chapter 2
2 – Responsibilities
Here. The Unitas continent is not the dimension I originally lived in.
I was an ordinary Earthling, but one day I was brought into this world through a ritual to summon a hero.
With the Holy Sword in hand, I set out on an adventure to defeat the Demon King.
Tavares, a wizard from a high-ranking noble family.
Even though he was a high-ranking noble, he was the colleague who helped me the most as I had no sense of privilege and was unable to properly adapt to this world.
Babun, the beast king who leads all beastmen.
Although he hated humans due to his deep-rooted emotional divide between humans and beasts, he was a friend we could trust more than anyone else.
Elise, the descendant of the World Tree and queen of the elves.
Our archer set out on a journey to defeat the Demon King and revive the World Tree. When she saw her arrows on the battlefield, she couldn’t be more relieved.
Saint Erica.
All of us. No, she was such an outstanding priest that all of her allies had no choice but to say that they owed her their lives.
Tavares. Baboon. Elise. Erica.
Everyone… ….
After hiding their babies in a safe place, I began the massacre.
“Hero! “I would have left!”
“No matter how brave you are, you are alone! “Don’t be afraid!”
Garbage that only hindered rather than helped while the devil’s army drove the world to destruction.
I thought that the Demon King would try to overthrow the kingdom even after his death.
I never imagined that I would be sold out to the devils.
Quagwa Guang
“Kwaaak!”
“Save me!”
Those who are swept away with a single blow of the holy sword’s sword energy.
There is no way my comrades could have been defeated by these guys.
Devil.
We must find the devil.
“A warrior. I never thought you would come back. I couldn’t even imagine this. “Where is the saint?”
“… Scion.”
After killing all the enemies, this guy appeared in front of me.
Sion, the prince of the fallen empire.
A man who abandoned his empire even as it was being destroyed by demons.
He was a guy who came over with his forces intact and did all sorts of things to take the lead over the Allied Forces.
It’s still nice on the eyes.
The moment when, with her lust for her precious colleague, Erica, she sent her subordinates to kidnap her.
The guy got away by cutting off his tail, and in a situation where there was no solid evidence, he had no choice but to hand it over since he couldn’t bring down the Allied Forces by blaming him.
He should have definitely killed the guy then.
“…… “Don’t let my name be mentioned by you lowly commoner!”
Kwaang
The guy screamed and stamped his foot.
He was only a sword expert at best.
For some reason, overwhelming magical power emanated from the clouds of his feet.
“Pfft. Sion, your boy.”
“Ahahahahaha! Did you feel it? “I am now a different being from you.”
Wow
The guy pulled out a pitch black sword out of the air.
“A hero who cut off the devil’s head? Isn’t it just the power of the holy sword? “I also killed all of your colleagues who dealt with the four heavenly kings of the demon race.”
“You!”
I shouldn’t have left right away.
Seeing the scene where my colleagues’ hometowns are standing upright.
I should have cleaned up all this trash and left.
Because of my impatience!
“Where. “Let’s see how heavy the warrior’s sword is.”
Gooooong
A giant figure appeared behind the guy’s back.
“That…” … Devil.”
“Ahahahahaha! Okay. This is the devil I made a contract with. They are on a different level from the demons you and others have faced! A higher being!”
A guy who campaigns with borrowed power, not his own.
“Ha.”
My colleagues…… Just for this guy. To this incompetent guy who is proud of his borrowed power… Dead?
“Hero!”
Kwaang
Before I knew it, Sion came in front of me and swung his sword.
I raised the holy sword upright and blocked its attack.
Kwaang Kwaang
“Weak, weak! “Are you saying that the power of the hero who defeated the Demon King is only this much?”
The guy continued to swing his sword without stopping.
“Die, hero!”
Quagwa Guang
I used the power of the holy sword and blasted him away.
The sword of the guy that got smashed and the guy that got stuck in the wall on the other side.
“aaah! “It hurts!”
Hiss
I covered it with the holy sword’s sword and swung it wide.
The flying sword energy cut down the demon.
“…… Huh?”
Kuung
A demon split in half and falling down.
“That’s ridiculous. How can the devil….”
“This thing killed my colleague? Do not lie.”
The devil is.
No, the elite army of the demons was much stronger than these ruffians.
There is no way a monster of this size could kill my comrades.
Kkwaak
I grabbed the guy by the neck and lifted him up.
“Speak. Who is it. “The guy who harmed my colleagues.”
“…… Under. Monster guy. On the topic of power gained through the Holy Sword. Tuet.”
The guy spat at me.
I nodded once to avoid it and the guy shouted.
“My master! Lord of the First Hell! “I offer myself!”
And in an instant, he crumbled into black powder.
“What kind of bullsh*t is this…… !”
This scum who only knows himself sacrificed his life?
-Your life has been well received. My faithful subordinate.
A deep voice echoes from the sky.
And then a huge whirlpool crashed down in front of me.
A huge demon appears.
I felt a sense of intimidation and power that was on a different level from the demon I killed earlier.
-The warrior Arwen. I never thought we would meet like this.
“It’s you. “It was you.”
Incredible power.
Equal to me. No, it is stronger than me with the holy sword.
Such a powerful force that I can understand the situation in which all my colleagues died.
-It’s almost finished. This dimension has also come under our control. You tried to interfere at the end.
“Devil…… !”
Kwaaang
His power clashed with my holy sword.
-Heh. Is this level of power at most? The power of the hero who saved the world!
“Kwaaak!”
The difference in power is so great.
No matter how much the Holy Sword’s maximum power was used, its power was too strong.
Power comparable to that of the Demon King.
It would have been possible if I had colleagues. It’s impossible for me to face it alone… Strength.
-I’ll tell you one last interesting thing before I die.
He spoke to me as if he was relaxed.
-Originally, we would not have been able to obtain the continent so easily. The original goal was to force the demons to invade Middle-earth and take over the continent they had occupied.
…… What? You caused the demons to invade Middle-earth?
-I never thought they would call in a warrior from another dimension to fight against the demons. Warrior. If you had remained on this continent, he would not have been able to obtain it so easily. Fortunately, this was possible because you left.
Like that.
Because I left.
So everyone died.
If I hadn’t left, the demons wouldn’t have invaded.
I…… I…… !
-hahahahaha! Stop dying now, hero! The continent is ours!
This guy’s magic power is gradually tightening.
Blurring vision.
And.
Pure white space.
-Rise, Arwen.
Tavares?
-Yes, you idiot.
Am I dead too?
I’m sorry, Tavares. Because of me.
-Why are you sorry, you idiot?
I… Since I’m gone, so are you all.
-Everything is the devil’s fault. You didn’t do anything wrong.
Tavares….
-And my daughter is crying outside.
Daughter…… Your daughter!
-Okay, you stupid guy. Without you If you don’t overcome that devil, my daughter will die.
Tavares’ daughter… And everyone’s daughter.
Tak
Tavares said, putting his hand on my shoulder.
-Because there is only you. Quickly defeat that monster and take care of my daughter.
My other colleagues began to appear behind him.
-A warrior. She is the only princess of the beast people. Survive at all costs.
-Hero. The future of the world tree depends on my daughter. Please, warrior.
Everyone….
Yes.
It’s not just my life.
Children of all of you. That life rests on my shoulders!
Paat
-Nonsense! I confirmed that it was disappearing!
“Devil.”
I’m sorry, but I can’t die like this.
Because I have a reason to live.
Everyone entrusted their children to me.
I couldn’t even save my colleagues….
Being a warrior, you can’t even save their children.
That’s not possible.
Quagwa Guang
Raising the holy sword high, he summoned sword energy from the sky and struck down the devil.
-What is this! How can you have this kind of power!
He tried to block the beam using the power that overwhelmed me earlier, but it wasn’t enough.
His entire body gradually began to split apart.
I am.
Although I am alone.
You are not alone.
I have all my colleagues’ hands on my shoulders now.
-Oh, no! I! This Zebub is like this!
Kwaang
The royal castle was shattered.
A demon that has not even left a trace.
The enemy has been avenged.
The demons were defeated.
But it will not return to the original world.
I have people on my back.
Leaving everything behind, I headed to the basket I had stored in a safe place.
* * *
10 Years later.
“Hug me, Dad!”
“Dad, chin scratch!”
“I’m not happy at all if you give me something like this, right?”
…… Was parenting this difficult?