Chapter 665
The Titan had fallen. And in that single breath, a part of Diane wasn’t just destroyed—it was erased.
I knew that attacking that creature with anything other than a holy relic was pointless. That was why, in the original story, only Ellen and Ludwig had been able to face it in the end. The others had to leave the dragon to them and focus on exterminating the other monsters. No one else could even land a blow on it.
In that timeline, Ellen didn’t have the Cloak of the Sun, and Lament had not yet transformed into the Void Sword. In the end, no one was able to stand against it. Ludwig was forced to summon an avatar using Alsbringer, and perished alongside the dragon.
However, the situation we were in was vastly different from the original, and those changes offered new possibilities. Ellen’s Lament had transformed, and she had acquired the Cloak of the Sun—circumstances that did not exist in the original.
I hoped that, because of these changes, we might be able to handle the void dragon differently this time. Perhaps we might face this final challenge without relying on Alsbringer.
In the end, it seemed that hope was foolish. The moment I witnessed a part of the army being obliterated by a single breath from the dragon, any thoughts of alternative solutions vanished.
We could fight. Surely, Ellen and I could take on that beast. But even if we could defeat it without Alsbringer, nothing would be left over afterward.
Grrrr!
The violence it demonstrated was overwhelming.
A Dragon from the Otherworld... This was the final absurdity I had to confront. I was trapped by the chaos I had unleashed, and had to pay the price. The course of action had been clear from the beginning: I had to use Alsbringer on this battlefield, to slay this final beast. From the moment Alsbringer had been placed in my hand, it had been my destiny.
I needed to act quickly. Questions swirled in my mind, but there was no time to dwell on them. If something had to be done, it had to be done promptly—just like always. The only difference now was that this task would be my last.
Everything I had done to survive, to stave off death, seemed to vanish as the end finally approached. Now that the violence I had only written about became a stark reality before my eyes, all other thoughts faded away.