233 – Shale Bridge (2)
It’s dark.
I was sinking endlessly in that darkness where there was nothing.
The abyss of non-existence. Deep unconsciousness.
What pulled me out of there as if by a hook was a faint sensation.
“Wow!”
I let out my breath all at once, as if my lungs were full of water.
Heavy air coming in through the recoil.
The bitter yet sweet scent of blood filled my lungs deeply.
I unconsciously looked around.
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He lost consciousness the moment the blood girl touched him.
And when I woke up, an unfamiliar place greeted me.
It was clear that she had been kidnapped by her.
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I lowered my gaze and looked at my body.
He was sitting as if leaning against something like a pillar.
The upper body was naked with clothes removed.
I couldn’t move my body.
It felt as if everything was paralyzed.
I felt fine only above my neck.
“You’re awake. Tsk tsk.”
A cracked voice reached my ears.
I raised my head toward the voice.
Black hair that grows long enough to cover the eyes.
It was a man with a long scar over his left eye.
The pupil of the normal right eye was significantly dilated.
In short, it was a somewhat crazy impression.
“… Where am I?”
I muttered.
The voice was extremely rough.
It seemed like quite a long time had passed since I had not been able to drink water.
My throat was sore with thirst.
“hehehe…!”
Despite my questions, the man just laughed like a crazy person.
… Unlucky.
I thought to myself and looked around.
It was a huge vacant lot.
A wide sandy bottom that is about the size of a soccer field.
However, there was something unusual.
People were lined up, kneeling down.
The number seemed to be enough for about a hundred people.
“…….”
A disconcerting scene.
I looked at the man next to me again.
He was also on his knees and raising his head.
“Tsk tsk tsk….”
He was still smiling like a crazy person.
“Where on earth is this?”
I deliberately made the tone a little strong.
When dealing with people like this, it would be difficult to belittle them.
The man opened her mouth.
“Where is the original castle of Shaleam Bridge?”
“… True nature? Shale doctrine?”
“What? Did you get caught here without knowing anything about it? He seems like he’s lived a pretty good life.”
I don’t like the way he speaks.
But it was right to endure.
I didn’t even need to be angry.
This is because there was more embarrassing content.
“How do you know information about the Shale Bridge’s stronghold?”
Shale Bridge.
They are clearly the largest villain organization in Panta
However, their home base has never been revealed.
Not even any evidence was released.
“The one who grew up nicely was right. Cluck cluck cluck.”
The man just laughed like a madman.
“Shut up there, you bastards.”
This time the person on my left spoke.
He is a bald-headed man who looks scary at first glance.
‘… ‘It looks familiar.’
If I remember correctly, he must be a fairly high-ranking bounty criminal in Panta Considering I know his face, he’s at least level 2. The crime was probably numerous murders.
He pretends to be infinitely strong, but he likes it when you bend over and make him feel better.
I asked.
“I was curious because I was out of control. But, brother, don’t you know anything? As far as I know, the real name of Shaleam Bridge is a top secret.”
“Are you still curious about this, even though you are now in the castle waiting for your turn to die?”
“… Yes. I’m the type of person who can’t stand being curious. I’m sorry.”
“Crazy bastard.”
The man looked at me as if he wanted to see all the crazy people.
I wanted to shrug his shoulders, but his body wouldn’t move.
“It’s just a rumor going around. If you make a name for yourself in the back alleys, you can take a look at the main castle of Shaleam Bridge. If you know, then shut up. It’s going to be gone soon anyway.”
… There are rumors like that going around.
Well. It is difficult to know the rumors going around in the back alleys.
Because it is impossible to play as a criminal in Panta
It is completely blocked systemically.
At that time.
Jeobug, jerk.
I heard footsteps.
There were two men wearing bright red clothes.
“Wow. We caught a lot this time.”
“I had a very hard time.”
“You probably left out a few people, right?”
“Oh, really. I have to fill the quota properly. I’m going to extract all of this vitality and dedicate it to my resistance.”
“You did a good job of sorting, right? I can’t just take you to the doctor’s office and pick up anything that was thrown around like last time?”
“Brother. Do I really think I’ll do that again? Even if I do something backwards, I’ll make sure to check it out!”
“So. Then. No, then you’re saying you skipped it, you idiot?”
It was a trivial conversation.
There was also a hint of annoyance.
It’s a hassle for the work that needs to be done in the future.
“…!”
The madman sitting to my right is struggling.
It felt like I was shouting, but no voice came out.
I also realized that my voice was not coming out.
The madman’s eyes were so big that they seemed like they would pop out.
There was no need to look at the reason for long.
Far away.
The end of the sandy clearing.
— Pow!
There was a sound of something exploding.
It was dull.
It was the sound of a person exploding.
Just wait for the blood to splatter.
Next, a strange scene unfolded.
— Clap la la la la rock!
Mana spread out from the two red long-armed hands.
No… ….
That cannot be called Mana.
It was extremely red and dark.
It was a bittersweet feeling.
It wrapped the fragments of the torn body.
And in an instant, it began to shrink.
It became the size of a person again, then the size of a basketball, and then soon compressed to the size of a small marble.
‘… Ouch.’
I started to vomit internally.
I felt like I knew what that thing was.
Hwandan made by people.
I was able to see before my eyes the manufacturing process of something that I had only heard about or had never been properly depicted in a game.
“!!!!!”
The crazy man next to me shook his head even more frantically.
The long, fluttering hair came as if it was going to hit me.
Surprisingly, my mind was calm.
I was rather annoyed.
‘It would be better to stay still.’
Then at least it seems like the turn will be a long way away.
The men in red long sleeves have only just begun the first line of work.
However.
“Hey, there’s another guy that glows.”
Thanks to the madman, the aggro was dragged away.
The men walked step by step.
It wasn’t that long.
— Hood!
Blood splattered, and it compressed again.
It is smaller than a normal bead.
“I guess this person was a little more ephemeral compared to how he looked? The blood clots are falling out a little.”
“Have you seen those guys once or twice?”
This is truly meaningless.
A life that is evaluated by no one else, but by the Hwalamists, for the size of Danhwan.
The problem is.
“… Do you see this guy?”
The story is that the eyes of those red-armed men were focused on me.
“Why is your face so calm?”
“Do you not even know what situation you have gotten yourself into?”
They tapped my cheek.
“I don’t think I fainted with my eyes open.”
“Let’s just work quickly, right?”
The younger one spoke as if he was annoyed.
The older one tried to nod but glared at the younger one.
“…Wait. Aren’t you sorting this wrong? Are you sure you got it from the warehouse correctly?”
“That’s right—!”
“That eccentric old man throws things into the warehouse after healing people, so I have to pick them carefully and bring them back. Last time, he also changed one of the Amun bridges.”
“No, brother. Does this person look like a member of our church? He looks fine. If he looks like a gisaeng old lady, I don’t think he would have shed a single blood.”
“I’m sorry. I don’t think it’s like a gisaeng oraebbi. I don’t think any blood was shed.”
They looked at me with annoyance.
It was absurd.
There were two reasons.
It was absurd to be criticized by men like this.
‘… ‘There’s nothing you can do.’
I was dumbfounded by my helplessness.
I don’t know what they’ve done to me, but I can’t even activate my powers, let alone my magic power.
My entire body was completely paralyzed.
No, it wasn’t paralysis, it was the same as having stopped functioning.
Am I going to die like this?
The hands of the two men went up.
I watched blankly as red and black energy gathered in their hands.
Now those energies will burst me and compress me again.
“…….”
The approaching death.
Among them all, you are going with the most vain method.
I couldn’t even sigh.
Even though I was about to go, I was trying everything.
And so it was time to admit that there was no way.
— Faaat!
Their energy was released.
I quietly witnessed it.
It was truly bizarre to see red and black mixed so cleverly.
It reaches.
Spreads.
And it explodes.
The three stages of the technique are interpreted in the mind.
It was as if I was the first to experience the future exploding.
So.
The moment when that energy was about to touch my skin.
— Tsuzzzz!
Something wrapped around my body.
It was a thin film.
The energy bounced away in vain.
— Jeopuk.
The sound of footsteps.
I turned my gaze towards the sound of footsteps.
Black hair that seems to contain all the darkness in the world.
In contrast, the pure white skin and red, sinister-shining eyes.
“…Samjonwi!”
The two men in red furrowed their brows and immediately bowed their heads in respect.
But that was all.
Both of their heads rolled on the floor.
The body that had lost its owner fell to the side away from me.
It didn’t matter anyway.
I just stared at the person approaching me.
“… I’ve been looking for a long time to see where you went.”
She opened her mouth in a crying voice.
The eyes and mouth were smiling.
“My baby.”
The blood woman said.