The Only Ending for the Evil Count Pig Is Destruction

407 – Scene 407# Quest

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The ground moved away in an instant. I unconsciously put strength into the hand holding the reins.

The skeleton drake was sleeker than it looked. Every time it flapped its wings, it gained momentum and quickly soared like an amusement ride. The cold wind hit my cheek so hard that I couldn’t open my eyes.

The drakes carried us quickly passed between the valkyries and demons. I didn’t expect much since it was an undead that had been resurrected from the corpse of a dead drake, but I thought it might be the fastest among the flying creatures.

However, the higher you go, the more Valkyries outnumber the demons. As we attempted to head upward, we naturally attracted the attention of the Valkyries. However, he ignored it and continued to fly into the air. Because the speed of the flying dragon seemed like it would be enough to outrun it.

“Ship, Count… ! The Valkyries… !”

Wendy looked behind her and let out a small scream. The Valkyries were chasing us fiercely, like a swarm of bees that had invaded a beehive. Moreover, the number was increasing. If you leave that many Valkyries alone, you might be surrounded.

Blanche, who must have been thinking the same thing as me, wrapped herself in her magic and prepared to fight.

“Count. Here I…”

“No. “Stay still.”

“Yes?”

I glared at the guys who started following us. And what I buried in my heart… I brought out an old emotion. The feeling that burns everything.

“Get out.”

My heart, filled with heat, heated up. The flames caused by the emotions that had been suppressed for so long were fierce. Intense ‘anger’ poured out towards the Valkyries.

“?!”

Then the Valkyries that were running towards us stopped as if they were blocked by a wall. It is ‘anger’ that I have controlled through ‘patience’. After being freed from the curse, ‘anger’ no longer needed to be controlled.

-!!

The Valkyries, who had tasted limitless ‘anger’, began to scream silently.

“What? Why is it like that all of a sudden… ?”

To others, it may have seemed like the Valkyries were suffering alone, but to me, it was clear. The scene where the flame of ‘anger’ envelops the Valkyries and burns them mercilessly. The Valkyries who were burned alive spewed blood from their mouths, noses, and ears. Then he started squeezing his chest as if he was suffocating and fell helplessly.

They thought what would happen if ‘anger’ didn’t work because it was a security program, but the effect was excellent. It may be because the Valkyries also have bodies here.

Grumbling.

The Valkyries burned in the flames of ‘anger.’ Originally, it was an anger that would have burned even me, but now I was able to completely control it. The heat of ‘anger’ disappeared in an instant. It felt rather refreshing than hot.

We stopped the Valkyries from pursuing us and headed upward again. There were some Valkyries who clung to each other, but they were either chased away or resolved between Bella and Blanche.

Perhaps because there was nothing to stop us anymore, the flying dragon’s speed became faster and faster. I thought that at this speed, I might reach my destination in an instant… That was unfounded.

“Count!”

At Blanche’s shout, I immediately turned the reins and changed direction. And that action saved my life.

Paang-!

A little while ago, there was an explosion in the space where the flying dragon I was riding was about to take off. It wasn’t a big explosion by any means, but if it had hit me, it would have been enough to knock me off the dragon. When the smoke cleared, the faces of those who attacked me were revealed.

“Those guys…”

As expected, what attacked us was a group of Valkyries. However, these were not ordinary Valkyries. Behind them were six wings. Not only that, but the armor was made of gold, so it was noticeable even at first glance. They are probably captain-level Valkyries. If the Valkyries were just angels, it seemed like they could be called archangels.

‘Are you saying they just won’t let me go… ? .’

Because we were wearing eye patches, we couldn’t see their expressions or eyes, but we could feel that the Valkyries were glaring at us.

This time it didn’t seem like it would be as easy as before. The women, including Bella, must have sensed that fact and were already ready to fight.

“Things that aren’t particularly poetic…”

Helga was the first to react. She created a sphere of lightning in her hand and threw it at her Valkyries. The golden Valkyries easily avoided it. However…

-! -!!

What looked like an ordinary lightning bolt exploded again and again. A chain of explosions occurred as if in a nuclear fusion reaction. Her magic also seemed to be amplified by the overflowing magic of paradise.

The Valkyries who could not avoid the explosion stumbled, and the remaining Valkyries adjusted their swords and spears and rushed towards us.

“Ha!”

Helga twisted the corner of her mouth. She created a sphere of lightning in her hand and threw it at the approaching Valkyries.

A series of explosions and lightning flashes.

“Get away! Mosquito b*tches!”

“Now, wait! Hey, Helga! “I’m shaking!”

“Kyakyakya die! Dying! Heavenly punishment!”

“Hey! Gently! Okay, throw it gently… ! It’s falling!”

Wendy, holding the reins, let out a pitiful scream as Helga swung her arms and hurled spheres of her lightning. She tried to fight back in her own way, but it didn’t seem easy because Helga, riding behind her, was running wild alone.

When I turned my head slightly from the runaway Helga and the embarrassed Wendy, a completely different scene unfolded.

Kaang-!

“Hmm…”

Bella easily blocked the spear blades flying towards her with her sword. She was not an ordinary Valkyrie, but like a captain-level Valkyrie, she did not use ordinary attacks. Just looking at their movements, they seemed to have at least the skills of a knight commander. The Valkyries seemed accustomed to fighting in large numbers. In addition, taking advantage of the flight battle, they attacked Bella’s blind spot her. However, the opponent was not good.

“The spear is better than it looks… “You’re in bad shape.”

“!”

A flash of light flashed in Bella’s left hand. The shoulder blades of her Valkyries that rushed at her were sharply cut.

“I was kind of expecting them to attack me with a weapon… “I’m disappointed.”

Bella held the sword in her left hand as well as her right hand. She was a dual swordsman that I saw when we sparred before. She usually used dual swords when she prioritized attack over defense, but Bella felt like she was catching two birds with one stone: defense and attack. That’s because the swordsmanship she uses is the Isaac Hel style, a sword technique handed down by the hero Alonso Isaac Hel, who was once called the strongest swordsman in mankind.

There were no shortcomings in Bella’s swordsmanship. While Helga bombarded them mercilessly, she calmly dealt with Bella and took them down one or two at a time. It was her her Blanche her her her who matched her her chemistry her her her.

“It’s laughable!”

Blanche drove her drake, taking care not to be surrounded by her multitude of Valkyries. In the meantime, she was suffocating with a single blow from an attack aimed at the Valkyries’ vital points. She was a world-class superhuman.

I couldn’t stay still either. She responded with ‘anger’ as before and continued to move upward. They also followed me upwards.

It flew up into the clouds. Water droplets wet the back of my hands and forehead. But it didn’t slow down. I will not let go of the reins until I head to the deepest and highest point of paradise.

The drakes soared through the clouds. I defeated the Valkyries that followed me into the clouds again and again. Still, there was no sign of the chase ending. We defeated many Valkyries, but the golden Valkyries kept appearing from nowhere and holding on to our ankles. The word archangel is a cancellation. There are no zombies.

“Eight! “Perseverance!”

Helga seemed to be getting a little irritated by the attack and she punched the charging Valkyrie in the face. It was then.

Boom!

A shock was sent to the flying dragon riding along with a dull sound. Her punch her she must have been so hard that the shockwave reached here …

No. It wasn’t like that. Something was touched above my head.

“… Magnetic field?”

When I stretched out my hand, I touched something that looked like a transparent and squishy wall. Not only me, but Bella and the other women felt it as well.

“What is this?”

“It looks just like the ceiling…”

I only realized this after listening to Bella. That this is the ceiling of paradise, the destination I was heading for.

“Uh, what should I do?! I can’t go any further…”

“Arrived.”

“Yes?”

I thought as I touched the ceiling with my hand. There must be an entrance somewhere. I could feel magical power from the squishy ceiling. There is probably an entrance somewhere where magic is sprayed into paradise. But the ceiling of paradise… The sky is so vast that it makes you ignorant. If you search carefully while feeling the magic with your hands, one day you will be able to find an entrance that will take you beyond the ceiling. Okay. Someday…

“Tristan?”

“Stay away from the ceiling for a moment.”

I took a deep breath. There is no time to find the entrance. Because even at this very moment, the Valkyries are coming to chase us.

I put my hand on the ceiling. I concentrated my magic in my hands. Although he was not at the level of a sage or archmage, he had a decent amount of magical power thanks to his training. But there is no choice with this.

“Count!?”

It lit a fire in my heart. The flames of ‘anger,’ ‘jealousy,’ ‘greed,’ and ‘pride’ burned one after another. My eyes were bloodshot. As I gathered all that power into one hand, I felt the ceiling shake rapidly. As if it might collapse at any moment.

‘But it’s still not enough.’

Something decisive was lacking. You can’t destroy the ceiling of paradise with this. In order to break this, I have to reveal everything about myself. The strongest power I can use…

When I remembered that, I chuckled. It looked like he was about to get a nosebleed, but like the villain Tristan, he never lost his dignity. As always, he muttered with an arrogant face.

“Stop breaking down.”

I am the power and personality of the Demon King… ‘Despair’ was activated.

“?!”

For a moment, I felt the ceiling beneath my hand distorted. The space was twisted like a whirlpool. The ceiling crumpled like vinyl and soon cracked.

Crackling…

“W-what is it… ?!”

“Everyone stay back.”

-!!

The ceiling, which had been soggy until now, shattered like glass. Pieces of clouds and fragments of the sky burst.

The ceiling of paradise was broken.

*

“Hey! Where do I do the tutorial?”

“Where do you get weapons?”

“Does anyone know how to receive the quest?”

On the long-awaited service opening day, the area near the summoning gate was crowded with players. The game company expected that many users would flock on the first day of opening and installed summon gates in various locations. Nevertheless, no matter which gate, players flocked to the gate, so much so that there was nowhere to step near the gate.

Another World Online. As the name suggests, the response from users was enthusiastic as the virtual reality game world, which shows another world to users, unfolded before their eyes. The graphics that were indistinguishable from reality and the degree of freedom without restrictions that were revealed in advance through the teaser video were the same. With that alone, users were confident that this game would be a huge hit.

Nevertheless, there were no complaints at all. First of all, the game was quite unfriendly. There was no tutorial, which is essential for new users. Thanks to this, users exchanged information they should have learned in the tutorial, such as leveling up, hunting grounds, and how to obtain weapons, around the crowded gate.

And before we knew it, users began to appear for their convenience.

“We are recruiting guild members for the ‘Eye of the Typhoon’ guild! If you join our guild, we will help you adapt to the game!”

“Our ‘Wings in the Sky’ guild provides weapons and equipment, and even hunts with you!”

They were guilds. Even before the game opened, guilds created around the community took on the role of providing guidance to users instead of providing tutorials. Thanks to this, users who know nothing can easily adapt to this world.

Right now, I was busy experiencing graphics and sensations that were indistinguishable from reality, or catching monsters in the field, so I didn’t complain too much…

Soon, quite a few users started to think it was strange.

“But where are all the NPCs?”

“Uh? Come to think of it…”

Even though I looked around, I couldn’t see any NPCs. One of the things people were most excited about in Another World Online was the very elaborate NPCs. No one was the same, and they did not repeat the same words like NPCs in other games. The game company advertised that it was possible to communicate like a ‘living person’ and even embody emotions.

This would not have been an exaggeration, as Stella was already evaluated as having surpassed the limits of artificial intelligence with the ‘Remina Project’. But instead of those NPCs, it was crowded with users. Could it be that they are mixed up among users because they are so embodied that they are indistinguishable from living people?

The answer was simple.

“Ah, that’s because this is not an area where NPCs live. All NPCs live beyond the castle. Do you see it over there? That is the Maykahel Empire, which is the main stage of this game.”

One of the guild members said, pointing beyond the horizon.

Some places where summoning gates were installed were desolate fields with a view of the horizon, others were by the sea, and sometimes they were in the middle of a forest. What they all had in common was that they were all remote places where no humans lived.

“This is just my guess, but the reason the gate was not built in the middle of the city was to prevent users from disrupting the game balance. If many users suddenly appear in the city where NPCs live, you will be shocked. They say that even their emotions are embodied.”

“Aha. I guess so.”

Even at this moment, players were pouring in through the summon gate. This place, which was just a plain with nothing, was crowded with people like a market place. It was fortunate that the gates were dispersed in several areas and summoned to remote locations. If there was a gate in a village or city where people live, its function would have been paralyzed.

“But is this message only visible to me?”

One user pointed to the message window floating in front of his eyes

[01:52 until quest start]

“Ah! I almost forgot. It’s almost time. Would you like to go?”

“Yes?”

When I looked around, I saw that the players had gathered in groups of twos and threes and were heading somewhere. The place they were heading to was none other than in front of the summoning gate.

The countdown has begun with countless players looking forward with sparkling eyes.

3, 2, 1… 0!

Faaah!

A bright light flashed like a flashbang had exploded in the air. Light enough to make players turn their heads momentarily. What appeared in that light was a woman wearing a pure white robe. Except, she was huge. A woman who was probably over 10 meters tall was floating in the air, looking down at the players.

The hair flowing beneath the robe had a mysterious glow. Also, the faintly visible corners of the mouth she was smiling softly, making it as beautiful as a sculpture. The same word appeared in everyone’s mind who saw it.

Goddess.

The players were mesmerized by the sight of a noble goddess from heaven appearing on earth.

The next moment, the goddess’s mouth opened.

– Welcome to this world. Dear players.

The pure white goddess bowed her head politely. A crackling noise was visible from the action. Well then. No matter how much I made each NPC, I couldn’t have made a goddess that big.

-You have been chosen as the warriors who will save this beautiful world.

The goddess began to explain with her benevolent smile on her face. The background to calling the players, what kind of situation this world is in, etc… It was a concept of a hero summoned to this world, so it was a story that was difficult to hear.

“It’s amazing to talk about.”

“I know, right. “Can’t you just briefly summarize it?”

“Haam… There is no skip button…”

There were players who showed signs of boredom here and there, but they listened to the goddess anyway. Whether I liked it or not, it felt like I had to listen to the goddess’s story in order to progress the story.

“Is it going to rain…” “?” ?”

Suddenly the sky was getting dark. The sun, which had been sunny a while ago, was nowhere to be seen.

It was then.

“Huh?”

The goddess who had been speaking earlier fell silent. 5 seconds. 10 seconds. Even after 30 seconds she didn’t say anything.

“…What?”

“Is there a lag?”

“No, how long has it been since it opened lol”

The longer the silence lasted, the more the players could not hide their embarrassment and bewilderment. I can’t believe a game company that makes NPCs so well would make a mistake like this. It will be something that will be ridiculed in the community for a long time.

Kugu…

I could see lightning striking in the sky far away. The players didn’t know that it was a paradise sky.

Chizijik-

It was a while later that the goddess opened her mouth.

-This world is crackling! Currently, its existence is threatened by the evil devil.

“Ah, it’s finally coming out.”

“Is it Horror?”

Unlike before, the goddess’s voice her, which was full of noise, sounded somewhat urgent. In addition, the hologram was very unstable, as if there was a bug.

-Everyone, crackle! Help. Everyone crackles! Let’s join forces and cut off the devil’s head.

The goddess smiled. She was clearly trying to smile benevolently and kindly, but it was filled with noise, so it ended up being a bizarre and eerie smile.

[An emergency quest has occurred!]

A new message window appeared in front of the players.

[Quest: Now. Stop Demon King Tristan right now!]