episode_0086

“······.”

The screams that had been echoing for a while were no longer heard as the endless attacks drew to a close.

Shooo···.

As the prison cell of the Manbyeon-i transformation was released, the puppet master was seen to be covered in wounds. He was lying on the floor with holes all over his body. His once handsome face was also transformed into a hideous one with holes all over it.

Lily looked at the other person with a nervous feeling.

Surely he wouldn’t be resurrected after being treated like that. A second resurrection would be truly crossing the line.

Fortunately, contrary to her worries, that didn’t happen.

Slurp.

This is because the puppet master’s power has been released. The party members fall to the floor like puppets whose strings have been cut.

Lily also almost fell over from the sudden freedom, but managed to keep her balance.

“Luke!”

When she came to her senses, she immediately looked for the warrior. The last time she saw him, he looked extremely miserable.

Not only did he suffer all sorts of injuries from his party members, but he also sacrificed an arm and a leg.

If it was a normal person, it wouldn’t be strange if they died from this wound right now.

When I checked, I found out that his condition was extremely serious.

The order given to Manbyeon must have squeezed out his last bit of mental strength, as he too was passed out on the floor.

At first glance, it looks like a corpse. The red blood still soaking the floor adds to the seriousness of the situation.

“Luke? Luke!”

Lily ran to him in a hurry. She felt dizzy, perhaps because the puppet master’s brainwashing had squeezed out all her magical power. Her head was spinning and her twisted intestines were giving her a stomachache.

But she didn’t care and ran to him to check on his condition. Now was not the time to be concerned about such a wound.

Fortunately, the warrior’s breathing was still there. You could see his chest rising and falling on his body, which was only halfway down.

however.

‘Oh, it’s not playing anymore…’

If you think about it, the one who used the most magic power was the warrior. He had to repeat regeneration countless times to withstand the puppet master’s magic, and at the end, he used up all his magic power to summon solitude.

There probably isn’t a single bit of magic left in the warrior’s body right now. That means, if he were left alone, he might really die.

“Yulis!”

In a hurry, Lily called the saint to heal her.

But it was no use. The saintess had passed out from the puppet master’s brainwashing. Even if they went to wake her up, it was uncertain whether she would wake up.

And to be honest, Lily was also close to her limit. She was also squeezing out all the magic she had.

She was having difficulty walking even a few steps at the moment. If she didn’t regain her senses, she felt like she would faint at any moment.

“Ah!”

At that moment, her thoughts turned to the potion in her bag.

It is also a top-grade potion, called an elixir. It had never been used before because of the saint’s healing power and the warrior’s regenerative power, but this time, the opportunity has come.

Lily took out the potion without hesitation and poured it into the warrior’s mouth. But even that wasn’t an easy task.

Because he was passed out, the potion flowed out as soon as he put it in his mouth. A single drop of the potion worth millions of won was thrown away on the floor.

Lily looked half-panic when she saw that.

“What should I do, what should I do···.”

The hero’s life was fading away in real time. If things continued like this, the hero might really die.

I never knew that that horrible experience would come back to life again.

After fidgeting like that for a while, Lily realized there was another way.

‘···okay.’

If you can’t swallow it yourself, someone else can give it to you.

Thinking like that, Lily made up her mind and put the potion in her mouth.

Then she placed her lips on Luke’s.

Gulp, gulp…

Only then did the potion enter Luke’s body.

Slowly, slowly… Luke’s lost body begins to regenerate. Bones grow and muscles are woven.

Even though it was a top-tier potion, the injury was so serious that healing did not proceed quickly.

Because of that, Lily had to keep her lips together for quite some time.

The sensation of soft lips knocked on Lily’s mind.

The sensation of my first kiss was more terrible than sweet.

There was no kiss like the fairy tale Lily had imagined. The lips that she had expected to smell like peppermint tasted like blood, and instead of a moody atmosphere, a fearful aura permeated the surroundings.

Plus the warrior’s curse…

“I think the human body is a musical instrument.”

Still, whenever I come into contact with him, bad memories come to mind. Thoughts of denying and doubting him still surface. No matter how hard I try not to think about it, it keeps coming up because of the curse.

The feeling that your mind and emotions are being controlled by someone wasn’t a very pleasant feeling.

Of course, Lily ignored it.

‘are you okay.’

She also knew that it was all fake anyway. She knew that even her own thoughts might not be her own.

If you hear a voice in your head that seems to be doubting him, just doubt that doubt.

By denying doubts in this way, we can gain faith, and by adding more, we can gain blind faith.

She decided to transform her thinking.

By then, most of the warrior’s body had been restored.

“Ugh···!”

Lily finally pulled out the ice spear she had put in and kissed him again.

As the hole in his side was regenerated, Lily parted her lips. She saw Luke, who had suddenly become completely whole.

“Ha, hehe··· Okay······.”

Lily smiled faintly as if relieved at the sight.

I just passed out.

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[Congratulations!]

[Level up!]

[Level up!]

[You have summoned solitude with great effort!]

[From now on, the summoned creature will listen to your commands.]

[Quest Accomplished!]

[Acquire the ‘Puppet’!]

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[May good luck be with you in the future.]

“··· Luck is fucking shit.”

That’s what I said as soon as I woke up.

What the hell, you made a mess of things like that and now you wish me luck?

No matter how I think about it, whether during the reign of King Chung or now, the situation of ‘forcing fate’ seems excessive.

The variables are given as variables, and the opponent is resurrected in a stronger state at the last minute.

To be honest, this fight was handled well, but there were too many times when someone could have died if they made a mistake.

What if the puppet master had ordered all of his party members to commit suicide instead of attacking me? What if I hadn’t been able to stop the brainwashing? What if Camilla had been hit directly by the first brain dragon cast?

Each one was riddled with landmines. The only thing that was dealt with well was the fact that it only lasted for 10 years.

Ha, at least I won…

I stopped complaining and got up from my seat. Just like last time, I was sleeping on the floor.

Why does it seem like passing out at the end of a battle is the same?

“Ugh, huh huh! What is it? Why are the corners of your mouth so wet?”

As I got up and examined my body, I noticed that the corners of my mouth were particularly wet.

Did you drool while you were sleeping? I don’t remember having any particular sleeping habits.

“Ah.”

As I looked around with that thought in mind, I was able to understand what had happened.

An empty potion bottle lay scattered on the floor. Nearby, Lily was sleeping with a tired expression on her face.

The thoughts continued naturally.

‘I guess you fed it a potion.’

Well, the wound was quite serious. I guess I wanted to give him a potion.

I was quite grateful to her for taking care of me. I understand why her mouth was wet, since she fed me while I was unconscious.

“Hmm? But the potion was definitely red, not transparent······.”

As the questions in my head began to creep up, something came to me.

Slowly.

It was slime. The second solitude I summoned, Manbyeon.

Although the color was dark red, it felt quite cute because it was small.

On the one hand, it was strange. That such a small guy had contributed so much to the destruction of a country.

“Hehehe.”

I looked at the lonely guy who seemed cute and thought.

‘They say that if a pet appears in a story, it’s usually ruined.’

The reason is that pets take up quite a lot of space.

In severe cases, there are people who spend a day just playing around with their pets.

In that case, the answer is obvious. People who get bored with it leave one by one, and the work is ruined.

Whether it was a game, an animation, a webtoon, or a novel, the cases were similar.

Of course, there are many works that target a specific demographic that likes to play with pets, but usually, those works are special cases.

So if this is a branch of a work, I hope it fails.

‘Chew.’

I can’t stand seeing you treat me so cruelly and then laugh about it.

Anyway, while I was looking at the slime with such absurd thoughts, the party members started to stand up one by one.

“Hero! Are you okay?”

The saint was the first to get up and check on my condition.

“Keuuu···.”

“My head hurts···. What happened?”

Then Adele and Camilla stood up. Judging from their reactions, it seemed like their memories had completely disappeared this time too.

Well, I’ve been brainwashed, so I’ve decided to just give up.

The last one was Lily.

However, she reacted a little strangely; as soon as she saw my face, she suddenly blushed.

That was a reaction I had never seen before. Well, she was the one who had stabbed me in the side, so I thought she was just acting like that because she felt sorry.

“Everyone is awake.”

As the party members gathered, I opened my mouth to speak.

The battle was over, but there was still work to be done. Fortunately, it wasn’t too difficult.

Rather, it was closer to being fun and exciting.

“Then let’s split up and investigate the mansion.”

Now, it’s time for some exciting farming.