051. successor (2)
‘Is this the third time I’ve fallen from somewhere?’
For a moment, I felt paralyzed by the situation, and I put a protective shield around my body.
Tung!
His vision changed to dark blue with the sound of a huge water.
Without time to find time, I looked around and found the van.
‘Hey there.’
A van was sinking not far away. Approached quickly and grasped the condition.
Through the windshield, the driver was seen dead with blood on his head.
Judging by the cracks in the glass, it must have been that he had hit his head hard as a result of the fall.
‘The space is separated and you can’t even see the back seat.’
He moved to the side of the van and pulled the door, but the door did not move due to the hydraulic pressure.
The window was covered with black film, so it was impossible to see the inside, and no sign of presence was felt from the inside.
There were two possibilities.
either dead or fainted.
I made a knife made of ice by condensing the surrounding water.
Kick-!
After putting it in the side of the handle, he put mana on it and cut it into a circle shape.
I pushed my hand through the hole that just opened and unlocked the door lock.
‘It’s in the water… It’s not easy.’
He opened the door carefully by strengthening his muscles with magic.
The water, which had risen to waist height, quickly increased in height as the spaces were connected.
Pieta.
She had her eyes closed and her head rested against the opposite window.
As there was nothing wrong with the sound of his breathing, he seemed to have simply lost consciousness.
I took a deep breath to replenish my breath.
I held her in front of my arms and put her hands around my neck.
I got out of the car and headed to the surface.
And before he stepped out of the water, he stopped there.
‘Are you trying to completely confirm death? There is a delicate aspect.’
On the top of the cliff, people’s imprints were reflected.
enemies, not allies.
They were lined up at regular intervals looking down.
I got back into position and swam forward.
As we went upstream, the number of guards decreased, but it was difficult to find a complete gap.
‘I may have to endure the water for a longer time than I thought.’
I put my lips on Pieta’s and breathed in.
She was unconscious and still hadn’t woken up.
However, the strong heartbeat from her arms was an indication that she was alive.
It continued upstream.
Surveillance continued, and tens of seconds felt like hours.
At that time, I could feel Estelle’s energy on the cliff.
‘You’ve come at a good timing.’
Estelle can sense my location, too, so it seems that she has come to help and organize the situation.
The guards looked embarrassed, then pulled out their weapons and disappeared towards Estelle.
“ha-!”
I stepped out of the water and took a deep breath.
Pieta’s breath didn’t come back, so she closed her lips once more and breathed in.
Cologne!
In an instant, she came to her senses.
Soon my chest was pushed and the distance between my faces widened.
“Gee, what are you doing now?”
“calm down. Figure out the situation first.”
She looked around.
The anger and embarrassment reflected in his eyes quickly subsided.
“… I misunderstood. Strictly speaking, it is not a misunderstanding, but it was a situation that had no choice but to be. How faint was I? What about others?”
The situation was understood quickly.
Still, he seemed to be gibbling a little as he did not fully recover his mind.
“About five minutes. Upstairs, the battle is still going on. get out of here Do you know how to swim?”
“no. It floats in water… .”
Without answering, I pressed forward with my feet.
Surprised, she hugged my neck tighter and soon reached the shore.
“Can your body move?”
“yes. it’s okay. I was lucky. There are a lot of cushions in the van.”
Moved a little further upstream of the river, completely out of sight on the cliff.
A bonfire was lit on the white gravel field to dry clothes.
“I didn’t know I could hire so many mercenaries. You’re only going to kill me.”
“Are you afraid?”
“no. No way. I just reaffirmed that those people were sincere.”
‘Those people’ would refer to her older brothers and sisters.
“You have to find a way to go up first, right? The map sinks with the car, so from exploring the surroundings… .”
“30,9 to the north. 21,28 northeast. If you go southeast again by 15 or 12, you will find a hill that goes up into the canyon.”
“… Did you memorize it all?”
she stuck out her tongue
I asked, throwing more firewood into the flames.
“Is there no force supporting it? Even if the number is small because I have to deal with the three alone.”
“… There were, and they were all dead. turn your back or I am the best at work, but you know. That the politics of the company is not the only thing.”
“The president has appointed you as his successor. Did the neutral forces still have no response?”
“I will not move until an official announcement is made at the general meeting of shareholders. Even if you believe that I am the successor, if you do not overcome these difficulties, you may think that you do not have the qualifications to become the president.”
I nodded my head slightly.
I had expected it, but it was the content I wanted to confirm through her mouth.
After some clothes had dried, we got up from our seats and erased the traces of the fire.
And walked along the river.
“Thank you for saving me. And don’t worry about what happened in the water earlier. ‘Cause I don’t care I am not stupid enough to ask such a thing in a situation like this.”
“I don’t care.”
“… … .”
Crossed rocks and rocks.
In remote or slippery areas, he reached out and helped her cross safely.
“It’s a pity that I woke up on the way and didn’t have a proper memory. Still, it was my first kiss with the opposite s*x.”
“You seem to be in a good shape from your jokes.”
“I am not joking.”
“Remember that the president-elect of Low Tactic is a joke-loving person.”
“Evan, aren’t you the kind of person who doesn’t listen well to others?”
After some time had passed, the gravel field ended and the wilderness appeared.
Dotted factories were seen in the distance, and the cliff continued only to the right.
Despite the distance, Estelle was steadily following us up the cliff.
There were no shouts or crackling sounds.
‘The probability of annihilating the enemy is low. There was a huge difference in the army to fill with individual skills. Is it the most probable guess that the goal of Pieta has disappeared and entered a lull?’
If we had searched downstream of the river, we would have found that our bodies had not risen.
He probably didn’t know that a search was being made in the area by now.
“… … .”
As I was walking on the flat ground, I grabbed Pieta and leaned my back against a nearby rock.
He shook his head and looked forward.
—It must have been dead, but what are you going to do to check the body?
—Key, key kick. How about just killing them? employer and what
─No. I’m going to scold Kendrick. Let’s quietly go down the river.
-That’s not right. If that’s true, I mean it hurts.
– That’s right. I hate that. The blonde was terrifying too, but worse than when Kendrick was angry.
“… They are beasts.”
Beasts such as lizards, dogs, and mice were giggling around.
The problem was that it was not just one or two groups, but that the number was approaching twenty.
I couldn’t fight now.
Although the fighting power of each individual was not very high, he could not face such a large number of beasts without an escort.
‘Besides, there are objects to protect now.’
It was the best decision to hide and wait for Estelle to come.
We quickly turned back the way we came.
“You saw on the way there was nowhere to hide. It would be better to fire a flare or something like that and inform the allies of the location… .”
“Estelle already knows where I am. And there is a place to hide.”
Shortly after turning back, a factory appeared at the end of my field of vision.
When I pointed my finger, she said in a slightly startled voice.
“Factories like this… . When did you check? I didn’t see it.”
“Can you open the door?”
“It is possible. All of my father’s direct lines, including me, are fingerprinted at all factories.”
Feeling the search narrowing, we quickly stepped forward.
Arriving at the entrance, she put her finger on the magic sensor, and the factory door slammed open on both sides with a dull sound.
“Come in.”
It was an unmanned factory that produced pistol-type firearms.
Inside, the conveyor belt was spinning, and the finished guns and ammunition were piled up in boxes one by one.
Fully automated, no one was visible.
“I’m sure I can hide safely here.”
“If there is a battle, it would be much better to have a place where you can use these features rather than an open area.”
“In the first place, enemies can’t come in.”
In general, it was.
To protect the facility, the outer walls are made of thick steel and only authorized persons can enter.
“Except for one possibility.”
eyes met.
Reading her eyes, she said as if she noticed.
“… It sure is. But the odds are low.”
“I wouldn’t say no at all.”
She sat by the box and got her palms over the finished bullets.
“It’s hot. If you shoot someone with this, you will die, right?”
I chuckled.
“Sounds natural. Haven’t you seen it before?”
“It just doesn’t feel real. It’s only been a month since people around me started dying. It feels strange to me that my person dies because of a company item I’m trying to get my hands on.”
Silence passed, and the regular sound of machinery took the place for a moment.
“Why do you want to be president?”
“I do not know? Is the president’s seat there?”
she smiled
Even though his face was obviously dry from fatigue, there was a radiance of brilliance.
“If I had to pick one, it would be revenge. Revenge for those who ignored their mother.”
“Are you an illegitimate child?”
“The wizards I know were stuck in the tower and studied, so I didn’t notice, but Evan-sama is different.”
“It’s popular.”
“It’s popular.”
“Have you ever killed anyone?”
“No. till now.”
She picked up a pistol and loaded the bullets into the magazine one by one.
“First of all, it is a short-term goal. ascending to the presidency. After that, I don’t know. I’ve never had a long-term plan. That’s why I think it’s cool to see people living with a certain huge goal.”
I watched her every move and pondered for a moment.
We didn’t spend a lot of time together, but one thing was clear.
That her desire is real.
speech and voice.
facial expressions and behavior patterns.
All factors became the index for judging the human being that she is.
‘The desire and its motives are sufficient. It is judged that he has the skills to realize it.’
In other words, he was the same kind of human being as Cain or Estelle.
He said he had only a short-term goal, but he could not stop because he was satisfied with the inauguration of the president.
The compass of desire will continue to point in the next direction.
‘At least I won’t be able to hold on for a few months and then step back.’
I thought maintaining a connection wouldn’t be a bad thing either.
If you can keep the low tactic’s chairman behind you, your range of action in many ways will be greatly expanded.
Then we heard footsteps outside the factory, and we stopped our movements for a moment.
“Let’s hide and watch the situation.”
She followed my instructions, and I hid behind the equipment outside, under a panel in the control room with a glass inside view.
The sound of footsteps did not go away easily.
He stopped at the entrance, and soon the door opened with the sound of a sensor working.
Woong-
Multiple footsteps entered the room, and high-pitched voices echoed inside the factory.
“Pieta! my dear brother! If you’re here, I’d love to come out and talk to you!”
Five, a beast in the form of a hyena.
In the meantime, a man in his late twenties in a suit intervened.
Because Pieta talked about his appearance and personality, he could recognize who he was at a glance.
The third of the Nedvice family.
Jude Law Nedvice.
He was also a direct descendant, so it was natural for him to be able to open the door of the factory.
‘I’m arrogant, but I have a fearful personality. The possibility of directly participating in the operation was small.’
The guy walked around the factory, laughing out loud.
“No matter how long I waited in the lower reaches of the river, the body didn’t come up. Just in case you didn’t know, I searched the riverbed and the car was empty. Leaving only the driver behind. I’ve looked all over the area, but I can’t find a single trace.”
The guy who had been looking around slowly approached the management room.
“But there is no way that it suddenly disappeared from the water. If you think about cancer, you are right that it went up the river.”
The guy grabbed the doorknob.
“And there is only one place to hide nearby.”
There was Pieta in the management office.
bastard-
When the door opened, I pushed a nearby pistol and dropped it on the floor.
tongue.
Once, a metallic sound echoed in the factory.