Lord Demon is behind you

--Wait a moment.

Even if it had been expected, the brave man still felt a little unable to keep up with their brain circuits.

What do they mean... because they wanted to be loved by the hero, they imitated what the "demon lord who has already received the love of the hero" did...?

"That's the way it is. Isn't it because of these methods that the guy was able to deceive your feelings?"

The two of you once again counted each sentence.

"When you are alone and alone, to mix with you as a companion—"

"Pretend to be selfless and wholeheartedly for you."

"At the cost of life, to help you realize your aspirations."

"Pretend to put you first, to value your life far more than yourself."

"Give everything that belongs to you unconditionally."

"Put yourself in the position of a miserable lover, and cheat your sympathy—"

"No matter how you say it, you are not the type who can accept other people's selfless dedication. Out of guilt, you will involuntarily pay more attention to him, take care of him more, and keep your eyes on him for a longer time. In the end, you will not know it. fall in love with him."

"This is his conspiracy. That's right, he did all of this on purpose. Should he be said to be the former Demon King? He is indeed the person who has observed you for so long and knows you [-]% Your character makes such precise operations."

Fine, precise...?From the brave man's point of view, he really doesn't think that any word in the passage just now has anything to do with "precise".It would be better to say that what they said was completely delusional.

"But the same routine, since he can use it, I can use it naturally; since he can succeed, I can naturally do it too."

Speaking of which, the attack mode they adopted is indeed quite similar to the actions of the Demon King—sudden confession, and after the confession, they do not ask for a relationship, but just follow the hero's side to make selfless sacrifices or something.

"I did act with this thought in mind, but..."

Both of them slumped their shoulders at the same time and sighed faintly.

"It's really reconciled. It's just a small negligence, and you have seen through the joints."

"..."

Brave feels that the problem is not here at all.The behavior of witches should be fundamentally different from that guy.

He still forcibly swallowed the rebuttal welling up in his throat.There should be no point in talking about it with them. After all, they have become witches, and they can no longer use the thinking of normal people to speculate.

Besides, at this critical juncture of fighting against the boss, it seems strange to only focus on emotional issues.

But after being told by them, he has confirmed in his heart the content of the next step to be taken.

Saving your companions - this should be a top priority.

At present, he alone has the combat power, and it is obviously unrealistic to defeat the witch who is divided into two.But if it is just to defeat the tree man and rescue the companions trapped inside the tree man, it is not a completely impossible task.

And after rescuing the companions, as long as they immediately retreat with them, and make a comeback after recovering well—then with a two-on-two fighting force, and the companions take care of each other, it will be much easier to defeat the boss.

After making up his mind, he subtly adjusted the orientation of the sword tip and re-planned the course of action.

"Oh, Your Excellency Brave. It seems that you plan to save your 'companion'—rescue that dirty demon—as your first goal."

However, the two elves seem to have discovered his intentions immediately.

They clapped their hands a few times in unison, and turned their heads subtly.

"—"

Unexpectedly, he would be seen through suddenly, the brave man froze for a moment, and his mind, which had just been half-thought, couldn't help but instantly shattered.Then he reacted and turned around again as if nothing had happened.

This is not surprising.The judgment he made was what any normal person would make.As long as the action is more agile after the battle begins, even if the opponent is on guard——

"This is exactly what I guessed. As early as the moment I was exposed, I knew that you would definitely do this-after all, companions are always the most important to you, aren't they?"

However, when the elf said this in an exceptionally flat tone, an extremely bad thought that couldn't be worse suddenly crossed the brave man's mind.

Did they say before that they would—

"No, there is no such thing. Even if I want to save him, you will definitely not allow it." So he denied it.

"It's useless to deny it." The dark elf shook his fingers ambiguously, "You must be thinking that as long as you go through the battle and bypass us to rescue your companions, and then retreat temporarily, you might have a chance of victory, right? .This simple lie can't be hidden from my eyes, not to mention that you are really not very good at lying."

"And of course I would not allow that to happen," went on the Elf. "To allow a rival to come back to you knowing that he is in your favour—I cannot do such a foolish thing. It's not us who got you, at least, that despicable demon, I will never allow him to be with you. Unless—”

She paused for a moment on purpose.

"—in the state of a dead spirit."

A bad premonition seems to be coming true.

So, they really intend to take that guy... no, absolutely not.Only this kind of thing is absolutely impossible.It cannot be allowed to happen.

"Wait a minute!"

Seeing that the dark elf raised his hand and seemed to be directing something towards the tree man, the brave man hurriedly shouted.

"It doesn't stop," the dark elf smiled viciously, turned over and returned to the altar nimbly, beckoning the tree man to his side, "Please watch the next scene carefully, Your Excellency the Brave."

The treant's huge body trembled twice.

Things suddenly became urgent.It is absolutely necessary to stop her, but even if he rushed up now, the distance would be too far, not to mention the elves blocking her, it would probably be too late.

How can we stop the further actions of the dark elves? ...trying to get her attention?

"Just...even if you do this—"

There is no time for hesitation.Before he had time to think about it, the brave man could only grab the only solution in front of him and shouted.

"Even if you kill him, my feelings will not change in any way! Rather, just because he died, it will make him sublimate and become the only longing in my heart. If he is really killed, I will definitely not Could have loved anyone else. I will miss him with my own life!"

The random yelling had an unexpected effect.The Dark Elf stopped in mid-air and turned to look at him.

"What? This seems to be a problem." She put on a thoughtful look, "It is said that the living can never win against the dead... The real dead will become the eternal white moonlight and cinnabar mole in the heart of the living. This kind of It seems to be quite common.”

"Yes, that's what happened. Killing him now will only make me love him more."

At this point, the hero can no longer even think about the shame of speaking out about his feelings.Seeing that his companion and favorite object may be killed soon, there is no time to worry about blushing and shame.

——Although when I think about it afterwards, I will definitely want to find a crack in the ground to drill down—if there is any "afterwards" to speak of.If the current hurdle cannot be passed, I am afraid that the entire human world will lose its future.

"However, men don't always like the new and dislike the old—" the elf was interrupted urgently by the brave man just in the middle of his words.

"Miss Wilka, isn't it you who said that I am different from other men? You also know that I am not such an easy-to-change person. Once I like someone, I will never change. "

At this point, he can no longer take into account the virtues of modesty and prudence.

"……yes?"

The elf lowered his face, while the dark elf next to him waved his hands in disgust.

"It's really disgusting, Your Excellency the Brave. Why are you this kind of person? Why can't you walk when you see a beautiful woman, and take her into the harem when you see a girl? If we like this If you were a kind of person, you probably wouldn't have had such a hard time."

No, generally speaking, such a person would not be liked by girls at all.

"What should I do now? Should I give up killing him?"

"Is it really good for me to give up?"

"Is it impossible for Your Excellency the Brave to fall in love with me...Since the ending cannot be changed, why not kill the grass now—"

"If I kill him, he will remain in the heart of Your Excellency the Brave forever. Even if he is forced to be with me, he will always think about this guy. When I think that Your Excellency the Brave is pretending to be such a filthy bastard I find it unbearable."

"what should I do?"

"What should I do?"

"Should I kill him?"

"Do you want to keep him?"

"It's really hard to decide."

"It's really hard to decide."

While the two of them were talking to each other, the brave man moved towards the opposite side carefully and little by little.

As long as you shorten the distance and get closer to the altar, you might be able to launch an attack in advance before being noticed by the opponent, and cut the trunk open.

It was not even necessary to destroy the tree man, just cut its torso, cut off the vines that bound the Demon King, and then took him away quickly.

Just a little closer, a little closer—

The tree figure stayed beside the altar very peacefully.The brave man secretly applied skills to increase movement speed and attack speed, and prepared several short-distance and fast-moving skills.

There is only one chance, be sure to kill with one hit.

Immediately to the distance to launch an attack.At this moment, the witch over there seemed to be still hesitating.

"It feels really nasty."

"It feels really nasty."

"Very nasty."

"So complicated."

"That guy is a nuisance."

"That guy is so annoying—"

It seemed that he was just venting his emotions later.In any case, this is undoubtedly beneficial to the action of the brave.

--Have the opportunity.

It must be done.As long as you settle down and act decisively based on your intuition——

"--really--"

At this moment, the four eyes of the two elves suddenly turned to the brave in perfect synchronization, with identical malicious smiles on their faces.

"—Let's kill it."

"Varied--"

A cold and intense sense of panic ran up his spine all the way to the top of his head.

Driven by this strange emotion, the brave man immediately gave up his plan of gradually approaching, and immediately ran towards the tree man at full speed.Using all the previously prepared skills, he moved to the edge of the altar almost immediately.

However, the treant retreated dexterously, and retreated into the depths of the altar.

The dark elf's hands stretched forward, palms closed in the middle.Make a squeezing motion.

The tree man's huge torso trembled slightly.

"Crack" sound——

From the inner cavity, there was a sound like something being squeezed and broken.

Then came the sound of liquid gurgling and flowing.

The red viscous liquid dripped from the cracks in the tree man's body.

The brave man stopped in bewilderment.

This is, what's going on... just... what happened just now?

Was the worst possible ending?

All the hard work was in vain, and the person I worked so hard to save... just died before my eyes?

This is how the same thing--

For a moment, there was no emotion like sadness, he just felt a blank in his heart and mind.

Limbs and bodies lose strength.The hand holding the sword hangs down.The tip of the sword made a shallow trace on the ground.

That guy... he just... died?

how come.No way.this kind of thing.How can it be.

In the past ten years of traveling alone, the brave man has not experienced the tragic situation of his companion leaving.But at least so far—so far, he has never felt such a strong and direct blow in a near-desert situation.

It was so strong that he couldn't think at all.

Although he didn't know each other for a long time, the meaning of that object to him is completely different.It's completely different - so different that just realizing the fact that he's gone is enough to rob him of his sanity.

Everything outside seems to be gradually fading away.Are the witches contented now?Are they laughing at this pathetic?Was the scarlet liquid dripping from under the treant's torso blood?

The world in front of my eyes seemed to be shaking slightly, and the sound and color faded away quickly.The five senses gradually disappeared, and even the temperature in the hands—

The... temperature in your hand.

As if being frozen suddenly, the brave man suddenly realized what he was holding in his hand.

——The magic sword "Albert".

Although its hilt was no longer cold because it was held tightly in the palm of the hand for too long, but assimilated with the temperature of the human body, but at this moment, its sense of existence suddenly became stronger than ever before.

Why is this sword still here?

The sword is still intact.Could it be that...?

The heart beat violently in the chest again.

Will a miracle happen?

"What's going on here?" Just as the brave man realized this, the witch also discovered something and panicked.

"It should have killed that filthy demon, right—but at the same time, why did the forest guardian..."

The vines that had been twisting around the treant hung down at this moment, and no matter what instructions the dark elves gave, they stopped moving.The treant's limbs also gradually sank, and the roots submerged under the altar, and it seemed that it was about to become an ordinary tree—this was the symbolic action of "individual death" for the treant.

"Does it need to be said? Of course! Because!"

A voice that should not have appeared suddenly inserted into the field.

"——The reason why my punishment came!"

A huge black shadow suddenly emerged from the bushes behind, and it rushed down like lightning swiftly, wrapped in a golden light, and pointed straight to the dark elf's back.