I Became the Villain of a Romance Fantasy

159 – Hard work never betrays (3)

“Ugh…!”

Orcus drooled at Elena’s magic hitting him. I rolled over and avoided him, but the aftermath alone is so powerful. He couldn’t re-open the distance he had narrowed down, so he ran towards Elena again.

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He tried to hit and dodge the incoming attack, but it was impossible not to be hit at all.

Helena’s mana management was literally phenomenal, and dozens of spears of light with as much power as the spears of flame that Orcus first created flew from behind her.

It’s a day to get your clothes wet even in drizzle, but how can you be in the rain like this?

I tried to face it as much as I could, but the limit came quickly. It was almost impossible to dodge all the spears flying towards him, as if he couldn’t run through the rain.

The power was not normal power, so even though he was protecting his body with divine power and magical power, the continuous series of attacks was burdensome even for him. I felt like I was about to lose my mind and fly backwards at any moment, but I kept my distance by holding on to my spirit.

If it was the old Orcus, he might have given up at this point, but now he’s holding on.

Maybe it’s because he’s gotten used to being beaten through training with Noel, or maybe he’s forcibly holding on because he doesn’t want to fall yet. Maybe it could be both reasons. However, the most important thing to him now was the fact that he had changed differently from the past.

‘Of course I knew it would turn out like this, but…’

Orcus swallowed and headed forward.

In the first place, it was Elena who showed Orcus how to use taijutsu in a battle against a mage. It wasn’t something of modest skill, but a high level of taijutsu that even her knights would admire.

It never occurred to her that she would be pushed into a hand-to-hand battle with herself after only a few days of her training. I had hoped for the slightest possibility, but as expected, expectations made through clear information do not go wrong.

I did it because it seemed possible to go to a hand-to-hand combat, but in fact, it was the same as facing Elena with magic.

Look at his situation now. Her first somehow rushed at her, trying to draw her into a duel with her hand-to-hand combat, but she was quickly overthrown and pushed back by her magic, forcing her to distance herself. He even used his divinity to gain resilience and steadfastness that others couldn’t get, but it only took a moment for him to collapse.

Orcus felt at a loss as the situation turned out as he expected.

Originally, things went as expected was a favorite phrase for people like Orcus. Yes, if things go as expected, it means that things will proceed as Orcus thought before, and you can respond with the plan you have set up accordingly.

But for now, I’m hoping that won’t happen.

The fact that things were going as Orcus expected now meant that defeat was certain.

‘Still, I don’t want to collapse like this.’

He knew from the start that it would be about hitting rocks with eggs, so he didn’t feel much loss, but he didn’t want to give up like before.

He still doesn’t see a way to do it, but he doesn’t think he’s foolish anymore for running forward. He is proud of himself for holding out until the end in the barrage of magical energy that seems to let go of his mind.

You may think of it as narcissism, but for Orcus, it was a clear growth.

Orcus was afraid of losing now.

He said that it was unavoidable to take a step back and masturbate on his own. My opponent is stronger than me. Confronting it is simply futile. Take it all away I haven’t fallen yet and I haven’t given up.

She had never been angry with herself before, but now she is. Why did she live the life she was so accustomed to giving up. That was the cause of the anger.

Curiously, when she gets angry with herself, her heart doesn’t heat up in her head, but her heart. It seems that it is not a vase that is not cramped for her, but rather, it feels like her strength is welling up. She has an uncanny confidence that now she can do things she never did before.

“「Blink」”

In an instant, it got out of its seat and rose into the air, but the spear of light immediately turned its orbit in the direction of Orcus, as if it were tracking him. I made up my mind not to open the distance anymore, but I did open the distance myself, but it doesn’t matter. Now it will decrease again

Orcus saw the center of the spears flying towards him. There, with a flick of her hand, Elena was controlling the spears that fooled her. After confirming that he and Elena were on a straight line, Orcus raised his mana and deployed his spell.

Then the sun became two in the sky.

To be precise, the spherical fire barrier centered on Orcus is burning. A haze that distorted vision or a hot blast of wind radiating out around it made it appear to be the sun. In fact, it is not enough to call it that because the venue, which was actually cool, has been changed to that of a midsummer day.

Orcus, who became the sun, fell toward Elena on the ground.

The spears of light that were heading toward Orcus were swallowed up by the sun and lost their light, and the sun was able to reach Elena in its complete state.

It was a sun that seemed to burn everything on the ground, but this was also a miracle made by magic.

When Elena reached out her hand to the sun descending on her, it vanished like an illusion that never existed.

To others, it may seem that the blow of conversion was destroyed in vain, but to Orcus, it was just what he expected. What he wanted from the beginning was to get close to Elena, so it came true.

In the hand of Orcus, who appeared from the vanished sun, he held a golden staff emitting divine power that he had never seen before. It was not a hidden secret weapon. It was in his hand without even knowing Orcus. It’s just embarrassing for him.

It was a cane held in his hand without knowing the language, but Orcus instinctively seemed to know how to use it.

As he realizes that the heat burning his chest is his divinity, the staff draws it out. The staff, which resonated with Orcus’ divinity, amplified it several times and sent it out to the world. The power of the sun, created by divinity rather than magic, manifests in his hand.

He felt an indescribable sense of omnipotence from the sudden surge of mighty power, but soon he cleared his mind, saying that it was just his feeling. In any case, Orcus had a hunch that this attack would be the last.

He brandished her wand at Elena and shouted to himself with all her might.

“Let’s do it all the way!!”

***

Elena couldn’t help but marvel at the appearance of Orcus’ staff wielding it. Originally, it wasn’t something he would be holding in his hand now.

The manifestation of the Holy Relic.

No matter how much Orcus was a direct descendant of the noble imperial family, that god’s item called Regalia was something that could not be handled carelessly. That was something that only qualified people could handle, so the fact that it appeared in Orcus’ hand now meant that he had met the minimum qualifications.

It’s a sacred object that he will deal with someday in the future, but its appearance was so early that it was beyond Elena’s expectations.

‘That would mean that Orcus has grown…’

Should I say that I grew up early? In the past, it was always after ascending to the throne that Orcus was able to handle sacred objects, so it seems that Orcus, who is now attacking himself, has reached that level of mental growth.

He was an Orcus who always blamed himself for growing slower than others, but in the end, what he lacked was a fighting spirit that did not want to lose. Elena happily accepted Orcus’ growth. Even though the situation is like this, it is definitely something to celebrate that a friend has grown a step.

Everyone, including Damian, shows an explosive image unlike before at this Holy Spirit Festival.

Looking at these figures, she wonders if she knows what will happen in this Holy Ghost Festival, but she knows that is impossible.

Elena caught the wand swinging at her with her starlit hand.

The power contained in her cane and the attack using it were powerful, but there was still a gap between Orcus and her before this could reach Elena. It was a gap so deep that it could not be filled even with the appearance of the sacred object.

“It was great.”

Elena let out an exclamation that no one would hear in the frozen time, where only she could move, and put Orcus down to the ground with her staff.