24 – Boundary (2)
It was a sight I had never seen before.
Despite all the things I have seen and heard since being born in this world, and even when I think about the contents of the book, I have never heard a story like this.
A long line was drawn in the middle of the green forest.
It was a long line. It seemed so long that I couldn’t tell how far it continued with my eyes.
This boundary line revealed its presence so clearly that it was more difficult not to notice.
Outside the border. The place where we were standing still had the same dense forest color as usual, but the inside of the line was a dead gray color.
Should I say that it feels like a corner of the world has been completely turned upside down?
To put it in modern terms, the border was creating a scene like a black and white movie.
We had no choice but to stop at the border first.
Sirien stopped herself from reaching out her hand out of curiosity.
“Don’t touch it. “You never know what might happen.”
“Ugh. “That could be possible.”
I was reluctant to just go in, and when I turned around, the line was too long. I couldn’t even tell where it would reach along the outside of this line.
This road happens to be in the northeast of the empire. It stretched toward the Marquis of Eloran, which would be our first destination.
Leaving this path was like choosing a longer and more difficult path.
We weren’t in sight yet, but someone was still tracking us.
What should I do?
Should I go in?
Although Sirien was amazed, he could not hide his anxiety.
She patted his restless back.
“Wow, it’s a surprise.”
“What are you worried about? From now on, we just need to find out one by one.”
I didn’t want to push myself in directly.
Why, aren’t there sometimes clichés like that? It’s like a trap magic that gets sucked in when you touch it.
It was a type of event experienced by the female protagonist of the original work. Was it an ancient dungeon back then? There was no way a similar trap wouldn’t exist here.
At first, I picked up a rock from around me and threw it.
The stone entered the boundary without any resistance and lost its color.
Tuk. Grumbling. It didn’t seem like the laws of physics were changing or the rocks were getting damaged.
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I picked up a tree branch nearby. This was because I did not want to use the few swords for experimentation.
He made Sirien step back a little and then stabbed her straight into the branch.
“Wow, wow…… !”
Sirien was purely amazed.
What I feared did not happen.
At least there were no traps that sucked people in or anything ugly like their bodies corroding when they passed by.
The tree branches that entered the border simply turned black and white.
It was precisely from the point where the border was crossed.
If you push the branch a little further in, it continues to lose more color, and if you pull it out, it returns to its original state.
How can a border this strong have no effect?
Even to me who didn’t know much about magic, it seemed like a great phenomenon, but it was difficult to imagine how it worked.
This time, I mustered up a little courage and pushed one of her arms.
My body also changed color, but there was no noticeable abnormality.
“Ugh! Are you okay?”
“First of all, there doesn’t seem to be any problem. “First of all, just stay there.”
I couldn’t tell what kind of space was inside this boundary.
I thought it would be right for me to go in first before Sirien, so I walked in.
The world I saw inside was no different from the forest I had seen so far.
The world that seemed gray had returned to its original state, and on the contrary, this is where I entered.
Sirien appeared in black and white.
Was there no need to worry from the beginning?
It seemed like it was free to go outside the border again.
When I came back, the black and white world was reversed like before. It seemed that the inside and outside viewed each other differently starting from this line.
Okay. I decided.
“Let’s go in. If you keep passing through, you will be able to cross this border again. “Just get out before something happens.”
Anyway, even without this suspicious border, this forest was dangerous enough.
Now, do you really want to blink an eye if the danger increases by one or two degrees?
“Ugh. Smell. “It’s become much more toxic.”
Sirien frowned at her.
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As a result, there was no difference between inside and outside the border.
This was because it was equally dangerous inside and outside.
Even within the border, wherever we went, there were monsters that would seek our lives.
Naturally, our optimistic hopes were shattered.
Just like in the cabin, it meant that he had given up hope that that border would defeat the threats from outside.
The guy we thought was our biggest problem. When I saw the giant I had encountered in the fog, I had to give up my hopes even more.
Where did they detect us?
I couldn’t figure it out. He might have been sleeping somewhere.
What’s important is that when we found him, he was already angry and rushing towards us.
– Kuuu!
A huge storm rushed next to us.
It was not a natural wind. It was wind pressure. Wind pressure created when a giant throws a stone. The crazy giant’s slings were comparable to those of a catapult.
The old tree collapsed after being hit by a flying stone.
The aftereffects of dialysis were inevitable.
Debris sticking out from the destroyed tree, dug up dirt and fallen leaves all hit us.
“aaah!”
“Pfft!”
I quickly wrapped my arms around Sirien and turned around. The giant’s accuracy was poor, so even though the stone fell quite far away, I could clearly feel the fragments hitting my back.
I was fortunate that the coat was made of tough material. If it weren’t for that, quite a few residual scars would have remained.
Anyway, we had to keep running.
It was comforting to know that there were many thicker old trees here than last time.
Even with the size of a giant, he couldn’t rush in and break down all the trees.
It felt like I had been running away for what felt like an eternity, but it wasn’t that long.
I just felt like time slowed down because of the tension.
My reason was still cold. 5 Minutes is enough. No matter how hard we run, we will catch up in 5 minutes.
Wasn’t that also the case with the beast that was hunted by that giant last time?
No matter how slow that guy’s movements seemed, the distance he took with each step was different.
Running away was meaningless.
Choose.
No. Don’t hesitate and make a decision.
You already know the answer.
I changed direction while running.
He was already very close.
“Sirien. “You keep running away.”
“Razen?”
“Leave traces with an ax on the way! I’ll follow you! “If you don’t come back after an hour, then don’t wait.”
“No, Rajen, Rajen! “Don’t leave me, Razen!”
Sirien called my name.
Even though she told him to run away right away, Sirien didn’t run away.
For the first time in recent days, she disobeyed me. But the situation has already happened, so she will make her move soon.
As she approached, shouting at me to run away, the giant noticed me first.
A heavy kick comes. I avoided it by sliding on the floor.
I could see the soles of her feet passing over her head. Soil, gravel, and tree roots were swept away and scattered around the area.
The wind blew as if following the path of the giant’s kick. I felt like I would fly away if I didn’t do anything, so I was able to run again only after holding on to the ground.
Insane power. There was nothing to talk about at length. If you get hit by something like that, you die instantly.
It was clear that it would rot into an unrecognizable piece of meat.
I came prepared to give up my life, but I don’t want to die.
“Let’s see if you can hold a knife too!”
I have no hobby of talking to myself, but the story is different this time.
I have to keep being noisy and annoying for Sirien to run away.
One of the few advantages of this gigantic creature is that it makes all the surrounding beasts and monsters run away.
At least now Sirien runs away alone and she won’t be attacked.
I just had to focus on this guy.
‘First, take a shot.’
My sword strike hit the giant’s foot. He couldn’t break through.
Well, how could the skin that supports that huge weight be soft? There was nothing strange about it.
Still, in other novels, the giants had such hard skin that sometimes the blade couldn’t penetrate them, but this guy wasn’t to that extent.
It seemed like it would go in if I pushed in with the right force and direction.
– Wow!
The shout that came out of that mouth was a type that could not be called language, but I could at least understand the meaning.
It would be annoying. It would feel like a bug flying around.
Thinking about the mosquitoes flying around my ears in the summer, I could understand that annoyance.
I dodged the big fist.
Below his ankles while the dizzying wind pressure blows again. He hit the Achilles tendon squarely.
Although it wasn’t deep, it was a critical place by human standards. The response came immediately.
It looks quite painful.
If you focus on attacking his feet like this and run away, won’t you be able to survive?
When I thought, A huge shadow appeared above me.
The guy just threw himself. With the intention of crushing me.
To avoid…… It seemed late.
The creature was so large that he could not avoid death no matter where he fled.
“…… Sirien.”