episode_0289

Kagak! Kwaang!

“Tsk… What kind of bugs are popping out endlessly?”

It’s getting close to lunchtime.

The ‘mouse’ that entered [Goryongsan Crack Field] following the galaxy expressed his sincere complaints.

Kwak! Kwaang!

The sound of a head-banging impact, the howling of a monster, the sound of a sharp blade cutting through the air.

For her, who worked in the secret department of the association, the screams of a monster about to die from pain were quite unfamiliar.

Because what I always heard was people screaming.

Flutter. Flutter.

The ‘mouse’ looked around the ruins where chaos was in full swing, wagging its thin tail.

… … .

ㅡㅡㅡ♪

ㅡㅡㅡㅡ♬ ㅡㅡㅡ♩ ㅡ♪

It was just after the sound of a violin was heard from the old castle.

Galaxy holding the pumpkin bee girl.

She said she was fine with being alone and would go to the castle.

But I couldn’t send her, who was my ‘protected person’, alone across the horde of monsters blocking the road.

(I’ll just open the road. You figure out the rest.)

Bam! Bam!!

Because right now, Banharin, who has been accelerated by the [Speed Manipulation] skill of the ‘Mouse’, is causing a ruckus as if he is summoning all the monsters in the ruins.

It seems that he didn’t get his A-class hunter’s license for nothing, as the monster’s limbs are cut off like tofu with a single swing of the sword.

“Is that for pest control or just opening up the road?”

Woof.

The ‘rat’, which has consumed most of its mana due to excessive skill use, is stretched out on the roof of the building.

It’s killing me because I accelerated Banharin to his limit.

Coloc.

A ‘mouse’ that covered its mouth and vomited blood.

She looked down at the [shell bugs] that kept swarming in with a look of disgust.

Parallax…!

But that was only for a moment,

[Bark bugs], attracted like moths to the noise of battle, had their limbs seized by Banharin’s sword that flew in like lightning.

Boom!

The body of the monster that was sent flying by a light kick crashed into the wall.

Banharin deliberately destroys surrounding buildings and summons nearby monsters.

The ‘mouse’ lets out a small exclamation while hanging out on the roof.

“Mouse. The acceleration is salty.”

“If I accelerate any further from here, I’ll die from lack of mana. Is that okay?”

“Why didn’t you train harder on a regular basis?”

Tick! Tick! Tick!

The sound of a quickly ticking second hand.

The second hand of Banharin’s watch, which had received the [Speed Manipulation] skill from the ‘Mouse’, was as fast as a heartbeat.

Crunch!

What he held in his hand was a thin sashimi knife.

And he takes out seven more knives from the golf bag he was carrying on his back.

Parallel!

The world seen by Banharin, accelerated by the skills of ‘Mouse’.

She swung the sword in her right hand and cut off the [shell worm]’s right arm.

Tick!

Immediately afterwards, Naerig put down the hilt of the sword. The sword that fell from Banharin’s body broke free of acceleration and stopped in midair.

He immediately grabbed his new sword and swung it wildly, causing the head of the monster that had come up behind him to rise into the air.

Bam! Bam!

Banharin, who had put down the sword again, picked up the sword from the air and removed the two legs of the [Shell Worm] whose right arm had been cut off from its body.

Phagec!

Her golden eyes, using the [Observation] skill, ‘observe’ the movements and gazes of enemies and find gaps.

Kagagagagagak!!

Like a spider hunting its prey, she cuts down approaching monsters with her eight swords.

It wasn’t for nothing that the ‘mouse’ was nicknamed ‘team leader’s launch pad’.

‘That team leader has good stamina… Eunha must be nice… No, what the hell is he talking about? Am I crazy?’

The ‘mouse’, whose face was red from thought, tapped his temple.

As the rat tail with the ‘inverted cross ring’ swayed from side to side, the spring breeze blowing from somewhere cooled down my flushed cheeks.

The ‘mouse’, who had calmed down somewhat, turned his gaze away from Banharin.

“Hmm. I cut something useless.”

Not far from Banharin, the only daughter of the [Changcheon Sword Master] guild leader…

The swordsman Kim Sa-rang was swinging her sword with a bright smile like a child visiting an amusement park.

Wedge!!

An eerie cutting sound, as if space were being cut apart.

It seems that the existing method of ‘hunting’ monsters was boring.

As soon as he entered the ‘battle’ where monsters were swarming, he burst into laughter, and he was the ghost of the sword.

At the end of the hilt of the sword held in the ‘left hand’, an ‘inverted cross accessory’ dangles cheerfully.

“Hehehe…… No, ahem… I cut something useless.”

Every time he cuts down a monster, he raises his head and repeats the same words.

Did you want to say something cool?

Or maybe he’s just practicing being cool while the galaxy is gone.

“Hmm.”

“Why do you keep humming? Do you have a sore throat?”

“In the end, there is no one who can stand up to my mighty sword.”

“… … What is that?”

“Didn’t you know? If you drink ‘Heogongseopmul (水),’ one of the rare elixirs of the Yigi Black Gangho, you can attain enlightenment.”

Wedge!!

Kim Sa-rang, who cut in two the [shell worm] that flew up like a cockroach, puffed out her chest with a confident attitude.

“As you know, martial arts are divided into stages called gears.”

“… … ?”

“My level of martial arts is still low, so I can only use the ‘Igi Eogeom’, but the protagonist of [Sword Ghost Reincarnation], after much enlightenment, raised the gear by two levels and defeated the Muram Alliance leader who was his rival at the time with the ‘Fraud Eogeom’.”

“Can’t people speak?”

I don’t know what you’re talking about.

If only my brain was sound, I would have already gotten a B-grade skill.

It’s just a shame.

The ‘mouse’ turned its head as if it had seen something it should not have seen.

Boom!

Banharin engages in battle while surrounded by swarming [shell worms].

He avoids the monster’s front legs swinging from behind without even looking at them, then swings his sword and cuts off its arm.

As expected, he fights well.

I tried to help if needed, but how did he dodge attacks from behind so easily?

It’s like there are eyes in the back of my head.

‘… … Team Leader Banharin, was your left eye like that originally?’

The ‘mouse’, who had been quietly blinking, sat up in surprise.

Sagak-.

The black blindfold that Banharin started wearing at some point.

And the left eye covered by a blindfold.

But now the blindfold has been taken off.

Banharin’s left eye… The left eyes move here and there, ‘observing’ the movements of all the monsters around.

Boom!

He lightly kicks the monster that approaches from behind, as if he can see its movements.

Strange movements.

And then, ‘Mouse’ for a moment,

My eyes met with Banharin’s, who turned her head this way.

Sagagak…

[Observation] Golden glowing eyes when using the skill.

Sagak-.

Banharin’s left eye,

As if countless baby spiders had broken out of their eggs and were poking their heads out,

Sagak… square. Sagakㅡ.

Inside the round eyes, there are dozens of tiny eyes,

They were all huddled together like frogs, looking around in all directions.

( 『You cannot leave the ‘territory’ yet, so you should support your companion with your eyes.』)

( “Your eyes will open soon.” )

A conversation we had at a restaurant one day.

Spider’s eyes.

Banharin continued to fight, feeling bewildered by the expanded field of vision.

With the determination not to send a single monster to Eunha who ran to the castle.

ㅡㅡㅡ♪

ㅡㅡㅡㅡ♬ ㅡㅡㅡ♩ ㅡ♪

And then, after a while,

How many monsters have you cut down?

Saga, saga, saga!

Sagagak! Sagagak!

Parararararak!

The faint sound of a flute mixed with the flowing sound of a violin,

Then, numerous footsteps began to emerge from the ground.

… … .

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Gugugugugugu…!

It was a pitch-black bug.

In a world covered in gray-white weeds, tiny bugs burst through the ground and spread out in all directions.

Sagagakㅡ.

Small, insignificant bugs like ants, spiders, and civets.

‘Those things’ that broke through the cold ground and came into the world dyed the gray-white world black.

“Kiiik…!!”

The [shell worms] screamed.

The hollow insect monsters, who would continue to struggle if the magic stone was not removed, began to run away from Banharin, their whole bodies flailing.

[Time Manipulation] After the skill ended, Banharin returned to her original speed and cut down the [Shell Worm] that was running away while catching her breath.

Then, the black bugs inside the empty body burst out and scattered in all directions.

“… … .”

“Kiiik…!”

Banharin, who was looking around with her left eye full of pupils, habitually wiped away her expressionless face.

Running away.

The monsters whose bodies were taken over by tiny insects scatter with screams.

Just as the original owners drive out the intruders who enter the anthill,

Meanwhile, the ‘black worms’ that rose from the ground turned the gray-white land upside down, ate away at the ruins, and painted the [Goryongsan Crack Field], which was as white as a sheet of paper, black.

‘This is… [I saw this at Cheorwon Crack Field]…’

Banharin went up to the roof where the ‘mouse’ was lying to escape the ‘disaster’ that had suddenly come.

At the same time, the ground she was walking on was swept away by black waves.

“Kiiik…!”

[Bark Worm]s that had their limbs cut off by a sword are caught in a small disaster and are torn to pieces and disappear.

“Kiiik…!”

“Keeeek…!!”

The disaster that came suddenly was something that mere microbes could not handle.

Both the monsters and the people stopped fighting and just ran away from ‘those things’.

Sarak…

Banharin climbed up to the roof and looked around [Crack Field].

The grayish-white ridges visible around… Mt. Goryong, with its pitiful withered trees, has turned black and is rippling like waves.

Square, square.

Parallel.

The sound of countless insects.

The sound of wings flapping in the sky.

A black wave covering the world.

When I look up at the sky,

The sky, which had been grayish white, turned black with flying insects.

Is this what it’s like when the end of the world comes?

As in [Cheorwon Crack Field], a disaster that spread in an instant was destroying a world.

ㅡㅡㅡ♪

ㅡㅡㅡㅡ♬ ㅡㅡㅡ♩ ㅡ♪

The insects’ noises mix together to create a consistent harmony.

“Kiiik…!”

The screams of insect monsters.

“Kiiik…!”

Kim Sa-rang, who ran onto the roof, screams like an insect.

“Why are you being so annoying?”

“My throne’s sword is said to be afraid of flying insects…! I don’t mind big ones, but I don’t like small ones!”

“I see.”

The ‘mouse’, who had struggled to get up, put his hand on his forehead in dizziness.

“Those guys, aren’t they the ‘black disaster’ that appeared in Cheorwon? How can they be in Goryongsan when they never showed up no matter how hard I searched for them?”

“I don’t know. First, we need to go find Eunha quickly……”

Kookookookook…!

The sound of the ground rumbles at that moment.

I raised my head in horror at the feeling of creepy oppression.

In the distance, near the ‘Abandoned Castle’, the ground exploded and a train-sized rocket rose up.

“… Is a big one okay?”

“I don’t think so.”

Kim Sa-rang, who was hugging the ‘mouse’, looked at Ban Ha-rin.

Banharin was standing on the roof, silently looking towards the ‘abandoned castle’… or more precisely, ‘observing’ the head of the giant songbird that had raised its body.

“… … .”

What did the countless eyes see?

The corners of Banharin’s mouth rise slightly.

“‘Mouse’. Found the galaxy.”

“Is it real? Where is it?”

BANG! BANG!!

Did you hear the conversation between the two?

The giant songbird that had been poking its head close to the ‘deserted castle’ turned its body and ran towards them.

The sight of the numerous bridges running over the gray-white ground looked like a giant train running at full speed.

It gets closer before you even think about doing anything.

ㅡㅡㅡ♪

ㅡㅡㅡㅡ♬ ㅡㅡㅡ♩ ㅡ♪

Hot and spicy!

So, a huge songbird came,

The sound of bright yellow castanets can be faintly heard amidst the gentle melody…

“I’m here. Is everything okay?”

The galaxy that rode on top of the songbird’s head,

He waved his hand with his usual smiling face.

… … .

… … .

… … that day,

The appearance of ‘you’ whom I met face to face for the first time in a long time,

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Without even thinking about hiding her mischievous smile, she strode towards me with light steps, using the blue light of the crack as moonlight.

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Like a butterfly with its beautiful wings spread wide…

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“Mr. Galaxy.”

“It happened again… But this time, I came to find Mr. Banharin.”

​

As ‘I’ went to find ‘you’ in [Cheorwon Crack Field],

The languid smile that came to me,

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She was so lovely and dignified.

​

Sagak-.

And above the galaxy’s knees, revealing her smooth thighs,

A girl in a pitch-black dress looks down at Banharin while hugging Eunha’s neck.

“Hmm… You’ve got pretty good eyes.”

Hot and spicy!

‘Fly’ stuck to the face of the pitch-black ‘princess’.

Thanks to the squash bees that wiggle their cute butts and poke around the crown of [Bug Princess],

The girl’s two eyes were not visible.

“Get on this way. I’ll take you to the entrance. The hunters in the [Crack Field] have escaped safely. ”

“… … I understand, but the bottom part is quite empty? ”

“J, not at all?”

Sagak-.

I can hear the sound of insects.

The lower half of the galaxy sitting on top of the giant songbird’s head was not visible.

Her smooth thighs stick out slightly to the side, wrapped in the billowy hem of the [Bug Princess] in her arms.

Sagak-.

The sound of insect footsteps could be heard playfully inside the skirt of ‘that thing’,

Every time that happens, Eunha’s body starts to tremble.

“Ugh… Don’t joke around in this situation.”

“You didn’t do anything.”

[Bug Princess], with the corners of her lips curled up seductively, looks down at Banharin.

With a ‘fly’ hanging on my face, sucking on my butt and wiggling my butt.

“… … .”

A world that is being destroyed by a pitch-black disaster.

But the girl and the galaxy on the song machine looked happy,

“… … Tsk.”

Banharin, who clicked her tongue slightly, picked up the ‘mouse’ that was stretched out due to lack of mana and climbed onto the back of the giant songbird.

Following this, Kim Sa-rang, who was waving the sleeves of her uniform with an urgent gesture, also climbed onto the singing machine and exhaled.

Swish…

Kim Sa-rang was looking around the blackened [crack field].

She took out the ‘magic stones’ she had kept in her pocket one by one and approached Eunha.

“Huh?”

“It’s the subway fare. As Mother said. A person’s heart cannot be bought with money, but if you want to express your heart, do it with money. And [Changcheongeomga] doesn’t have much money.”

Purungㅡ.

Kim Sa-rang, who had placed the magic stone between Eunha’s large breasts, rubbed her nose and moved away.

She taps the giant drum the size of a subway train here and there with her palm as if it is a novelty.

… I don’t know why he went out of his way to put a magic stone in someone else’s heart like a ticket gate, but I think he was grateful for everything that had happened and that he wanted to do well in the future.

“Haha… Oh, that’s right. Kim Sa-rang.”

He speaks to Kim Sa-rang as if he was reminded of Eun-ha, who raised the corners of her lips.

“Can I ask you a favor?”

“Just speak. I am your sword.”

He straightened his shoulders proudly.

The ‘inverted cross key ring’ dangling from the end of the hilt gleams black.

Was Kim Sa-rang’s answer quite satisfactory?

Eunha pointed to the old ‘abandoned castle’ in the distance with a languid smile.

“Then… please tear down the castle you see over there.”

Kookookookook…!

The giant songbird ‘Grace’ began to move at a leisurely pace.

… … .

… … .

Wedge!!!

Swing a sword.

Like a train leaving home.

Kim Sa-rang, riding on the back of the giant songbird ‘Grace’ that escaped the blackened kingdom, drew up her mana and lowered her beloved sword.

A sharpness that seems to cut through even the space flows,

The huge castle seen in the distance is cut off at an angle and begins to collapse.

“Ugh…”

“Thank you.”

A skill that Kim Sa-rang herself named [Thought Severance].

Eunha hugged Kim Sa-rang, who had collapsed due to lack of mana, and looked at the severed ‘abandoned castle’.

The upper part of the castle, cut diagonally and neatly, slides down, knocking over pillars and walls and falling like dominoes.

Gurrr…

The castle is falling apart.

Old memories, kingdom,

The set built on resentment is falling apart.

『… … .』

The princess left the castle without saying a word,

I watch the sight of the bumblebees crawling around the crown of the tree, patting them on the back.

“… Are you really okay?”

『Anyway, this place is fake. From the moment I became entangled in the ‘Black Book’, I could never return to my hometown.』

Kwaaak…

Thin arms.

The princess hugs Galaxy’s neck.

『The princess of the ants has wings. She can fly anywhere, but once she settles down, she clips her own wings and lives her entire life… Yu’s friend fell asleep as a princess.』

“… … .”

『So, the bug that followed the North Star and came out of the castle, flew a long way and broke its wings… It’s your apartment, by your side… Now that’s it.』

A crumbling castle.

The galaxy looked down at [Bug Princess].

The girl’s expression could not be seen because of the squash wasps clinging to her face.

However, the voice I heard seemed incredibly refreshing.

Eunha just stares at the collapsing castle without saying a word.

“You’re good. That’s enough.”

Sagagakㅡ.

The sound of a resentful insect’s footsteps.

The giant song machine that burned the galaxy, ‘Gress’, escapes the collapsing kingdom and runs towards the entrance of the [Crack Field].

Square. Square.

Overturning the dead land,

We advance, destroying the fallen trees.

… … .

This is a world dyed black.

Where the insects passed, yellow-brown soil was revealed,

It breathes new life into a story that has already ended.

Sagak-.

This is the world of bugs.

A land where a new story begins by turning over the gray-white drawing paper.

The galaxy held in its heart the remains of a kingdom that would become the fertilizer for something else.

『… … Goodbye, my mischievous princess.』

A voice was heard.

What a beautiful voice.

Galaxy looked down at [Bug Princess] again.

“What did you say?”

“Yu didn’t say anything.”

Hot and spicy!

The sound of bright yellow castanets.

The friendly groans of ‘Mouse’ and Kim Sa-rang, who are lying down due to lack of mana.

The sound of insects passing by.

Sagak…

Soon, a pure white butterfly landed on Eunha’s shoulder.

It quietly spreads its wings and flies into the sky.

A mediocre obsession.

The mediocre ones are mixed into the Milky Way.

“… … Eunha. So what are you going to do?”

“Huh? What is it?”

“I’m talking about the aftermath. By now, the outside must be in chaos with the hunters who escaped from [Goryongsan Crack Field]. ”

Then, Banharin came to the spot where the butterfly had left,

With a blank expression on his face, he placed his hand on Eunha’s shoulder and began to think about what would happen next.

“Oh, right.”

“Choose a piece of cloth and cover your lower body. Otherwise, the ‘mouse’ will take it off.”

“Team Leader, do you hate me?”

Sagak-.

The sound of bugs’ footsteps. The laughter of the ‘black bug’.

“Haha… Huh? But Mr. Banharin. What’s wrong with your left eye?”

“Huh? Excuse me… What the hell.”

“Ms. Banharin. Nice words.”

So, the giant songbird moved its many legs diligently and advanced towards the entrance of the rift.