Omniscient First-Person’s Viewpoint chapter 4

“Everyone, take it easy! Tantalus is safe. I am your ally!”

I exclaimed with ferocious conviction. Those lines that make the listener feel safe and engaged in their livelihood.

But the regressor snorted even after hearing my speech.

‘Are you our ally? No wonder Does the military have an ally?’

oh, i don’t believe it

Where can I show a little more friendly attitude? They say that there is no woman who doesn’t like cute animals, right?

If so. I looked at the dog king and smiled.

He knocked on the broken golem with his foot. The crystal ball that had been embedded in the eye part fell out and it rolled over the floor. After scooping the crystal ball with his foot, he threw it into the air a few times and caught it repeatedly.

“bruise! bruise!”

Then the king of dogs approached, waving his tail furiously.

Although the king of dogs has a human form, his essence is a dog. How to indulge in a ball game that stimulates hunting instincts.

The King of Dogs kept his gaze fixed on the crystal ball, bouncing up and down every time I threw it.

You can feel the excitement from the prickly ears and the sparkling eyes. Sensing that I had attracted enough attention, I threw the crystal ball with all my might.

“Ask me!”

“bruise!”

The crystal ball flew away in a parabola. At that moment, the dog king kicked the ground and followed him. The king of dogs disappears in an instant.

There’s nothing like playing with a ball to play with a dog. I spoke with a gentle smile.

“It’s a cute dog. Are you raising them here?”

This would be enough to soften the boundaries. I read her thoughts while looking into the regressor’s gaze with a squint.

Come on, let’s see

‘Doggy, you say? The dog king… Are you just treating me like a dog?’

weird. I was obviously trying to relieve my vigilance, but on the contrary, my vigilance towards me increased even more. Why? Ordinary people would be relieved if they showed a kind side to animals.

yet again.

“Dogs are very good creatures. Loyal to humans, helpful, and above all cute, right? Few animals are so helpful when they don’t provide quality meat.”

‘… Plus, they treat the dog beasts completely like humans. Even talking about livestock and meat? Are you a racist?’

what. One more misunderstanding is unexpected.

Rather, I didn’t treat the dog beast as a dog. The king of dogs, that looks like a beast, but is actually a dog in the form of a human. What’s wrong with treating a dog as a dog?

You’re not going to send an envoy to the queen ant either. You can’t be modest with people who say you’re the king of dogs.

“I mean. I am here to establish friendly relations with you. I… .”

The first step to interacting with the other party, the formation of empathy.

It would be safe to say that I was captured with you. I don’t think there will be any restrictions on that side either.

It was time for me to say that.

‘One year later, this Tantalus will collapse. The abyss sinks, and countless lives die. Only a handful of those who survived there.’

uh.

Wait a minute.

Tantalus? Is this place falling apart?

‘Aji, the king of dogs, the progenitor Tirkanzaka. They survive the fall of Tantalus, but… . Whatever happened, you fall in the abyss.’

And the progenitor of the vampires who once tilted the world.

The king of dogs who represents the consensus of all dogs… . Corruption? do you fall?

‘The fallen seeds of the apocalypse haveten the end that will come in 10 years. They slaughter people indiscriminately and plunge the world into chaos. and.’

at least 10 years. Inevitably, when the promised day comes.

The true meaning of ‘the end’ is coming.

The world perishes.

Reading up to there, I was stunned.

When captured by the military, when taken to Tantalus. I felt hopeless, but I had the confidence to get through it somehow. After using mind-reading to please the instructors and prisoners, to build a reputation and to uncover more and more secret secrets, he thought he would get out by threatening or negotiating.

But what I just read, the whole plan is shattered.

The fixed future is itself a tragedy and despair. It is not for nothing that many prophets have committed suicide or gone crazy.

together. If that inevitably heralds the coming end.

… how do i

‘And, in any future that I know of, this man will not appear.’

It’s invisible, of course. I’m a thug There’s no way I can get involved in the fight to save the world. I’m thinking like a star… .

‘ he grumbled inwardly, but his face hardened at the thought that followed.

‘Even in the previous episode, when Tantalus collapsed and came right back, this man wasn’t there. It was just full of dead bodies down there.’

The returner looked at me and thought.

‘A man who came to Tantalus late at this time, this man may be the seed of corruption. Or maybe it’s an unfortunate victim… . One thing is certain, there will be no such man in the future I know.’

So, to summarize.

This world will be destroyed in 10 years.

Are you saying that I will die in the abyss before that destruction comes?

“ha ha ha.”

I was so frustrated that all the laughter came out.

life spoiled

Even the end of it is a tragedy, and since the space called Tantalus is a space, there must be a terrible death waiting to come out of it.

Reading the thoughts of the regressor who had seen the future, I also read the future.

Like many other prophets.

But.

I am different from them.

This episode also has a regressor, and I read her thoughts. A regressor is a person who travels through time, changes the past and seeks a future that cannot exist. Now that I have read her thoughts, the future of my death can also change. Observed predictions may vary.

Don’t be nervous. relax yourself Use your smile as a mask and come out boldly.

Same as before. When was I strong enough to survive? He made the strong his ally, and if he ever became an enemy, he avoided him. What was needed to survive was knowledge, not strength.

The same is true of the great enemy of fate. You don’t have to fight back. I just have to let fate not kill me.

Fortunately, the pieces were equipped.

Progenitor of vampires.

king of dogs.

and return.

buy their favor. build friendly relationships Make friends and make connections so they don’t kill me. No, on the contrary, let’s make him protect me.

I will survive. by any means.

great. decided

Perhaps in the previous episode, I would have told the truth in front of them. I am a laborer, I am captured by the military like you, and we are never enemies. He would have persuaded him to do so and lived quietly as far as possible to avoid any ties with these dangerous races. Because that’s the best way to survive.

But now that you have read the future, sticking to your original plan like an idiot is foolish. Only by avoiding the choices you inevitably make can you grab hold of a different future.

Let’s cheat against fate. I become the person I was before and the person I was in the previous episode.

I raised my head stiffly and shouted loudly.

“I’m a military instructor who came to guide you trainees!”

“Instructor?”

The returner asked with sharp eyes.

Impersonating a soldier in the military is a felony. But what about it? It’s better to be arrested as an impersonator than to die a year later.

I was determined to actively intervene. It is better to have at least one title if you want to push your face in all directions. I shouted shamelessly.

“Yes, trainees! You were going to be trained in socialization in Tantalus, completely isolated from the world due to your very dangerous abilities, wild personality, and lack of social skills! However, something bad has happened to Tantalus!”

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Memorizing what the golem had said, I continued.

“Facing with this great escape, the military authorities determined that resocialization education for the vicious trainees was urgently needed, so they dispatched me directly! I live here and will supervise and supervise you!”

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One very small change. But this alone will change the future greatly. In the future, the situation I will be in and my position will change drastically… .

But wait a minute.

variable… if you say I narrowed my brow and looked at the returnee.

The Returner was not in Tantalus in the last episode… Isn’t that a variable? Variables have already appeared, did I need to step in?

Did you do something wrong, when vague regrets come?

“Instructor… . okay. I mean, yes.”

A cold murderous intent pierced me.

uh? In the meantime, she was already taking out the cherries. A sharp hostility towards the military was revealed to the extent that it could be called a seizure. The enmity had a clear form and was aimed at me.

I made a mistake.

return. He knew that he had the fraudulent power to return to the past when he died, so he was vigilant. He overestimated his opponent based on his powers. I mistook this gaze, watching me calmly, for immobility.

It was just the gaze of a returner.

To be strong during thirteen regressions, that is, to die thirteen times.

In other words, that woman was a walking lump of PTSD!

Even seven of them were directly or indirectly killed by the military, with a grudge worth seven lives!

‘kill.’

The will to kill suddenly swells. It was a violent emotional change that was suspected of having schizophrenia. Well, if you’ve died thirteen times, it wouldn’t be strange if you had a mental illness or two, but that doesn’t mean you’re going to swing your sword straight away.

Even my right arm was hung on the trajectory.

‘Let’s start by cutting off an arm. and interrogation. What is the purpose of the prison where all the prisoners have escaped, and what ‘what’ have you been aiming for?’

Did I ever touch the self-destruct switch? Or is this the force of fate?

Whatever it is, the reality I face right now is.

The weightless sword was swung aiming at my right shoulder.

Cheonen is a sword that has neither weight nor thickness. Compared to the speed of Cheon Aeng, my body is terribly slow. Just by breaking the wrist of the regressor, the transparent blade increases.

The future was seen. Cheon Aeng glances over my shoulder, and my right arm droops and the future falls. If I were a normal person, I would have cut off my arm without being able to cope.

But I read thoughts.

Shortly before the regressor swung his sword, I sensed the murderous intent and quickly shook my head.

stop? I can’t. The opponent is a regressor who has honed his abilities during 13 regressions. If I take a defensive stance, I will be cut off.

Harm? It’s too fast for that. Even though he read his thoughts and moved first, Cheon Aeng’s speed was too fast. If you dodge it well, it will just change from having your shoulder cut off to having your upper arm cut off.

What’s left?

none.

uh? am i dead Wasn’t he supposed to die in a minute, not a year later?

It can’t be.

I must survive. You must continue this miserable life no matter what you do.

How have you survived so far? How wretched and miserable I survived in that back alley!

I didn’t survive to lose my life in this abyss!

“Oh!”

I voluntarily waved my hands and feet. it was a kick Just to increase the chances of survival even by 0.1%, with nothing in the way.

However, only those who save themselves can be saved.

‘What?!’

Ting, a clear sound was heard. Ripples spread across the transparent blade. A slightly twisted trajectory passed over my shoulder.

Sparks flash along the sword’s trajectory. Cheoneng is a sword that cuts even air, and the air caught in the blade is shattered and a lightning bolt is engraved as if it were pruned up and down. A thunderstorm comes one beat late, tormenting my eardrums.

The hair all over the body stood up. I don’t even know if it’s because of static electricity or fear.

‘Did you bounce off the cherry blossoms?!’

uh? did you live

arm, okay. physical condition, good. Pain, none.

lived Cheonen went wrong.

No, wait.

The hand that I swung, got hit and bounced off?

what. How did this happen?

‘I didn’t stop this… Did you flip it with your finger? Nonsense. It doesn’t look that strong… ! Maybe he was hiding his power?’

I read the regressor’s thoughts, and roughly figured out what was going on.

I read thoughts. So whoever the opponent is, you can read the intention of attacking and how to attack in advance. These are one of the few advantages of my useless mind-reading.

As soon as I read the intention to cut off my right arm, I sensed death and waved my hand in a convulsive way. Naturally, the right hand included in the trajectory was the same.

The problem was, the regressor’s sword was as fast as I thought it would be.

As the viewpoints interlocked, the regressor’s blade clashed with my twitching fingers.

Originally, it had no jaw, but the sword of a regressor is a weightless sword, Cheonen. He avoided cutting his arm by a single sheet of paper because the blade was bent just by touching my finger!

succeed in this hey I have accomplished a few achievements in my life.

No, not this.

The astonished regressor flipped back and straightened his sword. If it had been her attitude towards work before. Now to face a strong enemy… kind of vigilant.

crazy year. why are you vigilant Wouldn’t it be right for me to be on the lookout for being attacked out of nowhere?

“… I made a mistake.”

then. I made a big mistake. I almost died

The regressor glared at me with full strength in his body like a cat in a corner.

“An instructor to be sent to Tantalus would have at least enough force… . I apologize for belittle you.”

“no. Apologizing is the wrong way, isn’t it?”

He was careless and let me raise him as he pleases. Thank you, but now is not the time to be like this. If the regressor is marked as an ‘enemy’, not only the future but also me in the next round is in danger.

really. It’s unfair and outrageous to have been suddenly attacked. A relationship locked in Tantalus, whether alive or dead. They are in a position to stay face to face for several months.

No matter how bad your opponent is, let’s talk in a friendly way at least for now.

So.

“I’m not apologizing for being underestimated, I should be apologizing for attacking people out of the blue! You have no manners!”

The returnee’s eyebrows narrowed at the sudden admonition. I pretended to be frustrated and ran my hand over my head and looked around.

“I understand your anxious attitude. Because such a terrible thing happened here a few days ago… . Raising riots, killing people, looting equipment, and even breaking out of jail. It is no wonder that you have lost trust in the military that is supposed to protect you. Even if you doubt the military, it will be my job to accept the rust of the military.”

‘No, the military didn’t believe it in the first place. Why do you believe in a country like this?’

“However!”

I don’t believe it either! Just do it!

I interrupted the regressor’s thoughts and shouted.

“Still, such an aggressive attitude is not right! If you, who have committed a crime and are imprisoned here, adopt such an attitude lacking in social skills, what will happen to me who came to help you!”

“To help… did you come?”

“That’s right!”

At the same time, the king of dogs who had been biting the crystal ball set it down at my feet. He was tapping my calf with his nose, as if telling him to stop talking and throw a ball.

write it Annoying while speaking.

I completely threw the crystal ball into the prison.

“Ask me!”

“bruise!”

As the excited King of Dogs followed the ball flying in the distance, I saw the Returner again and said:

“Even in the midst of such a riot, you stood by without escaping from the training camp under control. How light appears in the dark. In the midst of fear and chaos, you, who have steadfastly obeyed the laws, are watching with great interest from the upper echelons of the military.”

‘no. The dog king has no intention of escaping until the ‘promise’ is fulfilled, and the progenitor of vampires is asleep. And I have work to do here.’

Whatever you say, you keep saying something else! Why are people so negative? I mean, just accept it!

bad attitude That type of person is the type to formulate logic to refute the other person when given a moment to think. I drove the returner without even giving him a chance to think.

“That’s why I was dispatched myself! To support you, the upper military ranks have sent me directly!”

It’s not a lie. Because I was sent here to do labor. It is also true that the upper echelons of the military were dispatched. They just needed a handyman who didn’t mind dying.

But, as if the words are different and different, if the emphasis is on ‘me’ rather than ‘support’.

“So, I wish you all the best in the future! Trust me and follow me, trainees!”

I can make the other person mistake me as if I have become a great person.

If everyone believes so.

‘He’s a guy that can’t be controlled.’

I am actually a great person.

“bruise!”

Just then, the king of dogs came again with a crystal ball. No matter how far you throw it, it finds it like a ghost and brings it back. I just jumped at the ball. The instep of the foot that hit the hard crystal ball was cold, but the crystal ball flew farther than ever so that the pain was not overshadowed. The dog king panted and followed the ball again.

‘That relaxed feeling while dealing with the king of dogs… . A relaxed yet relaxed movement that cuts down the thousand cherry trees… . He’s a man whose bottom is unknown. I have no idea how strong it is. For me now… .’

I have no idea how strong it is. By force, I am a roadside bug. It’s a life of garbage that you can’t even imagine at all when you’re out of the norm like a swordsman or a saint. The Absolute does not know the mind of filth.

I know your heart

Anyway, it’s a success. I clenched my fist.

Humans are also beasts. When you meet someone you don’t know well, you feel threatened and wary. Ignorance is danger, and distance from danger is the basic principle of survival.

So the other side won’t touch me recklessly.

However, we cannot continue to be vigilant about each other in this narrow abyss. At the very least, a neutral attitude should be maintained. With a good-natured smile, I stretched out my hand toward the returnee.

The returnee was startled and pointed his arm at my arm with a chinen. If I had given the force as it was, my arm would have been cut like a tofu.

But if you get scared and pull it out, you’re showing the other person a place to bite. Pretending to be calm, he offered to shake hands with the returnee without trembling a single fingertip.

“Then, shall we shake hands to wish you well in the future?”

The returner looked at the outstretched hand and my face alternately, then quickly pulled out the cherry blossom and turned around.

“… huh. know what to do.”

“what. Wasn’t it me who just got attacked? The one wielding the sword is acting like the victim.”

Thanks to reading the thoughts of the regressor, I even glimpsed a future that was not allowed for me. only one floor. Being able to penetrate only one person in front of me, I was aware of the future like a prophet who could see through the flow of the world.

You may have been hit when you didn’t know. But now it’s different.

Did you say that the future is shy and disappears the moment it is peeked? It is my wish that it disappears forever and ever. An angsty future set up to kill me is a specification.

“Then let me introduce myself. You can call me Instructor with respect and respect.”

I promised myself, pounding my chest.

somehow survive

If the future announces my death, even by deceiving it.

The regressor, who had been glaring at me with a very wary eye, eventually gave a short answer, throwing the cherry blossom over his head.

“…Shay.”

At the same time, her heart’s resolve echoed in my ear.

‘Let’s see for a moment. If it doesn’t work out, you can give up this round and move on to the next round.’

Fortunately, the regressor seemed to have decided to wait and see. Different people have died several times. I think it’s intimidating, but I’m the one who waits to see what happens. Curiosity, or the complacency of the regressor to watch for even a small clue.

The returner raised his eyes towards me.

‘… I’m worried about living with such a frivolous man. Others will not be easily dealt with.’

What kind of eyes are you looking at people? Over there is a dog in human clothing and a corpse that has been dead for a thousand years. What the hell are you thinking about dogs and corpses? I am not a s*xist It means that he has a very normal taste that is suitable for an average human being.

‘I’m also perfectly dressed as a man, so I’ll be fine!’

ah… .

That’s right.

It wouldn’t be easy to live with a regressor who firmly believed that he was perfectly dressed as a man for several months.

I muttered to myself, and smiled vaguely at the returner.