episode_0066

It was full of things she couldn’t understand.

This was true of the fact that he single-handedly broke through a group of warlocks, which at first glance seemed to be well over 200 people, and that instead of running away, he walked into a dangerous place to look for himself.

Just today, he risked his life twice for himself.

Although he said he approached it a long time ago out of necessity, risking his life is a completely different matter.

“Phew… Didn’t you say you’d be back soon, senior? ”

“Mi, I’m sorry… ”

It was Lee Hyun’s attempt to liven things up, but he lowered his head and stuttered as if he felt genuine remorse.

“… It’s a joke. What does it matter who comes first? Other students… ?”

“It was scattered in the middle. Now life or death… ”

Yeon Myeong-ha shook her head heavily from side to side.

“Is that so? All right. First of all, I’m glad you’re still alive… Cough… Cough… !”

The masked male student suddenly coughed violently. Dark red blood and scraps of flesh fall to the floor with a popping sound, as if there was an internal injury.

It was only after I felt pity that I was able to recognize that his physical condition was not normal. The hand holding the blade and the muscles of my entire body were visibly shaking. His assault suit was torn and shattered, and blood was dripping from deep lacerations in various places. Even if he fell to the floor at any moment, he didn’t look strange at all.

“You… You’re hurt… ”

“Cough… ! You don’t need to worry. I was only lightly torn apart while dealing with the guys in the city… ”

“That… Those guys… ?”

“I killed them all.”

“What… ?”

Yan Yanha looked at him with wide eyes, as if she had heard something unbelievable.

“Kid. I think this nonsense is a bit harsh.”

Then, the loud voice of a warlock rang out from in front of them. The openly disdainful attitude was evident in his relaxed tone of voice. Even as they were having a brief conversation, the siege was becoming more dense.

“There are well over 200 of our comrades who infiltrated the camp, and you killed them all by yourself?”

On the dark wizard’s palm, the same red magic awl suddenly multiplied into three and was floating in the air. He takes slow steps forward little by little.

“Shouldn’t you choose the right time and place to win a woman’s favor? Well, it seems like I’m already out of my mind with something strange on my face… ”

The warlock sneered as if he were seeing a defeated soldier bragging. Then, in the forest filled with red eye lights, sneers and ridicule spread everywhere, as if they were echoes.

But after a while. Suddenly, a bat with red eyes like them flew into his ear.

Soon a look of astonishment filled the warlock’s blunt face.

“What kind of nonsense is that… Check again… ”

“You. Captain communist. Ji-sang Lee, Chief of the Guerrilla Leadership Department of the Southern Army of the People’s Liberation Front. Right?”

Lee Hyun paid no heed to this and stepped forward, interrupting him. I could imagine the extent of the black man’s obsession with impressions even with my eyes closed, but it was more of a provocation than that.

Perhaps because he had received some unpleasant news, the warlock’s face showed a bit of irritation and nervousness, unlike before when he was full of leisure.

“… But this arrogant brat from earlier… ”

-Quaang!

His words, filled with discomfort, could not continue to the end. Lee Hyun rushed forward with the blade still in his hand and instinctively tried to stab him in the heart.

However, the blade ends up being thrown away with a heavy metallic sound. The man skillfully parried his attack with only his left hand, which was covered in magic.

-Quaang! bang!

“Qu… This bastard… quite… ”

This is followed by a few more sums. Lee Hyun’s blade repeatedly and sharply aims at his vital points.

The man frowned as if he was a little surprised, but successfully defended himself from Lee Hyun’s attack. In fact, at the end, he attempted to launch a counterattack by firing several missiles filled with demonic energy.

-Quaang!

“… Tsk.”

Lee Hyeon, who dodged or bounced off the magic missile and rolled his body a couple of times before landing, clicked his tongue lightly as if he was in trouble. A tingling pain spreads through the arm holding the blade and throughout the body.

Lee Hyun looks back. I saw Yeon Myeong-ha forcing her shaking legs up and leaning against a rock.

“Senior. Can you move?”

“… It’s impossible.”

Yan Yanha shook her head lightly with a despairing expression. She had long since used up all her energy in the last battle.

“You… Wait.”

After letting go of his attack, the warlock looked at Lee Hyun and muttered as if he had suddenly remembered something.

“That movement… No prediction… And that mask… !”

And in an instant, anger like an active volcano pours out in all directions.

The warlock rushed forward and swung his red-stained right hand. When I raise the blade to block it, the powerful shock wave resulting from the collision spreads like a wave in all directions.

-Wow!!

“Aaaah!”

Yeon Myeong-ha, who was barely leaning against a rock, fell to the floor. It was a devastating shock to Lee Hyun, who faced it directly, adding to his internal injuries.

“Cough… !”

“The shape is a little different, but it’s clear… And that movement… ! I’ve heard it before!! It’s that guy from Unit 66!! You are the one who butchered the brothers in the Northeast branch!!”

-Quaang!

Lee Hyun gathered his strength and repelled his attack. Then, I kicked him in the stomach and widened the distance between him.

“Ha… Phew… On the subject of commies… Do you think their relationship is quite affectionate? Even friends who are so far away… If you can take care of it… Phew… ”

“This reactionary bastard… !”

The guy glared at Lee Hyun with bloodshot eyes as if he were going to kill him.

“How come you are here? Have you set a trap? Clearly, Unit 66 was in the northeast… ”

“I am not a member of Unit 66… Phew… just… A student of the cradle.”

“It doesn’t even seem like something to say… !”

Suddenly, the warlock, who had been grinding his teeth to the point of breaking, finally regained his composure and muttered again in a cool tone.

“It turned out better. I have to console the souls of the revolutionary comrades who cut off your heads. And I have to tear that body into pieces and send it to Sa Jae-hyuk.”

“Our leader… Phew, there is no blood or tears… I’d just throw it in the trash can.”

“… ”

The warlock no longer responded to the series of provocations. He just turned his eyes toward Lee Hyun, still filled with creepy hatred.

Then, a chilling wind began to blow everywhere. The demonic energy and fog around him fluctuate and seem as if they are being sucked into his body.

Soon, unseen mutations began to occur in the warlock’s body. The face and muscles turn a dark blue color, as if they were sick.

The muscles of the entire body expand two to three times in an instant, becoming as large as a magical beast. The muzzle is protruding, and eerie fangs protrude from the sides of the lips. Black, thick body hair covers the entire body.

Black magic is magic that originated from demons. It spreads through metastasis, and deterioration accelerates the farther away you are from the nuclear power plant. In the past, those who wanted it were reduced to dregs or even turned into mutants.

So his current form meant that he had been transferred directly from the place closest to the source.

This was also the image of the tribe that Lee Hyeon hated and hated the most.

“… Did you cross the wall and swear allegiance?”

-okay. It is a power given directly by Baekdu’s blood relatives for the liberation of the homeland.

“ugh… ”

It was an unpleasant voice that echoed directly in my head. Yan Yanha frowned and trembled as if she had heard a terrible noise.

Lee Hyun looked around. Some similar changes can be detected in the forest everywhere, as if in response to its transformation. I felt as if I had fallen into the middle of a magical world.

“… ”

When he arrived to save Yeon Myeong-ha, his body had already reached its limit. So the best way is to somehow escape the scene with Yeon Myeong-ha while retaining as much strength as possible.

But his plan reached a dead end from the beginning. I’ve already exhausted all my energy dealing with those people I feel pity for. Even if I tried to escape with her, there was no way to escape the pursuit of that vicious warlock right in front of me.

After just dividing the sum, I was able to figure it out. This is not an enemy he can defeat with a moderate amount of handling.

-Quuk…

I can feel the hand holding the blade reflexively gaining strength. When you display your power, you must kill all living enemies here. Is that possible with my current physical condition? If my sisters and the leader see this, they’ll probably be really angry.

“… ”

However, in just a split second, I was able to come to a very natural conclusion.

In the end, it was something that had to be done.

He took out all the accelerants and stimulants that were left in his pocket and poured them all into one mouthful. I bit down on it with my molars, tore the capsule, and swallowed it. Soon, the medicinal energy spread through his veins, and intense pain and vitality began to tore through his entire body at the same time.

Next, a magic formula was created and the prediction plan was released up to 7 paths. Particles rush like a storm along the passage that has been forcibly widened by the medicine.

And by absorbing particles up to the limit of the blade edge, strength and destructive power were added. As the day rises into the sky, something like a haze rises in all directions and refracts the air.

“… What are you doing… ”

Yang Yeon-ha, who noticed Lee Hyeon’s intention to fight, appealed to him in a desperate voice.

“Are you such an idiot… ? Well, if you have the strength to do that, just run away… ! Why on earth are you doing this… why… me… ”

“Senior.”

“Uh… ?”

“Goldseong Military Service Medal. Congratulations in advance.”

“Wait… !”

Lee Hyun glanced back and said only a few words before running straight towards the group of warlocks.

-I’ll tear it to pieces!

An unpleasant voice rings in his head again. The warlock laughs from ear to ear and lifts his right arm back. Soon, the demonic energy began to shake viciously above the hairy and huge right hand.

Red demonic energy condenses in his right hand like a whirlwind. He must have already forgotten what he said earlier about leaving only the neck behind, and its size was so huge that it couldn’t even be compared to an awl.

In an instant, he blows the storm of magic energy that gathered together at Lee Hyeon, who is rushing towards him.

No matter how excellent the barrier magic was, it was impossible to completely avoid that attack. Indeed, he will be torn to pieces like a piece of paper. Like what the monster just said.

And the moment Yeon-ha, who could not bear to see it, tried to close her eyes, something strange, like a fantasy, unfolded before her eyes.

-Changerang!

“Uh… ?”

It was strange. The magical energy storm that was fiercely rushing towards Lee Hyeon was instantly dispersed as if it had never existed in the first place.

The surrounding air was filled with the sight of sparkling red magic energy being reduced to particles.

-Nonsense! What is this… !

The perplexed warlock’s thoughts did not last until the end. The blade of the blade, strengthened by packing particles to the limit of its potential, cuts off the guy’s neck like tofu in an instant. The movement was so agile that I couldn’t even follow it with my eyes.

The head of a huge monster tumbles around on the floor. The place where his eyes were directed was his own body that had been hanging there just a moment ago.

Lee Hyun jumped onto the monster’s thick body. Then, he cut off the warlock’s gland located above the heart and cut it to pieces in all directions.

Soon the demonic energy in the spring exploded, and his limbs began to tremble like cockroaches. And soon, it sank and stopped moving.

-you… Comrade Chief of the Guerrilla Guidance Department!

“Run, run… ! Kill that guy… !!”

This was a situation no one expected. Even though I pity them, those beasts that surrounded me and only laughed leisurely like an echo.

Soon, airstrikes began from all directions, accompanied by panicked cries.

***

-Did I do something wrong? Didn’t you?

-wrong… i did it…

-what?

-that…

Rarely, the faces of my sisters who were truly angry flash through my memory.

You must never exceed the time limit. This is what they always said.

It is said that his body has already accumulated overload and consumed a considerable amount of his lifespan. Although it has been restored now, it was said that every time it exceeds the limit, its lifespan will be greatly reduced again.

From then on, I was always good at answering their requests. However, there are also things that could not be said.

In fact, he did not attach much importance to prolonging life. This is because I know better than anyone else that helpless survival only adds to the pain and has no meaning.

Through his loss, he was able to realize that there are things that people must protect even at the cost of their lives.

Even if I die here, I can no longer tolerate the weakness of not being able to protect something due to lack of strength like before.

“Wow!!”

“What is this… My magic energy is not working… ! ‘Ahh!!’

Signs of overload were evident all over the body. Every muscle and nerve in my body screamed. Liquid, whether blood or sweat, was pouring out, making my vision dark as if I was in a tunnel.

However, Lee Hyun only cut down the charging enemies again and again.

And at a time when I had no idea how much time had passed.

When we finally cut down all the evil living in this canyon.

At the sudden sound of laughter, he fell into a trance and turned around.

The place he was was no longer a canyon filled with blood-red fog.

I could see a sky so blue that it was so cold. Thick cumulus clouds floated lightly there. The sun was warm and the wind blew gently over him.

He was in a garden where white gypsies were in full bloom. A hometown that I always miss desperately, but can no longer return to.

And standing at the end of the gypsum flower is the figure of a girl smiling brightly and waving at him.

This is a landscape he could not protect.

It was also a burden on his heart that plunged his life into an abyss and still makes him suffer every morning.

***

What Yeon Myeong-ha was seeing was an unrealistic fantasy. Red blood and demonic energy intersected and scattered like fireworks in the air in all directions. The evil power did not pose any danger to him. The demon energy that reached his range was oxidized and scattered like butterflies.

Sympathy, who was immersed in the endless fireworks display, suddenly felt a strange sense of déjà vu. I only shifted my gaze and carefully looked around.

A primeval forest shrouded in blood-red fog.

Her entire body was covered in blood, and her anti-violence suit became a wreck and rolled beneath her feet.

He turned his pitiful gaze forward again. Her surroundings are full of evil, screaming red shadows.

There is a man standing there. His entire body was bent and broken, and there was not a single sound spot to be seen.

But the momentum remained strong. He turned his back on Yan Yanhe and continued to slaughter countless red shadows.

I looked around at the floor around me again with pity. The white wild flowers were stained red by blood splashing. Gooey blood was pooling on the floor and flowing like a river.

I looked back on pitiful memories. And I was soon able to find the reason for the sense of déjà vu that dominated me.

It’s a nightmare that day.

It was that night when the spirits were struggling with the unexplained fear and terror they felt.

It was natural that she couldn’t remember the man’s face. Even now, his face was covered with a white, smooth mask spattered with dark red blood.

She also realizes one more thing.

No, it’s not a nightmare.

The dream that day was truly not a nightmare.

“Ah… ”

Yeon Myeong-ha, who had melted into unreality, soon regains her senses.

Jerk, jerk.

In a quiet forest where not a single scream can be heard, only the faint sound of someone taking steps echoes.

As if it were a lie, the man who slaughtered all the warlocks and demon beasts approaches her.

Although he trembled at the horror of his entire body being stained with blood, it also belonged to someone who was trying to protect him.

Yang Yeon-ha, who had composed herself like that, was about to cautiously open her mouth.

“You, you… OK… ”

But her words did not last until the end.

The masked man was so close to her that she could almost hear her breathing.

And with his strong arms, he pulls Yeon Myeong-ha into his arms in an instant.

“Ugh… you you… ”

The defiance that Yeon Yeon-ha timidly tried to express was blocked by the man’s next words.

“You… What is this… Hehe… ”

“Protect… I’ll give it to you… You did it… ”

A man’s actions are continuous.

He lightly caresses her matted and dirty hair with a soft and gentle hand, as if it were something precious.

Compassionate’s futile struggle is thwarted by the firm, wide embrace that gives stability.

“Hmm… Hi… ”

“Still… this time… ”

-Cow!

Compassionately closed her eyes, surrendering herself to the ruthlessness, she slowly opens her eyes again when she hears the sound of something falling.

“Uh… ?”

What came into her sight was a masked male student who put forth all his strength and placed himself at her feet.