“Cool… … .”
Looking at the man crying and bleeding, Choi Hyeon-woo had to work hard to get his mind to break at any moment.
“how… … .”
alternatively, how.
As he vomited a question that he will probably never know in the future, he cried and vomited blood once more.
And I thought it must have been like this.
All those who died to him died from bleeding, cold and suffocation like this.
He had no idea that the fact that he could no longer breathe could be so terrifying.
Master, Sooyoung, Jihyuk… … .
How the heck did he worry about me instead of saying he wanted to live in this fear?
He was just curious about that fact, even in his fading consciousness.
“T, Rebing… … .”
Taking a deep breath, he tried to scrape the remaining air out of his lungs and spit it out in comprehensible words.
“Take it… … that, gal… … .”
Choi Hyun-woo said as he looked at another self from the past who was holding his breath without saying a word.
“At least once, it will be a great help… … And let the smashing go… … you are like me… … .”
“… … .”
Hearing those words, Choi Hyeon-woo looked at Tyrbing, who had lost his strength and was stuck on the ground.
The sword, which had been strangely stained with blood, had long since faded into nothingness.
Choi Hyun-woo, who looked at it with a firm expression, suddenly raked up all the remaining mana and pulled out the sword.
And then, in one breath, he swung the demon sword in two.
“I do not need.”
“… … .”
Choi Hyun-woo said, looking straight at him lying on the floor.
“Because I have this.”
It’s the sword my friend trusted me with, and the sword my family blessed me with.
Choi Hyun-woo took a deep breath and exhaled.
Yoo Ji-hyuk gave this sword for himself without showing any regrets.
Han Soo-young slept through the night for several days and breathed magic into the sword.
Both were people Choi Hyun-woo wanted to protect.
“I don’t need anything more.”
“… is it.”
He muttered blankly as if he knew now.
Then he took a long breath, staring blankly at the sky as if envy.
“I, like you… … .”
That was the last time.
Then he turned to dust and disappeared in the wind.
“Huh. big black… … .”
As soon as he saw it, Choi Hyeon-woo collapsed from his knees.
I still couldn’t fall here.
That tenacity alone somehow kept him sane.
Then, someone approached Choi Hyun-woo, who was exhausted, and held out something in front of him.
It was a potion.
“drink.”
“you are… ?”
“Choi Hyun-woo, right? Yoo Ji-hyuk sent me.”
“… … .”
It was the first woman I had ever seen.
For a moment, Choi Hyun-woo hesitated, but after realizing that if he had been in his current state anyway, he would have been easily subdued without having to do anything special, so he decided to put aside his doubts.
“Whew… … .”
After swallowing the whole potion, I could feel the pain ease to some extent.
The woman, who was staring at him as he regained his posture, introduced herself as she lowered her hand that had been placed on the handle of the pistol.
“I am Lydia. With Yoo Ji-hyuk… … A person with a temporary alliance. And as he asked, I was looking for you, Han Soo-young, and Jin Ye-seul.”
“That means… … .”
“You are the first. I also met Yoo Ji-hyuk, but until I met, I couldn’t defeat the opponents.”
Lydia continued to speak in a concise and simple manner.
“He said that in order to get from one place to another, you must defeat another self. And at his request, I was going around to support you in the first place.”
“Others, the kids… ?”
At the words of Hyun-woo Choi, who asked the question blankly, Lydia nodded her head.
“okay. So I think it would be better to move as quickly as possible. … I don’t have a lot of potions, so I can’t give them any more.”
“no it’s okay. Because this is enough.”
Choi Hyun-woo was able to stand up with his trembling legs somehow with the sound of a nod.
And he started walking after her.
It was because, as Yoo Ji-hyuk and her said, meeting the now scattered colleagues was more important than anything else.
After a while they found another person.
Choi Hyun-woo could immediately recognize that that person was Jin Ye-seul.
And she was rolling wildly on the floor, tangled with someone else, like a lover.
“Ugh, this… !”
“Aha! Finally got it!”
Choi Hyun-woo, who was about to rush in, got on top and was able to relax when he realized that it was Jin Ye-seul that he knew was the one who overpowered the opponent.
Even if I suppressed it, I can’t do anything in that state.
Thinking like that, it was when Choi Hyun-woo put his hand on the scabbard.
“What is this?”
Jin Ye-seul shook her body while holding her tight.
And with that movement, the necklace that had been hanging around her neck was thrown out of her mouth with precision.
The moment she grinned, biting it with her teeth as if snatching it, the necklace changed into a dagger with a click sound.
Another Jin Ye-seul’s face, who looked at the scene clearly, was colored with contemplation.
“Hey, you crazy bastard… ! Get off me, you motherfucker!”
“Ding! The answer was not a fucking b*tch, but a gift from Jihyuk!”
And here’s another problem.
What am I going to do with this?
She spoke skillfully while holding her dagger.
Then he bit it firmly and put it down in an instant.
With a dreadful sound, a dagger stuck to her neck, and she trembled and trembled.
However, Jin Ye-seul did not stop there.
Like a wild beast, Jin Ye-seul, who shook her head violently and messed up her wounds, came away from her as if she was satisfied with it.
“ah… … uh… …ね.”
Jin Ye-seul smiled with a genuinely satisfied smile as she looked down at herself with a dagger in the middle of the nape of her neck dyed with hot blood.
“Yeah, it’s me too! The necklace Jihyuk gave me really suits her.”
I do fit better though.
Jin Ye-seul said so and slowly raised her feet.
Then, he carefully placed his toe on the handle of the dagger and gave it slowly as it was.
A booming sound resounds slowly.
As a result, the dagger penetrated deeper and deeper into her body.
She trembled and trembled, and then even the slightest movement disappeared.
Jin Ye-seul didn’t seem too surprised to see that it turned into dust and disappeared after a while.
She calmly retrieved the dagger, put it back into the necklace, and carefully hung it around her neck.
Lydia, who had been looking at it from the beginning, muttered in a low voice.
“As the guy said. That girl is a little… … scared.”
Hearing that, Hyunwoo Choi nodded without realizing it.
“what? Hyun-woo Choi? And next to… … .”
As Jin Ye-seul approached, Lydia flinched without realizing it and took a step back.
Hyun-woo Choi stepped forward instead and started explaining to her what had happened.
“in fact… … .”
Immediately, the party grew from two to three.
Lydia, who took the lead naturally, said while hastening her steps a little.
“Now there is only one left.”
“Swimming will be fine.”
Choi Hyun-woo said that and took a breath.
“Because you are stronger and smarter than me. So I’m sure it’ll be fine.”
“… … .”
Upon hearing this, Jin Ye-seul stopped trying to say, ‘Then the clone will be stronger, so it’s dangerous, isn’t it?’
No matter how she was, she didn’t like to scratch someone’s insides without meaning, and most of all, she knew how to read the minimal atmosphere.
To see Han Soo-young die in this way, honestly, I didn’t like her either.
“It’s here.”
Even if Lydia didn’t have to say it, I could tell.
It was because he could feel the enormous magic that he could feel even if he did not want to detect it.
The three people who were about to approach the center of magic immediately stopped walking.
This was because numerous skeletons and ghouls were crawling out of the ground.
Choi Hyeon-woo, who saw it filled his field of vision in the blink of an eye, just sighed, and Jin Ye-seul murmured as if it were absurd.
“… This is what the future Han Soo-young did, right?”
What kind of life did he live… ?
Jin Ye-seul muttered as if it was rare, as if she was sorry.
It was because he had predicted roughly what was going to happen.
“I’m sorry, can you give me one more?”
At Choi Hyun-woo’s words, Lydia handed the potion without saying anything.
Choi Hyun-woo, who swallowed it at once, drew his sword.
He knew better that his sword, which had absorbed the blood of the sword, had become sharper than before.
“… Let’s break through in a straight line at once. I will lead the way.”
With those words, Choi Hyun-woo flew without hesitation towards the army of the undead as it was.
* * *
It’s an outsider situation.
I thought so while holding Han Soo-young in my arms.
It’s been a long time since I’ve consumed most of my magical power to deal with the three or more of myself.
It was a price that I did not think about because I thought I had to go as soon as possible.
Still, thanks to him, I was able to rescue Han Soo-young in time.
As I was thinking about it, I realized that the body of Han Soo-young, who was in her arms, was shaking.
The evidence I saw a few days ago.
It was exhaustion due to depletion of mana.
Her pale, weary face was mangled with beaten and shed tears.
I pretended I didn’t see her and gently reached out and grabbed her cold, hard fingertips.
Then, using the branches of the World Tree, he began to hand over the remaining magical energy to her.
It was the exhaustion of magic that even Jin Ye-seul could not bear.
It was no different than Han Soo-young.
“Hey, stop… … sun… … .”
Perhaps because of the chills, Han Soo-young stammered until the end, as she constantly bumped into her teeth.
As if to stop, she began to twist her body weakly in my arms as if defiantly.
“Don’t give it to me… … Saving a little… … Also, run away… … .”
“What are you talking about now?”
“Wow, it’s unreasonable… … Can win, this, can’t be… … .”
Han Soo-young said that and pushed me away, giving me strength.
It was an insignificant force.
“no… … You, you too, run away, please… … .”
“… … .”
I just stared at Han Soo-young, crying and telling her to run away, without saying a word.
She looked straight at her, who was staring at her with tears welling up, and said,
“it’s okay.”
everything will be alright.
Saying that, I took off my coat and covered her, who was still trembling.
And I looked at the opponent, ignoring her still telling me to run away.
Another future Han Soo-young.
At least 10 years had passed.
“Thank you for waiting.”
“… … .”
She didn’t say anything.
He was just looking at me with an indescribable expression.
She opened her mouth as if to say something, then closed her mouth again.
Instead, as she gestured, the two undead lying on the floor returned to their original state as if time had gone backwards and blocked her way.
It was me and Choi Hyun-woo’s undead.
No matter how different the future was, seeing him dead was not a good feeling.
“If you don’t know, I’ll tell you first. … Don’t you just want to quit here?”
I had to take as much time as possible.
Second of all, the support came because of the third ability that was awakened by killing me in the parallel world that had the branch of the world tree.
Branch of the World Tree (Bond / Parasitic / Legendary)
[Effect][Active]
― Part of the world tree can be extracted from the body. That’s pretty good at the moment.
― You can absorb the energy of the target that touches the branch of the World Tree. However, if the opponent’s overall stats are significantly higher, the energy may be taken away. A target with an absolute advantage can unconditionally absorb energy. You can impart energy to connected opponents.
― You can change some of the branches of the World Tree into seeds so that they can take root. The seed of the world tree that has taken root can absorb the energy of the place where it took root and deliver it to the body, and has a weak autonomy. You can control the growth rate by injecting mana. After a certain period of time, it dries up and dies and loses all strength.
— ???
By shooting arrows at her, he had already planted the seeds of the world tree here and there.
Maybe it was because of that, but I could feel the mana recovering little by little.
Even if you fight in a perfect state, you have to somehow increase your chances as the odds of winning are slim.
“no.”
Another Han Soo-young shook her head hard.
“Here, in Margo’s dungeon, we have to fight, right? Until there’s only one left… … And you… … You can’t let me die.”
“… Did you know that this is Margo’s dungeon?”
She smiled a little.
“You told me. Precisely, you in my world.”
And she quietly closed her eyes and murmured.
“Do you know how hard I worked to be by your side like that?”
Still, you didn’t tell me everything until the very end.
She added with a sad smile.
“… … .”
I couldn’t say anything to her.
It was a different future, a world at a point of symmetry with us, but there was nothing I could say to her who looked like that.
And it was the same with Han Soo-young behind me.
“… great.”
how much time has passed
Then, suddenly, she nodded her head.
“I will stop here.”
“What?”
“If you want, you can quit here.”
Another Han Soo-young said so.
It was when he looked at her in surprise at the tacit offer of his own life.
“Instead, there are conditions.”
“Conditions?”
“yes. Make one promise to me.”
She spoke quietly, but in a firm voice.
“I’m not going to touch the Chilak Bell in the future, I’m going to stop here. I swear here.”
At that, I stopped.
The wizard’s oath wasn’t just because it had power on its own.
Because I could tell from her words that I, who was in her world, really trusted and depended on her a lot.
And seeing me like that, she smiled as if she already knew.
“Can’t you?”
Saying so, she just smiled.
“Then I will force you to stop.”
With those words, she gently touched the two undead and whispered.
“Go, guys.”
She murmured quietly, but in a voice full of strange longing.
“It doesn’t matter what happens as long as your life is attached. I don’t mind cutting off limbs and crushing them. Even if I have to live like that for the rest of my life, I don’t care if I’m blind, deaf and dumb. You just need to be alive.”
She murmured and looked at me.
No, it wasn’t me.
She was looking at Han Soo-young behind me.
“Even if that happens, there are a lot of people who will take care of you. … Even if it’s not me, the me of this world. At the very least, Ye-seul Jin, maybe Ye-eun Lee will take care of that person.”
Having said that, she slowly turned her gaze and looked at this side.
Her eyes were full of regret and remorse.
“I’m not asking you to forgive me. just… … One such future is enough.”
Having said that, she turned her head as if she couldn’t see it, and gestured slowly.
At that gesture, two undead rushed towards me.