Crisis(8)
It’s quiet. In the sky, cherry blossom trees are wrapped in flames, emitting unwanted light. Cherry blossoms that have not yet been engulfed in flames fall on my hands.
But that too is only a fleeting moment. Fallen petals are never able to maintain their original shape and vitality. In the end you will face death.
I did too.
My vision was gradually blurring. The system time has already indicated 0 seconds. It wouldn’t be strange if he died right now.
He didn’t even have the strength to move a finger. It was only a small exhalation. His whole body throbbed to the point where he couldn’t feel any pain from the severed arm.
“👑.”
The lanterns that appeared just before death were nowhere to be found, and only laughter came out.
It seemed that the reaper was trying to collect my soul. I was afraid. I can’t stand it if I don’t force myself to smile.
The heart rate gradually slowed down. My senses were aware of that fact. It was close to a curse. Being aware of my death.
was in front of me.
A damn curse placed on Deron’s body.
The system window is still pointing to 0 seconds. I didn’t think of going any further. I don’t know why.
wanted to live
There are still so many questions in the world. There was plenty of work to be done. The Demon King had to slam his fist into the face of that damn bastard.
The world the Demon King left was empty. Is he really the one called the end? The lake of stars drawn in the sky looked down on me.
At some point, the moon also emerged from the darkness. The silver color was very beautiful. It was spectacular.
I engraved all the sights in my eyes and made up my mind again.
He had to use the remnants of mana spread all over the place with a short breath. The mana contained in my body is very small. This is barely enough to maintain the status quo.
I closed my eyes. Everything in sight was a hindrance.
All I need to see is the flow of mana. The space where the blue fragments are finely divided.
I had to dig into a space that I would not normally see.
Cold sweat ran down my head. It was something I had to focus on over and over again. The mental drain was enormous.
Nevertheless, the line was not properly drawn.
A very small amount of mana was not enough. I needed more mana. But the mana I had left was no longer there.
That was then.
“Focus.”
A clear voice was heard. At the same time, something touched my stomach. Clear mana was coming from something that touched the ship.
Even though I was startled, I immediately started using mana. Since it was pure mana, it didn’t take long to make it mine.
Thump, Thump, Thump.
He stopped the bleeding with mana and made his heart beat.
The wound didn’t heal, but it wasn’t enough to die.
I don’t know why he didn’t die, but now another question comes to mind.
“Who are you?”
When I opened my eyes and stood up, I saw a silvery beauty.
He was a person whose entire body was made of a silver spirit, as if he was not a normal person even by pretending to be.
She smiled and asked.
“Isn’t this a little sad that you can’t even recognize the senior’s face?”
As soon as I heard the word senior, I remembered who the woman in front of me was.
At the same time, I opened my eyes wide and looked at her.
“Didn’t it disappear?”
“What? Who disappears. I? Why?”
“In the words of Lepero…”
“Ah, that dog bastard?”
Looking at the highest spirits, you are a doggy baby. It would be more difficult to find someone who speaks of Lepero like that.
Lennock grinned, shrugged his shoulders, and opened his mouth.
“Actually, it’s true that he disappeared then.”
“at that time?”
“The second time I met you.”
With those words, Deron remembered the moment he met Lennock.
At first, we obviously met in a dungeon where there was an old blood network, but the second meeting took place in his room.
Lennock’s autobiography, using that magic book.
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Just like back then, Lennock smiled and had a relaxed expression on his face. To her, time seemed infinite.
I frowned slightly. I couldn’t understand why she was here.
Lennock said whether he had even read the expression.
“Actually, it is true that it has disappeared. Because of the influence of the system at that time, I was completely expelled from this world.”
“The impact of the system?”
“Can you see it too? A system that looks like a game and floats in the sky?”
As I turned my attention slightly to her words, I saw a system window displaying the lifespan. That system banished Lennock?
“Could the system banish you?”
“It is possible. But this is not a very important story. It has nothing to do with you anyway, so let’s move on…”
She clapped. Then an old wooden desk appeared from the air. This desk is just the right height for Lennock to sit.
Lennock sat at his desk and looked up at me.
“I should tell you more about your condition now.”
“How’s my condition?”
“How about it. You’re a hogu who was deceived by the demon king like a head and ate his arm.”
“…?”
“You lived a while ago and you didn’t notice that?”
Lennock put on an absurd look. I scratched my head once and looked at my left arm that had been severed.
Did I blow up my left arm?
“Do you know where this is?”
“Isn’t it my imaginary world?”
“Yeah, the Demon King has entered your imaginary world. So, is he an intruder or an intruder?”
“It must be an intruder.”
“Then you?”
I hesitated for a moment in response to Lennock’s answer.
“host?”
“Yes, you bastard. Since the owner realized that he lost his left arm because he was swayed by the intruder’s horse, of course he lost his arm.”
did you mean that
I opened my mouth slightly and looked at my left arm. I believed this arm had been severed from my image. Because it was cut once in real life. It was an arm that was attached by magic.
But was it all a trick of the Demon King? Makes me believe that my left arm was amputated? Is that the devil?
Lennock took a deep breath as he looked at me with a puzzled expression on my face.
“I don’t know if this nerd can make a good choice.”
“It’s a choice. What do you mean?”
“You’re dead, so the system now shows the lifespan window?”
I glanced at the system window marked 0 seconds and nodded.
The question of why 0 seconds is still unresolved in me.
Lennock said as if he was going to tell me the answer.
“Deron, you’re dead.”
“…?”
I tilted my head, thinking what kind of bullshit is that. Lennock looked at me pathetic and continued.
“Did I explain to you about the deadline last time?”
“Yes.”
“What did you say?”
“It’s an inevitable setting that is tied to fate, and that the character’s original destiny is not healed…”
“Then what is the original fate of Deron?”
I pondered for a while and answered.
“Devil.”
“Yeah. Your body has already been ruled by the Demon King. Your destiny has come true. So, your death is all gone.”
Lennock explained it as if it wasn’t a big deal, but there were still things that he didn’t understand.
“Then I must die, don’t I?”
“Are you dead? If you’re not dead because you lost your body, what is it?”
Uh… is that so?
If you think about it, it seems so. But I have a feeling that something is going wrong.
Well, it doesn’t matter.
“Deron Phylasia is definitely dead. You’re a special case.”
“Where do you think it’s special?”
“You are the possessor. Body and soul are different.”
Only then did I understand what Lennock was saying.
“You mean the body is dead, but the soul is separate and alive here?”
“Yes. Deron’s body was stolen by the Demon King, but you’re still alive? That’s proof.”
but….
Lennock paused for a moment before continuing.
“In the end, the bond with the body is lost. You are not an archmage like the Iliad, and even if you have talent, it will only be imprinted on your soul.”
“Tell me the gist.”
“As time goes by, you will no longer be able to return to your body.”
“…?”
“So, should I go back to my original body soon?”
Lennock laughed softly. If it had been easy, I would have gone back earlier. frowned and asked.
“How do you get it back?”
“You know how. Actually, how do you do it?”
Lennock’s eyes turned to me. “Why are you pretending not to know?” she asks with her eyes. I sighed and answered.
“Is it the best?”
“okay.”
She crossed her legs as if satisfied. Elegant curves catch the eye.
“If you met Lepero, then you must have heard what I said.”
“You mean that nonsense?”
“That’s bullshit!”
Lennock came down from the desk and cut the joint on me.
I grimaced and grabbed my shin. What kind of foot hurts so much?
Whether I grimaced or was in pain, Lennock said, it didn’t matter.
“That’s the surest explanation to get to the top. How hard was it for me to explain it more easily than that?”
“Is that bullshit really an explanation…?”
“Because it’s not bullshit!”
Lennock shouted loudly and broke the joint once more.
Booung.
I didn’t have the hobby of being hit again by something that had happened to me once.
He lightly lifted his feet to avoid it, and Lennock’s feet cut through the air.
“How are you avoiding it?”
The moment she opened her eyes, I immediately fed the honey chestnut into Lennock’s head. A clear beeping sound.
Lennock grabbed his head and stepped back.
“ah!”
her eyes gleamed. The expression that you are going to defeat me right now. I said with a serious voice.
“Didn’t you say you don’t have time? I don’t think it’s a situation to play around like this.”
When I fell in love, Lennock coughed a couple of times and looked at me.
“Damn you bastard. You’re hot like this.”
“I said the same thing as usual.”
Lennock licked his lips and took a deep breath.
“I lost. What am I going to do with you arguing?”
“I’m glad you know.”
“It’s still!”
I opened my mouth while avoiding Lennock’s sudden fist.
“So what should I do?”
“…I’ll bring the Demon King.”
Lennock took one look at Lennock’s blunt fist and said: It is said that he can bring the Demon King only once with the power he has left.
Is Lennock strong enough to do that?
As soon as I thought that in my mind, he looked at me as if he knew what Lennock was thinking.
“This is only possible because it is within your image. Basically, you borrow your power to bring him.”
“okay.”
“Even that consumes too much energy, so you only have one chance.”
and.
Lennock paused for a moment before continuing.
“After using this power, I will disappear too.”
“Is that so.”
“Is that the end of your feelings?”
“Do you need more?”
Lennock gave a bitter look. It seems that there is no regret in this world.
“It is.”
I glanced at her and snorted.
“I’ll say a few words to Lepero and the Iliad.”
“What, what? What do you mean? More than that, the Iliad is still alive?”
“I’m in a ghost state, but I’m still alive?”
Lennock gave a subtle expression. She thought for a moment and said.
“I lied a lot to my co-workers, so I was called a liar a lot.”
“That goes for me, too. I’m not called a liar.”
“I guess it’s the possessor’s characteristic, isn’t it?”
Lennock throws a small joke. I gladly accepted the joke.
“Maybe the possessors are being educated to be like that. Even in the novels we’ve seen right now, the protagonists don’t move like that.”
“That’s right.”
Lennock chuckled and laughed. It was a joke that only the two of us, the possessors, could understand in this world. Because we were also following the attitudes of the many novels we saw and the protagonists of those novels.
Lennock seems to have liked my jokes. Seeing the faint smile that did not disappear from her mouth, I had a gut feeling that Lennock had blown away any remaining regrets. She was definitely ready to leave the world.
Lennock looked at me with a remorseful expression.
“Tell me you never forgot.”
“All right.”
It seems he didn’t want to be forgotten. She is a very greedy woman. She looked away from me, whether she was aware of that.
I stared at her for a moment, then clicked my tongue and looked down at her palms.
this is won
I raised the corners of my lips. There were too many promises on my shoulders. The world and Nabal, it seemed like they couldn’t lose even to keep this promise.
Lennock made a fan with his hands and waved it and asked if I would call the Demon King.
“yes.”
I nodded.
It was a moment when hope shone again.