5. Bread and dagger (47)
The charge began, and dozens of light bullets were already forming in the sky.
And the rain of stars pours down.
Crushed, broken, bursting with blood.
There was no way that the orbs of magical power hitting that body wouldn’t hurt. As long as the berserk was over, Mine would have suffered more than twice as much pain as he had endured until now.
Even so, the speed of the snow leopard never stopped.
I held my breath and waited for the snow leopard to crash into me like a stingray.
And just before the run with all its might crossed me.
Round and round, my body rotated. Like a sphere standing on frictionless ice.
Riding on the track of the snow leopard, my body automatically took over the rear.
The skill he learned from Guilford and killed Guilford.
Esoteric season, diffraction.
That was the end.
With a whimper, my sword pierced the snow leopard’s neck.
It was then that the snow leopard’s seemingly unstoppable charge stopped. Perhaps, he had a premonition of death and tried to stop at this point.
His panting breath scattered in pure white.
With a bloody voice, the Snow Leopard Mine burst into laughter.
“Kuh, kuh… Gagging, kek! Huh, that’s great… You give me a wonderful end that is beyond presumptuous, so let me give you some bread.”
I glared at Mine with puzzled eyes.
He had bloodshot eyes and a smile on his face as he looked behind him.
It was not an attitude that truly thanked me.
On the contrary, the expression that he was happy to be able to deliver the final blow to the human race he hated.
He said “Bee” and opened his mouth.
There were hideous pupils. The terminal of that ‘blessing’ that activated magic of terrifying power at the cost of my own life.
Support, and a translucent circle spread around.
Mine couldn’t hold back any longer and burst into laughter.
“What is my wish?”
Damn it, I muttered a curse in my heart as I hurriedly drew my sword. Anyway, Mine was dead even if left as it was.
I tried to escape the surrounding hemisphere as best I could.
“Keuheuk, ugh… … !”
If only I hadn’t heard that suppressed groan.
My eyes hurriedly turned to the epicenter. There was senior Neris, who was still tethered to the shadows and struggling on the ground.
The hemispherical circle gradually dyed its color darker.
The moment that brightness hits the bottom, this magic will be complete.
I hurriedly ran and approached Neris-senpai. In the meantime, I found the hatchet I had dropped on the ground and frantically hit the shadow.
Kang, Kang, Kang!
Sparks rose as if hitting metal. Seeing this, the Snow Leopard Mine went mad.
“Eup, oops!”
Senior Neris also seemed to notice that the war situation was strange.
Fortunately, the fact that I hit and hit it was that it was cut off as a shadow. It was fortunate that it could be destroyed with an aura.
Cut your throat first.
“Huh, huh? Ugh?!”
Next, it passed through the shoulder, waist, and mouth, leaving only the ankle.
Senior Neris’ body was in a mess.
As if the pressure was beyond imagination, senior Neris’ arms and legs were already broken. I didn’t know if I left it for a little while, I might have even shattered my ribs.
Senior Neris, who protected only his main organs with magic, was right.
Right after he managed to destroy even the last remaining shadow.
The hemispherical intestine was already very dark. I sprinted with all my might carrying Neris-senpai on my back, but time was running out.
One step, the surroundings get dark again.
When he took another step, even the faint rays of light penetrating the membrane were fading. No matter how hard he ran, escape seemed impossible.
Then there was only one answer.
I got into a position to throw Neris-senpai. Then, on the contrary, it was she who was embarrassed.
“Hey, Ian! what are you doing… … !”
“Then will they both die?”
It was just that my heart was in a hurry. A blunt tone escaped from my mouth.
Then Neris sunbaenim hesitated and couldn’t come up with an answer.
It didn’t matter. I had no intention of listening to Neris-senpai’s opinion anyway.
I threw Neris-senpai out of the hemispherical curtain with all my might.
At the same time, I ran with all my might again, but the result was as expected.
Right after Neris-senpai’s body barely escaped.
My body hit the curtain with a thump and collapsed. I gritted my teeth and hit the tent again with the hatchet, but it didn’t budge.
“… … It’s no use.”
My ferocious gaze turned to the snow leopard mine.
He lay down, relying for his life on a faint breath.
I moved to him with a broken heart.
“This curtain blocks those who go outside from the inside. You know what that power is like, from what you’ve seen so far, right?”
“What did you do… … !”
Even at my growling tone, Mine just smiled and said “Huh”.
he said in a muffled voice.
“I can feel it… The appearance of those who sensed an abnormal situation and rushed to save you. How many of them would you like to take as road companions?”
Hearing those words, I came to my senses.
Come to think of it, I felt people approaching this place. Among them were familiar signs.
This membrane blocks the passage from the inside to the outside.
That is, it does not prevent entry from the outside into the inside.
A paroxysmal cry erupted from my mouth.
“Don’t come in!”
Then, the signs outside the curtain start to flinch and harden.
If you say that I might die like this?
The faces of the women who would come in without asking or questioning flickered before my eyes. So I had no choice but to come up with a crude excuse.
“I still have work to do… Don’t worry, just wait.”
“Ku-k-k-k-k-k-k-k… … .”
At my weak excuse, Mine burst out laughing.
The response was that it was fun beyond imagination.
“Nice to see. So did we… Leaning on each other, sacrificing each other, I lived with the mind of tearing my skin apart. How do you feel about sacrificing yourself?”
“It’s very fucked up.”
Mine’s laughter deepened.
The curtain was gradually shaking. It seemed clear that the end was approaching.
I was already sitting down as if I was going to be. Fearing that the party outside might come in, he shouted a few more times.
The Snow Leopard Mine muttered like a last will.
“Now that I think about it, we didn’t want to accept the blessing either.”
“… … Then why not take it?”
“More than that, life was hard. Actually, I didn’t want to die… I was just afraid to live any longer. A life scarier than death, I can’t leave this harsh fate to my people.”
I tried to snort, but then stopped.
He was just about to die anyway.
It wasn’t difficult to listen to the grumblings of a dying person. It was funny, but I decided to follow the devil’s will.
“Then will the lives of the remaining people get better?”
“I don’t know. But we have nowhere else to fall. And then, I tried to do anything because of the evil, and it came all the way here… … .”
I let out a deep sigh.
There was a hint of regret in Mine’s tone. Come to think of it, was Veneta like this too?
drove and drove
What that expression meant, I didn’t really know.
“How are the elves these days? I heard that a cult is spreading.”
“A cult, a cult?”
“Hmm,” Mine swallowed.
“I don’t think so. But we didn’t have a choice… … .”
“You mean now?”
“Not anymore.”
The sound of panting breathing was foreshadowing the fact that Mine was on the verge of death.
The shivering of the veil became more and more frequent. There was a commotion outside, but before that, this magic was about to be cast.
Mine cried out for the last time.
“Oh, my poor little fellow countrymen! How painful it is to have them swallow their hideous flesh… … !”
To think I was only worried about my own people until the very end.
Did he really throw his own people at me? I tried to snort, but before that, my senses sensed an abnormality first.
Someone was running into the tent.
Startled, I raised my voice again.
“stop! don’t come in! How many times have I… … !”
However, the person who dug into the curtain was so unexpected.
I just lost my mind.
A petite elf girl.
It was Avian.
she exclaimed in an urgent tone.
“Eh, little compatriots ?! So, what about my brother?! Did my sister even have to swallow this damn piece of flesh!”
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Judging by the bloodshot eyes, Avian was already insane.
Come to think of it, I had heard of it in the last interrogation.
Avian said he wanted to protect his brother from the cult. So, did you say that you are hiding in human society and sending money every month?
Of course, the young elf’s voice was too soft to stimulate the eardrums of a dying demon.
His eyes blurred, and he left me his last will.
“Thank you for mingling with my misfortune, human youth… In return, I will grant you my wish.”
The vibrations of the veil intensify.
The ground was shattered, and fragments of it were floating up into the sky. My body was also rising, overcoming gravity.
Avian looked around with a very puzzled look, as if he had finally come to his senses.
But it’s already too late.
A belated knocking sound came from outside, but the magic had already finished casting.
The five senses are blocked one by one.
sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
My body was left alone in complete darkness. The only thing left in the impression was the will of the dead elf.
“I want to return to the arms of my people. Right now.”
Before long, my consciousness turned pure white.