episode_0028

I repeat.

After reincarnation, it took quite a long time for me to make a very simple and obvious resolution to ‘live happily’.

All children born in Academy City go through a similar process.

Locked in a small room, protected by a childcare robot, they watch educational materials every day at a level close to brainwashing from the time they were able to learn knowledge.

If you look away from the educational video or do anything else, the AI will recognize it and whip you.

It was a painful time as hell for me, who had memories of my past life and was able to discern between right and wrong earlier than others.

How amazing is it that the difficult magical practice became an escape.

I spent a lot of time in places that didn’t smell like people, and I resented the mysterious phenomenon that reincarnated me for a long time.

It was a natural progression to feel a strong thirst for human affection.

The woman in front of me was the first person to appear in front of me and be on my side.

It was Kim Dal-bi.

“It’s been a while?”

I greeted my childhood friend, who still looked like the villain from the game, in a cold tone.

My heart did not calm down.

I felt like I had found my missing family member. First, I suppressed my overwhelming emotions as much as possible.

I was grateful for the past years of training my poker face. If I didn’t know how to properly manage my facial expressions, my facial expressions would have been pretty disgusting by now.

“… … .”

Kim Dal-bi’s eyes widened for a moment, as if he didn’t know he would see me in a place like this. Soon, her expression calmed down.

Dalbi looked at me and blinked slowly. The time until then felt long.

“… It’s been a while, Woojin! How have you been?”

Dalby smiles and greets calmly.

It was a friendly response, like a friend I met yesterday.

Dalbi’s voice rang out from inside the goblin mask. My heart responded to that voice.

There was a completely different emotional gap compared to when I received Dalby’s letter for the first time in many years.

Hearing Dalby’s voice in person seemed to rekindle the fire of emotions that were thought to have been extinguished.

The words ‘I missed you’ rose up in my throat. I swallowed it with difficulty.

I closed my mouth and approached Dalby.

The bomb demon Lee Ha-min and the goblin were in his path, but he didn’t care.

“How can a leading manager… ?”

Ha-min, who was still surprised, gritted his teeth and took out the remote control from his pocket.

“You guys… , are you ignoring me!?”

The corners of Ha-min’s mouth barely raised and he trembled.

“There are still a lot of bombs… ! swimming… ! I can kill everyone on this street! I’m not someone you can ignore… !”

While walking, he leapt towards Ha-min and swung his triple baton as if an arrow was being fired. Kwaang!! A strong blow and shock wave of electricity hit him.

Ha-min, who could not react, was hit hard on the head and flew through the air. Quang! The body was once again thrown against the wall where it had supposedly been thrown.

Hamin was silent.

He fainted.

Bomber is a vicious villain who plays explosive games while efficiently running away.

Well, they are just troublesome enemies when their whereabouts are unknown.

It was so easy to deal with when it was close by.

I approached Ha-min and lightly broke the remote control and watch.

He also threw a restraining ball.

Charak!

The belt that suddenly popped out of the restraints bound Ha-min.

With this, the disruptor disappeared.

I looked at Dalby again. She crossed her arms and watched me quietly.

‘It’s relaxing.’

It was worth it.

It was obvious that Dalbi was overwhelmingly stronger than me.

Dalbi is a powerhouse that is close to the 7th rank.

She can control the power of goblins, and in addition, goblin troops follow her. Quantity war, firepower war. Her fighting power is second to none.

It is a fraudulent unique ability.

But surprisingly, unlike other unique abilities, there are no notable activation conditions or penalties. It must exist, but even the community couldn’t figure it out.

So I don’t know what Dalby’s weakness is.

It is simply judged that fighting with the maximum firepower of the leader is the best solution. It was because of such a monster that I became the leader in the first place.

In the end, even if I fought Dalby here, my defeat was as obvious as death.

But if I had to fight, I was going to fight.

There is no place to run away anyway.

Put your hands in your pockets.

By pressing the speed dial number 1 on the smartphone, a text message containing brief call instructions was quickly sent.

The other person was Deputy Chief Oh Baek-seo.

He must have been carrying out my instructions. The process of identifying the characteristics of the small drone bomb I told you about and disposing of it in cooperation with the management office.

This was an order I could give because I knew how to deal with bomb demons.

Now that the bomb horse was caught, there was no need to rush.

It would have been better to leave this task to the management office and deal with Dalby with me.

Tsuzz!

Lightning magic arose in the triple pole. Dalby narrowed his eyes as if he had sensed my intention to fight.

“To catch me?”

“That should be it.”

“Is it possible?”

“Not sure.”

He shrugged his shoulders and answered calmly.

Even though it was a conversation with a precious person I hadn’t seen in a long time, I didn’t feel like talking.

I wasn’t a big person or a powerful person enough to take my time against Dalby.

“First, let me ask you one question.”

Before going into battle.

So many things came to mind that I wanted to say to Dalbi.

Why are you here?

Why did you become a villain?

Why do you say you like my innocence?

What did I mean to you?

etc.

I was curious about everything, but I wasn’t in a position to ask each question.

Still, it was clear what I wanted to ask Dalby first among the words floating around in my head.

I said those words.

“Why did you leave without saying a word? You could have told me the reason before I went.”

I didn’t have the right to hold Dalbi captive.

Still, I could have at least told you the reason.

If he knew I would be sad, why did Dalby just leave?

Dalby looked worried, but only smiled meaningfully.

“Even if I tell you, isn’t it meaningless anymore? We’ve already come too far… .”

“What nonsense?”

What kind of ambiguous attitude is that… .

A sigh came out of my mouth.

“Just say it. Don’t be frustrated.”

Does she think she is the female protagonist in some kind of drama?

What comes to mind is the warmth I shared with Dalbi as we often hugged each other during our childhood.

And after Dalby left, these were the letters she left me at intervals of several years.

In the letter, Dalby called himself ‘garbage’.

To be precise, didn’t he tell me that even though he became trash, he was always on my side?

It seemed similar to the feeling of being in an emotional mood and posting cringy phrases in the status message of the messenger profile. You might regret it later.

I wasn’t the kind of idiot who could read something so full of regret and take it at face value.

“Why did you leave without saying a word and give me those letters?”

I wasn’t generous enough to accept this kind of vague behavior.

“… Sorry for behaving so poorly.”

However, Dalby did not give a clear answer.

“Why did you leave a letter? ,I don’t know either. I just wanted to do that. It’s hard to say why I left without saying a word.”

Dalbi smiled awkwardly.

“But is it real? I’m on your side unconditionally.”

“Then say… !”

“If you tell, you will die.”

“What?”

The unexpected answer left me speechless. It was because my mind became confused.

What kind of bullshit was that? My mind had to spin for a moment.

“… See you again.”

As if he didn’t want to continue the conversation, Dalby turned his back and started walking away.

This was not the time to be immersed in confusion.

“The conversation probably isn’t over yet.”

I gathered my emotions and adjusted my posture. Right after.

Faaah!

I rushed towards Dalby as if shooting.

At that moment, a goblin blocked us.

Kaang!

When he swung the three-stage baton, the goblin blocked it with his bat. Pajik! The shock wave of electricity spread out and pushed the bat away.

Perhaps because he thought it was an unexpected force, the goblin looked quite embarrassed.

The advantage of the triple rod is that the connection operation is very fast and simple. He immediately swung in succession and hit the goblin’s body.

Pow!!

Puzzle!!

Two consecutive shock waves of lightning struck the goblin in an instant. The goblin, unable to withstand the shock wave, was pushed back.

But it didn’t fly.

Even as his feet slipped on the ground, he barely managed to keep his balance and hold on.

The skin was pretty hard.

It appears that the body has been strengthened to a high level with magical power.

The goblin let out steam and glared at me with two pairs of vicious eyes.

A chain of shock waves.

This is a technique that became possible after fighting the Anomia guys last time. I felt like my battle experience was gradually accumulating.

Last time I experimented, I was able to get the result of inflicting about 1.5 to 2 times more damage than a normal shock wave at once.

dump. The damage must have been accumulated all at once, as the goblin bent one knee and collapsed.

however.

Slur.

Before rushing in again.

Smoke rose from the ground and another goblin appeared. It’s threatening. The iron bat he held in his hand was large and heavy, commensurate with his size.

Two goblins blocked my path. Beyond them, I could see Dalby’s back moving away.

Quang!

Grumble!

The iron bat swung by the large goblin shattered the ground. A rising flame element. If I had tried to block that attack straight away, I wouldn’t have been able to recover even a single bone.

However, it seemed like the speed was intentionally adjusted. Like firing a threatening shot. It was probably something I thought I would avoid.

I can’t believe you looked at me.

My pride was very hurt.

There was an attack and defense battle with two goblins. I was very annoyed with them looking at me without even knowing the topic.

Charak! I took advantage of the opportunity and took out the axle stick from my belt. The two goblins in front of me were probably unexpected.

Intense blue-green electricity spreads through the pole.

I swung it like that.

It’s so scary!!

A flash of light took control of the two goblins and spread a powerful bolt of electricity, engulfing them. Slur. The two goblins fell down helplessly.

Faaah! Through the aftermath of the lightning explosion, he rushed towards Dalby. Before I knew it, I saw Dalbi, who had been surprised by the explosion caused by Byeokchukbong, looking back at me.

Sreung!

Dalbi reflexively pulled out his sword.

My triple staff clashed with her sword.

Kaang!

Pajik!

“Pfft!”

Did they think I wouldn’t be able to overcome two goblins in a short time? Dalbi, who was not prepared, was not able to properly control his magic and lost his balance.

I don’t know what story Dalby has.

The only thing that is clear is that she is the villain and I am the leader.

The fact that she had to be subdued and interrogated first remained the same.

The triple pole wrapped in electricity cut through the air and headed towards Dalbi’s neck.