CH 38.2

“Stop it!”

“Don’t worry, I’m not going to kill her, not yet…”

She never got to squeeze Silviana’s head.

“Now I know what’s going on with the succubi. I’ll work on it so we can do something about it now, so…”

“Hahaha! It’s too late! I don’t have time to play your games! Oh, I know, if you insist, why don’t you come to Succubus Nation? You’ll find that we’ll all be as nice to you as possible.”

“I’m sorry, but I can’t do that. I have responsibilities. But I will do something. I promise. Sure, it may be late, and it may seem like I’m just fooling you, but I mean it when I talk about wanting world peace.”

“If you had told me that a year ago, I would have fallen in love with you and become your lover, but… now it’s too late…” said Carrot, releasing Silviana’s head and pushing it back under her foot. “We’re done here.”

“And now that you’ve got what you wanted, what are you going to do? Do you think you can escape from here?”

“It’s easy to escape. I just have to walk out that door and walk through with dignity.”

“You think I’ll let you do that?”

“How dramatic, you really won’t let me through? If you can’t forgive me this time, I’ll just have to force my way through.”

“Do you really think you can handle me?”

“Haa… Gagan, get this cocky guy out of my way.”

At Carrot’s words, the blue orc moved. He advanced on Errol, axe at the ready.

Gagan. Gagan the Blue Lightning. A warrior with a long history, who shouted his battle cry and ran across the battlefield before anyone else. His blue skin was so radiant that it lowered the temperature of everything he touched, even if he wasn’t a magic warrior. He was an orc with a body that boasted a strong resistance to cold and a strong resistance to fire. He was one of the eight great chieftains who survived until the end of the war.

“Well, that’s too bad.” Errol put his hand on the sword at his hip. At that moment, flames burst from the sword. The cloth covering the metal burned away, revealing its true form.

“That sword!” Carrot swallowed. It was a sword everyone had seen before.

A golden hilt, engraved with the pattern of a sun and a red jewel embedded in the center. The blade gleamed white and silver, and bright flames surrounded it. The beauty of the sword, its divinity, was a spectacle to all who saw it.

The name of the sword was Sun: The Solar Treasure Sword. It was one of the most precious tools of the human royal family. Its cut burned everything and brought victory to its wielder.

“Let me introduce myself again…” Errol pointed with the Solar Treasure Sword. At that moment, the world changed. The cloudy weather that covered them disappeared in an instant. It cleared. Clear weather dominated the sky.

Errol removed his mask. What emerged was a human man with an attractive face. He had fine features and slanted eyes. His immaculate appearance revealed that not a single sword had reached his face on the battlefield.

Then he spoke his name.

“My name is Nazar Liscia Gainius Grandorius! Second Prince of the Human Royal Family and heir to the Solar Treasure Sword.”

Nazar. Prince Nazar of the Humans.

Also known as the Prince of the Rising Sun. The strongest human swordsman and the hero who defeated the Demon King. His path was lit by the clear sky.

“And with it, I will crush your ambitions and bring true peace to this world!”

“No! Don’t go, Gagan!”

Carrot’s words came too late. No, or perhaps not too late if he had been an ordinary opponent. Gagan was an excellent warrior. He could have retreated after being told to do so. But his opponent was Nazar. And in his hand was the Solar Treasure Sword.

As ordered, Gagan tried to step back with his right leg, to retreat. But only the right half of his body moved back. The left half stayed where it was.

The blue orc’s massive body was split vertically in half.

Flames engulfed the body as it lost its balance and began to fall, instantly cauterizing the wounds and charring the blue orc’s body. When the body collapsed completely, there was no one left to identify the blue-skinned orc as the owner of the corpse.

“Gagan!” Carrot’s painful scream echoed through the air. The orc did not react. The blow of the Solar Treasure Sword would almost certainly kill you unless you had a high magic resistance. It was an overwhelming force that did not even allow the use of healing or resurrection magic. It was the sword that killed the Demon King Gediguz.

“Carrot, give up. Don’t make this worse.”

“…” Carrot did not answer. Instead, with an indifferent expression, she stepped on Silviana as she tried to crawl away, blocking her movement. “I’m not going to give up now.”

“You know it’s me, and you’re still going to fight?”

“I was surprised to learn that Errol was the prince, but… you know very well that I have no reason to run, don’t you?”

“Well, I wonder.”

“You’re acting all relaxed, but I bet you’re trembling inside, aren’t you? You’re not going to be protected by your sister who’s as kind and strong as you were back then, are you?”

“I am stronger than I was then.”

Nazar said, readying his sword. He lowered his hips and tried to take a deeper step… Carrot’s eyes glowed red.

“…!” Nazar’s movement stopped. “So you used… the charm…!”

“Oh my, that’s a lot of magic resistance. And look, I really tried.”

“I have faith in my innate magic resistance, you know…” Although his tone was light, Nazar could not move. On the contrary, his expression was distorted by fear, and greasy sweat appeared on his forehead.