Monster no Goshujin-sama

5. At the end of the struggle

Five.

"... oh my god"

Gert gave a shocking voice.

Even though he was shot out of that ray, he was safe.

Robust 'Devotional Boundary' defenses were enduring dragon attacks.

But the underground passage, it didn't.

The earlier blow had destroyed the underground walls and ceilings, pierced the ground, and slipped through to the ground.

The underground passage is under a domed cathedral.

The runoff of destruction that had popped out of it was blowing up parts of the cathedral and damaging some spires.

The power that also approaches the ultimate magic of the Fifth Staircase.

I let it be accomplished in just one breath.

But even that was just a prep up front.

There was no longer a single dragon figure in the destroyed and expanded space.

Cold sweat wet Gert's dead face.

Earlier attacks were only meant to secure space to take the look of a dragon.

Now comes the blow in the figure of a dragon, not the figure of a half-human.

"Go away."

From the mouth of the dragon, which quietly tells of death, a runoff of doubling magic was spewed out earlier.

"Grr, whoa, whoa!?

A blow of directed destruction clashes into the 'devotional kingdom'.

Not surprisingly, the juncture raised a scowl.

"So much for this...!?

Almost the worst case I ever assumed.

Shichiya Jingu's inherent ability undoubtedly deserved a super-first-class product as the power of the brave men who save the world.

The strength and purity that you want is pulling out the group.

Or without madness and a piece of paper.

"But...!

Knowing that, Gert bit his back teeth.

"Unbeatable! You can't lose!

What he was protecting was this world itself.

You can't avoid it.

Even though I knew it was reckless, I had no choice but to confront the deadly attack from the front.

Naturally, there was a crack in "Devotional Connections" with the sound of a vacillation.

"Ooh..."

As soon as he did, Gert's numb body was scratched and blood erupted from the inside.

His "Devotional Boundary" can create a very strong wall that even bounces off the attacks of deviant braves, but when destroyed, the damage feeds back to the ability himself.

It's not a defensive technique to defend yourself, it's a force to stand up as an avant-garde and protect others.

From all over the old man's body, blood erupts and dyes his clergy clothes red and black.

If the concentration is distracted by the pain and interrupted at all, the junction will be blown away in no time.

But the "devotional kingdom" does not collapse.

"I defend the world......!

Shouting in a crouched voice, Gert squeezed his dying force...

"Ugh."

- The next moment, there was a ruinous sound.

It's the crushing sound of a wall that protects the world.

The dragon's spit of destruction increased its output by a further step.

Gert opened his eyes wide.

"Protect the world? What's wrong with that?"

The boy's voice sounded.

"I protect everyone. Because that's what he asked for."

Madness and a piece of paper tough and pure will.

No. This is no longer even in that area...

"That's right. He told me to protect everyone. So, I wanted to protect everyone... but no, I wanted to protect him... but why, dead, so, because he said so, so, so!

The heart wound of losing a loved one moves the ability to the next stage.

Or corrupt the boy to the bottom where he can't come back.

Shichiya Jingu gained power in order to protect her lover.

Yet I let go.

I realized the mistake was after I lost it.

I won't take it back again.

So there was no other way for Shijiya Shimiya to move in the prescribed direction.

As long as you have the strength you need to fulfill your purpose, you don't need any other functions.

I don't need the ability to go back to where I was.

I don't need a human consciousness or emotion.

... I've had enough of it, painful or sad.

"Rampage of Capabilities......!?

Gert, who understood the situation and shouted, spit out a mass of blood with you the next moment.

The body of the attacking dragon grew and the spitting magic rush gained momentum.

That is exactly what the evil dragon that threatens the world deserves.

Even this was a servant 'devotional kingdom', which could not be prevented.

With the deadly blur, the crackle spreads throughout.

"Ah, gu..."

At that moment, Gert had a choice.

If you let yourself escape the spitting magic of the dragon and defend yourself only in a minimized junction, you could survive even half-dead.

But he wouldn't let the intruder dawn his way.

The value of what was in its wake was the figure of the people who visited the diocese every day to pray for peace, poking and moving him.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

With a roar, Gert stood up to the magic runoff from the front.

Less than a few seconds later, a crack ran across the junction.

At the same time, the body of an old man, reminiscent of a dead tree, spasmed greatly.

Capability recoil.

The kingdom is his very existence.

Crushed, I'm not just sorry.

There was an open wound that reached all the way to the bone.

The spilled blood dyed the old man's appearance bright red.

It was fatal.

Like a real dead tree, the old man's body swayed unreliably...

"Not yet..."

- I saw the sight, and even the evil dragon opened his eyes.

A foot stepped on the blood build-up supported the braided body.

Intense willpower connected the disconnected consciousness.

It is not strange that Gert refused to collapse because of the wounds he suffered immediately or desperately.

It wasn't like I could have done without my out-of-digit mental powers.

Without a doubt, he was the guardian of the world.

Until the last moment, I defended the world.

So, a few more seconds.

Strong on the evil dragon the great depletion caused by exercising his full powers, the junction was shattered and scattered.

The short but harsh clashes come to an end and the tranquility returns.

There was no appearance of Gert in the place where it became a blast, and only the appearance of a dragon squeaking his throat was there.

"Oh. You knocked him down"

It was the boys of the transferees who showed their faces there.

His endorsers, gathered by Shichiya Jingu with his voice.

There were only five of them, but they were all former Expedition Warriors.

"You did it flashy."

One of them laughed at Shijiya Jingu, who remained the dragon figure, and looked suspicious that he had not responded.

"Mm-hmm. Jingushi? Hey, what's up?

"... no"

Shichiya Jingu shook the dragon's head when he returned less words like exhausted.

And when he lifted his large body, he grabbed the ground with his hands with sharp nails.

What was there was the 'cornerstone of the world'.

"Earlier was..."

Shichiya Jingu recalled the end of the earlier battle.

There was a rushing figure under the Gert, who broke the line and was about to be wiped out by the runoff of destruction.

One is Harrison-Addington, head of the Cathedral Knights.

The other was Kazu Asahi, the departing group.

Seeing them shelter Gert and get caught up in the attack, Shijiya Jingu staged an aggressive attack.

Whatever Harrison is, because Kazu Asahi is one of the transferees he decides to protect.

You won't be immune to major injuries, but you'll both be alive.

The 'cornerstone of the world' that was falling was dropped by Harrison caught in a magical runoff.

Seems like a failure, but also lucky in some respects.

Because 'the cornerstone of the world' has the nature to resonate with each other.

Shi Chiya Jingu possessed the "cornerstone of the world" he brought out of the dragon abyss, and for that reason he was able to find Harrison's "cornerstone of the world".

If Harrison hadn't let go of The Foundations of the World, he would have finally been found and killed.

Of course, if he hadn't already died in the earlier attack...

"Hey, man. Is something wrong? I mean, why do you still look like a dragon?

……

Jingu Shi Chiya looked down at his companion as he asked in a bright voice.

I can explain, but that was felt terribly billion-dollar.

In my head, there is a rash.

Emotions were as vague as pinching a thick cloth, and the willingness to direct anything but the purpose fell.

And not only that, but I also remembered a lot of fatigue.

Because I had used too much magic to get rid of Gert, who kept blocking the road until the last moment.

"... nothing, nothing"

In the end, the reply became very short and lacking in content.

Anyway, Gert is fatally wounded, and I guess he's losing his mind under the rubble around Harrison not coming out.

It doesn't block the way, so there's no reason to dare dig it out and stab the stomach.

Then it's a waste of time to talk about it.

I don't need a chat.

Anything but purpose is no longer...

"Then let's go."

Speaking up was the last person who showed up on the spot.

He hides his face with a mask, just like the previous Shinto shrine, and lowers a black sword of different shapes on one hand.

The eyes directed from under the mask were carefully narrowed, as if they were guessing the current situation of Shi Chiya Jingu.

"I don't have time for what I'm bringing. Wouldn't you?"

"... oh"

What is prompted is in accordance with wishes, and there is no objection to obeying.

Biting to death of fatigue, Jingu Shi Chiya moved forward the dragon giant.

At the end of the corridor, which was broken by an earlier blow, there is a purpose.

It's a single door.

It was the door that followed the storage site of the 'cornerstone of the world' that established this world.

There were two pairs of eyes that stared at them from under the rubble, still killing their breath.

"Ha, Mr. Harrison, those guys are going"

Kazu Asahi whispered in a hurry.

"I can do it. If necessary, stab me wrong..."

The real will was there.

But Harrison set aside the deviant Kawatsu Morning Sun.

"It's just a waste of time to deal with all of that. No. Shijiya Jingu may not be able to kill you, but he can't do it alone in any case. This place must survive…"

Though calmly put, I guess there's anger and haste in that heart.

Among Harrison's arms, which bite his back teeth hard, was the body of an already exhausted Gert.

Although it was only salvation from the attack of Shijiya Jingu, the recoil that destroyed his abilities was deadly.

But until the end, Gert resisted.

In the meantime, he left words behind.

That someone gave Shi Chiya Jingu information on "The Foundations of the World".

That Shichiya Jingu is looking to destroy the "cornerstone of the world".

And......

"There is still hope"

Harrison spinned his words, even though he deepened his wounds further under the attack of Shi Chiya Jingu, where even he was seriously wounded.

"As it is, the world will perish. No longer can anyone living in this world be irrelevant. Therefore, we have to tell them. to those with 'keys' and 'compasses' that save the world."