#14
eyes are closed
“… … Oh, no. Wake… ”
Wet, cold, hungry. It smells everywhere. It is said that if you smell the smell for a long time, you will get used to it, but the smell of rotting corpses didn’t seem to get used to.
As a result, my appetite also plummeted. Obviously I was hungry, but I couldn’t eat properly.
Gently bite the dry crumbs without a taste head and wrap them with your tongue. seemed to vomit
‘It tastes awful… ‘
This is the first time I’ve come here to eat such delicious food. No, can we call this food? It didn’t seem like it would ever be. It’s like scooping up soil with your hands. At the thought that he was doing it of his own will, he felt a wretched misery that pierced his bones.
“Wow… ”
Shrew-. He leaned his back against the wall as if sliding, sat down and vomited a hoarse voice. A clear liquid dripped down between her lips. If you break your back here, you will most likely vomit. I couldn’t let it go like that.
I swallowed back the bitter and disgusting cry, while at the same time barely holding back the tears that were about to come out. He bumped into it and bit his lip.
“Ugh… Whoa… … ”
at home…
I want to go back…
how much time has passed I think this is enough to hold on to. After rubbing the corners of his eyes with his fingers, he looks up at the sky in the corner.
It was night when we first entered.
And it was still night.
The flow of time has stopped and is fixed. I felt like I was trapped in a hell that would never end. Is the practice really over? Judging from the fact that no one has met up until now, is he really alone in this labyrinth? So what am I going to do now?
… … do you die?
“I don’t like it… … ”
Glass turned white and shook her head.
He had completely forgotten the fact that everything was an artificially created environment, and was gripped by a sense of suffocation and fear, gradually falling into a state of weakness.
Of course, Yuri didn’t know, but it was about thirteen hours from the start of the practice. A little past 11 pm. My body, which had been waking up early in the morning, was about to get tired. No, it’s time for some to fall asleep already. it’s so late at night
In the case of Yuri, it was not enough to overuse her telekinesis, which consumes considerable mental power, and she had to constantly raise the tension in order to properly cope with the danger that could come at any time and place.
So, not only did the nerves become sensitive, but the throbbing headache came at narrow intervals. It may be due to the excessive use of telekinesis, but the biggest factor was that I was caught up in a lot of crises.
At first, I thought I was doing just fine.
Much more than expected.
He knew how to fight quite a bit, knew how to use his abilities to the best of his ability, and by the time he gained confidence, he even smirked.
Of course, it was close to half-forcing the fear, but the fact that it was not completely dominated by fear was enough progress and achievement.
It was a little while ago that Yuri started to deteriorate rapidly.
Before realizing reality, everyone lives in a fantasy. So was the glass.
I promised myself I’d never be vigilant, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t avoid making mistakes.
He was a person who had never had a connection with a distress situation or a battle with a monster in his life. It is also a miracle that he was able to maintain a clean state without a single scar.
It’s simple.
Because he didn’t know the behavior of the monster well, the monster he thought he had killed with certainty came back to life and attacked Yuri.
A skeleton made of shattered bone fragments hit the back of the glass. I quickly turned around and reacted, but it was too late.
The dirty and ugly monster’s claws scratched the abdomen. Stems of bright red blood were drawn straight out, and blood splattered. Drops of blood remained like stains on his white, dusty cheeks.
The pitch of the notes is off.
A tearful scream followed.
blood, blood. blood. I’m bleeding. A burning pain as if it were ripening. For the first time in my life, I felt a groan of groaning in pain. The degree of bitterness was nothing compared to when I accidentally fell.
Yuri slammed her buttocks on the hard floor and fell, raising her telekinesis to the limit.
After that, he literally dismantled the skeleton that was attacking him. The bones of the skeleton, which had been decomposed like an explosion, did not reattach.
After the situation was over, Yuri trembled and grabbed her stomach. White skin was trembling inside the torn clothes. Blood gushed out from the cracks. The wound that the monster scratched was a little deep.
For a moment, she felt dizzy as if her head was spinning and spinning for a moment, then Yuri looked at the palm of her hand that grabbed her stomach.
The whole thing was soaking red as if it had been immersed in a bucket of red paint.
Ahh.
Moment, grasp-. In a panic, he threw the backpack he had on his back and hurriedly searched the entrance.
Shortly after regretting the fact that he threw the backpack, he grabbed the healing potion that was starting to leak when the lower part of the glass bottle broke and poured it over in reverse. A pale purple liquid gurgled out.
It was an excessive treatment compared to the extent of the wound, but Yuri was unable to judge it.
After the treatment is over, you will no longer feel sick, but the process of treatment was terrible. There were no words to describe the pain. Although she is sensitive to the senses, Yuri was particularly vulnerable to pain.
To put it bluntly, it feels like a nail is pulled out forcibly and water is poured over the exposed raw flesh. Healing the wounds with the potion, Yuri felt that she could finally understand what death was.
Without a single exaggeration, a slender scream continued for thirty seconds, then soon became smaller and smaller, and changed to a mournful voice, like the cry of a young puppy soaked in the rain.
─Changing.
Yuri threw the poured potion bottle into the distance.
After such a commotion, the wound left on Yuri’s abdomen almost healed.
There was a slight bruise, but that too would soon disappear.
But the traces were not erased. torn clothes. As a cool breeze blew through them, Yuri had to feel a slight tingling sensation and chills.
It was too much of a shock to just accept that such a thing had happened. In fact, it may have already been limited. The tower of mental power that he had built up with painstakingly collapsed in an instant. Even the faintly remaining confidence disappeared in an instant.
Feeling helpless and lethargic at the same time, Yuri stood up.
I got up, grabbing my legs somehow, which was dragging me out of strength, and with my backpack on my back, I walked like a crawler in the corner.
Yuri leaned her back against the wall with a puzzled face and glided while the cry of the gloomy demons could be heard here and there.
What happened after that was now.
“yes… Yes… … ”
My eyes keep closing
I’m tired.
I can’t stand it any longer.
I’m so sleepy.
When I close my eyes, I can’t see anything.
Rather it was better
… … Like this, give up everything.
“… … Ouch.”
I do not want.
“… … uh, uh, uh, uh Uh-huh.”
Feeling deeply disgusted with herself for coming all the way and almost speaking the word “give up”, Yuri hugged her knees and quietly swallowed a cry.
… … knew
I knew too.
It’s just that this is your limit.
that he is still young
Not only that, but also being young and weak.
In fact, I pretend to be strong.
I know that that strong measure didn’t work at all.
I always saw other people ignoring me, laughing at me, looking at me bluntly, and trying to take advantage of me.
Even though I know… …
There wasn’t anything that could be done.
As if a thin shell was peeling off, Yuri leaned her back against the wall and began to reveal her weak inner feelings little by little.
In fact, that is.
I don’t know anything about becoming an adult.
You’re just pretending to be stupid.
As Yuri knows, what is an adult?
A person who can do well on his own.
without relying on anyone.
As if bearing the weight of a heavy crown.
A person who takes responsibility for everything he has done. A person who can be independent. A person who can look forward without looking back. A person who can judge one’s interests by looking only at the present and the future, without dwelling on past events and memories.
Even if I’m terribly lonely sometimes.
Even if I miss those who are already gone.
Even if you want to depend on someone.
A person who can finally stand up on his own strength.
I wanted to become such a reliable adult.
… … But Yuri knew.
That this cannot even be imitated.
Even if the method was wrong, I ate it completely wrong.
just, now.
That it’s nothing more than a childish rant.
So it looks more pathetic.
… … Yuri knows her subject. He knows his true self as young and weak.
In fact, he knew that nothing had changed since childhood, only his appearance had grown slightly. I really knew it all, but I just didn’t want to admit it.
that I am such a weak person
I didn’t want to admit that it was only that much, so I forcibly pretended to be strong.
“Ahhh… … ”
What did you come this far for?
Just to show you that you can do well on your own.
To my mother and father, to prove that I, who lost my brother, can stand up on my own.
Because I don’t want to add unnecessary worries to my mother and father.
I wanted to give a small gift to my parents, who were overprotective and not at all relieved because they were afraid that they would do the same thing again someday.
That your daughter has grown up wonderfully.
Eidel von Artina is no longer there, but I want you to know that Yuri von Artina remains there instead.
Wasn’t it not that he shunned the peaceful life supported by everyone and flew to the heart of the empire?
… … Of course, there was also the desire to be freed from the frustration, but that did not change as much as the fact that he wanted independence in the end.
Yuri didn’t cry. I was half crying, but I managed to hold it in. He clenched his fists and slammed against the wall, awakening his mind with the agony.
My older brother has been on the battlefield for many years. In the midst of a rampage of demons, he drew his sword and bled. He fought valiantly and won the victory in the end, and he would return with a wide smile to Yuri.
On the other hand, this is just an exercise. In practice, but not in practice. Even the monsters must be much weaker than the real ones.
Even if you feel like you’re going to die like this, you’re not really going to die. I just want to believe so. In fact, nothing is certain. nonetheless.
At the age of Yuri now, my older brother saved the kingdom from crisis.
So.
in such a fear.
Only in this much pain.
should it be broken?
… … don’t give up
Yuri rubbed her eyes with her hands.
He took off the cape that was covering his shoulders and wrapped it around his waist, hiding the wounds on his stomach. There was no further bleeding, so there was no need to stop bleeding. So staggered and stood up.
I raised my hand and stroked the back of my hair. It’s a little messy, but it should be tied again. He untied the hair tie and placed it on the palm of his hand.
“… … ”
Yuri looked down at it silently.
There were many crises.
I was able to protect this much… It was fortunate.
──Paang. After pulling the braids and tying them tight, I looked over the dark labyrinth. It would be a lie if I said it was still not scary. I was thinking of taking a little more rest and moving in this place. Yuri remembered the supervisor’s words to survive at all costs.
It might be presumptuous to go all the way to the center. So, the first two-day survival goal suggested by the supervisor would be the best.
If so, the glass will only survive. Either look for a safe place where it’s not even clear whether it exists, or move around to recover from fatigue by sleeping with a sidekick and try your best to survive.
Yuri pulled out a torch from her backpack. Whoops-. After chanting very basic fire magic for a long time and barely igniting it, he looked straight into the vague darkness and murmured in a low voice.
“… … great.”
Either way.
never give up and survive
certainly.
Two hours after I made up my mind.
Yuri was facing a great crisis.
#15
Tick.
By now the time is approaching midnight.
The day of April 23 is over.
As the date passes,
Labyrinth twisted her body.
─ Kugugugugugugugugugugugugugu …
The outer wall that was blocking the passageway sinks down heavily. On the other hand, there were also places that were newly closed. The structure of the vast labyrinth begins to change gradually.
The two moons were pale and reddish in color.
The demons became faster and stronger than the day before. Darkness with a faint shape rose like smoke from various places, and it soon became a Wraith, a monster that could not be defeated by ordinary methods.
─ woo woo woo woo… …
A quiet echo spreads everywhere.
All those who heard the sound from afar stopped moving. A strange cry that pierces through even if you cover your ears. It was a sound that sounded like a woman’s sorrowful scream or a baby’s cry. The intangible ghosts began their activity.
It’s already past midnight and we’re on the second day.
Finally,
The first practice started running towards the end.
Yuri was running away. I hurriedly turned around and ran hard. His stamina had dropped a lot, and his speed became much slower than before, but the monsters got faster.
─ woo woo woo woo… …
It’s also not easy to get away with. Most of the walls were torn down and there was less space to hide, but the races were basically because their movements were not restricted by structures at all.
“Hey, go away!”
Woo woo woo-! I try to pour out my telekinesis as much as I can, but it doesn’t work at all. They disperse for a while, but they unite again and pursue themselves. It was really terrible. How are you supposed to kill something like that? I didn’t even want to imagine the future when the back was caught.
“Low mandible, mandible, crane… … ”
Tak Tak Tak Tak-.
As I ran, I saw a fork in front of me. Without thinking, I chose the right one.
It went straight ahead, and this time turned to the left as Reis poked her head out from the wall in front of her.
As we continued to run, there was also a monster there.
Three directions were blocked.
“Ahhh… ”
woo woo woo woo… …
ugh ahhh… …
His ears were filled with the cries of monsters. Yuri hurriedly looked back. There stood a tall, solid wall.
… It’s over.
Besieged
There is only one way left.
You have to break through the ghoul in front of you.
He licked his lips and concentrated his mind.
“──Ugh!”
Beetle.
In an instant, a vertigo broke out in Yuri’s mind. Slowly, there was a limit to his mental powers. Eventually, the telekinesis could not be expressed at the tip of the finger and dispersed.
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Dangerous. I need to avoid it quickly.
quack.
The moment Yuri lost her balance and fell to the floor.
“Kyaa thank”
Quajiic.
Ghoul, whose red eyes flashed, greedily bit Yuri’s slender and empty ankle.
Blood spurted out, and a huge pain that made me wonder if my ankle was going to be cut off as if it had exploded.
“Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh… … !”
I couldn’t quite close my mouth. With his hair dyed as white as white snow, he could not think of anything. Sticky saliva and tears flowed one after another.
woo woo woo woo… …
A race is flying from behind.
wow. Have some of the flesh been torn off? My ankles were hot as if on fire. Just before Yuri almost revealed the whites in the surge of pain, let the ghoul grab the other ankle and push the tattered jawline.
“Ouch, uh, uh, uh, go away… … !”
Squeezing out the last handful of mental power, Yuri used her telekinesis to levitate the ghoul and slammed it into the opposite wall.
Quang! Quazy!
As powerful as it was, the ghouls smashed into pieces as soon as they hit the wall and exploded in all directions. The road to the front was open.
“Ah, uh, ahAhh… Bar, feet… ah… ”
But he couldn’t move. Even standing up in this state was unreasonable. Yuri crouched and tried to wrap her hand around my ankle, but it only made it more painful and didn’t stop bleeding.
woo woo woo woo… …
The race is chasing.
I didn’t have time to be like this. She had to stand up somehow, but Yuri couldn’t help but wince and moan as if struck by lightning. I really felt on my skin that death was approaching.
quality… quality…
He dragged his legs and scratched the floor as if crawling.
“Ahhh… … ”
Blood splattered all over the bumpy floor. I crawled while holding back my tears and moans, but the speed was so slow like a turtle.
Suddenly, Yuri’s head turned back. Ghosts without substance appeared in the distance riding on the gentle wind.
In an instant, I almost forgot my face and went into incontinence.
woo woo woo… An empty ringing pierced Yuri’s ears. I couldn’t cover my ears because I had to crawl on the floor. Somehow, he led the small body to crawl through the passage, but in the end he was overtaken by the ghosts.
“Ahh… ”
Yuri turned around. We met at a close distance from the race. My heart was beating like it was going to explode, and then it started to slow down.
The tinnitus was ringing endlessly in my ear, and the pain I felt in my ankle was getting cold and I couldn’t give any stimulation.
Gradually, the mind becomes faint. My brain is dyed white Yuri’s head barely lifted, and then immediately fell down. I saw a wide sky.
ah…
It’s over.
I decided not to give up…
woo woo woo woo… …
Lacey cried. The curtain-like darkness spread wide and flew towards Yuri, who almost fainted.
hey hey hey… …
next moment.
Wraith’s cry was deformed.
──Puoo-ive to do you do be… …
The sense of reality is getting farther away, but the sound of a big explosion has been mixed into my tinnitus. Yuri was lying on the floor, lifting and lowering her chest repeatedly. Have you been breathing for so long?
hey hey hey… …
The sky was dyed pure white, and in an instant, my eyes flickered. about once or three times. It was a very fleeting moment. Yuri thought blankly.
why don’t you die
why doesn’t it end
why… …
The reason was simple.
──Job.
footsteps were heard
The tinnitus gradually subsided, and instead, a hot, stinging pain began to rush through my ankle again.
“Ugh, uh-.”
“Don’t move. Stay the same.”
A large shadow fell.
I took something out of my backpack and opened the lid. Then, the purple liquid in it begins to pour into the ankle of the glass. lavishly.
gurgling gurgling.
“Hey… Ouch… Ouch… … ”
“Even if it hurts, be patient.”
Now that he didn’t have the strength to scream, only the shrill sound leaked out of his mouth like a deflated balloon. Seeing that sad figure, he poured a potion on Yuri’s ankle, put his hand on her back, and raised her upper body slightly.
As I turned the sweat-soaked bangs of the glass to the side, the low red eyes beneath it slowly turned upwards.
Because of the heavy bleeding, his face turned white. His eyes looking up were blurry. His dry lips were slightly opened and he was exhaling a shallow breath.
‘what… … ‘
When Yuri looked at the face of the person reflected in her eyes, for an instant, it was impossible to tell whether this was a dream or reality, like a fantasy.
it–
The face I wanted to see.
The face I’ve always drawn so much.
The face of the person I loved the most in the world.
‘ah… … ‘
Yuri’s hand was lifted weakly,
fell down again.
I wanted to touch her face, but it was okay.
now,
‘Cause you just showed up
therefore.
As much as I hated so far,
Because I was more than happy… …
“Five… bar… … ”
“… … ”
Then, quietly looking down at the glass with his eyelids closed as if he had lost consciousness, Ezio firmly shut his mouth with complex eyes.