The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 263



264 – Raelan’s Sacrifice

A warm wind heated by magical power passes by my cheek. The holy sword tears through the magic of Raelan and Konrad, allowing Roel to take a step forward. A violent clash of magic and force. In that brief moment, my head became cold even though I had not activated my indomitable courage.

I postponed finding out how Roel parasitized me and absorbed everything I had until later. Survival is the goal right now. There was no time to relax against Roel, who had reached the end. You have to focus all your attention on survival to have even a small chance of survival.

The runes surrounding the wrist were still red. If I hold on until it turns green, I will be able to avoid Roel, who is trying to kill me, and return to the original world.

After making my decision, I immediately recognized the spatial coordinates around me. Ilya was stuck against the wall, blankly watching the clash between us and Roel. It was a fortunate thing for us. If Illia, who has the same skills as Roel, joins Roel in a joint attack, Raelan and Konrad’s defense will collapse in an instant. Konrad and Raelan must have come together many times before, so they combined their magic in the air to create a magical sphere containing powerful destructive power.

Roel saw this, his eyes lit up, and he split the magic sphere flying towards him with his holy sword.

I waited for that moment. Even if one had a strong body that could lightly swing a great sword, there was always a gap in one’s posture when swinging a great sword.

By predicting the trajectory that the swinging holy sword would take, an entrance to the dimension was created there. The space designated as the exit was Roel’s left waist. It was thought that it would be difficult for him to respond to sudden anomalies since he had no left arm.

The idea was spot on. However, the holy sword stopped just before it reached Roel’s waist. With his incredible strength and reflexes, he stopped the attack just before the holy sword reached him.

Roel glared at me, his blue eyes flashing. A country that can create sudden variables appears to have become cautious about its intervention.

Although our plan failed, we benefited greatly from the intervention just now. It gave Raelan and Konrad time to prepare their magic, and made Roel wary of my spatial magic.

A knight who is wary of arrows that may come flying from nowhere cannot concentrate on the sword in front of him. Now, Roel must be careful with every step he takes and every action he takes in swinging the holy sword.

And there was one more benefit. After seeing the attack fail, I immediately tried to close the dimensional passage. In the past, during a sparring match with Roel, I had lost my weapon in this way. I was trying to see if it would work on the Holy Sword as well.

However, as expected, when the dimensional passage disappeared and the exit closed, the Holy Sword instantly tore out the space and regained its original appearance. Does shallow water not work? It was definitely a weapon worthy of being called a holy sword.

“This is different from Rosaline’s magic… .”

Roel muttered something, but his voice was so low that he couldn’t hear it. At that time, Conrad, who was blocking my path, shouted.

“Roel, come to your senses! “This is not the answer to saving the world!”

“But it could still be an opportunity to find the right answer.”

Raelan smirked at Roel’s determination to kill me without wavering even in Konrad’s earnest voice.

“Coordinator, your persuasion is already wrong. “Why does a person who knows better than anyone else that Roel’s justice cannot be compromised by anything waste his efforts?”

As soon as Raelan finished his mocking words, Conrad responded in an angry voice.

“Roel is our last hope! Of course we can’t give up persuasion!”

At Conrad’s shout, Raelan let out an unpleasant laugh.

“… It was hope. “Not anymore.”

Raelan swung his staff violently towards Roel. A green flash exploded in front of Roel, destroying the floor and ceiling.

Kwaaang!

With the sound of the explosion, Raelan grabbed my arm and used magic to create a door in the wall and quickly ran out of the house. Raelan said to Konrad, who followed him out of the collapsing house.

“Our hope is no longer in Roel. “Because a new hope, Ross, has appeared.”

Conrad screamed in a fit of rage at Raelan’s words.

“You still don’t understand! We can’t go to another world. Even if we avoid the world’s injustice by some means, the balance of that world will collapse. In the end, there is no escaping from the destruction that is planned! Roel won’t kill us either, if you convince him with me… !”

Ignoring Konrad’s words, Raelan turned his back and met my gaze. It was a face full of madness and joy. Raelan spoke in a low voice.

“Dying is no problem. Because I just don’t like losing. So shouldn’t we also win against other countries in the world?”

I could feel Raelan’s sincerity in those words. It is appropriate to say that he is a madman. Raelan is a treacherous man who must win with his own hands in any way possible. Even if it is you from another world.

The moment I opened my mouth to persuade Conrad, an unpleasant feeling ran down my spine. It was a similar feeling to the intuition of death I had experienced countless times in the room of trials.

In a split second, at the sound of an animal breathing, which seemed to pass by my ear, I reflexively created a dimensional passage and jumped into the dimensional entrance with Raelan. There was nothing I could do because the distance between me and Conrad had grown.

I could see that my intuition was not wrong by looking at Conrad as he fell from the exit of the dimension created in the air.

The defensive magic created by Konrad crumbled and disappeared. Conrad’s upper body, which was holding a staff, slid down and fell to the floor, scattering severed internal organs.

Grand Wizard Konrad, who earned the title of World Orchestrator, died without being able to block Roel’s blow using his intangible breath.

Raelan, who landed safely using magic, looked at Konrad’s upper body rolling on the ground and said as if he was just interested.

“I guess I thought quite highly of you there. To teach the intangible breathing to outsiders, hehehe. I didn’t even tell Roel here. “The power to kill even an archmage in one blow is incredible.”

I was momentarily speechless at the sight of Raelan caring more about himself in another world, who had taught me intangible breathing, than about the death of his comrade who had fought with him just a moment ago. I was wondering if I could really accept Raelan as a colleague.

Raelan must have read my expression and tapped my temple with his cane.

“Hey, don’t look like you don’t trust me. I am risking my life and fighting for you right now. And I would have said that I would like to see other countries in the world win as well. “I won’t do anything stupid to betray my only hope, so please don’t worry about anything.”

At Raelan’s words, I sighed again for the unknown number of times today.

“… “Okay.”

Raelan tried to explain something further, but Roel suddenly appeared in front of us and we had to turn our heads.

“Ross, do you think you’ll let me run away?”

In the same voice that playfully complained about me forgetting to have a meal with him one day, Roel once again announces his intention to kill me. Raelan waved her wand at that sight and asked in her sly voice.

“Are they not even giving us time for a strategy meeting? “We also lost an archmage here.”

“I can’t let you use your head. “I’m sure we’ll find a way to turn the situation around.”

Along with that, the sound of the animal breathing was heard again. At the same time, I felt Roel’s figure disappear from my sight and I heard the sound of chains in the air. When he raised his head, he saw Roel being held in the air by chains made of magical power.

“This is… .”

Raelan burst into laughter at Roel’s embarrassed appearance.

“Conrad had a curse spell that bound those who took his life. He wants to buy you time when the time comes for him to sacrifice his life for you. “Kkeukkeuk, I would have never imagined that you would be the target of the curse.”

Raelan, who shouted like that, grabbed my arm and whispered in my ear.

“Okay, let’s run away quickly during this gap.”

With those words, I immediately created a dimensional passage as far as possible, and Raelan swung his staff towards the surrounding area, destroying the machines installed around the collapsed house and exiting the passage with me. Raelan quickly looked around, distorted her face and glared at me. I looked at Raelan with a puzzled expression at his strange reaction.

“What are you doing? “Why did you come so close to me when you said you wanted to run away?”

I scratched my neck for no reason as I saw Raelan looking at me as if he didn’t understand.

“… “This is the maximum distance.”

“You mean it’s barely even 50M…? ?”

I nodded with a sigh as Raelan looked suspicious, as if he didn’t believe what I was saying.

“Holy shit… Of course, I thought I could run away to a nearby city like Rosalind… . I can’t help it. The only way to do this is to use it as much as possible and run away. Because the magical camouflage device was destroyed, chaos bugs will soon flock here. “Let’s move quickly.”

The machine Raelan destroyed must have been a magic camouflage device. He had no choice but to continue creating dimensional passages and escape.

As the dimensional passage was being created again, Raelan suddenly spoke.

“Just in case, tell me briefly when you have the chance. The way to persuade me of the world you are in is surprisingly simple. Just tell him that it wasn’t the poison that killed my father, but the letter. “That will be enough.”

“It’s not poison, it’s a letter… ? What does that mean?”

When I asked about connecting the dimensional passages, Raelan avoided answering and told me not to ask too much.

“It would be fun to hear it directly from me.”

The way he was grinning and saying that felt somewhat ominous, but when I heard the ground rumbling loudly, I felt a chaos bug approaching.

“Do I still need time to return to the other world?”

At Raelan’s question, I looked down at my wrist. The runes were still red as ever. Still, it seemed like it would soon turn green. I roughly estimated the remaining time.

“About an hour… .”

Raelan sighed at my weak voice.

“Even if I use the chaos bug, I don’t think I can get even 20 minutes against Roel.”

Raelan, who was scratching his eyebrows with his cane, grinned at me. Raelan said, taking a step back from the dimensional passage.

“Well, I’ll try to hold on no matter what.”

“La, Raelan… .”

Realizing that he meant to stay here and bide his time, I looked at Raelan with a puzzled face. Then Raelan twitched one corner of her mouth.

“Ha, my lord, needing an explanation is such a bother. If you survive, won’t I be able to get a chance to turn things around? And only if I owe you my life like this will you be more inclined to accept me as a comrade. Hehehe, it’s all calculated, so there’s no need to make such a complicated face.”

It was a calculated statement, but in the end, it meant sacrificing oneself to buy time. I couldn’t help but feel the burden of my own sacrifice, so I deliberately spoke sharply.

But Raelan’s choice was not wrong. Buying a little more time would increase my chances of returning to the original world. As Raelan said, this was something he owed his life to.

I bit my lip, looked at Raelan’s calm face, and turned toward the dimensional passage. And I said it with sincerity.

“… I will definitely keep my promise. “Because I need your wisdom too.”

“Yes, I believe it. You’re a stupid master, so I don’t have to worry about being betrayed. Hehehe.”

Leaving Raelan’s laughter behind, I passed through the dimensional passage.