269. bloody despair
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A time when everyone spent their days making up their own feelings.
Time just passed smoothly. The time that no one could hold on to and no one could make it go by quickly just flew by.
And like that, the more time goes by.
Anxiety built up in Chun-seong’s heart.
“…”
Suddenly I was in the woods.
Now, as part of the actual combat lecture, we arrived at the forest inhabited by monsters through a portal. Even though he had filled all the quota of monsters, which was the goal of the lecture, he could hardly rest.
“Agar Castle.”
“…uh. Karite.”
“I think we should take a break for a while. let us rest I just want to rest.”
I turned my head at the calm voice I heard next to me.
Karite was standing there.
Now we are conducting joint lectures with other C classes. I paired up with her.
There was no particular great reason for that. C1 class C2 class. It was a way for each other to point out Jo Won, and it was because Karite was the only person I knew.
“okay. Then, sorry Karite. I must have gotten ahead of myself.”
At her suggestion, I gently lowered the window and gave a slight smile.
My heart is nervous right now, so I can’t laugh, but I didn’t want to express that I was nervous.
“huh. Even if I understand that, I think we are working too hard. We’ve already collected twice as many gargoyle index fingers as the other cadets.”
Chunk!
Then, as Karite shook the pouch she was holding, the sound of the index fingers of countless gargoyles touching was clearly audible.
“I know.”
Recognizing that, I slowly sat down on a nearby rock.
dump.
And, conscious of Karite sitting right next to me, I also retrieved the spear.
“… I didn’t know because I hadn’t listened to lectures together recently, but you’re really working hard.”
“Rather than working hard, I do as much as I can.”
“What… that’s hard work.”
When Karite smiled and shook her head, I laughed along with her.
‘Work hard… .’
Originally, it would have filled only the given quota.
Even if I catch a lot of monsters, it doesn’t mean that there are more that fall on me. But recently, I couldn’t.
The third episode, Bloody Despair. You never know when an accident might happen. So killing monsters became much more conscious.
Even if that means I fill up several times the quota. If I didn’t do that, my heart wouldn’t let go.
“By the way, Karite. Certainly, the characteristics of the element series are great. Your help is great.”
“me? I was only helping you.”
“That assistant makes it possible for me to swing the spear once instead of three times. If anyone other than me had teamed up with you, it would have been easier to deal with the gargoyles.”
“I’m glad you were helpful enough to say that.”
The gargoyle, which had a body as hard as a lump of metal, was close to impossible to penetrate completely with a spear, no matter how much spiral mana was wrapped around it. However, dealing with the gargoyles was much easier as Karite’s handling of the water made the gargoyles unstable.
It was to the point where I felt once again how useful the element is to pressurize living beings.
Even so, Karite’s self-confidence made me feel a little relaxed.
‘Everyone is getting stronger.’
As time goes by, I am not the only one who grows up.
The people I know are also growing steadily, and in the case of Karite, who is right in front of me, he was showing an abnormal growth rate.
I can feel her getting stronger day by day.
Even though I thought that was fortunate, I thought of the forest I was in now.
‘Terul forest.’
It was a forest with a name that had never appeared in the story.
When I think about it, there were too many cases in which I was evasive about the place or place name of the forest in the work.
That’s why I didn’t know if an accident would happen even though I was in Teryul Forest right now.
However, gargoyle-type monsters frequently appear in Teyul Forest. Considering the nature of the gargoyles, which are hard to see on the ground, the possibility of an accident was obviously low.
‘Because gargoyles didn’t appear that much in the story.’
…Maybe there won’t be an accident today, but the feeling was strange.
An unbelievable tension. Because the anxiety grew bigger in my heart as time went by.
snap.
…Then, I was surprised when my hand was suddenly held.
“What are you so concerned about?”
It was Karite who held her hand.
“…No, I don’t really care about anything.”
“For all that said, you obviously care about something, I know because I keep watching you. You look relaxed, but strangely, you also feel anxious.”
Karite, who spoke calmly, stared into my eyes.
Seeing the clear eyes as if it were just true… I inadvertently brushed my cheek.
‘Are emotions showing on the outside as they are?’
I stopped thinking and shook my head.
“Just facing monsters… it’s because I’ve been a little more nervous lately.”
“okay? If it’s like that… Well, I can’t help it.”
Karite carefully let go of my hand at the half-truth mixed answer.
Seruk.
As I watched her white hand move away from mine… a soft smile leaked out.
snap.
I held her hand as she was moving away this time.
“…ah?”
Looking at Karite’s surprised reaction, I held her hand a little harder.
“Thank you for caring about me.”
“No, I… just felt that way. I haven’t done anything directly to you.”
Watching her react visibly to my words, I gently caressed her hand.
white hands.
Touching her hand that feels different from mine… Carefully, I also decided to express my feelings to her.
If I made up my mind, I had to seduce Karite more. And actually… The more time I spent with Karite, the more I noticed that she felt a little bigger.
“…”
Karite, who accepted my hand without saying anything, seemed at a loss for what to do.
But as much as the emotion contained in his eyes, I could see it as it was in my eyes.
that you are happy
That she was obviously delighted with my beckoning.
He touched Karite’s hand for a moment and then gently let go.
“…you can do a little more.”
Those words full of regret let out an involuntary laugh.
“more?”
“Oh, no.”
Seeing her bewildered, to be honest, my mind had changed before I knew it.
Karite’s words, and just thinking about her a little bit, made my nervous heart feel relieved.
‘And maybe I’m being overly conscious.’
The third episode will definitely happen.
There will be victims due to that, and I know that I will face the devastation.
I don’t know when it will happen, so I’m nervous like this, but being too nervous and paying attention also seemed like it was eating away at my flesh.
“after.”
He exhaled lightly, as if to let his worries out of his mouth, and looked around for a moment.
I had a different mind while looking at the vegetation of the vast forest, or rather, the vegetation with a darker light compared to other forests.
‘Even if I try to be nervous and nervous, nothing will change.’
Rather, I had to be wary of my body stiffening with tension.
It was best to be moderately nervous.
In that sense, I was spitting out what I was saying to people around me recently.
“Here Karite.”
“huh?”
“I know it’s sudden, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being careful.”
“…Uh, that’s what I think too.”
I nodded softly at the sight of her agreeing with me right away.
and.
‘If it’s Karite.’
It will definitely be fine.
At the time of the third episode, the main victims were cadets with low levels of characteristics. Most of the cadets who were in the upper ranks survived somehow.
so she’s fine
…And the danger comes from the monster’s berserk. Now, reducing the number of monsters was the best I could do.
“Then will it happen again? I want to reduce monsters as much as possible, so I think it’s good to reduce monsters in this area where we are.”
Words he said as he got up right away without taking a break for less than 5 minutes.
You may not like my words, but
“huh. okay.”
Karite complied with my words as if in compliance.
As Karite got a little better, it seemed strangely that my mind was at peace.
Due to her power, the battle is easier, and the mind is at ease.
Glance.
As I watched Karite step by my side… I felt that we had changed drastically from before.
The day I faced Leteia’s alter ego in the past. I behaved with her then as I do now.
However, at that time, it was almost as if I had acted alone. Karite didn’t have the slightest confidence in herself and carefully followed me, worried that she would become a burden to me.
But in just a few months, she has completely changed.
“…”
Karite, who suffered from Letheia’s thoughts for years, now regains her bright self.
As if she felt my gaze, her eyes met eyes and were now shining brightly.
I thought that was a good change, so I smiled and nodded.
‘okay.’
There was nothing to fear about what might happen next.
i just do what i can
That was the moment I thought about it.
ㅡ!
Suddenly, a flash of light burst into my vision.
“… … !”
Took.
Even as she stopped walking at the momentary change, she hugged her face.
Clearly the light didn’t really explode or anything happened. However, in an instant, I wrapped my face in a hug without realizing it.
“Agar-seong?”
As the light that spread in my vision slowly disappeared despite Karite’s voice, a number of images suddenly took over my vision.
-Vision stained red with blood.
– Numerous corpses of various monsters.
– Even human limbs, internal organs and heads that were torn and crushed as if they were being laid in the ground.
-The moment when the terrible smell of blood spread throughout the forest.
Horrible sights that so suddenly seized the retina.
“…”
I involuntarily blinked my eyes as I swallowed in vain.
‘Why is this image suddenly… .’
The good feelings of a moment ago were greatly subdued, but the corners of the eyes narrowed.
Still, I wasn’t overwhelmed by these horrific images.
It was a sight I had already seen.
It was a dream, but a dream that didn’t feel like a dream at all. I’ve seen it countless times in lucid dreams that I felt for the first time.
And it was also a lucid dream that stayed for a long time without waking up from the dream.
I opened my mouth in a daze between the sunken heart.
“… … Sorry, hold on.”
I noticed that Karite was looking at me in surprise. So I had to open my mouth anyway.
“…Uh, yes.”
Between Karite’s awkward voices, I slowly lowered my hand and looked at the forest with my normal vision.
‘For sure. It’s not this forest.’
The forest I saw in my lucid dream was completely different from this forest.
It was not likely that the forest would catch fire because it was so humid to be engulfed in such a gigantic fire.
‘Why?’
Then why did such an image suddenly appear in front of my eyes with such intensity?
ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ!!
Suddenly, a bizarre wave that shook the atmosphere blew through the whole body.
“…!”
It felt like goosebumps all over my body, and it seemed as if it passed us lightly through the waved hair and spread out into the wider forest.
“…what the hell is this.”
“Agar Castle. what just happened… !?”
While exchanging words with Karite, I took out the spear at once.
A strange wave, it was like a strange cry.
It’s a very subtle cry… but it’s such a terrible sound that you get goosebumps all over your body.
And in an instant, one word came to mind.
‘Howling… ?’
The moment I came up with the exact words to express it, I was hastily opening my mouth.
“Karite! From now on, never leave my side!”
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