## Chapter 132 – The Great Escape (2)
This is a story from a little before Vivian and her group shook off Deborah.
It was right when the 2-on-2 confrontation between Leah, Vivian, Karla, and Dang Hyeryeong was in full swing.
“D-Don’t… do it…!!”
“Tch…”
Of all people, her opponent was Karla.
Because Vivian couldn’t hurt Karla as much as she wanted, she had to be extra careful in choosing how to approach her.
As expected, Karla showed openings often since she was a beginner, but those openings didn’t last long.
In any case, that strength that blew away the autodrone was formidable.
In that state, it would be one thing to aim for an opening and stab her with a sword, but it was impossible to lead the situation as she had planned.
Vivian glanced to the side and saw Leah moving this way and that, dodging Hyeryeong’s attacks.
Hyeryeong seemed to be running out of the vials she was holding, and instead, she took out a small container from her sleeve and swung it around, shooting needles that flew out from inside.
‘She seems to be holding her own for now.’
Hearing Leah’s urgent cry, Vivian took a small breath and readjusted her stance, glaring at Karla.
“She’s huge…”
She looked like a man with bulging muscles wearing armor.
Karla’s body was inside the armor, with her arms and knees encased in steel, while her beautiful dress was still visible in the center.
Karla also seemed to have made up her mind about something, as she was deep in thought and taking a stance similar to boxing.
‘O… Oppa used to do it like this, I think…’
‘The openings are getting smaller… I have no choice…’
Karla was waiting for her opponent to attack, and Vivian had to attack her.
Only the sounds of nails being hammered into the walls and floor, and the sound of bottles breaking, continued the silent standoff between the two.
And at the very moment Vivian, having made up her mind, kicked off the floor and ran forward.
The broken eye that had been lying in the corner, devoid of light, began to glow again, and soon it shook off the dust from the broken wall and began to charge.
『Initiating emergency power recovery procedure.
Enemy entities detected, power-type equipment, [Pa] series.
Identified as the highest priority threat among current enemy entities.
Current body damage rate 70%, power unit overload.
Damage rate estimated at 100% during over-output operation.』
Unlike Vivian, who discovered the autodrone running towards her and widened her eyes, Karla, with her narrow field of vision, was completely unaware of the situation.
『Based on estimated figures, destruction of this unit is deemed unavoidable.
Type 5 penetrator, pecker, operating at over-output.
Aiming for ‘mutually assured destruction,’ initiating direct attack on enemy pilot.』
The distinct words, ‘mutually assured destruction,’ suddenly rang out.
The distorted mechanical sound, which sounded like it was going to launch a suicide attack, pierced Vivian’s ears.
From the arms of the autodrone running towards her, something like a pile driver with a sharp stake-like end was glowing red as if it was overloading. Vivian tried to twist her body to respond, but it was in vain.
“Ah… N-No…!!”
Rather, Karla, who was already tense, punched forward, and Vivian barely bent her back to dodge the punch that grazed the tip of her nose as if she were doing the limbo.
And she struggled to twist her collapsed posture, pushing Karla’s hydraulic armor with all her weight, but it had little effect, only shaking the armor slightly.
‘No way…!!’
Only after throwing the punch did Karla turn her eyes to the side and see the red-hot iron stake, and her eyes widened in shock.
“Kyaaaaaaah!!”
At that moment, something strongly covered her face, and Karla, as if the world had gone dark, shook her head from the impact of whatever it was.
‘Am… I going to die…?’
And at the intense burst of sound in front of her eyes, she flailed her arms and eventually fell backward with her hydraulic armor, landing on her butt.
Darkness in front of her eyes.
But that strange phenomenon was only momentary. Karla noticed a strange sensation of something holding her head tightly, and she took her hand out of the armor and brought it to her face.
The pungent smell of burning metal pierced her nose, and the sticky sensation was like touching thick syrup.
And when she raised her trembling hand a little higher, she felt the hot sensation of a heavy lump of metal that was still hot, and she quickly let go. She slid her body down and slowly got up from the armor.
Only then did she feel something fall off her face, freeing her from it and allowing her to see the light of the world again. She looked at the iron stake passing over her head and quickly looked to the side.
“Haa… Haa… Karla… are you okay…?”
“I… I’m okay…”
Lucas, who had thrown himself to save Karla, had somehow brought the decorative sword that had been hanging on the wall and forcibly stabbed it into the autodrone, which had stopped moving with its insides in a mess.
Lucas, who was not familiar with swords, seemed very flustered. To stab the sword in properly, he grabbed the handle with one hand and the blade with the other, stabbing it like a harpoon, and blood was dripping from his fingertips where he had cut himself.
But.
“W-Why…”
That thing that had covered her face, that had made her vision as dark as night.
Instead of her, who had tilted her head back by a hair’s breadth thanks to it, something was being shown that had been pierced through the torso by the red-hot iron stake and was being cooked.
“Ah… Ah…”
Karla, who unknowingly opened her mouth and let out a bewildered groan, grabbed the remains of the thing that had completely burst as if a bug had been stepped on and burst, and began to cry without even caring about the tears that were pouring out.
“No way… Spider-kun…!! Hngh…
No… No way…!!
Aaaaaah!! I-If you die… Hngh…”
How much had it helped her all this time?
It had even protected her from being lonely in place of her lost friend.
But, to throw itself for her sake and leave like this.
“Y-You can live…!! Just a moment…!!
Is there anyone…!! A vet…!!”
“Tch… Give it here…!!
Now’s the time!! Get out!!”
At that moment, Karla, who had been suddenly robbed of the remains of Spider-kun, who was in her arms, staggered and tried not to be taken away, but there was no way that it, which had already left her hands, would return.
“No…!! Don’t do that!!
Give it back!! Please!! Hngh…”
Her gaze was fixed on the eyes of the masked blue-haired woman, who had glanced back and made eye contact with Karla, who was covered in tears.
‘There are no personal feelings…
I can’t leave his traces in a place like this…’
“You’ve made me wait too long…!!”
And Arachnella, who seemed quite exhausted from dealing with Hyeryeong, also squeezed out her last strength and spun a spider web, tying one of Hyeryeong’s wrists to the nearby pillar with the thrown web, and followed after the blue-haired girl.
“Ugh!! Don’t run away!!”
“Singnyeon… Next time, I’ll definitely chew you up and eat you!!”
Karla, who was rolling on the floor and reaching out to the two who had disappeared into the door leading to the inside of the mansion, was expressing her sadness while writhing in Lucas’s arms, who was supporting her.
“Karla!! Are you okay?
It’s all over, so it’s okay…!!”
“Hngh… Hngh… Hngh…
I hate it… Spider-kun…!!”
In the end, only mournful cries echoed in the banquet hall, and the situation seemed to be gradually resolving as the guards, who had barely torn down the sturdy door, entered and began to clean up the situation, leaving the completely ruined social gathering behind.
Karla, who had been sobbing with her face buried in Lucas’s arms for a long time.
She perked up her ears at the unusual footsteps approaching her and gently raised her head.
“Ah…”
“It’s been a while, Karla.
I’m sorry for leaving you alone…”
Someone wearing familiar traditional clothes, who had entered with the guards as the door opened.
Karla, as if she had regained something she had lost, clung to her friend, whom she had been waiting for so long.
“Yui… Where… Where were you…
Now… Hngh… Waaaaah…!!”
“It’s okay. It’s all okay now…”
In the end, Karla jumped into Yui’s arms, who gave her a broad chest to return to, and burst into tears, and the evening glow flowing down from the ceiling window embraced Lucas, who was watching the two with a bitter smile as if he couldn’t help it.
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A warehouse located in the basement of Count Proden’s mansion.
Vivian, who had brought Leah and Ranie to the door of the warehouse, which had been the infiltration point of this infiltration operation from the beginning, immediately threw the door open.
But whether the timing was bad, there were some people screaming and running out from inside.
“Uwaaaah!! What is that!!”
“Kyaaaaah!! Serkov!!
I hate bugs…!!”
“This isn’t about bugs right now!!
Get out quickly!! Get out, I said!! Run away!!”
– Kyuing?
“Haa… I told you to put them away, Ranie…”
“Hehe… That woman was getting in the way earlier… Hehet!!”
In the end, Vivian and her group grabbed the Serkov gang, who were trying to run out of the warehouse, and dragged them inside, lining them up in front of the Carnal Worm, who was opening its mouth wide as if welcoming the arrival of the den’s mistress.
– Kyuiiiiiing!!
“Be quiet. You’re noisy.
So, you guys have to make a decision now.”
“Hwaaak!! Hwaak!! What nonsense are you talking about!!
I’m telling you, we need to get out of here right now!!”
Serkov, who was still screaming while keeping his eyes fixed on the Carnal Worm, was flustered and trying to escape from this place.
But Vivian, who grabbed the back of his neck from behind to keep him from running away, gradually sharpened her eyes and began to threaten Serkov in a low voice.
“Serkov Shutranova.
Do you remember what happened just now?
It was a complete mess.”
“What does that have to do with anything!! Hwiik!!”
“Do you think there won’t be an investigation after such a mess?
And that silver-haired woman just now. That’s Deborah.”
“Deborah? What’s that?”
“The mad dog of the Public Security Police Department.
Father… told me not to get involved with that woman.
He used to… He used to…
Anyway, if a woman like that investigates…
Do you think she won’t find out about the drugs you’ve been doing for the past few days?
Ranie said earlier that she seems to be chasing after you too?
Do you know what kind of punishment drug addicts get?”
“W-What are you trying to do…!!
So you’re going to feed us to the monster?”
“If you cooperate obediently, I’ll help you avoid that mad dog, so help us a little.
And I… think you could be quite helpful?
Shall we create an extension of a mutually beneficial relationship?”
“That’s why I told you not to get involved!! Kyaaak!! Kyaak!!”
“You’re all crazy bitches!! You’re all crazy!!”
Vivian, who was watching Verdi, who was clinging to Serkov’s waist and whining, and Serkov, who was shouting as if he was out of his mind, with a pathetic look, pushed Serkov straight into the Carnal Worm’s mouth with an expression that showed she was too lazy to think any further.
“Kkeuaaaaak!!”
“Serkov!!”
Verdi, who was watching the scene, immediately jumped into the Carnal Worm’s mouth, grabbed Serkov’s hand as he was being dragged inside, and was dragged into the Carnal Worm’s belly together.
As even Verdi’s legs, which were the last to remain inside the Carnal Worm that was undulating as if swallowing food, were sucked in, Vivian narrowed her eyes as she watched the scene.
‘That’s a bit unexpected…
Loyalty… I guess not…’
“You’re still getting along well. And you.”
“What…!? What…!! Why me!!”
Vivian, who had pushed Serkov and Verdi, who followed him, in and showed a relieved expression, smiled brightly at Aurora, who was the last one left.
“We still have a promise to keep, don’t we?”
“I don’t need that, so I’m just going!!
Am I crazy, or am I seeing things!!
I really need to quit drugs!!
Let go of me and talk!!”
“What are you saying? You’re the most important.
I’ll make sure you keep your promise first?
I heard there’s an amazing pussy here?”
“What? Are you finally crazy?
Eeeh!! Don’t do it!!
You crazy bitch!! Kyaaaaak!!”
Vivian grabbed Aurora’s dress and tore it off, pushing her away with a bright smile. Aurora, who was heading straight for the Carnal Worm’s mouth, disappeared inside with a scream.
“You take care of that bitch.”
– Kyuing?
After stroking the head of the giant Carnal Worm, who was making a cute sound, Vivian turned around and looked up, making eye contact with Leah, who was in a terrible state.
Leah’s eyes, which were sharpened as if she had no intention of backing down from the mental battle, made even Leah’s gaze waver for a moment.
“I’ll ask you first, too.
Are you going with us too?
You know where we’re going.”
“I…”
“You went out with the beastman, right?
Where are those three?
Did you already eat them?”
“No!! They…”
“Anyway, you can just stay here if you don’t mind dying here.
But if not… you know, right?
There’s no more time to think.
It’s time to act.”
“……”
In the end, Leah lowered her gaze for a moment, then curled up and entered the Carnal Worm’s mouth on her own. It was the moment when Vivian grabbed Ranie’s wrist, who was guarding her back, and stood in front of the Carnal Worm.
“Ah……!!”
‘Where did it go……?’
Vivian, realizing that her foldable greatsword, which should have been strapped to her side, had disappeared, gritted her teeth as she recalled the moment when Deborah had thrown the sword at her earlier.
She thought it was fortunate that the flying sword had bounced off, but could this be called Saeongji-ma? (a Korean proverb about how a misfortune can turn into a blessing and vice versa)
‘Nothing goes as planned……’
“Are you okay, Vivian-nim?”
“It’s nothing.”
In the end, in a situation where she couldn’t go back, Vivian tapped the area around the Carnal Worm’s mouth with her hand, then threw herself into the Carnal Worm with Ranie.
“Okay, let’s go.
Are we going back?”
– Kyuiiiiiing!!
As the last two entered, the giant Carnal Worm, which had been wide open, closed its mouth tightly, slowly twisted its fixed body, and began to retreat back the way it had come.
In the process of returning, the collapsed tunnel disappeared, leaving only a small amount of dirt, and the warehouse became quiet as if nothing had happened.
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