I Can’t Run Away From the Girl Who Saved Me

168 – Life (1)

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Alice and Sylvia, who had walked a long way from Ash in the middle of the night, glared at each other in silence.

Since the two had already crossed swords once before, there was no need for a reconnaissance war to determine each other’s capabilities.

There was no conversation between the two, only the sound of the cold night wind blowing, but inside their heads, they were both thinking the same thing.

If we fight now, Sylvia will lose.

“Tch,”

Sylvia clicked her tongue slightly.

Although he was an opponent who had once crushed me terribly, so much had changed since that last time.

Alice, who had been working as an Inquisitor while Sylvia was stuck in the forest, had already built up a power that was incomparable to the time when she had failed the interview for the warrior party.

Of course, her skills were not overwhelming Sylvia’s.

The swordsmanship they use is so different that it would be difficult to compare their skills one-on-one, but if we were to determine who has the upper hand in skill, Sylvia would be slightly ahead.

It was only natural, since the title of warrior was not easily obtained.

However, the decisive reason Alice lost in the last fight was not because of Sylvia’s skills, but because her body was protected by a curse.

‘You probably don’t plan on killing me before you catch the Demon King, but at least that sword… can kill me,’

Sylvia looked at the holy sword in Alice’s hand and thought.

A curse that does not allow any attack that would harm the body.

It was a curse created by the disgusting meticulousness of the Demon King, who demanded that those who died faithfully fulfill their role as hosts, in order to spread this curse widely, which would infect humans with madness through their eyes.

Thanks to this, Sylvia no longer needs to spare herself in fights against monsters.

However, the fact that its essence is a curse does not change.

If it was a holy sword that was sharply forged and no different from the claws of a goddess, it could not remove Sylvia’s curse, but it could at least break through the curse and pierce Sylvia’s abdomen.

Sylvia remembered the moment just a moment ago when Alice had held that sword to her throat.

Although not a drop of blood was shed, the tip of Alice’s sword had clearly lightly touched Sylvia’s neck.

It was obviously strange from the moment it was touched.

Because all the threatening blades that approached her body disappeared, leaving behind only pitch-black ash.

At that moment, if Alice had made up her mind, she could have easily cut off Sylvia’s head.

‘On the other hand, I can’t kill that b*tch…’

Alice was a monster who could recover her body even if she was crushed to a shapeless lump of meat.

Alice and Sylvia, although under different conditions, both had immortality that made them immune to death, but Sylvia’s was destroyed first.

In contrast, Alice’s immortality was still intact.

That damn heart was a time bomb that could burn her body at any moment, but at the same time, it was also the strongest shield that would never kill its owner until it exploded.

“I won’t kill you.”

After a long silence, it was Alice who spoke first.

Alice continued, slowly raising her sword.

“We’ll cut you down to the point of death, tear off all your limbs, and then reattach them.”

Sylvia glared at Alice’s provocation.

“I will crush your brain and carve out your hopeless love.”

“Let’s start quickly because I’m worried about Ash being alone.”

The sound of sharp metal clashing echoed as a leap of almost teleportation occurred.

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The swords of the two men clashed in all directions.

All the grass and branches around were cut down and scattered on the ground.

They tried to make each other stumble by stepping on pieces of wood that had fallen on the ground, but it was no use, as Sylvia broke everything she tripped on, and Alice dodged everything.

Of the two people who had been fighting for a long time, Sylvia was the first to back down.

Sylvia’s body, which took a large step backwards and took a moment to catch her breath, was covered in blood from numerous wounds.

“shit,”

In reality, Sylvia ended up cutting a lot more.

One time, he even cut off Alice’s arm.

But it was no use.

Even though the heavy blade cuts through Alice’s bones and flesh, the blade reattaches itself as soon as it leaves her body.

On the other hand, Sylvia steadily accumulated numerous damages on her body.

There was nothing that could be called a fatal wound, but it was true that evasion was gradually delayed.

“I’ve lived with a curse for too long…”

Sylvia chuckled, making self-deprecating remarks.

Having been protected by the curse for the past few years, it was inevitable that I would neglect evasion out of habit.

Alice said, slowly turning the wrist holding the sword.

“I guess so. They say the Holy Sword can’t cut innocent people, but seeing as you’re so good at it, that means you’re already no different from a curse itself.”

“…”

“How would I feel if I had to take Ash away from you like that?”

“Stolen? Ash was never yours?”

“…”

Alice grimaced, ground her teeth, and spat bloody saliva on the floor.

It seemed like Sylvia’s provocation just now worked quite well.

Sylvia smiled at the sight.

“What’s the use of all this? After all, it’s me that Ash loves.”

“… shut up.”

“What are you going to achieve by beating me? A mental victory? By making me immobile, you’re going to confess to Ash or something?”

“I told you to shut up.”

“You know what kind of kid Ash is. Do you think that kind kid would accept your confession over me?”

“You don’t understand what I’m saying. You should cut off those useless ears.”

“Go ahead, you loser who hides and mastu*batess.”

“You son of a b*tch!”

As soon as Sylvia finished speaking, she raised her sword and took a defensive stance.

As expected, Alice jumped into Sylvia’s sight in an instant.

A heart boiling with anger at such a low-level provocation.

Wow, what an easy opponent.

Sylvia laughed at Alice for falling for the provocation, her sword curled around her body to protect the side, and she secretly cheered.

It was almost laughable that Alice was so confident in saying that she would attack my ears.

You only have to block it once.

If you block it just once, you can entangle the swords and drive them into Alice’s chest in the center of her body.

To begin with, Sylvia’s sword was much longer and heavier than Alice’s holy sword, so it could have easily split Alice’s body in half.

No matter how fast the recovery is, it is enough to determine victory or defeat.

Even Alice would not be able to make any excuses if she suffered such a humiliating defeat under such favorable conditions.

‘Coming.’

The moment Alice’s sword swung, Sylvia prepared to counterattack.

However, Alice’s sword did not fly towards her side.

Rather, right in the middle,

He came straight towards Sylvia’s abdomen.

“ah!”

Sylvia let out a single scream mixed with a sigh.

Damn, this is a hit.

It is unavoidable.

Alice, you wicked b*tch.

You pretended to fall for the provocation and then went straight for the stomach!

Sylvia gritted her teeth and braced herself for the coming shock.

Bam,

“uh…?”

“what?”

However, Alice’s sword failed to pierce Sylvia’s abdomen.

The black light that was being thrust at a terrifying speed simply poked Sylvia’s abdomen with a loud sound.

Alice and Sylvia were both dumbfounded and dumbfounded by the sudden, outrageous phenomenon.

Sylvia, who came to her senses first, pushed Alice away with her foot and rolled backwards.

Alice also rolled backwards, regained her balance, and looked at Sylvia.

“What? What did you do?”

“…Why did you stop attacking?”

“I?”

“…?”

The two realized that their conversation was not meshing.

It wasn’t Sylvia who stopped it.

Alice didn’t stop either.

So then what on earth is going on?

Sylvia looked around in surprise.

I thought that maybe Ash had seen this sight and stopped the two from fighting.

However, Ash was nowhere to be seen.

“… ah,”

At that moment, Alice realized something and dropped the holy sword with a dumbfounded sound.

“Ahhh… no. No way…”

It wasn’t just the sword that was dropped.

Alice slowly knelt down on the floor.

“What… What are your intentions?”

Sylvia lowered her stance and aimed her sword at Alice.

In her eyes, Alice’s current appearance was clearly strange.

“No… no, no no no. No. No… no.”

Alice was kneeling on the floor, staring blankly at Sylvia, mumbling “no” like a crazy person.

Sylvia was confused and had no idea what was happening.

Is now that moment?

Her heart explodes?

Alice dies?

Sylvia slowly approached Alice.

“…What are you doing, you crazy b*tch? Explain.”

“Ha… ah, ahahahaha!”

This time, Sylvia was startled by Alice’s laughing like a crazy person and aimed her sword at her.

Sylvia crouched down from the unexpected power of the explosion and glared at Alice.

Alice looked at Sylvia like that and laughed like crazy, then slowly took a deep breath and lowered her head.

“… Ha, hahaha… Don’t be scared, you idiot. You’re not dying right now.”

“What is it? Why are you having a seizure all of a sudden?”

“… Ha, shit… hahaha”

“Stop laughing and explain!”

Alice reached out to Sylvia without saying a word.

In an instant, the wounds that had filled Sylvia’s body completely disappeared.

Sylvia looked down at Alice with an even more puzzled expression.

“… The holy sword cannot cut down the innocent.”

“what?”

“It is said that only those who are not evil, such as demons or undead, or terrible sinners, can be killed.”

Sylvia nodded.

The Holy Sword, the only sword that could cut Sylvia, who was protected by the curse, was ironically the only thing that could cut Sylvia because she was tainted by the curse.

A holy relic that was originally a saint’s staff and was transformed into a sword for Alice.

Rather than a weapon, it was a sacred fire that only burned those who went against the will of the Goddess, and it was closer to the Goddess’ claws aimed at evil.

“What is that?”

“You fucking idiot, don’t you understand?”

“What, I’m innocent? You’ve been cutting me well until now, what the hell are you talking about? You said I can cut because I’m under a curse, but cutting is okay, but stabbing isn’t?”

“Roll your head around, you fucking b*tch.”

“… ah,”

“…”

“Ahhh… ahhh!”

Sylvia dropped her sword like Alice, with a cry of joy.

She too, although a little late, came to the same realization as Alice.

“Ah… ah, I see…”

conceive.

The Holy Sword cannot attack Sylvia’s ship.

“Ah… ah! I see…! That’s what it was!”

“…Fuck,”

“Ahhh! Ugh,”

“Fuck, fucking shit!”

Alice, who had been listening to Sylvia’s cheers and trembling body, fell to the floor with a face filled with anger and despair and pounded the ground madly.

He pounded like crazy, his fists bulging and blood spurting out, until his own hands were breaking faster than he could recover.

He clutched his head and repeatedly banged his forehead on the floor, as if trying to forget the pain in his heart with the pain in his body.

But Sylvia didn’t pay any attention to Alice and just hugged her whole body with an ecstatic expression.

Sylvia’s two hands, which had been caressing her arms, cheeks, waist, and shoulders in sequence with their seductive touches, slowly approached her abdomen.

Sylvia muttered, fondling her firm stomach.

“My child…”

“…”

“Ash and my child! In my belly!”

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