378 – [7] Living Incarceration
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However, no matter how much we slowed down the world and rushed at it, the fire could not be put to rest.
If I continued like this, I would be like a moth jumping into a fire pit.
And Kang Xian wasn’t that stupid.
“Frozen! Frozen! Frozen!”
Hands quickly become covered with cold.
It was one of the basic magic skills learned during Nasua’s lecture.
Eventually, she recalled all the ice school magic she knew.
These were magic to replace water, but it was unclear whether they would be effective.
The reason is simple.
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The flames now visible in front of Kang Xian were both electric and magic fires.
‘Can you put out the fire at my level now? I don’t think it would be possible without water school magic?’
Due to the nature of Ice School magic, many of them created ice.
If it had been a normal fire, it could have been solved quickly by pouring a lot of ice, but if it was a fire like now, the story would have been a little different.
However, it was difficult to use it to spread the ‘cold energy’ to a large extent.
Except for Frozen, which holds cold in the hand, it was difficult to learn and handle unless you were a somewhat skilled wizard.
A wizard who can freely manipulate cold.
Nasua was not treated well at Palaist Academy for nothing.
Still, she had to do something.
Kang Xian concentrated her magical power into her grip to use the Ice School magic she had learned over the past two years.
“Ice Ball! Ice Bolt! Ice Spear! Ice Ball! Ice Bolt! Ice Spear!”
A sloppy magic circle was created.
A ball made of ice bounced straight ahead, icicles that weren’t sharp flew out, and countless sticks that weren’t spears flew out.
I was afraid that I might cause fatal injuries to a thousand birds, so I controlled my strength.
Kang Xian did not end there.
“Frozen Air!”
Magic that lowers the surrounding temperature.
Because it was often used as a replacement for air conditioners, its impact was not minimal.
Temperature decreases by at least 3 degrees.
The only problem was that the temperature of the flame was hundreds of degrees.
“Frost Ray!”
I created another magic circle and sprayed cold air towards the front.
Originally, it was to shoot compressed cold air, but since it was a magic that was still being learned in lectures, spraying was limited.
“Marie!”
Just like that, Kang Xian reached the car.
I grabbed the door handle and pulled it, but it did not open due to the twisted car body.
‘Mr…. !!!’
I immediately grabbed the window frame.
I felt the broken window pieces crunching in my palm.
I couldn’t tell if it was pain or just a feeling.
I pulled on the door thinking I had to tear it down just to save it.
“Ughhhhh—!!!”
Boom!
The tightly closed door burst open.
After putting down the door, Kang Xian looked straight ahead, not noticing the blood flowing from his hands.
A thousand birds were sitting in the driver’s seat, blood pouring out of a hole in their face.
Her body had already been engulfed in flames and burned roughly.
Clothes melt, skin disappears, muscles become exposed, and they turn into charcoal.
Even some parts of the body were greatly distorted by the impact.
If it were a non-awakened person, it was a fatal wound that would have killed them long ago even if they had a protective shield.
Because he was an awakened person and a strong man, that was the end of it.
“That, that town—”
Howling!
The fire became more intense.
Kang Xian grabbed her shoulder and pulled her.
Even though her arms, wrapped in her magic, were consumed by the flames.
Even though her hands were already full of glass shards.
“Ugh?!”
But she fell out.
She endured the pain and looked down to see that the entire dashboard and steering wheel of her car had fallen down.
So, the legs of a thousand sheep were being weighed down.
I tried to pull it out here and there, but it wouldn’t come out because it was stuck properly.
“Fuck you…… !”
Kang Xian took a step back.
I had to do something about that leg right away.
‘Anything that can be cut…… ! The car door is too big, the rock is too weak…… ! Ah! That!’
She found a long iron plate that seemed to have fallen from a car.
She picked it up and poured her magic into it.
She had no such thing as delicacy.
She simply used her magic power to create the sharpest blade possible.
While her magical power is rapidly depleting.
Kang Xian hit her leg with an iron plate.
Puck! Pow! Puck!
The sound of meat being cut and burning was unpleasantly mixed.
As she endured that unpleasantness, her thousand legs separated from her body.
“Please…” … !!!”
With great difficulty, we succeeded in taking out a thousand birds.
I immediately threw it as far away as possible.
Cheolpudeok.
A live corpse rolling around on the floor.
However, the fire did not stop and continued to burn thousands of bodies.
If things continued like this, it would go out only after turning the heart into ashes.
Chwiiiiik─!!!
Thank goodness white powder covered her body.
It was none other than Ines, who went back to her store and brought out a fire extinguisher.
‘…… ‘I lived!’
Kang Xian, who saw the scene, decided that it was her last chance.
She allocated all of her magical power to the cold magic available to her.
The area that had already been burned was slightly cooled, and the body was protected a little.
She grabbed one of her legs and pulled with all her strength.
When I pulled it as if it would tear in half, the twisted and crushed leg came out belatedly.
In the same way, she concentrated her strength to remove the remaining leg, which was no better than charcoal.
“Ahh! Done!!!”
And around that time, Kang Si-an’s body was also on fire.
It was literally on the verge of burning violently.
“Gang Xian! Fire!!!”
Ines ran over and sprayed the fire extinguisher.
The embers died down, and Kang Xian and Cheon Ma Ri did not turn to ashes.
“Huh, huh, wow…….”
* * *
A hospital in the center of Arecibo.
A place that was like a privilege that only the wealthy could enjoy, there was an unusually large uproar that day.
“Kate Stevens! “Where on earth has Sister Stevens gone?”
“They say she’s in the office next door over there!”
“What is that…?” … “I need surgery right away, so tell them to come to the emergency room!”
“Hmm? What’s going on? “Mr. Christine?”
“A patient arrived with 4th degree or higher full body burns and no idea how severe the internal injuries were! “Both legs are even cut off!”
“What is that—holy shit!”
It was none other than the fact that a woman who was as good as dead was brought on a stretcher.
Of course, not only the woman but also a lamb leg in a miserable state was also lifted.
Obviously, death is the normal thing to do, but what kind of vitality is this that you are still holding your breath?
Hospital officials who were excluded from the surgery were shocked.
“How on earth did it happen…” ….”
“There is talk that someone planted a bomb in the car. “Now that’s why the city authorities have stepped in—huh.”
“Ah…… Note… ….”
I was surprised once again when I saw the man entering the emergency room with slow steps.
The face and nape of his neck were covered in burns, and both arms were seriously burned and bleeding, although not as badly as the woman’s, and one could guess how he ended up like that.
“Marie, where is Marie?”
The man, Kang Xian asked.
The nurses hesitated and watched.
“Hey, over there…… But now that I’m in surgery… ….”
“… ….”
Hearing that he couldn’t see, Kang Xian sat on a chair in the hallway with red eyes.
It’s like being the guardian of a thousand dogs that went into the emergency room.
However, his condition did not make it possible to call him a guardian.
One of the nurses saw the blood dripping on the floor and approached Jiang Xian little by little.
“Hey, that…” … “Can I take a look at your hands?”
Kang Xian looked at the nurse.
He then stretched out his hands, fluttering them apart.
A piece of glass had been removed and blood was flowing from the bandage tied to the palm of the hand.
The nurse made a silent gesture to the other nurse and brought bandages and other supplies used for treatment.
“Please bring Teacher Angela to the third floor. Got it?”
“Yes, senior.”
That was when several hospital staff were looking at Kang Xian’s injuries.
A faint scream was heard from beyond the emergency room.
“Aaaaah!!! Gagsssss!!!”
A woman’s cracking voice.
It was a thousand voices, and Jiang Xian jumped up and walked towards the source of the sound.
Every time I took a step, I heard that sound again.
She finally arrived in front of the operating room and stopped walking.
The screaming was still there, and it was impossible to go beyond it.
Kang Xian just had a devastated expression on his face.
* * *
A day, maybe two, passed.
The bright sunlight had suddenly disappeared and dark rain was looking at the world.
And a room in a hospital built high enough to see the world.
Kang Xian stared out her window, suffering serious, if not fatal, burns.
Squeak.
While I was sitting helplessly on the bed, the hospital room door opened.
She felt cold, and when she turned her head, a woman wearing a suit caught her eye.
“Sian.”
“Soo-a noona.”
I already saw Su-ah yesterday, but her expression hardened as if she still wasn’t used to it.
She trudged her steps and headed to Jiang Shi An’s side.
“…… “What about the other kids?”
“I’m still listening to the lecture. “My sister finished her lecture early.”
However, normally I would have sat next to him, but this time I did not.
Standing, I looked at Jiang Xian’s ugly yet still fascinating figure with indescribable eyes.
“Oh, I’m going to eat here. “They say it helps treat burns.”
“Thank you, sister. You must be busy…….”
“No. “I heard that a kid like my little brother got hurt, so of course I have to do something like this.”
I received a lunch box from Nasua.
Kang Xian belatedly thought about what she said about her burns, and then lightly touched her face, her burn marks.
“Ouch.”
“But she’s glad the doctor said her burn marks can be completely removed. “She was worried it would leave a permanent scar.”
“…… Iknow, right. Thank god.”
She could be said to be very fortunate.
Whether she stays or not, she won’t be a hindrance to graduating from the Academy.
“Unlike Marie, I…… I’m so glad…… Under… ….”
The fallen hill.
It was a miserable attitude, I don’t know if it was because of the burns or something else.
“…… “What do you think about Marie?”
“The additional surgery has been completed, but the doctors don’t even know. “They say this is the first time they’ve seen her hurt so badly and still alive.”
The breath is attached.
I didn’t actually wake up.
Actually, it was natural.
She was in a miserable state with fatal burns all over her body, her spine was broken, her bones were broken, her joints were twisted, and her organs were damaged.
If I woke up right away, it would have been a miracle.
Therefore, Kang Xian weakly pointed to the room right next to her own.
“What hospital room are you in now?”
“It would be better not to go. “Her legs are still cut off and her whole body is wrapped in bandages.”
“…… “Didn’t you attach your leg during the additional surgery?”
“They said the condition of the bridge is too bad to put it on right now. It’s just like charcoal…….”
“Ah… ….”
“First of all, they said they would try to fix the bridge somehow. I do not know. “I did say that the legs had to be attached at all costs.”
In fact, whether it was attached or not, there was nothing that would change in the current situation.
Anyway, Cheonma-ri would not be able to wake up from fainting for a while.
It was a dull and pitiful reality.
* * *
After a little conversation, Nasua decided to leave her hospital room.
This was because Kang Xian’s condition did not seem like a person who could talk for a long time.
“Sister, I’m sorry, but I have a favor to ask.”
“What is it?”
“My friends. While I’m not home, let them…… “Can you protect me?”
“…… There’s nothing that can’t be done. Especially if it is a request from our Xian.”
“Thank you. “I only have a sister.”
“What?”
I, Su-ah, stroked her Kang Si-an’s head once and left the hospital room.
Kang Xian was left alone again.
She headed to the bathroom to forget about the depressing reality.
However, because her arms were tied with bandages, she could not even think of washing her face.
Because of this, she could only look at the unfamiliar face and hands.
‘How did this happen?’
It was neither planned nor expected.
I didn’t notice it at all… ….
‘No, it’s not that I didn’t notice. ‘It was already predicted when I started spying.’
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I just didn’t know it would be like this.
I was just vaguely thinking that I would just get in trouble on the street.
In the end, it was because I was too arrogant.
It is a drug cartel to begin with, so what can they not do?
‘…… Damn you bastards. ‘I can’t believe I did something like this because of my pride.’
Things like honor and law are thrown away.
It was broad daylight, there were a lot of people, and it didn’t matter who the target was.
All you had to do was kill them or harm them and that was the end.
It was completely different from companies and guilds that paid little attention to social opinion.
That’s why I felt angry when I thought about being bullied by those guys.
If we had paid proper attention, this wouldn’t have happened, and a thousand birds wouldn’t have ended up like that.
It was a useless regret for something that had already happened.
The man who internally referred to himself as an idiot continued to sigh while holding on to the sink.
And that was then.
The door to the hospital room opened, and someone came in.
Bubble.
The sound of rough footsteps.
After the bombing, minimal efforts had been made to resolve the situation.