40. Lead, lead (3)
Some died.
Some escaped.
A few sat down in terror.
Another soldier just died.
I was trampled by Gigantic Drake’s gigantic feet.
When he lifted his foot, the human form was crushed and burst, squishing and clinging to the soles of his feet.
Seeing that, someone gets scared again.
I didn’t fit either way.
“Watch out for the tail behind you! Don’t go to the back leg!”
When it gets scared, it tries to target Drake’s rear.
Because I don’t dare to stand in front of that imposing monster.
But the rear is just as dangerous as the front.
The Gigantic Drake’s tail is flexible and hard.
A person stumbles only with the wind pressure he wields.
If you stumble, you will be trampled or kicked to death.
“If you can’t do close combat, throw it in your hamstrings or mouth and just get out! Don’t get in the way!”
Because I’m in a hurry, I can’t speak at all.
Some soldiers threw their spears and ran away.
It’s not a javelin, but it flies with great force.
Drake swung the spear across his face.
Meanwhile I got in between my front legs.
He hit his leg as hard as he could.
Because it is so strong, you should hit it instead of cutting it.
Like chopping a tree.
-Kwadeuk!
The hard scales were lightly tore and the sword stuck.
This is the best.
Even though I used my sword skill, I couldn’t cut it.
‘If it were the pupil of the moon, I could cut it….’
After pulling out the sword, it slipped out from under the torso.
The forepaws barely brush over the head.
After rolling to avoid it, I stabbed the sword again through the gap in the scales.
As expected, it is meaningless.
‘I can’t win this way. They’re all going to die.’
A toughness that goes well with an abnormally large physique.
Although it is an ordinary steel sword, it is a scale of strength that cannot be cut even with sword skills.
‘Then….’
I was quick to judge.
The risk is great, but it can’t be helped.
We need the help of those who survived.
He shouted out loud as he came out from below.
“Everyone, please draw attention from the front!”
“Do you have any ideas?!”
“I don’t like it, but I have an idea!”
“I’ll try!”
Then he shouted with all his might toward the wall.
“Wizard-! Only one big room-! I’ll signal later, so use it then!”
Just a moment, just enough to make Drake flinch.
I drew a circle over my head to see if the wizard understood.
Allies in front of Drake.
I immediately ran to the rear.
‘The front feet can be used relatively freely, but not the hind feet.’
Hind legs slightly shorter than forelegs.
In other words, low.
‘The tail compensates for the weakness of its hind legs. But very little space between tail and hind legs. There’s a blind spot where the tail can’t reach.’
I jumped as hard as I could from that box towards my hind legs.
Finally bent knees.
My body floated up to my thighs.
“Huh… !”
I firmly gripped the sword with both hands and thrust it through the scales.
Rather than being driven into the flesh, it’s more like something inserted into the gap between the scales.
I held on to the sword and endured.
With my free hand, I take out the dagger from my bosom.
An awl-like dagger used to fight armored opponents.
It can be useful.
-Hook!
I inserted a dagger like an awl through the gap in the scales.
It’s not deep and won’t hurt Drake, but for me this is all I need right now.
Holding on to the dagger, I pulled out the long sword that had previously been inserted and hung it on my back.
So I climbed the drake.
I stabbed my dagger to support my body, held the scales, and climbed steadily.
My body kept shaking from moving around.
Because weight is weight, it seems like it will bounce even if you move it even a little.
In addition, its scales are very hard and sharp.
Every time it was shaken, the palms were torn along with the gloves.
It bleeds.
‘Hold on… !’
Still, I gritted my teeth and went up.
I arrived at the back on the bridge of Kkuyeokkku Station.
The road ahead is rather flat.
It’s worth running.
I see Drake’s flat head.
“Wizard-! Now-!”
Atop the castle wall, stones were formed in lumps.
It will form a big one within a short time.
The finished huge rock hit Drake in the face.
– Kung!
But Drake didn’t even move.
I just stopped and shook his head as if I was annoyed.
That was enough.
‘This is the time!’
I quickly got up from my crouch and ran.
The target is between the eyes.
A spot on Drake’s forehead.
It runs on scales like a thorny road, fixing its sword.
“Suck!”
A short jump.
Afterwards, it landed on Drake’s forehead and thrust the sword into his eye.
-Fu-wook!
Unlike hard scales, they enter softly.
Red blood spattered, Drake screamed mercilessly.
Kig-g-g-g-g-g-g-g! A horrifying scream.
It shakes its head back and forth and resists furiously.
“Keuk….”
But I held on to the sword with both hands.
I feel like my arm is about to fall off.
The organs are swept here and there by the shaking power of a monster with a height of 4m.
My brain is shaking and I feel dizzy.
‘Be patient… !’
Clean your teeth and don’t let go of your sword.
Because of his size, his endurance is low.
If you do this, you will collapse from exhaustion.
Then it’s a little more comfortable….
That moment.
My body fell straight down.
Drake hit his head on the floor.
“Keah-!”
The sword is missing.
The only comforting point is that I hold the sword until the end.
But the body is flying in the sky.
The recoil caused it to float high in the air.
Drake’s ferocious eyes look up at me.
Black eyes. Ivory vertical pupil.
Open your mouth wide.
Hundreds of teeth protruding like saw blades.
The throat visible through it is black.
Maybe it’s because I’m floating too high.
Time passes slowly.
‘Ah.’
In the empty space where the whole surroundings seemed wide and low, I intuited a possibility.
That this might be the end.
‘Still, I have to do everything I can.’
I don’t intend to quietly go down the throat.
I took out another dagger from my chest.
Delicate dark red color.
A dagger that pierces the heart and puts you in a state of suspended animation.
Wakes up after a certain amount of time.
The state of suspended animation caused by this dagger is special.
You cannot die while in suspended animation.
Becomes a kind of invincible state.
But the moment it wakes up, it is defenseless, so it is usually used to kill.
Or faking death.
‘Even if you use this, you are more likely to die. If I don’t get out of that body before waking up, I’ll die from digestion or suffocation.’
Still, I have the personality to do everything I can.
Since it is an urgent situation, there is no such thing as a flashlight.
Still, the face that comes to mind is that of a woman.
I remember each and every one of them growing up from a child to an adult.
Her body crashes.
‘If I’m going to die fighting, I’d rather be by your side.’
I laughed out loud for a moment.
I didn’t even know I was such a foolish person.
Okay.
From running away and not changing my name, I’ve been pretty bad.
Just before getting stuck in Drake’s mouth.
I think I saw two golden glitters in the direction of the city.
‘You can even hallucinate now. It’s different.’
Darkness draws closer.
I thrust my sword into my black throat.
The moment the hot blood gushed out, the mouth closed.
It was dark everywhere, and I was sucked inside by some force.
It was swallowed.
Just before that, I thrust a dagger through my heart.
I lost consciousness.
***
Elijah stepped inside Jericho.
She teleported over the wall.
There seems to be no enemies.
It is a very peaceful place, unlike the site where you fought a war.
I was going to look around lightly and go, but a certain name caught my ankle.
“Judah is here!”
That name I heard from the South Gate.
I reflexively turned my head.
What I found was a clear outline.
In a landscape where all objects sway like ink that has lost its boundaries and spreads as a single shadow.
A man standing completely alone.
I had no choice but to watch it.
Like a person from another world, he had his own color.
Dazzling golden eyes.
And the voice.
“Did you all hear what I said?”
As if it were the only color, a clear voice conveying a message to the mind.
Elijah looked at him in awe.
He went out with a grim face.
I see a huge lizard in the distance.
Gigantic Drake.
It is a dangerous monster.
A man named Judas seemed to be fighting that enemy.
I can’t win.
Why am I looking at that man?
At that time, the man’s sword glowed ivory.
After that, Elijah captured all of her process in her eyes.
A man climbing a drake.
The tenacity to struggle somehow, even if I die soon.
‘… Ah.’
The moon in the sky.
Golden eyes that shine vividly even right before being swallowed.
A man who was like a burning flame and soothed him with cold energy.
My anemone.
“Judas….”
The name that rolled in my mouth as if possessed was hot and sweet.
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My tongue seems to disappear.
The pupil of the moon in your hand.
A red blanket obsessively wrapped around you.
The cat doll I was looking for like a habit.
The master of my nightmares.
Another self in the cage that he once killed.
The blood that flowed on the anemone returned to him.
– Pounding!
My heart was beating wildly.
Forgotten emotions and memories have been revived.
With realization, Drake swallowed Judas.
After that, I just followed my instincts.
The scenery changes in an instant.
I teleported right in front of Drake.
Throws the pupil of the moon.
You don’t have to throw it yourself.
Golden flames hold the sword and strike it accurately.
The pupil of the moon, which contains its magical power, is a mixture of ivory and gold.
The sword that flew fiercely pierced Drake’s forehead and pierced his brain.
Teleport again.
Under the torso of Drake.
After raising 4 pillars from the ground to support them from collapsing, they cut them from neck to tail with flames.
The scales, which are harder than steel, crack gently like paper, pouring out blood and organs.
And in the middle of it.
“… Ah.”
Elijah found a man.
It falls with blood.
“Yu… all….”
I approached him staggeringly.
The fallen Judas had her eyes closed.
I wonder if he is dead.
He rested his head on his chest.
Very slowly and carefully.
I forgot for a moment that you shouldn’t touch your body.
The wait lasted like an eternity.
I can’t hear anything.
A quietness like the void of space.
His heart stopped beating.
“Judas… ?”
I called the name with a trembling voice.
Do not answer.
“Yu, Yuda…. Judah?”
Elijah’s jaw trembled.
She caressed his face and even shook her body.
But he didn’t open his eyes or breathe.
It looked like a corpse.
Not the same thing.
If it doesn’t breathe and its heart doesn’t beat, it’s a corpse.
Elijah wanted to deny that.
“Judas, Judas…. I-I’m here…. Me, i….”
It was strange all of a sudden.
Just because I’m here, does he have to get up?
What am I to him?
Paradoxically, Judas shouldn’t happen because he came.
I’m sure you want to kill him….
“Black-!”
I took a deep breath and hurriedly backed away from him.
Because reason was blurred, the body was touching.
I am a person who should not touch him.
What came next was a sense of incongruity.
Even while his body was tanned, a weak but cold energy flowed into his body.
But just now I didn’t feel anything.
The confused consciousness found something strange about Judas’ body.
A dagger stuck in his chest.
This is something I hadn’t seen before because I was distracted.
I didn’t look closely, but there was nothing like this in Judas’ chest before being swallowed by Drake.
That means the dagger was picked up after being swallowed.
‘This is…. How could this….’
A dagger that stabbed right through the heart in that brief moment.
Judging by the shape of the piercing, Judas stabbed himself.
‘… ….’
It wasn’t difficult to reach the ending.
She told him to die, and he did.
A contradiction arises.
If this were the case, there would be no reason to leave a camouflaged corpse in Bethany.
However, Elijah’s reason was so messed up that he couldn’t grasp the point.
Buried in her self-reproach, what she got was a very brief ending.
Because of him, Judas died.
The reason why she kicked him out even with harsh words is simple.
She decided that truth alone would not convince him.
If the feelings that Elijah realized were true, Judas would be no less like him, and it was clear that his personality would try to stay by his side even if he died.
But Elijah couldn’t believe her, so she tore his heart violently and then she banished her.
I was complacent. She
She should have thought more.
She said that if his predictions were true, she couldn’t have heard him and she couldn’t have been sober.
She had to think that it must have been as difficult as it was, or worse than that.
In the end he died.
It must have been this purpose from the beginning that he stepped forward in front of a mighty enemy called Gigantic Drake.
“Yu, Yuda…. No…. Hey, wake up, please…. I’m sorry, I…. Ugh… !”
My heart ached.
As if he hadn’t run before, an unfamiliar pulsation pounded painfully on his breastbone.
If the cause of suicide is oneself, that is tantamount to murder.
He himself killed Judas.
“Please wake up…. Please…. Oh, what to do, what to do….”
At that time, if he had used a different method, would the result have been different?
If that’s the case, at least you wouldn’t have died.
I don’t know.
If you die even if you stay together, and if you die even if you leave, what choice should you have made at that moment?
It’s too late to think about it now.
As always.
It is easy to review and point out results to correct them after facing them.
That’s why humans may always be creatures of regret.
Even though I know it’s meaningless.
Elijah hugged him tighter and pressed his face to his chest.
As if trying to get closer to the heart.
But the only thing he beat was his own heart.
“Ah, ah…. Ugh….”
Tears flowed non-stop.
I can’t even remember the last time I cried.
I was saved thanks to him, but he died because of me.
“Huh… !ぅ… ! Judah… ! Uhhhhh!”
Judas, who had escaped from Drake and covered himself in his blood, looked like a newborn baby.
And Elijah sadly hugged the escort knight who had reunited as a corpse.
“Ahhhhh-!”
I cried like a baby.
