Is It Bad That the Main Character's a Roleplayer?

Chapter 290

Episode 290: Understandable (6)

Grumble.

I quietly pulled out my sword with my blood-covered body. The sword, which looks like a wood fire with black magic and amber sparks mixed together, is still burning.

dump.

In the meantime, the person who was completely knocked down by the drawn sword made a squishy sound. The body lying among the mud is dirty and yet white and thus foreign.

The red blooming on one side of the heart looked like a flower.

‘It’s a pretty good sword for something made by humans.’

Oh, it’s really tough.

I looked around, vowing never to fight a knight again. The battlefield was paused for a moment due to the demonic energy that had just been unleashed—released?—magic energy.

I don’t know why it suddenly stopped. I think it might be in the same vein as what I tried in that forest a few days ago.

For example, I was scared when I realized that a higher level demon had appeared.

The actual appearance in sight also supported the speculation. No matter how I look at it, the way it shrinks and bows its head every time my gaze moves is that of a weak person who is overwhelmed.

Some of them seem to be weighing whether or not to run away by hesitantly pulling their feet back.

‘Shall I burn it?’

However, measuring the angle of escape and actually running away are two completely different things.

I saw things torn between me and the monster standing tall behind me. They are only watching us and are not ready to take action. They’ve stopped attacking humans, but they’re not stopping on the battlefield itself.

In other words, we have to use extra efforts to exclude them from this battlefield. I’m not sure how much more force I have to use to drive them out.

‘Will that bug bastard be able to make it impossible for the army to escape without being bitten?’

In fact, even if you chase after everything, it’s still a problem.

Regardless of good and evil, considering only my own profit and loss, it was better for them to remain a little bit rather than leave completely. It wasn’t that I wanted this city to continue to be in danger, but that there was a possibility that the real evil knight would wipe his mouth and pretend not to notice.

There are many cases in the world where people are asked to hand over a bundle after rescuing a drowning person.

‘If you allow me, I can erase all the things that are interfering with this board.’

therefore.

It can be solved if I step in, but it is a bit threatening to the city, but it doesn’t attack right away.

To put it bluntly, I hope the devil stays a little bit so that I can be in a situation where I have a negotiating advantage.

I know it’s a very selfish wish, but still.

“That’s a violation of the contract.”

“Oh, where on earth is it a violation?”

“I’m going to use my strength now....”

‘Why are you giving it to me for free? If it was going to come out like this in the first place, they should have stopped what just intervened.’

“...That and this are different.”

‘Well, I don’t see any difference at all. Is it a bad thing to bring victory with good intentions and clear away trouble with good intentions?’

“I’d rather believe that he’s a person who kills people with a smile than believe that you act with good intentions!”

But it must be difficult, right? okay. How could something like that happen?

‘Ahahaha! Ahahaha!! Yes, that’s right. That’s right, that’s true. ‘If I act with good intentions, something like that can’t happen!’

It wouldn’t be the world if it only worked to benefit the individual...

‘But that’s why you’re going to refuse? They say I will take care of those things that could threaten your city. They say they will burn everything without any compensation. So, are you going to refuse?’

「...!」

‘You don’t want to do that, do you?’

I raised my blood-covered hands and covered my face. My whole body, which had been cut by a sword, ruptured by a whip, and eaten by insects, finally started throbbing. Even with the adjusted pain sensation level, I couldn’t even imagine how much it would actually hurt. I don’t really want to imagine it.

‘So shut up, kid. ‘Don’t act like you’re worried about that person anymore because you chose the latter between the person you got caught up in and the hometown you love.’

“...!”

Instead, I saw letters floating between my hands.

[Take out the phone]

[Let’s clean up the area]

[You don’t want to interrupt the conversation either]

No... Can I express that in letters? It penetrated my brain like a voice and was engraved in my ears like a text.

[It may not be enough to kill the pig in front of you]

[If you burn everything around you]

[It will give you enough time to hear the truth]

I wasn’t surprised by that strange phenomenon. . Cancer: When will I be surprised by this when I find out that there is something other than me living in this body?

And... when I think about how this scarlet sword was sucked into my hand just now and the magical energy suddenly released against my will, the identity of the being I’m talking about is clear.

[You invested so much in this, but you don’t want it to end without being heard, right?]

Cooung.

In an instant, the weight of the air changed, and the claw that should have touched my neck stopped just a sheet of paper.

[Run away, run away, run away.]

Kyaaaaaak!

[Anger came, anger came, anger came.]

It wasn’t just that one animal. The demons that had partially taken over the castle wall began to scream and retreat.

“The devils retreat!”

The soldiers were dazed and attacked with spears, but there was little resistance. They threw themselves down the walls and crawled on the floor like a flock of frightened rats.

“Ah...”

It was at that time that the sword containing a trace of dawn was momentarily stained with night and returned to the time of dawn.

Jet-black sparks flew like ash, and the scarlet sword body, shining so brightly that it hurt my eyes, burned like a torch. It was a flame that pierced the traitor’s heart.

“It’s the Pumpkin Knight...”

“It’s Lord Amber...”

“Sir Amber is back...!”

The surviving soldiers turned their attention to that vivid light. As long as the demons retreated, there was no reason for the action to stop.

Those who remembered the scarlet flame shed tears, while those who did not remembered sang to God.

“Ah, the devil... the devil...”

“God, we are...”

The situation was similar for the priest who received the power of God. While they agonized over the culmination of the contradictions they had witnessed, they also looked at the hope that had come.

“God, why are you subjecting us to this ordeal?...”

The bishop, whose arm had been torn off by the devil, muttered with tears streaming down his face.

“Bishop.”

“...Lord Xiaoseong.”

“People...”

Günther stopped talking and glanced at the top of the castle wall. The number of trained soldiers has been reduced by 1/3, and even among those, most of them are wounded.

“Please heal people.”

“...there is not a large amount of divine power available.”

If we cure them all, the priests will no longer be able to use their power. In other words, if you have to face demons before they recover, you cannot borrow the power of God.

“...I don’t think that is the enemy.”

We cannot keep in check those who stand outside.

“Is it because you resemble Lord Amber or Lord Amber’s son-in-law?”

“...no. “I just am.”

“Lord Xiaoseong....”

“...I know. Damn, I know I shouldn’t make decisions based on vague beliefs. “I know this is a gamble, but... it doesn’t mean you can win without saving the soldiers.”

But is there any point in keeping it in check?

“If I save my strength now, can I beat that, Bishop?”

Günter raised the bishop’s body as he watched a part of the world silently evaporate. Even for a brief moment, it was clearly visible that the army of evil that they had endured to death was disappearing without leaving a single ashes behind.

It was a sight that was accomplished in one go.

“This is not an emotional judgment. This is a decision I made after thinking about it. So, Bishop, let’s just... save the soldiers.”

“...yes.”

Günter gave strength to his shaking legs as he watched the bishop laughing helplessly. Now it was time to climb the castle wall.

“Uh huh!”

“...?!”

Suddenly, something like a bone erupted from outside the castle walls.

* * *

I closed my eyes, watching the two-hender melt into a white slime that bubbled up into a protective cocoon for me.

The possible attack was completely blocked with this—if what the devil bastard said was true—now it was time to have a proper conversation.

My vision was pitch black and the fall began.

[Hello, Gretchen.]

「....」

And when the fall ended, I was finally able to see the beings who had dragged me here.

[Is this your first time seeing your face properly?]

「...I’m sorry.」

A person wearing a goat’s skull like a mask and a boy with gray hair full of tears were standing in a red and white world.