4. Rynella’s fate is decided by Rynella (70)
A fierce snowstorm dyed the world achromatic.
The flurry of snow colored the vision gray. Objects with their own tones were painted over with pure white snow.
In that black and white world, the man’s golden pupils felt like a wisp of fire.
Black hair and white skin harmonized. It was a very tired look, but those burning eyes had a strange suction power.
At first glance, it was the appearance of a person who hid countless stories.
Probably mid to late 20’s.
In terms of appearance, there wasn’t much of a difference. However, the unique atmosphere only made him look very old.
The man was emotionless and asked in a quiet voice.
“Are you satisfied now? Is this the result of being stubborn?”
“… … no.”
It was a strange sensation.
As soon as I met the man, complicated emotions swirled inside me.
A desire to win or a sense of defeat.
sympathy or pity.
And anger and stubbornness.
I vomited out the unprecedented whirlpool with my breath.
Before I knew it, there was a lot of snow on my head and shoulders. To the point where I twisted my head and gasped every time I let out a breath.
The conversation continued with a blizzard.
“I am not dead yet.”
“It’s literally just ‘yet’.”
At my stubborn words, the man only snorted.
Even that cold mockery was faintly mocking.
“If you continue like this, you will die… No, it wouldn’t be strange if I died right now.”
“Is that why you showed up?”
The golden eyes that were facing my question glanced at me.
No matter how many times I looked at it, it was a look that I couldn’t understand.
Instead of gasping, I gritted my teeth and asked.
“… … Are you going to make fun of me and come up on stage and say, ‘Damn’, like you always do?”
“Sorry, but that’s impossible.”
The man said that and looked straight ahead without a word again.
The tens of meters tall boasted an overwhelming presence.
Even the fierce snowstorm could not hide the huge shadow.
After staring at the monster for a while, he vomited white breath.
The world where time stopped was still cold.
“Thanks to someone calling me on their own… Of course, even if that wasn’t the case, defeating the evil god’s family is out of the question. I have exceeded the limits of my ability to interfere.”
It was already expected.
I didn’t even expect his help in the first place.
Didn’t he kindly notify me even if it was ‘impossible’ since he was called last time?
I also wasn’t a very inconsiderate person.
It was only in the midst of paying the price for disobeying his advice. Needless to say, seeing his face at this point made me uncomfortable.
Still, I haven’t failed.
Even to prove that I wasn’t broken, I held my breath as much as I could.
“Then why did you appear? You haven’t shown your face once… But what about now?”
“There is a guy who fervently steals other people’s memories.”
Whoa, he said, and his white breath dispersed like smoke.
He said without even looking at me.
“… … Then you don’t know what will happen, kid. Stealing the technology of the future isn’t omnipotent. There must be a price to pay.”
Now it was my turn to be silent.
I was vaguely feeling it.
Every time my skills grew abnormally fast, and every time I mastered a skill I hadn’t learned.
My mind and body were getting further and further out of my control.
One day, he gave himself up to passion and brandished a knife.
Also, one day, I recited information that I didn’t even know.
One by one, the things I couldn’t handle were increasing.
Isn’t that the strong wall that stands in front of me right now?
The evil god’s family stood here like destiny.
To burn my hometown and the countless territories that remain here.
In addition, in order to steal a man’s memory, consciousness and unconsciousness had to be connected.
For this, my body has been a mess for a long time.
I had no idea how much effort I would have to put in to be able to recover.
My silence lengthened, and the man took it as unspoken consent.
“… … Run away now.”
He said it as if he were talking about the facts he had named.
Looking back on his life, it was well worth it.
In most battles he was not allowed to retreat. If there was, it was only a process of enduring shame and stigma.
Because he had a mission.
Even though the man knew it was a painful choice, he invited me again.
“I’ve said it many times, but you can’t defeat that monster with your own power… At least the measures to minimize the damage have been completed, so you just have to give up the territory.”
“There are still some territories left.”
The man let out a deep sigh at my boiling question.
His eyes turned to me again.
It was a look that still lacked the slightest hint of emotion.
“It’s already too late. Dozens must have died already.”
“… … There are many people left.”
“And soon he will die too.”
These were the words of a man with a worn out heart.
There was no sympathy or pity for the dying life.
He continued talking as if tapping on a calculator.
“Sad story, but all lives are not equal. Someone’s life is sometimes worth more than hundreds of lives… For example, you.”
I just stared at him without speaking.
In the face of the man who said that, for the first time, a vague feeling could be seen.
It meant that it was sincere.
The man asked me again and again.
like hitting a chisel with a hammer.
“If you die, who will save the world?”
Like a beaten rock, a throbbing pain rose in my chest.
I recalled the man’s memories that had been played over and over again.
‘Save the world.’
I finally understood the man a little.
He had to give up many things to keep that pact.
Details were still unclear.
It was because there was a blurry noise in each of those sorrowful moments of parting.
There was only one scene I could see fully: the memory of the burning forest.
But just one nightmare was enough to feel it.
He didn’t want to throw it away, but he had to.
It was the wisdom of life that I gained after falling and bumping into it over and over again.
You have to throw away what you throw away, otherwise you will only regret it someday.
Before I knew it, I was embracing the man’s way of thinking.
It’s stupid.
“The time you and I can meet is short. Time seems to have stopped, but it’s because it’s a landscape in your unconscious. If you are forced to move… … .”
Yeah, even if it’s stupid.
I pulled myself up with all my might.
Trying to get up, then collapse.
I slipped, buried myself in piles of corpses, drowned in pools of blood, and my tongue tasted unpleasant.
muscles scream
It wasn’t just the muscles.
The whole body was screaming.
The body that had reached its limit begged for rest. Moanings that could not be tolerated were coming out of his mouth in pieces.
I somehow got up with my sword.
My legs trembled and trembled like a newborn fawn.
A faint smell of blood came up from his airways, as if his lungs had been torn. Blood seeped into his eyelids, blurring his vision.
The sound of panting breath meets the cold wave and waves white.
The man watched the whole process without saying a word.
It was right after I stood up that I heard his sigh.
“… … baby.”
Now it was a voice mixed with faint annoyance.
“I told you, when you die, who will the world… … .”
“… … Then what about them?”
In response to the sudden question, the man shut his mouth.
His strange eyes turned to me.
A glimpse of myself was reflected in the pool of blood.
Covered in blood and snow piled up on top of his clothes, he didn’t look good.
Even so, my eyes were still burning brightly.
“Then, who will save them?”
The battlefield was littered with burnt corpses. No, there would have been more if they left the battlefield.
And there are still people who are crying out for help.
There’s no way he didn’t know this, but the man still didn’t return an answer.
It was just staring at me in silence.
I smiled and took a step.
Even though it was only a step, it was very difficult.
My knee broke and I almost fell again.
Seeing the pitiful appearance, the man asked.
“… … Why do you do that?”
“Because a good article doesn’t lie.”
It was the answer that I spit out without looking back.
And one more step, I stumbled and fell on my knees on the ground.
A chilling pain ran through his bones.
I no longer had any strength left in my legs.
So I had to put strength into the hand holding the sword and get up again.
“… … I promised Ned that.”
The man did not respond to my answer for a while.
After some time had passed, he just burst into laughter as if he was dumbfounded.
Questions from the man followed.
“Just because of childhood bravado?”
“… … What did you rescue?”
To him, I returned a provocative counter-question.
With that one word, the man’s atmosphere instantly cooled.
It was expected.
So I raised my voice even more.
“If you throw them away one by one, what the hell is left? Was the world at peace after that?”
“… … baby.”
I could feel the man slowly getting up.
But now I didn’t even have the strength to look back.
It was just one more step.
“You’ll regret it, you can’t hold everything… No matter how many times you get lucky, the day will come when you will lose something precious.”
One more step, one more step.
“Are you sure you won’t break even then? Even if I regret it, cry and pray, it will never come back… That means you are prepared to do that.”
It was a warning like a prophecy.
It was the truth that the man confirmed after years of storms and storms.
Maybe the day will come when I can’t avoid that fate.
To be honest, I’m not sure.
I took another step.
Bloody footprints were engraved on the muddy snow.
“You are still just a kid. I still don’t know the conclusions and harms, the secrets of the Sword Circle, and the secrets of the dragon blood characters… … !”
“I have to.”
I replied in a tired voice.
My eyes, glancing back at the man, haven’t completely resembled him yet.
“… … If you must.”
The man glared at me again without saying anything.
The time when I was about to take another step forward with my gaze on the front.
Only then did the man’s attitude change, which hadn’t even moved him.
He walked straight ahead and grabbed my shoulder.
I almost burst out screaming at that terrifying grip.
When I look back in amazement, there is a blazing golden flame.
“great… … .”
It was fueled by hatred, bitterness, regret and despair.
“I’ll show you if you really want to.”
There was a flash of light that was so intense that it blinded my vision.
Breaking the dam in my brain, countless memories poured down.
“…Look carefully. It’s only once.”
That’s how my world started to be flooded.
**
The moment the man stumbled and stood up.
Lightning and gale were pouring down on the battlefield.
An all-out attack on the corpse giant was launched.
Hmm is it another possession? Or lending the power of future ian to present ian? Or future ian just gave up and assimilated with the present Ian