I Picked Up the Abandoned Hero

93. When correcting mistakes

“That light…”

Stella, who was calmly soothing her tired body, focused her attention on the waves of light that appeared from the World Tree.

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen you. Of course, it’s the first time I’ve seen that level of light since the Demon King was defeated.”

It was used last time to extinguish a fire in the Nymph’s Forest, but the scale and power were different from then.

If the light emitted by the Holy Sword at that time was a small star in the night sky, now it is a vast light similar to that of the sun shining after a solar eclipse.

“…The curse has truly been lifted.”

“Not completely, this book only contains the theory of curses. Of course, I’m a genius and I got rid of the curse itself, but the effects of the curse still remain.”

The curse contained in Arcel’s body was like killing a tree.

If you peel off the outer bark of a tree, it dies.

Because they can no longer absorb water from the roots, the leaves dry out, the branches rot, and eventually die.

“It’s up to you to fully regain your strength.”

A curse that blocks all the magical power created by the heart.

Alfred unlocked it in reverse order.

The peeled tree bark has been refilled so that the tree can now come back to life.

Of course, survival depends on the vitality of the tree.

It goes beyond simply surviving and includes growing further.

“Arcel…”

Stella looked dimly at the light of the holy sword.

When was the last time you saw that light?

It was clearly when all of his colleagues fell to the Demon King and Arcel was left alone.

In a situation where it would not be strange to run away immediately, Arcel stood in front of his fallen comrades until the end and confronted the Demon King.

It had that kind of light even back then.

In order to protect his comrades from the Demon King’s reaching grasp of death, he shined and revealed the future without caring about his own wounds.

After hearing her news five years later, I thought I would never see that light again…

It was a new feeling to live like this and see that light.

“Well, you must have recovered some of your stamina now. “Then stop lying down and get up.”

Alfred said, taking Stella’s hand off her back.

Because he had squeezed out every drop of his magic power to cut down the World Tree, he had no choice but to seek help from Alfred to recover his magic power.

This is because I thought it was better than lying down doing something I didn’t like or not being able to do anything.

“…Thank you.”

Stella stood up and expressed her gratitude.

“Yes, of course I should be thankful. “Even if it sends shivers down my spine to the point where I feel like I’m going to have to be kicked out when an earl thanks me, I still deserve to be thankful.”

Alfred trembled and took a step away, but maintained his usual demeanor.

“I’m not just saying that you restored my magical power, I’m thankful that Arcel regained his former self like that…”

What Stella is saying is that she did not treat herself, but rather treated Arcel.

When I first met Arcel five years later, he was literally like a living corpse.

He was clearly alive, but his eyes were dead, and his face was in a miserable state with no trace of life.

But what now?

Her eyes were full of life now.

The eyes, which seem to have been carved out of stars, finally regain their light and begin to illuminate the shadows of the world.

It was all possible because of Alfred.

She probably couldn’t have done something like that even if she had been right by her side from that day on. Looking at it like this, she wondered why Arcel had a crush on Alfred.

She also roughly understood why she fell in love with him.

Honestly, if you just close your mouth, anyone will fall in love with you.

“…Please just stop there, because I feel like I will grow so much flesh that I will end up turning into a chicken.”

Of course, there is no perfect person in the world, and it seems that God gave Alfred a cursed tongue…

If I think about it now, the reason I don’t like him at all even though he has that kind of appearance and ability is probably because of that tongue.

Would it be better if I sewed my mouth shut?

At least it looks a lot better than now.

“Still, I think a warrior is at his best when he acts like a warrior. I was so surprised when he immediately turned into a rag and came to my house. “I was so surprised because I thought he had broken his promise and came to cut off my head.”

Seeing Alfred now, he seemed to have new feelings.

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Honestly, when I think about it again, I think I made some ridiculous mistakes.

When she thought about it, it was absolutely ridiculous that Arcel had squandered her fortune through gambling, lived as a fugitive, and came to the castle seeking her treasure.

If it had been Arcel, she would have caught a wealthy man and wiped out her wealth.

If Arcel had been very lucky in the first place, he would have hit the jackpot even in places where manipulation was possible, such as private gambling.

“That’s my senior’s holy sword…”

And Alfred and Stella were not the only ones watching the scene.

Morian, who was hurriedly running away as Alfred warned, was also staring at Arcel’s light in fascination.

The brilliantly shining blue light of dawn.

Because that light was like the sun that brightens the dark night.

I couldn’t even imagine that I, the same warrior, could reach that level.

“…Someday, I will tell you the truth.”

Of course, Alfred’s warning sounded just as scary.

Alfred was really going to track down and kill Morrigan if he did not escape in time.

In the end, Morian left her place, clenching her fists and promising herself something.

Anyway, the exit has disappeared, so where should she run to?

Wouldn’t it be the same as saying that even though you knew the exit was gone, actually confirming that you were going to kill him?

Morian began to feel a strange sense of anxiety.

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“Disappear! Ghosts of the past! “The elves’ future doesn’t need shadows like you!”

Arcel shouted as he put strength into his hand holding his holy sword.

“Ugh…! “How could this light-“

The elf was greatly embarrassed by an unexpected surprise attack.

I thought it was strange from the beginning.

After putting a magic stone that could neutralize the shadow in its mouth, the demon surprisingly disappeared without making any attack.

It was strange that it could have caused great damage if it attacked while incapacitated.

But now I see that it was meant to deliver a sure hit.

“How can a species as low as humans…!”

The reason why the wizard, who was at a level that even most elves could not attack, did not attack was because he knew that there was someone who could cause more damage than he could.

However, one thing I don’t understand is that that person clearly didn’t pose much of a threat when I first saw him.

He possessed powers not permitted to humans, but only remnants of it remained.

It was never at the level of being a threat to himself.

But that is not the case now.

The human in front of me has the most threatening power to me than anything else in the world.

The light of that mysterious sword goes beyond simply erasing shadows and makes it impossible for them to even regenerate.

It has given up on regeneration and is holding on by multiplying shadows, but even that is about to reach its limit.

“Since when… Since when did I gain power like that…!”

In the end, the light swallowed the elf.

This is a natural result since the compatibility was unfavorable from the beginning.

If this shadow was a fire that burned everything, then that light was like a flood that swallowed everything.

Of course, I had no choice but to be pushed back.

The elf’s form slowly began to disintegrate from the tips of his fingers.

Tuk.

Something fell on the floor.

This is the magic stone that Alfred put into the elf’s mouth.

That thing fell meant only one thing.

“…It’s over.”

Arsel came down to the ground holding the holy sword in his hand.

It seems that it was temporarily floating in the sky using the recoil from the holy sword’s sword energy.

In the end, the elf was destroyed by the light of the holy sword, and the world tree, which was like the wall of the well, was cut down and collapsed.

“You already deleted it? As expected, the holy sword is good value for money. If I wanted to get rid of that demon, I would have had to blow up the entire land.”

Not long after, Alfred and Stella followed Arcel to where he was.

When the light of the holy sword disappeared, he realized that the decision had been made and came to check the situation.

“The Holy Sword is a sword made for protection, not for destruction. “Isn’t that natural?”

“Arcel… Is it really over?”

“Okay, it’s over. Stellar.”

“Thank goodness! “I believed it!”

Stella was happy and hugged Arcel.

Arsel smiled and patted Stella on the back, and Alfred looked at her uncomfortably.

But right now is a happy time, so I didn’t bother touching it.

No matter how much I hated the demon, it was like saving my hometown from the brink of destruction.

Of course, the state of my hometown was ruined beyond destruction.

“Then can I go back now?”

“Yes, the problem is that when the barrier disappeared, the exit to escape the land of demons also disappeared.”

Hearing that, Arcel looked a little surprised.

“Doesn’t that mean you can’t leave this land?”

“That’s not true, the only exit that has disappeared is the doorway through which one can break through the barrier. “They were all created after the World Tree sprouted.”

Fortunately, I was not trapped in this land.

Alfred said there was still a way out.

Above all else, Alfred is the one who can create an exit leading to the outside if necessary.

“The ancestors of the demons found a way to this land and discovered this place before the world tree barrier was created. Do you know what that means?”

“…It means that the original entrance remains.”

“That’s it.”

A doorway that existed even before the World Tree grew.

The place where the ancestors of the elves first discovered this land.

If you go there, you will be able to escape from here.

“Do you know where it is?”

I asked Stella.

As expected, the elves themselves would know the best about elves.

“…I don’t know exactly, but it’s probably at the sacred well in the northern forest, an old place no one visits anymore. “I heard that our ancestors came from there.”

“Who wouldn’t be a frog in a well? The entrance is also a well.”

“Alfred…”

“Why, isn’t that true?”

The truth is originally a miserable law.

“Whew… Then I’ll go outside through there, but I want to go back and wash my body. “Even though I have recovered my strength, the fatigue is still there.”

Anyway, Arcel let go of the moment and put away his holy sword.

Now I just want to go back and soak in the bathtub and melt away my fatigue.

Furthermore, once you have regained your strength, what you have to do is decided.

The ‘Legend of the Hero’ was Arcel’s own goal.

I wanted to find out the root of where the first Demon King and the first warrior originated, by what principles the Demon King was born, and by what principles the warriors were chosen.

A hero who saves the world from the devil with the power of the holy sword.

The power of the holy sword that is said to bring peace to this world by slaying the devil.

However, even after defeating the Demon King, the world did not change much, so it was necessary to find out where it went wrong.

…But.

-Do you think you can dare to do something like this and still come back alive?-

“This voice…!”

Suddenly the ground began to shake violently.

It was an earthquake so strong that it was difficult to stand on two legs.

This was an unexplained shaking, as if the earth itself, which made up the land of the elves, was shaking.

“What, wasn’t he definitely dead?!”

“I destroyed his body with the holy sword. So much so that it can no longer be played.”

A voice that comes directly into your head.

Arcel pulled out the holy sword again and watched his surroundings.

“But something strange? Surely the shadow and the body that is the center of the shadow would have disappeared…”

Alfred is thinking deeply as if something is strange.

“Aha.”

“Do you know anything?”

“Yes, now that I think about it, we may have been too shallow-minded.”

“What is that?”

Then, he suddenly responded that something occurred to him.

What was he missing? Arcel asked Alfred.

“That shadow is like a kind of parasite, so to be exact, it is the power that lived on the elf’s shadow.”

The one who became the host and queen was the elf that Arcel had destroyed a little while ago.

However, there was still a shadow remaining.

Boom!

The land of the elves begins to turn into darkness.

A wall of shadows rose high into the sky as if surrounding the three people.

“If it’s an elf with a shadow, we’ve already seen it a lot, right?”

“No way-“

Thousands of elves remain in this land.

The shadows of the elves were still maintained.

Just because the host disappeared does not mean that the infectious agents disappeared.

They soon appear in the form of giants.

Not one, but thousands of giants.

Of course, their strength and regenerative power will be lower than that of the host, but their numbers are by no means a level that can be ignored.

Furthermore, it was relatively inferior compared to its host, and it was by no means weak.

“…It doesn’t matter. “If anything gets in your way, you just cut it down and move on.”

Arsel held his sword towards the shadows.

“I have no intention of sitting around and being treated forever. “I no longer dwell on the useless past.”

Stella’s eyes flashed as she tied an arrow to the protest.

“Both of you are in good spirits, but why don’t you just let the parties deal with the past among themselves?”

“Who is left? According to the diary, weren’t all of them dead?”

But Alfred relaxed, lying in the air.

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The two people were puzzled by that action.

“There is still one person left. “The owner of the diary.”

Sparkle!

Above the shadows that covered the elf land, a magic circle as large as the elf land appeared.

“It looks like they’ve been preparing for hundreds of years, so just let them handle it themselves.”

Although it was late, it was time to correct the mistakes of the past.