2nd Round Villain

72 – – 300, the saintess, Irowell.

While John wrestles with Irowell’s physical condition.

The situation in the western part of Masurim was becoming more and more threatening.

It was a kind of yanggang system. In the confrontation between Endros, the Dragon King, who was trying to wake up from a long slumber, and John, the Niwang, who was popular in the West, the beasts split their sides and fought.

It was not an all-out war. The dragon king, Endros, hadn’t completely escaped from the beast of sleep, and Johann was preoccupied with Irowell.

However, it could not be denied that an implicit faction had arisen among the Witchbeasts under his command. The monsters eagerly weighed whether it would be more advantageous for them to be attached to the king of the old era or the king of the new generation.

When they met monsters from the opposing faction while walking through the forest, they often looked away, and they deliberately left the opposing faction’s hunting grounds in a mess. Or, sneakily invading the other person’s territory and putting pressure on them without knowing or not knowing.

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Just like that, the conflict between the forces of the Dragon King and the Inwang was intensifying.

an incident occurred

“month! Monthly!”

“huh? Scarface, what’s wrong?”

“Month month!”

“… what?”

An incident that foreshadows the deepening of a full-scale conflict.

“Has the Orc Murine been slain? to them?”

“Month month!”

“this… ! Because let’s see! Aagh!”

One of John’s forces, a group of orcs, was attacked and destroyed by Griffons from the Dragon King’s forces.

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John was furious. No matter how much he paid attention to Irowell, he couldn’t pay attention, but the fact that a group of orcs under his command lost their lives helplessly was enough to resent.

“Moon-month-month!”

“As much as we received, we will pay back the same! kurrr… !”

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Johan immediately looked for Griffon resting somewhere in the West. As a result of asking the monsters of Johann’s faction, Johann was able to find Griffon’s hideout sooner than expected.

A griffon with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion. Of course, a mere human was a strong man who could not even stand in front of him, but a mere griffon could not handle John, who grew up well under the care of Irowell.

On the day Yohan visited Gryphon, a monster that had been giving strength to its shoulders in Masurim died. From then on, the confrontation between Masurim reached its peak. It’s still not war, but the two forces hurt each other with retaliation upon retaliation.

Naturally, John, the king of men, was at the center of that conflict.

Irowell did not like John’s actions.

“John, don’t do that.”

Irowell lying on the bed as usual, and John squeezing her slender wrist. Fingers and wrists are the same thickness.

“What?”

“Revenge eats you.”

“But you can’t be alone. They say they take us lightly.”

“How about looking a little funny?”

“… .”

“John, please. Unless you have the power to overwhelmingly subdue the Dragon King, don’t engage in confrontation. Too much blood will be shed.”

Irowell’s voice was considerably faded. Even when he was outside the hut, he was wary of nerves with the forces of the Dragon King, but when he entered the hut, his heart ached.

However, no matter how Irowell said it, even if it was John who would die.

“no.”

“John… .”

“The orcs are dead. And that’s not all. The trolls’ hunting grounds were destroyed by flame magic, and old Lenin even lost his only grandson.”

“But they also suffered a lot.”

“It was the Dragon King who started the fight first. If we get out of here, how should we be compensated for the damage we have suffered?”

“It’s a reward… John, revenge is not something that can be done in that name.”

“… My expression was a bit strange. Anyway, this is just retaliation. Since they attacked us first, we should do the same damage! Only then will the spirits of those who died unjustly be appeased!”

“That doesn’t mean they won’t stop. I’m going to go to the middle of the day, and I’m going to have a good time. At the end of it, all that remains will be scars that will not be erased.”

“No matter what, we cannot be the only ones who suffer. If you have harmed others, you must be prepared to become a massacre yourself!”

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John, who had already inflicted countless ‘retaliation’ under the name of the King of People, could not accept Irowell’s dissuade.

We have come too far to stop now. There was so much blood on my hands that I couldn’t wash it away even if I washed it in the river. John believed so.

“John.”

“Because I don’t like it.”

or-.

“you… .”

“… Irowell also pushed me away.”

It may have been the spoiling of a young boy who has not yet achieved mental maturity.

“… .”

Irowell did not accept John’s confession of love. No, I couldn’t accept it.

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John did not understand the reason, and although he was for Irowell, on the one hand, he was at odds with Irowell’s words.

A kind of ‘whistle’. The difference from the common and common whining is that the scale is to the extent that it dominates the western part of the Demon Forest. Little revenge that a boy who was hurt by not accepting his heart can do.

“How long do you think you can go like that?”

“What are you talking about?”

“John, you attack them, and they attack you, John, and again, you, John, retaliate against them… This is a fight that is bound to go against you, John. Please, stop now.”

“ha… Irowell.”

“That’s what the bondage of revenge is like. Unless one side completely gives up, the cycle of vengeance will not stop.”

“Then I just have to make the dragon king give up.”

“You’re repeating the same thing as before. At that time, John, you must have shed too much blood. It’s not just you. Everything around you will be swept away by the aftermath of your sinful karma.”

“… Whatever happens to me, what does Erowell care?”

Kwok-.

Yohan’s fingers gripping Irowell’s wrist grew stronger. A weak moan flowed between Irowell’s fine teeth.

“Ah… !”

No matter how angry John was, he had no intention of hurting Irowell. The boy was startled and relaxed his arms.

“ah! Mi, I’m sorry! It hurts a lot… ?”

“no… it’s okay… John.”

“Ugh… I’m really sorry… In the wind of the moment… .”

It wasn’t that I was very angry. The heat rose just a little bit, and there was only a tiny bit of power in the fingertips.

Even that much hurt Irowell. It was a part that showed how weak her body was.

“Sorry… I’m really sorry… .”

“John, come closer.”

“Yes… ?”

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John always lowered his head, not knowing what to do. Irowell, who had been staring at the young boy, spread his arms wide with an infinitely gentle smile. Then, she took the boy in her arms and wrapped her tightly around her.

“My sweetest baby in the world.”

“what’s the matter… .”

“Revenge, you won’t stop even if you do this… ?”

“… uh.”

“Yeah, that’s right… .”

Irowell’s palm brushed John’s head. That pleasant passing, John was very happy.

*****

“Quaaagh-!!”

“John? John!”

“These bastards! Bastards to tear to pieces!!”

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John slams the door of the hut! I opened it and came inside. In his hand was a deformed body.

Irowell, who was resting in a hut, asked a question in a startled tone. Yohan replied while clutching a stone bat in the hut.

“The dragon kings! You killed Scarface!!”

“… !”

From the trembling strands in his voice, he could easily guess the anger John harbored. It was not within the scope of a whining.

“Even those bastards made it like this!! You f*cking sons of b*tches!!”

Yohan regarded his relationship with Scarface as a no-brainer.

I’m just treating it as a favor because Irowell signed it. It’s a passing relationship that doesn’t matter even if it disappears.

One, Jeong was truly terrifying. Sharing food every day, stroking his hair from time to time, and even talking to each other made a great bond. To the extent that even Yohan himself could not have predicted such a passionate wave of emotion.

“John… .”

“Don’t stop! This time, I’m going to dry the seeds of these motherf*ckers! Don’t touch us again! I will completely annihilate you!”

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John strides along. The heat rises with each step. With bloodshot eyes, Yohan headed towards the camp of Endros, the Dragon King.

Irowell, a sickly woman, had no choice but to watch her back. It was because I knew that no matter what I said to Yohan now, he would not be able to hear it.

He readily accepted the fate that lay before him.

After leaving the bodies of Scarface and the puppies in the hut, Yohan took the stone bat and went straight to the forest occupied by the forces of the Dragon King. Then, wielding a bat, he began to devastate the terrain.

When the orc died, Johann killed the griffon. The blood value was received as a reasonable amount of blood value.

However, it was different now.

Kihehehehe-!

“Ughhh! die! Everyone will die!!”

The Dragon King has not fully awakened yet. In other words, there was no living creature that could stop John.

Kwa-kwa-kwa-!

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John’s bat was like a destroyer. Anything that got in the way of the bat had its flesh crushed and its bones broken.

A body that developed rapidly after being born as a human king and growing up, and strength that evolved several times after being healed by Irowell’s divine power.

Tom’s wild boar, who had been pushing John just a few months ago, was now just an animal that would fall apart at the slightest stomp of John’s foot.

Whoop-!

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John kicked the ground hard. The power that has been restrained as much as possible so as not to shock Irowell is generously poured out in the area where Irowell will not be affected.

The ground John stepped on dents as if it had collided with a meteorite. At the same time, the ground around it suddenly rose, the ground twisted and the ground began to split.

The power John had was the power to turn the Ark. The monsters fell helplessly. Occasionally, witch beasts flying in the sky would blow their breaths at John.

Whoa-!

As John gripped the bat with one hand and swung it vigorously, their breath became less than a breeze. The wind pressure generated by the bat became a whirlpool dominating the sky. A whirlpool that ruthlessly rips off the wings of winged monsters.

There were many magic beasts that said they could fly and grow, but there was only one peak. John was the pinnacle of that.

Nothing could stop John from running amok. The mountain, the home of countless demons, was shattered by John’s punches. The appearance of the debris erupting in all directions reminded me of when a volcano erupted.

A huge river that runs through the forest. The river water, which is like a lifeline for most demons, is filled with blood. The river water, which had turned red, was no longer drinkable. The corpses of the monsters were floating around, and the corpses on the ground formed a mountain.

All of this was the result of Nioh John’s single-minded efforts. Even John himself did not know. To think that his power would be this much.

If the dragon king had been awake, the outcome might have been different.

“Quaaagh!”

When Yohan let out a victor’s roar, the frightened monsters abandoned the battlefield and fled. It was a perfect victory.

Having won the battle, John was proud inside. As I told Irowell, I stepped on it so that I would never recover again. I will no longer be tired of retaliation, and I will spend the rest of my life in peace taking care of Erowell.

If the dragon king really wakes up later, there will be conflict again. I decided to go and think about the problem then. Right now, I wanted to enjoy this feeling of uplift and contentment.

More than anything else, I wanted to tell Erowell the good news as soon as possible.

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John stomped and hurried away. To the hut where Irowell would lie. Even thinking about Scarface’s revenge, he paid so much that he had no regrets left.

However, the hut reached with such joyful steps.

“… uh?”

Whii-.

Only, with traces of something exploding.

I can’t even imagine where the hut was once built.

Along with the ‘contents’ inside, it had become a handful of ashes.

“Irowell.”

The thought stopped. Thoughts, brains, words stopped working.

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Jebuck, took a step toward the wreckage of the explosion. The given situation seemed like a dream, not a reality.

“Irowell. Irowell. Irowell. Irowell.”

Tuck, Tuck, Tuck, Tuck! John’s steps grew faster and faster. A boy running around. The ‘remnants’ in the boy’s field of view grew larger and larger.

“Irowell!!!”

dump-!

Finally, John, who arrived right in front of the ‘remnants’, knelt down as if to fall.

‘Remnant’ raised its head with difficulty and stared at Yohan’s face full of bewilderment.

“John… You came… .”

“Oh, no… this is not this… !”

“I can still see you… thank god… .”

“Why why! why! Why did this happen!”

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John embraced the ‘remnants’ with both arms. It was a very, very small wreck.

Maybe it was swept away by the explosion that happened here, but the lower part of the body is nowhere to be found.

Even his upper body had one arm blown off, and he was barely holding on to his breath that would soon end.

Irowell… .

“aaa!!”

He let out a scream close to screaming. In John’s swaying field of vision, several corpses of gigantic bugs were spotted.

Giant bombworm.

It is a type of monster that stood on the side of the Dragon King. that can cause huge explosions.

After thinking that far, John’s brain instantly grasped the situation that had taken place here.

From the beginning, the dragon king’s monsters were aiming for this place. Because he knew that he was always here, and that he treated each sickly human very dearly.

He kills Scarface to lure himself in, and in the meantime, throws in a giant bombworm to blow up the humans along with the hut.

perfectly exploited.

Although they, too, suffered near-annihilation damage.

What does it matter?

He lost the most precious thing in the world.

It was all his fault.

“Sorry… !”

“John… .”

“I should have listened to Irowell… ! I’m really sorry… !”

Hot tears flow from John’s eyes.

“I should have listened to you when I told you not to take revenge, when you told me that the people around me would eat away at you… !! I’m really sorry… !”

“It is in the past… .”

“but! Irowell became like this… !!”

Yohan hugged Irowell, who had only the upper body left. It must have hurt, but Irowell gave John a weak smile and hugged him.

“are you okay.”

“Everyone makes mistakes.”

“With this incident as an opportunity, Yohan needs to grow even more. You knew that I would die before long anyway.”

The words that Irowell carefully whispers pierce John’s ears.

“Uh, uh… !”

“Do you understand, John… ?”

“I am… I can’t… ! Of course, it was my fault for not listening to Irowell, but I will avenge him! Those wormy things! I will kill them all, not leaving out a single one! Everyone involved!”

“John, that’s not it.”

Irowell’s hand moves slowly, picking up the one thing that managed to survive the explosion.

The identity of the object was a silver cross.

“You said, revenge is done to appease the spirits of the victims who died unjustly.”

“Well, so now I want to get revenge on Irowell… !”

“No, John, you just finished all the revenge you had to pay. Even Scarface’s. And I’ll tell you right here and now. If John gets my revenge, I will be really sad.”

“… !”

“I will stand at the end of the bridle. So what? I don’t want John to avenge me. The way to soothe my soul is for Yohan to stop taking revenge and live happily ever after. Happier than anyone else in the world. This can be happen?”

Irrowell, with a very clean and pure smile, asks a question indirectly.

Who can say no in front of a dying person?

“Huh, uhm… !”

“John, answer me. Time is running out… .”

The floor is hot. Blood, tears, and bodily fluids mingled and soiled the floor.

“But… How could I be happy in a world without Erowell!”

“are you okay. Don’t worry. Time is the healer of all wounds. The day will come when John will forget me too.”

“no! don’t come! I’ll never forget Irowell! If you think you’ll forget, you’ll die! How could I forget Irowell!”

“Thank you for saying that… .”

The sound of breathing gradually fades away. Irowell’s heart was moistened by John’s tears.

A boy buried his face between the woman’s breastbone and sobbed.

The woman moved her trembling left hand and stroked the back of the boy’s head.

With his right hand, he held a silver cross in the boy’s large grip.

“John, my dearest child in the world.”

“Now, let’s stop meaningless revenge.”

“May you always be happy. May you enjoy simple happiness in a bright flower garden. May the grace of the merciful Lord be upon you.”

So, praying.

Irowell closed his eyes, which had been open for a while.

Eternal rest rests upon the woman’s body.

Containing that body in his bosom, the young savage boy burst into tears.

The crying continued for a long time.