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＜ 12. Into the crack (9) ＞
“…”
“…”
On the way back to Hersheba, there was only silence. Unaware of what had happened, Emilia and the village chief’s daughter, who had just been rescued, were anxiously watching the party .
Meanwhile, Andrea was lost in thought .
Bagratu’s actions were not entirely incomprehensible. If anything, Andrea also intended to kill or subdue Gravel .
However, the appearance he showed immediately after cutting off his head was not easily convincing .
After tricking the two people into killing them, he had a big and calm attitude, as if he had just taken care of what he had to do. I instinctively got goosebumps while watching it. It’s like seeing a monster that clumsily imitates a person .
“ Why is everyone looking so bad? Andrea, what are you thinking so hard about ?”
Bagratu approached and asked if he had read his thoughts. Andrea quickly hid her expression and covered herself .
“ Ah, I thought it was a relief that Mr. Bagratu was safe. I thought it would be dangerous going to the Scream Mushroom, but …”
“ Ha ha ha! is it? You weren’t thinking of me killing two people in the cave, were you ?”
Bagratu still has a nice smile on his face. Andrea could no longer look at that face as it was .
“… yes .”
“ Good luck! I thought Andrea-kun would understand !”
“ What do you mean ?”
“ Ah, that doesn’t mean anything different. It was just my gut feeling .”
The uneasy feeling grew more and more. Andrea couldn’t shake the thought that she had gone completely wrong. Bagratu was by no means a bigot .
The first impression was just camouflage, and then something far more insidious lurked. Something that transcends the unwritten rule of the Atala tribe that grace and resentment must be repaid .
Bagratu continued talking regardless of Andrea’s reaction .
“ By the way, there is one question I really want to ask Andrea-kun .”
“ What is it ?”
“ What do you think about killing other people for your own pleasure ?”
Andrea stopped walking. When I looked up at Bagratu, a calm gaze met him, as if there was something wrong. Even then, when he didn’t take his eyes off it for a long time, Bagratu looked around and said .
“ Ah, that was a bit strange. I mean, the person you’re killing is nothing compared to you. Killing isn’t the hassle of getting blood directly on your hands, it’s something you can do as easily as eating porridge. Instead, you can get great pleasure. Then are you going to kill him ?”
“… Isn’t it nonsense to kill people just for that reason? It seems that what Mr. Bagratu said just now clearly deviated from common sense .”
“ Ha ha ha! is it? Actually, I think so too .”
discomfort. I felt a sense of discomfort as it rode up my skin like a bug and scratched my spine. At the same time, my intuition fluctuated violently. It’s dangerous to entangle with this person any longer .
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No, in fact, this intuition was fluctuating from the moment I saw Grabel and Julia’s heads cut .
A cross section of a clean cut neck, it’s like …
“ Bagratu, I also have a question for you .”
“ Um, what is it ?”
” The thing that happened in the shantytown I was talking about last time …”
“ Ah! I see Hersheba over there. You ‘ve already arrived !”
The conversation ended there .
Bagratu, who naturally cut off his words, approached the village chief’s daughter and spoke nonchalantly. Didn’t you want to see your father, or did you go through a lot during that time? The village chief’s daughter just nodded silently .
Upon entering the village chief’s house, the village chief ran out with a face as if he would burst into tears at any moment .
“ Lyla! my daughter !”
“ Father !”
The thrilling father-daughter reunion continued. The village chief hugged her daughter, stroked her hair, and shed hot tears .
“ I will never lose you again. No matter what happens, even if I turn the whole world into an enemy, I will protect you .”
Looking at the scene, Marco suddenly raised his head. I looked up and my eyes were slightly red. Andrea pretended not to see anything .
When the reunion showed no sign of ending, Bagratu came forward and spoke to the village chief .
“ Ha ha ha! My daughter was very resolute. In that situation, it would have been difficult for me to come to my senses, but you followed us very well .”
Only then did the village chief look back at Andrea and the others, and he lowered his head while wiping his tears .
“ I really don’t know how to thank you. The case is here. It’s new blood for what you’ve done, but I put in a little more than I promised .”
A thick bag full of rift stones. According to Andrea’s memory, there were 200 rift stones inside .
The distribution was a little ambiguous, but if Emilia’s portion was excluded and Marco’s portion was included, each person could receive 50 pieces. Converted to gold, it was 5000 gold, so this was a pretty decent income for one mission .
But Bagratu waved his hand and refused to take the pouch. The village chief’s face darkened .
“ Is this not enough? If so, give me a little more …”
“ No, no! That’s enough reward! But I want to get something else as a reward, not a rift stone !”
“ Yes? Then which one …?”
“ Neck .”
Whoa – uh, puck !
A huge ax blade that appears out of nowhere and cuts through the air. Everyone saw the decapitated headman, but couldn’t say anything as if he was enchanted. The astonishment that spreads to every corner along the nerves of the whole body .
The first to awaken from the magic was the village chief’s daughter .
“ Arbor- ”
Whoa – uh, puck !
The daughter, unable to finish her speech, also followed her father. The fishy smell of blood filled the room. As if the touching reunion was all a lie, only two corpses were left in the village chief’s house .
“ Why… why ?”
Marco opened his mouth in a trembling voice. Marco was the one who was most moved by the reunion of the two fathers and daughters, so the shock was greater than anyone else. Instead of answering why, Bagratu took something out of his subspace pouch .
How best to explain it? Except for Andrea, no one had ever seen anything even remotely like it. It was a lump of black flesh that looked like a box, but it was wriggling little by little, as if it were alive .
Bagratu calmly took the woman’s neck and put it in the flesh box. Power went into Andrea’s clenched fist. I couldn’t help but ask .
“ Why? What on earth do you want to do ?”
Box of Al-Cardus, an artifact made from the flesh of the immortal demon Al-Cardus. It is an artifact that is used for a very short time during a quest in a dungeon. The effect is to keep the creatures inside alive in whatever state they are in .
That is to say, right now that mad barbarian was beheading the woman and keeping her alive .
“ I can’t kill you. If too many NPCs die, the rift resets …”
Bagratu lifted the box and sneakily showed the inside to Andrea and the others .
It contained countless heads. What is different from normal severed heads is that all the heads inside are alive and moving. The faces contorted with pain all opened their mouths as if screaming, but they couldn’t make any sound because they had no vocal cords .
Tricia spat out curse words, and Emilia vomited. Everyone was shocked by the horrifying sight, but Andrea was even more shocked by a different reason .
‘Is
it an NPC ?’
” What, you can’t believe …?”
Bagratu shook his head .
“ I am not from your world .”
“ Then what is your true identity …?”
“ Isn’t that what’s important…? Other villages have already been sorted out. If you put all of Hersheba’s NPCs in this box, there will be no more NPCs left in the rift. From now on, I can’t get Rift Stones through quests. Then no one will be able to get out of the rift .”
“… what ?”
“ Are you still not understanding? It was done to keep you trapped in the rift forever .”
Bagratu with a fishy smile. A large scar criss-crossed his face. Andrea’s expression hardened .
” I don’t think I’ve ever done anything to cause you so much resentment .”
“ Do you really think so ?”
After wiping off the blood on his hands, Bagratu put the box back into the subspace pocket, took out an equipment card from the deck, and equipped it .
A red helmet with dark red tassels, a red breastplate with protrusions like beast teeth, gauntlets and greaves with sturdy iron plates. The ax was larger than the one used before, and the junction at the back of the ax head looked like it was being devoured by an open-jawed demon .
‘ From the set of bloody eaters to the demons that call the apocalypse …?’
Each and every part of the Blood Eater set was Legend-grade equipment, and the Devil Calling the End was a higher-grade equipment. In order to farm all of that, going up 100 floors would not be enough .
“ Oh! You . . . !”
Emilia realized that he was the man who had assaulted her and pushed her into the rift. Bagratu bent his neck from side to side, relaxing his muscles .
“ Let’s stop pretending to be a nice nerd. Because I’ve done enough for this .”
“ In the world, how many floors did you climb the dungeon ?”
“160th floor. It wasn’t easy .”
Upon hearing the unbelievable number of floors, everyone fell into astonishment. Only Andrea was able to keep her composure at all .
“… Did you want to play some lowly game that revealed that you were hiding your power ?”
“ No, I just wanted to look at it on an equal footing before taking revenge. What kind of person are you ?”
Bagratu was staring straight at Andrea. There was fierce hatred in that gaze that was hard to fathom its depth. Andrea couldn’t guess the reason at all, but she realized one thing .
He must be killed here before he annihilates the inhabitants of Hersheba .
Andrea’s hand reached for the deck. A spark flashed in Bagratu’s eyes. An ax that rises. and …
Kwa-ah-ang !
Cracking walls, collapsing ceilings, Bagratu swung his ax horizontally once and the house split in half at once. Underneath the horribly smashed floorboards, a deeply cracked ground like a crater was revealed .
Unbelievable destructive power at level 50. It wasn’t just the level of reinforcement with equipment. It was clear that he had raised his abilities in some other way .
With a single piece of paper, the ax hit missed Andrea. No, in fact, it was on purpose. Bagratu only wanted to show off his power, but had no intention of killing Andrea .
Andrea reached for the deck again. However, it was too slow movement compared to the enemy. Bagratu came up to Andrea at once, grabbed her by the collar, and punched her .
Fists going through Andrea. But only three times. Ignores damage that is all consumed in an instant. Bagratu threw Andrea outside as it was .
bang – ! Quaang – !
Andrea flew through the wall, crossed the street, and crashed into the wall of the house on the other side .
Bagratu rushes like a beast. I put the momentum into my knees and pressed down on Andrea’s chest. Suddenly, my ribs broke in a heap, and I involuntarily let out a moan filled with pain .
“ Kuuu . . .”
“ You tossed me into the f*cking incinerator just for your little pleasure. That too dozens of times. If I hadn’t been able to get my memories back after going through the 100th floor, you wouldn’t have even realized that I was deleted.
They would have kept deleting me .”
“…”
“ Am I wrong , Andrea ?”
Andrea opened her eyes wide. Unexpected words flowed from Bagratu’s mouth. It’s not a character that’s covered up, it’s a story about yourself inside it .
Bagratu immediately shook his head as if he had said something wrong .
“ No. Andrea is actually not even your real name .”
heart beating violently. Bagratu’s intense interrogation penetrated Andrea .
“ Am I wrong , Park Jung-hyun ?”
“…!”
“ You don’t have to answer. Because you already got all the answers from your actions .”
Fur – billion !
The fist flew like a shot, and suddenly my vision went black. Silence that hangs like a curtain. Andrea lost consciousness and sank into the far side of unconsciousness .
＜ 12. Into the Rift (9) ＞ End
See this barbarian as dopelganger monster. He is outdated imitation of mc, although stronger.