Episode 21
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March of nightmares.
Total casualties: approximately 8,000.
Although the cracks were cracks, the human disaster that led to the sacrifices becoming this great could not be ignored.
A government that has abandoned its people and hunters who have neglected their duties.
Protests demanding the impeachment of the president continued on the streets every day.
A nationwide petition was launched demanding punishment for the giant guilds.
Lion Eunseokwon lost one eye.
The first-class crack in Seorak Mountain that caused the most casualties.
The only ones who stand in his way are the “Silver Lion” and his subordinate forces.
Many of the lion’s brothers did not return and were buried forever in Seorak.
The
The damage to Hae-ta, which had been protecting Uijeongbu alone, was also severe.
The current leader of the
The remaining large guilds, excluding 〈Eunsaja〉 and 〈Haeta〉.
The flames of criticism against those who had avoided it showed no signs of dying out. Every day, a press conference was held by a different organization to apologize.
But it’s all over,
It was already a bloody thing.
The joint funeral had to be divided by region because there were so many victims.
Geo looked at his father’s memorial tablet, which was far away and hard to see.
Estimated time of death.
March 26th, 10:40 AM.
At the time when Geo was asking where his father was, Gyeon Tae-seong was already getting closer to death.
It is said that two notes were found on his body, which was discovered later.
One is a request to rescue a young daughter and civilians isolated in A Oriental Medicine Hospital.
Another one is a will sent to family.
I wrote it in advance, keeping in mind the possibility that I might not return alive.
Thanks to this, all remaining personnel were rescued safely.
Geo, who was immediately taken to the hospital due to a high fever, woke up after almost a week, just before the funeral.
Everyone, including his mother, was against Geo’s attendance, but Geo came crying and screaming.
Heavy air filled all around.
The heartbreaking sobs of the bereaved families.
Ji-rok, the younger brother, stood next to the dazed Geo. He once again grabbed the hand he had been holding tightly.
“Sister.”
“……”
“If the parents are awakened, there is a high chance that their children will also become awakened.”
“……”
“I, if I ever awaken… will climb the tower. I will, I will climb all the way to the end, and find out why they are doing this to us.”
I will definitely do that.
Puffy eyes.
A young man who swears with eyes that have grown old early.
January, December. Eleven months apart.
He was born in the same year and grew up more like a friend than siblings.
The face of my younger brother who is swallowing his food with difficulty.
Geo didn’t answer.
As the funeral began, my mother lost her mind. She muttered like a madwoman with a tear-stainless face.
“You idiot… You stupid, foolish little bastard, Kyeon Tae-seong. What did you say…?”
It seemed like he didn’t even know what he was saying.
“What are you talking about? What kind of hunter are you? You’re not even a salaryman. Where is that place? What do you know how to do? What power do you have to step forward and come out? You foolish punk. Why are you going there? I told you not to go. Who are you to take care of someone I don’t even think of as a mother…?”
“……”
“Geoya.”
“Don’t live like that. Don’t live like you -. Just – -. Okay? – -live.”
When there was no answer, Mom turned around.
Mrs. Park was the strongest person in the world Geo knew.
The sight of that person’s crying face was honestly shocking, and at the same time scary.
Mom, lowering her knees, grabbed Geo’s shoulder. It hurt.
“- – -. – – – – – -. – -.”
“……”
“- – -. – -. Got it?”
Kyeonji-oh nodded and promised.
Okay, I understand.
I will definitely do that.
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He asked if it was possible to bring the dead back to life.
The saint replied that it was impossible.
He asked if he could turn back time.
The Holy Spirit replied that it was impossible for him to do as he wished.
Then I asked what else could be done.
The status is
[Your Covenant, ‘Reader of Fate’ answers.]
[He whispers that it is very simple to cover up a memory so that it does not come back.]
The funeral is over.
Mom erased and burned everything related to Dad.
Half a year has passed.
Geo couldn’t remember his father’s face anymore.
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The place I stand again is a flower field covered in thick fog.
All the fragments of memories that had been covered up and erased far away have returned.
Twenty-year-old Kyeonji-oh stood awkwardly with his hands in his hoodie pockets.
I feel your gaze.
It’s a gaze that Geo knows.
“……Did this pervert shit truck finally achieve his dream of kidnapping?”
【It’s a shame.】
Holy.
The only covenant of the incarnation, Gyeonjio, smiled leisurely.
【If it were my skill, I wouldn’t have put it in such a shabby place.】
“Then where on earth is this place?”
Geo asked, swatting away the invisible hand that was gently touching him like a fly.
【You’re like a baby in this cold city.】
“Where are you?”
【Stone hill on the border.】
Wow. I see.
Sir, if you say it like that, will I understand?
Seong Yak-seong added leisurely as he shook his fist without saying a word.
【You can think of it as one of the places that the mental world’s petty creatures use whenever they want to do something stupid.】
【The dregs that cannot return to their place become fertilizer and bloom the buds of nightmares.】
It was said to be the final disposal site for souls that could not wake up from mental attacks.
【I woke you up because you were sleeping so soundly in such a rough place. Did you have a good dream?】
“Don’t ask when you already know.”
【They’re just setting the stage for us to talk about. Humans call this consideration.】
Geo took a quick look around.
Every time it brushes against your body, the red flowers scatter like mist.
It was a rather beautiful scenery that did not match the creepy reality.
“Well, to summarize, that’s it.”
Geo started to feel lucky while walking.
“The innocent and pure little boy Geo fell for the tricks of that devilish old man and committed the unfilial act of erasing all his memories with his father.”
【Hmm. I object.】
“Defendant Byul, please speak.”
【A devil, isn’t that too low-class……?】
“Be quiet. You toilet-level Satan.”
The covenant continued its speech in a languid, distant echo.
【Humans always search for answers.】
【It is also human to give the answer.】
【That was just the answer that Gyeonjio sought that day.】
【Why? Did any change in your state of mind occur because of the memories you regained?】
“That can’t be true.”
Rather, if you think it’s okay because it’s nothing, then I don’t know.
“Nothing has changed. I think it’s just been that way.”
That’s why Bambi avoided talking about his dad.
That’s what Mrs. Park’s face looked like.
You keep your promises even though you don’t even remember them.
“That’s all.”
The wear and tear of humanity is an occupational disease and chronic illness of hunters.
Among them, wizards are especially like this.
It’s not just because of that.
Life and death.
Somewhere in between.
On the border of heterogeneous fantasies, a single human being with a distinct color.
Geo’s short hair fluttered in the wind.
I was confronted with dark memories, and it was called the sweet potato ordeal.
I have no intention of doing something like sitting down for a growth story like that of a hero or protagonist.
I just lifted my chin and crossed my legs like I always did.
Because nothing will really change.
The place where Gyeonjio has already taken a stance is the peak.
Where else can we go?
This is not a place for those who grow, but a place for those who stand firm and never fall.
“I cried while looking for Mom and Dad when I took off my school uniform and graduated together.”
【What a pity. I was thinking of shedding tears of sorrow and showing off my brother’s Pacific-like shoulders.】
“This girl still has a long way to go. Haven’t you heard that saying? Kinggio only cries twice in his life.”
When I was born.
Also, when Mrs. Park spilled a salt shaker on the braised short ribs.
“There are sister products too. King Geo gets angry only three times in his life.”
And this place is also,
It was also a place where a clear distinction had to be made between the time of the hammer and the time of mercy.
The sky is distorted.
The rock swayed like waves.
Geo’s face, raised, is as calm as the calm before a storm.
“When there’s a password on the Wi-Fi. When someone else is in first place. And……”
When the Songsari extras touch Himsoojin without knowing the subject.
[The unique characteristics of the spirit world awaken.]
[Hidden trait, ‘King’s Majesty’ (Rare) is unlocked!]
[The trait, ‘Unwavering Heart’ evolves into ‘Lion’s Heart’ (Legendary) in harmony with ‘King’s Majesty’!]
There is no reason why a sword that has cut off a dragon’s throat cannot cut off a pyramid’s throat.
It’s a similar logic. It was my first encounter with the spirit world, so I was shocked, but now that I’ve experienced what it is.
The enemy was no longer the ‘enemy’.
“Sister.”
【Sister, I didn’t do it.】
“Then sir.”
【I’m going to get scolded.】
“I understand why you keep telling me to go to the top. It was nice to talk to you in person after so long. But I guess I won’t be able to come here often.”
Of course, it’s annoying, but…
“If I level up like this every time I come, I’ll sound like a gangster.”
[The difference in level with the opponent is significant.]
[The enemy’s binding force is forcibly released!]
Saaaaah-.
The border twists upside down,
And the world.
The red flowers that had been rising into the sky like waves fell all at once.
It was the return of an ecosystem disruptor that had leveled up.
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