With a large saliva in his head, Delta couldn’t even change his expression. From the convulsive face, he barely clenched his lips and painstakingly formed words.
Delta said hard.
“This, ge, mu, s… .”
“what? where did the card go? cup, voila! I was here!”
pooh. I pulled the stick stuck in his head. When the stopper is removed, the stagnant blood gushes out like a burst of water.
With blood dripping from his head, Delta creaked as if it had broken, trying to grab the gun again. However, his hand continued to grab the misplaced position in vain. I stretched out my arm toward the trigger, but it kept bending to the right. His trembling fingers were desolate.
Turning over the pulled skewer, a card with bloodstains appeared where the skewer had just entered someone’s head. I shook the card to wipe off the blood, then bowed deeply toward Delta.
“Thank you for watching. You were a pretty decent audience, but I’m a magician! I cannot die in a place like this.”
“Uh, me.”
“Whether a magician is chained and thrown into a river or trapped in a place full of flaming explosives, he must eventually escape alive. So I can’t take part in your rare bomb suicide show. Sorry! I decided to do an escape show for you guys with Tantalus as the stage!”
Delta’s body collapsed to the ground. His brain was broken and he couldn’t respond anymore. Only the sparsely interrupted thoughts signal that he is not yet dead.
But it won’t last long.
I squatted down and made eye contact with him.
‘We, from the beginning, know the purpose.’
“Of course I do. I don’t know how. There’s no way you, who are ready to die, can’t even come back thinking about it, right?”
‘Knowing, to deceive me.’
“I lied to you, la. I do not know? Who cheated first? Your boss who says he’ll let you escape without even thinking about it? Or were you pretending to be noble, pretending to be troubled, hiding behind the scenes, and silently overlooking the lies? Can you say you didn’t cheat?”
‘no. I.’
“It doesn’t matter how noble you are. A definition not expressed in action is like undigested vomit. No matter how much you value your own feelings, or how you package them as a cause. Your justice is, after all, an expression of self-love.”
‘My thoughts. read.’
Thoughts gradually become blurred. Blood flows out of the hole in the head, and blood pools in the other side. The pressure created by the imbalance puts his brain on its own. As the brain breaks down, so does consciousness.
The last thought lingered. As if the last word to decorate the end of the book was lengthened, the remaining regrets continued as long as inertia.
One book is nearing completion.
Having read his thoughts sufficiently, I made eye contact with him and whispered.
“Goodbye, Elsie Clark. You are a failed terrorist. No matter what your past is, no matter how many excuses you make. It won’t change you.”
‘Ahhh.’
“But I will remember you, your end.”
‘ah.’
“hi.”
thought was interrupted.
One book ended with this.
The body that was codenamed Delta, real name Elsie Clark, now became a corpse and lay scattered on the ground.
I wiped the body’s eyes with my hand. The corpse’s eyes closed.
end with that. An ordinary, short life ended with this.
“Whoa.”
Fortunately, there is no need to wipe the blood. The blood flowing from the corpse was rolling towards the underground arsenal as if that was the way of the world. As long as vampires exist, there is no need to bother with wiping off the blood.
I shook my stiff shoulders and muttered.
“ruler. One job is done.”
Next is the boss. If you don’t catch him who took the bomb, this isn’t over.
ruler. Leader. where you are and what you are doing Let me read some thoughts.
I closed my eyes. scattered mind-reading As if permeating like a mist, he groped up the faint thoughts in his wide field of vision.
.
..
…
“Nine thousand nine hundred ninety. nine thousand nine hundred and ninety days. Nine thousand nine hundred ninety… .”
hoo. hoo.
An invisible sword cuts through space. It is a sword with neither weight nor thickness. The reason why you can hear the sound of the wind breaking from a sword with no thickness is because the blade is laid flat and swung to feel the minimum weight. Even so, a sharp sword wind spread like it was going to tear it apart.
“… only.”
The ten thousandth swing is over. sweat dripping down The comfortable pants are made of a material that is well ventilated, but it is not enough to cool off a hot body. Shay stole the short hair that came down just below her ears. Beads of sweat fall to the ground at the end.
unintentionally, impulsively. Cut the dripping sweat Once, twice, five times, ten times. Overlapping slashes.
One fall turned into a total of three hundred and ninety-two small bumps. The fragmented drops of sweat were scattered in all directions as they hit the floor.
“Whoa.”
Shay took a stance again. completed posture. During the last 13 regressions, it was created through self-reflection.
It was a good posture to use the weightless sword, Cheonen. Cheon Aeng, who does not need to store power in advance because there is no weight, can pull out the Cheonbyeon Manga by simply turning his wrist while taking the middle position.
Of course, like all things in the world, the sides are in two directions, left and right, so the fact that you cannot store power in advance is itself a disadvantage. One hit, the weight of one hit is insufficient.
However, it is a problem that will be solved by obtaining the earth’s sword, Jizan.
So what she has to do is train. Until she obtains Jizan, she has to take off her cloak until the powerful sword obscures her power.
It’s Tantalus who came here for that, and it’s the art of blood that he learned for it.
Shay took a stance again.
completed posture. no blemishes However, in order to move forward further, we must destroy perfection and catch flaws. It is because the bigger world comes into view only when one shell is broken.
A long time ago, an early episode that I can’t even remember. Rangin’s swordsmanship, which he wielded to live far away, is now half-transcended and only grabs her ankle. The time has come to abandon the swordsmanship that has supported her for many years and died with her.
To completely demolish and build a new one.
Shay caught the cherub again.
“Whoa. Whoa.”
I got quite a bit from Tantalus. I saw the jailbreak incident I had only heard of as a story with my own eyes, and even met a vampire and a dog king. Then there are the unexpected variables.
… variable.
The sword creaks. The trajectory was twisted. Shay stopped swinging her sword and clenched her teeth.
He has a calm and laid-back impression. Every time he thought of him, Shay felt something was off. A person who doesn’t exist in the future Shay knows. However, he is living here with a clear presence. He’s closer to Ajiwa than anyone else, and Tirkanzaka cares for him. Even if it disappears like this, its presence will surely be imprinted.
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Most of all, Shay, she cared too much about him.
“Chiit. Even if I didn’t get caught there… .”
It feels like it dries up every time it is woven. It’s a bad feeling, but that doesn’t mean the guy did something bad either. Every time I do something, I just feel strangely uncomfortable.
Besides, he is hiding something. Otherwise, it would be impossible to expect to see through and overhear Shay’s stealth technique.
If we fight with all our might, we can win, but now that there is no sign of hostility, I did not feel the need to make a life-and-death decision by consuming everything. So, Shay’s conclusion was to stand by temporarily. He was in a position not to attack unless he waged a fight.
It would be difficult if you were attacked even if you were careless… .
“It’s difficult. rather good Because I know that I am not someone you can trust.”
Then, if you die, move on to the next round. From then on, the moment the man gets involved with Shay, his limbs will be severed and he will be questioned.
clutter was mixed. Shay swung his sword as if to shake off his thoughts.
The two thousandth, he swung his sword. Sweat drips onto the floor, breathing slows down, but it’s still unsatisfying. If you put your strength in the newly learned blood craftsmanship, the balance is off, and if you draw it cleanly without wasting it, it feels like you are returning to the old swordsmanship.
blood. I thought if I could fully understand the blood and feel the weight flowing through my body, something would change.
Is her talent not enough? Could it be that she couldn’t find the posture to put all her power into?
If there was an opponent who would be helpful in this case… . For example, like a man whose bottom is unknown… .
“Oh!”
Have you been concentrating too hard? I didn’t even feel a sign of anyone approaching. Shay stopped swinging his sword, took a deep breath and stared at the intruder.
The uninvited guest was wearing thick armor. Shay immediately grasped the model. Military equipment, military commander. Looking at the traces of poor management in that outdated design, it seems that someone is stealing a model that will be discarded due to aging.
Shay muttered as she wiped her face with her sleeve.
“resistance?”
“What, what? how?”
The young man looked surprised.
Simple logic. Although it is an old model, the military cannot afford to neglect the military commander, the essence of military technology. Collect and dispose of them all, or disassemble them and use them to make new armaments.
If anyone wears such a model, it must have been someone who stole or stole an armament that was supposed to be scrapped.
Then there is only resistance.
The uninvited guest, who was bewildered for a moment, said with a smile of uncomfortable feelings.
“hahaha. It seems that the reputation of our resistance is widely known. Even this little boy recognizes us… . Boy, are you a laborer too?”
“no. I am a prisoner.”
Shay replied briefly. It was a word that was uttered without the will to continue the conversation.
Then Shay suddenly noticed a strange part in the young man’s words. Rather, are you ‘to’? Are there no laborers here now?
Before pointing it out, the young man first made a fuss.
“To imprison such a young boy in Tantalus! The military is truly a heartless country without blood or tears! What crime has this little boy committed!”
“I sat down in the middle of the city and offered to give you gold coins if you beat me. I knocked down the crowds one by one. Later, the army came and took them all down too. So a man named General came and took me.”
“yes?”
The young man was sweating profusely. When his opponent reacted differently than expected, he was ready to see Shay properly.
He has a slender and thin body, probably because he didn’t eat well. Even though he is a ‘man’, his bones seem to be thin from birth, and the thin ankles seen under the loose trousers are likely to break if you hit them lightly. It is not a body suitable for fighting.
However, there was not a single fear in his glazed eyes, and his upright posture stood as sharp as a sharpened sword.
It looked like a sword, not a human. Even breathing is terrifying, and even standing still, it seems like it will cut through the opponent.
The young man instinctively adjusted his army. With a click, the armor moved and covered the lower part of the neck and chin. Shay hadn’t even expressed any hostility yet, but she was frightened by the lever to protect her vital point.
Shay looked at the man with a slashing gaze.
“The reason the Resistance came to Tantalus… . I don’t think it’s a nonsensical story about rescuing prisoners. Are you here for terrorism?”
As if he had been stabbed, the young man hurriedly waved his hand and shouted.
“What are you talking about! Can we even be terrorists!”
“yes.”
Shay, who just cut it off, said coldly.
“resistance… They have no vision, they just have vague dissatisfaction. All you do is run like fire moths and terrorize… .”
The disappointment and disillusionment that I felt as if I had experienced it myself, no, actually experienced it. Shay’s voice contained a cold decency.
The young man wondered if he felt Shay’s feelings.
“You must have been too addicted to ideological education! We are the resistance, the organization that fights for freedom. We will defeat a military government that has unjustly seized power and give this country true freedom!”
“I tried it, but it didn’t change much. No, it got worse.”
“What do you mean?”
“I don’t need to understand. I have no intention of explaining it.”
Shai draped the cherub on his shoulder and looked at the young man.
“You want to destroy Tantalus? funny sound. It’s not the Tantalus that will crumble if you squeak and gnaw at it. you will fail Because, it’s not yet time to break down.”
“no! We will succeed! The boss is already working. When the work is done, this legendary prison will fall and we will be recorded as liberators!”
The young man couldn’t contain his excitement and shouted like that. Shay nodded and snorted.
“You just said it with your own mouth. I’m here for terrorism.”
“Suck!”
Now that I said it myself, I can’t even deny it. The young man frowned and murmured, raising his arms threateningly.
“… That’s pretty good. Little. It’s a judo newspaper.”
“Sick. It’s just your mouth. If this is a judo newspaper, then profiling by the Military Security Agency would be mind-reading.”
The young man’s reason was cut off by successive provocations. Forgetting the captain’s advice, the young man shouted with anger.
“okay! Tantalus disappears beyond the abyss! We will destroy this symbol of oppression! So, what will you do?”
“If Tantalus falls, you won’t be safe either, will you?”
“Does not matter! We have come prepared to die! The Resistance is always ready to die for the country!”
“Hmm. country.”
There was no one who was sane for a person who steered the country. Shay smiled and raised her arms.
“Well? I don’t think he’s going to stand still.”
Tantalus will fall.
But not now.
A little over a year later, ‘she’ comes. After that, Tantalus collapses and real despair crawls out from underneath. Fragments of the apocalypse, monsters that could bring the end of the world to themselves if left alone.
So they are bound to fail. Even in the days without Shay, not even a single line of mention remains. If it had been Tantalus, who would be destroyed by just a few terrorists, it wouldn’t have been called the abyss.
It’s something she doesn’t have to worry about. Maybe the guy will take care of it. He seemed good at this kind of thing.
“Apart from that, why don’t I leave you alone?”
Sreung.
A clear sound is heard Shai pulled out the cherry blossoms and stirred them in the air. Even the swordsmanship (劍鳴) was revealed to the world with the sharpness of anticipation.
Shay muttered fiercely.
“The scarecrow came to me on my feet.”
“Scarecrow?!”
In response, the man hastily manipulated the military commander. The helmet that has been tilted back springs up. A hard helmet was placed over his face and the visor was lowered. Steel scales appear on weak points such as the neck and armpits.
steel is intertwined tickle, tickle. A regular, mechanical noise surrounds him. Gaiters on his legs, gauntlets on his arms, a muzzle in his left hand loaded with six armor-piercing rounds, and a right hand with a huge bayonet that rips through blades.
A fully armed young man roared at Shay.
“A scarecrow? no! This is the general! Do you think you, who are only naked, can defeat me?”
If you have a biometric terminal, have the magical power to support your alchemy, and have the power to move with it.
A systemic alchemy device that allows ordinary people to wield knight-level force. commander.
The young man wearing that power shouted as he walked menacingly.
“You will regret that I spoke carelessly!”
“Huh. bare body. I’m naked… .”
In fact, Shay was not at all surprised by the military commander in front of him. Instead, it was estimated Your strength with your opponent, and what you lack in yourself.
“great. It was just that I needed a tight practice. I will deal with you naked.”
Shortly thereafter, Shay stopped operating the Qigong.
He also acquired the magical power that was put on the blade.
Now standing here is a fragile girl holding a treasured sword overflowing with fury.
Only one individual’s skill and experience must go beyond the weapons built up by the blood and history of the military.
can i do it
It doesn’t matter. Shay laughed.
“You’re going to try.”
If I were to die, I would only die.
The girl took an invisible sword and approached the commander who started maneuvering. At the sound of metal clashing, Cheon-ae cried long and thin.