How To Live As A Third Son Of A Failure [EN]: Chapter 277

Living as the Third Son of a Failed Novel – Episode 278 (End)

Living as the Third Son of a Failed Novel Episode 278

[Okay.]

I nodded at Aphen’s words. Nebiros had revealed his true form. And that meant he could no longer accumulate power.

Because he was no longer a being belonging to this world. He was restricted, so to speak.

Nebiros, who had risen lightly, began to move. Graham blocked his path and swung his sword. However, Nebiros simply grabbed the sword and shook him off.

Graham, who lost his grip on the sword and flew away, rolled for a while before collapsing.

Seeing him, Lordane and Count Lindeyer rushed in simultaneously. Nebiros swung the sword he had taken from Graham, forcing them both to retreat.

“It’s become difficult to buy time.”

Lordane muttered self-deprecatingly after just one exchange. Count Lindeyer also tightened his grip on his sword with a grim face.

“I’ll go first. I’ll create an opening for you.”

“Is that possible?”

“We have to try, don’t we?”

“Good.”

Count Lindeyer shot forward. His sword created numerous afterimages, as if it were divided into dozens.

However, Nebiros, who had been watching quietly, raised the tip of his sword and stabbed at one point. With just that, the attack was nullified.

But it wasn’t over yet. Count Lindeyer, rotating his body as it was, forcibly created space. Then, his sword swung at Nebiros’s ankle.

It was an excellent feint. Taking advantage of the moment Nebiros instinctively looked down, Lordane emerged like a shadow.

“Die!”

Lordane’s attack swung down with the force to split his skull. However, Nebiros deflected Lordane’s sword and leaped up.

“Where to?”

Lordane’s futile cry echoed after his failed attack.

And I made eye contact with Nebiros, who had landed right in front of me.

Nebiros didn’t offer any trivial threats or intimidation. He simply extended his black, burning hand towards me.

“Haaap!”

At that moment, Graham, who had fallen, reappeared with a shout. His body was burning with blue mana, as if he had drawn up mana to his limit.

His sword blocked Nebiros’s long fingernails. Between the diagonally crossed sword and hand, Graham struggled to hold on.

However, Nebiros simply pierced his abdomen with his remaining left hand.

“Keuk!”

The blue flames began to fade from Graham’s body as he coughed up blood.

“No!”

Count Lindeyer’s desperate cry was heard. He and Lordane, who rushed in after him, barely managed to push Nebiros back a step.

Behind Lordane and Count Lindeyer, Graham, kneeling on one knee, coughed and spat out blood. However, his burning gaze was firmly fixed on me.

“Please…….”

I didn’t hear the rest of his words. Graham closed his eyes and collapsed.

Seeing him, Lordane shouted.

“Hey! Count Lindeyer, was it? Don’t face him head-on! You have to deflect his attacks!”

“I understand.”

Count Lindeyer nodded and faced Nebiros again with Lordane.

Dozens of exchanges occurred in an instant. The shattered blue mana scattered like cherry blossoms in a strong wind.

Blood spurted out between the exchanges. The owners of that red paint were Count Lindeyer and Lordane. The gradually accumulating wounds decorated their bodies.

“Spirits!”

Glorian’s cry was heard. Dozens of tree roots that had sprung up from the ground at once wrapped around Nebiros.

Thanks to this, Count Lindeyer and Lordane, who had gained a brief opening, retreated and caught their breath. However, the roots, which had been wrapped around him like a prison, burned in Nebiros’s black flames and turned to ashes in an instant.

Having shaken off all obstacles, Nebiros began to walk towards me again with a stoic expression.

“Get away from Cain!”

Ilia, who had drawn out her Avatar, rushed towards Nebiros. Thanks to the vitality of the monster absorbed by the magic sword, she was able to fully manifest Aslahina’s power.

“Interesting power.”

However, when Nebiros shook his hand, Ilia’s magic sword shattered. Furthermore, Ilia, unable to withstand the impact, flew dozens of meters and crashed into a rock, losing consciousness.

“Ilia!”

Ruth’s desperate cry echoed. However, Ruth, Redran, and everyone else were unable to move, as they were dealing with the resurrected Unholy Knights.

Before they knew it, the tree spirits and earth giants had been completely burned and trampled by the drakes. In addition, a group of monsters belatedly rushing in from afar could be seen.

Redran shouted as if chewing his words.

“More monsters are coming!”

At Redran’s cry, Gilaine shouted at Count Lindeyer.

“Lord! There’s no chance of winning! We have to retreat!”

However, Count Lindeyer shook his head.

“If we retreat here, the kingdom is doomed anyway! Sacrifice your lives!”

Count Lindeyer, gritting his teeth, rushed at Nebiros again. Lordane, who had been exchanging blows earlier, couldn’t withstand Nebiros’s power and collapsed miserably in front of me.

“Kid.”

Lordane, barely managing to stand up and kneeling, looked back at me, panting heavily.

“Sorry, but I don’t think I can do it anymore.”

Lordane, covered in blood from head to toe, struggled to get up again. However, his legs were trembling slightly.

“Keuk!”

At the same time, Count Lindeyer, who had been desperately fighting Nebiros, screamed. The arm holding his sword was flying in the air. Count Lindeyer, having lost his right arm, collapsed to his knees.

“……Is it my turn now.”

Seeing him, Lordane gripped his sword tightly and prepared to jump out again. However, the mana in his sword was too weak.

Then, all time stopped.

I slowly got up.

“Lordane.”

I quietly placed my hand on Lordane’s shoulder. Lordane turned to me with difficulty. Then, seeing my face, his eyes widened.

“You now…….”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

I pulled his shoulder back. Lordane, filled with questions, was pushed back weakly.

I glanced at the sky. The shining Kerwyn had disappeared.

The end of the great archmage was truly futile.

She should have closed her eyes with a grand send-off from all people, but her funeral was too noisy and the guests were rude.

[……It’s revenge for Mom.]

“Yeah.”

I nodded at Aphen’s words.

“And it’s revenge for everyone too.”

I let out a hollow laugh at the power I felt in my body. It sounds ridiculous, but I feel like I could cut a huge mountain in half if I wanted to.

Nebiros had already stopped approaching me. Lordane, who had retreated with difficulty, asked me from behind.

“You, your face now…….”

“Unfortunately, there’s no mirror here, so I don’t know. Lordane, please take care of Count Lindeyer.”

That’s what I said, but I can roughly guess what it’s like. My body is burning with golden energy right now.

All the mana that Kerwyn left behind by burning her body was absorbed by Aphen. And I shared that energy through the mana tunnel.

The mana flowing through my body now is Kerwyn’s. And that powerful mana shattered my heterogeneous mana heart and took its place as if it were its own from the beginning.

A monster created by combining the legacies of Bellangas and Kerwyn.

That’s who I am now.

“Surprisingly, it doesn’t hurt.”

[Pain is something you feel when you’re alive.]

“Is that so?”

[You’re just an empty shell now. You’re like a doll moving with Mom’s mana.]

“I don’t feel good about that.”

[You were prepared for it, right?]

“That’s true.”

A body that can’t even feel pain. Is only the shell left?

I smiled self-deprecatingly as I watched Lordane hurriedly carry Count Lindeyer on his back and retreat.

Then, I summoned the Avatar and was convinced at the same time. I can now freely control my power.

“Hey.”

I said to Nebiros. He stared at me. I smiled and raised my sword.

“I am the wind now.”

I kicked off the ground and jumped forward. Nebiros took a defensive stance, but my goal wasn’t him. With a single leap, I advanced dozens of meters and swung my sword.

A golden flash burst out. That flash shattered the head of the drake that was just about to rush at Ruth and Redran.

Ruth and Redran stared at me with bewildered expressions. I smiled at them and jumped to the opposite side again. This time, I aimed at the Unholy Knights who were slaughtering the elves and beastmen.

“I’m also a whirlwind.”

The golden aura swung along my sword swept over them like a torrent.

A grating sound echoed, and the bodies of the entangled Unholy Knights were torn to pieces. I tore them to pieces, so they can’t be revived again.

I bent my legs for a moment and jumped lightly.

Yeah. I definitely jumped lightly. But why does Ruth look so small in the distance like a dwarf?

I landed next to Ilia, who had fallen and fainted. Then, I swung my sword at the group of monsters running towards her.

“I’m also a gentle breeze.”

The uncontrollable power poured out through Aphen. The golden aura, which looked gentle at first glance, stretched out and enveloped the group of monsters.

They disappeared without a trace like ice thrown into a furnace. Red blood and golden mana mixed together, creating a thick, scarlet blood mist.

Leaving that behind, I slowly knelt down, picked up Ilia, and stood up.

“Ilia!”

Ruth, who had rushed over almost crawling, carefully took Ilia from me.

“She’s not dead yet.”

She probably won’t be able to hold a sword again.

Ruth shed tears as big as beans at Ilia’s serious injuries and pale complexion. I took out all the elixirs from the subspace bag and handed them over.

“Feed this to the seriously injured. And tell everyone to get as far away from here as possible.”

“Get far away?”

“Yeah. Because…….”

I silently turned my head and looked at Nebiros, who was still standing there blankly, and said.

“I’m a little angry.”

Did she feel my burning murderous intent? Ruth hurriedly put Ilia around her and shouted as she ran.

“Everyone, get back! Damn it, run away quickly if you don’t want to die!”

Ruth’s cry was useless. It wasn’t because she wasn’t heard or because it wasn’t credible. It was because everyone had already turned around and was running away before Ruth shouted.

Maybe it’s because of the ridiculous power and murderous intent I showed. It’s uncomfortable to be treated like a monster.

But only one person was busy looking for me. It was Count Lindeyer, who was being forcibly carried away by Lordane.

“Damn it! Cain, Cain! What happened? You crazy bastard!”

Count Lindeyer cried out, looking for your son.

I had nothing else to say. I wasn’t your real son. And this body is already dead.

‘I’m sorry.’

I apologized inwardly and turned my head.

Before I knew it, the battlefield had become quiet. All that remained was the thick, fishy smell of blood and the corpses that were kicked in the feet. I slowly walked back to Nebiros.

Nebiros slowly opened his mouth towards me as I approached.

“Kerwyn is no longer on this land. Bellangas’s legacy will soon disappear. You won’t be able to avoid death.”

“So.”

“But someday I will return.”

“Are you saying clichéd things like you’re not a villain?”

I scattered my sword. Nebiros tried to block it. Seeing him, I immediately activated Hashunar’s emblem and turned around. I reappeared and grabbed his defenseless neck and slammed him down.

All of this was in an instant. With a sound like a bomb exploding, his head smashed into the ground and was buried for a long time.

I don’t think I’ve ever drawn out my power so perfectly. There’s no sense of heterogeneity in the feeling in my hand. It was always lacking somewhere.

“You!”

Nebiros, enraged, roughly pulled his head out of the ground. The pieces of stone that came with it fluttered. Nebiros, turning his body as it was, rushed in, continuously emitting black energy.

A relentless attack that seemed invisible to the eye continued. He even spread his wings and tried to tear me apart in the air.

But unfortunately, he didn’t achieve what he wanted. It was a relentless attack that ‘seemed’ invisible to the eye. In fact, everything was visible.

Isn’t it funny? Is he the one who played with the three masters? Or am I the monster?

It seemed like the latter was correct.

Having avoided all attacks sensually, I swung my sword at the momentary gap. All of his claws broke in an instant.

He was hit hard on the cheek by the sword that followed. I didn’t hurt him because I deliberately hit him with the side of the blade. But is his pride okay?

“You’re coming back?”

I bared my teeth at Nebiros, who had taken a step back.

“Then I’ll come back too. I promise you, you son of a bitch.”

“Shut up!”

Nebiros put his hand on the ground. Black mist spread all around. Then, the monsters with the most intact corpses and some of the Unholy Knights rose again.

I also scattered my sword at that. The golden energy that stretched out pushed back the black mist in an instant. Those who had risen were now shattered without even a body to revive.

Nebiros, spreading his wings, soared into the sky. I jumped after him and grabbed his collar and threw him down again.

I poured out a flash of light towards the falling guy. He rolled his body and barely avoided it, shouting.

“Kuaaaak! Come out!”

In the end, Nebiros, unable to bear it, began to pour out his power completely.

Cracks began to form in dozens of places in the air. Each of them twisted the space and cracked like broken glass, and then, with a cracking sound, something squeezed out through the cracked gap.

The goat’s head was the first to be seen. Next were the fluttering black wings and mane, and the muscular body covered in fur.

Dozens of demons wrapped in black energy glared at me with their burning eyes, emitting a terrible smell of sulfur.

“Destroy him!”

Nebiros, with bloodshot eyes, shouted harshly, as if he had used a lot of power.

At Nebiros’s command, countless weapons, including a huge scythe, battle ax, and scimitar, with blood stuck to them, rushed towards me.

Some of them had wings and pounced from the air. Also, some of them drew strange patterns with their hands and shot black and red flames.

Nebiros, along with them, created a black burning spear and rushed towards me.

I looked around. People had already evacuated far away. After confirming that, I took a breath. It was time to end everything.

The wings of the demons fluttered and covered the sky. Even in that darkened vision, I could feel the heaviness that had settled in my soul.

Then, I slowly recited.

“My sword is the wind.”

「My sword is the wind」

My senses sharply captured the movements of everything around me. Even a single strand of hair of the demons fluttering at will.

“It is a whirlwind that fells giant trees.”

「It is a whirlwind that fells giant trees」

I made eye contact with Nebiros, who seemed to feel a sense of self-reproach for harboring animosity towards a barbaric human. His black eyes flashed.

“It is a gentle breeze that lays down reeds.”

「It is a gentle breeze that lays down reeds」

To him, I recited the first and last words in this world.

“……It is like a rainstorm that leads thunder.”

「It is like a rainstorm that leads thunder」

The world was covered in gold.

Epilogue

[Are you satisfied?]

“With what.”

[You won.]

Before I knew it, the sun was setting and the sky was dyed crimson with the sunset.

Sitting in front of a reasonably good-looking rock and leaning back, I slowly raised my hand and spread it out in front of my chest.

The hand was scattering from the ends of each joint, becoming golden powder. This was probably because Kerwyn’s mana, which had been composing and supporting the flesh, was disappearing.

Putting my hand down again, I raised my head, looked at the sunset, and opened my mouth.

“I’m satisfied with this.”

[Yeah, we had real fun, right?]

“Yeah. It was fun.”

It was fun.

I let out a chuckle.

[Thank you.]

“For what?”

[For fulfilling our mother’s wish. And for protecting the kingdom.]

“Well. I’m far from that kind of nobility. I did it because the situation called for it.”

[But you saved everyone.]

Everyone…….

Ruth and Ilia’s faces came to mind first. Then, the faces of those who had built relationships while traveling so far also came to mind.

Then, the things that had lived and died formed a long tail. The emotions of that time came to mind as they were, leaving a deep lingering feeling.

What’s flowing down my cheek must be sweat. I wish someone would tell me that it is.

“……I told you. I just did it because the situation called for it.”

[You’re shy. Well, anyway, it’s your turn now.]

“My turn…….”

[Yeah. So, rest comfortably.]

“……Yeah, it’s my turn now. Shall I take a break?”

Leaning my head against the rock, I closed my eyes tightly. I smiled faintly at the gentle breeze.

“It feels good.”

* * *

I came to my senses.

The first thing I felt was a smoky smell.

What is it? It didn’t come to mind right away. But it was definitely a familiar scent that my body remembered.

After a moment of thought, I was able to recall it.

‘Ah, it’s the smell of mosquito coils.’

I raised my head.

Was I sleeping face down? My arm was aching.

It was dark all around, but light was emitted from only one place. When I raised my head, I saw an electronic clock hanging on the wall.

03:52 AM

I closed my eyes and opened them.

But the electronic clock was still emitting red light.

I groaned softly. I think I knew where this was. It was the same scenery as the day I left.

‘Did I come back?’

Or…….

‘Was it a dream?’

A terrible sense of unreality enveloped my whole body. I sat there blankly for a long time as if my body was paralyzed. What awakened my extinguished mind was the notification sound.

[Ting!]

I lowered my gaze at the cheerful sound that was the opposite of my disheveled mind.

I saw a desk. And on top of it, I could vaguely see a smartphone through the darkness.

Smartphone.

It couldn’t be more absurd.

I reflexively reached out and grabbed the smartphone. Then, I tapped the screen with an awkward hand gesture. A bright light burst out, illuminating the dark room.

There was a text message. The sender’s number was not written. But the short phrase written in that text message made my mind flash.

[It wasn’t too bad. I’ll leave you a gift as a reward for your hard work.]

A gift?

Suddenly, my gaze turned back to the desk. There was a small ring on it. The color is darker and more opaque than gold. For example, amber…….

Amber?

I unconsciously reached out. Then, I grabbed the ring and put it on my finger. Then, a very familiar voice came into my head.

[Oh my? Where is this? Why is the air so stuffy? What kind of world is this?]

I couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

(How to Live as the Third Son of a Wasted Novel Complete)