Nine Hundred and Ninety-Fifth: The True Face of the Legendary Holy Sword

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Noah had been dreaming for a long time.

I had a dream about the final battle between the saint and the devil.

It was as if he was going to make up all the dreams he had before.

Today, Noah once again watched the entire process of the final battle between the saint and the devil from the perspective of God.

And it seems as if he intends to finish all the follow-ups.

Noah saw the saddest memory in his contract elf's life.

"Puchi——!"

In the dark depths of the fortress, the dazzling silver holy sword that illuminated the space and dispelled the darkness pierced straight through the heart of the demon king who was burning with pitch-black flames, shooting out an extremely mournful flash.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

The heart was pierced, and the whole body was shrouded in the brilliance of the Slayer. It had already been turned into a mass of resentment, and the demon king who lost his mind let out a creepy roar.

"Clang——!"

Clenched in the hands of the Demon King, the piercing truth sword ( ) belonging to the strongest sword dancer fell to the ground, causing a crisp sound.

"Buzz!"

Imprinted on the body of the Demon King, the elf imprints representing the seventy-two pillar elves served by him were gradually annihilated and disappeared under the shroud of the strong light.

Just like mentioned in the legend.

Possessing a terrifying spell resistance that can even break the contract between the elf and the elf envoy, the Slayer directly eliminated the contract between the devil and the seventy-two elves he served, and liberated all the elves of the devil .

And in this burst of strong light, the demon king's figure, which was like a lump of resentment, seemed to be purified, and gradually dissipated, and it didn't take long for him to completely disappear from this world.

The saint holding the Slayer——Alesia was pale, and sat down on the ground limply.

A desperate duel with the Demon Lord who inherited the power of the Dark Elf Lord.

Even if the opponent is just a lump of resentment that is not fully awakened, it is still an extremely terrifying opponent.

Although she didn't suffer any serious injuries, Areishia's divine power has long been exhausted, and her eyes are full of deep fatigue.

"Zheng——!"

The Slayer, which Areishia held tightly in her hand, lit up. in a burst of light particles. Gradually turned into a human form.

That is exactly the body of the Slayer—Esther.

"Master." Esther looked at his master. Although his face was expressionless, there was a little worry in his eyes.

"Are you all right?"

"Esther..." Areishia cast her eyes on her contract elf. Looking at the extremely cute but expressionless pretty face of his contract elf, he smiled slightly.

"Relax. I'm fine..."

However, not only was Esther not relieved, but his heart was pulled up.

Areishia may not have noticed.

She is called the saint by the world. At this moment, the smile on his face looked so sad. So heartbreaking.

"Master..." Esther's heart began to beat faster, and he couldn't help saying.

"You... are you really okay?"

Areishia didn't speak any more, just kept looking at Esther. As if intending to keep Esther's appearance in his heart forever, the smile on his face became more and more sad.

that look. It was as if he had some bad awareness, which made Esther feel ominous.

"Crack..."

At this moment, a strange noise came from the girl named Areishia.

It was the sound of something gradually congealing.

Then. Under the performance of Esther's pupils shrinking suddenly, the saint with a sad smile on her face gradually changed from her ankles.

Gradually, it condensed into a beautiful elf ore crystal.

"Crack, click, click..."

As the abnormal noises became more and more frequent, Areishia's body crystallized little by little, turning that soft body into a hard crystal.

"Master...Master?!" Esther's expressionless pretty face finally showed panicked emotions.

"Esther..." Areishia put her still moving right hand on the panicked Esther's head, with that heartbreaking sad smile still on her face.

"Don't make that face, I knew it was going to be like this from the beginning."

Saying such a sentence, Areishia's fingertips also began to crystallize.

And at this time, Esther saw it.

On the back of Areishia's hand, the spirit engraving representing the unbreakable contract with Esther was shining brightly.

It's not the kind of holy white light like Esther's elf costume, but the kind of dark light like the night.

Seeing this scene, Esther understood.

Areishia's crystallization came from herself.

Originated from the contract with the strongest sword spirit.

This is something even Esther doesn't know.

Because, before meeting Areishia, Esther had never made a contract with any elf envoy.

Therefore, at this moment, Esther understood.

That's a curse.

In the past, the curse that was broken by the Slayer.

Slayer is an elf magic suit with the highest level of spell resistance, which can eliminate all elf magic and curses.

However, those curses did not disappear from this world, but accumulated in this holy sword.

When the curse accumulated in the holy sword reaches a certain critical point, then the holy sword that has accumulated countless curses will feed back all these curses back to its contractor.

In other words, Esther is not a holy sword.

Allowing the user to exchange life for powerful power, Esther is undoubtedly a magic sword.

Now, the demon king Solomon, who has turned the whole person into a mass of resentment, has been purified, and the curse accumulated in the Slayer has finally reached a critical point.

"How... how..." Esther held Aresia's hand, which had gradually turned into hard elven ore, with her trembling little hands, shaking her head like a lizard.

"Master...Master...I...I don't know...I didn't know there would be such a thing..."

Hearing that, Areishia smiled lightly.

"I know, Esther didn't know it was going to happen, so it's not your fault."

"Master..." Esther trembled.

"You...you know that this will happen...but..."

"Yes, Esther." Areishia showed a peaceful expression while stroking Esther's long silver-white hair.

"I do it voluntarily."

In order to save the continent invaded by the devil.

Areishia, who is known as the Holy Maiden of Salvation, chose to fight despite knowing Esther's nature.

Choose, this ending...

"No...no..." Esther carelessly caressed Areishia's gradually crystallized body with her small hands, and her immature voice trembled more and more.

"Don't...don't..."

Arecia just looked at Este blindly, the expression on her face became more and more peaceful and gentle.

In the end, Areishia left such a sentence.

"Goodbye, Esther..."

As the words fell, carrying the expectations of the people of the entire era, she continued to fight against the evil king of calamity. The entire head of the lonely saint was crystallized.

Esther just stared blankly at Arecia, who turned into a crystal like a statue, and still had a peaceful and gentle smile on her face, unable to recover for a long time.

Maintaining this appearance, Esther accompanied Areishia for three full years.

Three years later, Esther sealed himself in a sword in the Demon King's castle.

In order not to let the sinful self make a contract with others.

In order not to lose the most important person.

Before falling asleep, Esther made a firm oath to herself.

In this life, I will never open my heart to anyone again.

Until, that man appeared...

...

The soft sunlight came in from the window, waking Noah from his sleep.

Noah slowly opened his eyes, but only looked at the ceiling, stretched out his hand, and held Esther, who had been turned into a dagger next to the pillow, in his hand.

The strength is strong enough to crush ordinary stones.

After a while, Noah lifted the quilt and got up from the bed.

On the bed beside her, Rinslet and Carol hugged each other, sleeping very soundly.

Noah quietly walked out of the room with Esther. (To be continued.) Enable new URL