The Devil Who Grants Wishes

[Iris, can I do this?]

[There, I feel like I’m turning my wrist a little more… Yeah, like that.]

Why was that? Why did you make such a choice?

I made a mistake again.

I wasn’t training the kids, I should have just given them a rest.

[Come on, move!! Come on— big, big, big, huh…]

[jack!!!]

Due to neglect of defense due to training, because of exhaustion from training, he could not properly resist the surprise attack of the beasts.

No, of course I could.

The demons pouring in from all directions were much weaker than the demons in the ruins, so to be honest, I would have been able to deal with those beasts with my eyes closed.

But not colleagues.

I’m not sure if it was because of an unexpected surprise during training, or if it was because I was tired from not being able to rest properly, but everyone except Lena was helplessly attacked by those beasts.

“Iris, I want to drink some water, would you like to come with me?”

“no…”

“…Whoa, then wait here. I’ll get some water.”

Of course, I tried to protect everyone by any means possible.

However, the numerous beasts flocking from all directions took advantage of the terrain of the forest and used trees as obstacles and bushes as a cover, avoiding battles with me unconditionally and only attacking others.

soo’

All the beasts were dealt with.

Not one thing left, everything.

Even if they thought they were dead, they could come back to life or pretend they were dead, so they even confirmed and killed each one.

They cut off the beasts’ necks, crushed their skulls, cut their waists, and cut off their limbs.

Of course, not everyone comes back though.

“Ah, ah, ah… ah…”

I am well aware of that fact. It’s just an excuse for anger, and all the dead don’t come back.

But… that doesn’t mean you can’t just let it go.

Even if it’s just revenge based on the impulse of the moment, it has to be done. must do it Otherwise, it seems like I’ll go crazy anytime soon.

But now what?

what’s this…

I’m this strong, I’m so strong… I couldn’t protect a single person…

“The devil… the devil—speak.”

He inadvertently tried to borrow a wish from the devil, but soon realized one thing and choked his throat.

Even if the devil really comes, there is nothing I can do.

‘Cause I’ve already sold my soul

Above all else, didn’t the devil come because of a fleeting desire?

Having received the Goddess’ mission, I’m really trying to make a wish to make a wish to the devil.

Tack-tack-

“Ah, ah…”

Sparks are flying all over his body, but he doesn’t feel any pain at all.

Not only that.

The sound of the forest burning, the pungent smoke that fills my nose, all of them don’t feel right.

“Aaa!!!!!”

Even when I scream like this, I can’t hear my screams. It was as if he had lost his hearing.

After all, I shouldn’t have received the Goddess’ mission. Since I was short, I received a mission, so everyone died like this-

“It’s ugly.”

“Huh, hib… uh…?”

At that moment, a voice that should not be here is heard.

It was a short time of only three days, but it was the most intense and memorable voice I had ever heard.

Depending on the point of view, no, everyone in this world will be horrified to hear this voice, but I am not. Rather, it calms the mind.

“Fah, Faust…”

That’s right, Faust can take care of everything.

Faust is very strong. Time can stop, and people can come back to life.

Yeah, just one more time

“Why the hell did you call me again? Isn’t the deal already over?”

At that moment, I had no choice but to stop the accidents I had been doing before in an instant.

Faust’s gaze was cold before, but now it’s colder than ever. He looks down on me and despises me.

It’s like looking at a swarm of beggars on the street begging.

Yeah right… What was I thinking right now?

‘I have no more souls to sell.’

In the first place, I knew it early, so I didn’t make a wish… Why the hell did Faust appear…?

It’s like testing my will, playing with my will…

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At first, I was momentarily annoyed. He trained me like that, but calling me again, because the hero seems to depend too much on me.

However, as soon as he saw the corpse of the hero party and the burning forest and connected the two, the annoyance had to disappear in an instant.

Yep, it’s my fault that I got this little bastard.

‘It’s twisted again…’

This is Eylic Forest.

According to Noah’s story, it is the place where the hero who had always been victorious was defeated for the first time.

It doesn’t mean you’re physically defeated.

It means that a hero who has kept his noble beliefs without losing anyone so far loses others and is mentally defeated for the first time.

The hero who caused the death of his fellow npc Jack due to the flooding of the Eylic Forest, realizes that he has to fight while protecting his allies rather than killing the enemy after one wandering.

After that, the hero will be reborn as a hero who uses his strength for others from a strong man who wields power at random, so the story of Eylic Forest is the most important story that firmly holds the character of the hero.

But… the problem got a little bigger.

Obviously, the hero loses only one npc named Jack here.

‘How many? One, two, three… all of them?’

The warrior party is all dead.

Acknowledging the death of an ally and moving forward is the main storyline of Eylic Forest, but if everyone dies like this, a hero can never do that. You will just fall into pstd and live your whole life like a bum.

And, of course, it was because of me that the Hero Party was annihilated.

The entire storyline of Leon Kingdom, which is responsible for leveling in the beginning, has evaporated, but it is natural that this happened because only the warriors were trained instead of the entire party.

Uh… um…

If the hero sat down like this, the world would be devoured by a demon or seraphia and ended…

[…now it works.]

When Lucia was pickled and incapacitated, the time regression that could not be used no matter what she did was available the next day.

In other words, a party of heroes who have just died can be revived at any time to resurrect them.

But here too there is a problem.

Should I save them all, or should I just leave Jack alone as the original story goes and save him?

The former is fair but the story can be slightly twisted, and the latter is the same as the story, but it is so unfair that it has a very negative effect on the hero’s ego-

thump

“…what?”

At that moment, the hero suddenly begins to show abnormal behavior.

The hero who was sitting on the ground and looking up at me with tears in his eyes reddened, banged his head on the ground as it was.

A dull sound cuts through the forest filled with the sound of burning trees.

“Anything… I’ll do it…!”

“…?”

“I’ve already sold my soul, so I know there’s nothing I can sell anymore. But please… nothing, no pain, no pain, so please bring them back to life…!”

The hero continues his lines with his head nailed to the ground.

…You are desperate, the hero.

It’s my fault, but I know it’s because of you.

Obviously, since he is a demon, it would be normal if he didn’t feel any remorse, but it’s so hard to watch.

“If you ask me to give up my soul right now, I’ll give it to you. If you ask me to become a slave, I’ll become a slave. And… if you offer your body, I’ll give it to you, please—”

“stop.”

“Ahhh.”

When I finished my words, the hero was terribly surprised and took a deep breath.

You can’t get things like that.

The hero must somehow follow the storyline to protect the world where Lucia will live, but if he does that, he will not be able to protect the world, right?

Somehow, I had to keep the story line as similar to Noah as possible.

Hmm, story…

If you want to keep the story as it is, first you need to train the hero party to match the level, right?

“Colleagues.”

“yes…?”

“I’ll give my colleagues training.”

“What’s suddenly called water lily—… huh?”

It’s already too late, but I’ll try my best to match the original story as much as possible.

Even from now on, the hero party must be matched to the level of the hero.

The current hero party breaks up when you leave for a new continent in the middle of the story, but you should try it until you can try it, right?

“I, I… you’ll get…”

“none.”

what do you get

It’s my fault, I’ll have to fix it myself.

It’s not like I’m getting paid for beating my opponent, what is it?

“No, I can’t… I can’t… Please… Please…”

At that moment, the hero suddenly begins to utter strange words.

It’s not just weird words.

He opened his eyes slightly, and then his whole body was trembling.

…?

What, why all of a sudden?

“You don’t want to save your comrades?”

“Uh, uh… ah… no, no…”

“That answer is enough.”

It makes no sense at all, but I thought that the hero might not want to save his comrades, so I inquired, but the only answer that came back was that he wanted to save his comrades.

Ummm… I don’t know what it is.

Icy, Faust’s body doesn’t move as I want it to, so it’s a mask. Recognition and reasoning are not properly connected.

Anyway, let’s get to work quickly.

Oh, and reviving only one person is also disrespectful, so I’ll have to save them all if possible.