I see your code (191)
“This damn bastard… … .”
Amon’s apostle sharpened his teeth and was indignant. Then, the hand that had been outstretched toward the people turned to Uture.
“How about this! With two abilities, even you wouldn’t be able to protect that big guy, right?”
“I would have said it for sure. No matter what you do, you will die here today.”
After answering calmly, I turned my head.
“Uture, I’m sorry, but this is what happened. Is there anything you would like to leave as a will?”
“Uture, I am not afraid of death. It is a life that would have died in the forest anyway.”
“That’s right. If you gently stick your neck out, I can promise you a painless death. What should I do?”
“… … .”
At my words, he was silent for quite some time. Then again, with eyes that returned calmly, he tried to negotiate.
“I won’t touch the people here, of course, and I won’t even stand out in front of you in the future. I came here with a light heart anyway, so I don’t have any big grudges. Then will you just let me go?”
“no. I will kill you though.”
“왜 이 개새끼야!”
I shrugged.
“How can I believe the assassin? Now, all you have to choose from is whether you want to keep them all alive and die comfortably, or die horribly with a few more companions. Oh, by the way, if you choose the latter, I will capture you.”
“… … Are you going to be captured?”
A ray of hope flashed in the boy’s eyes. Perhaps it was the calculation that he would be able to escape somehow once he survived.
I looked at it and smiled.
“Unfortunately, I don’t have much talent for torture and I don’t have a taste for it. But I’m going to find a friend who is well versed in that area and bring him here.”
“… … Are you familiar with torture?”
“Actually, he was well versed in being tortured, but wouldn’t he be used to wanting him to be tortured? Your friend is a witch trial survivor.”
The hope in his eyes quickly disappears.
He is also an apostle of one denomination. You must already know how grueling the witch trial torture in the temple is. He must have come to the conclusion that it would be better to die right away than to suffer it for even 10 minutes.
In the end, he looked around as if he had given up. And after a while. I changed the position of my hands. Towards the crowd of people and the outer wall of the building.
“Damn you bastard, see you later!”
Woo Ji-Jik.
Cracks arose on both sides with the sound of space tearing. Uture’s intention is to give up altogether and run away using people as bait.
Have you ever wondered if you would hesitate even for a moment if you weren’t weighing with your co-workers?
I saw it and immediately kicked my feet. The target is the guy’s right arm facing the wall.
“Aren’t you even thinking about it! This trash!”
who will tell whom
The guy hastily reached out to me with his left hand, which had been directed at people. As expected.
I chuckled and sped up for a moment. Thanks to this, I was able to get to near him before the ‘collapse’ towards me was triggered. This is due to the delay in changing the target.
“What… … !”
Suddenly, the bewildered boy’s voice came from right in front of him. I just swung my sword.
spatula.
“Aww!”
wobbly. As the outer wall shattered, his left arm flew into the air. The guy screamed, then came to his senses and stepped out of the distance.
Still, he didn’t eat assassin jjambap raw. The response is pretty quick. I was disqualified at the point where I didn’t properly investigate myself because of my pride.
“… … Have you ever been aiming here?”
Anyway, it’s a unilaterally advantageous situation, so I narrowed the distance leisurely, but the guy who was bleeding suddenly looked at me and asked.
“what?”
“I took people hostage, but you acted indifferently! Did you act after thinking that it would be like this now!”
Oh, that.
I replied with a sly smile.
“I thought it would come out like this. Because life itself is more important than killing a few people.”
“… … Was the first appearance you showed me a bluff? If I had targeted your co-workers and people the way I originally planned, would you have let me go?”
“no. you said You are going to die here today.”
As I narrowed the distance, even a little, it was right in front of me. He was biting his lower lip and staring at me from below.
“Even if I had targeted them, I would have killed you in the end. I mean, nothing would have changed.”
I raised the sword so that it was level with the guy’s neck.
“So, don’t be too embarrassed. It’s just that there are fewer unnecessary sacrifices.”
Whoops.
The black iron sword passed very smoothly through the flesh and bones. His neck was connected to his body, but not at the same time. If someone touches it, it will fall off.
I paid a little more attention because I thought I wouldn’t need to see blood in a place that wasn’t mine for nothing. Just paying for the repair is enough.
I put my sword in and moved the body of the guy outside using my psychic power. And the sound that had been blocked was restored to its original state.
“Lian!”
“The saint has saved us again!”
As soon as the sound returned, cheers from the crowd could be heard.
But, what?
I don’t know how you know I’m Rihanna. Would the effect of ‘Tarnhelm’ still be maintained?
I thought for a moment and then slapped my head slightly.
stupid bastard. You must have overheard all the conversations until just before the sound was cut off, so it’s only natural, isn’t it? one more hit
So while I was doing a self-study show by myself, people came up to me and said thank you again and again for saving me.
I had to laugh bitterly and make excuses that it wasn’t like that. Actually, I was giving up halfway, so it wouldn’t be an excuse.
In any case, it was already night as I was arranging the surroundings while receiving continuous gratitude.
I saw it and got up.
“Uture, let’s go back. If there were more, it would be rather inconvenient.”
“What do you mean? We haven’t fixed the wall yet.”
“The store owner will take care of that. Because I gave you enough money. The problem is time.”
“hour?”
At Uture’s question, I nodded my head.
“Look around. Basically, humans don’t act when it’s dark. But now, all those people are just looking at the shop and fixing it. Why do you think this is?”
“Well… … Uture I don’t know.”
“It’s because we’re not leaving here.”
Exactly because I’m not leaving.
“They keep working to keep an eye on us. It’s something we can do tomorrow.”
“Humans are difficult. If you want to go home, can’t you just go home?”
“Humans are inherently complex. Oh, this is on the deep side, so there’s no need to memorize it. There are many problems among humans who can’t protect themselves.”
As I explained that, I pointed to the floor that had healed after long hours of work. If I had done this enough, I thought that it would be enough to talk about it.
But then.
supportive.
Suddenly, there was a noise that I had heard many times a day, and the floor that I had worked so hard to fix was distorted again.
… … what? Wasn’t that little boy dead?
I quickly turned my head. This is the place where the body of Amon’s apostle was moved.
But contrary to the expectation that he was reaching out in this direction, his body was already limp. The neck is also off the floor. It looks like someone passing by tapped it.
“Then who… … ?”
I panicked and looked around. But there was no suspicious guy. Mostly generic code, some visible names are familiar to everyone. In the first place, ‘collapse’ can only be used by Amon’s apostles.
In that case, there is only one answer left… … .
He gently raised his outstretched hand with a trembling face.
It must have been me who wrote ‘collapse’ on the floor.
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After paying the store owner for additional repairs, he quickly entered the training center attached to the house. Just to make sure my predictions are correct.
“Let’s see… … .”
After taking a few deep breaths, he reached out towards the training scarecrow. And I tried to remember how I behaved in the store.
It must have been that the palms were slightly bent and the fingers were turned like this… … .
At that moment, another crackling sound was heard. In front of her hastily turned around, the scarecrow was already bizarrely distorted.
… … this is real
I repeated the similar act a few more times with a slightly bewildered feeling. After about ten attempts like that, ‘collapse’ did not trigger again, no matter what I did.
Is there a limit on the number of times?
There is no explanation other than that. It’s funny that I was suddenly able to use Amon’s apostle power, but it’s even more ridiculous that it suddenly disappears.
“I think it’s also the ability of the Apostle of Kitan… … .”
There are no codes or messages like those related to divinity, and the commonality of being an apostle. It was the only place to go. Even after doing various experiments, I couldn’t figure out what it was.
I thought about that and stared blankly at the sky for a moment.
What powers did you give me? … .
The ability to take away the powers of other apostles. No matter where you look, it’s a scam. No matter how many times there is a limit.
Even if I recall only a few apostles I can remember right away, there were many guys with abilities that were close to Munchkins.
From accurate prediction of the future that is limited to 3 seconds, to a human courier that can move in space without limiting distance.
Even if I could only use two or three of them, there would be no more scary things on this continent.
“At the end of the day, it’s a matter of conditions… … .”
It is difficult to say that if I have to kill the opponent, or if I acquire that ability, the person in question will no longer be able to use it.
This is because there are many apostles who have a big influence on the main story. Even most of them are on the positive side. The case of Amon’s apostle is rather unusual.
“If I knew this, I would just leave it alive and experiment with it… … .”
I lamented for a while, but the bus has already passed. I immediately gave up and organized my thoughts.
First of all, the first goal is to find out the limits of this power. Among them, the ones you can experiment with right away.
Exactly how many times the limit is, and whether this limit is in a day or a week. And whether the printable output is the same as the original, etc. These are the things I can check on my own right now.
But after checking all of that, I guess I’ll have to find a new apostle. I also need to find out how to obtain it, whether it overlaps with other powers, etc.
“Now an Apostle who will be near Layton and even cooperative… … .”
There was one guy I remember.
As I recalled the name to myself, I cleared the training ground and entered the room.
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