Regressor Instruction Manual (PART 5)

Chapter 864: The Last (97)

Their clash looked like a mythical war that would eventually decide the world's fate.

Rather than fighting for their beliefs, it looked more like a battle between opponents who had been pushed to the limit. But the sight I saw was more sublime; it gave me an indescribable feeling.

Everyone was probably thinking that way.

Some were even left breathless as they looked up at the sky.

The people cheered for the Sunset Swordsman, and priests offered prayers. The streets just kept getting more and more crowded.

-It's not just you. I can be complete too. I will take the Son of Light's soul and make it mine. I will then be reborn as neither he nor me. I know I'm not enough, but the new being will be different. With him, you'll truly be complete.

-...

-You will have no choice but to acknowledge me. In the end, you will understand that I was right all along.

When the Son of Light finally appeared, only one voice echoed across the battlefield, its owner quietly looking up at the sky.

"Hyung..."

His appearance was horrifying.

The red demon that had insulted the Honorary Cardinal's corpse and tried to take his soul was far more brutal, malevolent, and bizarre than any enemy the continent had ever faced, so much that it made me feel a previously unknown fear.

I actually felt fortunate that I wasn't there.

"Son of Light..."

"Please, God, if our voices can reach you, save the Son of Light and the Sunset Swordsman."

"Please... please... I know that we don't have the right to say these things since we couldn't protect the Son of Light, but I pray shamelessly once again for you to give them another chance."

"Please save the Son of Light. Oh, God. We can't let him be sacrificed again. He already gave up his whole life for the continent."

"Oh, Benignore..."

"Oh, Elune. Give them power. Please..."

Voices were coming from all over my vicinity. They gathered at the temple and offered the deepest and most heartfelt prayers they could, even here, at the southernmost part of the continent.

Next to me, I saw a familiar face. His hands were clasped tightly together as well.

He was mixed among the others and doing the same thing they were doing, but the way he bit his lower lip made him look more serious than anyone else here.

"Please don't let anything happen to him... Please..."

"..."

"..."

In the end, I had no choice but to speak to him. I couldn't just stand and watch him silently.

"Are you okay, Raphael?"

"..."

"Yes, Marien. I'm okay."

"You're worried after all, aren't you?"

The hero of the Holy Sword didn't answer. However, the slight nod of his head caught my eye.

How could he not be worried? More than anyone else, Raphael had followed the Son of Light, the Honorary Cardinal.

"There's no way he'd be okay," Lee Joo-hyuk, a member of the same party, replied in his stead.

"Joo-hyuk."