Chapter 34.3
“Such modesty… if it’s you, Sir Bash, even if your opponent was completely healthy, you would have won by a comfortable margin, right?”
“Even if he could have defeated me, he would not have come out unscathed.”
“…”
Bash thought of a battle that once took place. The battle in which the Demon King Gediguz died, the battle that ended the war.
It was a fierce battle. So fierce that no one could tell what was going on anywhere. In the midst of such a huge battle, Bash heard a report that the Demon King was under attack and rushed to the camp. He rushed to protect the supreme commander. But he did not arrive in time.
By the time Bash arrived, the demon king Gediguz was dead. And next to the corpses of the king and his entourage were two men and a woman who had just finished fighting and were about to escape from the enemy camp. The human prince Nazar; Thunder Sonia, the Great Elven Archmage and Leto, the Beastmen Hero.
Thunder Sonia had already exhaust all her magical powers and was carried on Nazar’s back. The only way to break through the enemy lines was to eliminate Bash.
Bash had no idea that the three of them were heroes in their respective countries. He didn’t even know their names. But he wanted to kill them all together. No one had ordered him to do anything, but he was sure he had to. But he failed. Nazar continued to carry Thunder Sonia on his back and managed to escape from Bash. Why was this possible? It was because Leto, the Hero, got in front of him. He was covered in blood, howling furiously, and using all of his strength to challenge Bash to one-on-one combat. Of course, there was no way he could defeat him in that state, and Leto died.
“He fought to the death to let his friends escape, and even though he had no strength left to stand, he got up again and again and fought until the end without giving up. He was a true warrior. I am proud to have fought him and to have won.