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I Got a New Skill Every Time I Was Exiled, and After 100 Different Worlds, I Was Unmatched (Web Novel) - Chapter 313: The Fate of Disposable Mercenaries: Exile Awaits, but Death Does Not
Chapter 313: The Fate of Disposable Mercenaries: Exile Awaits, but Death Does Not
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“…It’s about time. Okay, Ed! Please!”“Alright!”
In response to Tia’s voice, I stabbed a branch into the ground beneath my feet. Then, as it had done before, it quickly grew into a giant tree, successfully transforming into a spirit tree. Leaving the people who were celebrating the revived land behind, Tia ran over to me with light steps after I finished my task.
“Good work again, Ed.”
“Yeah, thank you.”
I accepted the cup she offered, fanning its contents. It was a citrus fruit water with a strong acidity, but this sourness soaked into my tired body.
“Ah, delicious! Phew… is it finally over?”
“Yes, I think it’s fine now that we’ve made this many bases.”
Since the day I marked the end, the Winged naturally disappeared from this world. But defeating the enemy isn’t the end of the matter. Rather, the rebuilding afterward is the tough part, a common sense anyone belonging to a hero party knows.
“Three years… it seemed long yet went by in a flash.”
A total of thirty-two sacred places were created in the devastated areas. I don’t understand it, but apparently arranging them in a magical configuration made them influence each other, exponentially speeding up the revival of the land.
Even so, it still seems to require decades, but considering that the world was driven to the brink of destruction, this progress is more than enough.
With the prospect of world reconstruction in sight, and the handling of the Demon King’s remnants who began to rampage after losing their enemies and leader, the Black Knight, it’s safe to say that we have fulfilled the Black Knight’s last wish. That means it’s about time for us who have finished our roles to embark on our next journey.
“Ed-san!”
As I was pondering, a 17-year-old woman with short curly hair as her charm point approached, calling my name.
“Hey, Jill. You’re lively again today.”
“Of course! Being energetic is my only redeeming feature… well, not really! I have other good points too! Probably!”
“Hahaha, I know. Here, want a drink?”
“Thank you… huh!?”
When I offered my cup, Jill took it without hesitation, and her face twisted sourly.
“Jill, girls shouldn’t make faces like that.”
“Grrr… thank you, Tia-san. But this is really sour…”
“Hehe, yes. But that’s what’s irresistible.”
“Sour things being irresistible… don’t tell me, Tia-san, you’re having a baby!? Ow!”
“Don’t talk nonsense! So, what do you need from me?”
I flicked Jill’s head as she blurted out something absurd, her face turning red. She answered me, rubbing her head discontentedly.
“Ah, right! My father said to ask Ed-san about the next schedule…”
“The leader, huh? Sorry, but there’s no next schedule. We talked about it before.”
“…So you’re really leaving the Reconstruction Brigade?”
“Yes. We’ve done enough, and they can gather magical power without me. Besides, we have our own goals. For that, we must part here.”
“That’s… it’s going to be lonely.”
“Don’t make that face.”
I ruffled Jill’s head as her shoulders drooped, and she swatted my hand away with a voice that seemed both angry and somewhat pleased.
“Geez, treating me like a child again! I’m already 17, you know!”
“Yeah, sorry, sorry. But I’ve known you since before you were an adult, so I can’t help it.”
We met Jill three months after defeating the winged, when the brigade was formed to create sacred lands around the world. Then, 14-year-old Jill came on the journey with her father, who was the brigade leader, as an apprentice.
Ah, how nostalgic. At first, either Tia or I were asked to lead the brigade, but since we knew we would be leaving, we shouldn’t take such a position, so we desperately persuaded and searched for the right person. I never thought it would lead to this result… Could it be that the “Flagmaker of Necessity in Coincidence” worked here too?
“That being said, Jill, we’re leaving now, even though it’s just a formality, can you do it?”
“Eh, right now!? At least tonight with everyone–“
“We can’t do that. It’s best to execute this sort of thing as soon as we think about it. If we take too much time, we’ll end up dragging our feelings.”
“…I, I understand. Then um… Ed-san and Tia-san, I authorize both of you to withdraw from the Reconstruction Brigade! Thank you for everything until now!”
Ping!
“Condition confirmed. Ten minutes remaining until return.”
As Jill bowed her head and spoke, a voice echoed inside me. Believe it or not, the woman before me is probably the last hero in this world.
The hero’s power dwelling inside me is, of course, temporary. And as it disappeared, this Hero Jill appeared, but the reason why a hero was born in a world where the Black Knight died and there were no demons… probably, it’s me.
Well, after all, I am a Demon King? So, it’s inevitable that a hero is born to drive out the threat from the outside world like me. Thanks to that, I made significant progress by confirming that “I can be banished from the world if I exist alive,” but… Hm, why does it feel slightly unsatisfying?
Well, from the world’s perspective, they probably don’t want someone like me to stay too long. Even if they don’t defeat me, if they can get me to leave just by banishing me, of course, they’ll produce another hero or two. If there is intent in the world, it’s almost like we could gratefully communicate while rubbing hands together
“Then, Ed-san! Tia-san! We will continue to travel around the world, and let’s meet again somewhere! Please lend us your strength then!”
“Of course. If we meet again and Jill and the others are in trouble… I’ll lend all the strength I can. It’s a promise.”
“Of course, I promise too. If fate allows, let’s meet again?”
“Yes! Then, you two, see you again!”
With the energetic Jill waving behind us, we leave the thirty-second sacred place. Since everyone is obsessed with the newly born sacred land, no one is following us as we walk against the flow.
“Heh, Jill-chan is really a lively and good girl, isn’t she? I wonder if we’ll meet again?”
“Who knows? Lately, there’s been a lot of things I don’t understand, so it might happen.”
Normally, there’s no chance for us to meet Jill again. There’s the fact that we’ll be crossing worlds, but in the first place, in the original… or rather, the previous world, Hero Zeed doesn’t die, and the world doesn’t become desolate, so there’s no point in meeting Jill.
But lately, it seems that the world’s rules are changing in ways I don’t know. If that’s the case, the possibility of meeting again isn’t zero… If a connection is made across worlds, helping each other is natural.
“Even so…………”
The range of the newly formed sacred land is only about 100 meters in radius. Just by walking a little, the surroundings become a desolate land, and the desolate scenery as far as the eye can see feels unspeakable loneliness.
(Is this scene just special for this time? Or is every world we go to from now on being ravaged by those Winged things…?)
In my past memories, this area was just an ordinary plain. There were roads laid out, carriages coming and going, magical beasts and adventurers to defeat them… a common and mundane scenery spread out.
But now there is nothing here. Only stones roll on the dry ground, and not a single grass grows; there is no sign of life’s activities. If you leave meat in a devastated area, it rots but doesn’t attract a single insect. Thinking about how abnormal that is, power builds up in my clenched fist.
“…Tia?”
Tia gently overlays her hand on mine like that. The gentle warmth loosens my rigid fist, and instead of anger, a soft touch fills my hand.
“There’s no point in thinking about what we don’t know yet. Let’s go home first?”
“…Yeah, that’s right.”
Our third journey has just begun. Hand in hand, Tia and I quietly return to the “White World,” being escorted away.
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