The Hero Who Returned From Death Quits - Chapter 185



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Idrisiel took the attacks coming at the summoner instead, squeezing out his strength until the very end.

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Not yet, not yet. There’s still a little more strength left.

Still, I haven’t used all my strength.

He knew he couldn’t kill the Demon King. Suddenly attacking the summoner caught the Archangel off guard, and in this situation, Idrisiel had no way to survive, and there was no way to kill the Demon King.

So what should we do?

It’s obvious. You have to buy time.

I thought the enemy’s power was just a power to evade attacks instead of just hitting them. And the enemy’s true power was probably to predict the future. Just by looking at the fact that he accurately targeted the summoner at a completely unexpected time, it was clear. And because of that, Idrisiel couldn’t stop the Demon King, and because he foolishly lost, it was obvious that a huge hole would be made in his power.

So, at least, so that there can be hope. So that there can be even a tiny possibility.

I felt my body burning. Pain was creeping up on me. Even angels feel pain and fear the same way.

But, the pain was nothing. Idrisiel squeezed out every last bit of his strength.

His goal was to injure the Demon King to the point where he could not do anything for at least several months.

“Ughhh!”

The Demon King’s eyes began to turn bloodshot. He felt divine power seeping into his body. The divine power that caused this erosion was no different from poison to the Demons. He felt his blood vessels being destroyed in real time.

But the Demon King continued to attack, no matter how severe his injuries were. If he could just eliminate the Archangel now, it was clear that in a few months, Middle-earth would fall into his hands.

He would be unable to move for at least several months, but the Demon King didn’t think that would matter.

“Ugh… Ugh…”

Idrisiel continued his attack on the Demon King, and met eyes with his summoner, Beatrice. Beatrice looked confused. Even if she wanted to help, there was little she could do since she had already provided Idrisiel with divine power.

Idrisiel knew that too, so Idrisiel shouted in a desperate voice.

“Enemy… Demon King… Power… Future… Knowing…”

Beatrice opened her eyes wide. A vision of the future? She couldn’t believe it.

But Idrisiel still had something to say. So, Idrisiel desperately uttered his last words through his burning vocal cords.

“Divine power… magical power… black magic… all in the… fragments of the holy sword…”

Hearing those words, Beatrice opened her eyes wide and looked at Idrisiel. The fact that Idrisiel was talking about the Holy Sword like that meant that there was something about the Holy Sword that she had not yet figured out, and that she would place her remaining hope on it.

Beatrice had a determined expression. It was the Archangel’s last hope. She had to use that hope at all costs.

The surroundings, the battlefield had already completely collapsed. It was safe to say that there was nothing that could stop the enemy once the Archangel had fallen. So, during the time that the Archangel had injured the Demon King, he had to find a way.

Idrisiel closed his eyes when he saw Beatrice like that. He felt sorry for her. He clearly wanted to bring her victory, but all he could do was buy time.

So, as much as it was regrettable, Idrisiel prayed for victory.

I couldn’t be sure that the Holy Sword could break through those astronomical odds and be the hope for victory.

No, in fact, relying on astronomical odds was already a verdict that victory was impossible.

Nevertheless, the angel, whose whole body was burning, prayed in the midst of the pain and flames.

In the end, the angel was completely burned and turned to ash and flew away.

The demons who saw this started cheering and jumping around.

“Waaa!”

“The Archangel is dead! The war is over!”

A voice shouted that the war was already over. In that voice, Peria regained her senses.

First of all, evasion was the most important. It was hard for her brain to keep up with what was happening, but it was not something she could just sit back and let the others slaughter her. For Peria, the top priority right now was retreat.

She desperately tried to pull out her spell. Her attack on the soldiers was blocked by a transparent barrier.

“Retreat! Retreat in formation! We haven’t lost yet!”

Even though she said that, she felt that she herself was losing control of her soldiers. The Empire suffered losses not only in the number of soldiers, but also in the number of capable commanders.

The Imperial Army, having lost many of its commanders and mid-level officers, was unable to maintain its formation, and it was inevitably destined for a rout rather than a retreat.

No, it was a rout. No matter what anyone says, retreating from a battlefield where you have already lost is not a rout, what is it? If you can’t maintain your formation, you should at least retreat with minimal casualties.

Se-in clenched her teeth. She had already stepped down as commander-in-chief, and was participating in this battlefield as an individual. If she had taken back the position of commander-in-chief, would things have been different? The situation was like this, and she was left with regrets about everything.

Beatrice had no divine power left, so all she could do was run. Although her body had reached the state of transcendence and was incomparable to that of ordinary humans, the fact that she could not use her divine power was suffocating.

And then, Lena started running while holding Beatrice in her arms.

“Damn it, why did the Archangel suddenly disappear? After all that arrogance and bravado!”

Beatrice said as she saw Lena like that.

“…It can’t be helped. The enemy suddenly tried to attack me. And, before he died, he told me about the enemy’s power.”

“…what?”

“They say that foreseeing the future is a power.”

“what!?”

As soon as Lena heard that, her face crumpled and she swore.

“…Fuck. How am I supposed to win….”

“We must retreat quickly.”

“Okay. Then…”

Lena whistled. A horse appeared, wrapped around her body by the wind.

The wind spirit she had contracted with had appeared in a different form.

Lena got on the horse, turned around and fired an arrow.

“Stay back.”

Kaledar recognized the true value of the arrow. It was an arrow made of pure magic, pure energy. It would be impossible to block it without taking damage unless it was of equal level.

Kaledar deflected the arrow with his sword. The arrow, made of pure magical energy, exploded with a tremendous noise as soon as it touched the ground.

The demons wanted to pursue the human army further. However, Kaledar, who had just seen the power of the arrows, spoke.

“stop.”

He said with a serious face.

The demons looked at Kaledar. Now that the Demon King was injured, the final commander was Kaledar, the highest-ranking demon, and they had to follow his orders.

“There is no point in pursuing them any further now. Since the Archangel has fallen, it is not too late to begin a full-scale offensive once the Demon King has recovered. There may be enemy traps, and there are a few humans who stand out. No matter how advantageous the situation is, we must not let our guard down.”

The demons stopped advancing. Even though they were clearly in an advantageous position, they were caught up in the Archangel’s psychological warfare and lost half of their troops.

The humans quickly retreated from the battlefield.

…

“I feel something….”

I held onto the shard of the holy sword tightly. Blood flowed from my hand as it was cut by the blade. Then, the holy sword lit up with a red light.

Something felt strange.

I breathed divine power into a fragment of the holy sword.

The Holy Sword shone a little brighter.

Breathed magic into it.

The light of the Holy Sword became a little more colorful.

Breathed black magic into it.

The holy sword began to glow palely, and at the same time, it took on an indescribably complex color.

And then, noise started to come into my head.

‘Chijijijik… chi… chijijik… .’

As I began to push harder, the noise gradually became a clearer voice and began to approach.

And then, finally, a clear greeting was heard.

‘hi?’

“…you.”

‘Why are you doing this when you already knew? Master.’

It was a clear girl’s voice. I felt like all the blood was draining from my body.

‘I wish I could say something to that idiot former owner, but unfortunately, I don’t have time. So I’ll just get to the point. Are you holding me back because the balance is broken?’

“…”

‘Ahaha, you were the most pleasing master I’ve ever met… but unfortunately, you can’t be a warrior now. You already know that.’

In a calm voice, the girl’s voice was conveyed like that.