The Fake Hero Is Too Strong

Chapter 192

Impelium’s new law was added.

But nothing seemed to change.

Of course, we could confirm that Velosian and Adin were each trapped in the Special Room and at the Starting Point, but… could something that big really happen just from one line of text?

Impelium must have been wondering the same thing.

He asked, “So that’s it? I can’t tell what has changed.”

“Good. Then tell me, who are you, where is this place, and how is Serad standing next to me right now?”

I swallowed hard.

Just the secrets I had learned so far were enough to make my head explode, but I couldn’t shut my ears now. ‘Finally… the secrets of the world will be revealed.’

But at that moment.

Flick.

The screen disappeared.

“What? No. Wait a second!”

[What’s wrong? What are you talking about?]

Trail’s voice.

I was back in reality.

Back inside the Special Room, facing off against Aktion.

Right… the secret I had asked to see was about Aktion’s weakness.

So the rest must not be connected to that.

“You just saw a secret, didn’t you, Mide Mohan?”

Aktion’s rough voice cut through the air.

Neril answered with a cynical tone.

“No, I don’t think so.”

“What?”

“When Mide sees a secret, time stops. But now we can move even while time’s stopped.”

“…”

“I didn’t feel anything just now. So he probably didn’t see a secret. Don’t panic.”

She looked at me proudly as if to say, right?

Uh… normally, she would be right.

‘But this time it’s the complete Eye of Omniscience. It’s different… should I tell her that?’

[So even in a world frozen by the complete Eye of Omniscience, no one can move? Not even someone like us.]

‘Yeah. If I told her the truth, she would just feel awkward.’

[Then it’s better to stay quiet.]

But Neril seemed to read the truth from my face anyway.

Her cheeks flushed slightly.

“…Though I guess that’s not always true.”

“Sorry.”

“No, don’t apologize.”

Aktion folded his arms.

“You two get along well. You remind me of Impelium and Serad.”

“Thanks.”

“That wasn’t a compliment. Anyway, Mide, what secret did you see?”

Everyone looked at me.

I smirked.

“A secret that will destroy you.”

“…”

“Looks like I have become a ‘Hero chosen by the World.’ So I can add another law.”

“…!”

“I guess you and Velosian got trapped in the Special Room thanks to Impelium adding his law?”

Crack.

For the first time, Aktion’s face twisted in rage.

That smug, relaxed smile he always wore was gone.

“Don’t even dream of it. Don’t side with the World. That thing uses you, me, and Impelium, all of us, as pitiful sacrifices!”

Offense asked, “Impelium and Mide, sure, but why are you included in that?”

“Heh. Because I was the first of us. I was once a Hero chosen by the World long before Impelium.”

“What… what did you say?”

“For ages, I served that wretched thing. I was sick of it. Forced to protect disgusting humans, to serve their safety and happiness like a slave.”

His voice grew darker.

“Humans who can’t even be grateful for peaceful days. Idiots whose happiness drives them insane. That’s what humans are.”

“…”

“No matter how many Demon Kings you kill, it doesn’t matter. Humans always create more evil in their hearts and summon new ones. Again and again and again!”

“…”

“I had to watch that for tens of thousands of years. Pouring water into a bottomless jar. At some point, you have to ask: wouldn’t it be better if humanity just disappeared? Why should such lunatics be loved by the World?”

Earlier, his voice had dropped.

Now, it was rising.

“Die. Die! Just die already, you damned humans! No matter how many times you’re warned, taught, or scolded, you keep summoning new Demon Kings!”

“…”

“If you love Demon Kings so much, then fine, I will give you what you want. Through Velosian, I will fill this world with them. You will get your wish. A world overflowing with Demon Kings, where no human can set foot again.”

We were speechless, frozen by the horror of his words.

So that was it.

Aktion was broken.

After being chosen as the World’s Hero for so long, he had gone mad watching humanity repeat the same foolishness, birthing new Demon Kings no matter how many times he killed them.

He came to hate humans, to despise them, to curse them.

I clicked my tongue.

“So that’s why you joined hands with Velosian.”

He panted, then slowly steadied himself.

“Yeah. So don’t make the same mistake I did. Return my power.”

“I don’t even know how.”

“Just do nothing. Wait. It will all be over in a few minutes.”

“Thanks for the tip.”

He frowned.

“Tip?”

“You just said I only have a few minutes left.”

“…?”

“Which means I need to hurry.”

His face twisted like a demon’s.

I shouted:

“As a Hero chosen by the World, I will add a new law!”

“Stop! Don’t…!”

He lunged at me with terrifying speed.

But my mind spun faster, lightning fast.

‘What kind of law should I add?’

The Eye of Omniscience had said:

The World cannot erase things created by humanity.

That’s why it couldn’t erase Velosian, who was born from humanity.

Only a Hero, born from humanity, can kill them.

So a law that kills Aktion directly won’t work.

Then… what about this?

The closer he came, the clearer I could see his blood script, endless crimes, countless victims.

And then, it hit me.

“All the pain suffered by those who were hurt by Aktion Oscar, all the agony he caused, shall now return to him. This will be the new law set by Mide Mohan!”

“Gaaaah! Stop it!”

Aktion froze mid-scream.

Cold sweat dripped down his face.

“Kh…!”

He suddenly coughed up blood.

Crack, crack.

His body began to fold in on itself.

It was so grotesque it barely seemed real.

“St-stop! Gaaaaaah!”

In the end, his body folded literally, like paper being creased.

Lisel murmured in horror.

“W-what on earth… is that?”

“That’s the kind of sin Aktion committed. To peoples whose name we will never know.”

“So the pain his victims felt… it’s being returned to him through your new law?”

“Yeah. Must hurt a lot.”

“Wouldn’t he die before he even feels it? That’s not normal.”

No.

The law of the world never kills something made by humans.

But in this case, dying would have been a much kinder thing.

“Ugh…”

Crack.

Aktion’s body, which had folded like paper, started to unfold again.

The broken bones fixed themselves, and the spilled blood flowed back into his body.

“Huff… Stop it… Aaaagh!”

But that was only the end of one sin.

Soon, the second sin he had committed came back to him.

Fwoosh.

Aktion’s body burst into flames.

“Gaaahhh!”

He was burned alive, his body turning pitch-black.

He screamed in pain, but he couldn’t die.

His body burned away into ashes scattered on the ground.

Then, from those ashes, a faint voice came out.

“Stop it… please stop…”

“The victims of your sins probably said the same thing.”

“Grrk…”

The ashes reformed again.

Aktion’s body returned to normal.

But soon, his body started to be cut apart from the feet upward.

Slice, slice.

Like a skilled chef slicing radish, his body was chopped without pause.

Blood splattered everywhere as the pieces fell to the floor.

“Ugh…”

“I can’t watch this.”

“I should live a good life.”

Who knew how long it had been.

Even though only the seventh sin had returned to him, we had already turned our eyes away.

I too looked aside for a moment.

And then.

“Huh? Everyone, look over there.”

Clink.

The chains holding Idria fell off.

She dropped to the floor weakly.

Sobius quickly ran over and caught her.

“Mother!”

“Are you all right?”

“That’s what we should be asking you.”

“Just… help me up. I’m too weak to stand.”

“Of course.”

The other Fingers rushed over to her too.

Idria, supported by them, stood in front of me.

Meanwhile, Aktion was still suffering, paying for his countless sins.

“Gaaahhh!”

This time, his body was melting.

His flesh melted and stuck to the ground, and while I watched blankly, Idria said,

“When will that end?”

“I don’t know. Why?”

“That’s Batore’s body.”

“You’re still saying that? Batore was eaten by Aktion long ago.”

Idria shook her head weakly.

“After Batore devoured Adin’s body, he told me everything about Velosian’s plan. That means, at least for that moment, Batore was still himself.”

“…I guess. If it were Aktion, he would have lied or said nothing.”

“Right. So that means Batore is still alive in there.”

“So what do you want me to do about it?”

Ssshhh.

While Aktion suffered endless deaths and rebirths, tension filled the other side of the room.

My party quietly moved behind me, ready for a fight.

The Fingers surrounded Idria as well.

Serein said,

“You’re not thinking of fighting us, right? I mean, if you want to die, we can make that happen.”

“You really are annoyingly like me. That’s exactly what I was about to say.”

“Ha. I’m not as stupid as you. It’s obvious who is winning here.”

“I wonder how I can sew that mouth shut.”

Enough already. Anyone would think you’re not from the same soul.

I turned to Lisel.

“Lisel. Can you check if the red door is open?”

“Huh?”

“As you can see, Aktion’s a wreck right now. He can’t even care about Idria’s chains, so the red door should be open too.”

“You’re right. But if I go, our side will lose strength. I will send Mime instead.”

“Uh… okay.”

Wait, wasn’t Mime destroyed earlier?

“Who said I was destroyed?”

Oh. He popped out again.

I scratched my ear.

“I didn’t say that.”

“Your face did.”

“Anyway, go check the door.”

“Hmph.”

Mime quietly flew away, then quickly returned.

“It’s open.”

Good.

I shrugged.

“Let’s go, Idria.”

“Mide.”

“I will say this one last time. Next time, I won’t talk, I will just cut all your tendons and drag you out.”

“…”

“Or maybe I will just break your Fingers right here and take you alone. Doesn’t really matter.”

Grit.

Idria clenched her teeth.

Then.

“Gaaaahhh!”

A scream even worse than before rang out.

I turned around, wondering what killed him this time.

“Ugh… Sw-switching… Batore…”

Aktion said that and vanished.

Only Batore remained.

He had switched personalities with the Batore inside him.

Why would he… huh?

“Mother.”

Batore, with almost lifeless eyes, looked at Idria.

Idria ran over, checking him carefully from head to toe.

“Batore. Are you all right?”

“Yes. I’m fine.”

“Thank goodness. Truly, thank goodness.”

She hugged him tightly.

Then Neril said,

“Why is he fine? Did Aktion finish paying for all his sins?”

“No way. There were too many.”

“Then?”

“The world must see that body as Batore now, not Aktion.”

I had added a law to make Aktion suffer for all his sins.

But ‘that one’ wasn’t Aktion anymore, it was Batore.

So the law stopped working.

That must be it.

Idria said,

“It’s over. Let’s get out of here.”

“No.”

“What? What do you mean?”

Batore said calmly,

“I’m not going with you.”

TL: Honestly, I don’t even blame Aktion. But Aktion lowkey kinda similar to Kenjaku from JJK with the way he hops from body to body and his fate is similar to Diavolo from JJBA, who keeps dying endlessly. But I guess in his case, the number of times he dies corresponds to the number of people he killed, which should be in millions but sill finite.