196 – Named Relationship (8)
“Is there about an hour left now?…”
Han Jaejoong sighed deeply as he measured the timer he had instructed Belt to use.
About an hour has passed since I heard about the lifespan from White Dabih. The fatigue of my body is no longer indescribable. My body doesn’t feel like my own. The feeling disappeared. It feels like controlling a clay doll with thread.
Right now, he was just somehow holding on with the support of his belt and his mental strength.
Even that becomes useless after a short period of 60 minutes.
The moment he becomes a corpse, he becomes a monster using the corpse as a medium. It was terrible to even imagine that he would turn into a monster like the archer he defeated earlier.
I feel sorry for Jo Ayun, but this was a time when she was desperate to fulfill her promise to Red Vega.
‘I’m at least relieved that they’ll kill me.’
A promise to kill you if you turn into a complete monster and go on a rampage. She is someone who puts her sense of duty as a magical girl first when it comes to personal information, so of course she will protect it.
Of course, Han Jaejoong also did not want to die. He still has many regrets in life.
I have to help Jo A-yoon with her cafe work and go on a date with Seol-hwa Yoon. There are still too many powerful enemies left to just trust in the magical girls and disappear, and the promise to Silver Luna has not been kept.
I haven’t been able to find a proper home, and there are a lot of things I want to eat. There are many stories contained within.
But in everything, you have to assume the worst. The promise with Red Vega was insurance against the worst.
With this insurance, you can fight with peace of mind.
Shoo!
I dodged the spear that the scorpion hurled at me by rotating in the air and stepped on the spear. The huge cylindrical window provided a good path. Watcher, who covered his feet with lightning and burned the poison, ran from the window as if running down the road, and jumped towards his head, clutching his axe.
I didn’t even expect to inflict fatal injuries with just one attack. That armor-like outer shell was so strong that it was difficult to even express it with the word ‘hard.’
That’s why, at least one more attack.
Kwagwagwagwang!!!
The attack, delivered at the speed of lightning, was repeated dozens of times and exploded on the neck. The attack was so fast that it could have been mistaken for a single attack.
It is the same principle as dealing with the scorpion’s tail. Accumulates damage by hitting the same area multiple times. Just as a drop of water splits a rock, no matter how solid it is, it cannot withstand repeated one-point attacks.
The problem is time. No one knows how many times this will have to be repeated before it will be an effective blow.
I’ve probably hit it about 1000 times so far. The response is slowly coming. A scar that is even vivid. The efforts so far have not been in vain.
It’s not just that one person.
This was achieved through the efforts of countless people.
The hole in the chest created by the death of Botis and the Argo family. Even though it couldn’t take the scorpion’s life, it inflicted a serious fatal wound in its own way.
If it receives any more fatal injuries in this state, this giant robot will not be able to maintain its form and will disintegrate.
[When the scorpion became an abyss, there was a core that held its center.]
If that shape cannot be maintained, the core will naturally be revealed.
[You can win if you destroy the core.]
The path to victory taught by Belt.
This was not just a feeling, it was a conviction.
“Okay….”
The Watcher sat down on his shoulder, catching his breath. When I turn my head and look down, I see Blue Sirius blocking the self-immolation.
Each one has similar specifications to the clone of the scorpion I faced before. Accordingly, its speed is also different from that of ordinary monsters, so if you take your eyes off it just a little, it will travel all the way to the shelter.
Blue Sirius’ ice magic was excellent at preventing this. The ice, which does not melt and is harder than steel, did an excellent job of preventing their movement.
Thanks to the unique feature of not melting, the magic of Silver Luna and Magenta Helios, two magical girls who emit powerful heat, is not self-defeating either.
If it weren’t for their efforts, we wouldn’t have been able to focus on dealing with the main body of the scorpion like this.
Magenta Helios looked up at him.
A feeble sense of hope mixed with anxiety.
Han Jaejoong saw the awakening of her scorpion and recalled the conversation he had with her.
-‘What are you trying to do?’
-‘Don’t stop me. That’s my job. I have to deal with it.’
-‘Don’t talk nonsense. It’s that monster’s fault that you got hurt and that I got hurt. ‘It’s not your responsibility.’
As soon as the scorpion transformed into a combined giant robot, a scuffle broke out against Helios, who was trying to activate the black dwarf.
-‘Then what are we going to do? How are you going to deal with that! We’re all going to die! You, me, and most of the people here! ‘If it ends with me dying alone, wouldn’t it be cheap?’
Helios’ face, which had always maintained an expressionless and cynical attitude, was distorted. Calmness was not something to be found in a situation like this.
-‘Your life is not cheap. No one! ‘Don’t compare death to cost-benefit!’
-‘Now is the time to reason!’
-‘It’s an impulsive choice. Your perspective is narrowed. Just calm down and think about it.’
In order to prevent Helios from making impulsive choices, the Watcher talked to him endlessly and persuaded him to distract him.
Fortunately, it may have been a momentary emotional decision, but as the argument continued, Helios’ anger and impulsiveness gradually became less intense.
Perhaps it was because he grabbed the scorpion and ran away from the scorpion’s sphere of influence at full speed before he could do anything foolish.
‘Believe. There is a way for both you and me to live. Are you using magic? If you use miraculous powers, believe in them accordingly. Challenge the impossible. ‘I will show you.’
After somehow calming Helios down, the Watcher promised one thing.
‘Even in this dark sky, there are stars.’
Whatever the reason, Helios gave up using the black dwarf and decided to focus on stopping Scorpion at this point.
That alone is a huge harvest. It was successful in twisting the plot from the original work.
But the future has not been changed yet.
Helios watched him and said nothing.
Han Jaejoong did not know the meaning contained in that unspoken pressure.
‘Prove it.’
Try to make your promise come true. Prove that you are not wrong.
Han Jaejoong laughed bitterly. Today, there was a lot to shout about and a lot to carry.
My own life is too much, but other people’s lives, family, beliefs and memories are all too much. It’s so heavy that it’s hard to carry.
“Oh my…!”
Scorpions are not fools either, so if they are wronged, they act to repay them.
In order to drop the Watcher from his shoulder, he turned his head towards that shoulder and fired a beam from his eye.
Looking at its ugly color and energy, it seemed like it was also poisonous.
“Something keeps coming up.”
The Watcher was scared and ran towards the sky. He continued to fire the beam, tracking the direction with his eyes. It moved in the sky using lightning as a booster, but it seemed like it was slowly reaching its limits.
But you can’t escape from the air. This was because it was obvious that the beam would affect the ground the moment it went to the ground. We can’t cause trouble to a struggling magical girl.
While I was avoiding the beam, I couldn’t pay attention to the other one. Scorpion Spear. I had already put that main weapon out of my mind.
I could see the future 3 seconds later. The path of the spear was clearly aimed at his body. Can not avoid. Completely square. The difference in strength is stark when swinging an axe.
“…It is Binaida.”
Please don’t let this poison take away your life, I prayed to the heavens like that.
The reason for this playful prayer was possible because we knew that salvation was planned.
Someone came quickly like a red comet and snatched him.
The Watcher raised his head and checked his face. The corners of the girl’s mouth with a bright smile and clear red eyes were looking at him kindly.
His hair is fluttering like a flame, and the frills around his body are also burning with flames of fantastic color.
It wasn’t that difficult to know that I had awakened to divinity.
“Ta-da! Were you surprised? “It really looked like a red comet, didn’t it?”
“I wasn’t surprised.”
“Huh?! Why! You should be surprised! “You should praise me!”
“It all seemed like the future. Of course, I will praise you. Good job.”
The Watcher lifted her hand and tried to stroke her hair. But she failed.
It was hot. Her body temperature was at a level where water droplets would evaporate before they even reached her. Even for someone who wields lightning, she is difficult to touch.
Luckily for her, his thunderbolt was cold, which was her unusual natural trait, and he succeeded in stroking her around her thunderbolt.
“Isn’t it too hot?”
“Oh, no?! It’s not hot at all? Didn’t your fever rise at all? You’re not embarrassed at all? I’m extremely cold-hearted, right? Would you like to hear the heart sound? Ruler! “Please embrace my wide ga, ga-ga-ga-ga heart!”
“I don’t like it.”
Why are you denying it when it is physically hot? And her breasts were not particularly large (comparison group, Yun Seol-hwa). Han Jaejoong couldn’t understand.
“You are still confused about dealing with divinity. Drop it off there. And let the divinity stabilize by your side. I saw what Blue Sirius was doing. Create a new transformation tool like that and stabilize your magic power.”
“Uh… Um… Eh….”
“Why do you hate me? Of course, I know that it is difficult in this urgent situation. I will be by your side watching over you, so do your best. “If you go too fast, you’ll fall.”
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“Yes? Hey, you’re going to protect me for the rest of my life?!”
“Do not misunderstand the intention. “I don’t have the stamina to take pranks right now.”
Red Vega did as he said and raised the Watcher onto a nearby collapsed building.
“Huh… It’s not a joke. “Are you willing to stay by my side and protect me for the rest of my life?”
Is it the same joke as always? The Watcher treated her words as a joke and ignored them. Still, an arc was drawn at the corner of her mouth. Even in emergency situations like this, tact is important. It’s perfect for calming the mind and improving morale.
Feeling his heartbeat calming down a bit, Han Jaejoong calculated the route on how to approach the scorpion.
“Well, but this… Do I really have to complete it?”
“Of course, do you plan on continuing the heat wave like that?”
“Uh, well… Well, then! Mr. Watcher, can’t you watch this? “Ho, maybe my dexterity isn’t good enough and the pendant might end up in a weird shape…”
“…You seem strangely shy.”
Are you okay with saying strange things but shy about saying things like that?
“Okay. Don’t look at it. So, stabilize it quickly. It is a matter directly related to your health.”
“…! Really, right? “I will kill you if I see you.”
Leaving a bloody threat, Red Vega quietly folded his hands in front of his chest as if praying. The starlight moved as if it was being sucked in between his palms.
Whoosh! Pop! At that moment, I heard the sound of the wind. Han Jaejoong turned his head and checked his surroundings. He was nothing short of a social outcast.
I have already seen who came to the future. He was exactly what was expected.
“Are you here?”
“Yeah, you bastard.”
“Are you in a position to curse?”
“I’m sorry, you bastard.”
He was an archer.
“Why don’t you help me knock that thing down instead of hitting it in the head?”
“Well, I guess that will solve the problem, but….”
“Hey you bastard!”
There was also one person who approached without a sound.
“Don’t forget that there are people who aren’t.”
“What kind of face are you coming here with? Aren’t you going to fall?!”
Park! Odette arrived and immediately kicked him in the back. The archer welcomed the kick without much complaint.
It is a kick thrown with the power of a monster, so its power is no joke.
“Isn’t it too much to be shameless? “How could you…”
“…I’m sorry.”
He didn’t even swear and immediately lowered his head.
Odette was taken aback by the unexpected reaction, but she did not hold back.
“Then you should be sorry. “What did you do?”
The attempted murder actually killed dozens of civilians. Even if he bows his head now, the karma buried in his blood will not disappear.
“I know. “I looked up everything.”
The archer acknowledged it without saying anything.
“But now is not the time to settle that karma. “There are more important things, you b*tch.”
“Aren’t you going to swear?”
“This… My friend….”
“Sweet… Well, that’s enough courtesy to others.”
Odette smiled and stood next to the Watcher.
“What is your dream?”
“…Even those who are not qualified, do they deserve to be heroes?”
“That’s pedantic. Are all monsters like that? “What happened?”
If you have reflected on it, you will have to take care of it yourself. Odette took her mind off him and drew her line.
“I’m rooting for you, kid.”
“Ha.”
The archer smiled and stood next to the empty watcher.
“Even if you don’t cheer, I will do my best, you bastard.”
“Even if I say nice things, it’s damn good.”
“The story didn’t end well.”
And then he quietly observed the Watcher’s thoughts. Because I once again remembered how much sh*t I had done to him.
“It’s not like you to be observant.”
“It’s noisy.”
“As I said before, I don’t care. Just clean up the trouble you caused to people other than yourself. “That’s not my territory.”
Watcher also drew the same line as Odette. There was a natural line between those who committed murder and those who did not.
No matter how much you change your mind, that fact does not disappear and follows you around like a tag for the rest of your life.
“…I know.”
The archer was still hesitant and watched the watcher. It was similar to how a child who is a troublemaker becomes timid in front of the teacher after making a mistake.
The Watcher sighed and said something to him.
“Hey.”
“Huh?”
“Do you know Botis’ teacher?”
“…Why is that?”
The archer, who had not yet recovered all his memories, looked at him with a puzzled expression.
“…They say the teacher’s name was ‘Amundsen.’”
“….”
When the archer heard the name, he felt familiar, and soon realized that the name was his.
The name given to me by my disciple as a monster.
A disciple who read books for him who could not read, and following his taste for stories about great people, he read the stories of numerous characters. It was named after the life of Roald Amundsen, a story I particularly liked.
The name of a dream.
Adventurer Amundsen.
“Where did you get that….”
“This is Botis’ will.”
The archer held his breath at the word “Will.”
“There is an idiot whose name I don’t know, so he asked me to tell him.”
“…I see.”
Amundsen stopped by holding the bow with his trembling hands.
It is not too late to pay tribute even after surviving.
“That’s how it happened.”
The bow I proudly wore gained even more power. This is the weapon I learned last, and the weapon I have used the most since some time ago.
As I was slowly burning my killing intent, I heard a new voice again.
“This is such a coincidence. “Are you all gathered?”
It was Jason. It was his first time seeing a monster with clear tear marks, so Amundsen could not help but be embarrassed.
“…And coincidentally. “We are all aiming for the same goal.”
The voice was uncharacteristically heavy.
“Although our lives were different in getting to this point, our aspirations are the same, and although this is coincidental, it is inevitable. “Those who once came together and then dispersed are now gathering towards a common enemy.”
Jason looked at Amundsen as if he were about to hand over his horse. He hadn’t even offered a meager apology yet, but there was no longer any resentment in his eyes.
Amundsen smiled empty-handed and nodded.
“It’s romantic.”
“Yes, it’s romantic. “I want to give a name to this romantic encounter.”
Jason spread his arms. He started working even though no one had touched the belt attached to his waist.
“A hellish meeting has turned into a meeting that will last all the way to hell, so the first letter is hell. Originally, there was an anonymous person in the middle, but since we have no name to leave behind, even the name ‘obscure’ is a luxury. So, I will get rid of the name. The last letter has always changed, but this meeting was written in blood, so from now on, we will name it the Blood Pledge.”
Starlight poured down and connected them like a string.
“We are the Hell Blood Pledge.”
“It smells like old man.”
“That’s a crappy name.”
“Am I the only one who is cool?”
Ignoring everyone’s opinions, he proceeded with the story alone.
“That’s why our ties are connected like blood and will strengthen each other.”
The wreckage of the broken aerial ship gathered around the string-like starlight.
“What, what!”
“Wow, you’re so f*cking cool?”
“It looks like you know your abilities, Jason.”
The Watcher asked, and Jason nodded his head.
The nameless power regained its name and began to be used in the correct form.
“Gather together. Under my name!”
By that time, Red Vega had also completed the stabilization of his divinity. She was so focused that she didn’t notice the situation around her and was taken aback when she saw the sudden increase in people and the string of starlight. It was because she trusted Han Jaejoong so much that she was confident that he would protect her.
“It’s done! Uh? Who are you all… Wow!”
By chance, she, who was at the scene, was also swept away by her wreckage.
New members were added, bringing the number to 5.
The debris gathered together and embraced the five heroes.
It gradually began to take shape, but its shape was not that of a ship.
“Under the name of Jason, heroes and heroines will unite to defeat the enemy!”
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A yellow-golden knight with the opposite color of a scorpion.
“What, what? What is it? What happen?”
“Uh… Um… I’m embarrassed too, so calm down.”
Red Vega was looking around in confusion and shaking his watcher, but he was just as confused.
When I saw this future, I thought it was a hallucination for a moment.
But I had to accept it.
“I’m going to turn.”
The place where you are standing now is a room with an environment similar to a spaceship control room.
A room for controlling something.
“Argo! Sally!!!”
The place he is in is inside a huge robot.
