episode_0027

Leos looked at Distance for a moment. The word Enas didn’t really seem like he was lying. Of course, since it is an anonymous community, I was careful that someone could be impersonating Enas. However, there was no need to think too deeply. The reason was none other than that I had no intention of having a conversation.

[LEO: It’s not Leos. I don’t even know what that person does.]

Leos regretted having thoughtlessly chosen his first nickname as LEO. But I immediately erased the thought. After all, this is an anonymous community. So, there was no way to find out his identity unless he admitted it.

‘No matter how much I talk about gates, I’m not the only gate-related expert.’

Even if it is not an imperial agency, information related to monsters is already being released on the black market for a huge amount of money. At the moment, Leos is the only company that provides free information for points, and monster-related information is not completely monopolized by the company.

‘Well, that’s only a small part of my knowledge.’

Whether it was Red Gate or a mutant monster, the information floating around in the market was only a small part of Leos’ knowledge. Some people might say that they would pay ten million won to buy that, but Leos doesn’t need it at all.

After thinking about various aspects, Leos came to a conclusion.

‘I no longer have time to take care of my former students.’

It is difficult to take care of Bendict and Herecia who are next to me. But is there a need to accept a student who didn’t trust me and never contacted me, but now contacted me belatedly? Leos thought there was nothing at all.

‘The only way to do this is to ask for information about monsters.’

– Suddenly…

Leos barely managed to shake off the rising anger as forgotten memories began to surface one by one. Disciples who did not submit a single petition, disciples who never said they believed, and disciples who no one contacted even on the day of their release.

Leos made a promise the day he was released from prison. He said he thought his former student no longer existed.

[ENA: Really…isn’t it really Leos? There is something I must say.]

[LEO: I don’t know who it is, but go talk to him. Because I’m not that guy.]

[ENA: Okay…I’m sorry…]

That was the end of my contact with Enas.

*

“Leos, you look distraught. What’s going on?”

Hericia approached, tilting her head, and Leos shook his head for a moment and lay down on the bed and closed his eyes.

“Take a little rest… You’ve had a hard time moving around these days. It could be because I’m mentally and physically exhausted.”

“Hericia! On the contrary, isn’t it because you keep telling me so much that my brother can’t rest! It’s noisy!”

“What?! No, people are worried! What do you know!”

“I don’t know anything! But you know one thing! You’re making so much noise right now!”

“It’s because you’re louder!”

I looked at the two people in turn and spoke.

“Please be quiet. Please.”

“Yep!”

“I understand…”

Bendict went straight to the corner and crouched down, and Hericia also moved to the other side, giggling. Soon, Bendict’s face begins to turn red.

“You crazy guy. Take a breather. Are you rebelling when I tell you to be quiet?”

“Puha….! My brother told me to be quiet, so I just tried not to make any breathing noises. There was no other intention….ugh! older brother! older brother! ear! It tore last time!!”

Bendict muttered, caressing his ears and looking at the ground with sad eyes.

“I just thought of you…”

When I glared at him, Bendict immediately covered his mouth with his right hand and went into mute mode.

‘ha…’

As I look at the ceiling, I can’t help but sigh.

‘There are a lot of people looking for me these days. Bellin contacted me first, and Enas also contacted me.’

When Belin contacted me, there was only anger, but when Enas contacted me, the emotions were profound. In a way, the disciples were just deceived by Belin.

But on the other hand, they didn’t believe me after only hearing Belin’s words. I have no thoughts of retaliating against them since I have fond memories of them together. But on the other hand, I certainly didn’t have the foolish idea of going out and helping them. Even though I have said so many times that it is unfair, how can I risk my life to fight again for those who have not even contacted me once or offered help?

‘Too much time has passed for conversation.’

Three years passed between his imprisonment and his release. If you include the trial time, he was imprisoned for longer than that. During this time, I was terribly alone.

‘No… to be exact, I was with this idiot.’

When he looked at Bendict, he smiled and opened his mouth.

“Haeng. Looks like you’re feeling a little relieved?”

“What this guy said…”

As I walked towards Bendict, he flinched and grabbed his head. A strong will not to have one’s ears ripped off. I hit that guy on the head with a hammer and continued talking.

“Thank you. Even though you have many shortcomings, you always take care of me. Looking back now, you were the only one who believed me while I was in prison.”

“Brother…are you trying to commit suicide? Oh no, bro! please! Please don’t die! They say that if people change, they die…Uuuu!

Bendict looked at his tattered ears and cried.

“No, why do you keep praising me and then hitting me! If you’re going to hit me, hit yourself. Your ears can’t even be trained…”

“Instead of hitting the torso, can I hit it with all my might?”

As I pretended to raise my fist, Bendict spoke with gentle eyes.

“Haha! Brother, I like getting my ears plucked!”

Hericia, who was next to me, shook her head and spoke.

“Before, I heard that the company’s ledgers should not bow down no matter what. You can’t do anything in front of Leos.”

Bendict cleared his throat in annoyance.

“Hericia. I’m saying it because you don’t know, but the people who messed with Leos are all dead… They killed hundreds of people in prison alone… I don’t want to be part of that either.”

“Leo…Leos really said that?”

“That’s right? Because the room manager, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, was stabbed by Leos several times, the entire room became a puddle of blood…”

Bendict told an outrageous lie, but Leos didn’t have the strength to respond anymore, so he just let him talk as he pleases. Bendict is irritating, and Hericia is listening seriously next to him. I burst into laughter as I looked at them.

‘It’s not bad.’

After being imprisoned, I caused trouble and I still can’t forget what it felt like to be locked in a cell. Several months passed in silence, with no way to tell how much time had passed. That was the first time I realized it. I, too, am a lonely person. That you need to have someone by your side.

When I protect someone, it is not for their sake, but rather an action based on my selfishness of not wanting them to leave my side.

‘Protect. No matter what happens.’

Even after hearing that I was being pursued by the empire, they chose to stay by my side rather than give up and run away. I planned to take responsibility until the end. At least Bendict and Herecia.

-Beep beep…beep beep…

While I was thinking that, life signs were detected around me. Instead of going out and checking like before, I immediately levitated Spirel, a high-level artifact, into the air and checked where life signs were detected.

‘person…?’

About 20 people, their entire bodies covered in blood, were slowly walking toward the safe zone.

‘Is it the enemy?’

Leos began to observe the other person closely. However, to be considered an enemy, they were not armed at all.

‘No, it’s not that he came unarmed, he’s disarmed and walking next to me.’

Upon closer inspection, I was able to confirm that dozens of knives were gathered on the ground outside the safety zone. Like defeated soldiers declaring surrender to an enemy general in war, they trudged barefoot.

‘weird.’

If the enemy had been armed, they would have bombed them right away, but their faces were unknown to Leo, and the situation clearly showed that they had no intention of fighting. Above all, their behavior and movements were those of professionally trained people.

Leos lowered the Spirel and spoke to them through the speaker.

“Stop. If you come any closer, I will kill you.”

As Leos finished preparing to drop the Spirel Mana Bomb, a man came forward and tried to block it with his body. Then the captain behind him smiled and spoke.

“Faron, don’t do this. Even if I die, I have to die first. Will I use it if you die first?”

“Lacarte…”

Rakarte, the leader of the Imperial Extermination Team, put aside Faron, who was protecting him, and walked slowly forward. As if to prove that he was not armed, he took off all his outer clothing except his top and bottom.

– Jeopuk

– Jeopuk

The man walked step by step, and eventually came to just below Spirel. A position where you can never run away and die unconditionally if you just drop the mana bomb.

Standing there, Lacarte spoke.

“That’s you, right? Leos. I saw the interrunner. And I saw your old records. There was only one conclusion. You are the only one who can create a safe zone and do something like this.”

-Pajik…Pajijik…

Intense energy began to flow from Spirel, and it became possible to drop a mana bomb right away.

Rakarte spoke with his arms wide open as if it didn’t matter when he died.

“Won’t you join us and take down the empire? If you want, you can expose all the empire’s shame and agitate public opinion.”

“Why should I do that?”

“Because I can pay you back equally.”

“…”

“The idiotic empire framed you and made you suffer. If I help you, you can repay me in kind. To those scum who made you rot in prison for over 3 years.”

A moment passed and Leos slowly walked towards them holding a chain sword.

“Tell me more about it. If you lie or say something useless, I will kill you right away.”

Rakarte smiled brightly and nodded.

“One week. If you give me just one week, I can completely agitate the people of the empire. By taking advantage of this gate incident.”