63 – Too late apology
When a person moves in the midst of emotion, he can lose his unique rationality.
Anger, greed, and jealousy…
These emotions take away the eyes to calmly grasp the situation and make decisions, and the result naturally makes humans make hasty and complacent judgments.
And the result…
In the end, it makes people face the worst outcome.
Right now, like this moment…
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“Keoouk!!”
“Keuuugh!”
“Kyaaagh!!!!”
The screams and cries of the Abyss could be heard from all directions.
At the moment of darkness and the terrifying sound that resonated at the same time, the hunters hurriedly fired the flares they had brought.
But..
The clear view came in because of the flare.
It started to give them a fear they had never experienced before.
“This… what is this…”
“Were you… surrounded…?”
The Abyss surrounded them from all sides, centered on the valley.
As a result, the Hunters’ faces began to look deeply embarrassed.
On the way to this point, the fact that I had been hoping for in my heart came true.
As a result, the Hunters were confused and began to wonder what to do.
I could never have imagined that the Abyss, no different from beasts, would use the tactic of luring them into a trap.
This was giving them a shock that was incomparable to the previous strategic retreat.
And… towards the hunters who were so bewildered, the Abyss started to run at the same time as if they were being led by something.
“No.. they are coming!”
“Go… attack! Hurry up and stop the enemies!”
Like water from a valley pouring down from all directions. Abyss running down the valley.
Among them, there are dozens of high-level Abyss and hundreds of intermediate Abyss that look frozen.
And… even countless lower-class Abyss…
At this moment, they were rushing this way like a black waterfall, emitting terrifying momentum as if they were reminiscent of a huge creature.
-Tada da da da da da da da!!!
-Boom! Boom! Boom!
Gunshots and loud explosions could be heard from all directions.
Even in this situation, with the S-class Hunters as the main axis, they tried to stop the enemies somehow.
But..
the current situation
It was basically a completely different situation from the time I was defending with the hills just before.
Due to the overwhelming disadvantage of the terrain, the size of the enemies was at least twice as large as before.
Above all, at this moment, the hunters are still unable to escape from the shock of the fact that the Abyss used a strategy against them.
and..
The result of the battle, which was carried out with such a complex disadvantage, began to appear so clearly and terribly before a long time had passed.
“aaagh!!”
“Keoouk!”
Hunters die one by one as they are torn apart by the claws of the Abyss.
The first to fall were the B-class Hunters who were defending the front line. After that, the A-class hunters… Finally, the S-class hunters who could survive even in the gaps of the Abyss began to die.
“Shoot! Pour everything you have!”
“Tw..Wrong too..Too many..Keew!!”
Even though all the guns of the hunters were blowing fire, the number of enemies approaching was overwhelmingly greater than the number of enemies dying.
Kill one and get two.
A situation where if you kill two, you can even feel the nausea of three or four flocking to you
And… in the waves of these unmanageable Abyss, the hunters began to be killed one by one.
A B-class hunter whose neck was bitten off by the Abyss
An A-class hunter whose limbs were swallowed whole.
S-class hunter with head torn off
At this moment, the usual ranks and abilities meant nothing to the humans here.
The only difference is how many Abyss he took with him until the very end regardless of where the battle went.
In the end, there was no big difference in that the end of everyone ended in death.
and..
Among allies dying so brutally, the person who actually led this situation…
Isena, an S-class hunter and guild master of the 28th guild, was in an indescribable shock and despair.
“Uh..how.. how could this happen.. this.. this could not happen.. this could not happen.. how could this nonsense happen..’
“Isena! Wake! We need to… get out of here quickly! Otherwise, everyone dies!”
Eugene yells at his throat to break and urges him to retreat.
However… even hearing her voice like this, Sena couldn’t come to her senses at all.
“This… this… there’s no way this could be possible. The Abyss… how could those beasts… how could I…”
Isena muttered in a voice that seemed to have drained her soul.
The confidence she had when agitating other hunters just now was nowhere to be found.
At this moment, in her appearance, only the appearance of a child who had an accident and did not know what to do. At the same time, she wanted to find a lame excuse.
and..
Seeing her like this, Eugene began to struggle to somehow rectify Sena’s condition.
at that time..
“Choi Yujin! Hurry up, drag the remaining people and run towards the valley exit! If it stays like this, it’s really over!”
Seo Ji-yoon speaks in a determined voice.
Wearing claws in both hands, she, along with the few remaining S-class hunters, was blocking the enemies flocking here with all their might.
“Ha.. but Senna…”
“There’s no time to look after that bitch! Even if I have to faint, drag me out of here!”
“Ah Okay!”
“Gagging!”
At Jiyoon’s words, Eugene immediately puts them into action.
In response, Isena passed out and fell limp in the hands of her colleagues, and Eugene hurriedly started running toward the exit with the hunters, carrying Sena on her back.
By the way..
“! … Ji-yoon, you!”
“Go quickly! I’ll be in charge of this place!”
“Kuuuuuuuuuu!”
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Jiyoon shouts while resolutely defeating the Abyss rushing in front of her eyes.
Seeing her like this, Eugene finally realized what she was thinking.
At this moment, the Abyss were pouring down the valley.
Even at this moment, numerous Abyss were rushing towards the valley exit.
Most of the S-class hunters in other guilds have been killed. At this time, it is obvious that if Ji-yoon, who is blocking the Abyss at the forefront, backs down, the remaining hunters will have a harder time escaping.
Knowing that fact… Eugene couldn’t stop his friend from sacrificing himself even in this situation.
“Huh.. Uhhhh.. Uhhhh..”
In the end, Eugene escapes the valley with the rest of the ABC-class hunters while Seo Ji-yoon is blocking the enemies while shedding tears.
Even though there were Abyss blocking their way. With the power of an S-class hunter, Eugene forcibly broke through with Senna on his back, and the few remaining hunters were able to escape the valley following her.
So, as I watched my comrades narrowly slip away,
Eventually, Jiyoon, who was left alone in the valley, let out a small sigh.
and..
Right after the short period of relief ended, Jiyoon started to put on a bitter smile as she looked at the Abyss in front of her eyes.
‘..Is this how it ends.. in the end.. I’m.. here alone like this..’
Due to the battle that had already been going on so far, her physical condition was incomprehensible.
Seo Ji-yoon’s fighting power is at the top of the S-class hunters.
As a result of her and other S-class hunters risking their lives with all their might, the heads of three or four high-ranking Abyss fell by their hands and dozens of intermediate Abyss were killed.
However, in the aftermath, the other hunters were annihilated, and Jiyoon’s physical condition was already deteriorating enough to be called the worst.
One arm is almost torn off, and other minor injuries remain throughout the body.
In addition, as a result of the constant attack in a short moment, her stamina was almost reached the bottom.
In fact, there is nothing strange about falling down right now.
And at this moment, countless Abyss approaching me with black drool dripping around me…
The time when the appearance of those hideous monsters automatically reminded me of the painful death that would follow.
In Seo Ji-yoon’s head, an S-rank hunter, the image of that person suddenly began to emerge.
‘If.. if.. if I had valued you just a little more… so if you hadn’t left us… if so… would this future… be able to change?’
their…
no..
The one who abandoned them because of his own stupidity.
As I think of him for the last time, I miss him more and more today..
Seo Ji-yoon feels it’s too late at this moment..
I spoke in a quiet voice to the person who was not here.
“I’m sorry.. I’m really, really sorry, Mr. Jinhyeon.. In the future.. In the very distant future.. If I ever see you again in another world… then I will definitely apologize..”
After those words, Seo Ji-yoon made a final charge toward the Abyss in front of her eyes.
With regrets from the past and apologizing towards that person…