episode_0038

Sunset light came into the shady alley. In that light, Cha Ha-neul blinked for a moment. It seemed like he was trying to control his emotions, but I could see his eyes trembling slightly. It seemed like anger and embarrassment at times.

“……It’s not that I don’t like it. There’s no way I would hate saving people.”

The voice sounded tired.

Beyond the alley, in the distance, a scream was heard briefly and then stopped. It looks like someone who was hiding was killed by a goblin.

“I just set and followed the principles of life.”

Cha Ha-neul looked at the bodyguard standing in the corner of the alley.

“Team leader, when will the police come?”

The bodyguard let out a sigh.

“It looks like something went wrong in the middle.”

“It’s definitely not at the level of martial law, right?”

“It is not to that extent. Currently, important national facilities are being protected, and there are already areas where the situation has been suppressed with only police forces.”

Cha Ha-neul stared at the bodyguard in silence. The bodyguard lowered his head.

“I’m sorry. I will try again.”

Cha Ha-neul nodded and looked this way. I feel like I know what to say. At best, we’ll just have to wait for the police to come. Before Cha Ha-neul could say anything, he walked out of the alley.

“Where?”

“Now that I know the boss mob, let’s go attack it.”

As I left the alley and turned my head, I saw a shimmering haze-like crack and goblins filling the path in front of it. Killing everyone and heading to the crack is difficult both physically and time-wise.

He lunged at the nearest goblin and slashed his body. The goblin is killed and turned into experience points, but this is only the beginning.

Arrows fell as if they were covering the sky. He quickly ran towards a nearby car. The arrows scratched the car and fluttered around. Some dogs made an eerie sound as if they had been hit by a car. Several goblins nearby were killed by arrows. The scattered experience points flew in the direction of the crack.

In the midst of the chaos, Cha Ha-neul walked trotting along, talking to the bodyguard. Some arrows flew again and aimed at Cha Ha-neul, but were blocked by the magic barrier and fell.

Cha Ha-neul squatted down in front of this side.

“Why are you rushing in without a plan?”

“There is no solution, there is!”

“which?”

“It’s not about killing the goblin, it’s about stepping on the goblin’s shoulders, stepping on them, and running into the rift.”

If there are too many goblins blocking the rift to be difficult to kill, don’t kill them. The goal is to attack cracks.

Cha Ha-neul’s mouth opened slightly and a very faint sound came out. I know what you’re thinking.

“I heard you can do it!”

“What about the arrows?”

“You just have to cut it out.”

“In the air?”

“Is it possible.”

“No, how is that possible?”

“If you swish it, it falls down.”

It’s a ridiculous expression. I don’t believe it’s going to be this way. In the end, he flapped the wizard robe he was wearing.

[Class C/Marfinya of the Melopin Royal Workshop]

“If you can’t block them all, this will take care of it. It can block bullets, but can’t it block arrows?”

“That’s right….”

Cha Ha-neul, who seemed to be convinced, suddenly stopped talking and gently pulled Marfina.

“Take it off. It’s mine.”

I don’t know what harmony it is to force someone to wear something and then take it back. Obediently, one arm was removed from Marpiña.

Cha Ha-neul frowned.

“But what if you really want to give it to me?”

What should I do?

Marfina was put on again. I glanced at the bodyguard and saw that he was looking at me with a sinister gaze. The look in their eyes asks why you are wearing that. I don’t wear it because I want to.

“Arrows would be fine. …But orcs are dangerous, so we’ll come out on the way.”

“If it’s dangerous, of course you run away.”

“really?”

“really.”

“really really?

“uh.”

“Really really really really?”

I nodded my head vigorously. Although he agreed, Cha Ha-neul still looked suspicious. I don’t think you will believe anything I say.

Cha Ha-neul shook his head.

“Then I’ll go too.”

“miss.”

The bodyguard opened his mouth, but Cha Ha-neul raised one hand and stopped him, without even looking at the bodyguard.

“I don’t like to say it twice.”

The bodyguard groaned and glared at me. I’ve never had a direct conversation with a bodyguard, but I’m afraid of the consequences.

Cha Ha-neul put Marfina’s hood on.

“Dress carefully.”

“I was going to write.”

“You speak well.”

After getting Marfina in order from Cha Ha-neul, I looked beyond the hidden car. The goblins were on guard here. Arrows were flying earlier, but they don’t seem to have any intention of attacking as a group. Maybe it’s because there’s a wizard here.

This should be enough.

“I-”

“Good! Let’s go!”

As I got out of the back of the car and ran towards the crack, arrows came flying as expected. I took a stance to attack, but the arrows were blocked by the magic barrier and fell. When I glanced behind me, I saw Cha Ha-neul flying in with a sullen expression.

I ran, killing the goblins that got in my way and avoiding the goblins that I could avoid. The closer the goblins got to the crack, the more densely the goblins gathered.

At some point, when the arrows stopped and all I could see were goblins, I threw away one goblin’s sword and jumped on his shoulder. The visibility suddenly rose and the goblin’s gaze followed. The wind is refreshing. Peace was short-lived. The goblins watched for a moment and then stabbed with their swords. In one corner of my field of vision, goblin archers were aiming arrows.

I stepped on the shoulder of a goblin that seemed to not have figured out the situation yet and settled down. He vigorously struck down the stabbing swords horizontally. A heavy resistance was felt and the swords flew in the sky.

I ran towards the goblin who had lost his weapon. Arrows flew from all directions. As I cut, swung, and parried my sword in the air, arrows fell. It wasn’t possible to block all the arrows. The missed arrows hit Marfina. There are more than you think. Looking at the crack, there was still some distance.

As I stepped on the goblin, swords stabbed in. The thrusts were spaced out at intervals, as if they were aware that they would be struck all at once. But it doesn’t matter. After moving the sword a few times, the stabbing swords lost their tracks and collided with each other. Arrows flew in that brief moment. I ran towards the next goblin. More arrows flew as if the arrows just before were bait to make them run. It’s impossible to cut them all out. However, if you hit it a little faster and more effectively… … .

I closed my eyes. I felt everything around me. I tried to swing the first sword strike carefully. Suddenly, I felt an enveloping pressure and my body flew into the sky. When I opened my eyes, Cha Ha-neul had her arms crossed. After that, I could see the sunset losing its light.

“So, if you swish, the arrows fall out?”

“Ah… it just happened.”

“Swiss, swish, tussle?”

“It was right before it happened.”

“Oh, that’s right.”

Cha Ha-neul shook his head.

“There’s no need to do anything dangerous.”

My body flew with pressure. It was in the direction of the crack. Cha Ha-neul flew next to me.

As I looked at the ground, I saw some goblin archers’ arrows flying but falling after being blocked by a magic barrier. One goblin that had been hit by a fallen arrow became irritated by the archer. It was a sight that made me dizzy.

Eventually, when we arrived at the haze-like crack, a system message appeared.

[Do you want to enter the E-class crack?]

Beneath the crack, a goblin looked towards us and cackled. I waved my sword, but of course it didn’t reach me. I don’t know what he’s saying, but I think I know how he feels.

“Go in and come out if you think it’s dangerous. Understand?”

“Of course.”

Cha Ha-neul’s expression hardened.

“Is that so?”

I thought, Oops.

“I’m going in.”

[Enter.]

At one point it was a forest.

[Crack Quest – E Grade]

Carry out your goals.

It’s a quest I haven’t seen in a long time. It was my first time since the job change quest. I thought there was more to it than just telling me to carry out my goal, but no other content appeared. It was like a system.

“Do Yu-geon.”

When I looked to the side, there was Cha Ha-neul.

“Is that so?”

It was a bit scary.

“The words came out in vain.”

It really came out in vain. Cha Ha-neul looked at this direction for a moment. I feel like I’m breaking into a cold sweat.

“Don’t do that next time.”

I nodded.

As I was watching, Cha Ha-neul made eye contact for a moment, then looked back at the quest window and muttered.

“What is the point of telling people to carry out their goals and not giving them goals?”

“It’s like a system.”

“Yes, but it’s ridiculous.”

“I’m telling you to kill the boss mob at best. Orcs who use magic!”

“That sounds reasonable.”

“Are there any mobs around?”

Cha Ha-neul closed his eyes for a moment.

“Stay a little far away. I’ll have to wait a while to see you.”

“In which direction?”

Cha Ha-neul pointed the direction. As I was about to walk that way, Cha Ha-neul said he had something to do for a while and looked behind me. When I looked behind me, there was a crack. When Cha Ha-neul touched it, a message appeared.

[Would you like to leave?]

I feel like I can go out anytime. Cha Ha-neul took his hand away from the crack and mumbled log out and log in. I couldn’t log out. Login also failed, and seeing as the queue does not appear, it seems that logging in is not possible here at all.

“If you want to escape, you have to come all the way here.”

After finishing my observation, I walked in the direction of the mob.

“But when an orc uses magic, is he an orc wizard or a shaman?”

“Does it matter now?”

“It’s important. If the name of the boss mob is ambiguous, you won’t be motivated to catch it.”

“Then why don’t you give it a name?”

“Is that so?”

“no.”

“Even if it’s not a name, I have to decide whether it’s a wizard or a shaman. It’s too long to call an orc who uses magic.”

“That’s right. Then, it would be a good idea to first set a standard between witchcraft and magic, compare the differences, and then think about it. What is witchcraft?”

I shook my head.

“It’s too complicated.”

“Then what do you want?”

“After all, if you’re not good enough, you can become a shaman, right?”

“Is that how it works?”

“If you look like a magician, you’re a wizard.”

“By that standard, the level 10 orcs were bare-fisted with their upper bodies removed, so the orcs you’ll meet now will be lacking.”

“Okay, then you are an orc shaman.”

“Are we really going to decide this?”

As we continued forward, there was an empty space that seemed to have been created artificially. I hurriedly hid behind a tree and took a look. I saw an orc shaman in the middle of the clearing. Although he was not naked from the waist up like a level 10 orc, he was still muscular. If it weren’t for the wand in one hand, it’s a visual that makes you question whether magic is really being used.

As the orc shaman pointed his staff and the other hand toward the sky and cast a spell or spell, goblins wearing swords and bows appeared in an orderly manner. As soon as the goblins came out, they moved to a crack on one side of the clearing and went out of the crack.

The orc shaman gasped. Looks like I’m taking a break for a while.

Cha Ha-neul poked his side and whispered.

“Now that we’ve seen it, how about we head out?”

“You haven’t even seen magic?”

“It’s dangerous because it’s lightning magic.”

“How exactly is it dangerous?”

“It’s lightning.”

“Not that one.”

“Uhm…, it shoots lightning arrows.”

“Then we can avoid it.”

Cha Ha-neul blinked.

“really?”

I should have answered with the obvious as usual, but I hesitated because I suddenly remembered that I had been unable to block the arrow and had to rely on Marfina. What if this happens again? The wizard’s robe he is wearing is light, but it costs 10 billion won. To put it another way, it is more expensive than our entire house.

In that moment, Cha Ha-neul held his hand and led him. The vacant lot became distant.

“Even though the orc shaman is strong, modern civilization is stronger, so the police will solve the problem. I heard that the police armament has been strengthened these days, so they will do a good job.”

That’s true.

“When we get back, let’s get some rest first. There are a lot of dangerous people and a lot of work to do, but stop it. You are a minor. Take care of yourself first. Are you… are you not more tired than that? If you are not, you should just rest.”

That’s true.

When I looked at the sky, it was blue. The sun is setting outside, but it is morning here.

Perhaps because there was no answer, Cha Ha-neul looked back.

“……I’m tired?”

“It’s a bit like that, but it’s nothing to worry about.”

It feels a bit out of touch with reality since I first saw the corpse, but it’s not enough to worry.

“Where is that? This thing better fly. Take a break.”

That’s true.

Cha Ha-neul is a strange child, but she is mature in many ways. It was even more so when we first met, and these days, he emphasizes the fact that he is a middle school student, but he still seems like an adult.

I felt like magical power was surrounding my body, so I pressed Cha Ha-neul’s head with my palm. Although he is small in stature. The magic dissipated, and Cha Ha-neul looked at him curiously.

“Anyway. I guess I’ll have to catch the boss mob while I’m here.”

“Yes why?”

I turned around and headed toward the vacant lot. I don’t know why.

When I became a middle school student, my parents and teachers became more interested in the future. When asked what your dream is, you are basically told to choose a university or a department. Because of the free school system, I didn’t have to take any exams for a year, so I can see how much interest there is.

In fact, I became more interested in grades than in the future. The reason is that no matter what you want, if you get your grades up first, everything will be resolved. From now on, if you study hard and get good grades and go to a good college, you will get a good job and get a good job. There are dreams and a future there. No matter what your dreams are now or what your future plans are, you can achieve them, so you just have to start by raising your grades. If your grades are bad, it is impossible to have any dream or future.

That’s true.

Of course, whether you’re catching goblins, orcs, or slimes, it’s right to stop wasting time and start studying.

This is what my parents said, but it is true.

Cha Ha-neul kept saying something, but he answered that he still had to catch the boss mob and went into the vacant lot.

The orc shaman looked as if he was trying to summon a goblin by raising his staff towards the sky.

Common sense and realistic advice. It would be right to follow what you are told. But what this side wants is neither common sense nor realistic.

Even before fantasy came along, there were fantasies around. Actually, isn’t that so? Cha Ha-neul is a fantasy in itself. It is beyond common sense and unpredictable, and if you become an enemy, you can experience cosmic horror. For example, confessing. Cha Ha-neul’s parents are friendly, but it is doubtful whether they will continue to be so friendly. Grandpa Cha Ha-neul met with Cha Ha-neul, but he was treated like a non-existent person. No matter how Cha Ha-neul accepts it, it may become a situation that this side cannot accept. Whether you follow common sense or reality, it is of course right to give up.

When I pointed my sword at the orc shaman and took a step forward, a spear that looked like it was covered in lightning flew out. I leaned to the side. The lightning that passed by made a roar and burned an entire tree. They say it’s a lightning arrow, but it’s not an arrow.

The pyromancer said that since fantasy has arisen, there will be many new opportunities. You can’t believe everything because you’re bragging about yourself. Still. Wouldn’t it be okay to take a different route for a while? Maybe it’s a road that leads to the sky.

Lightning came flying. I threw my body to avoid it, but some of the lightning splashed down and turned one side of the vacant lot into a sea of fire. This is dangerous. You only have one life and no resurrection, and one mistake can kill you.

But I rushed in. This is correct. It is also true that it is reckless. So what? It’s reckless, but I’m not unaware of it, and although it’s young, it’s not a light thought. What they want is not a sense of reality that Marfina cannot live with.

As if the sky was flying, a fireball was headed towards the orc shaman. The lightning that was heading this way shot down the fireball. There was an explosion. I took advantage of that moment and approached the shaman.

When I got close to swinging my sword, the shaman who suddenly made eye contact laughed. Something is wrong. The shaman actually took a step closer and narrowed the sword distance to the fist distance.

Lightning flowed through the staff and fell on the shaman’s opposite fist. A skilled regime punched him in the abdomen. A loud noise spread and electricity exploded. The air trembled in the aftermath. But it was a mild shock. The shaman was seen looking at Marfina in confusion. He took advantage of that opportunity to force himself into a position and cut off his head.

But it was shallow. The shaman dodged the sword and was close to the distance. I quickly widened the distance, but the shaman grabbed my clothes at that moment. This… … ? In an instant, my vision was overturned and I was thrown to the ground. My back collided with the ground. Perhaps thanks to Marfina, there was less pain. I tried to swing my sword. However, the shaman’s knee was pressing down on his arm, so he could not swing it. Lightning flowed through the shaman’s fist. The shaman seemed to be aware of Marfina and swung his fist at Marfina’s face. You can’t avoid this.

It was just a moment. Magic power came rushing in. The shaman quickly spread lightning to block the magic, but the overwhelming magic actually extinguished the lightning. The magic surged forward and pushed the shaman, causing him to fly and roll. A fireball exploded and experience points were scattered.

I saw Cha Ha-neul flying in with a worried expression.

“are you okay?”

A bitter smile came out. At times like this, I want you to get angry. I closed my eyes and let myself feel helpless for a moment.

It’ll be like this for a while. for a moment.

* * *

I felt the warm texture of the bed. Wow, that’s good. Dreams flowed through my mind as if I was about to fall asleep.

『Master, there is no use taking your anger out on me. I was going to tell you, but you were the one who stopped me.』

『Not that one. Why did you try to tell me? I told you not to say it. Don’t even show that you have something worth saying.』

“I just wanted to tell you because it’s important.”

『I want you not to know from the beginning.』

“why?”

The dream was crushed and blurred and then passed away. Memories came back to me randomly.

In my past life, my counselor said.

『The more you suppress difficult emotions, the stronger they become.』

『You say I’m suppressing it, but I’m not like that. From the beginning, I was living life without much inspiration. There are no emotions worth suppressing.』

『But you said you were depressed.』

『For example, that is what I meant. It’s rude not to say anything when you come for counseling. As I said before, I came here not because of my own needs, but because my co-worker, who was a leader, kept urging me to do so.』

The counselor thought for a moment and cautiously opened his mouth.

『This is my third consultation, with seven more to go. If you keep hiding it like you are now, it will be difficult to consult. You have to tell me honestly what you’re having trouble with so I can know what advice I can give you.』

『There is nothing particularly difficult. I go to work as usual, work, and then go home and rest. “There’s no need for me to be depressed just because my subordinate committed suicide, right?”

『I didn’t mean to criticize you.』

『I know that too.』

He drank his coffee and continued talking.

『It was an unavoidable situation, so it is not my responsibility.』

『But still, you said you were depressed.』

I felt uncomfortable and woke up from falling asleep. kid… … , but I keep asking. I got up from my lying position and sat down on the bed.

I can’t sleep. I fell asleep but woke up? Anyway, a good night’s sleep is essential for relieving stress. I lay down again. After lying down for a while, I fell asleep, but I couldn’t sleep. It’s painful. I woke up feeling half-asleep and left the room.

I made a cup of capsule coffee and then roughly poured in milk to make a cappuccino.

I grabbed a cappuccino and headed to the glass window in the living room. A burning building was visible across the Han River. Fire trucks are working hard to extinguish the fire. It seems like a fire broke out when a crack appeared.

When I looked at the sky, I saw some stars. I took a sip of cappuccino. warm. It feels like I’m waking up because my insides are warm.