Lord Demon is behind you

"—Are you going to kill me?"

After the sudden explosion just now, the witch's blood volume has been reduced to less than a quarter. "The two of them" are essentially the same person, sharing the same blood bar but needing to bear double damage, which leads to a particularly serious decline in life when attacked by a range.

In addition, a large area of ​​the surrounding forest has been razed to the ground, and now it is difficult for them to even escape.Unless the terrain is changed immediately and the woodland is recreated—however, even if they have the control of the sixth floor, it will take time to transform the terrain.Naturally, the brave would not give them such leeway.

The two supported each other and stood up, brushed off the dust on their bodies, and straightened their long hair.

"Are you going to swing your weapon at my former companion?"

The elf's attitude was very calm.Probably because he knew that no matter what, he would not be able to escape.

"This is really interesting. When you were companions, you used those hands and that sword to save the lives of our companions countless times, but now... are you going to turn the tip of the sword to me instead?"

"Miss Wilka," the brave man replied without hesitation, "that's not the case. It's not that I turned the direction of the long sword to you, but you stood on the opposite side of me."

"In the past, I have always respected you very much," he added, "You are undoubtedly a wise man. You have given countless valuable opinions during our battles and adventures, and you have saved the team from danger countless times. Therefore Speaking of which, I find it incredible that you would make such a serious mistake. At that time...what happened? Why was the 'Ten Witches' born? Is all this really just a coincidence?"

The brave man asked this question once before, and Wivelka cleverly avoided it at that time.Hearing his question again this time, the two elves on the opposite side still chose to laugh without answering.

"Is there any point in pursuing these now?" said the elf, "Your Excellency, no matter by accident or necessity, this is undoubtedly a tragedy. It is true for us, and it is certainly true for you..."

"—Wait a minute. Is it... a tragedy for you too?"

The two suddenly looked at each other thoughtfully, and then fell silent.

The brave man thought about the next tactics, and quickly locked on the dark elves as the primary attack target.Although the witch on the sixth floor split into two people, according to the previous situation, it was obvious that the dark elves were the main ones among the two.She is obviously the only one who can control the treants and the changes in the surrounding terrain.

Probably because she has become a witch after all, and it is natural that the dark part of light and darkness is stronger.

Now that the matter has come to this point, he can roughly figure out the tactics that the opponent can adopt.It is estimated that there can only be such a few types. Either use the advantage of numbers to fight forcefully, or while one person restrains the brave man, the other goes to attack the Demon King——

However, based on their current pitiful blood volume, coupled with their complete stats, the brave man is fully confident that they will be completely defeated before any of their tactics succeed.

He switched the holy sword to the position of the main hand, and quickly replaced the equipment that he carried with him, and specially replaced it with a talisman that was specially designed to prevent damage from bows and arrows.

Indeed, as they said, it is meaningless to talk about it now.It is better to directly rely on the battle to decide the outcome.

The witch's profession is an archer, and she can exert the strongest power at medium and long distances.Therefore, close combat is more beneficial to the brave.

Sure enough, as he expected, while he was rushing forward, the two people on the opposite side immediately jumped away in two different directions.The two elves raised their bows and arrows at the same time: the dark elf was holding the longbow that the elf held earlier, but the elf actually took out a strange looking one—a small crossbow?

It turned out to be □□?The brave man was shocked for a moment.

Strictly speaking, this kind of thing is not considered a weapon, and it does not require special training to acquire relevant skills before it can be used.Even a child with no combat experience can use it as long as he holds it in his hand, and it can exert powerful lethality-it is more like a prop than a weapon.

But in his impression, the elves should have always disdain to use this kind of thing.Was it because she became a witch that she completely abandoned the elf pride she once had?

There is no way to go back now.He rushed towards the dark elf according to the original plan, and after quickly closing the distance, he immediately threw out the skills he had prepared.

The previous explosion added many abnormal attributes to the dark elves. At this time, they could not display the original agile speed of the elves, and they were easily overtaken by the brave.

"Ahhh!"

After eating the entire skill firmly, the dark elf's blood volume dropped by a large amount again, and he couldn't help crying out in pain again.However, at the same time, the spear shot from behind by the elf also pierced the hero's waist.

The talisman on his body played its due role, and the damage caused by it was reduced by about 30 to 40%.However, even so, bleeding due to penetrating and laceration injuries is inevitable.

The brave man withstood the attack from behind, and unhesitatingly followed up with other skills.

Considering the opponent's mobility, the brave gave up skills such as "Guardian of the Field" that combine both offense and defense, and just blindly used aggressive skills to stare at the opponent to death.

"...Ugh!"

The dark elf failed to evade again, and suffered most of the damage from the skill. At the same time, the brave man was once again stabbed in the back by the arrow fired by the gun.His blood volume has also dropped by about 1/3.

The dark elf simply threw away his longbow, drew out his short knife and swung it around.

She tried to contain the brave man, but because her attack didn't have any abnormal state attached, it could only cause some blood loss; the brave man also ignored her attack, just blindly strengthening his output .

This is almost a blood-for-blood style of play.

Of course, the brave man has prepared a rare pill that melts in the mouth and restores blood volume in an instant, and he plans to spend his life with the other party when he has done enough.

"—Your Excellency the Brave!"

This is already unknown how many times he has eaten an advanced combat skill.With the passage of time, the abnormal state on the elf's body has almost disappeared naturally, but because the attack from the hero's side is too urgent, she still can't get rid of it.

Even if she strengthened her evasion value, as a boss, she still couldn't completely avoid the holy sword that the brave specially added the hit attribute to.

When passing by again, the dark elf finally couldn't bear it and opened his mouth again.

"You really really want to kill me."

Of course it is.The brave man didn't intend to answer, but immediately activated the next skill.

Probably thinking that evading would have no effect anyway, the Dark Elf also rushed forward without dodging or evading.He slammed straight into the brave man's arms and stabbed him in the heart with a dagger, screaming.

"Yeah, it's a matter of course, because I have become a witch - I have become a threat to this world and your enemy! It is a matter of course to be killed!"

After all, elves do not have the qualities of assassins, and the brave easily avoided the deadly position. The dagger pierced into the chest only took away part of the life value, and did not cause a critical judgment.

"--but."

While the dagger was still in his muscles, the witch raised her head in his arms and said quietly.

"What are you fighting for? For your justice?... I don't think so."

The brave man held the hilt of the holy sword with both hands, and pursed his lips tightly upon hearing this.

"Aren't you—"

He slashed hard, cutting the witch's waist in two.

"—Are you venting your personal anger!"

The light blue data flow burst out like a blowout.The witch just stood there straight as if she couldn't feel the pain—even though her health was only a few percent left.

"Just because of personal likes and dislikes, you turned swords against your former companions, intending to put them to death. Your Excellency Brave, your essence has changed. You are no longer the perfect savior who is selfless. At that moment, you have become as disgusting a creature as any man in the world! And it was that guy...that dirty demon..."

She glared at the brave man from a very close distance, speaking indiscriminately, as if to provoke him on purpose.

"...Sorry," the brave man finally said, "but you may be right."

When he launched an attack on the dark elves, the continuous attacks from the light elves never stopped. At this time, his blood volume had already dropped below the safety line several times.But the brave man did not take out the recovery medicine he had prepared long ago, but slowly lowered his hand.

"If it was just fighting for justice like before, I wouldn't have any hesitation in my heart, and I should be calmer. —— But it's not like that now."

He raised his head, and for a moment there seemed to be fire in his eyes.

"Although no matter what my motives are, at least my personal anger was indeed mixed in this battle. I'm sorry."

"Yes...that's it..."

After seeing his expression clearly, the dark elf's originally intense emotions gradually became silent.She took two steps back and sat down on the ground, her eyes dimmed little by little.

"Yes. This time, I'm just fighting to vent my anger.—As a soldier whose companion was captured by the enemy, and as a man whose sweetheart was captured by the enemy—to fight."

Holding the sword in his arms, he bowed slightly to the other party.

"This is an offense to you as a companion, but I can't change what I really think. I'm sorry, Miss Wilka. But as you know, I have fallen in love with him. Now I Not only will he fight for his ideals, but he will also fight for the person he likes. So...I will defeat the enemy who intends to hurt him."

The elf standing behind had let go of his chest at some point, and burst into tears just like the dark elf.

"This is really..." She murmured to herself and covered her face, "I lost so completely. Why did I become like this, why did I do this? In the end, I won't get anything. Suffering such pain—even if you do similar things, why can’t you like me?"

"I do not know."

said the brave man.

"Sorry, I'm not good at investigating the causes of things, I only know how to do my best towards the recognized facts. In short, when I found out, it was already like this."

He felt that—it shouldn't be because the other party has a good-looking face, is reliable at critical moments, and is single-minded to himself...but he couldn't think of a deeper level.

Maybe there's no reason to be in love.

"……is that so?"

The dark elf slowly lowered his hands covering his face.

"—The preface is retracted. You are still the most honest and reliable man in the world... Whether you are with your companions or enemies, with others or with yourself, you are equally honest. The person you love will become the happiest person in the world , and those who love you blindly are doomed to experience the greatest misfortune and sorrow in this world. If there is an afterlife..."

"I hope the goddess of life will let me stop loving you."

She smiled bitterly.

When the holy sword took away the last bit of her life, what was frozen on the dark elf's face was such a bitter smile.

The brave man turned around.The elf not far away was still standing there, and his body was disappearing at the same time as the dark elf who fell on the ground.Seeing the brave man turn his head to look at her, she silently threw the gun in her hand on the ground.

"Your Excellency the Brave," she said with a sigh, "...about the matter you asked before...before I fully return to the embrace of the goddess of life, let me answer a little bit.

"The initiation of that ceremony was entirely at the will of Her Royal Highness Princess Irene and those of us, but this is not entirely a coincidence. To put it bluntly, it is not a big deal. On the eve of the crusade against the Demon King, someone will A letter was delivered to Her Majesty the Princess. It contains the method of the conversion ceremony—who do you think will bring this kind of thing?"

"That's all."

She turned her head and stared at the dust obliquely below with some loneliness.

"Please take good care of yourself. Good-bye, then."

"...Aah."

The brave man bowed to her again to show his respect.

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After the two elves disappeared, it took a long time for the brave man to slowly exhale the stale air accumulated in his chest, and slowly took out the blood recovery potion.

When he reached into his backpack, he unconsciously stroked the hilt of the magic sword twice.

How should I put it, now that the battle is completely over and the crisis is completely resolved, he...he doesn't dare to face that guy anymore.

Anyway, he also yelled those shameful words just now, and it is very likely that he listened to him... Just now he was in the tense and fierce battle and didn't have time to think about it, but now he can't help it when he recalls it The whole body is stiff and the top of the head is hot.

...Can you pretend that those things just didn't happen?

No, no.The brave patted his face hard, trying to calm himself down.

There is no point in escaping at this time.

After cheering himself up desperately in his heart, he finally turned around and walked towards the forest where the demon king disappeared before.The footsteps seemed heavy, but he still managed to take a step forward.

The forest here was not too affected by the explosion, and it was still very dense and prosperous.It took the brave man a while to find the base of a tall deciduous tree along the traces of broken branches.

It looks like the Demon King fell all the way from mid-air, is it really all right?With such worries in mind, the brave man looked around for that familiar figure.

"Albert? Are you—"

"Ah, brave man! Here I am!"

Unexpectedly, a voice came from overhead.

Between a thick branch and leaf, the devil sticks out a hand and half of his face.

"……you……"

He looked miserable. Although his blood volume had recovered to full, his body was covered with dust and fallen leaves.

After seeing him, the previous worries fell to the ground, but another emotion soon engulfed the atrium.

"Speaking of which, why are you staying in that kind of place?"

The brave man couldn't help but complain.

"Well... I don't want to either," the Demon King folded his hands under his chin in a resigned manner, and said in a low voice, "I was so complacent before, I flew for too long, and accidentally lowered my blood volume— —I had to shorten the flight distance and landed on the tallest tree by the way."

"No, I mean," these brave men could guess, but, "How long do you want to stay up there?"

After such a long time, he has already recovered, and he should have come down long ago.Is it because of the attack of the second disease, wanting to stand on a high place and play handsome?

But wrapping yourself in a leaf and making your face look ashamed, this kind of behavior has nothing to do with "handsome" in any sense.

"..."

Speaking of this, a subtle emotion suddenly appeared on the face of the Demon King.

"Well, actually..."

This kind of subtle emotion can probably also be called "unbearable to look back".

"...It's not that I want to stay in a high place, but...

"I can't go down."

He announced bitterly.