The Hero Party Couldn’t Kill Me

Chapter 14: The Last Battle (3)

‘That b*tch dares…… !’

Leviathan got into an embarrassing situation.

Anyway, the princess will die slowly and painfully as a reward for violating the contract. But already many of her royal guard and the nobles of her empire had turned against her.

Of course, even so, they are nothing more than trash mobs. Unless she has a debuff, she won’t do much damage to her. And even such debuff magic couldn’t reach her in the air.

Aristocrats who will come to Solaum under the orders of the princess? In the first place, it will take time to prepare for the competition, and even if it does, it will serve as a meat shield at best.

But even so, if there’s something that hurts, it’s that it wasn’t just because of the princess’s order that they turned their backs. They sincerely want her to be killed.

That made Leviathan the most angry and uneasy.

It’s her plan that has already been ruined as it was, but now it’s even more unlikely to come true.

By force like this, she subdued her Edmund and became the ruler of her empire. Who would follow her?

No matter how much the contract is forcibly concluded, how can I stop those who resist like the princess from a moment ago from continuing to appear?

Caught in this uneasiness, Leviathan lost her concentration. That was a fatal mistake in battle.

“… Keugh!”

The holy sword grazed her side. If a magic sword replica hadn’t changed her trajectory, the holy sword would have stabbed her in the stomach.

I felt a piercing pain even in the area where it had been lightly brushed. She gently touched her hand and her blood came out.

Leviathan bit her lip and turned again to slash the holy sword aimed at her throat.

And she tried to escape by teleportation.

“That bastard is trying to escape again! Stop it!”

Edmund exclaimed. The royal mages tried to block the Leviathan’s teleportation by using magic to block teleportation around here.

Mina’s summoned dragon also tried to stop Leviathan by going up into the sky, and while the dragon was fighting the demonic sword, Edmund controlled the holy sword and fired it at Leviathan’s heart.

But all their attempts were futile. Leviathan disappeared with the real demon sword again.

Leviathan, who retreated to her mage tower for a while, sat down on her floor.

She tried to heal the wounded area with the holy sword, but her healing magic didn’t work. Even her bleeding did not stop.

‘They say that the wounds inflicted by the holy sword are as fatal as they are, it’s true….’

Leviathan smiled bitterly and summoned her bandages. The idea was to minimize her pain by compressing her injured area.

After taking her steps, she thought about her next move.

Edmund has already become good, and she has become evil. This composition will not change no matter how hard you try.

Those who are on her side… Among the ‘humans’, there is only one Calia who is equally stigmatized as a traitor. Or you have no choice but to lure criminals imprisoned in prison.

But even they don’t believe it anymore. Also, if she betrays herself and is prepared to die like the princess, it will be over.

“Why doesn’t even the contract work… ….”

Leviathan lamented. Now she questioned the feasibility of her long-held ideals.

Even if she kills Edmund and somehow obtains her demonic and holy swords at the same time, will she be able to fully rule this world?

No matter how much the contract restricts their actions, it will be the end if they risk death like the princess.

‘… So it won’t work?’

At the moment, Leviathan remembered her titan who had been her disciple long ago, but betrayed her when he became her demon king.

‘Balance of two forces? Do you really think that will keep the peace? Don’t be mistaken. Even if we pretend to maintain peace on the outside, in the end, the two forces of water and oil will only try to destroy the other somehow behind the scenes.’

‘For one power to dominate the rest. That’s the answer I’ll show you.’

I pondered over his thoughts. At that time, I desperately stopped him, but now I realized that he was right.

Unlike humans, demons are unconditionally loyal to the demon king. They were Leviathan’s only allies.

Leviathan made up his mind. Now the relationship with humans will be irreversible, but it doesn’t matter.

If only I could rule this land. If you can create a twisted utopia.

I’m willing to do it.

“… All demons, listen to me.”

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Leviathan grabbed the magic sword and blew mana into it.

The authority of the demonic sword. The time has come to use the ability to control the demons.

***

“You just run away like a rat.”

Edmund muttered, frowning. He again failed to stop her from running away.

He started to get tired of the repeated battles.

Leviathan’s individual combat power is definitely something he can compete with. But if you run away every time you’re at a disadvantage like that, how are you going to win?

“Your Highness the Princess! Are you okay?”

Then I heard the cry of the Imperial Guard. Edmund turned his head to look where the princess was.

Mina teleported him to the side of the princess.

The princess was dying in her agony. The imperial mages were using various magics to relieve her pain, but they were not very effective.

The princess’ hair, which always shined, lost its vitality, and her unique elegant aura gradually faded.

“… Edmund. You are alive.”

Enduring her pain, the princess looked up at Edmund.

Edmund looked at her with her complex expression.

“I’m sorry.”

The princess whispered.

“… I was scared. I’m afraid you’ll change your mind Fear of shaking the very foundations of the empire. But I was stupid. There was a real threat…. That power. It could have disappeared so easily.”

“… ….”

“Because I doubted you to the end. By ordering that you be sentenced to death. Out of bounds on you I am truly sorry.”

“… I understand.”

Edmund said quietly.

Since he became the acting emperor with unstable power from the start, he must have done anything to keep his power. Then I became suspicious of him.

But when he asked if he could forgive her apart from him, he couldn’t answer easily.

“… I won’t ask for her forgiveness. Can I ask you a favor instead?”

The princess was also well aware of this.

“Please do not abandon this empire. Please remain until the end and lead the empire.”

“… I hate it. I don’t want that kind of power.”

Edmund flatly refused. The princess gave a faint smile at this.

I realized my own stupidity once again. How could you doubt a human being who refused power like that until the end?

“Then… Help the person you see fit to lead the empire.”

After that, the princess did not speak any more. She suffered to the end, and finally her strength was exhausted.

A single tear fell from her eyes that she couldn’t close.

Edmund closed the princess’s eyes with a complicated mind.

And then I got up and looked around.

Beside him were the magicians of Mina, Raphaella, and Noir Magic Tower, and behind them were the royal guards.

Here, the nobles summoned by the princess hurriedly took their soldiers and gathered one by one through the central portal of Solaum.

The wizards of the other Mage Towers also heard the news and gathered one by one.

All their eyes were on Edmund.

I didn’t feel like it, but now was the time for Edmund to mount his gun.

“There is no time to be sad. Now Leviathan is still alive, and may be plotting another attack on the Empire. She has to stop her. First of all, those of you who have arrived now, please evacuate the citizens of Solaum together with the Imperial Army. Soon this place will turn into a battlefield.”

“Also contact the nobles on the border. Demons will attack soon.”

Edmund gave instructions to the nobles and the imperial guard. Mina asked with a puzzled expression.

“Calling demons? Are you going to make a fuss that ugly?”

“Mina, Leviathan’s driving force is not realizing her own ideals. After all, she’s just an ambition to rule this world. Now that she realizes that she has turned her back on the Empire, all she has left to do is borrow the power of her demons.”

Of course, it will not be enough to realize Leviathan’s goal. After the previous demon king’s defeat, the power gap between the empire and the demons widened significantly.

But it will surely do great damage to the empire.

‘… And I will be the first to aim for the Great War.’

There is still a widespread belief in the world that if the Great War collapses, the goddess will abandon the empire. Therefore, it is suitable for breaking her morale, so she will definitely try to destroy it.

“So what are you going to do?”

When Mina asked, Edmund was troubled.

In the end, I must kill Leviathan quickly to minimize damage.

But if Leviathan keeps running away like that, there’s no way to stop it.

“Is there any way to block Leviathan’s teleportation?”

I looked around and asked. One of the imperial mages said.

“Demon King’s teleportation seems to have a different mechanism from normal teleportation like Mina’s. Even though we joined forces a while ago and activated teleportation impeding magic, we didn’t show much resistance.”

“… Is there no way then?”

Rafaela opened her mouth when the imperial mages were troubled.

“The simplest thing is that Edmund grabs her Leviathan and follows her.”

“… But Leviathan is always floating in the air.”

“Edmund-sama can do it too. It’s not levitation magic, though.”

There are two main methods. Relying on the power of the holy sword to fly, like when Calia rose from the water in the past, or transforming into a bird like when she escaped from the charnel ground.

The problem is, both have low proficiency to use in real combat.

It was difficult to control the Holy Sword remotely from the ground, but can you deal with Leviathan while worrying about floating in the air?

But for now, I can’t see any other options.

First of all.

“… What’s going on?”

“Stand back everyone!”

All the portals in Solaum suddenly became unavailable. Edmund followed Raphaella’s advice, transformed into a crow, and soared into the sky. The Holy Sword moved around him remotely and made it hover around him.

The portal, which should normally be blue, has been dyed black. Feeling the unusual energy, the imperial troops around the portal surrounded the surroundings while maintaining combat readiness.

And….

“Keee!!!”

“Kyaaa!!!”

Gargoyles started pouring out of the portal. Orc legions in other portals. Another portal showed trolls and goblins.

“Come on, destroy the portal!”

Edmund shouted. He immediately threw a bolt of lightning at a nearby portal to prevent more trolls from appearing.

“Look closely! Today will be the last day of the Empire!”

At that moment, Leviathan’s voice was heard from the direction of the Great Crusade. He flew right towards the Great Hall.

Leviathan had already appeared on top of the Great Sanctuary. She raised her magic sword high, and a magic circle was drawn above it.

Quarrring!!!!

And then, a lightning bolt that had never been seen before struck the center of the Great Crusade.

With the sound of thunder that overturned heaven and earth, the Great Sanctuary was split in two. Then, the entire Great Sanctuary collapsed to the ground in an instant.

The revelation we feared has finally come true. Many people who watched the scene were seized with fear.

“Fear not! The Goddess has not abandoned us yet!”

But at that time, Saint Joan announced it throughout the empire with amplification magic.

In line with that, Edmund also quickly ran towards Leviathan.