Sweat drips from your hand holding Ansel's sword and your shoulders rise and fall.
For a moment. Just for a moment after Luke left.
However, Ansel's health was lost as if he had been opposed to a strong enemy for several hours.
Betenburg, who stands in front of the subject, has some room for his expression.
Betenburg put his hand on the sheath and smiled at Ansel.
"I've had a lot of fun, but it looks like this is it."
"... I need to ask you one more question."
"I don't ask in this situation. Very well, ask the souvenirs of the underworld."
"Why didn't you just attack Lazarus? If I were you, I'd already have killed you."
"... there's only one thing I want to ask you. I can't kill you before I hear it."
"Is that the raven's idea?
"No. This is my selfishness."
I see. Well then, let's...!
When he says so, something like a small needle is thrown from the one who does not hold the sword.
When Betenburg played it, Ansel laughed like he did earlier.
"I didn't see it from before, that sword. Your slashing is too sharp.... but I just saw it for the first time."
"Is that it?
"I can't kill you. I can't kill you."
When the words are spoken, sparks scatter in front of Betenburg's face, and the monocle starts to fly with an impact.
And when he was upset, there was certainly a gap in him.
A slight gap you wouldn't notice if you were a normal person.
But Ansel wasn't a "normal" person either.
There is a sharp flash of blood on Betenburg's cheeks.
Betenburg, who touched it with his hand, laughed loudly after checking his own blood.
"I see, I see. Oh, I remember. It was you! I remember how to fight like that beast!
"... you finally remember. I almost killed you, forgotten."
"I've come to see you, Betenburg. Ansel, the monster who gave Temee a black star, came all the way to kill Temee."
Ansel's expression did not have the same inorganic impression as before, and she looked crazy and distorted enough to deserve to be called a monster.
He has beaten Betenburg only once.
The trigger was a friendly game that was played to discuss whether he or Betenburg would lead Peswen's team.
As a result, the Betenburg sword broke unbearably after Ansel's attack, ending in Ansel's victory.
The soldiers who saw his game at the time described him as follows.
"Monster."
"... it seems like you've become a lot more human."
"Temee has become quite a monster, hasn't she? Yeah?"
Betenburg laughs at Ansel's words.
However, the eyes had a vigilant color that had never existed before.
"Now, let's continue. I don't know if it's a raven, but I'm going to finish this fight right now."
"'End it'? It was a big win.... okay, come on. Try to screw me. If you can do that, I'm talking about."
"... ahh, I'll do what you want"
As Ansel vomited, an iron needle flew towards him as before.
Betenburg avoided it this time, but he pierced the gap in that moment and filled the distance with incredible speed.
"......!"
I can hear Betenburg breathing.
But that was all.
The sword of Ansel, which was supposed to have been cut through, sounded like it was being shattered.
"... what was that?"
"It's the first time I've ever been serious.... let me admit, without me, you would be stronger than anyone else in this world."
Ansel's knee climbs to the ground.
There was red blood on the purple carpet underneath.
He turns his back on him like that and gives up his sword.
"I want you to tell me one thing before you kill me. Why are you trying to protect this world?
"... ah?
"This world is ugly. Slavery, war, discrimination. And the incompetent humans who can only count on your strength. No, it's not just this world. People were ugly in every world."
He didn't understand.
There are people who do not despair in this world.
They are not defeated by grief and weakness, and they continue to have hope.
"Still, why do you continue to believe in the uncertainty of the 'future'? From my point of view, a broken human even feels more right."
"... well, there must be some of them. I even feel right about that broken human being."
"Then why?
"I don't know. I don't even know what I'm standing for. But... my life wants to live. That's all."
"... is that because of humans?
"Maybe. That's why we're done here, Betenburg."
When he says so, the door opens.
There were dozens of soldiers standing around Luke, squeezing their bows.
Among them, Leonard is also mixed.
"......!
I flew behind and tried to avoid it, but the ansel grabbed my leg.
He tried to put Lazareth's body on the rays, but they stood just in the blind spot of the arrow.
"I've finally hunted you down, monster."
"... I see. Does it mean I can calculate everything I want to do, and everything I want to do to you?"
"Luke-Augusta-Grantil...!
Betenburg stares at Luke.
Looking at him like that, Luke smiled with pleasure.
"Have you come to call me with your hand? Or were you licking it all up?... well, it doesn't matter now."
You're in the back, Raven.
When he says so and sticks one hand out in front of the other, the bow and arrow are fired at a time according to the signal.
But something like a black jade that suddenly broke out between them and Betenburg took in all the arrows.
"... is that the passage that allows you to move freely through space and space?
"How far do you know...!
"You taught me. A kind man in a mask."
"... wolf!
"I have no obligation to answer. Prepare for second shot."
Along with his call, a bow and arrow are thrown.
But now I cut the bow and arrow off in the air.
"... well done, gentlemen. One more step and you will have reached me. Oh, what a pity."
As soon as he says so, his ankle is cut off from the bottom.
Nobody cut it off.
He cut off his feet by himself.
Farewell, gentlemen.
He leaves the words behind and disappears into the cage.
After confirming it, Ansel stood up and walked towards Luke.
"... thank you for your help, Your Majesty."
"No, it was more than I expected. I escaped, but I was able to protect Lazarus. Thank you, Captain Ansel."
Luke looks back when he thinks he smiles a little.
There was Cyan, King of Victoria.
"Now we know the most important thing we need to do. We will defend Lazarus here and destroy them when he wakes up."
Emil and a girl were running.
Breathe on your shoulders in an unmaintained forest.
She saw it.
My beloved husband... the moment Rufus is cut off.
I thought it was a mistake.
Rather... Lazarus killed him.
The girl who was now holding Emil's hand and running with him was also taken care of by him.
In her memory, there was a little shadow, but she was a gentle young man.
That was when I was thinking about it.
I'm in a hurry. Excuse me.
In the front, a young man appears.
When I saw her face, there was a presence where they were fleeing.
I can't even scream, I can't even breathe.
"... you don't look so good, have you had a bad dream? Or was he on his way out of something?
He asks with a faint smile.
At that time, she was sure.
He's not Lazarus.
I can't run anymore. That's what she decided, hugging the girl aggressively to cover her body.
"... I won't forgive you. I will never forgive you!
"You mean Lazarus?
"You, like you... don't lie to Lazarus!
When she was finished, his sword was shaken down.
It accurately slits her throat and her body collapses without a sound.
The girl who was left muttered.
"Help me, help me... help me..."
"Why?... Ah, is that Lazarus?
"No... I don't want to die..."
She tries to run as if she were falling back.
But... his blade was mercilessly shaken down.
"Don't be ridiculous...! Nobody calls him Lazarus! It's not me, I'll call him! You're saying I'm not Lazarus!?
The voice echoed into the sky and into the forest.
But no one answers.
"...... Shit. This emotion, apparently not mine, belongs to the vessel. Do you still want the name" Lazarus "after this period?"
She pulls out the sword pierced into her body, turning her face uncomfortably.
Behind that, I heard a cool voice in contrast.
"... what's wrong? I heard some anger that wasn't like you."
"No, it's nothing. Sylvia, we've eliminated human survival around here. Let's go to the next one."
"I see. Next, I need you to eliminate the three of us. You know one, Mea."
Is that Mea? Well, that means you betrayed me, right?
"Yes, and stupid."
Sylvia hides her mouth and shows her how to laugh.
He stared at the body without even seeing it.
"... Sylvia. Burn Rufus and the two bodies here so they can't be reused."
"Fine, but why?
"I don't want to see their faces anymore. That's all."
He said so and disappeared into the jar.