Episode 43. Recurring Trials (3)
Roaring!
A fireball was created that burned redder and hotter than the first one had seen.
‘It would be dangerous if I get hit directly by that.’
Wartime posture is not always good. If you compare it to a game character, it feels like replacing HP with MP consumption.
The problem is that the moment MP in real life falls below 10%, it immediately falls into a state of incapacitation.
Quaang.
“Ugh!”
I threw myself to avoid the fireball thrown by No.45. Glancing at the spot where I was standing, I saw a hollow crater and smoke billowing out.
“hahahahaha! The form of running away is still the same!”
Before I knew it, Glene was sitting on top of the tree branch where No.45 was standing.
“it hurts! It hurts! aaa!”
No. 45 complains of pain and starts throwing large and small fireballs at me. The power was terrifying one by one, but if it doesn’t match, it’s okay. I easily dodged the child’s attack.
‘This is the downside of Halo, isn’t it?’
In the process of runaway, the power of nature is strong, but the accuracy is reduced due to the loss of reason.
Thanks to that, I was able to purely evade without mental acceleration and delusion practice.
“hahahahaha! what about this I have to save the little boy, but the little boy is so uncooperative!”
As I focused only on dodging, the guy from Glenn started teasing me with his snout.
It is normal for adults who have fallen into Halo to attack indiscriminately without discriminating against each other. It was only unusual because Pyoyu-rim was an adult called outside the standard.
If so, why was Glenn free from that No.45 runaway?
‘It must be because of the Super Nova virus.’
The Super Nova Virus is designed not to harm its allies. Strictly speaking, it was designed not to be aggressive towards objects with the same Supernova virus mutation as itself.
In other words, Glenn is also a being with such a mutation of the Super Nova virus. If there is a difference, is it that Glenn, as an executive, receives additional treatment and is in a ‘carrier’ state?
You can spread the Super Nova virus to others, but you yourself are free from the harmful effects of such a virus. It was a setting I already knew, but facing it in reality was disgusting.
‘It’s still in the early stages of Halo. If it’s now, there won’t be any major aftereffects even if we suppress it with force.’
Suppression through the Emotion Implant consumes a lot of mental power. Even more, if the opponent is an adult who is out of control due to Halo, it will be consumed almost squarely.
As much as he had to deal with Glenn later, he had to accept that the child was in pain to some extent.
Caang!
I triggered the Astrolabos through the fireballs pouring down like rain. The target point is between the child’s eyebrows. Of course, I didn’t intend to kill him, and I adjusted the power only to stun him.
“Oops. Wherever you want to faint. Then it’s no fun.”
Right before the magic bullet hit the child’s forehead, the power of the silencer bound my magic bullet.
I frowned and looked at the guy.
“Since we have to take care of the amount we didn’t see last time, would you like to be more active?”
Pars.
As Glene clenched her fists, the magic bullets turned into ashes and disappeared. I was able to find out through this. If he had joined No. 45’s attack, I would have died on the spot.
[Activates ‘Emotion Implant’.]
Keep your composure.
‘It’s very unpleasant that you’re playing with me, but… … . But pride doesn’t save people’s lives.’
Rather, I decided to be grateful for this situation. Because he is so careless, I can aim for the next move.
First of all, as long as the kid is watching with both eyes wide open, the child cannot be subdued through force.
‘But the method of ambush the glane like the first time won’t work.’
He seemed to be looking at this leisurely, but he was already in a state of combat readiness. Unlike me, who was still clumsy, he was so sophisticated that it was hard to notice unless you paid close attention.
“it hurts… it hurts!!! do it wrong Ughhh! Mom! Dad!”
Hwareuk! Roaring!
No.45’s Halo symptoms are getting worse. The fireballs that were flying towards me at first began to fly indiscriminately even where I was not.
‘this!’
Caang!
A fireball was about to fly to Seolchaehwa’s villa, so I took aim and shot it down. Fortunately, this was within the permissible range, so Glene only giggled and did not interfere.
Tsutsutsut! Tsutsutsutsutsutsutsu!
A strange electrical popping sound comes from No. 45. An aurora of light resembling wings is about to appear from the back of a child holding her head.
“Oh oh. Finally, a little angel is about to be born! Come on, please entertain me more!”
Annoyingly, he spat out lines like a third-rate villain and sat down. What’s even more upsetting is that those kind of boring comments are effectively shaking my mentality.
I adjusted my breathing.
It wasn’t good to continue fighting like this. Even if you save mental energy, it is meaningless if physical fatigue accumulates. It was time to make a quick decision.
‘Kang Ah-ram’s younger brother. When I calmed down Kang Hyuk-woo, I brought out and stimulated the family love that was inherent in him.’
If so, how should the child approach it?
It was impossible to forcefully use the Emotion Implant in my current condition. I wouldn’t have known if I had started with 100% mental strength, but now I’m in a position where I have to save as much as I can.
Let’s think. have to remember What kind of person was the original No.45?
‘How do I know that? I don’t know if it’s a person who has a certain importance. I don’t think I’m memorizing all the settings of the extras that pass by for a moment.’
Even I was a player who had recently returned from playing Psychic Age. It was only because I had good memorization skills that I was able to utilize the original knowledge so far.
“Mommy! Daddy!”
At that moment, I was awakened by the sound of a child crying. An intense electric current passing through the brain. It reminds me of fragmentary information that was sleeping in a very deep corner of my memory.
‘wait for a sec. mom? dad?’
bang!
As I dodged the fireball flying under my feet with back tumbling, I captured the thoughts I had just come up with.
“Aren’t you my mom and dad?”
『They are bad people who only used you.』
When Yooseong infiltrates the satellite project laboratory and rescues the children who were used for experiments, I recall the scene of rescuing No.45, who was shivering in a frozen freezer.
“Then where are my mom and dad?”
“that… … .』
No.45 looked at the meteor with shaking pupils.
“They said that a child like me should have a mother and a father… . They said that if you listen carefully to your parents, you will become a good child… … .』
Yoosung, who silently took a confused child to a safe place. After that, when the research institute was organized, the last scene was that the children were taken over by the police called by Seol Chae-hwa.
Other children cheered, saying that they would not have to suffer anymore, but No.45 anxiously searched for her parents, pulling the collars of many people. That was it.
A production that was only intended to portray the cruelty of the Septagram in the original work. An extra that was used only as a mediocre device, exited, and it was unknown what happened to it after that.
but.
“aaang!”
No. 45, who is now crying desperately in front of my eyes calling out to his parents, is not a directing, an extra, or anything, but a stark reality. It was coming to me as a person who lives his own life like me.
back.
Power goes into the hand holding the dagger.
[‘Delusion Practice’ is activated.]
This dagger is no ordinary blade.
It’s not a high-end item that the vital chip can recognize separately like Astrolabos, but it’s definitely a sword with artifact technology.
Roaring!
“Ahahahaha! Did you even give up! Jumping into the pit of hell by yourself!”
The moment I ran head-on into the fireball fired by No.45. I heard Glenn roar.
This dagger had a similar principle to the window we saw at Seol Chae-hwa’s villa earlier. right away. The fact that it has properties that oppose the mana exerted by adults.
because it was
Shaa!
He could show off the act of swinging a dagger and splitting a fireball in half.
“Kuk!”
Unfortunately, even the heat emanating from the fireball could not be cut off. Every time I cut it, a pain as if my skin was burning invaded my whole body.
Chi profit.
‘no. It’s not like it’s burning, it’s really burning.’
If you relax even a little, the pain will make you dizzy and you won’t be able to tell the difference between the front and the back. If you find yourself in that situation, that’s it. However, he did not use his nature to suppress the pain.
I have to conserve even that mental energy. to save that child.
Roaring!
The flame that cuts down again.
Because it was difficult to cut off easily this time, the heat poured into his face.
“Aagh!”
I reflexively closed my eyes.
It was fine. Somehow it had reached the child’s nose.
Wow!
The moment he rushed forward and embraced No.45. This time, sparks began to rise from the child’s entire body.
“hahahahaha! Did you know that you could stop that! It will be grilled whole!”
The sound of what Glene was talking about went in one ear and out the other.
I raised my combat readiness to the maximum and resisted the child’s flame.
[Remaining Spirit: 42%]
[Remaining Spirit: 41%]
[Remaining Spirit: 40%]
[Remaining Spirit: 39%]
… … .
and.
[Activates ‘Emotion Implant’.]
[Remaining Spirit: 35%]
[Remaining Spirit: 34%]
[Remaining Spirit: 33%]
… … .
“are you okay. baby.”
He gently rubbed the back of the child’s head while holding him.
“aaa!”
“are you okay. are you okay.”
Unlike Kang Ah-ram’s younger brother, there is no time to look inside the child through memory reading.
‘It doesn’t matter anyway. There are already enough clues to dig into the heart.’
I said, holding the child in my arms even more to reassure him.
“It’s okay now that Dad is here.”
[Activates ‘Emotion Implant’.]
[Remaining Spirit: 28%]
[Remaining Spirit: 27%]
[Remaining Spirit: 26%]
… … .
“Ah, ah… … . Dad? Are you Dad?”
No.45, whose eyes were tightly closed due to pain, struggled to open them.
“I will protect you. I’ll be by your side So be at ease now.”
“I’m not your father… . My dad is a different person… … .”
“That person is not your father. And a very bad person.”
[Activates ‘Emotion Implant’.]
[Remaining Spirit: 22%]
[Remaining Spirit: 21%]
[Remaining Spirit: 20%]
… … .
“Really? So, are you my real dad?”
“I’m not your real dad. I’ll treat you better than your old dad. I’ll give you some delicious candy too. I can give you chocolate too.”
[Activates ‘Emotion Implant’.]
[Remaining Spirit: 16%]
[Remaining Spirit: 15%]
[Remaining Spirit: 14%]
… … .
“Sataan? Jjkkorit?”
“okay. I’ll let you eat as much as you want.”
“Ehehehe… . really? really?”
Even in pain, the child’s eyes shine brightly. Even the pain of being burned by the Halo did not burn the child’s innocence.
“So sleep well. From now on, this dad will do better.”
[Activates ‘Emotion Implant’.]
[‘Demagog’ is activated.]
[Remaining Spirit: 10%]
[warning! When your mental strength drops to 10% or less, you will forcibly terminate the nature you were using.]
[I strongly recommend taking a break. If the natural use continues, it can lead to PTSD or, in the worst case, death@#$]$##@.]
[Error! Fatal Error!]
[Error Code #6731 :: The limit set in the vital chip is forcibly released due to the user’s strong will.]
[Activates ‘Emotion Implant’.]
[Remaining Spirit: 8%]
“dad. Dad… . A better and kinder father is Joa… … .”
knock Pat the child lightly on the back.
Until the wings sprouting from the child’s back disappear.
[Activates ‘Emotion Implant’.]
[Remaining Spirit: 6%]
“Right. not nice.”
“dad… … .”
reassure Gently touches the heart of a child.
Until the ring floating above your head disappears.
[Activates ‘Emotion Implant’.]
[Remaining Spirit: 4%]
The child in my arms grips the hem of my clothes tightly with her fern-like hands.
With a haggard, but relaxed face.
I stroked the child’s head again.
[Activates ‘Emotion Implant’.]
[Remaining Spirit: 1%]
The Super Nova virus that took root in the child’s facial complexion disappears.
I couldn’t move as if I was frozen in that position while holding the child in my arms.
match. match. match.
I can hear it.
“Excellent.”
The reaper is approaching.
I couldn’t move. There was nothing I could do except hold on to my consciousness. It’s hard to even lift a finger.
The guy comes up to me and stops. the shadow of death casts
“If I had run away alone, I would have saved my own life. Rushing to save a girl from Chilsung and a test subject that is just a by-product. You look so funny.”
“… … .”
I want to run away.
It’s not like I never thought about it. After all, I am only one person.
I thought about running away because I was afraid of death, and I even thought about letting at least one child be sacrificed for a greater future.
Thoughts stopped at thoughts.
“I would have wanted to be a hero, but unfortunately, I am just an idiot drunk on ideals. Did you realize this? Unfortunately, this is the reality. baby.”
“… … .”
I am not meteor.
It was a fact that I felt desperately every time. The guy who used to roll the desk head in the corner of the room will never become a hero like Meteor.
“Ahahahaha! Or do you think the pyoyurim will come to the rescue again? That would be fun the way it is! It must be interesting to watch the girl hide in her skirt like she did back then!”
“… flaw.”
Because that’s what it was.
“Smile?”
Because I couldn’t become a wonderful reversal hero like Meteor, finding a dramatic breakthrough every time in a moment of crisis.
“I said skirt width… . I’m not talking there. A lot more than I thought… It was cozy.”
“Are you going crazy because you’re on the verge of dying?”
I always had to compromise with reality.
Because I couldn’t do it all alone.
“Mr. Kim Do-yoon!”
“Eak.”
Whoop! Piyung! ride it!
The laser barrage that flew in from afar caused Glenn to take a big step back. It was a missile launched by Seolchaehwa’s drone.
‘I was nervous about when I would wake up… .’
The long-awaited ally appeared.