43 – like a comet in your heart (4)
It was similar to the discomfort that comes from receiving religious advice on the street.
To go further, the act of evangelism in a threatening tone, saying that if you don’t believe, you will go to hell.
Doubt is a kind of compulsory trust that dismisses rational action as an unnecessary process.
It was the discomfort that came from that.
“Why should I…”
“You.”
Botis stopped talking.
“You’ve just recently become aware of your purpose, haven’t you?”
It was as he said. It’s been less than a week since I realized the abnormality.
“As a joke among ourselves, they say that monsters who have just realized their purpose are the scariest. People who have just realized their purpose are scared. But I made a lot of mistakes back then.”
Botis smiled as if he understood. There was a tolerance like the advice given by seniors in life, such as brothers and family.
“You did well to put up with me when he just tried to kill me. I don’t care… but you never know what the kids next to you will think. It’s too much to expect human intelligence from puss that aren’t even lambs. is it a thing?”
I never hid my intent to kill. There’s no way he wouldn’t know the murderous intent he had before sitting on this mat.
Also, livestock to play in this vast nature.
He threw his focus on the signs he had been ignoring for a while. Several animals staring ferociously towards this place.
Ferocious monsters covered in wool, but not soft.
Botis waved leisurely and greeted them.
“Seeing that you endured that, you are very docile for a monster who is aware of his purpose. Ah… of course! Yes. Don’t doubt it.”
It was kind, but it was kind that Han Jaejoong could not accept.
“Even if you think it’s a mistake now, it won’t be a mistake in the end.”
After all, that must have come from the belief that the belt will lead you to the right path.
It was close to fanaticism.
Han Jaejoong, tired of listening to Botis’ praise for the belt, cut off his words.
“It seems that the repulsion will only increase. Is it because you fell in love with the machine and praised it like that? It’s a very passionate love.”
“Are you mad? It’s all because of lack of sugar. Would you like some honey now?”
“Not required.”
I felt like pouring the milk out of this cup right into his face. It’s the same milk I drank earlier, so I’m sure you’ll drink this too.
However, in that case, not only would it not be a ‘chat’, but also the many angry monsters who glared at me.
Jaejoong Han asked while holding back a sigh.
“Hey, why do you advise me to trust the Belt? If you knew my purpose, it wouldn’t do you any good.”
Botis laughed.
“I’m on the side of all the lambs. ‘All’ lambs. Even if there are conflicts from time to time, I can’t deny that dream.”
Lamb, the word he used to refer to monsters.
“Aha, indeed.”
It was only then that Han Jaejoong realized why he admired the belt that guides the ideal.
There are two reasons for inviting yourself to this space.
One is to give time to the monster rampaging outside.
the other, to define whether one is a lamb or a wolf.
“You want me to be a monster.”
What the belt suggests is a path that has the potential to achieve one’s ideal.
For the realization of the ideal, the process is not worth it, it is the path of a monster.
Botis’ purpose was to make you think it was right.
Like that, gradually bring your body and mind closer to the monster.
Become a wandering lamb who knows where to go but does not know how to go.
“May I be the lamb that will come into your arms…”
For a moment, Han Jaejoong recalled that he used violence to instill fear in Red Vega.
According to him, this is not a sin. It is the way to achieve the ideal.
However, you shouldn’t take it that way.
“I refuse. Don’t do stupid work and you just have to keep suckling.”
Botis laughed out loud.
**
Red Vega was just thinking about killing the monster.
No other thoughts were needed. In an urgent battlefield where victory or defeat could be decided in just one second, there was no need to afford that.
Suffering was a luxury.
“Sister Aldebaran!”
When Red Vega shouted, a solid line was again drawn around the monster’s neck. However, it was different from just before. Several overlapping lines drawn on one line, dozens of slashes.
Kagagak!!!
An unpleasant noise scratched my ears. Red Vega didn’t care at all and gathered sparks in both fists. Using his unique firepower as thrust, he punched the area where several lines had just been drawn.
bang! bang! Tadadadadang!
Not just one or two consecutive strikes, but dozens of consecutive strikes. Each one was an intense attack that could tear apart rock and melt iron easily. Do it dozens of times. focused on one point.
It was cool nonetheless. There was still no sign of any wounds on the monster’s body. A puff of smoke rose from the blow. It was just heat, not a scar.
“I’m going crazy…”
“Yeah, but if you keep attacking, you’ll find a way out.”
“A bow, I’ve studied some pretty difficult words.”
“Yes? No, what do you see me as…”
“Get out of the way guys!”
Hearing Blue Sirius’s voice from behind, the two of them flew through the sky and fled. Immediately, a thick ice spear flew and hit the monster’s neck.
An attack with maximum firepower that was released by condensing mana with an alter ego. The ice spear, which flew at the same speed as a bullet, easily pushed the monster back.
If it was normal, the moment I touched it, my neck would have to fly.
The monster’s overwhelming durability disallowed that phenomenon.
Chijijijik!
It was the sound of frictional heat as the monster’s feet dragged on the ground.
“Ha ha ha ha ha!”
Even with a window the size of a building stuck in his neck, he let out a laugh. It was bizarre.
“Tsk.”
Blue Sirius clicked his tongue. If it was simply strong, he would have been able to rationalize himself by feeling discouraged, but that monster was simply hard.
The attack is simple and the speed is not very fast. It’s just that his defensive power is on a different level from the monsters he’s fought so far.
It was frustrating. All attacks hit the foot, but they do not work. Frustration soon turned into irritation.
It was the same for Red Vega. Fear could be quickly removed from the mind with adrenaline or endorphins secreted during battle.
The body, which was easily excited by this, felt annoyed at the current situation that seldom achieved results.
Irritability leads to anxiety, and anxiety leads to immediate action.
Red Vega gathered sparks under her feet and used them as propellants. The resulting speed was such that it instantaneously caused a sonic boom. While being attacked by an ice spear, he caught up with the monster who was moving far away.
It spewed fire in the opposite direction to suppress its speed, then turned around.
The target is the back of the monster. During the flight, the mana that was compressed in the fist was released. A fluttering flame like a living organism.
The flame drew a line and it moved like a heartbeat.
one way. chords.
A special move she created, a special move containing her ideals.
A skill that contains the desire to respect and follow someone who has made it their ideal.
The fist of the purest desire was directed at the monster.
Quadruped!
She hit the monster like a hammer. The nail was not a monster, but an ice spear in front.
A bizarre tactic like hammering a nail into a wooden board rather than hammering it into a nail.
The monster is pressed against the nail, and the nail presses the monster again.
The embossment was caught.
Snuggle Geek!
The terrible sound of fingernails scratching on glass rang in my ears once again. It was the sound of something scratching against a hard body. It works. Red Vega was convinced.
It spewed fire without stopping. I felt as if the monster had stepped forward more than before.
‘you can do it!’
It is possible. Red Vega gathered sparks behind her elbow and sprayed them. increased momentum.
Snuggle Geek!
Gradually the monster moved forward. I struggled as if I was trying to escape, but the front and back were so tightly blocked that escape was impossible.
‘Just a little more…!’
Kwajangchang!
ice is broken Immediately, the monster hid its limbs inside its shell and spun like a top.
“Eww?!”
Red Vega, which was in that range, was priced authentically. My body froze at the shock of my head. I was puzzled. I know the hardness of the ice that Blue Sirius makes. How huge and strong the blow of conversion is.
It couldn’t have broken that easily.
At the end of that accident, Red Vega immediately came up with an answer.
His own flame, firepower that can instantly turn steel into rust, and ice met at close range. Melting is unavoidable. It was not good for a pincer attack.
I’m sure it could have worked…
‘Is it because of me…?’
If this ability hadn’t been for flames, would it have been possible to succeed? I was drained of guilt and powerlessness.
As I was flying through the air, forgetting to even take a fall, I felt a soft sensation on my back.
“Mr. Vega!”
“Thank you.”
“Personally, I think the previous action was good. The problem is… that guy was too hard.”
Golden Aldebaran had caught her. Red Vega stood up at her touch with a bewildered expression.
Now that time is in a hurry, Golden Aldebaran ran to the monster first. Her body gradually began to become transparent. I tried hiding again.
Red Vega also calmed his trembling legs to move again. It must have been just a momentary loss of strength due to the use of too much energy for a moment.
“Phew… It was scary.”
I muttered involuntarily as I moved my body.
‘yes? You said you were scared?’
Red Vega covered her mouth. It was cold. what kind of madness It’s something a hero shouldn’t say. Will Sky Polaris say these words after being beaten by a monster and surviving? No way.
Saying that they will fight once again, they will burn the fighting spirit and the feelings of revenge.
Even if you look at other magical girls without going up to the senior rank, it is no different.
All of them do not speak fear in the middle of the monster’s battle. The original mind may be different. But the fact that you don’t say it doesn’t change the fact.
‘It could have demoralized me…’
Red Vega ran and continued to blame herself.
It was an exaggerated response and an overinterpretation.
A very small word.
She was still a girl in a time when her emotions changed easily even with that small word.
Her mind was still unstable. The self-esteem built up while working as a magical girl was collapsing like a sand castle, and the heroism built up so far was shaking.
It was unacceptable behavior.
In order to correct that, she became a little more strict with herself, and this strictness shook her spirit again.
She whipped herself to become the magical girl she idealized, and that whipping destroyed herself and distanced herself from the magical girl she idealized.
It was a vicious cycle.
It was also a growing pain.
Red Vega erased fear from recognition once again. I tried not to feel it.
The rotation of the monster, which was randomly charging in all directions, stopped.
A monster who pulled out limbs from a turtle’s shell has been revealed.
Golden Aldebaran, who was hiding nearby, shouted.
“There are wounds!”
It worked. The attack just before was not in vain.
There is hope.
Red Vega even felt the exhilarating joy.
“aaa!!”
Red Vega, who regained his cheerfulness once again, stretched his fist toward the monster’s neck.
There was no fear.
As the distance got closer, a slight broken wound was revealed near the monster’s neck.
“Pincer strike!”
The invisible slash was also directed at the monster’s neck.
“hahahaha….”
Both attacks hit the monster’s neck at the same time.
Great!
The hard shell covering the neck cracked open, exposing something like black leather inside.
succeded.
The two didn’t stop. Once again, fists and slashes were unleashed. Now that it had no shell, it was sure to be more lethal.
“under!!!”
Tung!
bounced off No blades, no fists.
“…uh?”
Red Vega noticed.
Inside the hard shell, there.
There is an armor that is harder and more indestructible.
“Ha ha ha ha ha!!!”
The first laugh I heard after arriving here was reproduced.
The monster laughed out loud and grabbed Golden Aldebaran’s legs as they bounced back. It was in a state of stealth, but if you refer to the direction and presence of the previous attack, it was enough to guess the location.
After twirling it as it was caught, it was thrown towards Red Vega.
“Keugh!”
“Ah!”
A meat bullet subjected to centrifugal force was a sufficient weapon. Red Vega, who was in an unstable position, was unable to receive people like Golden Aldebaran did just before. In the end, they just fell to the ground together.
Above them, the body of a monster arrived. The shell was spinning like a top, and there were sharp blades that I hadn’t seen before.
It was obvious that the transformation would be canceled due to the shock that the body was torn apart at the moment of being hit. If the attack continues after that… I will die.
The gaze between the monster and the magical girl was reversed.
The flying magical girl is mostly seen from above when she first puts the monster in her field of view. Then make eye contact equally.
Rarely when viewed from below.
The moment you look up at the monster from below, that means defeat.
Either die or get lucky and come back to life.
Most of them were statistically aware that the former result was correct.
I know, but I don’t feel it.
Red Vega recalled the memory. A few days ago, the one-sided violence received from the monster.
The pain and fear, helplessness, and weakness of that time.
My hands and feet trembled like a bell that had just rung, and my mouth forgot the language. I couldn’t even scream. I couldn’t even breathe air.
However, the body was constantly ringing the alarm bell.
run away
It was an action close to a reflex. It was instinct.
Red Vega hugged Golden Aldebaran and condensed magic beneath her feet. There was no setting of direction or adjustment of speed. I just wanted to get out of this place right now.
The magic she had practiced to run away from the monster spewed fire to run away from the monster farther than anyone else.
bang!
Dust and ice shards flew and the two flew back. The vicious monster’s spinning attack landed where they were.
Kwajijik!
The ground was dug and torn in terrible shapes.
Baek Ah-hee, who kept it in her eyes, gave even more strength to the magical girl senior she embraced. It resembled a girl grabbing a doll to forget her nightmares.
“Vega, Mr. Vega? How far are you going?!”
Baek Ah-hee did not stop even after leaving the spot. After flying for a while, Red Vega climbed onto the roof of a secluded building.
“Thank you. Now again…”
“No.”
As soon as the high-speed flight stopped, Golden Aldebaran tried to get up. Red Vega blocked it.
Even after he ran away, his heart was beating wildly. The intestines seemed to come out of the mouth.
“I can’t… I can’t…”
Now Red Vega has gained fear.
I couldn’t even turn a blind eye. The light was so bright that I could feel it even with my eyes closed.
No matter how much I try to avoid or forget it, I can only know it the moment I observe it.
Fear of losing one’s life.
Red Vega knew fear.
“I can’t go… yo…”
His stammering voice resembled that of a child holding back his sobs.
