Chapter 21 : At Year 12 I Will Kill Him

"Goodbye."

After Leofric said that, he casually thrust his lance into the Queen Orc's body.

-Drap drap drap

As he did so, something came towards him very quickly.

"!!!"

Heit felt an immense killing desire approach them

"MASTER!"

Because of his battle with Queen Orc earlier, Leofric became tired and careless, so his senses became dull. Moreover, he had used mind acceleration, which overloaded his mind. So he couldn't sense the killing lust directed at him.

CLANG

Allen quickly ran towards Leofric and almost split Leofric's head with his sword. Because of Heit's warning, Leofric held him back with his weapon.

"He's that kid from earlier!"

After landing his first attack, Allen twisted his body in the air and used his foot to kick Leofric. As a result, Leofric was pushed backwards.

"Oya oya… you are powerful for a kid."

Leofric collapsed into a sitting position, breathing heavily.

Rather than deal with Leofric, who looked tired, Allen immediately checked on Queen Orc's condition.

"Mother!!! Are you okay?!"

"!!!"

Unfortunately, Allen was not quick enough...

In front of him, he could see blood vomiting from the hole in Queen Orc's stomach.

"MOTHER!"

Allen immediately approached the Queen Orc and covered the blood with his hand. Seeing Allen covering the hole in her body, she shouted at him,

"LET GO! GO AWAY!"

'After dungeon reset, I don't have that woman's mana anymore; if he gets close, I might kill him!' thought Queen Orc.

"No! I don't want to! Why don't you regenerate?! Hurry up! You have to regenerate! The blood won't stop coming out!"

The Queen Orc's body was weakening; she was probably forcing herself to stay conscious.

"MOTHER! HURRY UP! REGENERATE!"

"MOTHER!"

"HURRY UP!"

"PLEASE!"

"Noisy stupid kid, my head hurts," she didn't yell anymore as usual, but it was because he spoke more slowly that made Allen silent.

"Mo-mother..."

Allen's tears began to flow.

"Listen... you... get out of this dungeon, forget about me; I'm fine."

Allen shook his head.

"I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE! I'M GOING TO STAY AND FIGHT THEM! I'LL FIGHT WITH MOM AGAINST THOSE HUMANS!"

"No! Go away! Run away from here!"

Allen hugged Queen Orc's body and dragged her, trying to take her into their house next to this chamber.

"IF YOU TELL ME TO GO, I'LL TAKE YOU WITH ME TOO!"

"Sto…stop," whimpered the Queen Orc.

But Allen still continued dragging the Queen Orc's body.

"WE'RE GOING HOME! THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WE CAN DO AT HOME-"

"I said stop..."

"NO! NO! NO! I DON'T WANT TO!"

Using what little strength she had, Queen Orc rebelled.

"I TOLD YOU TO STOP! STUPID BRAT!"

Allen immediately fell, unable to pull his mother anymore. He breathed heavily; water filled his eyes, but despite being tired, he got back up and tried to pull Queen Orc again.

"Why… Why don't you listen to me… Let go, I said...I'm really okay… just run."

"We will go home… we are both returning to that house."

Allen dragged her again, using all of his strength to drag his mother away from there.

"It's close, mom, we're close... let's go home-"

The soldiers at the back approached them, looking at Allen pulling the Queen Orc with a desperate face.

With confusion, one of the soldiers said

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Allen ignored him…

He continued to pull the Queen Orc's limp. Queen Orc's blood still hadn't stopped, smearing from where he pulled the Queen Orc.

"She's a monster, what are you doing!" shouted the soldier.

Allen still ignored him and just pulled Queen Orc's body.

"Don't you know how many humans she has killed?! You're crazy! Why are you pulling her!"

"My friend... the friend who came with me was also killed,"

"SHE'S A MONSTER! WHY ARE YOU CARRYING HER LIKE THAT? GET AWAY FROM THERE!"

Allen still ignored them. He didn't care about their ramblings. From the beginning, he couldn't reply to their words. Allen knew what his mother had done to humans, but he didn't want to blame what his mother had done. He didn't care about anything right now. He just wanted to be with his mother.

"HEEEY!!!"

the soldier walked forward, trying to strike the Queen Orc with their sword. The other soldiers followed; they approached them with angry and vengeful faces.

Allen immediately stopped, then faced the humans, shielding the Queen Orc's body that drooped limply behind him.

"GO AWAY!!! YOU HUMAN, STAY AWAY!!!"

Allen pointed his sword at the human. His expression was menacing; perhaps because of his red eyes, everyone who approached was transfixed, motionless. In front of them was the face of a desperate and angry child, his tears flowing freely and running down his cheeks to his chin. They had never seen children with such faces.

The Queen Orc wasn't dead yet; blood was still coming out of the hole in her body. Her breathing was heavy, and her body was full of sweat. Queen Orc's face was helplessly limp. She looked at Allen, who had his back to her.

Looking at Allen's back, who was trying to save her. Queen Orc realized something…

All these twelve years, she had always tried to run away from her feelings-from the mana given by Allen's biological mother. That woman's mana gradually brainwashed her, took away her desire to kill humans, and forced her to take care of Allen constantly. That's why she was determined to kill Allen after the dungeon reset when that woman's mana disappeared from her body.

'It's been 12 years since then. During these 12 years, I repeatedly said it in my heart so I wouldn't forget. If I don't think about it even a little, I feel that woman's mana will completely wash my mind.

Yes, from the moment I met this kid, I promised... I promised... When the dungeon resets... When he is 12 year, I'll definitely kill this kid.'

While thinking about how determined she was to kill Allen, Queen Orc raised her hand and tried to reach Allen.

"Allen!"

"!!!"

Allen immediately looked back.

This was the second time Queen Orc said his name,

"Allen, where are you?"

"MOTHER!" Allen immediately grasped Queen Orc's hand.

"AaaaH!!! I am! I am here! Mother! It is me! I'm here!"

Allen grasped Queen Orc's hand. Slowly, the Queen Orc's hand that Allen was holding caressed Allen's cheek gently. She repeated her determination, again.

'At year 12, I will kill you... After the dungeon reset, at year 12, I will kill you... At year 12, I will kill you... at year 12..."

She repeated that word in her mind while looking at Allen's crying face…

Queen Orc gently said:

"Live… Allen,"

It was… a word that never came into her mind.

"Mother?"

It was also… the first time Allen saw his mother smile. A warm smile she had never shown before made the dungeon's coldness disappear.

But while feeling that warm, he knew it was probably the first and last time he saw his mother smile at him. So his tears, again, couldn't stop flowing, along with snot in his nose.

He hugged Queen Orc's body. At that moment, Queen Orc realized that the woman's mana had nothing to do with her affection for Allen. Even though that mana was no longer in her, she strangely didn't think about killing Allen.

Maybe…

Maybe...

Maybe from the beginning, the mana didn't affect her feelings. It only sent the mana owner's mind. Queen Orc had always loved Allen as her son.

At that moment, Allen's time slowed down. Slowly the Queen orc's hand that was caressing his cheek fell, and the Queen orc's head that was looking at him also fell. Queen Orc's flowing blood had stopped. Allen could feel that Queen Orc's body was getting heavy because her strength, which he hugged, was slowly disappearing. When Allen looked into her eyes, he could no longer see his reflection in them. Empty, black, and dark. Those eyes could no longer see anything.

"Mother?"

There was no answer...

"Mother..."

no answer...

"Mother! Mother! Hey!"

Still no answer...

"MOTHER!!! WAKE UP!!! ... Hey! MOTHER! WAKE UP! MOTHER! WAKE UP! MOTHER! HEY! MOTHER!!! PLEASE! PLEASE WAKE UP!!! HELP!!! MOTHER!!! DON'T STAY STILL!!!"

Allen shook Queen Orc's shoulders repeatedly, his tears coming out more profusely than before.

"NO! NO! I BEG YOU! GET UP! I PROMISE I'LL DO EVERYTHING MOM SAYS! I PROMISE TO BE A GOOD BOY! PLEASE WAKE UP! WAKE UP!"

"MOtheeer!!!"

But Allen didn't give up yet. This time he looked at the humans.

"IS THERE NO ONE WHO CAN HEAL MY MOTHER?!" Allen shouted. Allen realized that he had done something shameless after he asked them to stay away; now he was begging them to heal her.

"I… PLEASE! ANYONE?!"

His voice trembled, still crying; her tears hadn't stopped either. There was already a slight swelling in his eyes as his body and heart forced the tears out.

Allen bowed his head.

"Please... Mother is dying... if this continues, she will really die... And if she dies... I... what should I do..."

Then Allen raised his head, and with a desperate face, he shouted again.

"MOTHER CAN NO LONGER FIGHT! I'LL CONVINCE HER NOT TO ATTACK YOU! IF YOU CAN CURE HER, I'LL DO ANYTHING! WHATEVER YOU WANT! I CAN DO IT!!! PLEASE!"

No one answered, no one could help him, and there was nothing he could do.

"Motheeer…"

With this, Queen Orc's life screen was closed.