundproofing and camouflage, and the dark attribute eliminates the discomfort.

Then I open the door of the 'Senate'.

I enter the room very, very naturally.

Inside the room.

The vision in my eyes - that information is kept to a minimum.

I ignore the old men sitting at the central round table.

I also ignore the smells and sounds and colors.

The minimal, minimal, minimal world is fine.

Just walk quietly, looking only at the black and white location and the enemy.

The number of enemy threats is four.

Each old man's most trusted bodyguard. They may be knights, beastmen, ”demons” or ”jewelkles” and many others, but I have one thing to do.

--I'm not going to be the only one who can do that.

However, even the world's best guards had no reason to deal with anything more than assassination, which even Kanami couldn't prevent. Easily, four of them died instantly.

As soon as my objective was accomplished, I unlocked my magic and skills and gained precise visibility of the brightly colored room in front of me.

There are a total of eight people in the room. Four old men were sitting in chairs at the central round table, and the guards who were waiting behind them were spraying blood from their necks like a fountain.

The room, which had been simple and tasteless, was at once dyed by a vivid red.

The floor, the ceiling, the desks and chairs, me and the old men have turned bright red, when the first word is finally released.

''--This is ......!　Nah, it's a lagnet: ......!

One of the old men.

A man with one of the twelve positions in the Senate understands the situation and is surprised by the ninth person to appear in the room.

He calls my name but I don't answer, instead I analyze the situation.

There are four old men from the 'Senate' as planned. It seems that my guidance in advance worked well and they were waiting for me to report back to them fluently.

Thanks to my meticulous reporting of the personalities of Kanami and Nosfi, I'm licking off the fierce battle downstairs.

'Ragne, what's going on ......?　No, more importantly, what are you doing now--!

Those cunning old men also gave me the same look as Kanami did earlier in the day and questioned me.

It's a good thing that the cunning old men and women of the Senate are still upset when all of their guards die unexpectedly. It's a bit amusing, since he usually doesn't show his inner feelings at all.

With that sentiment, I happily speak of my accomplishments.

''--Yes. In place of the juniors who can't come here, I'll report on the battle below. Err, the battle on the 45th floor ended with the death of the hero Kanami. Saint Nosfi was severely injured and lost all the 'Steal the Reason' magic stones. If you look at the results, Nosfi-san is the winner.

'Stupid ......!　With those two personalities, I don't see how it can be anything but a draw!　No, no, no!　Not so!　To begin with, the Jewelculus are the ones we sent to begin with--

Oh, they'd be dead before they could fight. They were in the way.

You ......!　So that's how it works: ......!

Even in this otherwise bewildering situation, the 'Senate' seems to have understood the bare minimum.

My betrayal was understood, and I was stared at by all four of them.

It's a natural reaction since I had a lot of preparations in place to ingratiate myself with Kanami after this battle, but they made a mess of it.

I take all of that as praise.

'Ragne, do you realize what you've done ......?　It's all going to fall apart: ....... No matter how it turns out, you're going to be done. ......

Yeah, that's right. Everything is screwed up now. But that's exactly what I planned to do. And now, I'm going to ask everyone who seems to be the 'best' in the world to die here: ......

”Why do you call us ......!　Is that what this is about?　Iyi, you are not the kind of person who can hold a grudge ....... Don't tell me you plan to avenge us with righteous indignation ......!

I don't like Kanami, but I don't dislike the 'Senate'.

So I thought I'd give her a good explanation of why and what she wants before she dies, but it is received in a misguided way.

He is treated like a righteous man who has come to kill the evil that controls the world from behind.

'Calm down, Lagne Kaikwola!　She's keeping the legacy of Saint Tiara under wraps on her own orders!　All of this falsification of history is just a matter of following a prophecy!　The Senate dares to take on all the world's malice as a device to preserve the world.

Oh, that. I know the whole story from him. He says he's going to kill you regardless of that. I don't understand, but I think the whole world should share in the malice and misfortune of the world.

'From the man himself, it's ......!　You, you, what the hell--!

I cut the man's head off because it was getting too much trouble to clear up the misunderstanding.

It wasn't my fault. It's my fault that another 'Senate' tried to escape while I was talking to one of them.

Even though the 'Senate' is not specialized in battle, many wizards are used to shuraura. Any more time would create a contingency, so I can't listen to their wills anymore.

While mourning my heart, I generate blades of magic power throughout the room.

''Wait, wait, lag--!

I cut off the head of one person who tried to stop me before I could tell him off.

And the one who tried to run away is also decapitated with a snap.

The last one, who was unable to move, is dealt with from the back through the heart.

With the addition of four more objects called blood fountains, the top floor, the top of the world, was enveloped in a horrific scene.

Eight people, all turned into unmentionable corpses. The silence enveloped them, and only one person remained.

I walked through the rain of blood scattered in the air.

And then I suddenly noticed a round table chair allowed only to the 'Senate' and sat down curiously.

''Oh ......, it's still comfortable to sit in. ......''

This is the seat of the best boss who ran the world behind the scenes.

What you see now is the view of the best seat in the world.

It's a pretty bright red .......

It was a long awaited loot, but the emotions building up in my chest were unpalatable.

Not bad, but not enough to make a big deal out of it. It was an accomplishment that was less than planned, even though it had been a dream of mine since I was a child. This was more fun when I killed Kanami.

Slightly disappointed, I got up from that chair and headed for the next one.

It's the stairs that lead to the rooftop at the back of this room.

I start to climb the stairs, past the bloodbath on the top floor.

Unlike the long staircase so far, it's a simple, stone-paved structure with no decorations at all. The path from the top floor to the rooftop is narrower than I thought it would be - as long as a snake.

As I walked briskly, the darkness deepened.

It's a light and dark change, more like going to the bottom than to the heavens.

And in the middle of those stairs, she was there.

The last of the five 'senators' was there.

'What, is that ......?　Leki: ......?　I thought you were out of the country on business: ......

I call his name with surprise.

Leki Evans - a heretic among heretics in the Hoosiers who ended up in the 'Senate' at a young age. His language is not unlike his appearance - he is my protector.

He is a man I am deeply connected to and indebted to. She has taken care of me in both the Great Sacred City and the Confederation, and she has protected me in many ways.

That's why I successfully kept her away today, so that I wouldn't kill her alone: .......

I was convinced by a convenient theory that she was off-target because she had just arrived at the ”Senate”: .......

There was nothing I could do about it if she was sitting in a place like this .......

'We've known each other a long time. ...... I knew that.

Leki seemed to read my movements. But instead of a chair at that round table, he sat down on one of these dirty, narrow steps and waited for me. I ask him why.

'Why didn't you run away?'

If they knew, they could have done something else.

You could have reported it to the other 'senate' or you could have personally stopped it before it happened.

There is no way a member of the 'Senate' would just wait here.

'Hey, Lagne. Is this what you want to do?

Leki doesn't answer my question, but throws the question back at me.

We've known each other for a long time, so I knew what that meant to me.

'...... yes. I think I'm going to do this. It's a big turnaround for me. If we can just get up here--

I'm the best?

Yes. Watashi, ichiban!

I'm fighting to be the 'best'.

Just that.

Hearing that purpose, Reki again speaks only to the point while omitting the story.

”Was I not a substitute for your parents?

He's a really smart guy. He knows I don't have a lot of time, and he makes sure to keep it short and to the point.

I'm going to respond to his kindness and seriousness, and I'm going to answer him seriously.

'Right. You took care of me like a mother, you know. But--

Leki is a really nice guy.

That's why he's not family. He doesn't look anything like his own mother (Mom), who was that cowardly, cowardly, cunning, and only good at flirting with her good looks. The only thing that resembles her is, for example, the dead man she's dragging out now.

I am grateful, but I didn't know how to get around.

Hence, I offer the best courtesy I know. As a knight in shining armor, I solemnly announce.

”Senator Leki, my blood and my soul are deeply grateful to you. But I had no parents. There is no one in the world who can truly say what I want. Therefore, I have always been alone. And I think I will always be alone. So, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

Leki listens to the apology with great sadness.

'...... I see. I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. ...... I wasn't able to save any of you.

It's not true, but I guess that's the truth about her.

I and Mr. Palinkulon and I are all grateful to Reki from the bottom of our hearts. But no matter how much I tell her that, she can't get it. I give up and say a final goodbye.

”Goodbye, Leki.

Ah, goodbye, my dear. The only regret I have is that I won't be able to see you in your best form.

He cut off his head.

Now five of them, the 'Senate' was wiped out.

The red color splashed inside the narrow staircase as if paint had been sprayed on it.

A pang of loneliness passed through my chest.