I’m Not That Kind of Talent - Chapter 19

19. The lifted veil (2)

rolled on the floor as if falling and landed on the guy’s back.

Normally I would stab or cut the ogre in the back, but I knew that it would be difficult to pierce the ogre’s hide with my weak strength, so I didn’t get greedy and threw myself with all my strength and pushed the ogre away.

Considering the size and strength of the ogre, I really did my best. How could it be that my body bounced in the opposite direction? Honestly, I thought my shoulder was going to crumble.

As if my earnestness had reached the sky, his body leaned forward.

I got up from rolling on the floor and stood a step away to check on him.

A cliff is ahead. If it falls like this, it will be my victory.

The upper body has already completely fallen off the cliff. If things continue like that, my head will fall off. If you fall from the bridge first, it is impossible to climb up no matter what you do in that state.

…I thought so, but you damn ogre.

In that situation, he turned around and grabbed my ankle!

‘Fuck!’

Damn it, I couldn’t take into account the length of the ogre’s arms.

My body suddenly shuts down and my vision changes quickly.

The receding sky was felt in real time through the shrinking clouds.

And soon.

Kwaaaang!!

A heavy shock was felt throughout my body.

‘Ouch.’

I feel like my stomach is upset.

I swallowed the rising nausea and pressed my feet to the floor to get up.

Deep.

…Hook?

Oh, I was holding a dagger. But did the land originally feel like this?

I gathered my shaking vision and looked around.

Demons surrounding everywhere. And the hero and the demon king not far away.

…huh? No wait, what is this?!

Even the guy under me was the ogre from before. The place where my dagger pierced while trying to hit the floor was none other than my neck.

‘Even if it’s an ogre, if you put your weight on it and stab it, it will stab you… no!’

Am I now in the middle of enemy territory? Besides, they killed their colleague right in front of their eyes, right? Is that it?

Perhaps because of the sudden intrusion, everything is quiet.

With even the Demon King remaining silent, I began to walk blindly, thinking that I had to get away quickly before they came to their senses.

The place my survival instinct pointed to was none other than the hero.

The light emanating from the body is a bit ominous, as if it is trying to self-destruct, but there is no other place to go.

Since demons are surrounding us on all sides, it is obvious that we will die no matter where we go, but we cannot go to the demon king.

A hero who is already half-dead and about to explode himself is my only lifeline. Feeling an indescribable feeling, I walked with a stiff expression on my face, being careful not to shake my legs.

It took no time to reach the warrior.

The hero, who had already been looking at me with his eyes wide open since I fell, made eye contact with me and immediately smiled helplessly.

And he moves his lips as if he wants to say something… but I can’t hear him at all.

‘I guess I don’t even have the energy to talk.’

It wasn’t necessary, but I was curious about what he was saying, so I kindly grabbed his shoulder and put my ear close to him.

Then, a faint voice mixed with the wheezing sound flowed into my ear.

“Are you…really…”

“…?”

There were no more words.

What is the end? What on earth did you want to say…

‘!?’

It was then that I felt something strange.

The light emanating from the warrior’s body poured down towards me.

I was confused at first, but it wasn’t long before I figured out what he was thinking.

‘Did you want to transfer power?’

─Giving up self-destruction, which was the only opportunity to kill the Demon King.

Rather than joy or gratitude, I felt sad.

A warrior’s power cannot be intentionally transferred.

The closest option is to scatter fragments of power across the continent.

It is unknown who will be the owner of the fragment, so the hero’s will is literally useless….

Sure enough, I felt the hero’s power pass through my body.

Let alone settling down, it could not stay for a moment and passed leisurely like water through a net. It lost its light, crumbled into pieces like burnt ashes, and soon disappeared into the distance.

It will probably spread across the continent like this.

‘I feel like I’ve become a lightning rod.’

Even though he receives the power of a warrior in one body, he cannot store it and just lets it flow away.

‘…It’s foolish.’

The hero must be feeling this clearly, so I don’t know why he doesn’t give up.

The force that was pushing him in gradually weakens, and the warrior’s body also collapses, as if leaning on me.

His end was approaching.

‘Ah, we made eye contact.’

He smiles faintly, as if to comfort me.

At that moment, the compulsion to say something took hold of me, but I was unable to say anything until the force that was rushing in was cut off, all light disappeared, and his body went limp.

I was caught up in an indescribable feeling, and for a moment, my expression hardened due to the sense of discomfort I felt from the hero.

‘…dead.’

My only lifeline.

I checked again, but I couldn’t hear any breathing. My pulse didn’t beat at all.

In my dazed mind from shock, a forgotten fact came to mind.

The silence that fell when I fell. That silence…

“….”

“….”

…still continued.

As soon as I realized that fact, I began to worry endlessly about the gazes pouring in from all directions.

As I hesitantly stand up, the eyes of those looking at me slowly rise.

Ah, it would have been better if I hadn’t known until the end.

As those countless eyes move along with me, my body suddenly becomes stiff with tension. It was even more so because among those gazes were those of the devil.

I guess the reason my legs are shaking is because of my mood. No, I think my hands are shaking too.

‘It’s not my fault!’

It is dangerous in this state.

Having studied hard before coming here, I knew very well that if I showed weakness in front of demons who specialized in fighting against flesh and blood, I would be eaten.

That’s why I want to leave as soon as possible.

“Cough.”

Grumble.

Blood poured out of my mouth.

It was something I had been enduring ever since I fell here.

‘Damn it, why now…!’

I gently bit into the delicate flesh inside my mouth.

I knew that when I fell, my entire body received quite a big shock, but I thought it would be a little better because I was able to hold on surprisingly well, but I never thought I would spit it out now.

To put it to the extreme, I wanted to grind this damn body to pieces.

In the meantime, the warrior’s limp body was so heavy.

‘I have to run away, but if I do this, I’ll just become a burden. Just throw it away and jump out?’

As he was seriously thinking, the Demon King’s lips, which had been tightly closed, slowly opened.

“What’s your name?”

What is the intention of this?

They’ll find you and kill you if you run, so does that mean you shouldn’t even think about running away? Perhaps the intention was to find out the family members by listening to the castle and kill or threaten them.

The chances of escaping and surviving are extremely low anyway, so it doesn’t matter whether you say your name or not.

Rather, they are family…

“…Deon Hart.”

White hair blowing in the cool wind tickles my cheek. I swept it up, touched the corners of my red eyes, and smiled.

Now that I’ve told you my name, just do whatever you want.

Although I was so prepared, the words I received in return were unexpected.

Words that I couldn’t even imagine and thought were impossible.

“Are you planning on becoming the Demon King’s army?”

For the first time in my life, I received a scouting offer from the Demon King.

I’m not happy. It’s like saying it’s an offer, but in reality, there’s no room for choice.

It is obvious what will happen if you refuse here.

But I am not swayed by threats like this!

As I held the hero’s body, which kept slipping, I dared to confidently express my refusal in front of the demon king.

“I hate paperwork!”

…I may have said it in a bit of a twist, but for now, my intention to refuse is correct.

Surprisingly, I heard that corps commanders are burdened with paperwork. I have no intention of being caught here and having to worry about paperwork.

“Then don’t do it.”

“…?”

“Hmm, what high-ranking official doesn’t do paperwork?…”

Yes? hey?

“If you don’t have something, just make one. 0How about the corps commander? “Do you like it?”

Ah no wait a minute. Are you crazy?

The commander of the 1st corps takes on the role of the devil’s agent, but they ask him to become the commander of the 0th corps? My skills haven’t been proven yet?

“You don’t have to worry about backlash. Anyone who has seen this scene would never dream of opposing it.”

Only then did I feel it.

Even if something goes wrong, it’s definitely going wrong.

As a result, I had no choice but to accept the position of Commander 0 Corps that was first offered to me, as I was weighed down by the higher treatment I received the more I refused.

***

Kwaaaang!!

When Deonhardt fell with a heavy sound, the warrior was so surprised that he could not express it in words.

If it hadn’t been for the sword stuck in his stomach, he might have jumped up.

That’s because the outcome has already been decided.

The hero was unable to kill the Demon King, and all that remained was death at the hands of the Demon King.

A hero who cannot kill the Demon King has no value in existence.

All the treatment and honor the hero receives comes from the fact that he is ‘almost the only human who can kill the Demon King,’ so it was also natural that if he could not kill the Demon King, everything would be taken back.

Simply put, it means that the current hero who was defeated by the Demon King has become a human being who is not worth saving.

‘But why?’

Why can’t I just run away like this?

Why did I come to this place of death?

Deon Hardt. He not only has a duty as a ‘comrade’, but also a duty to report the results of the battle to the empire.

So, it would have been much more beneficial to quietly leave than to storm into this place where it was obvious that I would die.

Nevertheless, he had entered the middle of the enemy lines and was now walking confidently this way.

‘ha ha ha.’

A hollow laugh escaped out mixed with the sound of heavy breathing.

Could it be that a camaraderie developed in that short period of time? Is that why you came here to collect the corpse?

──Even as you face the devil?

Perhaps because of the sword stuck in my stomach, a subtle sensation bubbles up from my lower abdomen and circles around my heart.

I couldn’t open my mouth due to the indescribable sensation, so I just kept my lips licked for a long time. Perhaps out of frustration, he grabbed my shoulder and brought his ear close to me as if urging me on.

Thanks to that, the warrior was able to make a reckless choice.

“You…really…”

Contrary to the image known to the public, he is a kind and loyal person to the point of recklessness.

If the next ‘hero’ is born, it would be nice if it were you.

I began to pour out all the strength I had gathered for self-destruction with the intention of transferring it to him.

There was no way he, a warrior, did not know that the power of a warrior cannot be intentionally transferred.

Nevertheless, it is as clear as day what will happen after he dies, and this is the only way for this person to live.

The hero, who had easily crossed the acceptable line set by the world, called out to the world, which was currently watching this situation.

‘World, are you watching?’

I will be watching. A ‘hero’ is a being chosen by the world and given power.

So you’re watching and you know.

‘This is my arbitrary action after all.’

therefore.

Because he doesn’t know anything.

I will bear all the consequences for violating the will of the world.

‘May the anger over this action be directed only at me.’

The world that measured the weight of sin made its decision.

At that moment, the warrior chewed the tip of his tongue in terrible pain. A scream that could not come out trembled deep in my throat.

Pain that feels as if your muscles are being torn apart and your bones are being stabbed with a sharp object. In that state, when I push too hard, even my head hurts as if it will break.

It was probably a warning and punishment from the world, but it was ignored. I swallowed the blood welling up inside me and pushed harder despite the pain that shattered my soul.

‘please. At the very least, just one piece of debris….’

We can’t let a person like this be killed by the devil. So please give us the strength to resist him.

But his earnestness never came to fruition.

All the forces that poured toward Deon came out and spread to the continent, losing only their light.

They passed through his body leisurely, like a bird passing through clouds, and without a single piece missing, they disappeared into thin air, riding the wind and sunlight.

‘…Is it not possible as expected?’

If you look at the situation broadly, there is nothing to lose.

Although he crossed the acceptable line, the hero chose to ‘transfer’ his power in exchange for his ‘life’, and since he received the price of ‘life’, the world must achieve his goal of ‘transfer’.

Therefore, the power that has disappeared like that will not belong to the world, but will stay on the continent and create another ‘hero’, like the power of other warriors who chose to ‘transfer’.

But then Deon Hardt.