Chapter 44

Chapter 44: Resurrection

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Chapter 44 – New Possibilities

When the light died down, the Lich Lord finally collapsed to the rugged floor.

The battle had been decided. The double Grand Cross that I and Aaron had casted was enough to break through the Lich Lord's magic resistance and caused to it fatal damage.

That's why the dead people who were bound to the Lich Lord were released once after another. Their bodies seemed to have reached their limit a long time ago, thus immediately deposed into soil. This mean I have to be quick.

[Aaron, quick. To your family.]

[…Yes]

Aaron put on a stout look and went to his family.

His wife and son's body were laying on the floor and had begun to depose from the lowermost part.

When Aaron arrived at their side, the two opened their eyes.

Could they be still being controlled…. I prepared the black sword, just in case. But no, there is clear conscience in their eyes.

Unlike the doll they were before.

[Father….]

[Dear…..I'm sorry]

Upon hearing that voices, Aaron dropped his holy sword, rushed to their side and held their hands that seemed to be about to collapse at any time.

How…? Didn't the two should've been died a very long time ago? At this question Greed replied with the 《Mind Reading》.

『It can be said that their body still contained their soul. They gained temporary freedom after being released from the Lich Lord. Well, their time isn't long though.』

[I see….]

I don't know if this conclusion is the best for Aaron. It may even wound him even further. But I feel that this is what he always wanted.

So I simply stood there watching.

[Fcomive me…..Father. I couldn't protect the castle and the city. Taken prisoner by the Lich Lord after being killed….even wielding my sword against father.]

[That's enough. Fcomive me too. I should've stayed with you more often. I'm really really sorry.]

It was his wife who then replied to Aaron.

[Dear, you didn't do anything bad. There was nothing we could do to change it. And after all, didn't you came to save us? So please, for our sake, continue to walk the path of the Sword Saint you had once believed in forever more.]

[Father, we'll be alright now….]

His family collapsed little by little. Even their hands could not be held anymore…..the time was out.

Aaron shed tears, and answered to his family with a smile on his face.

[In my remaining life, I will live as to not to make you two ashamed…. I, I can finally feel at ease.]

Upon that answer, the wife and son pair smiled, before finally turning pletely to lump of soil.

Leaving two small balls of pale light. They fluttered in the air, floating around Aaron.

[Greed, what are those?]

『Souls, souls with lingering strong feeling sometimes can be seen by naked eyes. Those two were truly important for Aaron.』

[A final farewell for their loved one, is it….?]

『That's quite right. But however』

I understood what Greed was trying to say. The Lich Lord was still alive, even after all this time, since I didn't hear Gluttony Skill activating. It's that resilient, isn't it?

Turning back, I found it crawling on the floor trying to approach us.

[Don't you dare interrupt Aaron.]

I switched into bow form, and generate a magic arrow with my remaining magic power. I added dust attribute to the arrow, and aimed to the Lich Lord's forehead.