Evade The Hero and Flee!

Chapter 329

35. Flee from the Heroes (2)

All preparations are complete.

I have checked all the equipment and optimized my body accordingly. 

Exercising out of boredom after releasing Dharman turned out to be quite effective in quickly regaining my senses faster than expected.

It was fortunate that there were no smartphones or computers. 

If there were, I wouldn’t have exercised since I had nothing to do.

“Alright, the armor now.”

“Hmmm….”

I asked the metal bat for armor, but no action was taken.

“Don’t tell me you want to be active as a weapon?”

I had to admit that the metal bat had shown countless feats so far. 

Without the metal bat, I would have been caught by someone long ago.

But the opponent is the Demon King.

The Demon King that the metal bat’s abilities don’t work on at all!

The metal bat’s advantage is that even one hit causes unimaginable pain to the opponent, but for the Demon King, it can only deal a little physical damage. 

The only advantage is that it doesn’t break.

Weapons at that level could be easily found by rummaging through the dwarves’ warehouses.

“Sorry, but I plan on using the dwarf’s sword this time.”

No matter how long I’ve used the metal bat and have a unique feel for it, if it doesn’t work on the Demon King, it’s no different than an ordinary weapon.

That’s why I asked the metal bat to take the form of armor after a long time.

While there are many substitutes for weapons, there are no substitutes for armor.

“I know that, master.”

I sighed as the metal bat nodded lifelessly.

“Then why are you acting like that?”

The metal bat was the best weapon and the best armor.

It wasn’t just that offense is the best defense!

It was made of the best metals on earth and could freely transform according to the metal bat’s will.

Usually it moved automatically to intercept enemies when attacking, but conversely, when used as armor, it could automatically block attacks.

“That’s…”

“What’s that?”

The metal bat, who was glancing up at me, blushed as if embarrassed and shouted.

“I’m shy because I’ll be one with my master after so long….”

“You wanna get hit?”

“Ow!”

I stab the metal bat’s face with an iron claw.

“Master? That hurts!”

The metal bat, screaming in pain, protests to me.

“Does it hurt? I’m hurt a lot too.”

You may be physically hurt, but I’m mentally and emotionally hurt.

“How rude to the goddess!”

The metal bat waved her hand to deflect my iron claw, but I didn’t care.

“Please don’t waste time for useless reasons.” 

The Beresseryl Kingdom was about to make its move soon.

Even if they say they are cooperating with me, I can’t be late for useless stuff like this.

“Hmph… I was worried!”

“What were you worried about.”

I doubt this thing was worried about me…

“If my scary sisters find out that I’ve become one with my master, they’ll throw me into the furnace….” 

“Ow! It hurts!”

I increased the grip strength.

“I’m hurt too, right?”

I’ll say it again, the metal bat was made up of the best metals in the world.

No matter how soft it looks in human form, metal is metal.

The more I squeezed, the more my hands hurt too.

“Then stop!”

“You need to stop spouting bullshit. We don’t have time, remember?”

The fate of the world hangs on the large-scale operation being prepared outside, and I can’t delay the operation to listen to this girl’s bullshit, right?

“It’s not bullshit! They might really do that!”

I let out a small sigh at the metal bat’s words, still making excuses.

“Let me tell you the error in what you’re saying.”

“Error?”

“Yes. First of all, they don’t know you’re a goddess.”

No one would believe it even if this she, said she was a goddess. More people might believe it if she said she was an evil god, though.

Or do they already believe that?

“And second, whether you’re a goddess or not doesn’t matter to them.”  

“Really?”

“Yes. Goddess or not, one with me or not, the moment I get caught, they’ll throw you into Mount Stellos.”

“Huh?”

The metal bat, cocking her head for a moment, was startled and shouted.

“My master is only surrounded by those kinds of sisters!”

Sadly, the metal bat’s words were the reality.

Only those kinds of mentally deranged women were chasing me.

“I wonder why only crazy bitches keep coming after me….”

As I sighed looking up at the ceiling, the metal bat, who struggled out of the iron claw, was rubbing her face.

“White is bound to be stained by black, right? Since you’re so dark, everything around you turns dark.”

“That’s not it.”  

The metal bat’s words meant that because I was crazy, everything around me had gone crazy, but subjectively and objectively, the princess was originally a crazy bitch.

The elf and Sia were the same.

It wasn’t just my evaluation, everyone else’s evaluation matched as well, so I didn’t stain them, they just got stained.

“That can’t be….”  

I smiled at the metal bat looking at me doubtfully.

“Once more?”

I held up my hand and clenched and opened my fist to show the motion.

At that, the metal bat frowned and sighed, seeming to have given up everything, and changed into the form of armor.

– Master, if you keep doing this, I won’t block the Demon King’s attack at the crucial moment!  

“If you’re confident you can deal with the aftermath.”

– I can run away alone! How long have I lived with you!

So three years in a village school can fluently chatter bullshit, and living with a villain for decades teaches you to escape?

“Escaping isn’t something you learn in theory. You feel it with your soul.”

Escaping isn’t something anyone can do. 

Is there a legend that you get stronger if you escape for no reason?

Escaping was very difficult, and just knowing the theory didn’t make it possible.

“As an expert evaluation, you’ll either be caught by your sister and sealed, or thrown into Mount Stellos within two months.”

– ….

The metal bat shut his mouth at my prediction filled without an ounce of doubt.  

“Give it a try if you’re confident.”

– Sigh… Really….

The metal bat had more life ahead of her than me. 

I can live up to 40-50 years at most, but she’ll live until the world is completely destroyed.

“Who loses more?”

Death has always been something I was prepared for. 

From the moment I became a member of an evil organization, no, even before that. 

From the moment I saw the existing world crumbling in my previous life, I was prepared for death.

Everything came with a price. 

In my previous life and in this life, I wanted a more abundant life, so I fought to earn money by putting my life on the line.

Because I did not want death, I pursued maximum stability, and to avoid death I prepared as much as I could.  

But that was possible because I was prepared for death.

Those who do not think of their own death do not prepare like that.

Only those who know the fact that they will die prepare for before and after death.

– Master is really…

With that, the metal bat did not say anything more. 

But just from that one action, I was not so dull that I did not realize the metal bat had surrendered.

A moment of silence.  

Leaving the noisy Black Anvil tribe village, I approach the fortress walls filled with soldiers’ barracks.

“Oh, you came!”

A soldier who recognized me shouts and salutes.

Eyes gather around me.

Ignoring the soldiers who have stopped what they were doing and are looking at me.  

“Where is General Maberuff?”

Ignoring the soldier’s salute, I ask about the location of Count Maberuff.

“I’ll guide you there!”

“Thank you.”

He looked like a veteran soldier in his thirties, but his every action was like a new recruit.

…Is he a lively new recruit?

– With that face?

The metal bat, who had been silent for a long time, broke the silence and was so surprised by his face that was full of the traces of time.

– Originally, commoners get worn out from all the hardships and can look old in their 20s.  

– Still, that can’t be it! Isn’t it more convincing that the Demon King invaded so he was conscripted at an old age?

– That’s possible too. But commoners also receive basic military training. It’s not like anyone can become a soldier just by shoving a spear into their hands.  

No matter how easy spears are to use, basic training is a must.

So in cities, it was common to conscript relatively older men during winter when farm work stopped for basic military training.

Cities were good because they could train soldiers to use in emergency situations, and for farmers, it was good because although little, they could earn money during the winter when they had nothing else to do, so it was mutually beneficial.

– Still, that face…

– You shouldn’t judge so much based on someone’s face.  

My hair hasn’t been shaved yet. 

As long as I don’t go bald, there was still hope, so I told the metal bat to be careful.

– Master seems worse than me though?

Ignoring the metal bat’s words, I was able to arrive at Count Maberuff’s barracks, guided by the soldier who still had hope left.

“Please wait a moment.”

A knight guarding the entrance hurriedly went inside and came back out.

“I’ll guide you from here.”  

“Thank you.”

“Not at all!”

At the knight’s words, I thanked the soldier and followed the knight inside the barracks.  

“Did you wait long, Hectare?”

As I entered the larger and more pleasant than expected barracks, I met Count Maberuff who looked a bit tired.

“You look tired.”

“I’m the type who can’t sleep well the night before after making plans…”

“Will you be okay?”

He was still a person no matter if he was called a Sword Master.  

If fatigue piles up, it will inevitably affect combat.

“I’ll be fine. If anything, I tend to focus better in combat when I’m like this…”

“That is not a good habit.”  

“Ugh… I’ll try to correct it.”

It was possible because it was a small frontier country.  

There would have been hardly any combat, and even if there was, it would have mostly been short decisive battles against monsters.

The chances of his survival were high as he likely did not engage in prolonged combat like in total wars.  

Knowing that, Count Maberuff also nods at my words and says he will try.

“When will the preparations be complete?”

“Soon, all the soldiers will finish preparations and be on standby. But… Will you really be alright?”

Count Maberuff looked at me with a worried expression.  

“I’ll be fine.”

“Our opponent is the Demon King. And one evaluated as the strongest in history on top of that.”

“Still, I’ll be fine.” 

“There is no need to overexert yourself for us. Hectare, you have already done enough for the Kingdom of Beresseryl. What we have received so far is already a debt we can never repay but…”

“It was not just for the Kingdom Beresseryl. Everything was for the world…” 

“Hectare….”

I cut off his words and emphasized that I’m fighting the Demon King for the sake of the world. At that, Count Maberuff closed his mouth.

– Mister! You’re being deceived! Deceived by the words of the evil master!

– You’re just going to leave him be when he’s so moved?

While the metal bat noisily protested that Count Maberuff was being moved by such a fraud, Count Maberuff could not hear the metal bat’s words.

“It is an honor to be able to fight alongside heroes like Hectare.” 

“And I am honored to fight with excellent swordsmen like Count Maberuff.”

We recognize each other.  

It was possible after crossing swords several times already under the pretext of practice.  

Just thinking about how I had to use the swordsmanship learned from my master in my previous life for the first time in a long while, making my whole body scream in pain in order to prepare for this, still makes my teeth chatter, but that was all in the past already.  

“General! Preparations are complete!”

Both I and the Kingdom of Beresseryl were fully prepared.  

Soon the evil god army will invade, and the dwarven weapons will fire.

Usually, not all weapons were used simultaneously in case of enemy attacks, but this time was different.  

We open the gates and march out to defeat the Demon King.  

To open the path, all dwarven weapons will fire simultaneously.   

Kuuuuuuuuuwung!

An explosive roar like the world was crumbling down.  

At that signal, the gates open, and at the lead of me and Count Maberuff, the Beresseryl army rushes out of the gates.

“Huh?”

– Master? Something seems off…  

The evil god army that should have been blown away by the bombardment filled the area in front of my eyes.

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