I, Rick, the strongest human

"Shoku Mori——!"

Gather the surrounding elves together, turn them into countless vacuum blades, and fly straight towards the jungle. The huge wind pressure is like a tornado blowing, wantonly destroying everything along the way.

As the dust dissipated, the blond girl turned her eyes to the destroyed jungle, but what happened there made her speechless for a moment.

Based on her original thinking, Morisakaji would not directly kill the few humans hiding there. Of course, this was because she did not directly target them to attack.

It's just that if the jungle is destroyed, at most it will only hurt the group of humans.

But... there is no doubt that those few humans really died by their own hands.

"This group of people...are they all idiots? Σ(っ°Д °;)っ"

It's incomprehensible, obviously as long as they lie on the ground in the same posture as before, it is impossible to be attacked, but these humans suddenly stood up at the last moment, facing their own attacking magic.

...It's as if, it's like sending someone to death on purpose...

"Creatures like humans...are all such idiots?"

As an existence that is not even recognized as a race, in this great war, human beings are creatures of [unrecognized existence].

Zhenhong, who doesn't know much about human beings, can only guess like this.

"Um……?"

Just when she was about to leave, she suddenly discovered that there seemed to be signs of life in a male human being covered in blood in the corner.

While unfolding a magic circle that could be activated at any time, Zhenhong walked in front of the human being.

"Why do this?"

Realizing that the opponent's life was running low, Zhenhong didn't waste precious elves to control the opponent, but curiously asked a question that she said she cared about.

"why……?"

Both eyes have been completely pierced, both arms have been neatly cut off, and even the lungs have been severely injured, but the man still has a terrifying expression on his face.

...he was laughing.

...he was laughing.

I can't understand... I can't understand——!

Why... why is there such an expression? !

Neither dread, fear, nor pain, nor despair—

Rather, it was an expression that should not and could not appear on a dying person at all.

There is no fear of imminent death, and no nostalgia for life.

Just that pure, seemingly devoid of any other emotion... smile.

As if an innocent child got the toy he wanted, he smiled purely without any impurities.

The kind of smile that seemed to be declaring that he had won.

Obviously, he was about to die, and his companions were all dead. This kind of situation can be called "total annihilation"——

But the man still had that terrifying expression on his face.

No... not just this man.

Zhenhong noticed that the other people who were killed by herself showed almost the same smiles as him.

That is, only the winner who has completely given up his own life and given up his own existence will show a smile.

...unbelievable.

...incomprehensible.

Why on earth did this man show such a smile.

Why, other people will show such a smile.

That's what Zhenhong couldn't understand——

What the elves who participated in this great war could not understand——

Incomprehensible to the race that wantonly waged wars for the "Star Cup" - a smile.

"No...would...tell...tell...you...ren, any...any..."

The trachea almost burst out, but the man with the broken arm who lost his eyes showed a triumphant smile as if he couldn't feel the pain.

Zhenhong did not activate the magic immediately, but gave them some time to react, trying to prevent them from being directly killed by the magic.

However, this made Ivan and the others realize that the identity of the other party——

It's... the elves!

To be able to enter the expeditionary force, the most basic condition is to have a certain degree of understanding of the other races in the war.

Then, it has the awareness and cognition of mortal death.

If it is said that when encountering a demon species, one person can be sacrificed in exchange for the survival of the team.

But once you meet an elf, there are only two choices——

One is to hide and not be noticed by the other party.

Second, it is——

【suicide】

Except for the "life" of the last six races, the elves are the race with the highest magical adaptability among "creatures".

At the same time, they themselves tend to use magic to solve problems. Once encountered, there are only two consequences.

To be killed directly, or to be [tortured] for information about the human species.

Therefore, after knowing the identity of the other party, the man named Ivan chose the "most correct plan" together with his companion.

...that is, suicide.

"...I really don't understand this race..."

"So weak... yet so terrifying..."

He didn't get the answer he wanted, and there was a regretful expression on Zhenhong's face.

However, she didn't even realize that the name she called human beings was slowly changing.

"Such a race... After all, why do we keep ignoring it..."

Wei Wei was absent-minded for a moment, Zhenhong signaled to the fairies and elves behind her, and then left the place.

And after she left, the man who lost his eyes seemed to have noticed something, and shouted the last words in his life with his hoarse voice.

"...human...kind...must...win!"

Chapter 30 False feelings? (Ultra HD Remastered!)

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On the other side, Rick and Shubi also left the human gathering place at this moment.

Relying on the elf props of the goblins, Rick quickly found the dragon elves, as well as the elves and others who followed closely behind.

"I don't know... have they met Ivan and the others?"

Shaking his head, Rick's figure disappeared in the next instant.

"—!"

With her excellent attainments in magic, Zhenhong had already sensed it the moment Rick appeared beside her.

...However, that speed... cannot be captured.

And my own body couldn't react at all.

Rick's fist hit Zhenhong's head straight, and at that moment, the latter's heart was filled with unprecedented panic.

I... am I going to die?

Just die or something... can't you?

However, the next moment, the huge fist stopped suddenly, less than a millimeter away from her forehead, it stopped.

"why……?"

Looking at the calm face of the silver-haired boy, the girl named Zhenhong murmured.

"Just now, did you meet? Ivan and the others..."

Retracting his fist, Rick asked with a blank expression while holding Hubie's little hand.

Who is Ivan?

Zhenhong didn't know, but she could guess that what Rick asked should be those humans who were killed by herself.

"..."

Faced with the teenager's questioning, Zhenhong didn't know how to answer him.

Is it pretending not to know?Or just admit that his companions were all killed by him...?

"...Really? It seems that he died at your hands."

No, no... It never occurred to me to kill them.

Just want to know more... know more about the anthropomorphic species, about you—

However, Zhenhong couldn't say such words at all.

Whether it's the arrogance of being an elf, or some kind of emotion in the girl's heart...

She couldn't even say such words.

Those people were indeed killed by themselves.

Himself, betrayed the contract with him, killed those humans...

"You're right. I killed all those people, and killed all of them."

He obviously wanted to say something to apologize, but when it came to his lips, he said something completely different.

"Knew it……"

Rick sighed. He was just guessing at first, but seeing the other party's reaction, he knew he was right.

"It seems that our contract was unilaterally terminated. As the price for breaching the contract, I think you should understand—"

Those eyes that were deeper than the abyss were staring at the girl so closely, and there was an unknown color in the pupils.

"..."

Sure enough, such a self will not be forgiven...

But it doesn't matter, as long as you use that magic, as long as you use that magic...

While Zhenhong was thinking about these things in her heart, within her vision, the silver-haired boy suddenly stretched out his hand and placed it on her cheek.

"Ehhh—?!"

The girl looked at the boy in front of her helplessly, and made a sound of astonishment in her mouth.

"The contract is not unilateral, but the two parties jointly undertake the tasks that they need to complete, and jointly abide by the rules established by the two parties..."

"If one party violates the content of the contract without authorization, then the contract is equivalent to being unilaterally terminated."

"In this case, the relationship between us should be... the enemy!"

"No matter what you do to the enemy, I don't think it's too much!"

Rick's words were like a boulder pressing on Zhenhong's heart.

Enemy or something...

This kind of words is too much...

He obviously said earlier that he liked me or something...

Zhenhong wanted to question the other party, but she soon realized how naive and ridiculous her idea was.

Killed his fellow man!