"I'm here!"

The door flaps open and the red hair shakes. The elf, who was quietly reading from the chair, raises his head.

"You're here, Mr. Leica."

"You can speak informally. Do it comfortably. Comfortably."

"It's more convenient on this side."

Arna closed the book.

"I've never spoken down to anyone.”

"I'm doing what's comfortable for you."

Leica looked around Hwi-hwi.

"Where is he?"

"If you're talking about Cayers, he's gone somewhere for business. They said it would take about two days.”

"He's very busy, too. I'll just do my homework.”

Leica put up her notebook and twirled her pen. Arena looked at her and said quietly.

"What grade are you in, Mr. Leica?"

"It's been a year now, so second grade. Ha."

Laika muttered with emotion.

"That's what happened already."

It was only a year ago when I believed that the land of Irak was everything in the world and that there were countless people stronger than her when I went out into the world.

"Now I'm graduating in three more years."

Arna said, looking at Leica holding the pen again.

"Do you have to go to the academy?"

"What are you talking about all of a sudden?"

"Mr. Leica is strong. It is true that academic background influences success. It's essential to get ahead as an engineer."

All of the prosecutors, including Caron, had attended the academy. It was an essential process.

"But even that wouldn't mean anything to you."

"Suddenly, is that a compliment?"

Leica smiled lightly, but Arna shook her head quietly.

"It's the truth."

She has seen Leica's swordsmanship. Her unspeakable talent, perhaps, could reach even heroes.

"As Cayers has said all the time, secular constraints mean nothing to Mr. Leica."

"I'm feeling it, too."

She flicked her pen. I realized on the first day of admission that the academy was meaningless. Nevertheless, there was only one reason for sticking.

"But I can't see any other way. It's stuck."

Her swordsmanship was not taking a single step forward as it had been in the past. I felt like I was going crazy because I couldn't cross even though I couldn't see.

"So, I'm taking a break making a difference. I said change is important."

"…you mean Asher."

Laika put her chin on the desk while biting her lips.

"Are you still thinking about it? You have a lot of thoughts, too.”

"I don't understand Mr. Leica and Mr. Cayers from my point of view."

She sighed quietly.

"Who took the body?"

Leica turned her head and put her cheek on the desk.

"We don't know about it anyway. I tried to recognize him, but I couldn't find him. Do you need to worry about that?”

"But…."

Arna was speechless. What is Asher? She had been thinking about him ever since.

"I don't think Laika is that burdened. Asher has more to do with you than I do with you than with me."

Asher was Leica's teacher and once an employee. Arna, on the other hand, was only helped at best.

"Because I didn't care from the start."

Leica said lightly.

"I was surprised, but I thought I would."

She didn't believe in the same Asher from the start.

"I'm curious, but… That doesn't mean I'm going to dig in. Good is good."

"I wish I were like you."

But she couldn't. My head was still in a muddle. Laika laughed.

"It's different for everyone. Oh, you're different because you're an elf?"

"No, I'm a human being. I don't have the characteristics of an elf anymore."

"What about the elves?"

"I don't remember clearly because I was a child, but roughly….”

Coo-oong!

As soon as the idle chatter continued, the door broke open. Leica, who flew on the desk like a cat, stared at the door. He had already pulled out half of the sword.

"Gi, emergency! Emergency!"

"…what? Was it a guard?”

Leica grumbled her hand off the sword. A guard was holding on to the wall, gasping for air.

"I think you have a business.”

"…Today is a holiday. You're not even a rookie, and you don't know that."

There was a subtle irritation in Arna's quiet words. This was her personal space unrelated to her work, and being invaded was her least favorite thing to do.

"I'm sorry. I couldn't wait an inch, so I ran right away."

The guard's face was white as a sheet. Arna pushed the book with a sigh.

"Tell me, is it the tramps or is the monsters invading?"

"Both not! Giant! The giant is here."

"Huh?"

Leica, who was leaning against the chair and shaking, stopped. Arna quietly frown.

"…you mean you're going to cry?"

"No!"

The guard said with a scream.

"The Giant! He's at the gates of the Empire!"

***

Boom. Boom. Boom.

The earth trembles. Hundreds of Orcs lined up in the field, and Asher looked at them gathering on the cliff.

He told Oak Road to gather the Orcs in one place, and Rod responded. And all the Orcs were here.

"We're getting ready."

Pateless flew over and landed.

"Everyone's here. We also opened the curtain of the wind to prevent the aftermath from spreading around."

"Then give it to Oak Road, and back, please."

"…are you sure you're okay?"

"I'm sure the story is over."

"But."

Petrice bit her lips. Asher's plan was simple. Spread purple powder over the gathered orcs. And when Hastoka ran out from the Orcs, it was to clean up.

But Petris shuddered with fear.

"…what about the aftermath?"

The last hastoka she saw was a spot of dust, not even burning herself. He was a small creature that could devour only five orcs at most.

But she was panicked. Fearful of instinctive fear, I couldn't do anything and crawled on the ground.

She could know. In Hastoka, the existence of this type is a separate being that life cannot help.

"Really…."

"That's all right."

Asher cut her off in a blunt manner.

"So please pass it on to me."

"…I see."

She murmured and went down. Pateless approached Oak Road to escape the crazed Orcs.

"Get out of here. It's time."

"You're here."

Oak Road gave a bitter smile.

"I never thought I'd leave my people like the ugly ones."

"It's different. Besides, I didn't throw it away. It's about healing them.”

"No. No matter how well you wrap it, it doesn't change. I didn't realize they were changing after all."

“…….”

"No thanks. It doesn't mean anything to complain to you. I'll leave you."

Oak Road has left. Pateless watched for a moment and turned to Orcs who were in line with Oh.

"Woo! Woo! Woo!"

The ground trembles. A roar blows the air.

"Kill the Elves!"

“…….”

Pateless raised his bow. There was a green light on the bow, and purple ash was flowing on the platform.

"May the world not fall apart."

She let go of her hand, and the arrow shot into the air.

"That's enough."

Asher took out the devil's weapon when he saw an arrow flying over the orcs' heads. The arrow that was flying high in the sky slowly began to fall, and the purple ash was released.

"Woo! Woo! Woo!"

Orcs still rolled their feet without knowing anything. The purple ash came down from heaven like pollen and clung to their bodies.

Hook.

The air is shaking. The roar stops and the orcs fall on the floor.

Hastocca. The existence of a variant parasitic on the earth in search of the body.

There was no form in it. They did not have a whole body like Maraha, nor did they have a form beyond recognition like a monster.

Hastoka was literally a conceptual monster.

"Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

"Loud!"

With the screams of the Orcs, the type escapes from them. Darkness rises into the air. They lump together to blacken the sky.

a monster that devours and twists the concept of a race It was the existence of the type that appeared most on the ground the most.

Asher shook the axe. The wavelength of power spreads dizzy.

Keying.

A huge circle separated from the world around Asher and the darkness gathered in the sky.

[Crazy Arcade]

The dark clumped the circle, but it didn't even budge. Soon after, darkness began to rally in one place as if it had given up.

[Crazy Arcade]

"Tell me you understand.

Darkness flinched at Asher's irritating remarks.

That's senseless.]

My voice shook. An unformed monster grumbled in human language.

[Some of them used monster language for you]]

"Why are you doing that?"

To speak the language of monsters and to speak human words. Which would be more terrifying?]

Asher laughed at the plausible reason. My voice quivered again.

This is the second time you've disturbed me. Human.]

***

In his previous life, when Hastoka descended on the ground, he defeated him like a hero.

"You know who I am.”

Their sloppy miscellaneous work.

The hastoka giggled. The space trembles with laughter and mixes the mind and body.

You're the only one who's fooled.]

Asher's magic is the devil's. Although he is powerful enough to touch the soul, Hastoka called them crude.

[Oh, I'd love to have more fun, but I'm sorry. I can't believe you got caught so fast.]

"You're bluffing.”

Asher laughed at Hastoka.

"You were going to get caught from the beginning."

Orcs seemed to have returned to the past, but the details were different. And it was Hastoka's intention.

It was a mockery. A mockery that laughs at their stupidity, which they mistake for going back to the past, even though it is a completely different form from the past.

The monsters of this type want to laugh and smash the ground. The same was true of Hastokas. His purpose was to enjoy the beat of life and mock them.

I wouldn't have been caught if it wasn't for you.]

The voice clings to Asher with persistence. Lee Hyung's power tries to engulf his mind, and Asher shakes off his hand.

"Get rid of it."

It was different from Oak Road, which was left as part of it. Hastoka tried to devour him, but he couldn't even meddle in his mind.

"Don't play tricks that don't work when you're under a constraint."

Hastoka has one limitation when it comes down to earth. It was a restriction that only one race could be possessed.

It was because of the constraints that the ground had been invaded countless times but failed to break it down. The limitations of Hastoka, however wild, could devour only one race, were obvious.

[It would be much more fun if I ate you, but...] You can't take away the others' share.

"I can't believe you're listening to a horse race. You've gone all the way.”

Oh, it's different. Human.]

The space was rippled by the laughter of Hastoka.

The poor man is struggling, but our purpose is to get after you.

The darkness of the hastokas slowly fade away. A monster that can only survive if it is parasitic cannot survive in this world alone.

We don't want to see you. I hate everyone on the ground, but you're a particularly strong hatred. I'd like to rip off my head right away.

The air ripples violently in an emotional voice.

It's always the same thing, so let's leave this body that we enjoyed as much as we enjoyed.]

"Get out."

Asher shook her hand. As Hastoka's presence faded, Enshir muttered as if he were lucky.

You're going in good faith. I thought you'd do something wrong..]

It was that moment.

That's rude. The loser of the game shouldn't be held ugly.]

[…huh?]

[Long time no see.]

Hastoka laughed.

[What happened to him?]]

Hastoka's horse was facing N'Sir. The voice of N'Sir was filled with astonishment.

[You... me.]

[Oh, I see] You're trampled and tied up. They're so mean. No, he's not, either.

[...do you know me?]]

You don't even remember. Of course it's because I lost my essence. It's sad.]

Even Hastoka's voice began to blur.

[Wait!]

Enshir shouted in a hurry, but Hastoka just laughed.

I hope the day comes when you can find yourself.]

The darkness went out and Hastoka's presence disappeared. Asher released the power of the axe, the dark sphere disappeared and the world appeared. The orcs groaned down the cliff.

The work here is done. Other Orcs may still be the same, but they are now free from Hastoka's bondage.

Asher said quietly.

"Encir."

[…….]

There was no answer from Nsir.