Roaring Heroes Battle the Overlord (Ainz)

Chapter 108: The Memorial

The factory building, made of brick and stone, had cracked floor tiles, and the beams in the ceiling creaked and groaned. The cracks in the walls spread like a spider's web. After enduring a 7th Tier magic circle and EeDeChi's foot shattering the earth's surface, the entire structure was on the verge of collapse.

Barrett carefully untied Sean and Stella from the chains that still hung over the molten iron, unwinding the thick metal links that bound them.

The two were still trembling from fear, just inches away from falling into the 1500-degree molten iron. The experience had been horrifying, especially for Stella Famillion. Half of her beautiful long hair had been burned away, the scorched strands curling in tight, dark spirals. But to be alive was a miracle. She and Sean clung to each other tightly, tears streaming down their faces.

EeDeChi surveyed the ground, where more than ten bodies lay, victims of brutal violence. The corpses were beyond recognition, their bodies battered beyond belief by fatal blows. EeDeChi looked down at her own hands, the joints stained with blood, now dried and caked on. Of course, none of the blood was hers.

For a moment, EeDeChi felt a wave of dizziness. Had she done all this? The bodies, the blood dripping from her fingertips... was she responsible for it? The reason she hadn't killed Odys earlier, letting him die while spewing his last words, was that she realized she'd destroyed so many lives. For a moment, she couldn't bring herself to finish the job.

Barrett walked up to her and snapped his fingers in front of her face with a sharp "pop."

"What's on your mind?" he asked.

EeDeChi jolted back to reality. She quickly asked, "A mirror! Do you have a mirror?"

"A mirror? Why do you need one?" Barrett asked, puzzled, but still pulled a small round mirror from his spatial ring and handed it to her.

EeDeChi activated her Innate Talent and looked into the mirror at her own face. In the reflection, the number above her head, which represented her Justice Value, was still 250, unchanged.

EeDeChi lowered the mirror and let out a sigh of relief. "Good, I'm still 250."

Barrett hoisted the body of Odys Malcon Waverly and tossed it into the molten iron, to prevent the Waverly family from using 5th Tier Divine Magic to resurrect him. Odys's body burned fiercely in the molten iron, quickly reducing to nothing but ashes.

EeDeChi searched through the dirt, retrieving her golden fountain pen, copper seal, giant sword, and spatial ring. She slipped the spatial ring on her finger and strapped the giant sword to her back. Sean helped Stella to her feet, and the four adventurers made their way out of the crumbling factory.

Barrett glanced back at the building. He had been about to ask EeDeChi to set it on fire using magic—after all, she had burned down a brothel once—but seeing the weight of worry on the captain's face, he decided against it. Instead, he took out a fire magic scroll, tossing it into the factory.

The fire scroll, "Fury of the Fire God," was a high-level item he had painstakingly obtained from an alchemist after much searching. It had cost him 40 gold coins, but it was well worth the price.

As the alchemical seal on the fire element was released, the flames erupted like a swarm of frenzied fireflies scattering in every direction. Soon, the entire factory was engulfed in roaring flames. The fire surged, and the wooden beams, the ceramic roof tiles, and the walls all collapsed in a deafening crash.

...

Two days later.

The Last Defender of the Way adventuring team arrived at an old house. Barrett stepped forward and knocked on the door. After an unsettling silence, the faint sound of footsteps echoed from behind the door.