Episode 458 ‘Sa, save me…’ …
Like a dying ember, a very small, faint voice.
But that was enough. My heart, which had been soaked in the sense of helplessness that I couldn’t save anyone, beats wildly, and my whole body, which had been loosened up, bursts with strength.
I follow the direction of the sound
blew
‘Inventory open, summon!’
two
Fragments from the few remaining ferryboats swept the moon reflected in the river.
Leaping into the air like a bird, I raised up what little energy I had left and focused on my eyes.
The extremely improved eyesight takes in the scene unfolding under your feet clearly at a glance.
，That… …
wreckage and bodies of ships.
There was no doubt that it was the largest and most splendid vessel ever seen in Dongting Lake, although it had been disintegrated and its original shape was unrecognizable.
‘There is a survivor somewhere among them.’
The problem was that there were too many bodies and wreckage that could be seen right away.
But there was no time to hesitate.
[Time limit: 59 seconds.]
In this short time of 59 seconds, less than a minute, the lives of the survivors depended.
I closed my eyes, caught my breath, and pulled up all my energy, which had already reached the bottom before I knew it.
Shaaaaaagh!
feeling.
The bluish-white heat energy extending from the whole body runs over the overflowing river.
They rummaged through hundreds of corpses that had already left their souls and the wreckage of countless ships.
And finally.
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seemed No, it was felt.
Beyond dozens of pages, even now, the feeble energy that was sinking beneath the surface of the water moment by moment.
I half-opened my closed eyes.
[Time limit: 32 Chois
Yeolyanggigi, which was circulating inside the body, rushes toward the lower half of the body.
Step on the air with your toes with concentrated air power
Now, along with the sound of compressed air exploding, a cold wind flowed through his body.
Perong! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
I was shot like a meteor.
The wind parted and space was erased. The surrounding scenery flashed by on both sides, but the gaze was fixed on only one place.
A black river that roars wildly. There are survivors in there.
‘I can’t even F*cking swim.’ The moment the thought flashed through my mind, the river water from Dong Tong Lake hit my entire body.
Chew! Pugrrrr!
A shock that takes your breath away.
If he hadn’t mastered martial arts, his bones would have been broken and his internal organs would have been shaken.
I spewed bubbles and sank below the surface.
As the school of fish, startled by the sudden appearance of an uninvited guest, dispersed, I saw two figures slowly sinking.
[Time limit: 20 seconds.]
‘More, more, more… … !”
I pulled up to the strength I was sucking on and moved on. Grabbing the wrists of the two who had already lost consciousness and drooping, he vigorously soared upwards.
10 seconds, 9 seconds, 8 seconds… … .
The faint moonlight reflected on the surface of the water draws closer.
Their arms and legs were as heavy as if they were hanging from an iron ball, and the two people held in both hands felt like gigantic stones with a thousand roots. and the next moment.
Cheak
“Poo Little H”
I let out the breath I had been holding in.
The chilly air penetrated deep into his lungs.
But just because the survivors were pulled out of the water, it wasn’t all over.
[Time limit: 3 max
At that moment, I instinctively knew what I had to do.
‘Save me.’ Only that thought moved the body that had stopped for a moment.
I stretched out my twin spear, loaded with weak gong power, toward the two of them.
pop!
The body shakes and the water splashes.
However, instead of the unresponsive survivors, the number of system windows floating in the air changed.
[Time limit: 2 seconds.]
‘Once more… … !,
pop!
[Time limit: 1 max
All time slowed down.
One shallow number, 1, weighs me down more massively and heavily than ever before.
It was the very moment I opened my eyes while staring blankly at the system window.
“Collock, Coke.”
At the same time as the survivors’ eagerly awaited breath returned, the system window that was about to change to the last number stopped.
And the sound of a bell resounded like a celebration.
belt ring.
– [Lifesaving] succeeded!
– You have completed the unexpected quest [The Tragedy of Dongjeong Lake]!
– You have successfully completed the quest. Proper rewards are given!
– You have acquired a significant amount of experience and fame!
– You have obtained the title [Sea Rescue Officer]!
I muttered as I heard the notification ringing in my ears.
“Civil.”
Aside from the joy and relief that he finally achieved it, his body, exhausted from the river march that began with Jegal Sei, feels heavy.
maybe ah! It may be because the tension that was kept sadly has been released.
‘… … damn it It’s a long time to go back to the mainland.’
I need to be rescued too
isn’t that
It was the time when I was floating with the two survivors using the buoyancy of my body.
Chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!
‘It’ approached from a distance, cutting through the water as fast as a jet ski, and stopped in front of me.
Pure white body, scales, and two horns
“water snake… … Isn’t it, the thousand-year-old doggaksa?”
Chwit. Chwit. Chwichwit!
no, where are you going?
I flick my tongue and try to turn around
hurriedly shouted at the guy.
“hey! hey! water snake! Millennium Doggaksa!”
Chwit!
“You bastard just spit on me… … No, wait.”
Is this an expression of sulking?
At one thought that suddenly popped into my head, I opened my mouth in a desperate yet cautious voice.
“Mimi, Mimi-chan?
Zwik! Zurich!
Only then did Mimi-chan, a thousand-year-old monk nodded in satisfaction, and held out her tail as if to ask me to hold on to it.
Just in time, someone’s cry was heard from far away.
“Mimi! Save your benefactor!”
Zwik!
yes, civet. It’s a technical name, so it doesn’t matter. Come on, take me.
* * *
I sat on a damp rock and watched the flowing river.
two people. There are only two people.
Of the many people whose bones were buried in Dongting Lake today, the two people I saved were the only survivors.
‘… … Only two out of so many people.’
It was a fact I had guessed from the time the quest was completed, but the reality was crueler and crueler than I thought.
And the countless deaths left by today’s tragedies gave birth to even more sorrow.
“Huh… … .”
“Keuheuk, keuhheuk!”
“Oh, seven-three-year-old father!”
“Uh, what kind of wrathful man did this!”
On the riverside of Dongdong Lake, people who had swelled to about a thousand people were pouring out their various emotions.
A Confucian student who could not bear to speak and sighed. The official’s weeping holding the body of his colleague is followed by the weeping of a woman carrying a newborn child on her back. An elderly man, with a blood stick erected around his neck, even brandished a smoking pipe at someone invisible.
At Dongting Lake, one of the most scenic spots in the world, there was no laughter or song to be found.
There is only the sadness and sighs of those left behind, and the anger with all those emotions.
But nothing changes. The river of Dongdong Lake calmed down as if it had never happened, and the early morning fog created a beautiful scene.
Is Mureungdowon (武陵桃洞) where the immortals live like this?
As I stared at the scene unfolding in front of me without saying a word, I suddenly opened my mouth.
“It feels so good, what does it feel like? is not it?”
I’m not talking to myself.
Cheongpung, who had not left his side for more than a moment, answered.
“Yeah, it sucks.”
If it was like usual, I would have been unable to hold back and laughed, but now it’s just empty.
I asked while fiddling with a pebble.
“I was just saying something like that. Did you know that the cleaning agent would swear like that?”
“I didn’t know at first, but now I do. I learned from watching someone.”
“It would be better to keep it a secret from Maijonghak Daehyeop.”
“Why, benefactor?”
“Why? How do you think Mimi would feel if one day she suddenly called Cheng So-hyeop a F*cking bastard?”
“Um, I don’t think so.”
“… … Usually, when a snake speaks, isn’t it first to be surprised? In any case, you will be surprised and angry. The same goes for Maejonghak Daehyeop.”
“Ah, that’s right.”
14 That’s it.”
“If you accidentally curse in front of your grandfather,
What if it comes out?”
“The gunggibang taught me. Or hyukmujin.”
“yes.”
Silence passed.
The conversation from a moment ago is nothing more than nonsense picked up as soon as it comes out. I felt like I had to say something, and I wondered if it would make things a little better if I did something like this. Both I and Cheongpung know that.
It is also true that doing this will not make your current feelings better.
“F*ck… …
I muttered abusive words like a lament.
Is today an exceptional day, or are those guys sad knowing the circumstances?
The cries of the birds were not heard, only the wails and sobs of the people filled the surroundings.
While listening to the deafening yet unbearable sound, I grabbed the pebble in my palm with all my might.
Kwadeuk, Passeuk.
A handful of powder flowed from his grip. No, it is carried lightly by the wind that blows from somewhere and gently lands on top of the river. As if it were the remains of someone’s soul.
Cheongpung, who had been silently watching the scene, suddenly opened his mouth.
“Benefactor.”
,,why? ，，
“What should I do in a situation like this?”
“Too many people have died. In Hanam, in Sacheon, and with Dongdongchae, today, here.”
The voice that followed trembled thinly.
“I keep thinking of the dead people. And I’m angry. I hate those who keep killing people, and I feel sorry for myself for not being able to do anything.”
“… … I did too. No, it still is.”
“What did the benefactor do at times like this?”
“me?”
When I turned my head, I was finally able to face the blue wind.
Her eyes, which were spotless and clear, were mixed with various emotions.
In that confused emotion, I can see the past me and the present me staring at the blue sky.
Was it like this?’
My present self, seen through the eyes of the blue sky… … it was just dumb
He wasn’t as exhausted as Gunggibang or Hyukmujin, and he didn’t tremble with anger and sadness like those who lost their family and colleagues.
No, it’s not that I don’t feel emotions, it’s that I’ve captured them.
It was right there that the rock had been worn and chipped by constant bumping into something for a long time, and finally got used to it.
“well. how did i do it
After thinking for a moment, I spoke slowly.
“It’s no different from Qing Xiaohyup, I’m constantly cursing at those people I’m going to kill, blaming myself for my incompetence, and finally resolving.”
“A promise, huh?”
yeah
I raised my finger and pointed at the grieving people and the bodies lying on the banks of the river.
“I promise to kill those who did this.”
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“I’m not a saintly man, so I had to give back at least as much as I received to get my job done. It is the same this time.”
It was at that very moment that a dry yet cold voice, unfamiliar as if it were someone else’s, escaped from her lips.
“Chief.”
Hyuk Moo-jin, who was clearly tired, came and said.
“The survivors have come to their senses.”
“That’s good. both?”
“no. First of all, there is only one person.”
It’s a pity, but it was something I had guessed in my heart. After the rescue, the measures I took were only emergency measures.
“let’s go.”
“yes. Here.”
Cheongpung and I followed Hyukmujin and moved on.
And finally, I was able to face one of the survivors who came to their senses.
“I just met you again. Yes?”
In response to my greeting, Hongran, the dazzling beauty, bowed in an extremely polite manner.
“Meet the benefactor”
sign in mutim
