"So, from the very start, I was the only one who didn't know anything …"
Perhaps even Adam and Marguerite saw things more clearly than I did. But there was one question. How did they learn the key to defeating Cavendish, as well as the secret of my undying nature?
Eliza knew all this because Cavendish told her. But how did Adam and the others know? Actually, I knew the answer just by thinking about it. That was because there weren't many people in this world who knew about this.
"Silly cat …"
"You should be thanking me, not questioning me. According to your logic, as long as the result is good, the process doesn't matter. What do you think would have happened if I hadn't made all these arrangements?"
What would have happened? Would I have spent so much effort to kill Eliza? Or would Eliza viciously kill me so that I could return to the River Styx to continue channeling? No matter what the result was, I wouldn't be able to accept it.
So, I …
"Harloys, thank you so much for this."
Yep, this was indeed the best result. I sincerely thanked Harloys.
* Plop! *
However, the black cat fell off my head. She looked at me with an expression of astonishment and disbelief, as if she had seen a ghost.
"You, you, you … you're Cavendish in disguise, aren't you!? Roland, that cold-blooded, twisted, neurotic, masochistic, overthinking, selfish father, maidservant, and tsundere Roland actually thanked someone!? "
My eyebrows were no longer furrowed, but rather twisted. What was going on? Was this how the silly cat viewed me?
"Cough, at any rate, I'm really thankful to all of you. Even if I'm cold-blooded, crazy, masochistic, arrogant, servant-loving, servant-loving, and cat abuser, I know what's good for me. As for what you just said, I don't hold a grudge against you at all. Yep, not at all. Aren't you just cold-blooded, crazy, masochistic, arrogant, servant-loving, and cat abuser? Relax, I've already forgotten about it. "
"Don't you remember it clearly!? Wait a moment, why is there a cat abuser? What do you intend to do to me!? "
The silly cat's screams echoed in my ears as I let go of the Elemental Lord's corpse that resembled a dead lizard king.
Behind us, a sea of flames was chasing after us. Eliza was stopped by Adam, but countless fire creatures and Elemental Lords were summoned by the Earth Elemental God. They were willing to sacrifice their lives in order to stop me.
"The Northlands."
He held the ice-cold longsword in his right hand, charged, dashed forward, drew the sword, and sheathed it. In front of the ice magic blade, the sturdy body that the magma giant was so proud of was easily sliced apart like butter being cut by a table knife. It was easily sliced apart, melted, and turned into pieces and remains.
A domain of ice and snow covered everything around me. Although my Northlands magic sword hadn't activated its incredibly abnormal and powerful special effects, just the fact that it was a pure SemiGod ice magic sword meant that it was destined to be the natural enemy of all fire elemental creatures.
From a certain standpoint, I wasn't used to using this longsword. Although strictly according to Aichy's standards, this single-edged sword could also be considered a sword, a longsword of this length definitely wouldn't be suitable for infantry to use normally.
Although an overly long sword would look cool, it would easily knock into unnecessary objects, making it incredibly inconvenient to use. If I tried to draw my sword, only to discover that the tip of my sword was stuck into the ground, and I couldn't pull it out even after a long time, I would be laughed at by my opponent … This was just an analogy, not a personal experience!
Since the sword was too long and couldn't be pulled out from the ground, it would be far too stupid. It definitely wasn't something that I could do.
Although it was quite fun to slash at large magma giants, fire dragons, and other large magical creatures, the overly long sword would actually become a hindrance if the enemy got too close to me. It just so happened that small and medium-sized enemies were the norm.
I was getting a headache now. I had never practiced using a super-long sword before. If I had half a month to practice, I would probably be able to use it quite well. But right now, the most precious thing was probably time.
But now that I was facing a Fire Lord, I needed this magic sword's power of ice and snow.
"It would be nice if it could be shorter … Eh?"
What astonished me was that the instant this thought appeared in my mind, the magic sword suddenly shrunk.
I kicked away a fire dwarf that approached me and pondered as I looked at the short sword in my hand.
"It would seem that this magic sword is even more useful than I expected, with even more potential to be unearthed. However, I'll probably need a lot of practice before I can get used to it. "
I smiled as I looked at the endless number of high-level fire creatures in front of me.
"… Aren't there so many live targets for me to practice on? Shoot it down, Divine Spear! "
My sword suddenly lengthened, and I instantly skewered two fire elementals that were thirty meters away. As they returned to their elemental source, I suddenly clasped my hands together and swung my sword with all my might. My super-long sword directly swept through all the fire elementals around me.
"Ha, how interesting. What should I do next … Scatter, Senbonzakura? Sit in a frozen sky, Ice Wheel Maru? Forget it, this seems rather difficult. I still need to learn more about it, so let's go with the simplest one. Hmph, the red-faced monster in front of me actually dares to block me. What demon is it? Take this! "
…
I could sense that the intense battle behind me was constantly moving. Eliza was probably leading the battle forward. But judging from how Adam and the others were still brimming with mana, they should still be able to hold on.
Meanwhile, my enemies weren't that strong. As I slaughtered them, the Earth Elemental Lords and magical creatures that I had temporarily gathered also swiftly returned to the mortal plane.
When I saw the one-time-use Dimensional Door hidden in the cave, I hesitated.
Marguerite had said that this was a Dimensional Door that led to the northernmost continent. If I entered it, who knew how long it would take to travel from the northernmost continent to Bardi? It was likely that it would take at least half a year. Such a waste of time would be worse than if Eliza kept me here.
If they were using another method to restrict me …
"Aren't you tired of thinking so much?"
"I'm tired. There's no helping it. Let's just say that I was born cold-blooded, awkward, neurotic, self-masochistic, overthinking things, having a penchant for maids, being a tsundere, and abusing cats. That's my nature, and it's impossible to change."
"… You still remember!? I've never seen a man as petty as you! "
"Hmph, that's because you've never met Rolo and Baron Blackhand."
"… Don't try to fool me. I know that they're all your alternate identities! You're so petty … "
While chatting with the silly cat, I also finished the final preparations for the dimensional teleportation.
"There's no other way. Let's just treat the silly cat as a living cat."
Although I said that, I still felt that this time, Adam and Marguerite wouldn't make things difficult for me, just like in the past.
"You're always so mysteriously confident in the people around you. You were just tricked just now. Can't you learn from that?"
"I can't help it. That's just my nature. I can't change it."
My words echoed in the cave. When everything returned to normal, there was no one left in the cave.
Five minutes later, the furious Fire Elemental God turned the cave and the volcano into ashes.
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