For a long time after that, I didn't believe my eyes. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 The dragon who likes to squint and laugh at us is dead, and it's like pressing the button on the flushing toilet, and everything is clean all at once. The dragon's footprints in the streets, the broken streetlights, the collapsed buildings, and the smoke and dust floating in the air still prove that the monster once existed. The deafening roar would still echo in my ears, but it all came to an abrupt end.

The dragon-slaying sword broke in the middle, but I think it might be more beautiful. The armored man knelt and stroked the blade of his sword as if he were sighing.

"You're doing a good job this time."

I was halfway through my words and was drowned in cheers. The infiltrators scrambled to the armored man, lifting him up and throwing him into the air. The armored man struggled in the air, the pieces of armor creaking at his joints, and it looked more painful than fighting the Dragon of Despair. But the frenzied crowd refused to give up on him. The man in armor has been sent to the sky again and again. The infiltrators' pent-up emotions of fear burst out at once, and they kept yelling "hero". In the interval between cheers, you can faintly hear "Mr. Hero" himself shouting "let me down".

In the distance, there were a few infiltrators trying to escape, who couldn't believe that the danger had been lifted, and they stood stiffly in place.

I wanted to kick the armored man well, too. It's obviously very difficult to win, why did you rush forward like that just now, it's really too unscrupulous. But I ended up sitting still. I don't know why I feel a little tired. It's not just because you've used too much power, it's because you've defeated a strong enemy. It was a tiredness that came from a deeper part of the heart.

Sulfona didn't know when she came over. But now I don't even have the strength to get rid of her.

"I'm getting more and more interested in you." Sulfona sat down in the same position as me, "I think you're different from others. ”

"What's the difference?" I hugged my knees and hid my face in my hood.

"When everyone was scared just now, you seemed angry. While everyone is celebrating the victory, you look like you want to cry. ”

"I didn't want to cry!"

Sulfona's bottomless pupils stared at me. I suddenly felt like all my disguises, all my disguises, were transparent.

"It doesn't matter. You don't want to talk about it. Sulfona smiled slightly, "I can also see that a guy like me is not someone who can open your heart. But I think you'll meet someone to untie your knots in the future. Now you can continue to gather strength. When you figure it out, you can come to my team. ”

"As I said, I'm not going to join any team because I don't want to ...... anymore"

I stopped suddenly. No, this woman named Sulfur is too dangerous. In front of her, the coping strategies I have held for years are useless, and I will always expose my true heart to her. But even though I was covered in flaws, Sulfur didn't ask any more questions. I think she probably already knows it all. After all, she had already investigated the 78 school district. If you know that when you get there, you can understand the fragmented me.

Time flows slowly. The cheering crowd in the distance looked like oil paintings, and I was isolated from them, one outside the frame and the other inside. I thought it would be hard to be with someone as aggressive as Sulfona, but this woman is actually very cute when she doesn't speak. I couldn't help but start looking at her closely, and I was fascinated by her side face.

"Do you think it's beautiful?"

"Ah...... That one...... Not ......"

"Don't be so flustered, I think it's beautiful, like a corpse."

Sulfona said in the same tone as if she were judging others. I had no idea how to continue the conversation. The atmosphere suddenly became awkward. Damn, my communicative skills were basically zero.

"I made this outfit according to a hobby of a friend of mine from the past. Is that kid supposed to be a corpse lover? But in the end, it really turned into a corpse. So I sometimes honor her with this legacy. Sulfona smiled meaninglessly, "Great idea." You don't have to be a human by pretending to be a corpse. ”

It always felt like Sulfona was alluding to something.

"Ah...... The ......" I shuddered at once, hid my face deeper in the hood, and changed the subject, "You, don't you have to go over?" ”

"In the past?"

Sulfona tilted her head, her long, straight black hair running down her shoulders.

"That is, isn't that armored man your subordinate? Now that he's being cheered on, wouldn't you be better off going over as well......"

"I'd better not go over." Sulfona shrugged, "Having him bear such cheers alone should better establish his image." Now that the 'judgement' itself is in trouble, the trespassers are in desperate need of a spiritual leader. If I passed, I would have taken away that child's popularity, and that child had something he wanted to do. Isn't that why you don't go over? In the end, your electromagnetic cannon was seen by many people, and you were also a key part of killing the Dragon of Despair, why didn't you go over yourself? ”

"I don't really like crowded places." I shook my head, "And I hate you guys even more." ”

"Which one of ours?"

"It's that kind of leader, hero, leader, team." My voice involuntarily got louder, "I really hate these things. It always feels like you, the leaders, or the team, are treating the infiltrators as fools. What kind of leadership effect, herd mentality, all think of the people as very stupid. It's as if they will listen to you if they are a little intrigued, and they will rush to self-sacrifice as soon as you say something. What is this, it is really unreasonable, why are so many good children under your rule? If these weird kids had a little autonomy, if those good kids knew how to value their lives! ”

Halfway through my speech, I suddenly realized that my voice was so loud that I almost screamed.

Sulfona was looking at me. There was no surprise or pity in that look, it was an emotion I couldn't read.

"Are you trying to say that if those good children know how to value their lives, there will be no sacrifice?" "But you know that it's impossible. We've killed a lot of people in this crusade against the Dragon of Despair, but can we just leave it alone? ”

Sulfona said as she pointed farther away. There were some wounded over there, and many more dead. Fighting a monster the size of the Dragon of Despair is nearly impossible without victims. There are infiltrators who are treating the wounded, and there is nothing left for the dead. If you die in the labyrinth area, you may be assimilated into a part of the labyrinth and become a monster that wanders the depths of the labyrinth.

Engulfed by the labyrinth - this may be the end of the infiltrator.

"The so-called infiltrators are nothing more than wandering magicians, mad researchers, and superpowers who are considered mentally ill and terrorist to be incompatible with the mainstream world. The reason why we have survived until now is because we have a 'heritage' that we have found in the labyrinth area. We infiltrators are constantly exploring the labyrinth area to find the 'legacy' of the former school city, and then sell it to mainstream society. Mainstream society will give us supplies - food, water, clothing, etc. The quarantine area is an area abandoned by the gods, where the crops are not ripe, the animals are reluctant to come, and even a few bacteria belong to the native species. Such a savage place is the last hiding place for those of us who have been exiled. If we can't destroy the Dragon of Despair, we won't be able to continue exploring the Labyrinth and our last refuge will be destroyed. ”

"So, someone has to sacrifice." "It's up to me to decide who will sacrifice and how, and it's my responsibility as a team leader." I'm not cold-blooded, I just did what I had to do. You know this very well......"

That's right.

I get it.

Things have gotten so bad that there's no going back.

It's not anyone's fault, what to say can only be a play of fate. Before you know it, you can't continue to live. Because no one has done wrong, no one can be punished.

But some of them have to die, or all of them have to die.

So there are people who sacrifice.

So some people willingly sacrificed.

Obeyed the instructions of the leader, followed everyone's wishes, and died. Then the rest were rescued.

But I just don't understand one thing.

“…… Why, you didn't die? ”

Sulfona looked at it in amazement. Seeing her expression, I actually felt a sense of pleasure from the bottom of my heart, it turned out that she couldn't fully understand other people's hearts.

"What did you say?"

"If someone had to sacrifice, it couldn't be helped. But why didn't the leader who decided who would die die himself? Why did the rest of the people die, but the leader survives? ”

"Because I'm immortal......," Sulfur muttered, staring carefully into my eyes before giving a look of understanding, "but you're not talking about me." ”

That's right, I'm not talking about Sulfona.

I'm talking about someone else. The rotten man who sacrificed all his companions and survived alone, the worst person.

That person she ......

Suddenly, Sulfona's face changed. Her gaze was like an awl at the cheering procession in the distance. After that, the exclamation came like a wave. The man in armor who was thrown up did not get up again after falling to the ground. Blood spilled from between the cracks in his armor.

I was stunned, and then I heard shouts like "the hero is dead".