136 – Trap
“How did this… Happen?”
Spade, who had been staring blankly at the situation unfolding in front of her for a long time, broke her silence and was the first thing she said out of her mouth.
“How is this possible…?”
Not only was she active as a villain, but if you include her past memories that have now disappeared from her memory, she has experienced countless battles.
– Grrr, grrr…
– Purr…
– Really?
However, those fierce beasts are showing their submission by laying on their bellies and making low, puppy-like noises.
It was the first time in her life that she had seen that the object of obedience was not even a higher-ranking monster, but a human being.
“…What were your abilities?”
“…………”
“Choi, hypnosis. So, wasn’t it hypnosis? How can you recreate something like this with hypnosis?”
After hearing her words, Kang Haneul maintained her silence and turned her head to the side to check the monsters next to her.
“I just thought it was annoying.”
“…What?”
“Now that I think about it, something like this happened once before. Even then, the demon beasts knelt in front of me.”
“Well, you have that ability, so why didn’t you use it sooner? It would have been better if you had used it from the beginning, right?”
Kang Ha-neul narrows his eyes and gets lost in thought at Spade’s next question.
“…I tried to write it, but it didn’t work.”
“What?”
“I’ve been having problems with my abilities recently. For some reason, I don’t listen well.”
“…….”
“But the fact that the ability suddenly came back…”
His eyes turn to the turtle clinging to his stomach.
“…I guess it’s because of this.”
Her companions just tilted their heads at those incomprehensible words.
“Seo, no way.”
Except for only one person, Ariel, who was looking at the river sky with an expression of disbelief.
– Turp, trudge…
“…….?”
As Ariel, who had a blank expression for a while, begins to walk towards Kang Ha-neul, a question mark appears on his face.
– Sigh…
“…Ing.”
And the next moment, Ariel’s once white, scarred hand came under Kang Ha-neul’s clothes.
“…Ariel?”
As her hands begin to trace Kang Ha-neul’s bare skin, he looks slightly embarrassed and begins to back away.
– Kuuk…
“Ugh?”
But Ariel glanced at him for a moment with a vague look in her eyes, and then continued to grope his body, paying no attention to the people around her.
“Could it be… You’ve already fused with that crazy shadow…?”
“…….?”
“It doesn’t make sense… It definitely came out a long time ago last time… What is it? Why does it appear earlier every time I turn back time…?”
“Hey, Ariel.”
“If this is the case, there’s no point in turning the world around…?”
“I’m starting to feel embarrassed.”
Then she came to her senses and began to look up at the sky above her river.
“Are you okay?”
“Huh?”
“Don’t you feel the urge to destroy the world or kill the entire world’s population?”
“…What on earth are you talking about?”
Yet, she continued to gently caress her own abdomen, and at the sound of her pouting, a look of distress appeared on her face.
– Sigh…
“……?”
Someone quietly pulled Ariel’s collar, which was about to hit Kang Haneul at any moment.
‘Do it appropriately.’
When Ariel turns her head to see something about her, the image of Pandora appears with her cold eyes and her mouth muted.
“…Ha.”
Ariel stared at the scene for a moment, then couldn’t help but laugh.
“Looking at me, I don’t know how far I can climb…”
＞ What did you say just now?
＞ I said I would understand.
When Pandora widens her eyes and sends a message to her smartphone, Ariel replies with a sour expression on her face.
– Crackling…
The next moment, the gazes of the two girls began to meet like sparks flying.
“It’s warm…”
It was a moment like déjà vu, with the concept of death crouching next to him as if basking in a stove and making a happy expression.
“Hey, senior.”
Taking advantage of that brief gap, Rumia, who was standing behind her companions, sneakily approached her river Haneul.
“What are you again?”
“Relax. If I was raped by a senior, I was raped, but he didn’t rape me.”
“Seeing that you’re already saying crazy things, I want to ignore you…”
Nevertheless, in the end, Kang Ha-neul’s eyes, which had been listening to her words with despair, soon turn round.
“…What did you say just now?”
“hehehehe.”
Lumia quietly smiles while looking at him.
“Please keep in mind what I just said.”
“What do you need to keep in mind? Just because you always say nonsense with a serious expression, there is no reason for me to listen seriously…”
“Anyway, when the moment of choice comes, you will realize the meaning of what I said, so don’t worry.”
“””…………”””
“Then, shall we leave soon?”
Before she knew it, she stopped fighting, took in the gaze that had begun to focus on her, and began to speak in her happy voice.
“…Magic, no. Mr. Spade.”
– Wow…
After looking at each other like that, Kang Ha-neul and his group eventually started walking again.
“…What on earth are you planning?”
Kang Haneul, who was whispering in a low voice with her eyes narrowed at the very back, soon shook her head and started walking forward.
“Are you sane to ask me to eat you and kill you?”
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“Tsk…”
A few tens of minutes later. Outskirts of the back alley of the artificial island.
‘…I didn’t expect such a variable.’
Spade, who was at the head of Kang Haneul’s group and guiding her along the way, began muttering through gritted teeth.
‘It was unexpected that all the demon beasts sided with Kang Ha-neul and his group…’
Right behind her, a procession of countless demonic beasts was walking together, escorting Kang Ha-neul and his party like well-trained hunting dogs.
– Grrr
“Why are these guys like this all of a sudden?”
“Look, headquarters! There’s a problem! The demon beasts suddenly… Argh!!”
Thanks to this, the mobile strike force of the 7th Main Line, which was deployed into the back alleys disguised as vagabonds with demonic beasts, was neutralized in an instant.
‘…Can I fight him alone?’
Cold sweat begins to flow from Spade’s forehead as he walks, feeling the scent of blood wafting from all directions in real time.
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‘Even if we succeed in trapping it like this, we probably won’t be able to neutralize even half of it.’
Among the party members, there is only one person who has no combat ability at all: Pandora. The rest are either as strong as you or veterans who have gone through many hardships.
Contrary to the derogatory title ‘Justia’s Dog’, he was called ‘the Hound of the Secret Intelligence Service’ among heroes in the know, and was considered as much of a nightmare to heroes who broke the rules as he was.
Even though it has clearly been less than 6 months since he became a hero, he is somehow showing a level of fighting ability that can be compared to that of Justia in the early days.
Likewise, despite being a student, contrary to what was reported, this crazy b*tch has martial arts skills that are on par with his own.
In addition, there is an unidentified ability that can stop and kill everything, whether plants, demons, or people, with just one hand.
Furthermore, the remaining one, Pandora, may be acting like an idiot, but in fact, she is capable of invading the Hero Association’s network from the corner of her room to kill time.
She is even piloting a drone to scout her surroundings and is making great achievements, so there is a high possibility that she will not be caught in a trap.
“Ha…”
After recalling those facts, Spade closed her eyes, sighing deeply as she felt her head pounding.
‘How did I end up in this situation?’
The moment when such a question suddenly appeared in her mind.
“…Ugh!?”
– Jijijijijik…!
Spade, who had been staggering around as she suddenly felt as if her entire body was on fire, lost her balance and collapsed in her seat.
“Ah, ah? Ahhh…”
“What? What’s going on?”
＞ Why all of a sudden? Did you put something inside like Lumia?
Kang Haneul and her group stopped walking and began to look at that scene with surprised eyes.
“Big, big… Ugh….”
“Hey? Why are you doing this all of a sudden?”
However, when Spade, who showed no signs of getting better as time passed, eventually began to vomit blood from her mouth, Kang Ha-neul, who was standing behind her, began to walk towards her.
“Do you have a chronic illness?”
“Uh, uh…”
“Everyone, let’s take a break here for now. Since the guide has reached this point, let’s get him to relax first…”
Finally, as he calmly took control of the situation, it was at that very moment that he placed his hand on Spade’s shoulder.
– Tsuzuzuzuzuzu…!
“”…..!?!?””
Suddenly, black tentacles of a very familiar shape began to protrude from her body in all directions.
＞ What is this…
“Everyone, step back!!!”
“””……..!!!”””
Kang Haneul, who instantly felt danger at that sight, screamed and stretched out her tentacles, sending her companions flying backwards.
“Ugh?”
“…Oh?”
And the very next moment.
– Charrr…!!!
The tentacles grabbed Kang Ha-neul and Spade with all their might, and then started dragging them towards the huge mouth that had formed on the floor.
“Spade, spade. What is this…”
In such a situation, Kang Haneul, who was urgently looking at the spade and asking a question, soon stopped speaking and opened his eyes.
“Nonsense… Nonsense…”
Spade, who had been bleeding from her mouth until then, was trembling and mumbling with her face turning pale.
“…I was the victim of the trap?”
– Kkdeudeudeudeudeuk…!!!
The moment she finished saying those words, a tentacle extending from her body completely pushed Kang Haneul and the spade into her mouth.
“””…………”””
As the huge mouth that swallowed them up in an instant ate up its appetite and disappeared into the ground, silence began to flow from the back alley.
“This is already starting…?”
Except for Ariel, who was muttering with a puzzled expression.
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“Ugh…”
When she opened her eyes, exhaling heavily, the sight before her was truly spectacular.
“…This place.”
This was because a huge, grotesque black space surrounded me, with horrible things that couldn’t be explained in words writhing in my flesh.
“Ah, ah…”
“…Spade?”
Next to me, Spade, whose clothes were torn to shreds in the aftermath of being entangled by her tentacles, was trembling, showing a frightened expression for the first time.