1. Death?

「Rhine, hand over 『Reverse Arrow』. Give it up willingly, and I’ll at least let you die without suffering.」

「Resistance won’t change a thing, Rhine! The Holy Knights have completed their encirclement. Today, we’ll wipe one of the Demon Kings from the face of this world with our own hands!」

「You are a disgrace of our clan… Rhine, how many hundreds of years do you think I’ve waited for this day!」

「You vile scum! How many lives did you sacrifice to refine 『Reverse Arrow』? I doubt you even remember how many people you’ve killed. You’ll pay for that here and now!」

……

Rhine stood motionless under the barrage of curses.

Blood continued to spread around his feet. Hundreds of wounds gaped across his body, and the blood pouring ceaselessly from them had formed a large puddle on the ground.

His left arm, bent backward, hung motionless at an unnatural angle. Blood had soaked into his long black