I’m a Hero, but I Gave Up Saving the World

95 – Faust confesses his true feelings

“Did I look like a demon… ? Dyna?”

He looked back at the landfill, where smoke billowed out, and talked to himself.

Thanks to the rain shower that came just in time, the flames were extinguished and the heat subsided with the sound of waves.

In this place where everything was burnt to black, only quiet loneliness remained with the ashes.

“No, it’s not only you, Dina. Serena, Alice, and Tiffania… Going back in time, Kwak Dong-soo would have had similar thoughts. You may have felt a little sorry for me, but in the end, you would have died resenting me, hating me, or fearing me.

I returned to the landfill and found old acquaintances turned into mute corpses.

Do women who used to make noise so loud that their ears hurt, become so quiet after they die?

No answer comes back even when I speak.

“I couldn’t forgive you guys without paying any penalty. But now that my revenge is over, I don’t hate you anymore… I will not blame you now, just as I will not collect the debtor if I receive the money. Rest in peace, you too… ”

The breath turns into steam and rises in the rising air.

My gaze also gradually followed the steam and stopped at the dark clouded sky.

“It rained like this on the day I killed Kwak Dong-soo… ”

As the raindrops hit my eyeballs, my eyes naturally closed.

I would be lying if I said that the tears running down my cheeks weren’t mixed with it.

“finished… I killed them all… My vengeance is over… ”

Complex emotions filled my throat.

Looking back, it was a journey that started on that day, in the plaza.

I was going to give humanity a chance.

Despite the persecution and contempt I received, I tried to find another way other than slaughter and annihilation.

However, as the proverb says, “If you knock, it will be opened, and if you ask, you will receive salvation.”

How can the victim take care of the resentment and count it as something that didn’t exist?

“I tried to forgive you when you apologized. If you repent of your sins, you said you were going to let go… ”

Humanity kicked away its chance to be saved.

The people in this world I saw were horribly selfish, brazen scumbags who couldn’t admit their sins.

So I did.

condemnation of mankind.

He destroyed the prosperous capital of Aurelia, killed the warrior Kwak Dong-soo, and confronted the academy faculty and the warrior party.

He flew to the Demon Continent, fought the Four Heavenly Kings, subjugated them, met the Demon King, and received his power.

He killed the Celestial Dragon King, a genius of the dragon tribe, and unified the Demon Continent.

It was the final war that would put an end to the struggle between mankind and the demons that had lasted for a thousand years.

My men engaged in a fierce battle with the sages who stood at the pinnacle of wizards, and I collapsed the spirit of the great sage Minerva and hung it on the World Tree to use the enormous magic power as food.

He uncovered the truth of distorted history by digging up the hidden secrets of King Carlos, and joined forces with Irene to pay for the cause and effect.

He corrupted Saint Beatrice into a demon, kicked the elf Tiffania out of the coordinates and made her a wanderer, forced Alice to commit suicide, brutally killed Serena, and finally burned Dyna.

“——It was long… ”

The end of the long revenge drama rang a chord in my heart, which I thought was dry.

I was also struggling, suffering, and scared.

If possible, I just wanted to live a normal life doing my favorite studies, but fate drove me to a harsh dead end.

I am now standing at the end of the road.

We arrived at the final chapter of the story that started when an ordinary man was summoned to a fantasy world where heroes and devils reigned.

You’ve come this far… want.

Isn’t it a moment when you can indulge in a little bit of sensibilities?

“Owner, neee!!”

—I was thinking, but a loud and well-behaved voice interrupted the time immersed in the lingering sound.

With a gust of wind breaking through the sky, in the distance, Mischa Greenwood and Veronica Beatrice could be seen flying at high speed.

“Owner Niyim!!! You are here! I missed you!!! The master’s master, Lee Yi! ”

“The timing of your appearance is one of the worst. Couldn’t you have come five minutes later, Missha?”

“Master, owner, owner, owner~~”

“Yes, yes. I wanted to see too. So stay away.”

Misha, who had fallen from the sky with her arms wide open, said goodbye while rubbing her cheeks.

Beatrice also quietly landed and announced her safe return.

“Can I interpret that the two of you came here means that the war ended with our victory?”

“Yep! Misha is a pababat—! and defeated them all!”

“To be precise, we almost lost because the sage Everin was awakened and became stronger than Misha-sama, but Gerena, who we thought was dead, came back to life and won thanks to Hae-in, who became friends with the sage as a final draw.”

“Beatrice! I’m saying don’t talk useless in front of the master!”

“By the way, Gerena was also credited with killing Shia Diethard and Zach Ziggurat during the battle, so she killed three wise men by herself, including Everin. Mischa also defeated Adrian Pitt, but there were many demons who thought of Gerena as their leader. Honestly, if it wasn’t for Gerena’s help, Misha would have died too.”

“Beatrice!!! If you keep saying strange things, I will punish you!”

“Before she died, Gerena said, ‘Tell Faust. I will trust you and entrust everything to you and leave.” I feel like I have to tell you… .”

“Yes, thank you Beatrice for hearing her last words.”

Did that really happen?

Guy Gerena… You are going to end your turbulent life in style.

In the end, it is said that Gerena’s performance decorated the war as a victory.

Misha also deserves praise for having done her part since she killed a sage, but the best beneficiary of this war should be Gerena, who left with her life on fire.

Gerena had a lot in common with me, and was the only friend I could share a friendship with after coming here.

To sacrifice oneself and die with the enemy.

It’s the end like a guy.

I intend to complete the last task he left me with.

“Anyway, the war ended safely. thank god… Good job both of you. I am just about to finish my revenge. We are happy to see each other do their part and see each other again.”

“Ooooh… Misha is so happy too! He said he couldn’t concentrate on the battle because he was worried that his master might get hurt!”

Unlike Misha, who was wrapped up in my arms with a thrilled expression, Beatrice looked around the burnt ruins rather bitterly.

She seemed to realize that the ashes that filled the place were the remains of people she once called friends.

“Are you sad, Beatrice? Your friends aren’t as penitent as you are. so i killed it It is the power that I have acquired for that purpose.”

“Yes… I understand Faust. I understand… ”

“I understand, but you still have a sad expression on your face.”

“… sorry… Even though I have dedicated my body and mind to you… ”

Beatrice put her hand on her chest to control her emotions and took a deep breath.

“No, it’s okay. that’s what a person is Humans are inherently irrational and irrational. The contradictions you feel are perfectly normal.”

“Thank you, Faust… You are such a sweet person. It was we who turned you into a slayer… ”

“… Slayer… la… ”

Certainly, the me reflected in Beatrice’s eyes must have been a maniacal revenge demon that could only be expressed in such words.

“Even Dyna said that to me earlier. It was a [devil]… ”

“I’m sorry, Faust. I didn’t mean it that way. I just… ”

“No Beatrice. No need to make excuses. Since my explanation wasn’t enough, there’s nothing wrong with misunderstandings like that. no… Rather than lack of explanation, should I say that I did not have time to explain the justification of my actions to you due to the circumstances at the time.”

“? Yes?”

Beatrice tilted her head as if she had no idea why.

As I stroked Misha’s hair, I confessed in detail the true feelings I had shared with very few people.

“Do you think I have been fighting simply to kill people as they are and to stain the land with blood? Of course, I may take the form of revenge, but my ultimate goal has always been the purification of mankind.”

“… ? what is that… ? In fact, most of humanity was caught up in the phone and died, wasn’t that what you wanted to do?”

“In a sense, yes. Seeing those who had bullied me die one by one healed my wounded soul. But my purpose in starting the war was not just to resolve old feelings.”

“I don’t know what you mean… ”

“I guess so. Because the only people who knew my true intentions were Misha and Gerena. Now I won’t tell you either.”

The moment I killed Kwak Dong-soo, I heard the voice of the holy sword.

“This is not murder, but the purification of mankind,” said Irene.

At the time, I didn’t know it was Irene’s voice, but in the end, it became the trigger.

Of all these things… .

“You know that humans are made up of a body and a soul, right? The body decays within 100 years and becomes a new one, but the soul does not. Thanks to this, human souls, which were originally clean, have lost morality, justice, altruism and love, and have become dirty and muddy over thousands of years. did you see it too? How ugly is the nature of humans living on this earth right now.”

“Yes. I clearly checked. with my own two eyes.”

Beatrice strongly sympathized.

“Their souls have become so corrupted that they can no longer be seen. So Goddess Irene decided that humanity needed to be purified at this point. I agreed with that idea.”

“That is what I think too. But what does the purification of mankind have to do with your war?”

“Huh-! That’s what Misha-sama will explain! I want you to be thrilled by the works of Master and Misha!”

Misha snapped her fingers and guided the three of us to the coordinates.

A huge world tree connecting heaven and earth greeted us.