When I opened my eyes again, it was not a broken training ground, but a forest with thick vegetation.
Unusually, the trees in the forest were dark green not only in their leaves but also in the color of their trunks and branches.
“Of course, it was temporarily connected, so the road can’t be connected for a long time.”
I turned around when I heard a voice coming from behind me instead of right next to me.
A mysterious beauty stood there.
I’m proud to say that I met a lot of handsome men and women after falling into this world.
Among them, she was the owner of a beautiful appearance that was within three fingers.
“What are you looking at so clearly?”
Of course, the mysterious woman was Maegu.
When I saw it in the image world before, I think I could only see the silhouette at first glance.
Seeing that this time it was in its full form, it might have recovered quite a bit of power.
“Are you intoxicated by the original woman’s beauty?”
If I had kept my mouth shut, it might have been.
Again, every bite was every bite.
“Stop talking nonsense, guide me to where Anton is.”
“i get it. Let’s see… .”
As she said that, shimmering tails could be seen around her waist.
Unlike the body, the tail was indistinct and blurry as before.
sniff-
Maegu pretended to smell it.
He sniffed it while changing directions, then pointed to one place and said,
“That way.”
Without saying a word, I started walking in the direction she pointed.
* * *
slap- slap-
“… !”
Anton Ivanov awoke to the sharp pain in both cheeks.
I opened my eyes, but my vision was blurry.
Strangely, it was out of focus.
He narrowed his eyes to see the silhouette looking down at him.
“You thought you couldn’t wake up, so you were cold.”
The voice he heard was quite familiar to him.
Hanzo.
The man disappeared after telling Shin Seong-ah to beat him until he was half-dead.
There was another silhouette next to him as he let out words of relief.
“You’ve made the kid into a very blind man.”
I could tell from the silhouette that the owner of the voice was a woman.
Until who she was, Anton Ivanov could not be identified.
It was natural.
Because this is the first time he has seen Mae-gu.
The two of them continued to talk with him in front of him, who had just woken up and could not understand the situation.
“What if I don’t wake up? And half of the left side was beaten by you.”
“Isn’t that because you said that you’re tired of beating me and told me to do it for you!”
“For something like that, he was happy and beat him well.”
“Okay, that’s… .”
I don’t know exactly what the two of them are, but Anton Ivanov heard that it felt like Hanzo was in charge of the conversation.
And in such a chaotic situation, paradoxically, Anton Ivanov was able to quickly come to his senses.
Likewise, I was able to easily recognize the sense of discomfort felt in my body.
‘Your body doesn’t move below your neck?’
It was strangely difficult to breathe as well as not to move, as if the limbs were firmly gripped by something.
As if buried in the ground from the neck down.
Anton Ivanov’s eyes flashed open.
I barely moved my head to check my condition.
“My, why am I doing this… .”
Anton Ivanov could see with his own eyes that he was indeed buried in the ground from the neck down.
It was a bonus that it felt like it was sinking slowly beyond being simply stuck in the ground.
It’s like falling into a bottomless swamp… .
“How long do you remember?”
His thoughts were interrupted by Hanzo’s question.
There is no need to worry, the person who can answer the question has been in front of you from the beginning.
He fired a quick-fire question at Hanzo.
“Where are you? Why am I in this state? Could it be that you did it?”
Anton Ivanov seemed to be able to fully understand the current situation if it was Hanzo’s actions.
If Hanzo knew this, ‘What do you think of me?’ I would have said something like that.
Hanzo lightly ignored Anton Ivanov’s question and asked the question in reverse.
“First of all, tell me how much you remember. Shouldn’t have left the training ground… . No, if I did, I would have targeted someone else, not him.”
For example, white glass.
The whispered whispers did not reach Anton Ivanov’s ears.
Because my head started pounding with a headache.
“If you don’t answer quickly, how many more hits will you think you’re out of your senses?”
“… At the training ground, Shin Seong-ah was unilaterally beaten by that bitch.”
Anton closed his eyes and remembered what happened next.
The headache bothered me, but the pain in my cheeks, which were still swollen, was worse.
“At first glance, the suspicious sword said to hold yourself if you want power… .”
“You look suspicious, too. Then why did you accept that suspicious invitation?”
Hanzo asked, interrupting Anton Ivanov’s explanation in the middle.
If he hadn’t accepted Doouk’s recommendation, the current situation would not have happened.
If even the person who accepted the invitation said he was suspicious, Hanzo thought for a moment that it was normal not to accept.
“It’s suspicious, because your invitation and the sword’s invitation were similar.”
Anton Ivanov’s reply forced Hanzo to hesitate for a moment.
“Poop.”
It was a bonus that I heard someone’s mocking laugh.
When Hanzo glared at him, Mae-gu acted as if he were making a fuss.
Hanzo sighed deeply and crouched down to meet Anton Ivanov at eye level.
And asked carefully.
“Is my invitation suspicious enough? ?”
Anton Ivanov nodded wordlessly.
And he was able to understand why he had become the way he is now through the dialogue and answer.
‘It’s because of that sword.’
Unnaturally broken memories.
The last one was cut off from accepting the invitation and holding the handle of the sword.
I guessed that it wasn’t an offer without a price, but the price would be to lose one’s body.
And in the process, he couldn’t resist and ended up like this.
‘There is no other idiot like this idiot.’
Anton Ivanov couldn’t help but laugh at his stupid judgment.
He repeatedly blamed himself for his poor judgment.
‘Are you the only one who can do this? Fuck you.’
His thoughts continued to race in a negative direction.
It was to the point where I even had self-harming thoughts that I wanted to bite my tongue and die.
without even having to do that.
The moment the thought that it wouldn’t be bad to sink slowly and disappear from this world passed through his mind.
match-
Hanzo’s palm slapped his cheek once again.
“What? If you have any complaints, come out and talk about it.”
Hanzo was very satisfied with Anton Ivanov’s expression as he looked up at him with a frown.
It was because he did not have the face of a person who had given up, with no ambition or enthusiasm like he had just before.
* * *
It was Anton who was slapped on the cheek, but my hand tingled even more.
As I have been forced into the world of other people’s images, it seems that my power is limited to a large extent here.
‘By the way, it’s a pretty big deal.’
It’s good that I was able to find Anton right away, relying on my sense of smell.
Getting hit a few times isn’t too bad.
It’s nice that Anton regained consciousness thanks to that.
But the problem is that the help I can give him ends here.
From now on, Anton needs to solve it himself.
‘It’s worse than I thought. To the extent that it might sink as it is if I make a mistake.’
Before waking Anton, he tried several times to pull him up, but he wouldn’t budge.
Let alone take it out, it wouldn’t be a swamp, but his body just slowly sank.
The first time I saw it, I could still see the shoulder line, but now it’s been buried, so I can only see the neck.
‘Still, it’s fortunate that the provocation worked.’
When Anton gives up the will to live, it is the end.
His mind will sink like this, and he will be trapped in the world of images.
Of course, the body will be occupied by two billion.
It is the resurrection of a great youkai comparable to an S-class monster.
‘Not only Kang Min-hyuk, but also Shin Sung-ah, Namgoong-ik, and Baek Yu-ri. I might be able to defeat Doouk before he fully regains his power.’
Along with Duuk, Anton will also die.
In such a situation, Kang Min-hyeok can’t stay still.
There is a high probability that he will absorb the power of Anton and Dou-mak.
If things go wrong, it might give them more power than the original.
‘That doesn’t work.’
Once it has stopped sinking.
Now it’s time to lift up Anton’s body.
ASAP.
That is, before two hundred million come.
“You didn’t have any thoughts of wanting to just sink and disappear from this world, did you?”
“… !”
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Judging by how surprised he was as if his true intentions had been discovered, it seems that he had similar thoughts.
This is the world of two hundred thousand images, and at the same time, the world of Anton’s images.
Unlike me, who was invited unilaterally, Anton must have had a connection with Doo-eok.
Look at the landscape of the world of imagination, lush with vegetation.
Although it seems that the image of Doouk was reflected more strongly.
‘I don’t think Anton has enough mental strength to take over the image world of a ghost that’s been around for hundreds of years.’
If I had that kind of mental strength, I wouldn’t have been just staring at me like that.
Because of his personality, he would have taken out his sunken body and rushed to hit me in the head.
I just woke up, so I should be able to use my own body.
Of course, we can add a little help for this.
“If you’re not going to stay there, come out soon, okay?”
“Damn bastard. Do you think I am here because I want to be like this?”
“Isn’t that what you were doing because you liked it?”
It seems that being sarcastic is more effective for Anton than provocation.
I knew something good.
Repeatedly flinching, one of his buried shoulders was exposed on the ground.
To see him trying to get himself out.
I don’t think it will take too long to get out.
Of course, apart from that, I intend to continue helping him.
“If we get out before three counts, shall we not dodge at least one shot and greet you?”
“What?”
“One, two, three… . Unfortunately, next time.”
Also, the sarcastic side works better.
On the count of three, the opposite shoulder was exposed.
Soon after, he pulled out his arms, raised his body, and pulled out his body, which had been buried by himself.