episode_0175

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The refreshing mountain air filled Imina’s lungs.

It’s been about a month since we moved to the dimensional gap that opened from where Emma was.

Tracing the very, very faint feeling of Inho’s energy, we arrived at a place deep in the mountains where no one could reach.

“Look at this, Mr. Procrastination.”

Imina’s finger pointed to a spot.

There was long grass growing there, and her finger seemed to point at the grass, but not at the grass.

At her words, her long shadow, created by the moonlight, took shape and appeared.

The shadow slithered like a snake, starting from Imina’s shoulders, past her elbows and knees, and through her feet into the grass.

“It’s really, really, really faint… but In-ho’s traces end here.”

Imina tilted her head.

“Isn’t it strange? There was no trace of this the last time I came…”

They trace In-ho’s traces and analyze the traces to find out the dimension he moved to.

That was the ability to move between dimensions given to her by the goddess Nivir.

Although she did not know everything about the concept of ‘dimension’ governed by the gods, she thought she had established her own concept after going through several dimensional shifts.

However, this case is a new one.

The ancient shadow on the grass vibrated up and down.

Mina opened her eyes wide when she saw that.

“At least 10 years? Or maybe it’s an older trace?”

Why couldn’t I find traces like this last time, and why did I discover them this time?

Mina had a headache.

” Mr. Kkumul.”

Mina called out to the shadow.

– !!!

As if responding to her call, the shadow trembled.

“I thought I had definitely caught up with Inho, but I’m so far away again.”

Mina spoke lonelyly, extending her hand to the sky as if to grab the moon.

“It feels like it can reach, but it doesn’t.”

As if in pain, Mina covered her head with both hands and started scratching with her nails.

– Buck, buck, buck, buck.

The sound of fingernails scratching skin filled the deserted depths of the mountain.

“Huh….”

Mina, who had been messing with her hair for a while, muttered with a refreshed face after a while.

“Thank goodness. This seems to be the place where Mr. In-ho died… Since it is a trace made a long time ago, the analysis will take a long time…”

Mina stopped talking.

“Wait a minute….”

There was one strange thing.

“Why are there two dead places?”

The last time I came, I confirmed that In-ho had died in Anhui.

But this time, the distance was quite far away.

With so many dimensions, what is the probability of moving to the same dimension again?

“Because I died twice.”

The endless questions were cut off by one voice.

At the voice that came without any sign, Mina turned around and retrieved the ancient shadow.

– Boom!

A strong impact was felt on her right arm, and she flew into the air.

Eventually, the pain spreads throughout my body.

“Ugh!”

If it weren’t for Namgung Soyeon’s ability absorbed here, her body would definitely have broken down without being able to react properly.

Imina smashed several trees and fell to the ground.

Ancient shadows gathered in a circle where she fell, acting as a cushion.

“Phew… Thanks to you, I survived, Mr. Procrastination.”

When Mina greeted the shadow, the shadow moved its body up and down.

It meant focusing on the upcoming fight.

At the same time, a sound of cutting through the air was heard.

Like an arrow released from the bow of a longbow, something flew swiftly towards where she was.

“Clumsy!”

With Mina’s cry, an ancient shadow took shape.

A long barbell and a bunch of heavy barbell plates attached to the end.

Mina held the end of the barbell and struck the blunt object made of the bar and disc from top to bottom.

– Kang!

Along with the clear sound, dust rose up and a dull sensation was felt through the pole.

But the indescribable anxiety did not go away.

Obviously, anxiety that the other person will be fine.

“What a strange weapon.”

And that anxiety accurately predicted the situation.

The opponent’s foot stuck in the middle of the bar.

The half-bent pole was crying pitifully.

“Oh my…! Mr. Procrastination!”

Mina, who was trying to retrieve the shadow to prepare for another attack, was grabbed by the neck and thrown to the ground.

“Aaaah!!”

Even as she screamed from the impact of running down her back, Imina’s eyes did not miss the person sitting on her.

Deep in the mountains, under the dim moonlight.

The one who hunted him like a predator was looking down at him with eyes redder than blood.

– Huh!

The opponent who was on top of her pulled back his right fist.

The regime would be established from top to bottom.

‘Must be avoided…’

That’s what I thought, but the situation wasn’t right.

The shadow was in the process of being recovered, and the body was fixed and unable to move.

The best choice she could make was to hope that the durability she gained by traveling through multiple dimensions and absorbing people would withstand attacks.

Anticipating the shock that would follow, Mina instinctively closed her eyes.

– Boom!!!

A huge explosion of sound hit my ears.

Her ears were ringing, but the pain she expected didn’t come.

what? Had I been hit so hard that my brain was overloaded?

“……”

After waiting for a while and nothing happened, Mina slowly opened her eyes.

The fist was right next to her face.

“Did you say it’s Mina?”

With flashing red eyes, the other person slowly bent down and brought his face closer.

“I knew you would come back. If you are following Inho’s traces, you will definitely come here.”

“But how do I know when it will come? So, ever since you ran away, I’ve been staying around here.”

The other person’s voice was full of irritation.

“I don’t know what kind of magic it is, but you are definitely chasing Inho through some kind of method.”

The other’s movements stopped at a distance where each other’s breath seemed to touch.

Imina swallowed her saliva at the sight of eyes that made her stomach tingle when she looked at them.

“Me and Inho met twice. At first, I thought that the dead In-ho had come back to life.”

“But it wasn’t. Inho, whom I met recently, couldn’t remember anything about me.”

“It may be that I forgot my memories when I was resurrected, but… there was one thing that came to mind.”

“When I first met Inho… Inho seemed to know me in a strange way.”

“At that time, I didn’t know why I was reacting like that, but I realized it only after I sent Inho twice and met you.”

“It was the first meeting for me, and the second meeting for Inho.”

“However, there are things that cannot be explained even by the assumption of going against time.”

“In-ho is clearly dead. That too twice.”

The other person stretched out two fingers.

“There is no way to explain this with the knowledge I have.”

– Boom!

“So everything needs to be said.”

Once again, the fist fell next to Lee Mi-na.

“Everything you know.”

The Heavenly Demon bared its teeth and growled at Lee Mi-na.