116 – Worst Enemy
This is what Bell felt upon encountering the enemy.
It’s Taesan.
Literally, without a message, it felt as if a huge mountain had risen from the ground, blocking their path.
‘f*ck. Of course.’
Bell gnashed her teeth at the weight that weighed down her whole body and cursed inwardly.
Although she is a character that can only be recalled by leaning on an illustration that remains in her memory from her past life, the memory is so strong that I recognized her face as soon as I saw her.
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His name is Gible.
Among the followers, the representative villainous group in this worldview, he is a member who is in charge of the most core force.
Bell knew that such a character existed, but he never thought that he would already encounter him.
Probably because he was a character who appeared a long time later in order to balance the power in the original work.
That also means that no matter how much he struggles, he is an opponent that is impossible to defeat with this current power.
If I had to pick someone in this academy who could defeat that gibble, it would be Olberus.
“Who are you? Bell. Are you an enemy?”
“… ….”
Elisha spoke to him in a rather nonchalant tone as he stared at the top of the rising rock in silence.
Contrary to Belle, who is sweating cold from tension.
This means that the power gap between Elisha and her opponent is so great that she can’t gauge Gibbel’s strength.
Other people were no exception, so Lorne and Arden just looked at Gible as they looked down, tilting their heads.
Fast deuk.
In the midst of this total impasse, Bell rolled his head, his sword-clasped hand full of strength.
Even though the hand, which was not even wearing a leather glove, met the handle, it spat out a rough friction sound as it was filled with so much power.
‘Breaking a rock with an egg. It’s just dog death if you try.’
If you look at the military power calmly, this is terrifying, but it is the reality.
The opponent is an enemy you shouldn’t encounter at this point, and you shouldn’t even dare to imagine that you’ll meet.
After developing and cultivating more strength, it is an opponent that must be faced only when the story of this world is nearing its end and reaching a climax.
What does it mean when the number of ants increases from one hundred to one thousand?
That’s how much there is a power gap between the enemy and Bell’s party.
‘For now, the best thing would be to give up on Marie and run away and wait for reinforcements. Even if the enemy cuts off contact, there’s a good chance that Olberus, feeling strange, will come.’
Without raising the heat as much as possible, Bell tried to set his course of action with his chilled head.
If this is the case, looking at it calmly, the next best thing is to give up and run away from Mari and the source of creation, and hope that they return as they are.
In the best case, it would be that Olberus breaks down that ceiling and appears and defeats Gibble right away, but it would be a long way off.
Yes. If you’re prepared to lose just two existences, you might be able to figure out how to survive.
A troublesome young lady who always spits vitriol, and a gifted treasure that will speed up the resurrection of the enemy boss.
Although it will be a bitter blow, if you ask whether it is necessary to get it even while abandoning these three main characters in the original work, conflicts inevitably arise.
For a slightly safer path, it would be right to choose that way.
But.
– You look like a fool again today. How about having a little laugh?
Mari’s usual vitriol that suddenly came to mind caught the sword’s footsteps as it was about to return to its scabbard.
Bell tried to get rid of the face, biting her lip hard enough to bleed.
‘Why are you thinking about me right now?’
It’s on a different level from the Wizard’s Forest.
Unlike back then, when even the slightest possibility existed, fighting the enemy in this situation is just an act of dumping the lives of four people into a trash can.
He likes to gamble, but he’s not crazy enough to gamble with zero odds.
That’s why I wanted to pretend I didn’t know anything and turn my back and go back.
Serung.
But did they say that nothing in the world goes the way you want?
Bell drew out his half-engaged sword again, arguing that perhaps he himself was also included in the word ‘something’.
“Whoa.”
At that act, Gibble’s eyes, as he looked down from the top of the rock, were interested.
The trembling in his hands and legs, which had been showing fear just a moment ago, has stopped.
When I looked down on him for being a mediocre cadet, I felt the need to revise that idea.
Feeling the disparity in power is also proud of it, but does it mean that he will pull out his sword without succumbing to the disparity in power?
“… Elisha, Marie, are you sure he’s on the other side?”
Deciding to keep an eye on it for a bit longer, Gibbel sat down on a rock on the road.
Bell, who was watching it, asked Elisha one last question in a voice that the enemy would not be able to hear.
Because she is the only person who can communicate even a little with Baekrang, her only guide.
“Probably so. Looking at Baekrang’s condition….”
“… Okay?”
Not quite sure, but Bell nodded his head in satisfaction.
She may have used the expression ‘probably’ to think about the possibility of an emergency based on the spirit that there is no absolute in the world due to Elisha’s personality.
Anyway, the important thing is that Marie is on the other side.
And with this power of hers, unless there is another variable, it should be possible to bring her back after defeating her group of followers.
Then that’s enough.
“Then go by yourself. I’ll keep him here.”
Bell answered without taking her eyes off the enemy sitting on the rock.
“What? What are you talking about? I’d rather be together….”
It was only natural, in a way, that Lorne raised her voice in surprise.
Rather than wasting time alone, it would be safer to defeat them all together and then go rescue Marie.
As if she had expected her to express her opinion like that, the voice of her bell, which sank low, continued again.
“… Go because it’s done I don’t want to see that guy who died later clinging to him with a grudge.”
Still not paying attention to her comrades, Bell drew her sword and quietly straightened her posture.
Aden, who was the only one who watched without a word, led Lone and Elisha on their backs as if pushing them.
Although I’m not sure, I felt like I could vaguely understand why he was saying this.
“Everyone, let’s go. This is the best way to save Marie.”
Lornay looks at Bell from the side as if he still has regrets until the end, and finally turns his back.
For the first time since encountering the enemy, Bell casts his gaze toward his comrades and smiles bitterly.
Feeling absurd at the current situation where he is following the actions that a character with heroic disease in an anime would do.
But for some reason, I didn’t feel too bad.
* * * *
The new type sitting on the rock finally gets up.
Belle, who focused her eyes on each and every one of those movements and tightened her tension, felt as if vomit would come up her throat at any moment.
However, I can’t help it.
You don’t know what will happen the moment you take your eyes off that man, even for a second.
There is enough gap between the two men to witness the sight of his head falling off his neck and rolling on the floor in the blink of an eye.
“I thought it would stop me from going.”
Breaking the heavy silence, Bell was the first to speak.
She told me to go first, but I didn’t expect the other party to open the way so easily.
In case of emergency, he felt a little futile when his determination to somehow buy time and hold on until the group passed that aisle was in vain.
“Because the other side won’t be easy either. Well, if you defeat all of my men and take your friend, I’ll think I’m wrong.”
Towards such Bell, Gibbel readily recited the reason for sending his colleague.
Actually, that’s not all the reasons.
In this operation, which was expected to return without much success, I met an opponent who showed signs of growth for the first time, and my interest was stirred.
And even if the opponent is just a baby that hasn’t sprouted yet, I don’t want to interrupt the fight.
That is like a kind of philosophy held by the man named Gible.
It’s not that he’s particularly compassionate toward the weak, nor is it that he’s admiringly looking at the children who are trying to walk the thorny path for their comrades.
It was only because of his whim that the three girls survived.
Gibbel spoke first this time while conveying the truth that was nothing special.
“Anyway, you are surprisingly amazing. I wouldn’t be so ignorant that I wouldn’t even know the power gap, so why did I stay?”
“… ….”
Feeling the tremors that had stopped for a while at his words start again, Bell gently bit his lip.
Exactly as he said.
Gibbel is so powerful that even Aden, the protagonist of the original work, and Elisha, who can be said to be the best in class A, cannot fathom.
Even if it’s a one-time attack, being left here alone is nothing more than an act of suicide, nothing less.
Nevertheless, why did you stay alone to take charge of this place?
As he recalled the reason, he raised one corner of his mouth and swung his sword into the air as if to shake off his thoughts.
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The trembling stopped like a lie again.
“Why? If you know the reason, do you intend to let me go alive?”
With the fighting spirit in his eyes, Gibbel pulled out a thick sword that clearly showed off his presence behind his back.
He realized that it was a foolish question even if he had asked it himself.
It would be rude to ask a prosecutor why he left his comrades and stood in front of a mighty enemy alone.
Although an enemy, as a swordsman he decided to respect Bell’s choice.
“It must have been a rain gate. Excuse me.”
However, Bell was able to realize that this did not mean that she would show mercy through the life she felt on her skin.