Death is often described as having no feet. This is because no matter where they hide, no matter how far they run, they follow closely, and even those who are always wary of death have not noticed it.
But Lieutenant Colonel Callis’ death was certainly walking on two legs.
A boy handsome enough to be mistaken for a woman approached with clear intent and the ability to do so. Every step she took, each step she took, she drew closer to death.
The survival instinct has issued a warning.
“Uh, what are you doing? As the instructor of this Tantalus, I am a trainee who does not obey orders… .”
Knowing that it wouldn’t work, the officer stammered towards the approaching regressor, making excuses.
Of course it didn’t work.
“Actually, it doesn’t matter if you let go. I will die anyway.”
If you don’t let go of hearing those words, you’ll only be entangled in her.
The officer dropped the chain and backed away. The chains fell to the floor, and Aji opened her eyes slightly. There was still a chain wrapped around his neck, but Aji didn’t pay much attention to it. It doesn’t hurt to the extent that the chain is pulled anyway.
I just watched the humans fighting with each other a little sadly.
Aji, foreseeing the smell of blood, turned to the darkness.
On the other hand, the immortal, who was not afraid of death, faced the approaching death confidently.
“Howdy. Isn’t he a boy who likes men, unfortunately! Unfortunately, the lieutenant colonel is a woman! You must have misunderstood because your attitude was so stiff!”
It was a pointless joke, but it didn’t work for the current returnee. As long as the switch was turned on, there was nothing but murderous intent that was forged like a blade in the mind of the regressor.
That murderous intent is not satisfied with the death of this life alone.
Being deprived of existence from all possibilities in the future… . The will to destroy from a more fundamental, transcendent point of view.
“… Do you really have to, boy?”
Even the undead, who did not suffer death, could not smile in front of the momentum beyond the murderous intent. The immortal looked at the returner with his body taut so that he could run away at any time.
After all, the distance between the two is 20 steps. The returner spoke as if annoyed to him who was standing in the way.
“You are better off with your limbs apart. At least it didn’t bother me back then.”
“Boys and boys are better off when they panicked and panicked. He was quite human back then, but now the boy is… It’s like Sura.”
The undead let out a smirk. It wasn’t from leisure, but because he realized the difference between him and the other person.
Even if it gets this close, it doesn’t slow down.
While possessing the ability to blow the blades of the wind, while still being able to unleash menacing attacks from this distance. The returner did not slow down. As if the immortals wouldn’t even bother.
One step, one step. Neither slow nor fast is getting closer. It’s like the time of an appointment that approaches every minute, constantly.
If, in this state, you come across an officer who is entangled in life… .
The undead murmured.
“Kalis. Run away.”
This is the bottomless pit. The most dead-end place with nowhere to escape to in all directions.
Knowing this, the Undead couldn’t help but mutter like that.
“Anywhere, quickly!”
The officer, who had come to his senses, nodded his head and ran straight ahead, the sound of urgent footsteps echoing.
The returner looked at the officer’s back and murmured.
“Yeah, you’re right.”
The returner pulled his arm. It was just that, and the wind that filled the hallway was sucked into one place.
Withdrawing the faint laughter that remained, the immortal shouted in a more urgent voice.
“Escape quickly-!”
immediately after that. The regressor aimed at the middle of his back and stabbed the angel.
Thousand Swords, Four Days (射日).
A streak of wind blows Contrary to the foreboding, the results were insignificant. Hook, a small, light sound, as if someone was blowing a breath, flowed down the hallway.
But to downplay that, its power was too strong.
“Ha!”
The immortal immediately moved and blocked the tip of the returner’s sword. As expected, an invisible sword pierced through his body. Crossed arms, muscles, bones, through the lungs full of wind, to the skin of the back at once.
The undead put on a puzzled expression. The penetrating power far exceeded his expectations. An overwhelming power that cannot be stopped by just crossing arms and throwing the body.
“Look down!”
Screaming like that, the immortal twisted his body.
A sword wind pierced through him and brushed past the officer’s hat. Jeongmo, a symbol of military authority, flew round and round in the air. The officer, who staggered in shock, managed to regain his balance and hurriedly climbed the stairs and ran away.
The returner clicked his tongue.
“Sheesh. Are you twisting your body in the meantime?”
“hahaha. It was close to a cemetery. Still, something succeeded!”
While the sword wind pierced through the undead, the undead gave full strength to his body and twisted his body. It was just passing through the body, so it was as if he had grabbed it with his whole body. Because of that, the trajectory of the sword, which is said to shoot the sun and fall, was out of alignment, and it passed over the officer’s shoulder instead of his neck.
Although he failed to kill, the returner did not feel much regret.
“Yeah, just a moment. This is the abyss, no one can escape from here. The lieutenant colonel will die.”
“hahaha. Take your time, boy. She was just a little crowded.”
“It’s because we’re crowded, so our nature came out.”
“Nature is not one, boy. For everyone, the good and the bad parts exist at the same time like front and back. In this place cursed by the Earthmother, in a dark and gloomy land, only her bad side has been revealed!”
“okay. I understand.”
The returner nodded slightly and added.
“So I will kill the bad part. The good part is up to you… . If you’re still alive.”
No one seemed to be able to convince the returnee. It didn’t even seem like it could be stopped. Also, the regressor’s anger had a valid reason, and even the regressor himself had no intention of quitting.
The immortals spoke with a feeling of vague emotion.
“Are you sure you want to see the blood, boy?”
Seeing the returnee’s face gradually getting colder, the immortal added words quickly.
“Oh, don’t get me wrong! Of course you are talking about my blood!”
“It is you. Do you have any reason to protect the lieutenant colonel even by seeing your own blood?”
“Of course. Isn’t she my friend!”
An immortal who proudly declares without any hesitation. The returner shook his head as if annoyed and said.
“I didn’t do it because it seemed like I was being sarcastic, but I’ll tell you because it seems like it’s going to get annoying if I go on like this. It wasn’t the lieutenant colonel who brought you back to life. me He regenerated his cursed right arm by putting it in a healing potion made from a world tree leaf. It’s a perfect coincidence that the lieutenant colonel seems to have saved you… .”
“hahaha! know! My right arm told me! Thank you so much for that, boy!”
“… Then why?”
The undead said coolly.
“Anyway. She came with the intention of helping me, and she had the power to do so! If my right arm didn’t come on time, the lieutenant colonel would have helped me! Well then, aren’t you friends?”
“ha. okay. okay.”
Taking a deep breath, the regressor continued his stopped foot while holding a cherry blossom. The immortal exclaimed curiously as he stretched his right foot backwards.
“Of course, I think boys are also benefactors! I have no intention of being hostile! ah! It looks like it will lose, so I don’t plan on putting it on in advance!”
“Sheesh, I can’t even kill him because he’s immortal… . Better blow it away and go. after.”
“I may not be able to stop it, but I won’t let you go easily!”
Seeing the regressor raise his hand, the immortal screamed and ran towards the regressor.
It wasn’t to attack, but to reduce the time the blade had to go through his body. The further you step back, the longer you will be ravaged. This was similar to the appearance of light infantry running at the rushing heavy armored cavalry.
Anyway, the Undead became like them. As a violent wind blew past, the immortal’s strong body disintegrated in an instant.
in a physical sense.
*****
‘Escape, you must escape.’
The founder is indifferent to humans, the dangerous person is doing well with the laborers without any problems, the immortals have torn limbs, and the target, the king of dogs, is friendly to humans.
Therefore, Lieutenant Colonel Callis decided that this task would be easier than expected. Shouldn’t we just go into the abyss full of people who don’t care about people and secure only the king of dogs? Unless something dramatic happens, Kalis will be safe too.
The fact that the laborer has been shamelessly alive until now is proof of that, he said. I made the most terrible mistake.
‘It wasn’t. The moment they touched the dog king, they all reacted.’
The laborer interrupted the moment Khalis approached the dog king.
The ancestors did everything in their power to protect him, and for him he was willing to risk hostility to the country.
When they secretly approached the dog king and put a ‘chain’ around his neck, the dangerous person turned his eyes and ran to kill him.
‘Everyone here is an enemy.’
If so, it is a great treasure for the lord of all things. It was a strategy designed with the sense of trying to pick up lost items, but in fact, it was similar to walking into hell and stealing the treasures of the king of the underworld.
‘Am I right? Or, to find out who we are and try to obstruct it? Anyway, you should let me know. that the operation should be cancelled. and… .’
Things aren’t going well, so I’m going to escape to survive.
Giving up on the way is unacceptable, but they probably wouldn’t expect Kalis to do it in this hell’s chasm. It would be better to plan for the future than to throw away your life.
Callis arrived on the 4th floor. I was out of breath. Although it was not out of breath to the extent that a soldier in the military had just jumped up the stairs, the body that had experienced death indirectly a while ago was desperately seeking proof of life through intense breathing.
Red hair stuck to his face. It was then that Kalis realized that the hat that had always been holding his head down had disappeared. I was worried for nothing, but I should be happy that my neck is still attached.
Callis opened the hidden part of the belt and took out the package.
‘For contact.’
The military synchro-type magic golem is an invention of the century, but it cannot resonate unless you have a special unique magic. Ordinary people have to use telecommunication facilities or return to more primitive ways to deliver the news.
Like the four-jeweled brooch that Kallis is holding now.
‘If you break one, be safe, if you break two, be careful. All three are dangerous… . And if you break all four, it means that everyone who exists is a perfect aptitude being.’
The twin gems created through special alchemy are made so that if one is broken, the other will also break.
There is a disadvantage that it is useless if a signal is not set in advance for a one-time use, but the warrant of all things, a secret society, made full use of its characteristics.
‘It should be seen that even the ancestors were hostile to us. There are four jewels to break.’
Callis pulled the pin hanging from the brooch. At the end of the pin, which should have been pointed originally, a strangely heavy iron bead was attached to it. When I pulled it all the way out and released it, the iron ball bounced off and hit the red gem.
The sound of cracking jewels echoed through the hallway.
‘Before escaping, I told you to break the jewel. That way we can prepare an escape route from above.’
one two three four. The sound of breaking jewels rang out one after another.
After destroying all the jewels, Callis took out the last package for escape. The escape package was more tightly sealed than the other packages. While nervously sliding her hands one after another, Callis scratched the knot with her nails one after another.
That was then.
“Loyalty. Colonel Callis. This is Signal Officer Captain Ab.
A small golem walked out of the restaurant. It was a synchro-type magic golem of a signalman.
Callis was startled by the unfamiliar voice, but when she recognized her identity, her complexion brightened.
“Captain!”
In order to hide his role as the ‘warrior of all things’, he had to stay away from signalmen. I was given such instructions.
However, from the standpoint of escaping, even a signal soldier is a valuable ally. He is the only ally who can relay the outside situation.
“It came just fine. The main building is trying to escape from inside Tantalus. The trainees here are still too violent to be resocialized. So, Captain, help me… .”
However, the words that the Golem had conveyed stopped Callis from speaking.
“… The military authorities have approved the temporary suspension of authority for Lieutenant Colonel Callis.”
“What?”
He was so startled that his hand unpacking the escape package, which was nothing more than a lifeline, stopped for a moment. On the other hand, the signalman’s words were dry, with no highs and lows.
『It is said that you entered Tantalus by mistake, but that too is a mistake. The military authorities have decided to take disciplinary action for that mistake.”
the word punishment. Callis gave a different shock even in the midst of dying.
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Military scrutiny is strict. To reach level 4, there must be no reason for disqualification. Being free from mistakes is more important than building merit.
But punishment. Callis protested.
“What, what do you mean? Didn’t you say there was a problem with the order! The order I received said to supervise the supply process!”
『However, the abyss is a level 5 security facility. Even if I followed the orders, I have no choice but to question the fact that they entered Tantalus without any confirmation.”
“I will explain. That part can be explained.”
Callis spoke urgently, but the answer from the golem was only hard enough to be heartless.
“The main building only conveys the content, it does not affect the decision-making process in any way. It is recommended that you give an explanation to the investigation team that will arrive at a later date. then.”
As if nothing more to say, the golem saluted briefly and returned to the dining room. Calis’ body relaxed.
How and why did you risk your life to come here? The dream that led Callis to this place was about to disappear as a dream.
‘no. All you have to do is escape.’
The warrant of all things is spread throughout the military. They have taken root in everything from the military to the administration, and they will solve this problem once they return. You just need to escape.
Callis clenched his teeth and untied the tight knot.
The knot that had been rotting in the head was also untied. Callis hurried through the package and saw what was inside.
It was a packet with a geometric figure on the square and hard body.
‘Equipment Packet!’
Alchemy weapons and equipment packets that create equipment with a simple structure, such as a dagger or shield.
This packet will be the way out. Callis immediately opened the biometric terminal and plugged in the packet. Packets that flowed through Aki’s avatar that wrapped around her body began to form around her shoulder.
‘How are you going to use this? Any other messages?’
It was time for Callis to peer inside the package for other clues.
The blade that sprouted upside down ran through her neck.
Soooo…. What was their plan to get the dog king out??
Noooo, I what about my ship Rash/Kalis! You can’t do this to me! Do you know how much I sacrificed?!
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