Chapter 145 – Survival (7)
“Chew… !”
Seong Ha-yeon Hunter spat out a curse and wiped the green bodily fluid from her body. In an instant, frost formed all over her body, and all the bodily fluids clinging to her body hardened and fell to the floor. She tried to fight back in that state, but abruptly grabbed her head, staggered, and sat on her floor.
“Oh, fuck… !”
The monster was running again. In the midst of sharp kicks and bizarre attacks using her head like a whip, I was barely able to get Seong Ha-yeon Hunter out. For a moment, her body was hot like a ball of fire. I started running as soon as I hugged her. Her monstrosity took a few more steps forward, trying to chase after us, then plunged her head into her broken side and began to weep bitterly at her.
“Aaaaagh!”
Leaving behind the screams, I checked the condition of Sung Ha-yeon Hunter. Judging by how normal it looked, it didn’t look like a mountain, but she couldn’t come to her senses. She looked at her floor with her eyes closed, and she suddenly vomited and vomited up what was inside her.
“Miss Hayeon!”
As I ran, I kept checking her condition. A few monsters spotted us and showed hostility, but we didn’t have time to deal with them. Seong Ha-yeon Hunter said.
“Oh, fuck… ! I just got discharged… !”
She seemed upset that as soon as her injuries healed, she had to be patient again, rather than her body aching. She looked at me with her face twisted and said:
“…I think my body has become numb. It can only be avoided.”
“No. We did our best.”
The monster was holding its breath, curled up like a ball, far away from us. My right arm was shining, but I wasn’t sure if I could kill him with the next shot. There was too little information about him. I didn’t know that bodily fluids were being sprayed in such a way, or that people would become lethargic the moment they came in contact with bodily fluids.
It was too reckless to see the match like this. What if I rushed in and was covered in that unknown bodily fluid? So what if I also become incapacitated on the spot?
What if Hunter Seong Ha-yeon’s condition deteriorates and dies while I fight?
“Are you okay? Mr. Hayeon?”
“…Uh. It’s okay for now… ! Her head hurts a bit…”
“Can you walk?”
Come in front of her cave, hey, I asked as I dropped her off. After she got out of my arms, Seong Ha-yeon Hunter seemed to take a step in front of her, and then she sat down again and retched her. Even holding her trembling arms, I could feel her whole body like a ball of fire.
Without her words, I carried her into her cave. As soon as she lay down on her full bed, she let out her breath and stretched out. The cool air in the cave was cooling her perspiration, but it still rained down on her forehead.
“Ha… ! Ha… !”
Heavy breathing and blurred consciousness. Even in her fading spirit, she moved her hand in search of me. Twisting her wrists as she repeated her trial and error over and over again as she ripped open her grass bed, I held her hand against hers.
“No.”
Are you okay? I couldn’t ask. I couldn’t help but sit down next to her and shake her body. I was afraid. I hated seeing her die. He hated the fact that the cave he entered after hunting every evening would be locked in silence.
“Ha… ! Ha… !”
The cave would be too warm without her. The bed is probably to be used alone. In an empty place where nothing I am used to is gone, only loneliness will remain, and it will be strangling me.
I didn’t want to be left alone in this world.
Even if there was an Almighty, I wanted someone to greet me in front of me, tell me that I had a hard time when I was having a hard time, and give me a smile. I wanted her to be by my side too.
I hugged her tightly she wasn’t cold As hot as it was, I hugged her tightly and started to cry. As her tears welled up, I too had to bury my face in the grass bed. The sound of her breathing sounded deafening in his ears.
“Don’t die.”
I was so afraid of loneliness. I heard Hunter Seong Ha-yeon’s laughter. Even as she twisted her body roughly, she smiled and hugged me. She grabbed the hem of my dress, twisted her leg, and hugged me tight again.
“I will not die.”
She said so She gritted her teeth, and with a nod of her head she said so. People are extremely simple, so even a word without any grounds made them smile as if the sun had risen. I smiled brightly just for the fact that she said one word to her and hugged me tightly again.
Until evening, we held each other like that. The heat that had been building up in his body gradually cooled down, and the sound of his breathing changed evenly. She was still holding my hand and hugging me. I knew at this point that she and I had crossed the line of her feelings.
We no longer had a complicated relationship like a lover’s senior and her junior’s lover. We were just two poor people who fell into this world. Seong Ha-yeon Hunter’s eyes were shining in the dawn light. She still had no strength in her body.
“I feel bad.”
“It will be fine. Your fever has gone down now.”
Seong Ha-yeon Hunter shook her head. Her complexion felt a little pale even in the dark. I said stroking her cheek.
“It will be fine.”
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The morning was bright. As soon as Seong Ha-yeon Hunter woke up, she was staring at her hands and feet. The tips of her fingers and toes were dyed a bluish color. She was like the color you would see if you stuck her ice, which she often uses, into the shadow of her cave.
I looked at her hands and feet with a serious face. Is it a statue? But can an ice-powered person get frostbite? Seong Ha-yeon Hunter wiggled her fingers and toes. She spoke in a very calm voice despite the changes that had taken place in her own body.
“This is Accenta poisoning.”
“I beg your pardon?”
She said again.
“Accenta poisoning. Among the monsters in the gate, it is a poison that certain monsters have, but when poisoned here, her fingertips and toes turn blue.”
“Is it dangerous?”
“Huh.”
Seong Ha-yeon Hunter nodded her head with a very calm face. Her nonchalant tone served to neutralize the seriousness of the situation. I calmed down and asked again.
“Is it dangerous?”
I didn’t know about Acenta poisoning. It was because there were no monsters that could emit that kind of toxic substance in the gates I had entered until now. Seong Ha-yeon Hunter said.
“Only among C-class monsters or higher do those with this poison come out. Just in case, it really was this.”
“Uh, how is it going?”
“It’s like getting sick and dying. It is said that as these blue spots spread throughout the body, they get sick and die. Originally, it is a poison that can be easily detoxified if there is an antidote…”
Seong Ha-yeon Hunter blurted out her words. She twisted her face. I could see tears welling up in her eyes. The poison spreads very slowly, and the antidote is easy to make, so it was not originally a very dangerous poison. But there was no supply team here, and no antidote was prepared.
I listened to her and shook her head. This reality was hard to accept. He came out alive, his wounds were all healed, but he was in danger of dying again. I couldn’t accept this. The poison has to be removed. I just needed to be able to cure it somehow.
“The antidote can be made. Isn’t it possible to make it with just the ingredients? Yes?”
Seong Ha-yeon Hunter shook her head and said.
“Ingredient? This material is harder to find than you think. Seeds are farmed outside, so it’s easy to get them. I need a flower called Asum… Have you ever seen such a flower? It’s a mix of blue and orange, and the petals are wide on the side…”
Blue and orange.
I’ve seen that flower before. The flower that bloomed in the monster’s nest was that flower. Seong Ha-yeon Hunter didn’t seem to have seen it, but at the time I clearly saw the flowers the monster was crushing.
“…I know where I am.”
“What?”
“What should I do after I find it?”
I picked up the spear. If I had known that the flower was an antidote, I would have fought then. I was just going to do what I should have done then. I looked for a shield, but it wasn’t there. The broken shield will be rotting into manure in the monster’s lair.
There was only one spear in my hand. But that didn’t matter. Because I had to get an antidote. Hunter Seong Ha-yeon asked, frowning at her.
“Where is that flower?”
She took my hand There was no strength in her grasp. I looked at her face, which looked so fragile, and said.
“I saw it by chance while hunting. I’ll be back soon.”
“…Don’t go.”
Seong Ha-yeon Hunter shook her head and said. She grabbed my wrist with both of her hands. Seong Ha-yeon Hunter seemed to have noticed where I was going. She said.
“Did you see it there? Huh?”
“No. It’s somewhere else.”
I shook my head and said so. She said looking straight at me.
“…Really?”
“Yes. Really. There are a few places where grass grows in the meadow. I remembered when I was going to break it with Hayeon.”
Seong Ha-yeon Hunter laughed at those words. She said as she collapsed on the grass bed as if it was more limiting.
“…Please.”
“I’ll be back.”
Seong Ha-yeon Hunter nodded her head and shook her hand.
“Do I really have to come back?”
“Because I’m leaving soon.”
Once again, I was convinced by the farewell that did not let me go easily, and I ran out. The Almighty Emperor’s voice resounded.
[You’re doing something reckless. If you get poisoned once, you won’t be safe.]
“I will only trust Almighty Emperor.”
I started running without delay. I don’t know how much time I have left, but I wanted to end the bloody waiting and the pain within today.
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The monster was still there. Morning walks and territorial patrols seemed to be a bit too much for him now. As soon as the monster saw me, it slowly crawled out of the shadows with its eyes glowing. Beyond the monster’s body, I could see flowers blooming.
The monster’s flank was so large that its internal organs could be seen vaguely.
I swung the spear and said.
“Come on, bastard!”
