EP.95 28-1. Where Life is Certain, There is Love
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Dennis had already been hit by several of Head’s bullets. Blood was streaming down his abdomen.
“..Still, you’re not as good as you used to be.”
“As expected, my calculations can’t be wrong! Dennis!!”
Other members of the Ten Greats had to gather to deal with the Demon Lord. But except for Dennis, they were easily affected by Head’s Ignorance, and
There was no Emperor Roque known for his power, or the Duke of the North. The landscape was different from the time of the war, and besides, he had something to protect.
“Look at your state now. You have no allies, and you’re full of things to protect!”
The students behind the blue-haired professor are being protected as the three-dimensional magic circle rotates. A barrier that protects lives while rotating like a gyroscope.
“Professor, you’re badly hurt! Kai. What do we do..!
“I was going to go out and help, but it’s impossible.”
As soon as Kainel touched the three-dimensional magic circle, he was blocked as if touching a raging waterfall. The hero of light who hasn’t fully grown as a hero yet.
He couldn’t nullify the magic circle of the Ten Greats and rush out, and if he tried to help the professor even by chance, he could become a burden.
“..Besides, it’s different from when it was Magic Hat.”
I felt a sense of alienation while looking at the situation outside. The Demon Lord from last time gave a strong feeling that they were treating us like toys for fun, but
“Dennis, I can’t kill you yet. You have to survive the prophecies that will come in the future and save as many lives as possible!”
This time it wasn’t for fun. It’s not a clone or a fake like Licht said before, but the Demon Lord is fighting thoroughly according to his own plans.
“You talked as if you knew the future. But then why did you fall..?”
Dennis provoked with a smirk to shake him. Head was surprisingly a person who showed his emotions well.
“A foolish person who doesn’t even know his own future..!! Dare..!”
Twitch, the blood vessels in Head’s temples stood out. The trigger was pulled right away, and the gun went off several times. Professor Dennis, staggering, summoned a magic circle with both hands, and
“You’re not cold-blooded, Head.”
He was overlapping golden and blue magic circles in front of himself to block the bullets. The three-dimensional magic circle was already being used to protect the students from Head’s schemes, and
“But it’s only a matter of time before I win. And that hero named Licht won’t be able to get up either!!”
If he teleported recklessly, the spatial coordinates could be calculated in reverse with the ability of Omniscience, and he could be hit hard instead. The Holy Sword that nullified his corridor just now.
He was thinking intently while looking at the red revolver, ‘Maybe if it’s a dragonslayer's Dragonslayer, there’s a possibility.’
“..Are you waiting for Drake!”
“As expected of the Demon Lord of Omniscience. I’m caught.”
It was then. As if piercing through his innermost thoughts, the Demon Lord opened his mouth towards the man with the white eyes.
“The Dragonslayer won’t come to this battle. Dennis!!”
Head, whose suit was torn and skin scratched, readjusted his clothes and smiled wryly. He didn’t deliberately match Ignorance, so he focused on saving lives.
“Do you think everything is in your hands? Head.”
The Ten Greats who mastered the ultimate skills will succeed in preventing the Hero Cult from killing any of the academy’s students, but
“Yes, I’ve already tried it a lot! I make choices that aren’t wrong!”
As a result, they cannot come to help Dennis. There were many things lacking for a warrior who wielded a sword and cut down the surrounding pseudoes to use magic and come here.
“..As expected, this world flows according to my prophecies. Fate can’t change!!”
He spread his arms wide and cheered. It’s slightly different from what he knows, but there was no unfortunate event where Emperor Roque or Asha Aureus came here.
“Head. What on earth is the prophecy you’ve been talking about since before?”
“Do you think I’ll tell you? If you try to understand it with your foolish head, it’ll definitely explode!”
The monocle sparkled, reflecting the light. The Demon Lord smiled faintly. He kept aiming the gun at the blue-haired man and made him protect the students behind him.
“..Don’t you think this is a bit cowardly. Demon Lord.”
Dennis continued to block the flying bullets and prepared another plan. Water pressure can cut diamonds too.
If it reaches the extreme, soft water can cut through even hard minerals.
“「Screwdriver.」 Why don’t you take a hit too.”
As he chanted, several magic circles were created behind Head. The water jets were rotating greatly like a drill, aiming at the Demon Lord’s heart all at once and firing.
Magic the size of a house that is difficult to avoid. Originally, other enemies would have been hit without recognizing this and would have been greatly injured.
But the opponent is the Demon Lord of Omniscience, not the Demon Lord of Truth.
“Do you think I wouldn’t know something like this.”
Head immediately turned around, and neutralized the rapidly approaching technique by firing several bullets. It was a screwdriver that disappeared as if snow melted as soon as it was hit by a bullet.
Since he can know all the information through Omniscience, he can predict what techniques he will use in the future, so he can always gain an advantage in information warfare.
“There are no loopholes in my ability!! Dennis!”
On top of that, he is a powerful enemy because he also has the Power of Ignorance. No matter how good Dennis’s compatibility is with Head.
“This doesn’t work either.”
He was alone. Unlike the war now, the other members of the Ten Greats weren’t gathered together to fight together. Several decades since the end of the war.
Almost 20 years had passed. Some died, some were forgotten, and some had responsibilities.
He felt empty seeing that even if he took out numerous magic circles, they were being neutralized by the revolver. Is covering the concept above twisting it?
“Keuk…!”
“I finally managed to hit you. Yeah. The time has come.”
Dennis was shot again. An arm that was twisted as if bent. This time, Head disabled his right arm so that he couldn’t use magic circles.
“You won’t die. Dennis. Your lifespan written in the Book of Life and Death is still long.”
Looking at the man clutching one arm and appealing to his pain, Head finally showed a relaxed attitude.
The Demon Lord took out a book from his pocket and checked the words written in it.
“..As expected, it’s true that I’m seeing the man named ‘Licht’ for the first time. No, it seems like Lee Soo-hyun is his real name, so should I call him that.”
He muttered to himself towards the student lying behind the professor wearing the dark knight helmet.
“That boy must be the one who made Dennis master the three-dimensional magic circle like this, and made Nex use the Phoenix Cradle right away. Besides….”
Right next to him, Phine Gransia, Emperor Roque’s daughter, was holding Licht’s hand and praying desperately.
“A hero who can both figure out and nullify my Ignorance and Omniscience.”
As far as Head knew, there was no such future. In the first place, the princess is a person who will occupy the core of the prophecy that the Demon Lord is aiming for.
He checked several times, and deliberated several times. But he couldn’t have dreamed that she would suddenly do such an unexpected thing.
“..I’ve changed my mind. I have to kill him for sure.”
No matter how much of a hero he is, this was the first time seeing such a singularity.
Even though partial immunity makes sense, the information seen with Omniscience couldn’t be wrong.
He himself is currently blocked by Magic Hat’s lies, so he doesn’t know what kind of battle she had with the man named Licht.
A complete ability, a perfect lump of variables, itself.
Now even the trauma that the Apostle of Gluttony had cast can be escaped. The judgment came from the Demon Lord.
“It is right to punish those who go against the prophecy.”
Head moved his steps forward. Dennis used his remaining arm to activate the magic circle and stood in his way.
“Get.. your hands off.. my.. students.. Head..!”
The ultimate skill, the three-dimensional magic circle, was already being used to protect the students.
He couldn’t use teleportation magic either, and he destroyed the corridor, so Professor Dennis had no remaining options.
“Are you still resisting? Then I’ll blow off one of your legs. Dennis.”
But his will was burning. He was summoned to Akasha, the God of Wisdom, to fill the void of the corrupted hero, but
At this moment, he was more than anyone.
“「Screwdriver.」”
“Are you using the same trick again? How many times do I have to say it doesn’t work….”
“It’s different. Head.”
He was sacrificing himself like a hero. This time it wasn’t behind Head, but behind himself.
“Dennis, are you perhaps trying to pierce through me along with yourself to die together?”
“Yeah, you said ‘I don’t die.’ In this case..!”
The final decision he made to protect the students.
“..It’s futile. It was unexpected, but.”
As if the Demon Lord had predicted even that, he didn’t waver and fired a gun at Dennis’s leg. Then the magic circle immediately disappeared into water droplets.
“Ugh..!”
“It’ll be a bit quieter now..”
He clicked his tongue as if feeling sorry, staring at the blue-haired man who had lost his balance and fallen to the floor.
“The Power of Ignorance is strengthened when I use bullets. I erased the record of the chanting just now.”
Sabeok, sabeok. The sound of stepping on sand was getting closer to the students who were watching the fight from the three-dimensional magic circle.
“Demon Lord!! I knew the Demon Lord would win─.”
When Dennis fell, the toad-like man’s restraints were released. The Apostle of Gluttony shed tears and was moved that his superior had come to save him, but
“Quiet. Metus.”
What came back was a gunshot. The apostle with an air hole in his head fell to the floor, bleeding similarly to Dennis.
“Kuheek..?”
Even the last cry he left was short. Head didn’t care whether his subordinate died or not.
All the Hero Cultists who had arrived here were lives that had to be consumed to fulfill the prophecy.
“Now that I’ve dealt with the hero named Licht like this.”
Head also knew that if the caster died while trapped in trauma, the person who suffered it would die together. Of course, because he is the Demon Lord of Omniscience.
“..Lastly, should I try to neutralize Phine Gransia.”
The sound of firing rang from the Demon Lord’s hand, tang.
“It’s dangerous if she loses her memory and runs wild with power, so now is the only chance.”
A bullet was fired from the revolver towards the heart of the glass knight who seemed to be kneeling and praying continuously.