A Messy Self-Made Play. (2)

Most of the situation was turning out the way I wanted it to.

The main characters, Raoul and Albert, realize that they are still frogs in a well as they fight against the incoming slimes, and upon seeing the strength of those who participated in this ranked match, they resolve to advance to the next stage, while those who were not at the level to participate in the ranked match naturally drop out.

And the geniuses that each country boasts.

A level 4 magician and a level 3 auror swordsman who had been keeping their distance from each other throughout the survival match, observing each other’s strength and magical power, ended up joining forces for no reason.

The scene where they make an effort to remain in the rankings while exchanging names with each other is also the preparation necessary to move on to the next step.

So far, so good. It’s going exactly as I wanted it to, according to the original story.

There’s just something about it that’s flowing strangely.

‘Why is Nora heading towards the slime? No, she couldn’t possibly detect its magic. How on earth?’

At first glance, it looks like you’re walking in the opposite direction of the liquid that the slime is spewing out, but it’s not just water, and you can’t just follow it to reach the waterfall.

However, Nora followed the direction of the flow as if it was natural and walked in the opposite direction, then stopped and adjusted the direction to move precisely in the direction of the slime’s main body.

Because of this, unlike the others who had initially been attacked only by flowing liquids, the slime guy became convinced that she was tracking him and gradually increased the amount of liquid directed only at her.

‘If you keep doing that, you’re going to get hurt.’

-Kududuk!

As if Nora had read my mind, she instantly increased the amount of magic she used, making the range of the black swamp larger and causing the slime liquid to sink.

Hmm. That’s strange. Wasn’t he originally not that good at controlling his magical power?

I think that would be about the same level as I was four years ago.

I felt a little elated at the perfect control of magical power, to the point where I thought that maybe Nora could now create a lower-level catalyst without fail, but I also felt somewhat awkward about the current situation.

‘Raul’s growth will probably reach Aura 3rd stage in this ranking match according to the story. But Albert… To be honest, he’s strangely weak to the point where he can’t handle this story. To be honest, it seems like he’ll be eliminated in the preliminaries. And on the other hand, Nora… If she does something wrong, she’ll be on par with me?’

Of course, the existence of the magic book I gave her is important, but more than that, her magical power is extremely stable.

It is hard to believe that she uses her magical power in a passionate manner, unlike any black magician, as she uses her magical power in a very calm and precise manner.

If this continues, it is certain that the slime will reach the main body unless it attacks more violently.

‘If you ask me if I can win… I can’t do it alone.’

The slime in this story is not a battle to be conquered, but a battle to be defended.

And it’s a story that gives the main characters a chance to realize that their skills are no use against fantasy-level monsters.

But now that we look at it, Raoul and Albert are clearly leaning in that direction, but Nora is moving towards exterminating the slimes for some reason.

‘This is… not good. No, it’s not that bad… is it?’

Raoul and Albert suspect me of being the culprit or at least involved in this situation, and Nora seems to still be trying to find out more from me due to the information she found out about my activities from over there.

If I could just show her how to ‘use’ the guy before she gets to the main body, wouldn’t she give up on me?

And then I start to think that maybe they’ll hate me again along with those two.

“… First of all, since stopping midway is impossible, we need to move right away. “

Nora moves quickly, as if she doesn’t want to give anyone time to think.

She started to pass the point that was a field and reached the entrance of what was a mountain. If I just sat there blankly thinking about it any longer, she might really get eliminated from the ranking battle.

I didn’t want such a tragedy, so I immediately turned around and moved…

“Huh… ?”

“? What is this?”

As I was trying to climb up the mountain where Lime’s body was, her desperate voice overlapped with mine.

-Bang!!

“What the heck. Is that kid near the slime? What the hell are they doing?!”

“Why, can I feel the princess’s magic from up there?! Ah! Me! Really Harve! I believed in it…!!”

The reason was that the magic and magical power that was clearly the princess’s were beginning to be felt in the mountains.

*

“Wow! I was going to the bathroom and what the heck is this? Get out of here!!”

-bang!!

Princess Coti Royal Labyrinth, who had climbed up the mountain away from Harb for a while.

She wasn’t really stupid, so she moved in that direction, thinking that since the slime was flowing downwards in the opposite direction from where they were, it would be safe to go up in that direction.

But there was something she didn’t know.

Naturally, Rudis had created a safe zone with magic in the area.

And the point was that even that safe zone was at risk of being breached if directly attacked in the event of an emergency, so Harb was left behind as an escort.

Because it wasn’t just flowing water, it was a ‘monster attack’.

-Chiiik…

“Eek! Are you thinking of melting the girl?! Get out of here, you idiot!! [Black Magic] [Lv. 1]… !!”

-bang!

So she was trying to do her business near a rock where there were no people, but she discovered a liquid that had climbed up the mountain and was approaching her, so she quickly climbed up the rock and used magic to protect herself.

“Eww…! I told the commoners to watch! At this rate, the girl will melt and die without seeing anything!”

Even though I want to scream for help, it’s all because of my own complacent judgment. I understand that much, so I can’t even scream.

She just endures, believing that the man she has grown to like will deal with this bizarre monster.

And because of the shame of not wanting to be caught doing this pathetically, I couldn’t even call the lower-class noble bastard Harb.

Even if it gets to this point, I think it’s too pathetic if you can’t get out of the situation on your own.

‘It’s enough to show Rudis that you’re stupid. Please, I don’t want you to see me foolishly stepping into the limbs with my own feet!!’

“Profit!! Get out!!”

-Bang!!

-Cheese… Clap!!

“Eek?! B, it melted rocks and fell down! This crazy slime…!!”

Eventually, when even the rock that served as a foothold began to break, Coty panicked and climbed up to the very top of the rock, but it was only as high as a person’s thigh.

The slime began to gather more liquid into the rock as if in retaliation for being attacked, and the sounds of it chipping, breaking, and melting began to increase, and I began to tear up.

“Oh, I’m done for! If this happens… I’ll jump to the tree next to me for good measure… !!”

I’m not confident about climbing trees, but there’s no way I’ll survive if I stay on this rock.

I took a deep breath, thinking that the only consolation was that this was a fantasy world, and prepared to run.

“This is profit!!”

-Tatat!

I mustered up all my strength and jumped, throwing my body towards the tree. But.

‘In this position… how do you hang from a tree?’

His posture, with his arms stretched out as if he was going to hit the tree head-first, meant that he had to hold on to the tree with only the strength of his arms.

But, were you confident in your strength?

The moment my head, which had found the right answer quickly after a long time, gave me the answer of whether that would work, a sizzling sound from below rang in my ears, giving me the luxury of even thinking stupid thoughts like, ‘Will it hurt if I melt like this?’ No, this is a revolving lantern.

‘The girl is dead. In the end, the goal for participating in this ranking round… I didn’t achieve anything.’

I wanted to spend more time with Rudis, just a little bit more, to show him that I had changed a little bit… that I had become a color similar to his.

Even though he came after me and chased me, I blew it all away with my stupid behavior.

‘Should I apologize for not being able to protect you?’

Well, I guess I’ll wake up in a little pain anyway.

But I’ll end up making Rudis, who took the time to come get me, do something in vain.

Thinking about it that way, I feel so sorry and regretful.

If he handles this monster well, I’m thinking of rewarding him like a princess in a fairy tale by giving him another kiss on the cheek like before.

What a stupid ending where the princess goes to the bathroom and commits suicide. Even if this is a fantasy, it’s really too much of an ending…

“Oh my gosh!!”

-bang!

“Eww?!”

I was enjoying the moving images, shaking like the heroine of a drama, when a scream was heard from somewhere and the tree I was aiming for suddenly flew in as if it was going to cover my face.

Hey? Are you going to die from being hit by that? Dying with your face crushed is really too much, but I don’t want to show that face to him…

“It’s Hyungniiim!!”

“[Lv. 1][Black Hand]!!”

“[Lv. 1][Sword of Darkness]!!”

In an instant, a huge black hand leaps out of the ground and pins my body to a tree, while small knives fly in from another direction and pin my clothes to the tree.

Oh, wait a minute. If I just get crushed like this and die, wouldn’t that be a real body gag?

“[Lv. 2] [Black Swamp]!”

“[Lv. 4] [Hell of Thorns]!”

-Kwagagagagak!!

However, the tree was lifted off the ground by thick thorns that protruded before it reached the ground below or the slime, and I was left hanging upside down like a sloth, my eyes wide open and looking in the direction from which the voice had come.

And there it is.

“What are you really doing!? I told you to just sit there and watch, but you can’t do that?!”

“What the hell is this?! Why is he killing himself?! Rudis, you asked me to protect myself from this?!”

A black-haired man and a black-haired woman were running towards me, raising their voices in disbelief.

“Ehehehe… Why is it that the girl is always protected by black people these days?”

It was a color I didn’t care for at all before and it wasn’t my taste. But now I feel like it’s a color I really like, and I smiled bashfully at the two of them.