Chapter 449

I had the wrong idea.

I didn't deceive anyone knowing everything.

I didn't do it to deceive or take revenge.

I liked him knowing everything.

I cherished him knowing everything.

A person who can only hate me.

A strange person who didn't kill me on the spot.

He liked me.

Because he didn't know the simple thought, the simple answer.

He might have liked me more than I liked Reinhardt.

Liking a classmate and liking an enemy's family are different problems.

I liked someone I couldn't like, but I couldn't believe it.

At the most important moment, just once.

I should have believed him.

Because I couldn't, the world is about to perish.

It's all my fault.

This situation was caused by the minions of the demon king who had a strange artifact called Akasha.

But Reinhardt didn't want this situation.

If Reinhardt hadn't been caught.

If the minions of the demon king didn't have to cause this extreme situation to save Reinhardt.

This situation wouldn't have happened.

So.

In the end, it was my fault for not trusting Reinhardt at the most important moment and causing this.

In the end, it's not the demon king but myself who caused this situation.

That's why.

It's all my fault.

It was just one day.

The clue was right in front of me, and Reinhardt wasn't in Huangdo at that time.

If I had waited just one day.

If I had asked Reinhardt everything first.

This wouldn't have happened.

So.

It's all my fault.

Misunderstandings and lies piled up, and the situation became so tangled that I couldn't know what to believe, and time dragged on and on, leading to this.

One day of misunderstanding and distrust caused all of this.

That's what distorted everything.

Even in this situation, Liana, Olivia, and Harriet tried to believe in Reinhardt.

But I couldn't believe it.

If the world perishes.

The biggest responsibility lies not with the minions of the demon king, but with myself.

Ellen thinks so.

I may not know what Reinhardt dreamed of, but it was me who decisively ruined it, so I don't deserve to like Reinhardt anymore.

I am a sinner of the world.

I am a sinner to Reinhardt.

I have to take responsibility for this situation.

By death or something else.

Ellen Artoleus must take responsibility.

-Zzak!

"Ugh!"

"Ellen! What are you doing now?"

In front of Shanael's knights, Ellen broke her third sword as if she wouldn't let anyone leave the temple.

Shanael's swordmasters were horrified at Ellen Artoleus, who held a void sword that shattered and cut even by touching the Ora Blade.

"Step back. I don't want to hurt you."

"We'll miss the demon king like this... We'll miss the demon king!"

"Let it be. That's why I'm doing this."

Although there were five swordmasters, Ellen was exuding an air that she would cut their necks with a void sword if she crossed the line she had set. Ellen's power with the void sword, Lament, was absolute and even the swordmasters were struggling against it. The combination of Ellen's power and the Sun God's relic made her impervious to the swordmasters' attacks. Shanael's knights began to retreat as flying monsters entered the temple through the broken barrier. Ellen took responsibility for her actions and believed that she must save the world, even if it meant death. She no longer felt worthy of liking Reinhardt and believed that she must do something else to make up for her mistakes. Outside the temple, the situation was not as dire as Ellen had expected, but the entire empire was in danger. The emperor had reduced his forces to deal with the disaster in the capital, and Ellen knew that they must escape the city. Fortunately, the area around the temple gate, where there were no monsters, was destroyed but calm, as the guards and the elite of the empire and the temple knights were busy dealing with the situation. A woman with brown hair appeared through a crack in the air. Ellen appeared and hugged her tightly. Ellen knew they had to leave the place and escape the city to save the world. They encountered some knights, including Scottra Keltan, who had an obligation to stop them from escaping as a Sha'napel knight. Ellen did not want to let them find the tomb and was determined to keep living. "I may have caused this crazy situation without knowing that I could have solved everything if I had done something. Yet, I am trying to force myself to live this life that will cost countless lives in exchange. Ellen also needs to live. She must do something. Even though I cannot repay my sins, it would be cowardly to escape everything through death. I cannot repay my sins through death. I never intended to leave a place for Ellen to die, even as I watch the approaching swordmasters, including Scottra Keltan. I hold the flame of Hwayo, which Ellen gave me, saying that it is an object that reacts more intensely to dark emotions such as flesh, hatred, and anger. The despair, anger, and pain in the midst of destruction, and the compulsion to live despite not knowing what to do in the midst of despair, which I caused. I only know that my current emotions are darker than any emotion I have ever felt before. I hold the flame of Hwayo, filled with the power of self-suggestion and the power of language, representing my current desperate mind. To the essence of the flame, I command, 'Burn it all down.' Quarrurung! 'Ugh!' 'What is this!' A huge wall of flame that seems to melt the world rose between the swordmasters and us. Where the flame wall rose, the ground boiled like lava. 'Let's go.' We jumped south, blocked by the wall of flame between us and the enemies. * * * The defensive posture of Hwangdo Gradium collapsed. They were dealing with the monsters pouring out of the warp gate to some extent, but they had no room to catch the demon lord running to escape the Hwangdo area. Scottra Keltan's troops also had to focus on dealing with the monsters that were slaughtering citizens instead of chasing the demon lord. As a price for finding the demon lord, as a price for not trusting the demon lord, humanity paid the price. Kurrurung The ruins of the main building of the General Headquarters and the Grand Hall collapsed. Sabiolin Tana was tied up by Ephinhauser and Royar, and even Lucinil. They paid the price of time. Lucinil was immobilized with magic chains, Sarkagar, who had been annoying everyone with his transformation ability, was bound by a spatial barrier, and Royar was groaning in human form with blood all over his body. And. Sabiolin Tana was silently watching Ephinhauser bleeding from his abdomen, with Tempesta stuck in it, and bleeding from the ruins of the collapsed building. 'Why.' Sabiolin Tana's voice was trembling." "Why did it have to be this way, Ephinhauser?"

She knew that Ephinhauser was a patriot. He had a strong desire to love and protect the empire more than anyone else. After joining Shanafeil and working there, he suddenly became a teacher of the Temple Royal Class, saying that he would train successors. Sabiolin Tana, who had seen Ephinhauser up close, did not doubt his intentions. But he sided with the demon lord. The demons could do that. They were demons. But Sabiolin Tana could not understand why Ephinhauser, who loved the empire more than anyone else, made such a choice. It was she who delivered the final blow, but she was the most confused. "Why did you do this when you were more on the side of the empire than anyone else?" Ephinhauser looked up at Sabiolin Tana, bleeding from his forehead. "That too...more than anyone else...was on the side of the empire...and humanity..." "The demon lord?" Ephinhauser nodded silently. Sabiolin Tana could not fully accept the fact that the demon lord did not want destruction. Eventually, a disaster that seemed to collapse the world began. Even if the demon lord taught a solution to it, it was not true. But Ephinhauser was Reinhardt's teacher. At least he had been watching over Reinhardt for a long time. "Did Reinhardt already know that he was the demon lord?" Ephinhauser did not answer. Ephinhauser was not a man who made impromptu decisions for no reason. He did something that was completely incomprehensible, because it was backed by his own beliefs and will. Even though he knew he was going to die, he opposed Sabiolin Tana, the strongest human being. He would not have dug his own grave in a meaningless place. As Ephinhauser bled to death, he showed a subtle smile. "And..." It was the first time Sabiolin Tana had seen Ephinhauser's smile, who always had a bleak impression. "The teacher...saving his disciple...is such a special thing..." As the junior who was always bleak slowly died. "Is it such a special thing to do what you have to do?" As if he had to do it. Sabiolin Tana watched Ephinhauser's breath until the end. Lately, she had doubts about everything she had built up. Reinhardt. Demon lord. Humans who believe in and follow the demon lord, even though they should not. The many aspects and facets of the demon lord she had seen. While watching the demon lord who said he did not want destruction and wanted to save humans. While seeing that the demon lord who should have said that if he wanted human division, the Lajern attack by the demon lord was a masterpiece of the empire, he never mentioned it. "And if she had truly believed the words of the demon lord, it was almost certain that such a thing would not have happened. 'Now...I don't know anything anymore,' Sabiolin Tana felt lost.