Chapter 166
Irua was in a cold and dark place. There was no one around. No one stayed by her side.
Is this the end?
Just when I was about to give up, exhausted from pain, fatigue and fear, the light shone.
– Lua!
It was her parents who opened the way for her. But they didn’t go with her.
I wanted to tell Eruah not to go and come back with me.
-If there is a possibility, it is the father’s job to check.
But the two followed good will. I risked it to save people like her.
and never came back Goodwill did not always return goodwill. My parents fell victim to evil.
-I have to protect Noah.
A goal set with revenge.
Her life existed only for those two things. The suffering was his own, and he tried to show only the bright side to Noah. It was considered the right way.
-I don’t want to live while stealing my older sister’s life.
However, the results were different from expectations.
I couldn’t look back because I was walking forward. I thought it was a straight road, but looking back, it turned out to be a winding road.
Unbeknownst to herself, she was going astray.
-Ms. Lua, because we are family, there is also sadness that we can share.
It was thanks to a man who noticed that. The person who made her stop and look back while she was only moving toward her goal.
But she had to move on. I had to take revenge.
– Revenge is the right of the victim.
Another being appeared on the way. The one hiding in the cold metal took her revenge.
The wish came true, but she lost her destination. The younger brother, who thought he had to lead, paved the way himself.
As she stopped, the first thing she saw was a man. A man who watches over her, her sister, and countless other people.
– Stay on the line.
I could see the features of my parents in him. That’s why I was anxious and worried that it would suddenly disappear.
However, he was a stronger figure than his parents. When I found out that the iron man who acted for revenge and he was the same person, I was shocked.
– I just want you to be happy.
I felt the sincerity in his words, expression, and eyes. Irua wanted to return the same words to him.
She wanted him to be happy, just as he wanted her to be happy.
And like my parents, I didn’t want him to disappear from my side. I didn’t want to sacrifice myself for others.
However, when the situation came to a close, she threw herself.
-I think I understood you a bit…
Irua thought.
Why did his parents take the risk, and why did Kang Tae-min stand up against the villains?
It was because they believed that the people they saved through their efforts would be good. And they thought they would continue their goodwill.
No one sacrifices for evil.
* * *
Irua’s eyes trembled. As she struggled to open her eyes, what came into her field of vision.
“… I woke up.”
“senior… sir?”
It was Kang Tae-min who was looking down at him. Irua wondered if she was dreaming.
However, I soon realized that it was reality and my ears burned red.
“Uh, no. how… .”
“ah! Teacher Lua!”
While Yirua hurriedly got up, Seol Gaeun was delighted to see her.
“sister!?”
“Sir Lua!”
And that wasn’t all.
Inoa and the students also came to know that she had woken up.
“Why did you do such a reckless thing!?”
“Are you okay!?”
“Thanks to you, I live.”
The voice that poured out at the same time made her distracted. But seeing her sister’s eyes reddened, she was speechless.
Kang Tae-min looked at her surrounded by people for a moment, then turned his eyes to Seol Ga-eun.
“Thank you very much.”
“Oh, no. It was something I had to do.”
Seol Ga-eun waved her hand with a shy smile. But soon, that laugh turned into a bitter smile.
‘I can’t take my eyes off of Lua-sensei until she wakes up… .’
Even after the treatment was over, Irua’s consciousness did not return immediately. Even while everyone was exhausted, Kang Tae-min stuck by her side.
and his expression.
‘This was the first time Taemin showed his emotions like that.’
Seol Ga-eun wondered if Kang Tae-min would be able to make such an expression for herself.
It seemed unlikely.
“I will take care of Mr. Lua and the students.”
“Yes? Where are you going?”
Kang Tae-min’s words put her out of her mind.
“Because I can’t stay still.”
The safety of the students and Irua has been secured. Even though he was an alter ego, waiting here was a waste of time.
‘You should also know the condition of the body… .’
He was just about to leave the Society’s headquarters building.
“Fortunately, the headquarters is unharmed!”
“The elders are also here.”
I wondered if the entrance was noisy, but I could see Ju Tae-ji and Pyo Ji-hoon.
Both of them were dressed in dirty clothes, probably from dealing with the followers of madness, but they didn’t seem to have any major scars.
“Oh, Mr. Kang! Dahyun, where is Dahyun?”
“Is Suho all right?!”
Before long, the two also ran after seeing Kang Tae-min. Naturally, when the two asked about the safety of their family, Kang Tae-min answered calmly.
“Everyone is fine. Sanity is inoculated and resting inside.”
“Ha, thank you very much.”
“Um, maybe it’s fortunate… It would have been better if I had crossed the boundary.”
Unlike Pyo Ji-hoon, who was relieved, Ju Tae-ji expressed regret. It was because he judged that the threat had not yet disappeared.
“No, these gentlemen! Why are you hanging out here?!”
At that moment, everyone turned their heads at the voice they heard from behind. Hwang Ye-ri was staring at them with a dissatisfied face.
“Palace!”
“You are safe too!”
“of course. I must have a reason to get out of here.”
I couldn’t die leaving behind Ko Jeong-hwan. Fortunately, Go Jeong-hwan was not involved in the incident as he was still recuperating on Crown Island.
“So, is there any way to solve this situation?”
“Ummm, we’ve just arrived, too.”
“First of all, Director Bae Seung-joo… .”
As much information gathered at headquarters, they tried to call Bae Seung-ju.
“We have to get out of here right now!”
But everyone had to stop at the sound of someone’s voice.
“What… No, isn’t that Kwon Seong?”
“Jung Joon-hyuk? why are you like this?”
Jung Joon-hyeok was there. But unlike usual, it wasn’t an expression full of composure.
He was even breaking out in a cold sweat.
“Come on, I need to find a way out!”
“calm down. Why are you like that!?”
“Resonance, resonance doesn’t stop… .”
Jung Jun-hyeok’s chin trembled. The dilated pupils turned toward Kang Tae-min.
“Bo, I felt a sense of alienation while resonating with the teacher. I even heard an overwhelming sense of awe… This, this one is different.”
“What is it? What do you mean?”
“It’s just not big enough! I have no choice but to run away to live!”
Taemin Kang frowned at his words.
‘Could a full moon be that much? No, but the range of Kwon Sung’s abilities would be limited to the range of recognition?’
However, Kang Tae-min soon changed his mind. If Jung Joon-hyeok had met Man-wol, he would not have been able to survive.
‘… Wait, could it be?’
Taemin Kang flinched and immediately ran out of the building.
“Mr. Kang?”
“Why is that!?”
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Leaving behind the question he heard, he looked straight up at the sky.
It was unclear whether Sanity could even prevent the effects of seeing the pale moon in person. No one was looking at the pale moon.
“Unbelievable… .”
Because of this, he was the first to notice tentacles extending from the pale moon.
And now it was time for everyone to know.
* * *
Kang Tae-min, who eliminated Man-wol, went to the Veritas Guild instead of the headquarters. It was because I realized that the situation was not over yet.
“… Tentacles from the pale moon?”
“You didn’t know either.”
To Yohanna’s reaction, Kang Tae-min calmly replied. It was because she expected it because there would be no reason for her to hide it if she had known in the first place.
“As expected, the pale moon was not godlike.”
The god that Lunatic Don worships is different from the absolute existence that general religions pursue.
“It was a monster that could be mistaken for a god.”
But that was no consolation. The machine god that Machina was trying to create, Deus Ex Makinna, was a toy compared to the pale moon.
It might have been a natural result to worship such a gigantic being like a god.
“The boss of this nesting space must be the pale moon. But how can such a monster… .”
Johanna’s expression darkened. The problem was that such an existence had to be eliminated somehow.
Even if it was a non-moon creature, no one had ever faced a monster of that size.
I had no idea how to deal with it, or even if it could cause any damage.
“If you have the ability like Manwol, no, even if you only have the ability to regenerate, you have no chance of winning… !”
Moreover, what if that pale moon had the ability?
It was not an unfounded assumption.
‘… The full moon was powered by the moonlight. There is a high possibility that that one also has the ability.’
It wasn’t just a monster that overwhelms with its size and madness. No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t see a breakthrough.
The air fell heavy.
However, Kang Tae-min could not stay still.
“It has grown even larger than when the moon first appeared. He must be heading here.”
“If the pale moon reaches the ground… .”
“It does not end here. All mankind will be in danger.”
Overlapping spaces become reality over time. When the vigilance disappeared, all mankind would become the target of the pale moon.
“… It’s not a situation where you can argue whether it’s okay or not.”
“Giving up is not an option. If there is even a chance, we should try it.”
Johanna bit her lip. However, Kang Tae-min’s words were not wrong. She smoked a pipe.
Her head was spinning furiously with the white smoke.
“… Yes, there is a possibility.”
“Did you remember something?”
“Remember what I said before? That you have to pay a high price to cross the dimension?”
“Of course I remember.”
“yes. Certainly, the nesting space created by Lunatic Dawn this time is unprecedentedly wide, but isn’t it wide enough for the pale moon to come?”
Johanna hooked and spit out smoke.
“I can’t guarantee it’s the same size as the real moon. But given the lack of information, let’s make an assumption. The moon’s diameter is about a quarter of the Earth’s. On the other hand, overlapping spaces stop at enclosing the metropolitan area.”
“There is not enough space.”
“The nesting space cannot be increased now. Eventually, I will have no choice but to fit my body into the space.”
“Are you going to shave off my flesh?”
“The price of crossing the dimension is also paid.”
“… If that’s the case, there’s a chance it’s weaker than I thought.”
“yes. And you have to kill him while he’s still passing through the dimensional rift that spans one side and the other.”
Johanna’s eyes lit up.
Kang Tae-min recognized the meaning.
“Right now.”
“yes… ! Hurry up! But… .”
She jumped up and then paused.
“… How can I attack him?”
No matter how vulnerable they were, their class was different. Besides, he was floating in the middle of the night sky.
I didn’t know how far it would be from the ground.
“One, I have an idea.”
“what?”
Kang Tae-min listened to the story and explained the plan he had organized. Johanna’s eyes widened, but she shook her head towards the end.
“… Certainly, that seems to be the best thing for now.”
“Okay then hurry up.”
Kang Tae-min immediately turned around.
“Do you need help from the strongest?”