episode_0034

The only amusement park I went to was for experiential learning when I was in school, but there is one ride that particularly remains in my memory. It’s a roller coaster.

Tension rising. Expectations of normalcy. The thrill of falling. A strange thrill that cannot be felt unless you ride an amusement ride, as if your whole body is floating in the air.

At the time, it was difficult to even survive each day, so I waited in line and rode the roller coaster again and again. I vaguely remember feeling stressed out all day.

I look back on the memories of that time, with excitement and joy that comes from deep in my heart. I took a breath in and exhaled it out of my mouth.

“Ssss!!!”

The clothes tied around the waist make an ominous clattering sound. I was clinging to Ojik’s back like a cicada.

Leaves and twigs hit my face mercilessly. Every time Oji steps on a thick branch and applies his spurs, the broken tree fragments fall to the ground with a loud thud-thud-thud sound.

“Is there any reason to bring all the monsters from the whole neighborhood? Be quiet.”

“Everyone is already being dragged in… !”

Because the wind comes in through the open mouth. I was half-burying my face on her back.

The ground a few meters below was literally hell. Countless monsters were gathered together tightly, gradually narrowing the distance.

“You didn’t say you were going to jump up the tree! Well, I’m not a ninja… !”

“He looks dead, but does that matter?”

“Ai, really!”

Because I didn’t have anything to say, I kept my mouth shut.

Ojik was right. The method of escaping up a tree was more efficient than expected. I thought orcs and goblins would wave their arms and legs and make squealing noises. Because I couldn’t jump up the trees like she did.

However, the visual pressure was different. The normally noisy monsters didn’t even make a sound. The sight of them gathering in groups and chasing us was even bizarre.

And, what drives me more crazy than anything else… .

“Oh, don’t come, don’t come!!”

He pulls out a dagger from his forearm. With one arm wrapped around Ojeong’s neck, he slightly twists his upper body to look behind him.

Wedge!

The dagger flew through the air with a sharp sound. It goes in. A monster resembling a bat falls from the air toward the floor.

However, it has been too long since I felt relieved. Already behind us. The bats were chasing us in a crowd so dense that we couldn’t see beyond.

Knock away bats that stick to you. He hits the head of the monster that is trying to bite off his arm with the handle of his dagger, grabs the sharp claws that are clawing at its stomach, and throws it away.

“Why, help me?”

“I need help. then! I’m not the only one dying!”

Unlike me, who was abusive, Ojik was just relaxed. I could feel her grinning and giving strength to my toes.

“Hold on really tight this time.”

I reflexively tightened my arms and legs and hugged her half tightly.

Bye!!

The tip of his toes with great force breaks the tree branch, and Ojik’s body rises high into the air. Slowly half a turn. Her body turns backwards.

Rotating slowly in the air. The movement of pulling out the dagger from the belt worn on the thigh is done in an instant. Fazizik. Blue lightning flashed from the tip of the sword.

Pow wow!!

With a sound as if the air itself was shaking. The dagger flies from her hand and digs into the bats.

By the time her body turned forward again. A flash of light burst out among the hordes of monsters.

Crumbling!!

The inside of the cabin vibrates with a noise as if lightning had struck. As I was looking behind me, I clearly saw so many monsters being roasted at once.

“Wow… !”

An exclamation comes out unconsciously. The sight of the burned bodies falling to the floor all at once was quite a sight in itself.

… and. Without even giving me time to admire it. That thing behind that flock of bats. appeared.

Crushing tree branches with its wings. There was a pitch black wyvern flying straight towards us.

As the distance increased, the monster only seemed bigger and bigger.

“Oh, Ojeong, that… !”

I could feel her rough breath hitting the back of my hand on my shoulder. Through the waist wrapped around her legs, I could clearly feel her body trembling.

… Ojik’s physical condition was not normal. I only had pain and bruises, but she fell from that height with me wrapped around her. Of course, the scar remained.

“I know… .”

Ojiri mutters, clenching her molars. The wyvern was getting closer by the minute. Her hands trembled slightly as she stepped on a tree branch and pulled out the dagger.

Leaping inevitably involves deceleration. If she does the same trick again now. You will either get caught or you will fall. of course. Neither of these results were pleasant.

Glancing down, I looked down at my forearms. All the daggers that were tightly packed fell out. There was only one sack left.

Holding that dagger in my hand and pulling it out. I bit my lip tightly. The arm wrapped around Ojijang’s neck is completely released.

“Hey, what are you doing!”

As the arms around her neck were released, Ojik screamed in a rare voice of embarrassment. When I lifted my upper body, the clothes that were tying my waist and hers ended up breaking apart. It gets torn apart.

“What are you doing! Catch it quickly!”

I wrapped my thighs tightly around Ojeong’s waist. To steady my swaying upper body, I forced my back and twisted my body backwards.

“Just run away, quickly!!”

The wyvern had already narrowed the gap to just a few meters. In the dim moonlight, the blood-covered back and body of the creature were clearly visible.

“Then you will fail!”

Strangely enough, I remained calm. With his eyes sunken more than usual, he strengthens the hand holding the dagger.

‘that… .’

Wyvern’s eyebrows. A red pattern was visible on the pitch-black scales.

It was a geometric pattern. Should I say that it looks like a magic circle that was popular around middle school? The circle was filled with geometric patterns.

To me, that circle stabbed me several times in the backyard of Yang Ji-hee’s house. It looked like a target drawn on a log.

“Hey you idiot!! You can’t get that right!!”

How many seconds are left until I’m caught? The guy’s head gets closer and closer.

Take a deep breath. Calm down your mind. Also, since I didn’t want to mess up my confidence, I calmly waited until he got closer.

Kyaaa!!

“Catch it quickly!!”

No matter how fast Ojiri increased, he only got closer. How many seconds are left until I’m caught? At a distance of less than 2 meters, sharp teeth flash.

Take a deep breath.

It’s as if the world has slowed down. Even if you are not conscious of it, your focused mind remains sharp. A pleasant sensation flows through your body.

Earlier, what did Ojiri do? I raise my arms, remembering her movements.

Shoulders and wrists are flexible. Push your arms forward as if you were stretching them backwards, using all the strength of your upper body. Swinging my arms like a whip.

The moment when the power is greatest. Relax your grip.

Faung!

With a sound that resembles Ojik’s own. As if horns had sprouted. The dagger was deeply inserted between the wyvern’s eyes, leaving only the handle.

*

-Status rise!

-Strength: E → D

-Agility: D → C

-Create new general skills!

-General Skill: Target Weakness (C)

-General skill: Throwing (C)

*

The large body falls to the floor. Along with the sound of tree branches breaking, a huge cloud of dust rose high.

The movements of the monsters that were chasing me as if they were going to kill me stopped. They were looking around like panicked people.

Sigh!!!

With the scream of an orc literally ripping off a pig. They dispersed. They dispersed and moved further away, as if they were running away from the wyvern’s corpse.

Ojik’s head, which had been standing blankly after stepping on a thick tree branch, returns.

“You… .”

I could clearly see the unexpectedness in her eyes as she looked at me. Because there was no strength in my body at all. I smiled awkwardly and wrapped my arms around her neck again.

“… Can you take that with you?”

He stretches out one arm and points to the wyvern’s body. Ojik laughed as if he was dumbfounded.

“In the middle of this? My head works well. Try doing that on a regular basis.”

“Then will you leave it behind?”

“Is that possible? How much money is it? If it doesn’t work out, just leave it and run away.”

I laughed helplessly at her words. Ojiri steps into the air and falls to the floor. The landing of 100 points out of 100 continued.

I slid off her back. Is it because I overused my muscles? A belated pain came to my shoulder.

Without saying a word, she unfastened the belt she was wearing around her thighs and threw it at me. I took it in a haphazard manner and looked at her with a puzzled expression.

“You’re kicking it until it goes out. Because you never know what else will pop out.”

… Have you been recognized?

My heart is pounding. It was my first time being recognized for my skills by another hunter. Without realizing it, I was fiddling with my belt tightly.

Smirk. Ojiri speaks with the corner of her mouth twisted.

“Aren’t you fiddling with it too much since it was attached to your thigh?”

“No?”

“What’s wrong? Okay, I’m dying. Why do you want me to take off my clothes when I go out?”

“No.”

“I don’t wear a bra often because it’s uncomfortable. I have panties. Even if you’re going to give me that?”

“… Mr.”

Mr. “?”

Mr. “… I can see it… .”

I should have done that a long time ago. She lightly tapped my shoulder and walked towards the wyvern’s body. It looked very light and happy.

I turned my head to look away from her, then secretly wrapped my palm around the belt.

… It was warm.

*

Dragging the wyvern’s body. Oji and I came out of the forest.

It was quite night outside. The night sky, seen for the first time in a day, did not look as beautiful as it did yesterday. The two moons lined up seemed as if they were scolding me for relaxing.

“Nothing will come after you again… .”

“Well?”

I quietly turned around and looked at the forest. The forest was quiet. In the moonlit forest, the monster was nowhere to be seen.

instead.

“Uh… ?”

“What, why?”

At the same time, Ojik’s body looked back. It hardened.

Deep in the forest. Pressed by the corpse of a wyvern, on the grass lying in a straight line as if it were a road.

One person wearing pure white clothes. I was looking this way.