184 – Rumors (4)
Northeastern part of the continent.
Instead of the cold wave, the place where the cool cold flowed through the grassland like the weather of another continent was where Kalpa, one of the territories of the Eastern Union Clan, was located.
…No, it would be more accurate to say that it was one of the territories.
Kalpa, where warm bonfires were lit in every house just a day ago, no longer existed.
Instead of the warm bonfires that were lit in every house, tens of thousands of black pillars rose from the ruins that were Kalpa.
Without exception, the beings of the other world appeared from the black pillars.
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The beings of the other world were simply endlessly black.
Some had long arms, some had long legs, some had abnormally large bodies, and others had abnormally large faces.
However, the commonality of those with different forms was that they were jet black.
If there was a face, it was impossible to tell where the eyes, nose, and mouth were.
As if something that was not originally in this world had emerged, they felt a sense of alienation and were tearing apart the corpses of the dead and revealing their appearance on the continent.
The Black Knight Lancelot, who had been quietly watching the sight, turned his gaze and looked ahead.
There, the Snow Ghost, who was split in half and dead, was still maintaining its flesh as it was soaked in something black.
And behind such a Snow Ghost, there was a mountain of corpses.
A mountain of corpses that piled up and piled up, finally rising high enough to block even the moonlight.
[…I’m tired.]
Lancelot muttered as he looked at the enormous mountain of corpses.
In fact, considering that he had swept five territories to collect this amount of corpses, it was enough to feel tired.
The mountain of corpses was that high.
However, from Lancelot’s point of view, the choice was inevitable.
Such a corpse was absolutely necessary for the ritual.
Thud-!
Lancelot pulled out his sword as he did last time and threw it.
However, this time, the place where the sword was stuck was not the cold ground, but the corpse of the Snow Ghost.
Plop-
The sword, which pierced the heart as naturally as water seeping in, was more than half inserted in an instant.
Gulp-!
Like that, a thick, tar-like black thing flowed out of the Snow Ghost’s eyes, nose, and mouth and began to flow into the mountain of corpses behind it.
And.
Quadduck-!
Predation began.
The black thing that came out of the Snow Ghost’s body began to eat away at the piled-up mountain of corpses in an instant, making a creepy sound.
The black thing had no teeth.
Nevertheless, the eerie sound continued to be heard.
Gradually, as time passed, the mountain of corpses began to shrink.
When the face of the Black Knight was exposed to the moonlight, and finally his body came out of the shadow of the corpse and received the moonlight.
Quadduck-!
The black thing that had been eating the corpses under the ground instantly swelled its body and swallowed the corpses that were being pushed into its mouth at once and began to chew.
Quadduck-! Ujjijijik! Ujjik!
The black thing, which was wriggling with a disgusting sound, instantly dug into the ground and began to seep into the body of the Snow Ghost.
Twang-!
The body of the Snow Ghost burst open.
Black blood splattered on Lancelot’s body as if it had exploded like a bomb.
However, he focused on what was happening in front of him as if he didn’t care.
Soon, in the place where the Snow Ghost had been until just a moment ago, something began to rumble as if something was being made, and it revealed its appearance.
“…”
It was a woman with gray skin, like the skin of the dead.
The armor she was wearing was too strange.
The lower body is made.
The upper body is the same.
However, it was not a finished product.
As if something in an important part had been deliberately omitted, her shoulder blades did not exist, and neither did the gauntlets and greaves that covered her thighs.
It was as if a few pieces of equipment had been omitted from a game character.
There were many other strange things besides that.
The black sword in her hand was unfinished to anyone who saw it.The appearance was clearly that of a two-handed sword, but the ornate patterns etched along the blade were abruptly cut off halfway, and the two-handed sword itself was missing about half of its length.
It wasn’t broken.
It was clearly a two-handed sword, but half of the blade of the two-handed sword she held in her hand did not exist.
As if it had been made that way from the beginning.
The round hole in her right shoulder quivered slightly for the last time.
[…]
She opened her dark gray eyes.
[You have come, my king, Arthur.]
Lancelot spoke with a smile.
And.
[Lancelot.]
[Yes, my king.]
[What must I do?]
[Your task is to erase the Outer and return the great Knights of the Round Table to this continent.]
[…Knights of the Round Table.]
[Yes. You must return the Knights of the Round Table who follow you.]
Something from another world began to head towards Lartania.
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“…I think you know why I came.”
Kim Hyun-woo nodded at Charles’ words and then stopped.
He wondered if it was right to nod here.
However, she took a step forward towards Kim Hyun-woo regardless.
Charles approached with a metallic clang and revealed her face to Kim Hyun-woo in the moonlight.
“W…what do you think, me?”
Kim Hyun-woo looked at her as she spoke with a flushed face.
“…You’re pretty.”
Charles was so beautiful that he uttered such words seriously.
Even Kim Hyun-woo felt his heart pounding a little, which had never happened before in such a serious situation.
Feeling it, Kim Hyun-woo laughed to himself at the thought of how shameless he was, but only for a moment.
“Actually, I was worried a lot. What if I didn’t fit in? But at least in my mind, this seems to be the best.”
“…”
Silence.
But Charles continued to speak.
“I think you may have guessed, but I love you, my lord.”
Kim Hyun-woo was also clearly aware of that fact.
He knew that the affection shown in the ability window was not an expression of love, but even if it wasn’t that number, he could tell how the heroes thought of him just by looking at their actions.
No matter how much Kim Hyun-woo was a mossol… no, even if he was now a huda, he had enough sense to notice that.
“…I know.”
“I knew you would.”
Charles laughed softly at Kim Hyun-woo’s words and carefully watched his expression.
Thud.
She soon leaned her body against Kim Hyun-woo’s chest.
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“Actually, I thought a lot about this and that on my way here today. I was actually scared to convey my feelings this way.”
Even if Charles hadn’t said it, Kim Hyun-woo already knew how much effort she had put in.
Charles’ body was trembling even now, as she clung to Kim Hyun-woo.
“But I couldn’t not convey my feelings just because of that. So I came. Despite the fear of being rejected, I came here.”
“…”
Kim Hyun-woo didn’t say anything, but Charles just continued her story.
“Actually, I knew that you were worried, my lord. I don’t know exactly what you’re worried about, but I could tell that you were thinking about your relationship with us.”
– Soon, Charles looked up and kissed Kim Hyun-woo’s lips lightly.
Not an adult kiss like the other heroes, with tongues thrusting in.
Just a light peck that even a child could do.
But already, small drops of water gathered in Charles’ eyes.
Kim Hyun-woo didn’t know if it was tears of joy or tears of some kind of determination.
“But at least, I wish you would stop worrying about it for now.”
“…I.”
“I’m not asking you for anything, my lord. I just… want to be a ‘possibility’.”
“…Possibility?”“Spending this night with you, my lord, won’t change me. However, if I spend tonight with you, I will exist as a ‘possibility’… the possibility of receiving your ring, my lord.”
“…That’s also true now-”
“No, it’s not true now. Even if it were true-”
Charles looked up at Kim Hyun-woo.
“-Honestly, it’s a bit unfair right now. And strictly speaking, the possibility may just be an excuse.”
“…?”
“Now that I’ve come this far, I realize that the possibility is an excuse, and I just want to receive your love, my lord. I don’t want to fall behind the other heroes.”
She smiled faintly.
And.
“As expected, people don’t change. But I’ll try my best… so at least this time, won’t you accept my foolishness a little?”
Charles kissed her again.
“…♥”
The second kiss was deeper than any of the other heroes.