Chapter 6 - How Much I Want You
No, no can do. I almost wavered there. I swiftly got a grip on myself and chanted, ‘Steady now, keep calm…’
So far, Mayer had been keeping a leisurely attitude; however, seeing tolerate his every word without so much as a blink made anger cross his face. “You would have died had I not intentionally entered this place to save you! Despite knowing this, you still remain faithful to Fabian?” he pointed out.“You… you ca all this way on purpose?” I blinked. Just to rescue ? I was just as shocked as I’d been when I realized Fabian had cast aside. It was surprising enough that he even knew about , so why on earth…?
My reputation in the first playthrough had reached almost rock-bottom, whereas Mayer was a celestial being whom everyone wanted to serve. There wasn’t a single common point we shared, so there was no reason for him to co looking for . I was anxious to find even the smallest hint of that reason on Mayer’s face as I stared at him, but it was useless.
“Alright. I admit that you being able to recall what happened is an unexpected gain, but…” Mayer trailed off with a small smile hanging on his lips, appearing please that I had shown a positive reaction, albeit slight. If his plan had been about joining the Dark Knights from the start, then rejecting his offer would be next to impossible. As much as he had given up what he could’ve gained from another dungeon, he likely desired to return with so achievent. “This is how much I want you,” Mayer added.
What a perfect line to take out of context. In particular, the way he kept his eyes fixed on so seriously coupled with that handso face made him seem like an obsessive male lead out of an angsty novel. But in reality, he was just headhunting.
“It is a principle of mine to get my hands on whatever I want, no matter the ans,” he stated. “Your rejection gets fired up.”
“That’s very suggestive…” I pointed out, feeling a tad uncomfortable.
“Fabian is, in the end, a failed hero,” he continued, ignoring my words. “You chose the wrong person to be loyal to.”
But he was the very reason for the hero’s failure! The Demon Lord would’ve croaked if only ti didn’t rewind thanks to the core inside this man! I had much I wanted to say, but nothing I could voice.
As I was busy trying to stomach my complicated thoughts, the duke did not waste the brief pause and resud his attempts to persuade . “But that is not your fault; it lies completely with Fabian. You too should be aware of such, having gone through everything. Fabian Ignis failed to defeat the demon lord once, and things will most likely be the sa this ti around as well. He cannot kill the demon lord,” he said with a voice full of conviction.
I felt ill just from listening to him. Yes, he was the one who’d kill the demon lord, not Fabian, but wasn’t it pointless to kill the last boss only to beco the last boss himself? Why the heck would I join him when I knew dang well what his fate was! Begging Fabian to join his corps again would be better than joining Mayer, and it was an option I was considering seriously.
One might ask, “Don’t you have any pride?” Yes, just like everybody else, but the significance of Fabian’s existence far outweighed it. He was the protagonist, the only chance of defeating the demon lord. I couldn’t give up on him so easily, even more now that this was not a ga to anymore, but reality. Of all the other options I could choose, there was a surefire way to be happy in the future—how could I ignore it?
But it wasn’t as if I could just tell Mayer that we were living in a world inside a ga, that this world had a set ending, and that I was behaving like this because Fabian was the protagonist of the ga… How could I get out of this? I fell into thought, trying to find sothing that could work as an excuse. Sure, the duke outperford Fabian by miles, but in terms of offensive power alone, Fabian was probably better. The only issue was that the commander of the Dark Knights absolutely could not defeat the demon lord.
Mayer was recognized by the world as being kin to the demon lord; as a result, any attacks against the final boss would be rendered completely useless until the demon lord’s health dropped below a certain threshold. His magical attacks were less effective—since they were of the sa elent used by the demon lord—and there was a limit to using physical attacks. Considering that Mayer Knox was the main offense of the Dark Knights, it was inevitable that he would lose if he fought the demon lord from the start. It was the reason why only after Fabian’s corps whittled down the final boss’s health that the duke could get an effective last hit in. Unless, of course, he changed his dark elent to the holy elent instead…
Eh? Co to think of it… Didn’t I have an elent conversion skill? I hastily checked the detailed description of the skill window.
[The specified target’s elent is converted to the opposite elent for a certain period.]
Elent conversion was, honestly, an overpowered skill if one only looked at its description; however, most monsters in dungeons—aside from a few exceptions—were of the null or dark elent. In short, people didn’t need to worry much about elents, which was why the elent conversion skill did not shine much. Mayer, on the other hand, was the complete opposite case.
The opposite of dark elent… Hang on. Would this work on Mayer too? If so… this might just be worth trying!
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