The Demon King’s Seal Has Been Broken

17 – Predestined Despair [Somehow…] – 6

“Kuh… Now. Who’s next?”

The terrifying smile of the demon lord stained with the magician’s blood.

The warrior party had no choice but to notice while watching such a laugh. That smile wasn’t something like the joy of battle or the sense of accomplishment of defeating the wizard of the warrior’s party.

It was like pure madness coming from thorough humiliation of the weak.

‘I didn’t even see it…’

Seeing the demon king like that, Bill fell into a panic once again.

Looking at the sorcerer who had been with them until now, the sorcerer whose neck and body were dislocated, they were frozen and unable to do anything.

The demon lord approached with invisible speed and tore the wizard to pieces in an instant.

Bill couldn’t follow the devil’s movements at all.

‘This… Demon King is quite strong…’

At this point, he has no choice but to admit it.

He had been ignoring the demon lord until just now, but now he felt how strong this demon lord was.

The demon king in front of his eyes was not the weak demon king he thought he was.

I only found out now. It was clearly a demon king with considerable power.

‘I’m sorry…’

Facing such a demon king, Bill’s intuition called instinct once again shouted in his head.

Run away from here right now.

That demon king desperately informed him that something was different from what he thought.

‘Should I run away?’

And to be honest, he wanted to run away right now.

I didn’t want to fake my feelings anymore.

I wanted to run away unsightly, leaving my pride alone.

If you do, you won’t have to feel this creepy fear.

‘No… no way. I’m going to die…’

However, he still couldn’t escape.

The reason he had this kind of heart, it wasn’t a sense of mission as a hero or anything like that.

I just didn’t have the confidence to run away and survive.

I didn’t have the confidence to escape this demon king and escape safely.

Even if they managed to escape, the demon king would eventually invade the empire.

Eventually, one day you will die.

For him now, the act of running away was not the answer to save him.

‘I have no choice but to win…’

So, whether you like it or not, you have to fight the demon king here.

And I had to win. Because that’s the only way to save your life.

Because that was the only salvation for him and the remaining party members.

If so how?

‘It’s not that there’s no way…’

The situation was hopeless, but it wasn’t completely out of the way.

A skill used by warriors in ancient literature to defeat the demon king.

If I use that technique to release the power of the holy sword, I think I’ll probably have a chance.

A skill used by warriors in the past when they defeated the demon lord.

This skill was a skill that was rarely used because you had to pay for it with your lifespan…

It was also very difficult to use.

‘But… can I?’

If you use such skills, you will be able to get through this difficulty now.

However, Bill was too weak as a warrior to use that skill.

It’s only been a week since I became a hero, and it’s only been a week since I owned the holy sword.

Will he be able to use that skill properly? To be honest, I wasn’t sure at all.

‘No… Let’s not talk weak. I have to.’

I still had to

No matter how much I thought about it, that was the only way out of this crisis.

He felt intuition that only that way could save the remaining warrior party.

So, while concentrating on the holy sword, I shouted at the party members.

“Diane, Clara. Wake up, buy me just three minutes from now!”

“What? Three… three minutes?”

“I have an idea. Hurry up and buy me 3 minutes.”

If he can hold out for 3 minutes to release the power of the Holy Sword, Bill will be able to release the power of the Holy Sword.

Bill closed his eyes and began to gather his strength into the holy sword.

The party members were taken aback at first when they saw Bill like that, but when they saw Bill talking confidently, they also noticed it roughly.

“Ah Okay…!”

“Yes… yes!!!”

They also intuited that if they could somehow survive for 3 minutes, they would have a chance of defeating the demon lord and surviving the demon lord.

So, the two answered Bill that they knew, that they would definitely do it.

Chewing my lips, I stood in front of the demon king with fear suppressed.

“Hoh. It looks like you’re plotting something interesting.”

The demon king in front of his eyes, the demon king looked around at the party members.

Bill stays still with his eyes closed, and the saintess and the elf stand in his way.

He looked at them and smiled.

She seemed to have noticed, too.

It means that the warrior party is plotting something.

What will the warrior party prepare? She watched them with madness and curiosity, but…

However, it seemed that he had no intention of waiting.

“Keuk-kuk…”

The demon lord advances step by step towards Bill, making a creepy laugh.

She approached to kill the hero like that, but…

“Hmm?”

At that moment, dozens of arrows rained down on the demon king.

The demon lord blocks those arrows by deploying a magical barrier.

The demon king turned his gaze to where the arrow was coming from, and there was an elf from the warrior party.

“I… I will deal with you!!!”

An elf who trembles but speaks courageously, aiming at the demon lord from afar.

She had no intention of letting the Demon King harm Bill.

‘I’m going to hold on for 3… 3 minutes… somehow…’

And I was thinking of buying the time of 3 minutes somehow.

Time to defeat the demon lord, in order to buy that time somehow, she poured out dozens of arrows imbued with magical power.

‘you can do it…!’

The demon lord who continues to deploy the magic barrier.

Diane’s arrows did not do any damage to the demon king’s magic barrier.

However, she did not get tired and continued to pour arrows.

The strongest archer among the elves, a shrine named Diane.

She risked that name and fired arrows at the demon lord without stopping in order to earn three minutes somehow.

In order to stop the Demon King somehow.

But.

“It’s dark…”

The demon king disappeared again.

After she disappeared, he approached Diane in an instant and punched her in the abdomen.

Diane screams after being hit by the demon lord’s fist.

dump…

She tried to hold on somehow, but she couldn’t overcome the pain.

She had no choice but to fall.

only 30 seconds…

The time she earned against the Demon King was only 30 seconds.

‘El… The elf has fallen.’

All that was left was Bill, who was concentrating, and the saintess, Clara.

Somehow, for the remaining 2 minutes and 30 seconds, Clara has to protect the hero Bill.

Bill had his eyes closed, but he wasn’t ignorant of how things were going.

He realized how difficult the situation was right now.

‘Can the saintess really protect me?’

To be honest, I wasn’t expecting it at all.

2 minutes and 30 seconds left…

For those 2 minutes and 30 seconds, she worried about whether the saintess, a priest who was not even a combatant, would be able to protect the demon king by herself.

‘I’m sorry…’

No matter how much I thought about it, I could only think of bad things.

It didn’t seem like the saintess could survive 1 vs 1 with the demon king.

Perhaps the saintess will die soon…

Should Bill rather just relax and fight for now? I thought so.

‘what? You’re holding up better than I thought, right?’

But contrary to his expectations

Contrary to his worries, Clara was holding up against the demon king better than expected.

“Kyaaa!!!”

Clara crouched down and covered her head with her protective shield deployed.

Her appearance was pitiful, but her ability was real.

The Demon King continued to attack Clara, but the protective shield she spread withstood it.

she was a saint

A woman most loved by the god named Saint.

Her strength was by no means negligible.

Using the power of the holy god, he was effectively blocking the demon king’s attack.

Even if it was a demon king, it seemed that it would take quite a while to break through a priest named Saint.

‘Jo… Just a little more.’

It’s been two minutes since Clara blocked the demon lord’s attack.

If Clara gives a little more strength, Bill will be able to awaken the power of the holy sword.

There was only one minute left.

After 1 minute, you will be able to awaken the power of the holy sword.

In that case, the tide could be reversed.

Bill trusted Clara.

If it’s her, I’m sure she’ll be able to protect the rest of her time well…

That she’ll do her part well and save this party from danger…

“Huh…Huh…”

I definitely believed that. However, his expectations were dashed.

While receiving the attack, the saintess suddenly burst into tears.

Her heart had already been broken.

“Ahhhhh.”

Soon after, she cried sadly, and as if she couldn’t stand it any longer, she immediately ran out of the castle.

Soon, her face disappeared.

“…?”

Seeing the back of the saintess, Bill did not understand this situation at first.

I had no idea what the hell had just happened.

“ah…”

It didn’t take long for her to realize the absurdity of her abandonment and running away.

With only one minute left…

Bill’s expression soon turned into despair.