I Picked Up the Abandoned Hero

50 – 50. The Rainy Day

The auction house was destroyed in an instant.

Despite seemingly sturdy construction, when Clen revealed his true self, she collapsed in an instant.

A monster that emits thick poison just by standing there.

An overwhelming gigantic body that you don’t even dare to face.

If anyone saw that figure, they would have no choice but to lose their fighting spirit.

As evidence of that, the man looked up at the giant scorpion and did not show any movement.

It was not something that could be avoided by avoiding it.

Cooooo!!!

The figure disappeared in an instant.

The sharp, sharp, huge scorpion’s blade turned the place where the man was into what it was.

In the place where the blade brushed through, I could see the rusting of metal and stone.

Even if you drink it, lethal gas leaks out.

[Insignificant things.]

If a human being suffers from something like that, then no form remains.

Clen looked down at the floor for a moment before moving her gaze.

The place where the gaze is directed is the large number of soldiers gathered outside the territory, far away outside the barrier.

I must have sensed their presence long ago and set my eyes on them as the next target for elimination.

“…Wait!”

Looking at that scene, Arcel swallowed the pain and called Clen up.

I know what will happen if I leave it as it is.

Clen’s power seems to be comparable to that of the demon king.

Of course, it is only comparable, and victory cannot be guaranteed, but there has never been anyone who can match its power and majesty.

But if such a gigantic monster suddenly appeared, mankind would surely perish in an instant, with no time to respond.

In fact, everything that Clen walks melts and poison that dissolves the lungs flows out, so it really can’t be that it is a very dangerous creature by itself.

“Where are you going…!”

[…]

Clen didn’t answer.

He didn’t even have to answer, because Arcel also knew the answer to that question.

Thanks to the collapse of the auction house, the uproar of Yeongji was more evident.

The flames surrounding the manor were like the witches’ fire, where the forest of nymphs used to be.

Thanks to this, the flames did not seem to die down at all, and it seemed that it was not easy for the residents to evacuate.

Shwaaa!!

Perhaps that’s why Clen swung the blade, cutting through the wreckage along with the flames to make a huge road.

The attack, which came from its enormous size and overwhelming mass, was more than enough to blow everything away with its shockwave alone.

However, this time it was only to pave the way for residents to evacuate from the fire.

In fact, when the evacuation route was created by Clen, the soldiers began to escape by guiding people there.

As if I had experienced something like this in the past.

“Do you really, really intend to rid the earth of humans?!”

Arcel shouted as he struggled to pull out the dagger stuck in his hand.

As painful as the process was, Arcel kept his eyes on Clen without a single scream of pain.

It was a monster that had grown so huge that it was impossible to fit it all into the field of vision, but that monster was still Clen.

[The humans dared to invade my territory, stealing goods and harming my soldiers, and now they mocked me by setting vicious fires. The reason not to do that is where on earth are you? Warrior.]

From beginning to end, there is only the truth that cannot be refuted.

Clen had been ruling his demons peacefully in his own territory, but one day, humans invaded out of nowhere and committed such atrocities.

People lost their livelihoods overnight, and some even lost their lives.

“You already know that’s not the right answer! Certainly, this is a human atrocity that cannot even be excused. But even so, erasing all humans doesn’t mean this never happened!”

Arsel stumbled and stood up.

Consciousness is hazy from the distorted intestines and bleeding in his hands, but he made up his mind not to lose consciousness.

[As you said, this is not the answer. But this will never happen again. Even though the demon king was lazy and messed up, he knew how to prevent these problems in advance.]

By exterminating all humans that exist in this world, we prevent this from happening any more.

That was also the behavior of the demon king who wanted to destroy mankind by ruling the world in the past.

Of course, whether that is possible is another matter.

However, Arcel could still sense that Clen had not fully revealed himself yet.

She is still suppressing herself.

Perhaps the reason is that this land is his territory.

Knowing that even now that he has turned into a monster, he still has to protect the territory, so he minimizes his own damage.

But if you leave the territory and reveal your full power…

At that time, all living things on the ground, including humans, may be erased.

She was like a living scourge, melting everything around her with her own poison.

[Don’t worry, I’ll make a special exception for the hero. If you stay in my estate, you won’t get involved.]

In the past, the Demon King was able to destroy the world alone, but he left most of the work to Alfred.

But on the other hand, Clen doesn’t entrust it to anyone, he wants to end it all at once by himself.

I didn’t waste time lazily abducting the princess like a demon king, but sincerely wanted to destroy it once and for all.

In a way, even if he is less powerful than the demon king, he may actually be more dangerous than the demon king.

“…Couldn’t you rather kill me and forgive the others? A single life of mine might not be worth it, but please, can’t you turn away your anger and show mercy?”

Arsel said as if pleading.

Even though she was called a witch, Arcel was the one who had a rough understanding of human circumstances.

Right now, humanity has no power to stop the Clan.

She couldn’t even recover from the damage she had already suffered from the decisive battle with the demon lord, but if a monster comparable to that demon lord appeared, she would not be able to resist and perish.

[You’re arrogant, hero, then don’t ask anything else. Instead, if I can bring back my people who died today, I will especially forgive humans.]

“That is…”

Arsel was speechless.

Those who have already died cannot come back.

Even if the shape could be plausibly imitated, it was impossible to completely recover the living form of the past.

[If you can’t go back, don’t even ask for forgiveness.]

With those words, I looked down at the manor.

There were burnt corpses and children crying after losing their parents.

Clen went forward ignoring Arcel.

The border of the territory is far away, but it wouldn’t take even 10 minutes to walk with that size.

The ground shakes with every step you take, revealing an overwhelming presence.

The moment he left her barrier, the boundary of her territory, Arcel had a hunch that he would no longer be able to stop her.

“…Misstel, please.”

In the end, Arsel grabbed the Holy Sword as if he had made up his mind.

Blood flowed from the wounds on his hand and flowed along the blade of the holy sword.

The holy sword reacts to this and radiates magical energy, and huge blue chains shoot out from Arcel’s feet along with a magic circle.

Charleureureuk!!!

Dozens and hundreds of chains being fired.

[What is this-]

The chains bound Clen’s huge body and legs so that he could no longer move forward.

The magic that the man made to seal the demon king was definitely great and had strong power.

Nevertheless, when Clen revealed her true self, she was shattered in an instant, but the chains that emerged from Arcel’s feet were unwilling to break, even if Clen did his best.

[Are you sure you want to die because of humans?!]

Clen looked at Arcel in disbelief.

It was she who had already figured out Arcel’s physical condition.

The reason why she was not wary of her hero was that she was no longer a threat to herself.

It wasn’t strange even if Arcel’s body was destroyed by the curse that took over her body at any time, and Alfred’s magic in her chest was holding her back as she was about to collapse.

However, using this much power was Arcel’s will to stop Clen at the risk of self-destruction.

[Release it now! Do you think your body will be okay? There’s no way you wouldn’t know that you couldn’t hold onto me for a long time anyway!]

Even if it’s just dog death.

“…It’s not just because of humans. This is also for the great monarch I have seen.”

Arcel said holding onto his holy sword.

Blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

“Until now, I thought that all demon lords only had demon lords. I was thinking that only a vile, violent, disrespectful, plainly wicked person could become a monarch…”

It’s painful, but you try to smile.

“But this time it was different. One vampire looked sharp on the outside, but his heart was warm. I can’t say it’s all I’ve seen for a while, but at least the way I treated the children seemed sincere…”

Arsel closed his eyes for a moment and thought of the three days he had spent on this land.

There were a lot of things like this, and there were things that I was ashamed or ashamed to think about.

But what left the most impression on me was the look of Clen taking care of the children orphaned by the war.

She did not hesitate to hold the children’s soiled hands, and generously overlooked her noisy mealtime, saying that it was only because they were children.

Of all the people Arcel saw in the first place, Clen was the first one who cared so much about her children.

“…I don’t want that good lord to be treated like the king of demons. He doesn’t want to be passed down as an evil man trying to destroy the world. That’s all.”

[Stupid-!]

Damn it!!

I apply force enough to crack the ground, but the chain does not break.

Clen was surprised by Arcel’s strength.

I was already weak enough to become weak, and when I first saw him, I doubted whether he was really a hero, but even in such a weakened state, he held on to himself.

If Arcel’s body had been normal, at least she felt cold when she thought about what she would have been like without that curse.

Besides, he is the warrior who even defeated the demon king.

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t have stopped being turned to ashes by that holy sword.

[That’s all I can say! Don’t disturb me!]

But that’s the story of when I was perfectly fine.

With just a little bit of mana used, it’s not a threat after all.

Arcel was already holding on to his holy sword with his mental power, and it wouldn’t be strange if even that power was soon released and he died right away.

Clen realized that the only way to break free from these chains was to attack Arcel himself.

If you continue like this, the humans will notice that the situation is not serious.

Otherwise it would be more troublesome.

Anyway, humans created a warrior and defeated the demon king.

Clen did not ignore the fact that if he gave him enough time, he would end up saying the same thing as the demon king.

Anyway, that hero’s body wouldn’t be strange even if he died soon, so I’d rather relieve the pain.

[…This is your choice.]

A huge blade is heading towards Arcel.

Arcel looked at it and closed his eyes.

‘This is it.’

I no longer had the strength to block it, nor the strength to evade it.

Anyway, Alfred’s magic was broken long ago, and the thing that prevented the curse disappeared.

Death by Clen or death by the curse, in the end it was there.

Instead, if this could buy her innocent children a little time to get away, if only it could give her a little time to vent her anger.

I was worried, but this was more urgent than that.

Still, if there is one regret…

‘Alfred, I’m sorry.’

They didn’t see Alfred’s face.

I was worried and gave him a ring as a gift, but I couldn’t even use the ring myself and ended up eating it.

There is a degree to being rude.

If I had called Alfred in time, things might not have turned out this way.

That was the only lingering attachment to Arcel right now.

“But you know I’m sorry, right? It’s not enough that you broke and ate the ring that I worked so hard on, and you even broke the magic circle with your own hands.”

“…?”

By the way, is this an hallucination?

Shoot aaa-!!!

Alfred’s voice came along with the heavy rain.

“Alfred…? Really, is it you…?”

Arcel wondered just in case, so he opened his eyes and called his name.

There stood Alfred, smiling as usual.

“That’s right, it’s me Alfred. Suddenly, the magic engraved on your chest disappeared, so I came to check it out. But it seems like a lot has happened in just a few days.”

With those words, Alfred turned around.

“I was a little late because I was doing some errands.”

Clen’s blade was approaching his back.

A fierce blade that splits the earth, a monster’s fury that splits a castle wall in half.

Even with such a thing in front of me, there was no change in expression.

He reached out and grabbed a blade that was too large for his size.

That wasn’t blocked by force or magic.

Instead, when he touched Alfred’s hand, the blade came to a sudden stop as if he hadn’t attacked in the first place.

“And Granny Clen, why don’t you change your temperament of destroying everything around you when you get angry?”

Alfred said with a bright smile as usual.