Chapter 819: The Last (52)
Seemingly embracing everything, the warm light comforted those who were tired of the battle.
I had been through many wars and miracles, but moments like these always made my heart race. The playboy Cannon, who had just been spending time cursing, was also staring at the sky blankly.
The radiance brightly illuminated the dark sky where nothing could be seen.
It was okay if that wasn’t a miracle. It was okay if it was just a show.
Just providing brilliance to the continent was enough. The situation was bad enough to even think like that.
“Did the Son of Light… not abandon the continent? He…”
“There’s no way he would abandon the continent. Haha. Isn’t it obvious? Who else in the world loves the continent more than he does?”
“Aren’t you too confident for someone who was cursing just before, Cannon?”
“Yeah. Well, why are you talking about something like that? I just thought I didn’t have any luck. Now that I’m retired, I’ve been trying to live in peace, but who knew that things would go wrong the day I came to see the capital? Alex, weren’t you thinking the same thing? You were the one who said that fighting for a living is tiresome now. It was you who persuaded us to retire together.”
“…”
“Anyway, George, you’re out of luck if you hang out with him. Why visit the capital when the situation is like this? Looking at the bad timing, who wouldn’t label you as a third-rate gambler? You say something too, Alex.”
“No, I…”
“What?”
“I feel rather fortunate, Cannon.”
“What?”
“Maybe we’re lucky to be here.”
“Crazy bastard. You’re a war addict, Alex. You’d better go to a temple or a mental hospital before it gets worse. If you don’t want to go alone, then I can…”
“It’s not that.”
I wasn’t sure exactly how to explain it, but it certainly wasn’t about addiction. Rather than being able to fight, I felt fortunate to be able to just be here together with them.
It wasn’t a battle with great meaning like for the country, ideals, or future generations.
We were the kind of people who lived by the flow since we liked conformity without resistance.
Every time I stood at a turning point, whenever there was a big crisis, I was called up to take up arms, but… this time, I felt something different.
Without realizing it, I looked up.
Oscar was holding the sacred spear. The dragon and the Son of Light were also there, surrounded by light.
A roar resonated as the huge reptile raised its head to the skies. I felt like their vision that was about to devour the State was giving us a hand.
When I saw Oscar standing on the railing and holding a weapon, I felt something tingling and resonating on my back.
She looked different than usual. She wasn’t as elegant and organized as she had always been.
Rather, she looked just like us. Wounded, broken, exhausted, soft…
However, she was strong. She made sure to rise again every time she fell.
I couldn’t see her eyes properly due to the distance, but there was a spark in them that was visible despite how far I was.
We were witnessing the birth of a hero, the story of a human taking off her skin and growing on her own. She wasn’t the leader of the fallen continent but simply a common human who led the battlefield.
“I’m glad I came here.”
“Crazy bastard. Alex, you crazy bastard! Say something to him, George!”
“Doesn’t she look cool?”
“Damn it. I’m the only sane person here. Sh*t! I’m an idiot for hanging out with the two of you. I’m an idiot…”
A loud voice burst out with the gigantic light.
“I will not be broken!”
“…”
“I will neither run nor hide! Even if I am destroyed, I will rise again and spark the flames of struggle and resistance! People of the State! Our comrades who have settled here and live! I… I was afraid of losing you all, but I also feared that I might be acting against the Son of Light’s will. I’m not different from you. I am no different from you all who are resisting against our enemies.”
“…”
“I didn’t realize what I was fighting. I didn’t even understand why I had to fight. I was an ordinary human, no different from you, and I was afraid of change.”
“…”
“But I raised my sword and the flag of struggle. I raised my sword, even though I didn’t fully understand the meaning and philosophy of the thoughts left behind by the Son of Light and the Goddess of Light.”
“…”
“It’s because I was vaguely aware that they’re right. It was because I felt in my heart that you and I are the same, that I am no different from others, and that it’s only right to move forward together.”
“…”
“It was because I knew that even if I fail and fall, for as long as the people come together, we will eventually be on the right path.”
“Oscar…”
“Many sacrifices have been made!”
“Daughter of the Revolution.”
“So much blood had to be shed to create a State where we can share our will. We had to make so many sacrifices. Despite that, we couldn’t create the nation that we wanted. However! However! I don’t think it’s a failure!”
“…”
“I don’t think we’ve failed! That was a process! Failure and change must also have been a step towards the right path! It must have been the process of finding the answer! I may not realize what the right way is. I, whom you call your leader, may not know what it is until the last minute of my life. But we will find out. Express what you feel in your heart, and one day you will surely be able to make it happen!”
“…”
“I do not doubt that the sacrifices on this earth will become the foundation for a great cause, just as those who died before became the foundation for the present State!”
—The lowly handmaiden is wearing a king’s mask! Look at that traitor!
“I am not a traitor! I am neither lowly nor defiled!”
—The imperial princess and the lowly maid are crazy and deny their roots!
“I said I am not lowly! There is nothing in the world that is lowly. Now I can say it proudly with my own voice.”
—You!!
“We will fight nonstop to deny you, ghosts! I will fight to the end, even if I have to do so until my arms and legs are crushed! For a better country! For the sacrifice and blood to make this country! For me! For ourselves! For the continent! We will fight!”
“…”
“Revolution, believe that we will fight and win! Raise your sword and flag!”
“…”
“Revolution! My comrades!”
It was then that an unknown voice was heard.
Boom! Boom!
—Revolution!! Comrades!!
“Ha… haha…”
I looked around me without noticing.
“What am I supposed to say about this… Hey, George. Am I dreaming right now?”
Boom! Boom! Boom!
—Revolution! Comrades!! Our brothers!!
“Awesome… amazing. To think that I would see something like this.”
Boom! Boom! Boom!
— Revolutionize and fight! Raise the flag of victory!!
“Ha… hahahaha, hahahaha! Who would think that we could be fighting with them? To be able to stand on the battlefield with them! Hahaha! You’re right, Alex! You were right!”
“I recommend going to the temple, Cannon. You’re addicted to war.”
“Hahahahahahahahaha!! We are at the heart of history!”
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
—Revolution! Comrades!! Let’s raise the sword of struggle!!
“Did Oscar… know?”
I saw souls slowly raising their bodies from the side.
They were raising their swords and raising their flags high as if in response to her words.
The comrades pointed their swords at the ghosts and stood up as if they were about to charge in. The giant dragon roared as they pounded their feet.
Boom! Boom!
It felt like it was resonating in my heart.
Did the daughter of the revolution know that things would turn out like this? Had she known that the souls who sacrificed themselves would rise and raise their banners flag once more?
I looked up at her, but I still couldn’t figure it out.
All I could see was her holding the seal and shedding tears.
She gazed at the State’s scenery as if she had lost her words.
It was as if she couldn’t hold back her tears. She continued to weep, seemingly no longer needing to hide her real identity.
—Revolution! For the daughter of the revolution! For the future of the State!!
“I will lead! Sniff… always! Always! I will lead the way for you! My comrades! I will never waste… sniff… the sacrifice of those who have already shed blood!”
I raised my sword
“My dear comrades!”
She climbed the griffon. At the boiling uplifting feeling, I involuntarily began to shout out loud.
George, whom I didn’t know the thoughts of, was smiling quietly while Cannon was screaming.
Seemingly brainwashed, she constantly shouted.
“Revolution! Revolutionize!!”
—Raise the flag!
“Let’s fight! For the State! For our country! Let’s fight!”
—Stand up with your sword!
“Revolution! Revolution! Hahahaha! Revolutionize!!”
When the State leader finally stood before them, the souls began to clash with their weapons.
It would have been a sight that adorned the pages of history, no, a myth.
* * *
-Vice Guild Master…
“What.”
- How do you…
“How would I know… no…”
-…
“They say that the daughter of the revolution has awakened herself, Warrior with the Holy Spear. Do not doubt the meaning of the light.”
-Crazy bastard…