The Demon Prince goes to the Academy - Chapter 673
Chapter 673
– Shoot Aaaaa
It was still raining.
Antirianus’ expression had already hardened.
“It happens again.”
While enduring the torrent of ghosts again and staggering, he still watched Ludwig rise somehow.
The flame of darkness that had already flowed in his right arm was extinguished, and drool was dripping from the corner of his mouth, but Ludwig was rising again as if he wouldn’t collapse if he couldn’t actually kill himself.
Ordinary people survive the attacks of these demons, whose reason should collapse just by touching them.
Even though even the demon king passed out due to being attacked by it, Ludwig gets up with his teeth gritting even though he knows that he is being made fun of.
just to pass the time.
He does not collapse even though he knows that his existence is not worth more than wasting time.
Do souls made of steel really exist?
Is there really such a thing as an unbreakable human being?
yet again.
A torrent of ghosts attacks Ludwig.
-Kurrureung!
At first, Ludwig, who had been screaming out of breath, stopped screaming in agony.
It’s not enduring.
He doesn’t even have the energy to scream anymore.
nonetheless it happens
this time it will fall
It was no longer entertainment for the monster.
If this boy who endures somehow does not collapse, killing him with his own hands is his own defeat.
After breaking and stepping on it.
Shouldn’t he have to kill the boy who can no longer rise?
If there is such a thing as an unbreakable existence, I want to see it with my own eyes.
If such a being is real, I want to know what it is.
It was a curiosity that Antirianus had long had.
You need to check if it breaks.
It’s amazing if it doesn’t break.
If it is broken, wouldn’t it be possible to reconfirm the truth that existence is always swallowed up by despair?
So now killing the monster directly is the defeat of the monster.
The moment I tried to see if the boy would wake up again.
-Shhh!
“!”
– Kkwaga River!
The greatsword of darkness flew through the gusts of ghosts, broke the force field spread by the monster, and passed by the right ear.
Antirianus’ right ear disappeared with a blast of black magic.
“ha… … . ha… … . ha… … .”
At the place where the torrent of vengeful spirits disappeared, there was a boy who was sitting down and gasping for breath with his teeth clenched.
“Did you still have enough energy left?”
I saw the boy’s face contorted with despair after the decisive and desperate but unsuccessful surprise attack.
He was saving his last energy, waiting for the monster to catch his guard.
It must have been a surprise attack.
but missed
The miraculous attack apparently succeeded in piercing the gap, but in the end could not do more than a scratch.
Antirianus smiles as he looks at Ludwig’s expression, where his only chance was ruined.
The boy wasn’t trying to hold on.
There was something I was aiming for.
“You have a good expression.”
There is no existence that is not broken.
Doesn’t that expression tell you?
“Is that right arm your hope?”
Since Ludwig’s work was not important anyway, it did not reach Antirianus’ ears.
Even if you look at it, that right arm looks like it was transplanted from another being’s arm.
Something ominous using dark magic.
Perhaps it has something to do with Immortals.
If that was what he had endured to aim for a come-from-behind chance, wouldn’t that mean that his arm was everything to that boy?
Antirianus waves his hand.
The sharpened blade of the wind flies away.
– Squeak!
“… … !”
The basis of the boy’s strength, which he had endured with his teeth clenched in vain, is cut away in vain.
“Keugh… … !”
Having lost an arm twice, Ludwig groans as he clutches at his bleeding arm.
There is no such thing as the strength to aim for a reversal.
The toy stinger has been removed.
“Now all that remains is to suffer.”
-Kurrureung!
In the monster’s hand, a storm of vengeful spirits forms again and rushes at Ludwig.
Hope was broken, and now it will be broken.
You can’t aim for a reversal, so you just have to enjoy watching the despair-filled expression.
but.
– Kurleung!
“ugh… … eww… … .”
-Kurrureung!
“Ugh… … .”
“… … .”
“… … .”
no matter how much time passes
Ludwig stumbled, but was finally standing up.
Clearly, while stomping on the floor holding on to the wound on his right arm.
stand up
Antirianus’ expression hardened.
those eyes.
As if he had declared that he would continue to stand up as long as he had the will to die even though he was dying.
I see Ludwig’s constantly rising eyes.
the light doesn’t go away
Even while struggling in pain.
Even though I know that all I can do now is to pass the time and I’m just dealing with it for entertainment.
worthless enemy.
No, it continues to happen to the subject that has become not even an enemy.
“Why is it happening?”
“A being of nothing.”
“Knowing you can do nothing.”
“Without any reason.”
“Why do you keep waking up?”
without any power.
It keeps happening just to pass the time.
What variables do you believe will happen when the demon king wakes up?
Ludwig, now in a state of disrepair, speaks with almost no strength to stand up on his own two legs.
A boy with dimmed eyes muttered blankly.
“Because this is all I can do.”
“Because I don’t know how to do anything other than this.”
“I have to do this… … .”
“I don’t feel sorry for the missing right arm.”
“Because it wasn’t mine anyway.”
“okay… … .”
“Even if you fall down, you get up.”
“This was something I could do.”
“It’s the only thing I’m good at.”
“Originally, this was the only thing I could do.”
“For a stupid subject, only good stamina was my strength.”
“Keep running, keep holding the sword. If I do something, I think something will happen. It did… … .”
“It couldn’t have been anything in the end.”
“I had to take someone else’s arm and attach it to something.”
“okay… … . I am nothing.”
“I don’t have any power.”
“This must be my true self… … .”
“You could kill me anytime, but if you’re keeping me alive because it’s fun… … .”
“Do something more.”
“Because I will continue to rise as long as I can… … .”
“Play with me a little longer… … .”
“It will keep happening.”
“That’s nothing and I’m at least the best at it.”
Even after being stricken with fear, despair, and pain, as if he would never break his will, he made a promise that he would continue to rise only to buy time.
For the first time in his life, Antirianus was experiencing strange feelings.
that.
It was unpleasant.
Is there an existence that cannot be broken?
I wanted to see it.
However, when faced with a human who was not actually broken, Antirianus felt an unbearable displeasure.
maybe this stupid
While knowing your own insignificance.
Aren’t you going to fall over the subject?
Antirianus felt.
that won’t fall
Rather, fainting from blood loss would be quicker.
As long as there is a will, it will continue to happen, and if it collapses in blood, Antirianus will get a taste.
overwhelming sense of defeat.
If you reach the limit of your body without being broken and lose consciousness, you will only realize that you have not been able to break the unbreakable human being.
Ludwig’s eyes are blurring.
that he would soon lose consciousness, not from a broken heart, but from blood loss.
“Nothing.”
You don’t know who is in front of you, but how can you self-torture?
“In his immeasurable long life this old man has seen as many great men as little ones.”
“There were also beings that were incomprehensibly strong.”
“I’ve seen many cases where the noble lineage is treated less than thousand.”
“With immeasurable despair.”
“An immeasurable number of hopes.”
“I saw that all of that ended up in the inevitability of the futility of death.”
“There were countless great and insignificant beings.”
“But it’s the first time I’ve seen someone as insignificant as you and tough as you.”
“okay… … .”
“How can you not call it great?”
“You are one of the most exceptionally great human beings I know.”
“How can you say that you are nothing?”
The boy is not strong enough to overcome the old monster.
But it doesn’t break at all.
It is not broken by pain that cannot kill itself.
It just happens endlessly.
Even when you know you can’t do anything, you only want what you want.
Not because this is the correct answer, but by saying that the death of the demon king is an absolute wrong answer.
Because I have to do what I have to do.
It was the first time I had encountered such a will.
“I lost.”
As Antirianus said, he raised his right hand this time.
It wasn’t just a force to torment and inflict pain, but a blade of wind.
I tried to break it, but it won’t break.
Admit defeat and take that breath.
It won’t break, so I’ll break it.
That was the highest compliment and respect that Antirianus could give to the nameless man in front of him.
– Woo-woo-woo!
Ludwig looks at the blade of the wind forming on the monster’s right hand.
It was an unwinnable fight.
All I could do was get up, but even that was meaningless now.
The opponent has lost interest in the undefeated enemy and is about to take his life.
After herself, it would be the turn of the fallen demon king and Ellen.
You don’t even know what’s in front of you.
I don’t know what’s going on.
However, in the end, he changed his thoughts so far and tried to protect the demon king, but even that failed.
like despair.
like futility.
-Shoot it
rain.
get off
“… … .”
It was a life of failure.
Protecting someone, becoming stronger, nothing.
The fate of repeating failure and losing, making only the wrong decision, and losing one’s life in the end.
Will it end with the life of such a loser?
Wasn’t this the only ending prepared for the incompetent and foolish self?
on trivial topics.
As a boring guy.
does it end like that
I have the confidence that I won’t collapse, but I don’t have the confidence that I won’t break, and I don’t have the means to attack the enemy in front of me.
something like me
Can’t you dream of winning?
did my best.
This was for the best.
It’s sad and resentful that my best has come this far, but I did everything I could.
You can’t ask for more than this.
Wasn’t this enough?
like me
That’s enough for my subject.
Haven’t you done enough?
the moment you think so.
Ludwig couldn’t help but recall an old conversation.
Ludwig looks at the demon king who has fainted in the rain and loses consciousness while hugging Ellen.
I admired it, hated it, then decided to kill it.
An existence determined to protect in the end.
I’ve definitely heard that from the Demon King.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that those words pushed her back.
Was it the midnight gym before the semi-finals of the Temple Tournament?
Ludwig, who had an intuition of defeat, asked Reinhardt.
‘Reinhardt, I have a question.’
‘What.’
‘Did you fight even though you knew you would lose?’
‘… … It did.’
‘But they all won.’
The Demon King, who always fought recklessly, now thinks about it, he wasn’t hiding his power, he was really weak.
He hid his identity, but did not hide his power.
I wasn’t pretending to be weak, I was really weak.
It was insignificant.
I always had an impossible fight on such a subject.
Knowing that he was also Jiri, he entered the fight.
But always won.
‘How do you think it could have been?’
Ludwig was curious about that.
Why do you fight when you know you’re going to lose?
And how did you win?
‘I have to believe it.’
‘You believe?’
‘okay.’
clearly.
I heard that.
‘I’ll lose, but I have no choice but to lose. I still have to believe it.’
‘Can you win?’
‘okay.’
In any fight that assumes defeat, there is nothing but defeat.
‘I’m going to win no matter what, and I have to believe that I’m going to win.’
‘What if I lose in the end?’
‘What does that matter?’
The Demon King denied Ludwig’s attitude itself.
‘I’ll lose but I’ll do my best’ is like an excuse prepared for defeat. Still, I worked hard. I’ll do better next time Aren’t you making a corner to escape in advance for yourself who has been defeated?’
Giving up by saying that you did your best is, after all, just an excuse for yourself.
It is still the same.
The moment I think my best ends here, it ends there.
It is already finished.
the demon king said
It is not an excuse for defeat, but a promise to win.
then just in case
one in a million.
Because there may be other results.
Again, the Demon King gained something through an impossible resolution in an impossible fight.
The Demon King, who always won something in such a fight, proved himself this time too.
who else is there
Can you say for sure that you can’t win that kind of victory?
why am i giving up
I did my best.
this is my limit
Why are you willing to accept death calmly?
Rather than ending up as a nothing guy who keeps losing and can’t do anything.
only once though.
I want just one victory.
I want to win it just once.
not dead yet
Life is not over until breathing stops completely.
Although he lost his right arm, which gave him indescribable strength.
Still, the body remains.
My legs are shaking, I don’t have the strength to stand properly anymore, and my consciousness is gradually blurring.
Still, I think there is a drop of power somewhere.
if death comes
I will not wait vaguely for death.
I can’t reach it, but I try to reach it.
Because that was the driving force that allowed Ludwig to come this far even though he kept failing and losing every day he fell asleep from exhaustion.
not giving up.
Going forward to the point of ignorance.
Ludwig finally realizes that it was his only weapon and the most absolute weapon.
That’s why, before the blade of death approaches, he himself takes a step forward.
– Ugh!
It draws in mana that may have been left in a corner of the body and strengthens the body.
Although it was an enemy that could not be defeated even with the transplanted grandmaster’s arm.
If death is approaching, you still have to bump into it.
It might not be possible, but I always walked forward with the thought that I might not know.
With a mindset to carry through the obsession that brought her life to the end.
“To fight… … Are you afraid?”
The old monster’s expression reveals an expression beyond displeasure.
that was a wonder
The boy, who shouldn’t even have the strength to move a finger, takes a step forward, wrapped in light blue magic.
It’s not a big deal, but the power remains.
Even if it’s a light that looks like it’s going to go out at any moment.
obviously the light
Even weak light is supposed to dispel darkness to some degree.
It gives strength to the weakened body.
“okay. We have to fight.”
If it’s a fight that will kill you anyway.
If an irresistible enemy tries to kill himself.
I’m afraid.
Although hopeless.
If you die this way and that way.
– Ugh!
“And if you fight.”
What is the reason not to turn the milestone of the mind toward victory?
“You should hope for victory.”
Even if the mind to win doesn’t bring victory.
“so… … .”
Why do I have to wait for death with resignation and brokenness?
I hope so.
“I am.”
A categorical statement for victory.
“you.”
in this place.
“Win.”
come.
-Kurrureurreung!
A part of the sky that had been surrounded by dark clouds opened up.
A ray of golden light strikes the earth.
-Koo-gu-gu-gung!
Something slammed in front of Ludwig with a fierce shockwave.
that’s obviously
It was in the shape of a spear.
“Oh oh… … . that… … .”
The old monster looks at the spear that appeared from the sky with a flash of light and exclaims.
It has always been the weapon of the lowly.
It is the easiest form.
Because it is the most lethal form.
It has always been the weapon of the weak.
Concise form and concise blade end.
That’s why it’s the most lethal straight line.
It is a form of a weapon for the weak that appears when the weak try to stand against what they cannot resist.
The old monster knows the names of those weapons.
weapon of the weak.
Shrine of Courage.
holy spear.
“Alixion… … .”
Apparently it had that name.