episode_0019

The guy’s fist is coming closer.

Piercing a hole in the subway floor.

A single blow that shatters Dakota’s side in one hit.

If that hits the face directly.

It will definitely be crushed.

There’s no way to avoid it.

My body is stiff, unable to move a finger.

But then, the tail wriggles again from the coccyx.

To him.

…No, not to him.

Thunk.

I muttered curses in my mind as I saw the tail tip sticking into Dakota next to me.

“Why should he protect me…”

But stabbing me doesn’t seem helpful in this situation.

The fist is approaching incredibly slowly.

Contrary to the fleeting thoughts passing through my mind, my body froze and didn’t even think about moving a bit.

The fist is approaching incredibly slowly.

Towards the face.

About to pierce it.

Kwahng!!

Lager crashes into him with his shoulder.

Thunk, allowing the blow, the guy staggers back, shaking his head for a moment.

Lager brandishes his halberd towards me and shouts.

“Hey! What are you doing!!”

“Huh?”

“Get a grip!”

At that moment, the guy, regaining his senses, kicks the ground again and rushes towards Lager.

“Come on!!”

Lager aims the end of his halberd and charges straight at the guy.

“Yiik!”

Seeing the spearhead aimed at him, the guy twists his body in mid-air and kicks the subway handrail.

Swiftly changing direction, Lager quickly steps back.

As the guy bounces back up again.

“Haap!!”

He swings the halberd towards the guy’s shoulder.

Chyaeng, with a metallic sound, the halberd slips, and as the guy swings his fist towards Lager.

“Where!”

He extends his shoulder.

Kwahng!

“Yiak!”

As the guy floats in the air for a moment.

“Haahap!!”

Skillfully, he swings the halberd dazzlingly into the guy’s side, neck, inner thigh, and other spaces.

Ching! Chae-ching! Chae-ching!

Sparks fly endlessly, and the guy is pushed back further.

Lager narrows the distance, chasing after him.

Without a chance to regain his senses, the halberd strikes the guy’s body, making a swooshing sound, cutting through the air.

Chae-ching! Ching! Chaeeng!!

Countless sparks fly off the guy’s body.

Inserting the halberd between the guy’s crossed arms trying to defend himself, Lager swings it upwards.

Chaeeng!! The guy’s arms open by the halberd.

“Guaaah!!”

Seeing the opening, Lager thrusts the halberd towards the guy’s throat.

Pueok.

Expecting a satisfying feeling in his hands.

“No…”

The guy bites the tip of the halberd with his teeth, barely defending the attack.

Feeling defeated, Lager tries to quickly retreat the halberd towards himself.

But the guy grabs the lower part of the halberd, near the head of the weapon, around his neck, and twists his arm.

Pueok.

He twists and bends his arm.

“What the…”

In his confusion, the guy’s fist flies towards him.

But at the same time.

With a squelch sound.

The guy’s once sturdy arm flies off, spraying blood.

What’s going on?

Grinning at his bleeding arm flying away.

Beyond the slow-motion of blood splattering.

A dry, violet glare shines coldly.

Like a hungry leopard, sharpening its claws, standing defiantly in front of Lager.

The main heroine.

Dakota Kale.

“You.”

She aimed the blade at him and muttered softly, “You’re an enemy of Lagudin.”

His eyes seemed unfocused as if under a trance, but deep determination could be sensed within them.

“Filth in the trash…”

At that moment, he spoke strangely understandable words.

Dakota swiftly swooped in and struck his side.

The man, who had been displaying a solid defense, skin tore and blood spilled.

“What…?”

A significantly enhanced attack power.

Different from before when he couldn’t even breathe properly.

If he allows a few more effective hits.

He could end up dead.

Realizing this, the man’s expression twisted with tension. Until now, he had been playing along at a reasonable level, taking all the attacks, but now it was different.

Dakota relentlessly attacked, striking his thighs, sides, arms, calves, and even his neck.

The man agilely dodged, focusing all his attention on avoiding the attacks by stepping back, twisting his waist, and lifting his legs.

In a moment of distraction, Dakota seized the opportunity and plunged her claw towards the man’s injured side once again.

Thud!

“Wha…!”

Despite the painful scream, the man grabbed Dakota’s arm tightly around his side.

In doing so, the injured side that had been attacked before was exposed.

An area that had already suffered two fatal blows.

If she were to strike with all her might.

The delicate woman’s internal organs would be shattered like rags, rendering her unable to fight.

So, while the man held Dakota’s arm tightly, he raised his other arm high.

A potentially life-threatening blow.

Yet, there was no hint of emotion on Dakota’s face.

As if.

She didn’t care if she died, her expression was indifferent.

The man’s arm ruthlessly struck Dakota’s side like a hammer.

Thud! A displeasing sound accompanied the blood trickling from Dakota’s mouth.

There was no sign of pain on Dakota’s face.

Instead, she calmly raised her other arm as if to challenge the man, and forcefully thrust the claw into his neck.

Thud! Blood spurted as the man’s face and white blouse gradually stained with his blood.

As the man’s arm and side, already wounded, weakened, he released Dakota’s arm and collapsed as if crumbling in that spot.

Dakota slowly climbed onto the fallen human monster’s chest.

With each gasp for breath, the man spat out blood and looked up at Dakota with widened eyes.

“An enemy of Lagudin.”

After wiping the blood flowing from her mouth with the back of her hand, Dakota raised both arms high.

Thud.

She brought down the man’s head with the claw.

Violent veins and bursting flesh scattered throughout the subway.

Thud.

Thud.

Thud.

Thud…

Until the man’s movements completely stopped, Dakota continued to tear his head apart.

The man’s head, now torn apart like a piece of meat, lay sprawled on the subway floor.

After releasing the claw, Dakota slowly turned around. Her side, now more black than red, indicated a serious condition that she would not openly admit.

But then, her hazy and fierce eyes suddenly softened, and after a moment, a blissful smile appeared on her face.

The reason was.

“Lager Godin….”

It was because he caught his eye.

How would it feel when a blood-soaked girl with a twisted smile on her torn face calls out your name?

At least Lager.

He didn’t seem too pleased.

“Oh, no. Dakota. Your condition right now is… ”

Thump thump.

Regardless of what Lager was trying to say, Dakota staggered towards him.

And then, she opened her arms.

She collapsed onto his chest.

Her bloodied face smeared Lager’s shirt with blood.

As Lager grimaced and furrowed his brow as if in disgust.

“I like you.”

Dakota suddenly confessed.

Even I was taken aback by this situation, but Lager had to face it directly.

“What’s going on, damn it.”

“No. Even if you say that to me….”

“It’s because you keep poking me with your tail!”

At that moment, Dakota suddenly raised both hands.

She grabbed Lager’s cheeks and turned his face towards her.

“Why do you keep looking away?”

“Oh, um, that’s… ”

“I like you. I really do.”

“Oh…. Dakota. I appreciate your feelings, but…”

“Why aren’t you looking at me? I’m right here in front of you.”

Dakota seemed to have flipped a switch somewhere. And Lager kept sending pleading looks for help.

And as he followed those looks, he looked at me.

Dakota.

When our eyes met, her eyes froze coldly and clouded over again.

“It’s because of that woman.”

In an instant.

A shiver ran down my spine.

Suddenly, I saw the monster that had been lurking there, covered in blood.

Dakota, who had turned a monster that couldn’t even breathe into a rag, was now looking at me with dry and harsh eyes.

With all my might, I swallowed my saliva and stared back at Dakota with determination.

Her cold and fierce gaze slowly descended from my eyes to my mouth, and from my mouth to my throat.

And then, Dakota muttered under her breath.

“My chest is small, that’s why.”

Why did the conversation turn out like this…?

I was slightly bewildered by the slightly different meaning.