Chapter 266. To Break A Hero (1) (2/2)

“Does it feel like a waste?” The Heavenly Deh his emotions

“N-no”

“I told you to speak freely”

“Truthfully, I am a little—no, I am very disappointed”

It would make more sense to rejoice if your enemy eak However, Shadow had spent ainst the He was disappointed that his efforts had gone to waste

“6 years ago, I went to the capital with Valencia,” the Heavenly Demon said

“Oh!” Shadow exclaiend in the Fiend association The two of the the i 6

“I was disappointed The Players who had once annihilated the fiends were merely at that level”

“You are simply too powerful, Chairman”

“Correct” He nodded “It was because I was e my inal goal had been to becoh so that no one else could ever beat him That had once been his ideals

“That day, I showed offwhen I saw the futile anger in their eyes”

It wasn’t enough

It was too easy to h force

So, he needed more[3]

“Let us depart”

At his order, Shadow gestured with his hand At that, the tens of thousands of fiends on standby below the cliff started to move

[So neither the Player association nor I, Specter, will let the Big 6 get aith…]

The Heavenly Deency press conference Specter held in regard to the Big 6’s selfish actions

“Do not disappoint me,” he muttered

He turned around and started to walk in the same direction as the fiends

They were headed toward the Starting City Gilleon The Fiend association would capture it today

“iant pillar at the end of the horizon “Is that the Die, isn’t it?”

“If we can see it so clearly all the way here… Yeah, it definitely is”

His heart pounded He wanted to hurry up and go to the 2nd floor to pue sort of anticipation as he straightened his clothes

“Do I look okay?” he asked

“Better than usual,” Skaya said

“h”

Rah a suit, and he and Skaya were in an area near the Pacific This place was called Nest,[4] also called the Player Cadet Acade Players, those who had awakened their skills at a young age, and those trying to become one

‘Your dream came true, Joya’

Rahmadat’s lover, Joya Vishuta, was also a Player More precisely, she was a healer He smiled when he recalled that her dream had been to become a school nurse

“Where’s the infirmary?” he asked

“This way”

Skaya led the way using the school’s map They walked for about ten

“Is it this one?”

“Yup But Rahmadat…” Skaya started carefully But before she could finish, a beautiful woman opened the door and stepped out of the infirmary She stretched under the tropical sun

“Joya…” Rahed a day, and she looked exactly the same as she had in the past

“Wait!” Skaya stopped him before he could step forward “That’s not Joya”

“What do you ht…” The words died in his throat Behind her, a ladylike wo as she spoke

“I won’t get to see you e”

“Co to the Frontier It’s just in Europe”

“Make sure not to skip any ive me more allowance… Hehe”

The two of them linked arms and sloalked away

“This is what it means for time to pass”

“”

Their today was other people’s tomorrow Rahmadat looked like he wanted to run after her, but he let out a long sigh

Joya looked happy

If theyand bask in his happiness like it was her own

“Well, there’s no point in doing that It looks like she got married and has a happy life, so it’s fine,” he said

Rahmadat turned around and started toward the path they had come from Skaya walked by his side

“It’s hard, isn’t it?” she said, trying to comfort him

“I don’t need your pity… Oh, that was insensitive I’ized right away

Skaya had definitely gone through the sa

“Still, I have always—”

Just as she was about to say so in their ears, and it sounded as if the world were falling apart

Baaaaam!

“?!”

“W-as that?”

They quickly turned around, and their faces fell

It caiant pillar in the horizon Black s out of the Dimensional Elevator

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1 A Korean idioers of avarice ☜

2 It doesn’t translate over too well, but it basically describes having greed itself as blameless and natural ☜

3 The word for ‘ideals’ and ‘more’ are the same So it could also be read as ‘he needed to achieve those ideals,’ as in a different one from before ☜

4 This is a romanized word, which is different from the Frost Queen’s nest ☜