episode_0527

Craxxmara ate every last bit of James’ body.

It is a traditional funeral ritual for a dragon.

They say that only if they see themselves being eaten by bugs will they eat them themselves.

Soon Craxxmara raised her head and looked at me.

I knew it instinctively.

The fact that there is a root snake staring at me from behind.

“Jackie Chan died.”

“···Yes. I saw it.”

“Are you involved in that incident?”

“No.”

there is.

But I just need to tell you what I experienced.

Because dragons are tolerant of the selfishness of creatures.

“Describe what you saw.”

“···Suddenly, the bodies of living creatures and the earth began to explode.”

I spoke slowly and prepared my next words.

“The earth shook like when Ouroboros exploded a volcano. I couldn’t even stand. Just hearing the sound tore my eardrums and gave me a concussion.”

I explained at length what I had experienced.

Because I still needed time to think.

But it was all true.

When you are bombarded, you suffer concussion and brain damage as if you were hit with a fist using only shock waves.

Like a fish caught by dynamite.

“···It was like some kind of magic. However, Dragonia did not know what was going on and was helpless.”

“There was no sign of using power or any sign of popularity. It wasn’t even worn.”

“Suddenly it started to explode! Even Juyul, who received the blessing of the thirteen servants, was scared.”

“The magic tracked the living.”

The dragon’s expression is unreadable.

However, it was clear that he was angry.

So I had to act like a perfect victim.

“So we ran away from the magic.”

“When the forest exploded with magic, Jackie Chan appeared.”

“But the magic swallowed up even Jackie Chan.”

I pointed with my wrist at the exploded ‘head’.

“This is my fault. This person was a wild dragonia.”

“Who were you targeting?”

“Horses, humans, Jackie Chan… We aimed at everything that moved.”

“You mean you hunted it?”

“No. Rather than hunting… it was like a joke.”

“Do you know that it’s not magic?”

“I found out later. It was an explosive bolt for seawater rescue that Ain handled.”

I pointed to the shell lodged in my boat.

“This is what made it so big and powerful.”

“In that case, you could have heard the flying sound.”

“A bomb fell from the sky.”

Animals are amazing at finding the direction of sound coming from the transverse axis.

Enough to recognize even a difference of 0.004 seconds.

However, they are not very sensitive to sounds coming from the breeder.

The same goes for viewing angle and visual acuity.

‘He’s a wyvern, so you know what I mean.’

I hope so.

“Then, why did that man die?”

“I killed him. Because I also have a knack for bombs.”

“How can you do that?”

“We lured them into the river so as not to harm nature and attempted to commit suicide together.”

I held out both my hands, which had been blown away, as if to show off.

“I guess he didn’t know that I would do that.”

A root snake stares at me from behind Craxxmara.

I looked straight into those eyes.

“···He is the former agent of Dantalian.”

“It’s been a long time since I said goodbye to Dantalian.”

“It was he who informed Pangea of the dangers of explosives.”

“This is how thieves get off their feet.”

Beyond the dragon’s gaze, disgust began to reverberate.

Relief came to me at the sensation that brought fear to every cell.

Because a lion hunts its prey, it does not roar at its prey.

This means only one thing.

‘That the servant does not wish for my death.’

It was the servant who saved my life.

“···Take those things and get the hell away.”

It is an offer that there is no reason to refuse.

With a happy heart, I held the shell he left behind in my arms and headed toward Gestier.

* * * * * *

The first person to come to me was Lexi.

Lexi was looking at me with a puzzled expression.

“Sihyeon-ah…?”

“Shii…!”

He put down the cannonball and hugged Shii.

“So much happened! It was really so hard that I died!”

He exaggeratedly played it and smiled slyly as if he was being cute.

But Lexi didn’t get the reaction I expected.

“···Is this the work of ‘the head’?”

“Yes. So I killed them both.”

‘Who is the traitor?’

I smiled and hugged Lexi tightly.

Few people know that I was involved in Hermann’s death.

Also, those people are all mine.

I could feel Lexi’s breathing and her body shaking.

‘What fact makes my body tremble?’

That they both died? That I survived?

“···Let’s stop.”

“Why quit?”

“You almost died…?!”

She had tears in her eyes at the sight of a subject who was over two hundred years old.

I hugged and petted Lexi, who was crying.

“There’s really only a little bit left.”

“I really can’t stand it anymore…!”

Lexi eventually began to cry.

I was embarrassed. Very much.

‘I thought she was a strong woman.’

My doubts disappeared.

Even if my people betrayed me in the first place, would I be able to reject them?

‘no.’

Rebuke, but not reject.

So I hope it doesn’t catch me.

“It’s my karma. We have killed thousands of people so far.”

He sat down and leaned against a nearby tree while holding her.

“What about their family and friends?”

“Then…?! Would you even die for them?!”

“I have to explain. Why did they kill him, why did he have to do that.”

“If the other person doesn’t accept it?!”

“That’s how I died before, but not now.”

Now I kill people who try to kill me without mercy.

“How can I go first, leaving Sii behind?”

These people have become too good to die.

“···Do you know how we felt?”

“Us?”

“Yes! we! Shir said he can’t feel your heartbeat…!”

‘For some reason, the hand that flew off didn’t regenerate.’

It is said that it was a wound that required all the sacred blood that Shir had left for me.

Blood was slowly coming out of the bombs and tree fragments that could not be removed.

“We are agents of servants! Call us! Call my name! Then I can visit you no matter where you are in the world!”

“You know, right? They say that if you use the power of a servant to kill a human, you will be hated.”

“What good is power that can’t protect even precious things?!”

Lexi’s sad feelings are contagious.

Thanks to this, I couldn’t easily open my mouth.

I just pretended like nothing happened and tried to ignore it.

‘I was stupid.’

“I’m sorry.”

“Do I finally have to say that now?!”

“I didn’t want to see Shii sad.”

Jules, who has lived for 200 years, is scared.

That’s what artillery fire was like.

I was an artilleryman, I know what a shell is.

The killing radius of the Hwajeong bomb I threw at the wall was 75m.

155mm HE bullets travel 50m. The infantry’s 60mm light mortar is 30m.

In comparison, a grenade is only 5m.

While dealing with unexploded ordnance, the captain said that the school playground could be blown up with just one shell.

Even if you fall prone, most people die up to half the distance.

Plus, the shaking ground makes my body shake.

“···He must have gone crazy by now.”

“You throw yourself away like nothing happened!”

“I have to finish it quickly and go back and see the ladies.”

“···Really? All those wives are waiting for you at the castle now.”

widely!

Lexi bluntly took my wrist away and stood up.

The pupil of the eye is red and swollen.

“I wonder if I can say that in front of other people too.”

I didn’t want to, but there was no way.

Slowly, the wounds all over my body started to swell.

Since ancient times, wounds hurt more when they swell than when they are worn.

“···Then, can you take me there quickly?”

“Are you being sarcastic now?”

When it swells, it becomes really difficult to die.

“It’s because it really hurts.”

The area around the top of my head feels swollen and swollen.

Cold sweat breaks out.

“······Hurry.”

It felt like the dizzy feeling continued without end.

I leaned my head against Lexi.

Just a moment. I thought I would lean back and rest for a moment.

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When I opened my eyes, I was on a bed.

My body is warm, but a chill runs down my spine.

“···Are you conscious?”

A voice filled with familiar yet unfamiliar emotions attracts attention.

The moment I saw Edeline, my head went blank.

This was because the visible anger was blooming like a haze.

‘Fucked.’

I decided to lower my tail.

“···I’m sorry.”

When I looked around, I saw Shir leaning on the bed with his eyes closed.

Isabelle was looking at me with puffy eyes, and Lexi, Anne, and Seth got up from their seats on the sofa.

However, I was unable to open my mouth because I was weighed down by Edeline’s force.

“Would you please look at this?”

Edeline holds out a tray to me.

Inside the tray were strange pieces of flesh, wood fragments, pieces of iron, and artillery shells. And it was full of bone fragments.

“There were exactly 746 foreign substances in Sihyeon’s body.”

The inside of the wall was burning cold.

“Heart, lungs, stomach, liver, intestines, gallbladder. All organs were full of foreign substances, and the peritoneum was like a trash can filled with waste materials from a construction site.”

“······I’m sorry.”

“There was even a piece of iron inside the brain. Do you know what this means…?!”

I thought an apology would suffice, but he seemed to be even angrier.

What on earth should I do in a situation like this?

“You’ve already died once! The head was ruptured and the brain was exposed!”

He already died once.

It was time to explode the fuse.

I thought I survived miraculously, but that wasn’t the case.

“The immune response that started in the brain caused the brain to boil and fluid to ooze from the affected area. There was even excessive bleeding!”

“You came here dead from multiple organ failure…!”

Edeline cried and picked up the strange piece of flesh.

“These fleshy spots are tumors that have formed on your body due to continued healing!”

“It was full of iron pieces embedded in your body!”

“Moreover, this bomb…!”

More than anything else, I feel a look of alarm.

It was Shir who was leaning on the bed with his eyes closed.

The look in his eyes showed that he wouldn’t miss my reaction at all.

“I checked your memory while you were asleep! What on earth happened!”

“Did you know that a cannonball won’t explode if it gets stuck in a person’s body?!”

“No! The spring in the fuse is worn out! It’s been over 100 years since it was created! This weakened the spring tension and prevented the bolt from doing its job! Miraculously it didn’t detonate!”

“I’m sorry.”

“If this had exploded, we wouldn’t have been able to even revive you!”

This is my first time seeing Edeline so passionately angry.

That was scary.

Edeline, breathing calmly and swallowing her anger, glares at me.

“···You died there over a hundred times.”

I was out of breath.

I thought it was an exaggeration, but the look in Shir’s eyes said otherwise.

I don’t know what the standard is, but I really died 100 times.

“Why didn’t you call the Centennial Knight?”

“Actually, I thought it was dangerous. ···I used to operate something like that where I lived.”

In the military, I learned why the god of war is artillery.

Moreover, because he called Sets in front of such a monster, Sets almost died as well.

Of course, there is no excuse.

‘Because I just rushed in to get information.’

“Yes. In my memory, you were afraid.”

“That’s right. I was scared.”

“Do you still think you are amazing and proud?”

“No.”

“Are you going to sacrifice your life for a purpose again?”

“I won’t.”

“Would you ask for help even if you encountered something dangerous?”

“Yes.”

“If you don’t trust us, we don’t trust you.”

“······Do you trust us?”

“Yes.”

After finishing her last words, Edeline looked at Shir.

“Is that true?”

But Shir was looking at me without blinking.

It takes a few seconds for you to look at me like that.

Shir opened his mouth.

“No.”