episode_0077

-Ring! Ring!

Even though the annoying ringtone took away my sleep, it still didn’t stop. Baek Seo-yeon had to suppress the urge to smash all the objects in the room.

Eventually, she got up from the bed.

A pale gown that showed white skin swayed as she walked.

Every time I took a step, the bottles of sleeping pills that were randomly rolling around on the floor were picked up and rolled around in droves.

-Ring! Pop!

“… What’s going on?”

-miss. Sorry for the early hour. This is a call from the Northern District Capital Liaison Office. They say they want to urgently seek help in deciphering the magic language that investigators have been collecting. What should I do?

“Tell them you understand. We’ll be coming down soon, so prepare your car.”

Contrary to her elegant tone, Baek Seo-yeon hung up the phone with nervous movements. Afterwards, I sighed deeply and started to lightly groom myself in front of the mirror.

After putting the precious ring on your finger and buckling the necklace, you check your expression one last time.

The motionless corners of his mouth were annoying the entire time, and he was only able to nod after forcibly pulling them up with both fingers.

Baek Seo-yeon looked at herself in the mirror. The woman there was showing off her dazzling beauty, but she did not feel lively or lively at all.

He was clearly alive and breathing, but his heart was already black and dead.

***

I fumbled with my thin fingers and pressed the operation button on the gramophone, and soon a strange howling began to fill the dark room.

A threatening sound similar to a dog barking, a loud sound like a hoofed animal shooing, a low growl as if trying to scare the opponent, and even the sound of a huge animal hissing heavily.

At first glance, it sounded like several animals were gathered together and holding a large gathering, so much so that I felt as if I had been thrown into the middle of the wild.

Most ordinary people would consider it meaningless noise, but this was valuable information that explorers had risked their lives to gather beyond the Wall.

The empty space of the dark room was filled with small particles that glowed in response to the vibration of sound.

And according to the strange rhyme and regularity hidden between the cries of the beast, the particles in the air momentarily gather in a specific pattern and then disperse repeatedly.

“… When did you say this information was collected?”

“About a month ago. It is said that a gathering of beasts took place in the old village of Ma-eup, and the conversation between the chiefs who participated was recorded.”

The gramophone, which had been running for a while, eventually stopped working with a popping sound.

After turning on the light in the dark room, Baek Seo-yeon sat across from a female officer wearing a vice-colonial rank insignia.

“They said the scale of the rally was unusually large. It was said that the beast’s venomous scent and howling sound were enough to echo beyond the cliff.”

“It was unusually large in scale… ”

“… Is there something?”

The officer who heard Baek Seo-yeon’s serious mumbling asked a question.

“It’s all about battles. Who will take the lead, how many people from each tribe will be mobilized, where the weak part of the wall is… ”

Seoyeon handed her a document listing the deciphered words.

“Then… ”

“If I’m right… I think they’re planning a large-scale invasion again.”

The great invasion of the demons two years ago left an indelible wound on the republic.

Fortresses burned, and countless casualties occurred.

And Baek Seo-yeon could also be said to be a direct or indirect victim of the confusion.

“… I understand for now. I need to convey my opinion to headquarters immediately.”

The female officer’s face hardened and she nodded.

“And… The existence of ‘agent’ continues to be mentioned repeatedly in conversation. Continuing from the decipherment I gave last time. Is there any additional information related to that?”

“Other than speculation that it is a newly created class, there is still nothing much… ”

“Is that so… ”

“I apologize. We will contact you first when relevant information is updated.”

Baek Seo-yeon walked outside the building again and talked for a moment with the officer.

“If the Lady of Fallen had not been there, deciphering this quickly would not have been possible. On behalf of the Northern Army, I would like to express my gratitude.”

“Hehe, that’s how much I appreciate it. As a responsible person, it is something that must be done… ”

Seoyeon lightly waved her hand with an elegant smile on her lips.

A cry used by animals to communicate with each other. The so-called Mara.

Thanks to the principle that meaning is transmitted through vibration through particles, those with low sensitivity are inherently unable to understand the meaning.

In addition, since the demon race is basically a race in which all individuals are born with superior sensitivity, ordinary magicians are usually only able to understand the demon language of the lower classes.

It was safe to say that there were virtually no people who could understand and decipher the high-ranking language in which important information was exchanged.

“You are truly amazing. How can you play a high-level maer at that level? It usually takes even experts several days to interpret one sentence.”

“Oh, indeed. My face feels hot because I put it on so much. It just happened to be that I was so bored when I was young that I read any book I could find… ”

Seoyeon smiled brightly as if she was embarrassed.

The female officer nodded as if she had finally understood. It was already a famous story that the daughter of Paecheon was so beautiful and protected by the head of the family that she barely showed herself until the time she entered school.

“Then, please feel free to go in. Our Northern Army will always stand together with Paecheon.”

Before getting into the waiting vehicle. Seoyeon exchanged a light greeting with her one last time.

She was trying to bring the Northern Army into her sphere of influence instead of the neutral General Intelligence Service or other local forces.

To this end, he did not hesitate to use his abilities and the prestige of his family.

On the surface, it seemed like he was dragging them into the ruins, so there was little room for raising the head of the family’s suspicions.

Baek Seo-yeon closed her eyes after getting into the back seat of the car.

And I thought again about the compliment the officer had just given me.

If you think about that reality, you will laugh.

Pretty and protective were words that did not fit her past at all. Instead, indifference and threats were more appropriate.

The only thing I could do with my weak body suffering from an incurable disease was barely able to read books.

Among them, I just happened to have a book on Maru decoding, and I just happened to have a high understanding of it due to the high sensitivity I gained in exchange for life.

And in fact, he himself had no idea.

I never thought that one of the countless pieces of knowledge I acquired as a child would change the direction of my life so much.

***

Flames burning red-hot tongues, smoke so acrid that it obscured vision, and the smell of blood and death spraying everywhere.

The happy days that seemed like a dream are scattered like grains of sand in an instant.

-Target confirmed. Kill it along with the male next to it and flee the scene.

The pupils of the monster looking at you in the hellish landscape are eerily emotionless.

From its mouth flows the fierce and sharp language of an animal.

This was obviously a conversation they were having, but the trembling conveyed exactly the same meaning to the girl’s ears.

“Yeon-a, I’ll hold on to the monster! Run away quickly in that gap!”

“What is that… !”

Without any time to stop him, a boy blocks his path and throws himself recklessly.

But this is like an ant fighting a giant.

“No… You did it!!”

The boy’s body, which was trampled and thrown, is completely covered in blood, and his handsome and clear face is left with indelible scars.

But he endures like Ottogi without any fear. Then, he faces the monsters again and continues his unwinnable fight.

There is only one reason why he constantly stands up. Only to save the girl I love.

“Ugh… Ugh… ”

However, the resistance was futile and the boy ended up being grabbed by the neck by the monster.

“Hyuna!!!”

-Quaaang!!

The hairy monster throws him against the stone wall, and the boy just hangs there and doesn’t move.

“No!!!”

All he can do, helpless as he is, is scream from his seat.

The monsters then close the distance towards the girl from all directions.

And with the danger signals filling the surroundings, the wizard’s body, which was not even prepared, eventually begins to bloom incompletely.

-Dismissal… It’s shaky… !!

The girl senses something wrong with her body in just one moment.

The golden particles that filled the gland burst out of the body uncontrollably. They swirl violently in all directions, like a collapsed dam.

-Quaaang!!

-Sweet! Sigh!

The uncontrollable golden storm swept the entire front in the shape of a huge fan. Dozens of hooves that formed a siege network were reduced to bloody pieces of flesh along with a scream.

“Ha… ha… Ugh… !”

My head hurts like it will break. Bloody, sticky tears flow from the corners of the eyes. The blood vessels all over my body are tattered as if they have been torn apart by a knife from the inside.

“Ha… ha… !”

The girl desperately tried to calm down the outburst. The mortality rate during incomplete flowering rises exponentially in proportion to the potential. However, even the ridiculously low odds could not be given up.

If she doesn’t regain control of her body now, the boy will also become an immortal forever.

“Ha… Ugh… ”

How much time has passed?

After blocking the passage and concentrating my consciousness, the surrounding storm gradually began to subside.

The surroundings are just quiet, as if nothing had happened. The pain disappeared as if it were washing away, and I felt only a neat and pure energy in my body. The extremities are full of vitality and the field of vision is wide.

After desperate attempts, she was able to put the incomplete bloom to rest and regain complete control.

This also meant that she had finally overcome her particle sensitivity and was completely free from the fear of death.

“Hyuna… Hyuna… !”

However, there was no way I could even feel the joy of becoming a wizard.

The direction the girl, who regained her sanity, headed was towards the place where the stone wall collapsed.

Without even thinking about using magic, she started digging through the rubble with her bare hands.

The nails on all ten fingers were torn off and blood was flowing out, but I couldn’t even be conscious of it.

Eventually, the form of a small boy is revealed, lying dead with his eyes closed.

“Huh… Hyuna… Wake… ”

He didn’t move even when the girl pleaded with him. The face was stained red with blood leaking from a long wound. Everywhere I touched, I could clearly feel the wet, sticky texture of blood. The pulse is weak, as if it will go out at any moment, like a candle in the wind.

“Black… Hyuna… no… ”

The commotion of the relief army belatedly arriving began to be heard in the distance, but it did not reach the girl’s ears at all.

The birthday of the boy she loved ended up in the worst possible way.