Chapter 174 – Chapter 174 Yggdrasil (2-25)
Looking at Midsummer passing a drink to Hanbom in the distance, I lamented inwardly.
‘… You’re crazy.’
I honestly hoped
He wouldn’t have cared much if he had given Yang Ji-hyun or other women hallucinogens.
But she is a sister
The scene of Midsummer feeding her psychedelic drugs to her baby sister was coming to my eyes.
[But in the end, it went as planned.]
‘I know…. But when I see him like that, I feel uneasy.’
If Han Yeo-reum fed her hallucinogen to her sister, she wondered if Han-bom didn’t care about her no matter what happened.
However, Armonia immediately washed away my doubts and worries.
[In my personal opinion, Midsummer doesn’t seem to be worried because the other person is Suho.]
On the day I killed more than 100 people, Hanbom went into a fiery rage when I grabbed her arm with Hanbom.
Then, at some point, that feeling disappeared.
Armonia thinks that the reason why the hint disappeared is because Hanbom approached me and then seduced her and used that as an excuse to distance herself from Min Hayeon, she said.
‘But… She was embarrassed the other day when she asked me what she thought of me in a strange way.’
We just had a little conversation, but she suddenly remembered Hanbom, who asked what she thought of her.
[More than anything, midsummer believes in midspring.]
‘… ? What are you talking about? Do you believe it?’
[She felt the belief that Hanbom would never fall for Suho.]
Armonia’s idea is that Midsummer has seen Midspring all her life, and she doesn’t seem to care much because she’s sure that she doesn’t have affection for other men, she said.
She believes in Han Bom, who has hated men all her life.
Min Ha-yeon does not even assume that Hanbom will pass even if it passes.
[That’s why I think it’s an opportunity for Suho. Although you have to endure the inconvenience, if you use it well, you will be able to completely capture Hanbom’s heart.]
‘Well, in the end, that’s a good thing. But if things go according to plan, the blinding bullet and that dagger will be the problem.’
I was told that both were disposable.
However, it is true that these two items are not common items that can be obtained at such a low level.
‘That’s why I can’t come and ask Yang Ji-hyun if there are items that can cancel abnormal conditions and cancel curses….’
[If you are in a hurry, I will treat you with Enel.]
‘Ah, even if it’s possible to curse, leave it alone.’
In any case, blindness must be treated first. It’s because I can’t fight the guys outside in the state of Shimbongsa.
On the other hand, the curse of not being able to heal wounds can be treated or not depending on the situation.
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“Okay then, let’s go.”
“Yes.”
Everyone answered with difficulty, not even thinking that this place was the end of the dungeon.
As Hanbom was about to approach her, Midsummer clung to her and whispered.
“What if… That kid….”
“Ah! Because I know!”
Hanbom couldn’t stand it anymore and responded with irritation at Midsummer’s constant nagging.
Hanbom, who came to me while shouting, smiled and opened her mouth.
“Come on, let’s go.”
“Yes.”
Hanbom and I headed towards the middle of the waterway that split into three branches.
And that was the moment. I had only taken a few steps, but the light that obscured my vision began to shine brightly.
Shaaaaak!
“Yes?”
“Uh?”
After the light was gone, Hanbom and I looked around in the bright sunlight.
The dirty and stinking waterway that existed just a moment ago disappeared completely, and a forest appeared that calmed the mind with clear air and mountain birds chirping.
Hanbom looked around her with startled eyes and she shouted.
“What? Where are you?”
“It must have been the last of the three forked roads in the dungeon.”
“Five! … But it’s not a village, is it?”
It was an embarrassing situation.
The waterway was clearly a dungeon connected to the village.
The problem is that even the village NPCs do not know the internal structure.
I pretended not to know and looked around.
‘… Those guys aren’t there yet.’
[Still, please be careful. Just in case, Lena is with me right now.]
When I listened to the plan Yang Ji-hyeon told me, she explained that she was not planning to attack indiscriminately.
This is because the primary goal is to make Hanbom’s hallucinogens work and make them quarrel with me.
That’s because Hanbom can be made into an orange summoner.
For a plan to make only one RED Summoner, I felt that I had invested so much budget that I felt it was excessive.
‘… If you dip your feet once, you will have no choice but to stay together in order to survive.’
Probably most of the Red Crescent Moon organizations I’m about to meet were also gathered that way.
Whether you like it or not, you’re working together to survive.
And Yang Ji-hyun would be one of the unusual cases.
I looked around pretending not to know and pulled out an item from my inventory.
The item I took out was a compass. I remembered how Jihyun Yang taught me how to use it and tried using the compass.
Hanbom saw me turning around with a compass and asked me.
“What are you doing?”
“I checked the village where I used to live.”
“Ah… How about it?”
“… This is a big deal.”
“Eh? Why?”
I pretended not to know and explained.
“I’m sure there are three different places I’m thinking of, but they all point in the same direction.”
“… ? But why is that such a big deal?”
“The place I thought of was in the middle of the village, at the end of the village, in the forest where I had a duel. But all three are pointing in the same direction. That means….”
It meant that this place was very far from Primum Village.
It was like a star.
Just because a distant star seems to stop doesn’t mean the star is still.
Even if it orbits, it is so far away that it seems to be still in the same place.
In other words, it meant that the village of Primum was also far away, like a star that looked still in a distant state.
“Then it could be close to another village.”
“… Not even that.”
Obviously, the other two villages were located at 4 o’clock and 8 o’clock from Primum Village.
However, based on this compass, we were able to guess that we were at 12 o’clock in Primum Village.
After all the speculation, I gave the conclusion.
“Probably among the three forks at the end of the dungeon, the middle one is for dropping to another place.”
“Then please….”
“… It means that the place we are now is a forest full of Red Summoners.”
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First of all, as Yang Ji-hyeon said, the middle of the last three branches was the passage to the remote area.
And if you go through that passage, you will be teleported to a very far place at 12 o’clock in the village.
However, since the exact coordinates were not set, it was said that it was moved to a random place.
And it’s impossible to go back into the waterway….
‘It seems that exits are generated randomly in a wider range than I thought.’
[It’s fortunate that the Red Crescent Organization is also scattered.]
No matter how much I was, I couldn’t deal with a large number of surprise attacks at once.
The reason I won over 100 people in a duel before was because I was hiding and ambush.
If it had been a head-to-head match, I would have been cut by 10 seconds.
For now, Lena is also being monitored, and I also have a sense of stealth, so I head towards Primum Village with peace of mind.
“Whoa… Whoa….”
However, Hanbom was different.
Hanbom, who was almost killed by the Red Summoners in the past, has lost his usual boldness and is nervous, wary of his surroundings with a dark complexion.
Fear was not something you could erase because you wanted to erase it, or hide it because you wanted to hide it.
Everyone is equal before death.
Ah… Except for midsummer.
You bastard regressor….
As I was chewing on Midsummer like that, Hanbom broke down in a cold sweat and began to bend her back and catch her breath.
“Ha… Ha….”
“It’s okay?”
“Ah… It’s okay… I guess it’s because I’m nervous….”
Hanbom, who does not know that she has taken hallucinogenic drugs, will think that what is happening to her is tension caused by fear.
I carefully supported her.
“Let’s go get some rest.”
“Oh, no. If you are here now….”
“If it’s necessary, I’ll do something. It could be even more dangerous in this situation.”
“Yes….”
Hanbom listened to me, and she received my support.
The fact that she listens to me well now is proof that she believes in my skills.
I grabbed her by the shoulders and looked around her, trying to find a place for her to rest.
The forest itself could be called a shelter, but all around it was a damp dirt floor.
I needed a place to sit or lie down.
‘I can’t do it.’
I put my hand on Hanbom’s shoulder and turned to sit in front of her.
“I’ll get on it for now.”
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“There is no resting place here, so let’s go and look for it.”
“That… It’s okay, it’s okay….”
“I know it’s not okay, so get on your back quickly.”
“Eww….”
Hanbom flinched at Seongsuho’s coercive attitude, and as if her body had lost strength, she collapsed and was placed on his back.
Hanbom had never been carried by a man except for her father when she was young.
Instead of rejection, shame began to cover her whole body.
However, Sung Soo-ho did not show any signs of her while carrying her on his back. Rather, she only showed a little bit of her worried mind.
“Be patient.”
“… Yes.”
Seong Soo-ho spoke so briefly and began to take her steps.
I could feel Hanbom.
I felt that Seong Soo-ho, who was walking carefully step by step, was considerate of him.
As she tried to get out of her dizziness, she began to focus on the texture on her back.
‘It’s wider than it looks because it’s carried like this.’
Hanbom, who felt the man she had only seen with her eyes for the first time, was admiring the touch of Seongsuho’s nape or arm.
Even in her ballet years, she was reluctant to perform with male ballerinos.
However, her skinship with Sung Soo-ho did not feel any discomfort or discomfort.
All she wanted to do was to spend the day cuddling on his back.
A warmth and coziness that she had never felt in her entire life came flooding in at the same time.
And at the same time envy crept in.
‘… I’m jealous of you.’
Han Bom did not know that she would envy Min Ha-yeon when it comes to the opposite sex.
She always envied Min Ha-yeon’s personality, her hard work and tolerance.
And seeing Min Ha-yeon like that, Han Bom has also been motivated by her and has been working hard.
But now, at this moment, I could feel her jealousy rising more than her admiration for her.
‘Madam… That’s stupid…. To think that way about my sister….’
Her jealousy felt in the middle of her heart started to disturb Hanbom’s heart.
Han Bom endured the jealousy she felt for Min Ha-yeon, and she began to loathe herself.
However, her jealousy continued to grow, which led to a vicious cycle in which her self-loathing amplified again.
‘It’s like an idiot…. That I feel that way toward my sister just because of a man?’
When she couldn’t control her emotions, Sung Soo-ho pointed in front of her and opened her mouth.
“Oh, there is a big rock over there. Take a break over there.”
Although it was a place piled with hard rocks, it looked like a much better place than a muddy mound of dirt.
Seong Soo-ho lowered Hanbom onto a large rock and opened her mouth.
“Are you still not feeling well?”
“… Yes. Ha… Ha….”
Hanbom sat and rested, but the more she rested, the more her condition worsened.
‘Do I have to live my whole life worrying about chasing after that idiot? Is your sister happy with this man?’
Hanbom’s uncontrollable anger began to cover her whole body.
She couldn’t even think of knowing the cause of the anger spreading through her.
Unbeknownst to her, the hallucinogen was spreading throughout her body.
Hanbom’s eyes had already lost their focus, and her body, which was originally pure white, was so pale that not a single ray of blood could be seen.
And in her mid-spring, when a single voice was heard in her ears, her last hold on her spirit was cut off.
“At times like this, it would have been nice if she had at least Hayeon.”
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It was definitely a dream.
To Han Bom, this phenomenon was like a dream.
It was because the situation was too bizarre to accept as reality.
At some point, Seongsuho, who had taken care of him, disappeared and the Red Summoner appeared.
And Hanbom, who attacked the Red Summoner who was trying to attack her.
She screamed at her and after she used her blinding bullet she had, she stopped him by stabbing her opponent with her dagger.
It was a real mayhem.
Hanbom’s vision was blurry, and only one thought came to her mind.
‘Mister! Oh, where are you!’
There was only one thought, that the missing Seongsuho was desperately needed.
Her tree standing grimly next to her glared at Midspring with her grotesque face, and the plants trampled under her feet turned her blades into knives, scarring her Midspring legs and stopping her. .
Not knowing what she was doing, she ran away.
However, no matter how much she ran away, Seongsuho was nowhere to be seen, and Red Summoner came running from behind shouting.
In the midst of such a rampage, he was surrounded by other Red Summoners.
Hanbom’s legs gave way in fear and he collapsed on the spot.
She was desperate And she was sure.
That he was abandoned by Sung Soo-ho….
Hanbom recalled a dream of her childhood that she had had a few days ago.
The midsummer who abandoned himself… And Seong Soo-ho, who raised himself after falling.
However, the reality was abandoned by the two.
Han Yeo-reum and Seong Su-ho were both looking at Min Ha-yeon.
‘Only me… I am alone.’
The moment she shed tears and accepted her death, the Red Summoners around her started shouting loudly.
But no words came to Hanbom’s ears.
She just started to lose her mind as her mind went into a stupor.
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“Ah…. It’s the head….”
Hanbom grabbed her hair and opened her eyes.
But all she could see in front of her was blurry vision.
“What… Where are you?”
What I could see beyond my blurry vision was the blackened, dark sky.
My vision, which had been blurry, gradually came into focus, and the moon and starlight in the sky came into my eyes.
Then, she saw Seongsu Lake looking down on her.
“It’s okay?”
“Uh… Mister? This is… ?”
Hanbom frowned at her with a dreamy expression and lifted her upper body.
As you can see, it was night time.
And the place where she was lying now was the thigh of Seongsuho.
She looked around her.
And there were countless bloody corpses piled up around her.
“Uh…. What, what! Uncle what is this! Uh….”
In the eyes of Hanbom, who was surprised to see her surroundings, a scene that could not take her eyes off came into view.
“Ah, uncle… That on the leg….”
Seong Soo-ho’s thigh pants were soaked in blood.
