153 – All you need is a little money and a place to live tomorrow (14)
“Why. Because, of course…”
“Of course? That’s your standard. Why should I follow it? No, how did you know about this place in the first place?”
“I don’t know. I just ran and ended up here. But that’s not what matters now! Comrade, please stop my brother.”
“So why me?”
I asked the reason again. Jason answered without hesitation.
“That’s right because it’s the duty.”
“Why is that my duty? I have no intention of saving those people. Of course, the loyalty to save your brother. My comrade is yours Jason and no one else. But why me?”
The archer asked back in confusion. There was a bit of displeasure mixed in his voice.
“No.”
“What?”
“This is not the duty of a comrade. “I am speaking about my duty now.”
What are you talking about? The archer couldn’t understand.
“If I have done something, I must take responsibility, and if I have done something wrong, I must correct it. I made a mistake with my actions, so I must take responsibility and correct it. “Do your best.”
“But why did you ask me for a favor?”
The context does not fit. The archer showed even more displeasure, but continued talking without stopping, as if Jason had no time to worry about that right now.
“Doesn’t ‘all effort’ mean putting forth all one’s strength? And strength does not mean mere force. “It’s intelligence, it’s money, and sometimes it’s fate.”
The word ‘relationship’ gave particular strength. It was referring to someone in front.
“My bond with you is my strength, comrade.”
Are you saying this after only seeing each other for a few days? The title, which was accepted as a joke, weighed down on the archer.
The archer groaned. Saving people was not something he cared about in the slightest.
Rather, I felt a sense of rejection. Why should I lose my energy over something like this? It was more profitable to find some clues to discover the dream during that time. If we just leave it alone, isn’t this a race that will multiply on its own by the number it lost today?
Of course, Archer was human before becoming a monster. But that was no reason to protect humans. There was no sense of homogeneity, much less a sense of protection.
“Isn’t it strange that I don’t find a comrade to show off my strength? Even if you consider me ugly or despise me, I must ask you this favor. Even if this relationship ends, it doesn’t matter.”
However, Jason says he must continue to protect humans. He couldn’t understand it most. Archer couldn’t understand many aspects of Jason.
In a way, it was inevitable.
The only thing Jason and he have in common is that they have no dreams, and they only met for a short time. It was natural that they didn’t know each other.
“I am doing my duty now. So, I ask you a favor. Please help me. Please lend me your strength.”
Jason lowered his head.
“…Let me ask you just one question.”
The archer asked, scratching his head.
“As for asking to save your brother… Yes, in a way, I understand. But people don’t know. Aren’t you a monster? Why does a monster want to save someone? Oh, are you also a case of going back and forth between people and monsters like some so-and-so?”
“That’s… No. I can’t be human. So I guess your guess is wrong.”
Jason slowly raised his head and answered.
“People too. “He is our comrade.”
“What? “Did you get hit in the head with an arrow?”
“Just listen first. “Didn’t you say that I am a comrade because I have no dreams and am wandering?”
“That’s right.”
“The people over there are like that too. Most of them have no dreams. I just live to earn each day and wake up tomorrow. “Everyone out there is lost.”
I live only for a little money today and a place to live tomorrow. Wanderers who have no dreams and just live day by day.
That’s why we are comrades.
Everyone who has lost his way is his comrade.
“So shouldn’t we protect it? “We are comrades, so why should we argue for a reason?”
“It would have been really cool if a strong guy had said that….”
Even though he knew it wasn’t true, the archer felt like he was blaming himself for no reason, so he smiled bitterly.
“That’s why I’m not asking a strong guy now. How about it? That’s the whole reason I’m asking. Now you make your choice.”
“I will not help anyone.”
The archer flatly refused.
“My arrows are too precious to shoot for those people.”
“Eat well and live well.”
Jason also resolutely turned his back.
“Just.”
When he heard the archer’s voice, he stopped his steps.
“Comrades can help.”
“Oh my.”
Jason turned to him again, looking intrigued.
“One shot. I will lend you just one foot. It doesn’t help any more than that. “I have no intention of saving such a foolish monster, nor do I have any intention of saving idiots like me who just die in the current.”
“There are so many nobles. Anyway, thank you.”
“Just give the signal at any time. When it matters most. “I will shoot you immediately.”
“I feel reassured. “I believe it.”
“Are you coming?”
Jason bowed his head and walked away. As soon as he took a step, his appearance disappeared as if it were a lie. As if he was watching a ship leaving over the horizon, as if he was going somewhere.
I don’t think he particularly used his abilities such as turning the belt. But where he disappeared, a faint starlight remained.
“…Is it true that this guy’s abilities are causing him to go astray?”
You may have other abilities that you are not aware of…
“Ha, I’m sick of not having dreams.”
The archer sat down, smiling helplessly, and took out his bow.
“There is no hesitation in action, so why not have a dream? “I wasn’t aware of it.”
Checked the bowstring while muttering profanities. Tension is normal. He was strong enough to shoot arrows anywhere.
“You envious bastard. “There are no clues here.”
After finishing checking the bow, the archer rummaged through his arms once again. When I tried to eat it, a few pieces of jerky came out. His mouth was also bored so he put it in his mouth without hesitation.
I rummaged through the beef jerky and searched inside my arms. Then, a hard syringe and a small leather bag were caught.
“…Ah.”
Come to think of it, I received drugs from Libra. I was planning to use it as a reward to give myself later after important work was completed.
“…Should I write it now?”
The temptation came. This small leather pouch looked more fascinating than any other beauty in the world. A very small starlight in this. But what is it that makes people so angry?
The archer was in agony as he looked back and forth between the syringe and the bag. Writing this now is not a bad decision. If you take a little drink to boost your motivation before starting work…
“It’s done.”
The archer quickly shook his head. It’s too wasteful to write now. I don’t know when Libra will make it again.
But it would be a waste to postpone it without a promise.
Don’t use it now, use it after shooting the bow.
“Good.”
With a pounding heart, Archer filled the syringe with drugs. So that you can use it at any time right after work is finished.
He has not yet questioned why he, who is not interested in most things, is obsessed with this light powder rather than other drugs.
**
Red Vega flew next to Blue Sirius, who was running frozen under the water. Blue Sirius did not hide his joy over his surviving comrades.
“Vega!”
“Sirius! “You’re alive!”
“You’re not safe either. “I’m sorry, I should have been able to defend myself there…”
Blood stains were clearly visible on Red Vega’s shoulders and back. He didn’t even have to think about whose blood it was. He doesn’t seem to have been burned as much as he was dealing with fire, but he still seems to have been unable to avoid injuries.
“Well, why is it Sirius’s fault!”
“If I had done better, this wouldn’t have happened… No, I’m sorry.”
Blue Sirius was about to fall into depression again, but he held his heart together and hurriedly stirred his feet.
“For now, let’s focus on eradication.”
“Yes!”
Red Vega also increased her flight speed to match her jumping.
“The number of people who can move now… So, how many people are not indirectly harmed by the fight between you and me and how many of them have minor injuries?”
“Uh… That is….”
A smile leaked from the corner of her mouth.
“There isn’t one? Are you okay. “That’s better.”
It is better to get hurt yourself than to hurt someone else.
“For now, let’s focus on chasing that guy. That monster controls water and can even control its temperature. “The scope is probably large enough to cover the entire place right now.”
Blue Sirius was appalled. Everything you can see is water. It is not a floating city, but was originally just a city. Blue Sirius was speechless at this tragic tragedy.
There is no ground to step on without creating ice beneath his feet. How many people have lost their jobs and homes due to this commotion today?
And now, if he doesn’t stop it, another victim will arise.
But how? A feeling of despair arises.
Can I do it now? Even Red Vega would find it difficult to evaporate all this water. She says she is too. You can’t even freeze all this water, but if you tried to freeze it, it would only melt again.
Even if we receive the cooperation of the suspicious monster from earlier, how much progress can we make?
If that guy can control this water indefinitely, there is no hope.
Blue Sirius’s steps faltered for a moment. It wasn’t because her psychology affected her body.
She behaved as she had done so far.
I threw my body to the same height and created an ice surface where I stepped on. This was the problem. She behaved as she had done so far.
“…Is the water level decreasing?”
The water level was different from just before. Low. The water level is shallow. It is not because of the distance from the place where the flood occurred. Even now, Blue Sirius is chasing the monster. The distance isn’t that far.
So this means that the enemy’s abilities were not what they are now.
It wasn’t given by starlight. It doesn’t seem like the enemy’s capabilities have reached their limit.
Then there is only one answer.
“I guess the problem is not the ability… But the resources.”
“Yes?”
“Vega, I think I discovered that monster’s abilities.”
“Yes? “It’s the ability to control water…”
“There are two ways to simply control water. “The ability to create and control water and the ability to control water that already exists.”
“…Ah!”
Red Vega’s eyes widened as if he realized what Blue Sirius was trying to say.
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“That guy is the latter. The ability to control only the water that is present. “This water probably came from the existing sewage system.”
The reason the ground shook every time new water was used was probably due to the effect of pumping water from the underground water supply facility. Or maybe they were pumping up groundwater buried underground.
Anything doesn’t matter. The reason the enemy is moving now is probably because the water available here has disappeared.
“So now is your chance. “You have to see the end when the enemy has no resources…”
“Now, wait a minute, Sirius. “Then… doesn’t that mean that monster is now leaving to find a place with water?”
“Right?”
“…What should I do?”
Red Vega’s face turned blue.
“There’s a river in the path that monster is taking right now?”
“…Ah.”
Blue Sirius also turned pale.
That’s right. There is a river in the path that the monster takes. In addition to that…..
“…No.”
The hotel where Han Jae-joong is staying is also near the river.
If that monster could control all the water in the river, a radius of a few kilometers would instantly be submerged, shattered, and sink. It is difficult to expect people to survive.
Especially for people underground.
The moment that monster touches the river, it’s over.
This city and her life.
“…Vega!”
“I understand!”
You must defeat the monster before it reaches the river. Blue Sirius’ steps became more urgent.
