episode_0078

Ugh—! Wow!!

“Retel. Do you think it will take long?”

When I massaged her shoulder and asked her as she struggled to break the time stop, she nodded, sweating profusely.

“Ugh…! It’s not easy. I figured out how to solve the time stop itself, but taking it out without getting hurt is harder than I thought. It would have been much simpler if I had the ‘space charm’… Should I get it now?”

“No, don’t do that. We don’t know what will happen if we leave this deserted island now that the summary trial is in progress.”

“I see… But I’m glad. This time, it’s not as difficult and tricky as ‘Space of Nothingness.’”

“That’s definitely true. It’s not a formal trial, but an abbreviated trial, so the level of difficulty may be low… Well, actually, if it weren’t for you, Letel, it would have been the same for me.”

Rub, rub, rub.

As I massaged her shoulders and lifted her up, she smiled triumphantly.

“I know very well. Then I should massage harder, right?”

“Yay, is there any?”

In fact, I wondered if massaging my shoulders was really necessary, but she said that I would be able to save it faster if I did that, so I am massaging it with all my heart.

Wow!! Wow!!

“Damn…what the heck is happening now?”

“That’s it…”

After gathering my thoughts for a moment, I smiled bitterly.

“It seems like the powers of the 088 and 666 constellations are mixed together to create a new ordeal. I can’t be sure, it’s just a guess.”

“…It’s the worst.”

“Yes, that’s right. It’s the worst.”

-Hangil. Don’t your hands hurt? Switch with me. I’ll take care of it now.

“Huh? Do you want to?”

As soon as I tried to take my hand away, Retel with fluttering red hair glared at me.

“No. Hangil massages it.”

“……”

-Is there really a need for that? Even after all this, I am very knowledgeable about massage. Please trust us.

“Yes. I don’t like it. Hangil does it.”

Rael’s eyes turn cold at the sound of such a firm voice.

-…You’re being quite childish.

“Huh~? I don’t know what you’re talking about?”

-ha…”

“No, why are you doing this? You can do as much as you like, just massaging.”

Since I couldn’t ignore the tingling battle of nerves, I smiled and massaged Letel’s shoulder in an exaggerated way.

“Rael. I’m fine. Rest.”

-…Hangil is working, but he can’t rest. “I will at least stand guard.”

“Thank you, Rael.”

-It’s no big deal.

Rael smiled brightly, glanced at Retel and flew away.

“……”

“……”

Me and Letel said nothing.

Occasionally, when our eyes met, a strange atmosphere formed and my heart throbbed, but I couldn’t figure out what kind of feeling it was, so I just had to suppress it.

***

It wasn’t until the next morning that Retel, who had managed to stop everyone’s time, collapsed on the spot.

“Hehe, hehe…! I can’t do anything now. Even if I beat you to death, I’ll rest.”

“No one does that, so relax.”

“Ugh…I’m dying…”

“Huh? Huh?”

dump.

Letel pulled my pants tight and made me fall to the floor, so I naturally laid down on my thighs.

“Then I’ll sleep for a bit. When you’ve finished talking, let me know briefly after you wake up.”

“what…”

Before I could say anything, she closed her eyes and fell silent in an instant.

“No, Letel? Are you really sleeping? No? Are you just pretending to be asleep?”

“Just leave him alone. He’s really asleep.”

Since Noeul, the succubus queen and no one else, says that, I have no choice but to believe it.

The moment I turned my head, embarrassed by all the attention, a notification window appeared in front of me.

[You have passed the first task of the short trial!]

[The second task of the summary trial begins!]

“Huh? What is this? Assignment?”

“No, that’s ridiculous. The first task was to stop time, so how difficult is the second task?”

“……”

Others looked surprised, puzzled, or anxious, but I calmly accepted the situation.

This is because I saw it in advance with [dog eyes].

This abbreviated trial is divided into three stages, and the notification window appears only for the second task.

“Hmm, I don’t really understand what’s going on right now… What you mean is that in order to get 1000 points, you have to pass this summary trial? Am I right?”

Noeul and I nodded at Saeron’s words.

“That’s right. So, let me explain the situation first. First of all, we…”

“Wait a minute, before that, I want to know your identity.”

Gyeong-gyeong, who interrupted me, looks at me with eyes full of hostility.

Well, from his point of view, I must be suspicious of him suddenly acting like a colleague.

My first impression was also the worst.

“Wait a minute. Oppa Gyeong-kyung. Let me tell you first, everything you saw was a misunderstanding.”

“Huh? Misunderstanding?”

“Yes. Hangil oppa wasn’t attacking me, I was attacking Hangil oppa.”

“What…? No, what is that…”

Gyeong-gyeong’s expression is dumbfounded by the unexpected words.

“Oppa Han-gil, I’m sorry. You got hit because of me, but the apology is a little late.”

When Noeul bowed down as if showing off, I waved my hand and helped her up.

“No, no, it’s okay because it’s work. If I had just been hit, I might have felt a little unfair, but since I got hit harder, I didn’t have any feelings.”

“No, it’s better to end things like this once and for all. It’s common for trivial emotions to deteriorate out of control. So, Gyeong-gu, Sae-ron, hurry up and apologize.”

“No, Noeul. It’s a bit too much to do something like that…and honestly, it was a situation that could have been misunderstood, right?”

“Even so, a mistake is a mistake, so Han-gil oppa, stay still. Come on, come on.”

Gyeong-gyeong hesitated for a moment at the urging of No-eul, who showed his strict leadership, but then lowered his head as if he couldn’t do it.

“I guess I misunderstood something. I’m sorry.”

“I’m sorry too!”

“It’s really okay, so raise your head. Hmm…”

Feeling slightly embarrassed, I quickly changed the topic.

“Everyone, listen to me. I was originally part of the ‘Paranormal Response Team.’”

“What? What do you mean?”

“So… hehe, I’ll tell you from the beginning.”

I explained everything that happened, just like I did with Noeul.

While sometimes showing evidence that cannot be manipulated through the constellation community.

“oh…!”

“Uhm…”

Saeron’s eyes sparkled and her shoulders shook as if she was interested, but Gyeong-gyeong was still wary of me as if he were suspicious.

Well, if I had gained trust with this lip service explanation, I would have been more suspicious.

“Me! I have a question!”

“Uh…yeah. What is it?”

When I point out Saeron, who raises her hand and jumps up and down, she chatters quickly.

“From what I saw earlier, it looks like Ghost Sister and Retel Sister over there haven’t lost their memories. What’s the reason!?”

“Oh, that’s…”

“Perhaps the power of love!? A love that transcends time and space!? Is that so!? That’s the ‘absolute couple ring’ you’re wearing on your hand, right!?”

“No, it’s not like that…”

“I really like that kind of thing! It’s romantic! So, Han-gil oppa, which one are you dating!? Perhaps both!? If that’s the case, then it’s a harem…!”

“Now, calm down. Saeron.”

“Kuuu!?”

As Noeul presses down on her head, the helpless, crushed Saeron makes a strange sound.

“Saeron. Let’s talk about the not-so-important stuff later, okay?”

“It’s not important! Don’t you even care about Noeul!? The guy who was trying to attack her… no, the man she was trying to attack is being targeted by another woman… kkuuu!?”

“Actually, I just happened to have that attitude. It’s all a misunderstanding.”

“No, what do you mean by saying that you just attacked me with your mouth and then you ended up in that position? Oh, I understand! I’m not going to talk, so stop pressing! If you keep doing this, I’m going to fold you in half!”

“joy…”

When Noeul, who is snoring innocently, removes her hand, Saeron quickly runs away and hides behind Gyeonghyeong.

“You often have a tendency to use force to solve problems! That’s a bad habit! Oppose violence!”

“Ugh…Anyway, so, Gyeong-kyung, are you still suspicious?”

“I don’t have any doubts anymore. There is enough reason to believe the story itself. However, it is a different matter from blindly trusting. Even though he was a colleague, from my perspective, Han-gil is someone I have only met for a few hours. ”

“Even with my guarantee? Oh, and Retel’s guarantee as well.”

Gyeong-gyeong, who was staring at the sunset that was pointing alternately at him and Retel, finally sighed.

“Okay. I understand. If you say it that way… can I call you Mr. Han-gil?”

“…I’m younger, so just speak informally.”

“Is that so? But in the past… No, since you said you returned to the past, should we say the future? Anyway, I guess we were quite close before I lost my memories, right?”

“Oh well… that’s right. It’s because we were on the same team and we fought together.”

“Hoo…”

“Huh! Maybe Han-gil oppa and Gyeong-gyeong oppa are having a forbidden romance…kwaaak!?”

This time, Saeron, crushed by Gyeong-gyeong’s immense strength, flapped her arms and asked for help, but no one helped her.

“Then I’ll believe it for now. Well, that’s right. Actually, I was always concerned about that ghost over there…”

-This is Rael.

“Ah, yes. Mr. Rael… Excuse me, are you really a ghost?”

-That’s right. To be exact, it’s a ghost monster.

“…?”

Hyung Gyeong tilted his head as if he couldn’t understand.

I completely understand that feeling.

Actually, I still couldn’t tell the difference between a ghost and a ghost monster.

“Okay, everyone, focus. I understand it’s all confusing and confusing, but right now we have to get through the situation at hand.”

Noeul, who clapped her hands, skillfully brightened the mood and attracted attention.

“Regardless of what our relationship was in the future… no, to put it to the extreme, even if we were enemies in the future, it is true that we must join forces in the current situation. In other words, our interests were aligned. Does anyone have any objection to this?”

“…doesn’t exist.”

“I don’t have one either!”

-doesn’t exist.

When everyone except Retel, who is sleeping, agrees, Noeul nods and looks at me.

“Okay. Then the problem is how to get out of this summary ordeal… Hangil oppa. Did you say something earlier?”

While I was impressed by her hosting skills, I nodded and slightly raised my voice.

“Yes, let me briefly explain the current situation. The current situation is that the quest [1000 points if you last a month on a deserted island], which was my first post, has been changed to [1000 points if you last a month in a brief trial] due to the influence of another constellation. Hey, in the process, an unprecedented task arose…’Time Stopping’ was the first task.”

When I saw my colleagues concentrating, I almost laughed without knowing, but I managed to suppress it and continued.

“It is not clear what the second task is, but fortunately, I was able to read the future with the skill I had. I will explain it now.”

“Huh!? Oppa Hangil, you can see the future!? That’s amazing!”

“Ahaha…it’s not that great.”

I smiled awkwardly at Saeron, whose eyes were wide, and wondered how much I should say.

This is because, considering the possibility that the future may be fixed, I was reluctant to talk about every single detail.

“…First of all, the second task is ‘time hunting’.”

“Time hunting? What is that?”

Suddenly, I tried to push Saeron’s face away, but when I remembered that we weren’t that close yet, I took a step back.

“Among the many creatures that inhabit this uninhabited island, there are those that are given ‘time’. If we hunt them, we can gain that time. Well… to give a simple example, if we get 30 days’ worth of “If a time-limited animal is caught, the person who caught it is recognized as having survived here for 30 days.”

“Oh. That’s not bad. So, if you’re lucky, you might be able to pass the ordeal in one day?”

“That’s right. But it won’t be that easy. That’s because, given time, it becomes stronger than a normal beast and is infused with accumulated senses corresponding to the time gained.”

“Accumulated sensation? What do you mean?”

“For example, if you get 30 days worth of time at once, the five senses that we would feel for 30 days are all at once. I don’t know much because I haven’t experienced it myself, but when I saw it with [Dog Eyes] skill, it looked very painful.”

“Ohh…”

“The problem is the third task that opens after that.”

“Is there a third time?”

“Yes. And the identity of the third task… is us.”

“we…?”

I sighed as I looked at my companions who did not immediately understand.

“It will be easier to understand if you think of doppelgangers. We have to deal with clones who look the same as us and have the same abilities.”

“That… won’t be easy.”

“Yeah. It’s not easy.”

“Oppa Hangil! What was it like in the future you saw? Did we win?”

“uh…”

I was speechless for a moment.

Because I still feel despair when I think about the future I saw through [dog-eyed] eyes.

Our copies were that strong.

In particular, ‘Retel’ and ‘Simhangil’… To be honest, I can’t seem to find an answer.

“That’s it…”

I couldn’t bear to say that they would be wiped out, so I just vaguely explained it.

“It’s hard to say anything because I haven’t seen it that far. The [Dog Eyes] skill that allows me to see the future is not something I can use at will.”

“I see. But the name of the skill is Dog Eyes?”

“huh.”

“Ahhh!”

Gyeong-hyung stood up, clenching his fists, leaving Saeron holding his stomach and laughing, wondering what was so funny.

“Well, I guess I’ll have to try it first to get a feel for it.”

“Oppa. But how do you distinguish between beasts that have been given time?”

I smiled slightly at Noel’s words.

“You don’t have to worry about that. It’ll be really easy to spot.”

“huh…?”

Grumble!

Just as he was about to explain, a rumbling sound rang out from Gyeonggyeong’s stomach.

“Ah, I’m sorry about this. I was dragged in while I couldn’t eat anything…”

“Hmm… then shall we eat something first?”

-I will prepare quickly.

“I’ll help you too!”

Although the situation was serious and our relationship was still awkward, we prepared a meal in a noisy manner.

Thanks to the fish and various edible plants that were caught in advance with Manish Meat, I was able to prepare a fairly generous meal.

“Mmm…delicious smell…”

Letel, who was drawn to the smell of food and woke up, joined us, and the atmosphere became quite friendly.

***

We entered the dark and humid rainforest and soon found our prey.

A mole-like beast that sticks its head out of the ground.

Above the beast’s head, a digital number was written.

[02:00:00]

“…It’s definitely easy to recognize.”

“You mean it’s two hours long?”

“I’ll catch it!”

“Ah! Saeron. Just a moment…”

Before I could stop him, Saeron jumped out, grabbed the stone spear tightly, and stabbed it without hesitation.

Phew!

“Keeek!?”

“Kwaaagh!?”

Because Saeron’s presence was so faint, the attack was surprisingly successful, but the mole-like beast ran wild and waved its sharp claws in all directions even though its head was pierced.

“be careful!”

Quad deuk!

“Ah! He was my prey!”

Saeron glares as Retel compresses space and turns the beast into a small dumpling.

“Ha…Saeron. Is that important now? What if you run out so suddenly…what?”

The next moment, blood flowed from Retel’s nose.