Chapter 376 The Fate of the Hero 2
I could see Rose looking around with a startled expression. It was as though she could not understand what was happening.
... Well, it was understandable.
Rose was not supposed to be able to enter this mirror space. Even gods would find it hard to do sothing like that.
The fact that Rose managed to enter ans that her understanding of this aspect of space is crazily high.
But I’m sure she did not know anything about space laws before this. I would have noticed.
In other words–
"A sudden insight, huh..." I said bitterly.
Heroes sure are cheats
No, it’s not just that... Talent and insight are not enough to find a way to enter in my mirror space so quickly.
There was sothing else interfering.
But I soon understood.
It’s the Fate of the Hero.
The world’s will.
Looking at Rose, and then at the projection of the Immortal in front of , I sighed.
"I guess it’s unavoidable."
[... How unexpected. A hero.] The Immortal chuckled with a tone of amusent. [Little girl, why did you co here? Does the world think I don’t dare to kill you? Or is it planning to save you at the last second? Hahaha, as expected of a world’s will, always using the sa dislikeable tricks.]
"... Huh?" Rose was startled, unable to understand the Immortal’s words.
I smiled wryly in my mind. For an instant, I wondered if I should take Rose out of here.
But then, I decided not to.
It’s her destiny. Perhaps, this will be the push Rose needs.
Plus, the other party is just a projection. I can easily protect her from him.
"... Claus, where is it? What is happening?" Rose asked after a brief period of confusion.
"It’s a mirror space," I said without hiding anything. Anyway, she will learn a lot of things after this. "I created it, but I never expected you would be able to enter here."
"You created this?" Rose was surprised. Even if she did not know how powerful soone had to be to do sothing like this, she was not a fool.
She never heard of soone doing sothing like this, not even the gods.
"... I don’t understand, you are..."
Before I could answer, the Immortal interrupted.
[So this Hero doesn’t know anything, huh. Hey, my brethren, it looks like she knows you. Is she another of the cards you are preparing for ?]
I snorted.
"You and I know that is not possible. A Hero is not enough to go against us. Even if she quickly grows strong enough to beco an irregularity, or even in the very improbable case she achieves Immortality, her strength will be far from enough."
[You are right. Even if heroes are pretty strong for mortals, most of them only reach the level of gods. Very few of them are strong enough to be considered irregulars, able to kill Immortals. As for the ones able to kill Immortal as strong as us, hahahaha, very few irregulars like that exist in the entire universe. This little girl looks a bit talented, but even if she trains for one hundred years more, she will only be killed like an ant if she goes against .]
Rose instantly paled.
Although the Immortal did not emit the slight killing intent with his words, she could feel as though her lifeforce was being snuffed out!
As though a powerful will wanted to crush her to smithereens.
I frowned and used my will to protect Rose. Rose instantly sighed in relief, but the gaze she was directing towards the Immortal was now tinged with a bit of fear.
"You should leave this place," I said indifferently. "You are not strong enough to be here."
Rose bit her lips with a complicated expression.
She was not stupid. She could feel how weak she was compared to us. Although she did not know why I was suddenly so strong, she could feel we were on a completely different level.
But–
"... I can’t leave yet."
She said determinately.
"I need to ask him a question."
And she stared at the Immortal with an unwavering gaze.
The Immortal chuckled.
[As expected of a Hero. Do ask then, little girl. I’m in a good mood today and I’ll answer your question.]
"... These people, why did you kill them?" Rose barely managed to suppress her rage when she asked that. "Do you know how many people died today!?"
The Immortal did not answer instantly.
Instead, he sighed in disappointnt.
[What a boring question.]
"... Huh? What are yo–"
[... It looks you are one of these naïve heroes with a strong sense of justice. I have t and killed many like you. I even lost the count of how many I killed. You see, when you go around destroying worlds and civilizations, it’s normal to et heroes. But do you know what is the problem with heroes?]
"... I don–"
[They are weak, and they are naïve.]
"... H-Hero, What i–."
[Think in your question of just now.] The Immortal continued without allowing Rose to speak. [Why did I kill these people? Simple, because I wanted, and I could. They were weaker than , so what is the problem if I kill them?]
"You..." Rose’s expression changed.
[Surprised? Enraged? But what can you do? Can you kill ? No, you can only hate . Perhaps after this, you will do an oath to kill to avenge for the innocent people that died today, but so what? You are weak, too weak, and too naïve. You don’t even know you are just a pawn of the world.]
"... Bastard!!! Only due to that!!!" Rose’s face was red in anger.
She grabbed her sword and charged towards the Immortal.
"I’ll kill you!!!"
But the Immortal just chuckled.
[See? Heroes are so predictable.]
And a storm of destructive mana charged towards Rose.
I think it’s ti for to intervene.
"That is enough," I said expressionlessly and swung Reality Render, cutting the storm of mana into oblivion.
Then, I extended my hand, casting a spell and creating a chain that restrained Rose’s movents.
"Wha!?"
"Go back." I sighed. "We will talk later."
After these words, Rose was sent back to the real world forcibly.
Once more, only the Immortal and I remained.
[Oh? How interesting...] The Immortal chuckled. [It looks like you don’t want to see the hero to die... Could it be you are truly that naïve? What kind of Immortal cares about mortals?] He said in a tone of jest.
However, I could see a sharp glint in his eyes.
It looks like he is suspecting sothing.
... How troubleso.
"Think whatever you want," I stated indifferently. "However, that Hero can be considered as one of my belongings. I have plans for her. So I would prefer it if you don’t touch her."
[Hou... I’m getting more and more curious about what are you planning... You can’t be that naive...]
I frowned. "I already have enough of you for today. Now, can you disappear, please?"
Before the Immortal could speak again, I swung my sword!
Space was cut apart, passing through the defenses of the Immortal as though they were butter and cutting him into two.
[No so easy!] The Immortal bellowed. Destructive energies filled the mirror space, charging towards like waves.
But–
"Be quiet."
My two words were enough to calm the raging mana and return everything to normal.
"I told you, a re projection like this is not enough to injure ," I said indifferently. "Now die."
After an explosion, the body of the Immortal was turned into nothingness.
One second later, though, it materialized again from nothing.
I squinted.
"A very interesting trick. Perhaps it would have been more useful with your true body here, but the power a re projection can show is limited."
And I waved my sword again.
And again.
And again.
And again.
Each ti, the Immortal’s projection was destroyed, and each ti, it tried to reform again.
Until finally, it was nothing more than a pitiful fragnt of energy.
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