After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

Alicia gritted her teeth and interrupted Aize.

"For the sake of the village... I'm going to kill you, so!! Take up your weapon! Otherwise, I... I..."

Alicia doesn't want Aize to die.

I don't want this village to be destroyed.

And under Rufus's watchful eye, he had to fight this battle, otherwise she would immediately rush in and destroy the village and Aize together.

Then there is only one good outcome - he loses the battle, is killed by Aize, and then asks Aize to leave before dying.

This is the only way to protect Aize and the village at the same time.

The price is just the quiet death of a monster who doesn't even know what he is. It's no big deal.

Since I don’t even have a fixed form anyway, maybe death is just another form of existence?

After spending an entire afternoon convincing herself, Alicia was finally able to accept the outcome calmly.

But why did he see through this?

Seeing through it, wouldn't it be better to help yourself? Why should you speak it out?

Tears couldn't stop flowing.

Looking at this, Aize was a little overwhelmed:

"Hey, so, you..."

"Do not touch me!"

The knife fell to the ground. The girl opened Aize's outstretched hand and took a few steps back. The deadly tentacles suddenly extended from behind her and waved threateningly at an extremely high speed.

Even a light blow could break the thick tree next to it into two pieces.

"You know the power of this... this, right? I... I really want to kill you! If you don't want to die, pick up your weapon and defeat me. Kill me!"

(There are 4 more chapters today, which will be posted later)

Chapter 119 Monster

Under the black night, the tentacles extended, squirmed, and rolled. The violent movements were even accompanied by afterimages and sonic booms, as if they were venting some emotions.

Suddenly, a tentacle swung and hit Aize's feet directly.

The violent impact directly tore a deep gash in the ground, and the splashing mud and wind pressure hit Aize's face intuitively.

If it was just a little more off, it would have hit Aize directly.

If he was hit, even with the protection of the hero, at least a few bones would be broken.

"Now you understand, right? I'm a monster, a complete monster! Pick up your weapon, or... or you'll really die!"

Aize's eyes at this moment looked helpless, as if he was facing a troublesome child.

"Really? Then hurry up and do it? Isn't this the choice you made?"

As he spoke, he even patted his neck.

"Follow this, use your tentacles and your mission will be accomplished. What are you waiting for?"

"I, why do you want to..."

Alicia's eyes widened.

During the day, the change in Duke Brian's attitude towards her still pierced her heart like a thorn.

But if she thought about it carefully, she wasn't too surprised - she was too familiar with that look.

In past experiences, whether as a human, a demon, or other social creatures, every time I accidentally exposed my identity, the consequences were the same.

It is stupid to still have expectations.

Nothing bad either.

Being a scary monster and then being killed is the best outcome right now.

But the person who needs to be afraid of me the most actually has such an attitude.

A bitter taste spread in Alicia's mouth, and her determination became shaky in an instant.

She covered her eyes and took a few steps back, the heavy feeling in her chest making her gasp for breath.

Then he gritted his teeth and began to make further changes in his body.

Dark red scaly objects appeared on the skin all over the body, slowly covering every part of the body below the neck.

Behind him, beyond the swirling tentacles, a larger object broke through the clothes and slowly grew out, transforming into wings that looked like bats but with sharp claws.

Dragon wings.

The changes don’t stop there.

The shape of his right hand began to twist, turning into a sharp chitinous sickle-shaped object like a mantis-like monster, even flashing with cold light under the faint moonlight.

The left hand grew rapidly in size, transforming into a huge claw that was extremely disproportionate to the body. The black nails extending from the fingertips were even twenty centimeters long.

Eyes, close, then open.

The beautiful blue pupils disappeared in an instant, replaced by snake-like, yellow vertical pupils.

It looked like a combination of all the different kinds of terrifying monsters I had seen before.

Judging from the appearance alone, with Aize's limited experience and knowledge, it is really difficult to find anything more twisted than this.

Alicia roared to the heavens.

The beast-like, inhuman roar reminded Aize of the werewolf he had confronted before.

The girl stared at Aize intently, her inhuman pupils trembling, as if containing many complex emotions.

Feelings of sadness, grief, reluctance, and begging.

Then, the emotions came to an abrupt end.

What followed was a surge of murderous intent that made Aize feel frightened instinctively and even his hair stood on end.

It was as if the person in front of him was no longer Alicia, but a beast that had really turned into her.

But Aize still didn't move, still didn't pick up the weapon, just stood there silently looking at her.

Then, he shook his head silently.

Alicia was stunned.

I thought that by becoming like this, and releasing a little genuine murderous aura, I would scare Aize, and then he would kill me out of instinct.

But it didn't.

Aize remained indifferent, and the way things were going made her even angry.

As a result, it was Alicia's emotions that got out of control first.

“Why ahhhhhhhhhh——”

The girl rushed out as if she had given up on herself, so fast that Aize couldn't see clearly.

"Well--"

With a dull sound, Aize was pressed to the cold ground by the huge claw.

The sickle-shaped right hand was raised high, and then fell down at a high speed like a guillotine, slashing towards Aize's neck.

During this period, his hands were not restricted.

The discarded sword also lay nearby.

As long as Aize gets scared during this process and picks up the sword to hit himself, everything will be over.

But it didn't.

Aize remained indifferent, just looking at her silently, with even a hint of a smile on his face.

Alicia's sickle deflected at the last second before hitting Aize, leaving a small cut on his face before stabbing into the ground beside him.

Bright red blood slowly seeped out of the wound.

"Why...why haven't you taken action yet? Aren't you afraid of being killed by a monster?!"

The girl riding on Aize finally couldn't hold it in anymore. Tears flowed uncontrollably from her inhuman eyes, dripping onto Aize's face, mixing with the seeping blood, and flowing to the cold ground.

And Aize just smiled and even shrugged:

"Monster? I've never seen a monster that talks so much nonsense before killing someone and cries while killing someone. What's there to be afraid of?"

Alicia's anger vanished.

But a stronger emotion surged from deep within her heart, and she said in an almost pleading tone:

"...Please, I beg you, isn't that enough? Kill me, that's the only way! Otherwise... Otherwise, this village, where my compatriots live, will really be destroyed! You will die too!"

"how about you?"

"well?"

"Who the hell do you take yourself for?!"

"I……"

Alicia's facial muscles began to tremble.

"There's no other way, right? If I had a choice, I wouldn't..."

I couldn't finish my words because I felt a strange touch from my waist.

The pink-haired girl lowered her head in surprise and found a pair of small hands wrapped around her waist, as if someone was hugging her from behind.

Then, a familiar voice:

"Sister, please stop! What happened? Why did it become like this?!"

"Anna, why are you here..."

boom!!!!!

Before he could finish his words, a violent explosion occurred outside the village not far away. The rising flames even illuminated the dark night sky for an instant.

"Really? It's too slow! I can hardly hold on any longer!"

Seeing the flames, Aize sighed with relief.

Then, he smiled and said to Alicia:

"Okay, let me go and let me get up! The problem is solved."

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minutes ago.

“Don’t touch me!!”

Alicia's voice came from the magic circle in front of Rufus that was used for surveillance.

"It's such a boring show, can't you be a little more creative?"

The blue-haired butler leaned against the carriage and yawned loudly.

Alicia had only a few minutes left on her time limit, but still no significant progress was being made.

Even from Aize's remarks, it seemed that he was going in the direction of talking nonsense.

This made Rufus secretly amused.

Empty talk? So what if it succeeds?

The control of the collar is in his hands. If Alicia is really convinced, he can just snap his fingers and set off a human head firework for her.

And using this as a signal, the Duke's army, which had already surrounded the village, would take action.

From the very beginning, Alicia's choice didn't really matter.

"The famous hero Aize, has he run out of tricks this time?"