episode_0223

I barely managed to keep my body upright by holding the blade upside down.

I felt no strength in my body. It was as if someone had turned off a switch, and all my magic and powers disappeared as if they had never existed in the first place.

“Haa… Haa… !”

The whole world was blurry because of the bloodshot eyes.

I wonder if I’ve already reached my limit. I was thinking about it, but it’s going much faster than I thought.

It can’t be anything but a really useless body. Why at such an important moment?

‘no…’

But I shook my head. As I clenched and unclenched my palms, I could feel my strength gradually building up again. Blinking rapidly like a broken light bulb.

Obviously, we were getting very close to the end, but at least we could be sure that it wasn’t today.

In any case, the things to do don’t change.

I stood up with trembling legs, overcoming the pain. I raised my blade and lowered my posture, then dashed swiftly towards the being before me again.

The space contracted in an instant, like a piece of paper being folded. It was that fast.

Before I knew it, I could even see a few thin strands of hair fluttering in the wind.

Even the witch’s face stared at me expressionlessly as if her interest had waned.

And just before the blade pierced the center of her forehead.

“Sigh… ”

With a monotonous sigh from someone, a violent storm-like impact hit my stomach.

-Kwaaang!!

“Cough… !”

I was instantly blown away by the ship that I had rushed into and rolled around. I felt like my insides were being torn apart by a tsunami.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of sharp, crystallized particle fragments rushed towards me. I quickly got up, dodged them, and rushed at the witch again.

-Boohoo!

The brown-haired schoolgirl easily dodged the downward sword strike with just a slight twist of her body.

Dozens of blades were fired in a second. Her eyes were constantly piercing my movements, even while she was letting him go. It was a leisurely attitude, like observing a slow snail.

Soon, something seemed to shine from the tip of her slender fingers, and a sharp, blade-like shape appeared in the air.

“Haa… I was preparing myself because I was told that I was the enemy’s blood relative… ”

The witch, who had been leisurely enjoying an afternoon tea party, sighed sullenly.

Then he stood up straight, met my eyes, and recited coldly.

“I’m disappointed, Hyuna.”

-Push!

A third of my left arm was torn open and a fountain of blood gushed out. I still hadn’t been able to cut a single strand of the witch’s hair.

Then, its hind leg, which had turned around gracefully, hit my temples precisely.

-Kwaaang!!

I flew again and ended up crashing into a thick concrete wall. It felt like I was crashing upside down, with the sky and the ground reversed.

“Coolook… keuk… ! Shit… ”

Excruciating pain and chills pierced my skin. The sound of air escaping from my shattered ribs piercing my lungs.

It was the first time in nearly two years that I felt such a terrible sense of helplessness. The feelings of defeat from that day were slowly eating away at me again.

“Do you know how long I’ve been waiting for this day? Huh?”

The sound of clanking shoes gradually gets closer. A schoolgirl’s cheerful voice, as if lightly scolding a friend, can also be heard.

“I even practiced circulatory magic on purpose… I never thought I’d be such an idiot who didn’t even know my own body’s condition… ”

Before I knew it, a voice was coming from right above.

The brown-haired schoolgirl looked down at me with an arrogant victor’s smile.

Her shoes were firmly pressed against the center of my chest. The evening breeze made her skirt flutter, and I could see her underwear with cat and rabbit designs.

“This isn’t even worth collecting as a nest… Ugh… I’m done… ”

Nest? She muttered something that made no sense. Even in the midst of all this, the strength that had been lost was steadily returning.

Wait, I think I just need a little bit of free time.

“Okay. I’ll stop now.”

But, unfortunately, she had no intention of granting my wish.

The brown schoolgirl turned the giant awl in her hand around and aimed it straight at my neck.

Then, like a stern judge, he pronounced a death sentence on me.

“Then take care.”

-Wow!

Soon, the sharp blade rushed down like a guillotine. Even as the god of death beckoned, I looked straight at it. I tried to move my body somehow.

But no matter how hard I tried, I had to admit that there was absolutely no way I could stop that attack.

At that moment, when death was imminent.

The blade that had been slashing down with a loud crash suddenly stopped in its tracks.

“Coolook… What is this…?”

It was on the verge of tearing the skin and piercing the blood vessels. I could feel lukewarm blood flowing out from the area where the tip had dug in finely.

And the sight she looked up at was terribly bizarre. Yena was shaking her still arms violently and had a very bewildered expression on her face.

“This… This… !!”

The arm that was about to strike down was frozen in midair, not moving at all, as if some invisible force was binding it.

Again, a few salty tears fell down my face. Now, Yena was looking straight at me.

With that uniquely bright and gentle face that I’ve seen so far.

“No, no… Hyuna… ”

She soon opened her lips and pleaded with a trembling voice.

“Do… Mang, run away… Hurry up… ”

The next time I saw Yena was only for a fleeting moment.

But it was more than enough time to regain all of my strength.

Soon, I felt the powerful force coursing through the blood vessels of my entire body again, and I lifted my lower body and kicked her in the jaw.

-Kwaaang!!

I sat up and straightened my posture. My body still felt heavy, but my breathing was much easier.

“Haa, haa… !”

Beyond the thick layer of dust, a new female body was revealed once again.

“Dare, dare… !”

She had an arrogant expression as if she had never done anything like that, and her whole face was distorted as if she had suffered great humiliation.

“How dare you rebel against me, an alpha individual! ”

And in that sight, I was finally able to realize.

I took a step forward.

And he stared at her writhing in humiliation and shame.

“… You, you’re not Yena.”

It seemed as if Yena had regained her composure in an instant. She stared at me coldly, smiling as if she had no need to hide it any longer.

“It’s too bad. I wanted to see that face as he died from betrayal.”

What is in front of you is not Yena, but another being that has taken possession of her body. Just like how he manipulated the female student earlier, he has made her like that.

I think I have a rough idea of the situation. That’s why I’m so relaxed even when there’s a huge explosion. After all, it’s not my body.

“Get out of my friend’s body right now.”

“Friend, friend… What a tearful friendship.”

As I aimed my blade, she let out a cold laugh.

“That must be why you were so cherished. But will you be able to say the same thing after hearing the truth? Huh?”

She shrugged her shoulders in a mocking, exaggerated gesture.

“Have you ever heard of a wolf who thinks he’s a sheep?”

“What nonsense are you talking about again… ”

She continued talking, ignoring me, a look of amusement on her face.

“This child is not one of your inferior races, but our sixth sister.”

***

“… What?”

“The so-called problem child. As an alpha individual, I have a responsibility to correct him. Well, it’s also partly a punishment for rebellion. ”

“Is that correction killing me?”

“I see you understand now. That’s right.”

She nodded without blinking.

“If you do something like that with your own hands, Speaker will be able to realize reality and realize his original mission.”

“… ”

I clearly saw Yena’s face, which was filled with tears, and was pleading. So, of course, I thought that her body had been taken away.

Is it even possible that those monsters would display such emotions?

No, even if you say it’s a monster…

“… What a great sisterhood.”

After much thought, I opened my mouth.

“So that’s what Yena wants?”

“… ”

Then it twisted the corners of its lips without saying a word. There was no need to hear any more.

“Okay, that’s fine. I’ve changed my mind a bit.”

As the witch, with her cold sneer on her face, gestures, hundreds of particle crystals appear in the air and aim at me.

“You just missed your chance to die comfortably. Now you will be torn to pieces alive. First, I will tear out your ten fingernails, then your ten toenails. Then I will chop off each joint of your fingers and toes. Then I will tear off your limbs, gouge out your eyes, and feed them to the crows. And Spica will do it all with her own hands. As punishment for daring to rebel against the Alpha individual. ”

“… You don’t have any bad taste. Who said you were easy to get? ”

The witch, who saw me aiming at her, taunted me again.

“Hehe, this guy is even dumber than I thought. He must have already known he had no chance of winning. He must be bluffing or something… ”

I ignored those words and just ran in. My mind was still in disarray, but I didn’t have the time to organize my thoughts. My body was in such bad shape that it was a miracle that I could move.

I modified the plan a little. If Yena is still inside me in some form, I can’t just poke her head in like I originally planned.

then…

“Watch carefully, Speaker. Make sure you feel the consequences of your actions clearly in your body.”

Hundreds of blades rushed towards me, each one targeting me. I avoided him at the cost of my skin that had become a rag, and approached her again.

The witch easily dodges the blade that I swing at her. Then, the arm that rotates at a speed that surpasses human limits again aims for my vital point.

And then again, the defeat from earlier was about to be repeated.

I finally spread out in all directions something like a seed that had been gathering near my heart all along.

“What…!!”

A look of horror fills the monster’s eyes. It’s so refreshing to see it like that, but it’s such a shame that I can’t just cut off its head.

The force that spread out like a wave soon formed a semicircular space.

This is the space I rule. No one can defeat me in here.

Even if it is a fearsome monster with god-like power.

Instead of rushing in and swinging my blade down, I clenched my fist.

And in the time that flowed slowly as if it had stopped, I whispered softly to the witch who couldn’t take her eyes off me.

“Get out of that body.”

Immediately after, the fist reached the skin below the navel, and a fierce wind pressure swept in all directions without mercy.

“Cough… !”