Hero’s Downfall Report

64 – Report on the Fall of Humility (12)

Arianne screamed. Cain and the Holy Grail Knights stood in her way. The sheathed knight walked over.

“Devil!”

Two knights rushed in. It is an accurate and concise charge that has been refined through countless training.

On the other hand, the Black Knight just swung his sword at random and as he could.

It was dull and slow, and even the wrist was slightly bent at an angle that made it difficult to apply force properly. Still, the swords of the two knights were blocked.

I thought he was about to throw the first sword, but then straightened his wrist. He seemed to accept the second sword slightly, but then pushed it away. The stone wall shattered as if it had been hit with a knife. Shards flew towards the two knights.

“Ahh!”

The sword sheath, raised high in the sky, struck down at the fragment-studded knights, like a bear striking its front paw. There was a crunching sound and the armor of the two knights was crushed. Twice. Third time. Finally, the knights, their entire bodies shattered, fall to the ground.

“Take me and escape!”

Cain ran out, shouting to the other knights. The sword was pointed in front of the knight. The knight swung his sword. It was the same trajectory and speed as I had seen at the monastery.

He slowly turned his body to avoid it, and then struck the knight’s wrist with his cane. I heard a voice saying, “Kagagak.” Any decent human would have grabbed her wrist and made her fall.

However, the Black Knight did not seem to have suffered much damage. The scabbard is raised from bottom to top with a hum. Cain fell behind her due to her momentum.

The knight sunk his sword into the ground. A shadow crept up from the ground.

– Kairos.

* * * * *

It is a rose garden as always. As always, it’s a rose dress. As always, it’s Beatrice rotting away. Pick a dead flower and smell its scent.

– Just run away.

Cain knows that she is her illusion. Like a rose thrown away in fast-forward time, her skin is quickly withering. But she had to answer. She had to answer, at least for herself to be heard.

“No.”

Her heart broke, but she remembered and remembered what Lily had said to her. She said why don’t you protect yourself. She can’t do it anymore. Something that must be kept. What was promised. What you need to know is out there.

Cain answered for her own sake.

“I promised Arianne. “I will help you leave this place and start a new life.”

– Ah. It’s the same thing you said to me. Those were pretty words. So. Is she going to cut that woman’s head off too?

“No.”

– Then what about me? Why to me?

“I regret it.”

Beatrice tilted her head. Cain clenched her fists.

“… I regret that day. I regret it. What should I have done? Where should I go? Is there a better way? I kept looking and searching. But I don’t know. Therefore.”

Cain walked towards Beatrice. A dead, rotting woman looks up at him blankly. Cain lowered her head in front of her.

“So. I need to know. I need to find the answer. So open the way.”

Beatrice turned her body. I walked to the other side of her and she opened the door. I heard the sound of the iron fence door opening.

– Follow the light.

Cain headed to the fence. Beatrice turned away from him. She had always been like that. The reason was that if I showed my unwelcome side, I would feel like I was losing. When you see him from afar, he smiles brightly, but when you get closer, he says something blunt.

But now she looked up at Cain who was about to leave. She had the most beautiful face back then.

– Just the light… Remember, it makes the ugliness stand out even more.

The shadow has cleared.

* * * * *

Cain escaped the illusion. Her Grail Knights were sobbing, holding her face. The knight of her sheath is already strangling Arianne.

Something cold and cold touched her neck. It’s a flute. Cain took it out and blew on it as hard as she could. A terrible scream. People looked at Cain in surprise as the sound hit their ears painfully.

The fear of death drove out the hallucinations. The sheathed knight loosened her hands. Arianne fell to the floor. Cain leapt up and slashed her imperial sword down her knight’s back.

Booung.

The knight turned her body and raised her sword sheath upward. Cain, who had been preparing in advance, struck down her scabbard with his staff. He aimed his imperial sword at the gap between her neck and her armor. The knight simply deflected her by lowering his neck, but Cain’s subsequent kick threw his balance off.

The knight hesitated and stepped back. Other than her posture being disturbed, no other effects were visible. People who stood up hesitantly shook those who were still screaming and rolling around on the floor to wake them up.

“I have seen you before.”

A metallic voice rang out from inside the knight.

“It was at a monastery. Even then, you blocked me. And even now you are against me. What are you Are you a saboteur? Or are you just ignorant? “How did you escape your fear?”

“I am an imperial civil servant.”

After speaking, I felt a little awkward. Although it is true, it is also true that it is a bit frustrating. The driver was silent for a moment, probably thinking the same thing. Anger was evident in the words that followed.

“… Is that all? Just because he’s a government official? “Was that trivial reason everything?”

“Okay. I swore to be loyal to the empire and its people. Although I will quit after this incident. At least. I’m still a civil servant. And!”

Cain rushed forward and thrust his sword into the knight’s neck. The attempt was to target the gap between his helmet and breastplate, but unfortunately failed as the knight lowered his head.

It was unfortunate, but Cain ran next to the knight. Wrist. Elbow. I hit him on the shoulder with my cane. It is an accurate and fast strike. If he were a decent prosecutor, he would have screamed and put down his sword already. However, the sheathed knight did not react in any way other than dropping his sword.

“… And.” Cain adjusted his sword.

“I don’t deserve to be called insignificant by a ghost who beats people up with a sword sheath.”

“You can’t defeat me.”

The knight swung his sword sheath. Cain easily dodged it. It’s a movement that I can’t understand at all. It’s so slow, how does it defend against all attacks?

You have to take your time. I need to get more information. You must hold out until the Templars take Arianne and move her to a safe place. Cain decided to mix his words further.

“No. You can neither win nor lose. Because I’m going to ‘catch’ you. “I’m going to make you kneel, interrogate you, get a confession, and bring you to justice.”

“You… me?”

“No. “The empire is you.”

“You don’t know me. I don’t know you either. “We have nothing to do with each other, so get out of the way.”

Cain held his staff in his left hand and the imperial sword in his right.

She held the imperial sword in her right hand as if it were a sharp rapier. I know that a thrust with an imperial sword is of little use to a heavily armored knight like that.

However, a gap can be created. She crackled, brushing against her breastplate and then between the visors of her helmet. Unfortunately, she missed, but as expected, the guy reacted sensitively. He screamed and retreated. Her scabbard flew off, but she struck her wrist faster with her staff.

“Any relationship? “There’s no relationship?”

Cain was angry. Even though she was angry, she remembered the sword strikes Lily had shown her and tried to imitate them.

“Did the people around William crush their enemies like that? The people of the cloistered monastery. The Venerusian night laborers who worked on Arius’ pleasure ship! Here. Confusion in the city of Emmaus! There’s no relationship? No, you probably don’t care!”

She pretended to stab with the imperial sword, then struck her helmet harshly with her staff. It is a light blow, like a slap in the face. She turned her body to avoid the knight’s heavy sword sheath being raised.

“A bastard like you. I captured over a thousand people. It’s all the same. ‘I feel unfair. I wanted to live quietly, but that guy touched me first.’ You. You are no different. Okay. Please tell me. That woman. What deadly sin did that woman commit? “What on earth are you so unfair about?”

Her limbs were shaking. It was a mistake to try to imitate Lily’s swordsmanship. Cain didn’t have her height, arms, and destructive power. In the end, the only thing that can be used is the residual talent of gathering strength by talking like this. Still, he is a master at arresting over a thousand imperial criminals.

“That woman turned away.”

The sheathed knight stopped talking. It felt like he was taking a moment to catch his breath. Cain was sure.

There is a human inside that black armor. I don’t know what kind of joke it is. Inside there is a hurt human being who feels emotions and knows how to get tired.

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The resentment is deep in my bones. So very dangerous. A blind and narrow-minded person.

“What did you ignore?”

“I turned a blind eye to burying people alive. I could have just said one thing not to do it. After everyone leaves… Even though I could have come back and dug it up… “She didn’t do that.”

The shadow flickered. The sound of metal splitting was heard inside the knight.

“So me too. Bury this place alive. I will turn away. “That’s my share.”

“Ah. To take out the devil?”

Cain raised her sword and aimed it at the knight.

She said, “I heard that it was the devil who was sealed and buried alive with his limbs cut off.”

“… Did you even tell me ‘where’ it was sealed?”

“What… “

Ice seemed to be flowing down Cain’s spine.

‘A person was buried alive in the ground.’

‘The Demon King was sealed and buried with his limbs cut off.’

‘How about secret burials? Being buried alive under a pit of dirt. No matter how much I scream and yell, all that comes into my mouth is dirt.’

‘There is enough air to breathe, but who will listen to the voices of those buried in the ground? If he is alive but a forgotten person who doesn’t even know he’s alive, would he be a mountain? Or is he dead?

‘Where was the Demon King sealed?’

Cain knew the answer. She found out so quickly. The reason she couldn’t open her mouth was not because she didn’t know the answer, but because she couldn’t admit it.

Sealing the devil in the body of a living person

After cutting the limb

She was buried alive in the ground.

Seven heroes.

The knight was silent. Arianne’s confession came to mind.

‘Because the Demon King cannot be killed.’

“… “Are you alive?”

The mouth moved arbitrarily. I couldn’t pick it up because the words had already been spoken. I hoped she would shake her head. She thought it couldn’t be so. It’s been 10 years. For 10 years… But the knight nodded.

“It is alive. For 10 years. While buried in the ground. “Somewhere you don’t know where.”

The imperial sword flew into the air. The knight stepped on the ground with his military boots.

“Get out of the way! “Didn’t you listen?”

“No. I know for sure that you are crazy. So even more so, I can’t get out of the way. However.”

The tip of the sword waved back and forth in front of the knight’s neck.

“But. If you have anything to say. Tell me If there’s something that made you hold a grudge, tell me. Gladly. I will listen to you anytime. However. Any further riots cannot be tolerated. Stop. Even now. Not yet, while I can help you. “Before it’s too late.”

The knight hesitated and took a step back. More than any attack ever made. Better than any blow. That single word exerted great power on him. However, only a shadow fell from the knight’s visor.

“Lifelong… He believed those words and lived… “

A shadow poured down from the ship in the sky. The animals that had only been watching from the rooftop of the building screamed and jumped down among the people.

“But now I am no longer deceived. “What I believe is.”

A shadow emanated from the knight’s sword. He hit the ground straight away. The ground rotted quickly. Even dirt. Even sand could rot and crumble.

“The only definition is that you will reap what you sow.”

The shadows that came up through the ground entered the bodies of the Samaritans who committed suicide. Their bodies puffed up like cocoons. The bones were split and a person was born inside.

“I have become a new person!”

The Samaritan with all his skin peeled off shouted. All of his muscles were exposed. It had two arms and four legs, and the bones that grew from within and tore through the flesh looked like spear blades.

“Revenge! “Revenge!”

The beasts who abandoned being human and those who chose to become beasts jumped in all directions. Everything in sight was trampled, bitten, and smashed.

A headless lion rushed in front of Cain. However, a human face was stuck all over the stretched belly skin. There were some people I had seen before, but most of them were faces I was seeing for the first time.

They were heads that were crying, laughing, getting angry, asking to be killed, asking for their lives, saying that they would kill, saying that they would bite and eat them, and drooling.

The lion jumped on Cain’s head.