Episode 209 – Illusion
After detecting movement, my mood continued to tense, but no real attack or anything like that occurred.
Whatever. If they had any intention, there was no way they would just attack here.
Although they are not as strong as they are, they must have sensed our energy and were able to make the reasonable judgment that they would not be able to kill us easily if we joined forces.
‘I’m really cold.’
Fortunately, I felt like I could safely get to the job experience center.
Of course, that didn’t stop us from relaxing.
It was almost impossible to relax when I was being stalked by two of the Four Heavenly Kings.
‘I become stronger because I am really sad.’
I will defeat both the Four Heavenly Kings and the Demon King.
*
It didn’t take long for the combat students, including us, to arrive at the job experience center, or rear battlefield.
If it was natural, it was natural.
Although it is not a close distance, it is a vehicle that moves using magical power created in a world where awakened people exist.
Although it couldn’t actually fly, it was fast enough to give the illusion that it was flying and didn’t shake.
‘If you think about it, isn’t this your first time coming to this world and riding a car?’
I have never been on a vehicle such as a car, airplane, or ship.
Even when I went to the black forest, I just kept running.
Right now, it might be an airplane, but it doesn’t matter since it can run faster than a car….
In the past, I didn’t know why it was like that.
Especially when going to the Black Forest, wouldn’t there have been a way to get there by taking a taxi or something like that?
Anyhow, the feeling of riding the bus in this world was very amazing.
I arrived quickly and when I got off, I even felt a sense of regret.
“Don’t be too upset, Siwoo. “I’m going to ride it when I go back.”
“I guess so… ?”
After receiving comfort from Dina, I came to my senses and looked around.
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The first thing I saw was Sangnam, who ripped off her top and opened her arms wide.
“This place… ! Is it a battlefield? !!! “I smell blood!”
As the days passed, I was worried that something major was happening to my head, but now I had no choice but to agree with what he said.
Because it was so messed up that it was hard to believe that this was the rear battle line.
There were no proper buildings, as if they had been collapsed and rebuilt several times, and there were even buildings that were broken because they had given up on rebuilding them.
A devastated battlefield. Just as Jasangnam said, the smell of blood was strong.
‘It is impossible for the rear front to have collapsed to this extent….’
It is in the rear because it is relatively safe.
The number of monsters that appear is small, and the combat power of each individual is significantly lower than that of the front line.
Although the combat power of the people in the rear is lower, it is somehow manageable.
The teacher, who was the first to get out of the vehicle, also looked embarrassed.
“Ugh… ? They said they would be there to meet us when we arrived….”
While muttering those words, he took out his cell phone and was making a call somewhere.
For some reason, I was impressed by the eerie atmosphere, but later I realized that something had changed.
I couldn’t even hear the sound of the engine starting again or the wheels rolling, but at some point it disappeared from my awareness.
‘This….’
Is it perhaps part of the main story?
The fact that I came here at this point probably means that there was an event like job experience at Akanak Castle and Oeyongdo.
And in most academy films, you are attacked by a villain or face a powerful enemy during a special event, such as an outdoor class.
There is such a cliché, and now is the perfect environment and timing for that.
‘Maybe we should prevent the rear front from collapsing.’
It was something that had to be seen first.
*
“Woah, this is the barracks we will be taking care of for a few days, everyone….”
The teacher said in a trembling voice.
It was worth it. A shabby and crumbling building. Like other places, there is no pretense of popularity.
‘Unless all the people on the battlefield disappeared….’
There is no way the barracks were completely empty.
There is no battle taking place on the battlefield right now, and even if there was a battle in the first place, the barracks would not have been completely empty….
“Right? Dinah.”
“… ….”
Naturally, I asked Dina, who was next to me, that question, but there was no answer.
“… Dina?”
Dinah disappeared.
For a moment, my brain stopped spinning and I went into brain freeze. She was definitely next to me just a moment ago, so how could she suddenly disappear like this?
As her spirit continued to plummet due to her Four Heavenly Kings, there was no way she could not have sensed Dina’s presence moving away.
Likewise, it’s strange that even if Dina used her teleportation, she didn’t feel it.
Something went wrong.
As soon as he made that decision, he spread her magic everywhere to find Dina.
But I didn’t feel anything.
“… For a moment.”
Nothing?
It’s not just Dina.
Scarlett, Stiado, Ifelsar and Irendo. Even the handsome man who always stands out due to his large size has disappeared.
And only then was I able to properly recognize it. The only thing that changed was that my friends and the bus disappeared.
“…… How.”
Since when did I become caught in the gap between them?
I can’t feel the magical power or presence that should be felt if it’s life.
Between the unfamiliar students and the teacher whose faces can’t be seen clearly as if there was fog.
I can’t feel any magic, no breathing, no pulse, no presence, and no body temperature.
Not alive.
But it moves. Naturally, like real living people.
… No, let me correct this.
It wasn’t that they weren’t alive. It means that it is not a dead being.
These were things that did not exist in this world to begin with.
I got goosebumps for a moment.
‘… Illusion!’
Since when?
Since when was I trapped in an illusion?
It was late to realize. Even with my senses, it took me a long time to come to my senses.
If I hadn’t grown to this level, I might still have been wandering around among them without being able to come to my senses.
‘At least I experienced a welcome once….’
When I first learned of Han Si-woo’s regression, I experienced something similar to an illusion, so I was able to recognize it quickly.
Now it was time to leave the welcome.
“Usually, in comics and novels, this type of thing is said to be released if you commit suicide.”
That was an attempt that could only be made at the end. If a person truly dies after having the Holy Sword plunged into his heart, there would never be another such meaningless death.
“I’ll have to look around a little first.”
Due to the setting, there is no way a perfect illusion can exist.
To be precise, a skill without weaknesses cannot exist.
If this illusion originated from someone, there must have been a way out.
And since the weaknesses of illusions are usually related to the intention of using the illusion, the first thing to do was to find out the intention of the caster.
‘The magician who used the illusion disturbed my perception. Other than that, no harm was done. Or, it has done harm, but I have not yet been aware of it due to the influence of the illusion.’
At the point when we recognize that it is an illusion, the possibility of the latter is low.
Then, for what reason did the magician trap me in the illusion?
‘To kill time? ‘For what?’
I didn’t know that there might be a battle going on outside the illusion.
They may have judged me to be the biggest threat and isolated me in advance.
‘Or are you blocking me because there is no reason why I shouldn’t go to the rear lines?’
In any case, the spellcaster does not want me to escape from this place. This one thing was certain.
Either there is a battle going on outside or they are trying to hide something from me.
“All I have to do is leave?”
Whatever it is, it can interfere with what the caster wants to do.
I can’t imagine that a good person would immediately welcome me. Probably a villain or demon.
As I thought about that, there was a being that suddenly came to mind.
“… Nightmare.”
One of the Four Heavenly Kings who has been following me around recently.
Why was it late to think of him? Normally, if something like this happened, it would have been right to think of the nightmare first.
“Is this also the effect of illusion?”
Accidents do not run as smoothly as before.
I felt dazed, like there was fog in my head.
‘A way out.’
The means used in comics can be roughly divided into three types.
First. The goal is to solve the puzzle according to the rules.
Second. Suicide.
Third. Tearing space itself apart with overwhelming force.
“Of course, the third one is the most exciting.”
I always thought of a sword forged in my mind.
Holy Sword, Durandal.
Bring it out. A golden halo formed on the hand and took the shape of a sword.
“That’s enough. “Durandal is fine.”
I don’t know if it’s possible to tear through space with force in the first place, but if you’re going to try, you’d better use the best force you can.
When you try to use Yonginhwa like that.
Sabak.
I heard the sound of something lightly landing behind me.
“Who… ?”
And the moment I turned my head.
I faced the image of living death.