When I saw the message that suddenly appeared in front of me, I had great doubts.
something is strange… .
[ !Emergency! Rescue Lee Dae-san * In case of failure, Hye-sun Gong dies]
└ Success Reward *2mL Mermaid’s Tears
Doesn’t it feel like the ‘message’ is trying to guide me?
First of all, I have no reason to save Lee Dae-san.
Daesan Lee, an academy teacher, is a veteran hunter who received a high rank.
To me, who is suffering from lack of magical power, to rescue Lee Dae-san, who is no different from active duty… .
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t come up with any reason to follow it.
But… .
The problem is that if Lee Dae-san cannot be saved, Gong Hye-sun will die.
I don’t know what kind of relationship the two are, but there must be a reason why I picked Gong Hye-sun out of a lot of people.
For example, Gong Hye-sun’s death affects me… .
Even Gong Hye-sun is in debt.
Aside from Lee Dae-san, Gong Hye-sun needs to be saved, so there is a reason to follow the instructions.
Even so, perhaps they felt that ‘message’ was not enough, they even offered ‘mermaid tears’ that they couldn’t get it even with money.
I’ve never been able to move myself by walking up to a reward.
No, I didn’t even know they were giving me a reward in the first place.
It seems like he wants me to save Lee Dae-san, to the point of doing something unusual… .
“… .”
As I looked at the ‘Message’ and thought deeply, I quickly made up my mind and put the ‘Message’ away.
Even if it’s questionable, I have good reasons to follow directions.
You can’t let Gong Hye-sun die, and the ‘mermaid’s tears’ as a reward for success are worth taking the risk.
“Soyeon-ah. Hye-sun.”
I gauged the remaining magical power and spoke to the puzzled women.
“If people leave, run away to a safe place together. Understand?”
“… What?”
“Yes… ?”
The remaining magic power is about 80%.
If you use it as efficiently as possible, you will be able to use magic twice.
After raising my magic, I smiled at them.
“I’ll be here soon.”
Without hesitation, I turned around and ran towards the square, leaving behind a short word.
“… Where are you going!”
“Ji, Jihwan… !”
I heard the voices of Min So-yeon and Gong Hye-sun calling me over my shoulder, but they were buried in the wind that brushed my ear and disappeared.
*
Yoo Ji-hwan, who was heading to the square alone, looked around as if suspicious of something.
In general, gates are created in places where magic power is excessively concentrated.
The excessively condensed magical power bursts, and a hole is made in the dimension.
However, the ‘Magic Overload Prevention Barrier’ surrounding Toy Land was intact, and there was no sign of any intrusion.
In other words, it is not an environment where gates can occur.
“… .”
As I was heading to the square with an unknown question, I heard the howling of a monster in the distance.
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Quee-!The cry of a monster filled with pain.
Yoo Ji-hwan thought that the teachers were already fighting a battle, so he speeded up a bit.
And after a while… .
bang-! bang-!
“aah!”
Yoo Ji-hwan, who arrived near the square, was startled by the scene unfolding before his eyes.
Academy teachers are fighting with a mysterious group wearing white gear.
And behind him, he could see the lizard monster, tied tightly to the string of magical power that sprang up from the ground and struggling hard.
“Go… .”
The monster Gaura.
A very large lizard monster, it is a B-class monster that appears from a gate with water.
It is also a problem that a B-class monster appeared at the gate where the abnormality occurred, but an unidentified group fighting with the teachers is also a problem.
Recognizing that something was unusual, Yoo Ji-hwan slightly hid himself and looked at the situation.
In the immediate vicinity of Gaura, Lee Dae-san was fighting an unidentified person with a white scythe.
Whether the opponent had similar skills to Lee Dae-san, he was continuing an equal battle.
First, as ‘Message’ said, I thought it would be right to help Lee Dae-san, and I was trying to find a way back.
“Ji, Jihwan… !”
“Hey, Yoo Ji-hwan!!”
I heard someone calling me from behind.
“!”
It was Min So-yeon and Gong Hye-sun.
At the sudden appearance of them, Yoo Ji-hwan shouted as if in great bewilderment.
“Why are you here? I told you to go to a safe place!”
Then, Min So-yeon, who was breathing heavily, countered.
“… You’re leaving without a word, what should I do?”
Recognizing that the explanation was lacking, Yoo Ji-hwan hurriedly looked at the side where the battle was taking place and thought.
It doesn’t look like it’s going to go back nicely, but I can’t take it with me.
You have to convince them somehow.
“Guys, come back. It’s too dangerous… .”
“… you?”
Yoo Ji-hwan, whose ankle was unexpectedly caught, looked at the square again and spoke in a calm voice.
“… I’m here to help the teachers. I’ll be back soon, so you go first.”
However, Min So-yeon and Gong Hye-sun said they had no intention of going back, taking one step closer and confidently saying.
“… Then I will help you.”
“Yeah, Jihwan-ah… . We’ll help… !”
Embarrassed, Yoo Ji-hwan persuaded them that absolutely no.
However, Min So-yeon and Gong Hye-sun insisted that if Yoo Ji-hwan did not go, neither would they.
Yoo Ji-hwan, who had struggled several times, looked at the intense scene and eventually gave up.
“… If you’re going to help me, I won’t stop you. But, never fall from my side. … Can you do it?”
Then Gong Hye-sun answered with a determined face, pulling out a staff,
“Hey, I can… !”
Min So-yeon changed her earrings to a sword and nodded slowly.
Yoo Ji-hwan was worried about the two of them, but considering the situation, he thought that there was nothing he could do and spoke up.
“… let’s go.”
It was the beginning of the first battle.
*
bang-! bang-!
Loud noises from all over the place. And people bleeding all over the place.
The amusement park, which should be full of beautiful memories, has become a mess.
“Hye-sun!! left!!”
Hearing Jihwan’s voice, Gong Hye-sun gave the order to attack the low-level fire spirit summoned.
A fire spirit that spews out a fireball the size of a fist the moment light came out of Gong Hye-sun’s staff.
woohoo-
puck!
The man in white was hit by a fireball that flew into his chest and staggered.
“hahaha… !”
I jumped forward, aiming for that gap, and, without hesitation, slashed the man.
puck!!!
The moment the sword touched the man’s body, a dull noise was heard.
This time, he was wearing hard equipment, and it felt more like a punch than a feeling of being cut.
“great! Let’s go back!!”
Yoo Ji-hwan, who gave a brief compliment, hurriedly led us towards the next enemy.
Ji-hwan gives the instructions, Gong Hye-sun turns the other person’s attention, and I finish.
We continued to fight in this pattern, and probably because Jihwan’s instructions were appropriate, it worked out pretty well.
I’ve already been defeated like this six times.
If you include the enemies defeated by the teachers, it seems that you have defeated almost half of them.
“Soyeon-ah! Be careful right!”
… Right side!
I reflexively lowered my body at Jihwan’s words, which I suddenly heard, and looked to my right.
“Poetry, my God!!!”
A man in white clothes running towards me with a short sword.
I grabbed the sword with both hands, loaded it with magical power, and slashed it from the bottom up.
Puff-!!!
It also feels dull.
“Ahhhhhhh!!!”
Perhaps because of the magic power, the man flew away and fell to the floor.
After I had my sword, I glanced back with strange anticipation,
“… Well done, Soyeon-ah!”
As if meeting my expectations, Yoo Ji-hwan praised me.
… hehehe… .
I gently covered the corners of my lips, which were rising, and followed him again, pretending nothing was wrong.
After moving a little further, I saw a woman and a teacher fighting fiercely.
“Hye-sun! 1 o’clock!!”
In accordance with Jihwan’s instructions, who understood the situation, Hyesun Gong gave an order to the spirit of fire.
woo woo woo-
The fireball blasted by the spirit hit the leg of the woman who was fighting the teacher.
Puff-!
“Hey… !”
“Ha ha ha!”
The teacher quickly subdued the woman and thanked us.
“Hye-sun. You did really well!”
Gong Hye-sun gave Ji-hwan a shy smile, then glanced at me with a squint-eyed glance behind me.
Unlike the face he was facing towards Jihwan, his cold expression and twisted and raised corners of his lips felt as if he was laughing at me.
Duck-
As he unintentionally gave strength to his hand and held the sword strong, Jihwan called us in, saying it would be better to hurry.
“Guys. let’s hurry!”
While Jihwan was slightly ahead of him, Hyesun Gong glanced at me and quietly followed Jihwan.
“… .”
An unpleasant feeling that wraps around your body.
… That year… .
All sorts of negative emotions began to fill my heart.
I quietly stared at Gong Hye-sun on the back of the head, and quietly followed Ji-hwan while holding the sword tight as if brushing off my emotions.
Ever since Gong Hye-sun provoked, a strange atmosphere of competition has flowed between her and me.
Whenever Jihwan received praise from each other, they looked at each other or smiled, constantly provoking each other, and the competition became more and more fierce.
“Hye-sun!”
Gong Hye-sun once.
“Soyeon-ah!”
me once
Every time I received instructions from Ji-Hwan, I performed successfully, and received compliments, I felt my heart swell.
A sense of superiority that I am ahead of Hye-Sun Gong and the confidence that rises strangely when I see an enemy who falls.
Adding Jihwan’s praise to that, my body felt even lighter as if it were unaware of fatigue.
That time when he was approaching the lizard monster, slashing his opponent without hesitation.
A woman appeared and blocked the way.
A woman who obsessively covered her skin with white coverings from head to toe, except for the black hair that had been untied.
Both hands of the woman were wrapped in white painted chains.
enemy is certain
“… .”
She was judging us, just standing still and looking at us,
Although it was covered with a pure white mask, it somehow felt like she was looking towards Gong Hye-sun.
right then,
👌👌👌👌👌
The woman unfolded the pure white chains she had been wearing on her hands, and began to spin the chains with her hands.
Whoop- swish- swish-! swish-! swish-!
The more you turn, the faster the chain spins.
It felt different from the enemies I had encountered before.
The moment Gong Hye-sun and I took a pose while waiting for Ji-hwan’s instructions.
Jihwan, who was back, stopped us and said.
“… Guys. Wait a moment.”
At Ji-hwan’s sudden words, Gong Hye-sun and I looked at Ji-hwan with bewildered eyes.
Why did Jihwan, who had entrusted us with battles, suddenly stop us?
I was starting to feel a little uneasy.
… no way… .
“… That person, I will deal with.”
Unsurprisingly, Ji-hwan had said that he would deal directly with him, and I was surprised at Ji-hwan’s words.
“… uh?”
Not me, but Jihwan directly.
I felt my heart sink.
The fact that he, who had trusted me and gave me instructions until now, suddenly went out on his own… .
Do you think I’ll never be able to deal with him?
Jihwan doesn’t believe me?
You don’t know Gong Hye-sun, but me?
I pushed myself to suppress the anxiety that had risen in my heart, but my heart was already filled with anxiety.
In the end, I couldn’t stand the constant simmering anxiety, and I stubbornly stepped forward.
“… I will do it.”