61 – Yuri Lee
Before Yuri was reincarnated.
The knights she belonged to wandered the continent killing zombies.
It wasn’t really an order from the state they belonged to.
Because that social system has already disappeared a long time ago.
It’s just that they, like everyone else, just kept fighting to survive.
Naturally, there were many people who were saved in the process.
Those who survived praised the Knights.
It wasn’t something I did partly, but I was proud of myself.
As for Yuri, who wandered the streets.
It was also the first compliment he had ever heard.
Could it be because he was immersed in arrogance along with that reputation?
Yuri came out against the will of the knights who were trying to withdraw.
“Try it! We can do it! We can’t let them die!”
I heard that a zombie wave is coming to a village with many injured people.
Naturally, the captain tried to refuse the fight.
There might be some threat, and there is no benefit to be gained from doing so.
However, the knights respected Yuri’s opinion and remained in the village.
The results were disastrous.
An endless wave of zombies.
Living corpses that do not disappear no matter how much you kill them.
Even the knights who were so strong were useless in front of the overwhelming amount.
when you come to your senses.
The only person alive was himself.
Even the captain who put him into the knights in the first place.
Even the senior I respected who taught me the sword.
Even the wounded that the Knights tried to protect.
Yuri, who was left alone after everyone died, sat on top of the corpse and sobbed.
Hot tears flowed incessantly down his cheeks.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry… … .”
No one was going to die in such a futile way.
If only he hadn’t said that at the time.
They might still be alive and become famous heroes on the continent.
If it was like this in the first place.
It would have been better to just listen to the captain and run away.
If he wanted to protect his affection, he would have had to fight and die alone.
he killed them
He killed himself in the arrogance that he could protect everyone.
After declaring that he would save them all, he clumsily survived alone.
After that, Yuri made a promise.
From now on, I will not trust anyone, including myself.
.
.
.
“Because I am a reincarnated person just like you.”
Then a shameless man appeared in front of her.
****
“hahahaha! You’re doing this too much. To put it in your words, wasn’t it originally a state rule not to attack when transforming?”
A black liquid bubbled from Kim Chun-shik’s crushed head.
Soon, the boy’s head returned to normal as if nothing had happened.
Even though anything is possible in destruction.
The sight stuck out his tongue.
“Ah, the novel balance is messed up.”
Suddenly, such a crazy boss appeared.
If it were me, I’d rather send out a decent heroine.
Also, this writer lacks sense.
“Whoa, I liked playing in the pool with the kids better.”
I guess I’ll take a break soon.
Looks like it’s time to go back to Apocalypse.
“Don’t worry too much. Your friends will be sending them soon too.”
“…How is such a regeneration possible?”
“Didn’t I tell you? I got my hands on the whole hotel.”
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Kim Chun-shik smiled.
“It is safe to say that I am now the hotel itself. And you’re getting tremendous power from that system. Wouldn’t this be rather natural?”
– Quaang!
Black tentacles now protruded from the ceiling and walls of the room.
His words are not ostentatious or false.
Really, the hotel itself was like a guy’s stomach.
“If this happens, even the March Hare will not be able to do anything about me. No, he must be busy evacuating other guests by now.”
“…If I kill you before then, won’t everything be resolved?”
“hahahahaha! Why don’t you try it!”
As Kim Chun-shik spoke, tentacles flew from all sides.
I knocked them off and ran again.
Perhaps the first thing is that he has poor regenerative power.
Or it was a game of whether I would fall first.
‘It must be fortunate that Yuri and Hyena were left behind.’
To be honest, it wouldn’t be safe anywhere if the hotel was like this.
At least it was better than being here.
****
“aaagh!”
“Sah, save me! Save it… Cuckoo!”
The hotel quickly became a mess.
Black tentacles protruding from here and there.
In an instant, they ate up those who were nearby.
Hiding, entering the room and locking the door was no use.
Literally, tentacles could appear anywhere.
Like bugs caught in a bug trap, the two people were eaten one by one and disappeared.
“Yuri, let’s go quickly!”
“Yes Yes!”
In the confusion, Yuri and Hyena were also running away from the tentacles.
The two were fortunate enough to be escorted by an employee at Ji-hoon’s request.
“Everyone, hurry up and get out of the hotel this way! It is dangerous to be in the hotel now!”
Employees quickly grasped the situation even in embarrassing situations.
Guided and escorted by them, the two headed straight out.
Of course, the road couldn’t be said to be safe.
-Quaaang!
“Kyaaak!”
“this!”
Suddenly, black tentacles protruded from the floor.
I almost got caught, but
Hyena threw something without hesitation.
It’s the plump bomb that Ji-hoon handed over before.
– Kwaaang!
With an explosion, the black tentacles were shattered.
Even if the entire hotel was covered in black tentacles.
The attack power of each tentacle was not very high.
This was enough to neutralize it.
“Yuri, are you okay?”
“Yes Yes. By the way, will Ji-Hoon be okay?”
“Do not worry about it! If it’s Jihoon, he’ll show up smiling as if nothing happened.”
Yuri nodded at the answer that came without hesitation.
But at the same time, I could feel that it was an effortless bluff.
The hand holding her was shaking with fear.
‘Oh, it’s because of me…’ … .’
In fact, Hye-na would be anxious as well.
Even so, I just endure it because of myself.
“Oh really! Jihoon is such an idiot! How dangerous are you?”
Both of them noticed that this situation was related to the ‘culprit’ that Ji-hoon was luring.
The timing is so exquisite.
Maybe this situation is similar to the last resort of a criminal who has been caught.
In other words, Ji-hoon is in the middle of this nightmare-like situation.
Of course, I believed that Jihoon would never lose.
It’s not that I’m not worried.
‘Because of me, Hye-na is also scared, but endures it… … .’
The reason Ji-hoon entrusted the sub-space bundle to Hye-na.
It must have meant that he had to somehow protect his weakened self.
Even though I was grateful for that fact, I felt very sorry.
‘Ugh, if I was in the past, I’m sure it would have been helpful.’
Even now, she has her own sword at her waist.
If you pull it out right away, you can cut hundreds or thousands of tentacles like that.
But I couldn’t bring myself to pull out this sword.
In the past, it must have been his own weapon that he drew casually.
Just looking at that and thinking about the fight made my legs tremble.
I can’t control my own mind at all.
It seems that he has become the coward he hated so much.
“let’s hurry! For now, we need to secure safety and help Jihoon.”
“Yes Yes!”
So the two got out of the hotel safely.
When I came out, surprisingly, several people had already escaped.
‘No, should I just say this?’
Considering the number of people staying at the hotel.
It was clear that there were absolutely not many.
“Everyone, you can’t be safe here either! Get as far away from the hotel as possible!”
– Kwaaang!
It was the moment when the employee shouted like that.
Suddenly, a huge black tentacle protruded from the roof of the hotel.
And I saw something running around in the center.
“What, isn’t that a person?”
“Are you fighting that one?”
A distance too far away to be seen by the human eye.
However, it was clearly visible in Yuri’s eyes.
‘Jihoon?’
Ji-hoon, whom he knew well, was fighting fiercely, wielding a baseball bat.
The other person was a man named Kim Chun-sik whom I saw the other day.
I do not know the details of the circumstances.
Apparently, that person was the culprit.
‘……Dangerous.’
Jihoon was fighting very well.
Even if you had seen it before, you would have admired it.
The weapons used and understanding of them are considerable.
With that skill, I could win against any enemy without a problem.
But the opponent is too bad.
I knew it intuitively even without any information.
If it was that man who made the hotel like this.
There’s no way Ji-hoon can win.
‘No… … .’
Die.
I have seen so many loved ones die.
No matter how much I swung my sword, no matter how much I killed the enemy in front of me, I couldn’t save it.
I was afraid of that fact, so I ran away from that reality.
A friend I met again in the place where I ran away like that.
I didn’t want him to die like this.
‘It’s because of me again.’
if you weren’t like this
If that’s why Ji-hoon didn’t go after the culprit by overdoing it.
He, always cold-hearted, would not have made such a losing choice.
Maybe he could have escaped without any problems.
However, Ji-hoon jumped into the center of the incident just because he was attacked.
In the end, it’s because of yourself again.
People die because of stupid choices.
‘no.’
Suddenly, the sword at my waist caught my eye.
“I thought I had to die now, as long as I didn’t change my mind.”
He thought that life was not worth living anymore.
I didn’t have the confidence to continue brazenly leaving behind my dead comrades.
However, a man appeared who wanted me to live.
no matter how much you hate yourself
He said that he would be fine no matter how many times he lived.
Yuri reached for the sword without realizing it.
I wanted to run away because I was afraid, I hated it, I hated it, I hated it.
Not fights or monsters.
The one who wields the sword.
I hated myself for living shamelessly.
‘It’s stupid.’
In fact, that brazen and cold personality is back in the past.
What didn’t come back though.
It was because, paradoxically, now that his heart had weakened, he felt like he could punish himself.
Even so, Yuri put her hand on the hilt of the sword again and gave it strong force.
‘I don’t want to fight. I just want to give up everything. But if that guy is like that… I can’t give up.’
Even if you hate your old self.
Even if you just want everything to end like this.
There is a reason why I must swing the sword now.
‘Ah, it must have been like that.’
My first impression was honestly not that good.
Men talking about the color of women’s panties were the worst.
But little by little, he shows a trustworthy side of himself.
I gradually changed my mind as I became a really dependable colleague.
I think the character fits well.
His face was also quite handsome, which was okay.
The more he became aware of that feeling, the more he seemed to be jealous of Hye-na, who knew him before he did.
‘I miss him.’
I wanted to know a little more about him.
What is your favorite food, what are your hobbies, what would you like to do in a peaceful world.
I wanted to get closer, talk, and be together.
I want to share memories by crying, laughing, and sometimes getting angry.
She’s not the heroine of some kind of play.
Although I think it’s really stupid to realize this way.
‘I guess I like him.’
Yuri slowly drew his sword.
The hesitation in the meantime made it look stupidly easy.
A sword that glows blue.
I liked it as if I was looking at myself.
Even the touch is familiar to the touch.
With him, his mind gradually returned.
‘It looks like it came out of a hard shell.’
I still felt sorry for my old colleagues.
But now I couldn’t help it.
As much as those people I met in the Knights.
The relationship I met here has become precious.
I don’t want that guy to die in a place like this.
I don’t want to leave it crumbling to ruin like my last colleague.
If I still have to swing my sword.
At least I want to fight for that man.
“Is it Yuri?”
Hyena called herself like that.
“Hey, I’m sorry. Did I make you wait too long?”
“ah…..!”
There was no time to elaborate on his mind.
Right now, what is in front of my eyes is my priority.
…….Of course, even if I had the time, I would have been too shy to tell the truth.
“There’s a way to give the bastard who fucked us a shot. Can you help me?”
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