Your inner struggle prevents you from using your full strength, knowing that the beloved in front of you has transformed into a monster.
You are gradually being pushed into a disadvantageous position by her.
At a crucial moment, you see Stheno and Euryale appear outside the perimeter of the abandoned temple.
They are worried about you and Medusa.
Despite the two women's harsh personalities, their inner sorrow cannot be concealed at this moment, no matter what.
How cruel it is for siblings to fight each other.
You see tears streaming down their faces, and for a moment, you grip the greatsword forged from the temple's foundation.
You cannot let Medusa harm her two older sisters.
There's no way to communicate with her.
Medusa's snake-like hair, as thick as a carriage, has attacked Moran's fangs an unknown number of times.
Her open, gaping maw is filled with sharp teeth.
"Medusa, I can't let you commit the sin of harming them, so at least I will stop you here—"
Moran's right arm muscles bulge with veins.
The creaking sound of his spine reaches its peak.
The myriad martial arts he once learned on the Argo flash back through his mind in an instant.
It was long before the great hero had even disembarked.
He had imparted all his martial arts knowledge to his junior disciple, Moran, and their understanding of martial skills was not far apart.
"Nine Lives!"
Moran swings his sword with a low growl.
This is a martial technique conceived by Heracles to slay the Hydra, and now it manifests in Moran's hands.
Dozens of giant purple-haired snakes roar and charge like waves.
They want to swallow Moran whole.
Squelch! Squelch! Squelch!
Before you are shattered pieces of flesh scattered on the ground.
Like an overturned bucket, crimson liquid spreads across the broken temple foundation.
It is the blood of the giant purple-haired serpents.
They were cut in half the moment they lunged.
You use the floating stones in the air as leverage to leap with astonishing speed.
The giant serpents blocking your path are sliced to pieces.
The light of her Mystic Eyes is canceled out by an equal radiance.
You appear to be a bane to demonic beings, proclaiming that you have rushed here to stop her.
Soon, the distance rapidly closes.
You disregard the purple blood splattered from the giant snakes.
Transforming into a black dot, you impact the demon beast goddess's chest like a bullet.
BOOM—!!
A tremendous tremor shakes the entire abandoned temple, and her towering figure stumbles backward.
You step onto Medusa's chest.
You grip the greatsword as if to fiercely slash down and take her head.
"Guh... Medusa...!"
Moran's vision blurs.
His resilient heart, like a chalk-white city wall, trembles abruptly.
As a hero, it is natural to slay calamities.
However, if you were to actually swing this sword, everything you have believed in your entire life would shatter.
Even a hero who has overcome numerous hardships, is now at a standstill.
Your mind seems to be reliving, recalling sweet nights that you have cherished countless times.
"Moran..."
You recall the face you saw upon waking countless nights and the gentle voices that echoed in your ears.
A softest part of your heart is touched.
The hand holding the sword falters.
[You seem to have heard your heroic self speak]
["Will you abandon your duty as a hero? Will you give up hunting monsters?"]
["Will you give up hunting her/it?"]
A single second felt like a century.
Under the moonlight, she, who offered him a gentle smile, was undoubtedly the most beautiful flower in the world.
This was something he could not have obtained normally.
This was a scene that could only be seen in this simulation.
He had gained love because of her.
He had been saved like that, even becoming a hero.
If he were to hunt down the her he wanted to save here, the entire meaning of this life would surely turn into nothingness.
Therefore, at least he wanted to preserve this truth in his heart until the very end.
His consciousness returned to reality, looking at her before him, who had become ugly with bloodstains.
'Medusa, even if you've become like this, I still—'
Moran confessed his true feelings in his heart.
He understood that even exchanging his life for it would only result in a ridiculous and absurd wish.
But he still wanted to protect that memory.
No matter what, he could never lay a hand on the woman he deeply loved.
ps: The author generally finishes simulations in about twenty chapters. I also have plans for the real-world plot, so don't worry too much.
The author originally intended to write six parts simulation and four parts reality, interweaving them. After all, some of the plots in the simulations are indeed worth writing about, in my opinion. I intended to write them in detail from the beginning.
Of course, there won't be a situation where the simulation chapters are too long.
The author will still control that aspect.
Chapter 21: Salvation, Farewell [Seeking flowers! Seeking monthly votes!]
[The demon's madness did not stop]
[It happened almost in an instant]
["Stop—Stop! Stop it—!"]
[Deep within the monster swallowed by demonic nature, a sliver of remaining reason cried out, wanting to stop its despicable and ugly self]
[To stop the hundreds of millions of fangs thrusting towards its beloved]
[However, she could not change anything]
[The giant purple-haired python lunged out like a gust of foul wind, its fangs and teeth piercing the resilient body]
[Your body exploded]
[The smell of blood, organs, and mixed substances invaded your brain through your nostrils, and strange, scarlet flowers bloomed in the air]
Thump—!
[Along with the splashing blood]
[The upper half of your body, from the chest down, fell to the ground]
[It rolled several meters on the ground like a tattered rag, its internal parts spilling out and scattering everywhere]
"Gulp—Ugh!"
[The profuse bleeding perfectly described the situation]
[Even if you wanted to take a breath, blood clots surged out of your mouth like a pump, and the concept of death relentlessly approached]
[Needless to say, even the most foolish]
[You knew that you were beyond saving]
"...Moran...I don't want to...no...no...how...how could this happen...why me...!"
[A trembling tone was squeezed from her throat]
[Her crimson eyes, eroded by darkness and madness, temporarily awakened due to absorbing additional primordial power]
[This man had his own blood]
[Absorbing his blood was equivalent to absorbing primordial essence]
[In the past, she suppressed the madness with her own power, diverting a portion of her ten-tenths strength to suppress the ever-increasing demonic nature. If she couldn't even suppress it with her full power, that would be when Medusa transformed into Gorgon]
[Now, she, who should have been in continuous madness]
[Happened to regain consciousness by devouring the extra primordial essence]
"...No...I actually...it's not...ah—ahhhh—no no, no...Waaahhhhh—!"
[Her snake hair was chewing on her beloved's flesh and blood]
[I can't believe how sweet and delicious this is, and for a moment I hated this demonic nature that originated from myself to the extreme.]
[Perhaps, she is the monster that should be vanquished.]
[How ironic, not wanting to kill the one I love.]
[In the end, I can only regain my sanity by devouring their flesh and blood, and once I recover, I will face the collapse of myself.]
"Ah..."
[You feel your body temperature dropping.]
[However, you hear a child-like wail in your ears.]
[Your chest feels like it's tearing and writhing.]
"...Ngh... Don't make that... expression..."
[You weakly force out this sentence.]
[Medusa's delicate body trembled involuntarily.]
[Sensing that you still had a trace of life force, she immediately rushed to your side.]
'Heh... The charm Medea gave me... Really... I've troubled her until the very end...'
Moran held the disc-shaped Noble Phantasm in his hand.
After withstanding Medusa's attack to the greatest extent, it maintained his life by the slimmest of margins.
"Don't move! I'll give you blood right now!"
Medusa shrank her body, intending to cut her wrist to draw blood.
However, she saw Moran shake his head.
A wave of sorrow surging from his chest pierced through his heart.
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