I Obtained the Final Boss' Power

Liberation (4)

Black smoke began to rise from Shalio, who was hanging by the neck.

At the sudden, strange phenomenon, Silia immediately raised the Bloodline and stood ready.

She could sense an unusual energy coming from the black smoke.

"What on earth is that...?"

[Child. That's it. I can feel a gaze looking at us from right there!]

[Something is watching us through that!]

Mirianne and Frederick, imbued within the Bloodline, were also extremely on guard.

If even those called Heroes were wary, it was evidence that it was no ordinary being.

In that instant, the look in Shalio's eyes, who had died from strangulation, began to glow red.

He'd had an immortal body that couldn't die from the beginning, but the return of the look in his eyes felt unnatural.

[Child. Hurry, block those eyes!]

[Quickly!]

Silia didn't know what it was about, but she did as she was told by the two.

They would never say something for nothing.

So, by instinct, she cut the rope wrapped around Shalio's neck.

Right then, she smashed Shalio's face to the ground, making sure he could not open his eyes.

"Quicker than I expected..."

At that moment, Shalio opened his mouth.

Just moments ago, the guy had been writhing in agony with a tormented voice, but now suddenly became calm.

The unnatural sight made it seem as if someone had taken possession of him.

"Since it's an immortal body containing Duramon's strength, I had some expectations. But indeed, it's still nothing more than a half-baked body."

"Who are you?"

Silia, realizing this was not Shalio, warily asked.

But the one now imbued in Shalio smiled and said,

"Hohoho. As expected of a Hero's descendant. You're more perceptive than you look."

Even the voice was not Shalio's.

The presence within Shalio continued to emanate a menacing energy.

"Is this where you all live? In that case..."

Swssh!―

At that moment, the Bloodline blade moved on its own and cut through Shalio's neck.

The moment Shalio's head fell off, the voice was cut off as well.

"What are you two suddenly doing?"

To Silia's question, they replied, still sensing the ominousness of the event.

[Sorry for acting so suddenly.]

[But it was so foreboding, we had no choice.]

If they were saying that much, it had to mean that what happened was truly ominous.

Though there were many questions, those two also knew what needed to be done next.

[Come to think of it, wasn't the reason this guy gained an immortal body that he took a medicine containing the great devil's demonic power?]

[That's right. I heard that's a side effect.]

[I see. So that's why this happened now!]

"What do you mean by that?"

When Silia asked, Mirianne explained.

[Listen carefully. The great devil's lingering thought can always possess bodies like theirs. What you just witnessed is a sign of that.]

[They accepted the great devil's demonic power and gained immortal bodies. That means the great devil covets such bodies.]

Because of that, at any time, beings like the great devil could possess those bodies—just like before.

[We've suppressed the immediate danger by cutting the head off, but we can't leave them here any longer.]

[They must be taken—to the furthest place from this empire.]

Having such a body meant they were nothing short of a ticking time bomb.

If left here, a great devil might take over their body and all hell could break loose.

Silia immediately delivered the message to Louis.

Having received the information, Louis thought about where to dump these people.

"For now, we should cover their eyes, right?"

"It would be bad if the location is exposed."

Victor's Simon wrapped their eyes with a blindfold.

Meanwhile, Pram raised a question.

"Is it really necessary to send them so far? Isn't there a way to chop up the body and confine the pieces separately?"

No matter how many times they revive, even if someone possesses them, they'd never be able to act.

Hearing that suggestion, Silia clicked her tongue.

"You've got a surprisingly dark side, too."

But then she shook her head.

"But unfortunately, that's not enough. What if the devils possessing them figure out this place's location?"

"Would they come here just because they know the location?"

"We can't definitively say they wouldn't."

Silia pointed at Pram.

"There's a new World Tree here, right?"

"Oh..."

It was not yet known that Pram had become the new World Tree.

Naturally, devils and demonkin had no way of knowing.

In the end, it meant Pram would have to live out her life hiding her identity.

"If they were to learn your true nature, this village would turn into a battlefield. There's a reason we haven't made it public that the World Tree fell."

If these immortals stayed here any longer, the secret might be exposed.

So they had to be sent somewhere out of sight.

"Then where would be appropriate?"

"There's a place that suits them perfectly. Everyone here knows it well."

No need to think long.

To her summons, a carriage appeared at the village's entrance.

Before loading the unconscious, bound ones onto the carriage, Silia left a mark on their bodies.

It was a stigma familiar to the special task force—the 7th Legion's stigma.

"Haven't seen this in a long time."

Louis and the unit members suddenly recalled the past.

The day their domain was in flames.

Captured by slave traders, they too had been branded with this same stigma.

Of course, those stigmas still remained even now.

Luckily, the only person who could operate the stigma currently carved onto them was Silia herself.

"Getting branded like that and sent to the 7th Legion."

"And even if they want to die, they can't."

Victor and Simon snickered, imagining their future.

"That's honestly awful."

Rozen made the same face, tongue clicking.

He'd never dreamed immortality could be such a curse.

"Elder Sister, are you all right? This is the end of your revenge."

At Louis's inquiry, Silia gazed at the unconscious Shalio.

The head she'd cut off a moment ago had already regenerated.

But from the aftereffects, the guy couldn't wake up.

"I should have ended this quickly in the first place. Dragging it out any longer would have driven me crazy."

Unpleasant matters should be finished quickly.

Thus, with Shalio loaded onto the carriage with the Sabers, the ill fate with her younger brother came to an end.

"Young master. Is it really all over now?"

Watching the carriage disappear, Rio asked.

The true culprits who had burned the village four years ago were all eradicated.

At the same time, all family vengeance was paid back.

There was no need to be tied to the 7th Legion anymore.

The Imperial Court was now fully on their side.

Thus, Louis replied briefly to Rio's question.

"You could say it is."

Everything that tormented them was now gone.

They were now free, and it was no exaggeration to say so.

"But if there's one issue left, it's me."

Louis pointed at himself.

"To break free from rampage, I still need the help of a spell."

It was a problem, but not one to be overly worried about.

The person who had the spell was always by Louis's side, and the very origin of the spell was here with him.

"Hahaha! If that's all, don't worry, young master."

Pram, the origin, cut in with a laugh.

"As long as I stick beside you and bless you, a rampage is a trivial matter. Did you forget who calmed your madness last time?"

Now the new World Tree, Pram was all but the key to keeping Louis calm.

Moreover, elf children were now immigrating to Seifert Village.

With the World Tree here, this place was practically the new elves' village.

"That's right. Exactly. I belong by your side, young master. Don't you think?"

Pram emphasized her importance by linking arms with Louis.

That sight caused an inexplicable foreboding to well up from Rio.

"Rio, what's with you all of a sudden?"

At Rio's menacing aura, Pram asked curiously.

Rio wanted to snap, "Do you not know why?" but had to hold it in.

It wasn't as if Pram had provoked her.

"Sorry, Rio. But I think I'll end up closer to the young master than you will."

"...."

Ah, but she did provoke after all.

Rio looked as if she might draw a blade, but she endured it again.

"Really? How amusing."

She responded with unusual composure, unlike her usual self.

Seeing the odd look on Rio's face, Pram narrowed her eyes.

"I discovered something fun too—want to see together?"

Rio pulled a record-keeping magitech device from her pocket.

With a sinister smile, she operated it, and a screen floated in midair.

["Young master!!! I missed you sooooooooooooooooo much!!!!!"]

It showed the moment Pram met Louis again at the elves' village.

Louis had previously placed spirit particles all over the village to reveal the true state of the Holy Nation and elves' village.

Those spirits' surveillance could be stored as records.

Though the strain on his brain was heavy, Louis could store all those records without issue.

But not only the villains' deeds had ended up recorded.

["Young master!! Where did you go?!~"]

That sort of thing was recorded as well.

["Uwaaaaaah!! I was so lonely!!"]

Seeing the video, Pram's face turned pale.

"What is that?"

"What do you think? That's you."

"No, I mean—why is it even recorded?!"

Pram looked at Louis for help, but he turned his head away.

Now was no time to worry about him, though.

"Pram, you look awfully cute. Show this to the villagers and they'll treat you like a princess."

"Rio, are you serious right now?"

Pram exuded an ominous aura, asking Rio.

But Rio remained nonchalant.

"What's wrong? It's your real feelings, isn't it?"

"Pram, if you want to live a long life, you'd best stop immediately."

The tense energy between them sparked, as though two generals were about to wage war with thousands, tens of thousands under their command.

"All right, all right, that's enough, you two."

Fortunately, Silia came between them to stop the conflict.

Louis thought, as expected, kids needed an adult among them.

But then—

"You too, big sis."

"Huh?"

"You sold the magitech device with my black history to Estelle, right? Just for some pink books."

"How did you..."

Then Rio took out another record-keeping magitech device.

The moment she activated it, Silia's image appeared this time.

["I missed my little sister!!~"]

It showed the moment she first tasted fruit.

["My little sister! I missed you! No more being apart—let's live here together happily. This elder sister will always protect you."]

Silia's reaction at seeing her own moment caught on record went without saying.

"Hey, Rio."

"What?"

"Give that to me right now."

"No. Do you not remember who did wrong first?"

Who had sold off her black history to Estelle without permission?

"For me, I can never forgive someone who tried to bite me. Let's make things even. The villagers will be so hap—"

"I said give it here!!"

With that, Silia lunged as if to bite Rio.

Rio retaliated by grabbing Silia's head.

"Hand over my black history!"

Even Pram joined the fray.

"Hey, Victor, what should we do?"

"Shouldn't we stop them?"

In the midst of the chaos, Rozen and Simon asked worriedly.

"Why stop them? It's rare to watch without snacks."

But Victor enjoyed watching the scene, since such things rarely happened.

Of course, it didn't last long.

The young master soon broke up the three.

Thus, the special task force members came to live in the newly built Seifert Village.

A life of freedom, with no one to interfere.

They had regained the lives they'd had before being dragged off by the 7th Legion.

After that, two years passed.