Volume 5 Chapter 48 ACT.178 Burning into the Stars (III)
"You and I are definitely of the same kind."
Those words were like a terrible insult.
A Purge Knight, who hunts down heretics as the goddess's agent, being called the same as someone who sided with the heretics out of selfish desire.
"──"
But Rize didn't show any anger.
She didn't feel angry at all.
Why?
Because Rize felt the same way.
"You have a goal, something you admire, right? You want to reach it, don't you?"
Rize didn't say anything in response to Aisha's words.
It was also a sign that she wouldn't listen as a Purge Knight, but it was also a silent yes.
"I'm the same! I have a dream I absolutely want to reach someday. To surpass the legendary champion, the current Three Swords's *person*!"
One of the current top leaders of Shaura is a former legendary gladiator.
He rose from the lowest-ranking slave to the greatest hero through many dangerous matches.
Many people became gladiators because they admired him.
In fact, she also became the champion of the arena──.
"But, it's no good anymore."
But Aisha's soul wasn't satisfied.
"The times have changed."
After the hero took his seat among the Three Swords, he and the Kingdom revised the arena rules significantly through various discussions.
To avoid deaths as much as possible and to make it safe, just for entertainment.
It was a reform that many people agreed with, but it was despair for Aisha.
"I can't have dangerous gladiator matches like before. I can't possibly get close to his record because of the rules."
She could get the title of champion, but that's it.
Aisha thought it was the same as never being able to surpass him for all eternity.
In the current arena, which prioritizes safety, there are no warriors who can compare to her.
And she can't hope for dangerous matches either.
The stairs of her longing are cut off halfway.
"That's why, that's why I need this dragon now!"
If she defeats the dragon, everyone will have to admit that she surpassed him.
"I'm aware of a hundred rule violations!"
Aisha shouted.
To fulfill her ambition.
"But this is the only way to achieve a great deed beyond him!"
Rize, understanding her selfish desires, knew it was futile but still tried to stop her.
"You don't understand the danger of the dragon."
Why would the Purge Knight come all this way just to kill the dragon?
She doesn't understand what could happen if you mishandle a dragon.
At best, it was the only leverage he had to stop her.
"Ah, we're just parallel lines, no matter how far we go."
But she wouldn't stop.
It was then that Rize, who had become her half, prepared herself.
Aisha kicked something from the ground towards Rize.
"Let's make it clear."
An old model, but a well-maintained short spear.
"Don't take the weapon, Rize."
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