Chapter 185 – 24 Hours (3)
22. 24 hours (3)
“Ah… This one? Hehe, no big deal.”
“What? How is that not a big deal? It changed like that in an instant, but it wasn’t until something went wrong.”
“Compared to the situation we’re in right now, it’s true that things like my hair color aren’t a big deal. Isn’t that right?”
More than half of Shay’s blonde hair had turned white. She wasn’t even dyed. Considering that it is less shiny and thinner than the original hair…
“Shay, you, no way.”
“I heard the explanation of the situation from the goddess. I agree with what the captain said.”
“Shay!”
“Non-trivial stories later. I’ll wake Kaya first.”
Shay’s tone remained the same, but she noticed now that her voice had changed a bit.
If the reason why it happened like that, if the reason I think is correct…
“Sister Kaya. Sorry. Still, I believe that unnie will understand.”
[Remaining time: 12 hours 25 minutes 32 seconds]
Shay showed me her face, then quickly turned around the bed, grabbed Kaya’s hand as she lay next to me, closed her eyes, and muttered something to her. Then she saw her silver glow radiate from her, slowly leading to Kaya. At the same time, Shay’s blonde hair, which was a little less than half of hers, was bleached white as little as the other half.
‘It’s life. I’m using my life span.’
I hope I was sure. But she couldn’t stop Shay. She didn’t know what Eustiti had said to her Shay, but anyway, because she heard his voice and woke up, her Shay’s will was so firm.
The fact that she agreed with my opinion at the cost of her life or equivalent, this fact alone showed Shay’s position that she would never look back. I felt that too, but couldn’t Illumina, who was more normal than me, feel it? Illumina, who was shocked at first, didn’t even seem to be able to convince Shay.
“Huh…”
“Sister. Kaya’s sister. Are you awake?”
All the glow disappeared from Shay’s body, and Kaya woke up with a groan. Kaya, who blinked her sluggish eyes, seemed to have lost her mind, but she didn’t wait for Shay. She grabbed both of Kaya’s cheeks and quickly, but with only her core, she started talking about the current situation. Seeing that she knew exactly what the time limit I hadn’t told her about, it really seemed like Justitia-sama had explained everything.
Because of her Shay’s hand, her mouth became the shape of a goldfish, and Kaya’s eyes, which only blinked in her eyes, quickly retrieved her firearm.
The only word that came to mind was miracle.
“Whoa… Hendrick. Now that the preparations are over, prepare yourself to some degree… To.”
Right after Kaya lifted her upper body, Sestia came back with something of hers. But when she saw Kaya and Shay awake, she froze on the spot. She was forgiving that she didn’t drop what she was holding.
“Uh, uh, how?”
“Thanks to the grace of the goddess. There was a little price to pay, though. Mr. Cestia. Please give the healing to the captain, not me.”
“Mr Shay Crusader.”
“Please. We are running out of time.”
“… That word.”
“I agree too.”
Kaya, now fully raised in her body, interjected.
“This is a dangerous trap whether you step forward or step back. Then wouldn’t it be better to choose to move forward?”
“Cestia-sama and Illumina sister. We must move on.”
“…”
As Shay awoke, the situation took a drastic turn. Even I, who longed for it to flow like this, was so surprised that I couldn’t jump on board with the flow. The current was clearly led by Shay.
She almost died twice, but as she was empowered by her goddess and dragged her life span, her spirit was uncontrollable.
Cestia meekly healed me. She said that since she healed in a hurry, she would have after-effects and that she would not be able to bring her body to its best state. After completing her healing, she looked at me sadly for a moment, then bowed her head and left. If it’s not because of her mood that the arms of her nun’s uniform are wider, she must be by now…
“You’re not thinking of making the abbess a widow here, are you?”
“… Uh?”
“Even if you say it in such a stupid way, I believe there will be some trick. Right? Huh?”
He turned her sore shoulders. By the way, Kaya and Shay each went out to meet Sestia and the warrior chief. What you can take is for the sake of receiving.
She looked at Illumina’s face and saw that she was about to cry if touched. What should I answer? I’m also new to District 4, so saying that I really have no choice but to do something was a literal word.
“It will wear out.”
“Huh?”
“It seems that our bodies as well as our minds have already been considerably worn out. Even if you can’t see it right away, the horror’s malice will be piled up like dirt or rocks that have sunk into the water. Just like I did, they will taint me whenever they see a crack.”
She pokes at her weak points, but this time she has been through District 3 and she felt sore.
Just as a laptop or mobile phone battery will not be fully charged and discharged faster over time, no matter how much you charge it, our body and mind are like that. It would be much faster to break down than to adapt to the dungeon, and that wasn’t something you could try twice or three times.
Are you obsessed with dying? That was absolutely not the case.
Have you given up on killing the dreadbastards?
‘That… Maybe a little bit.’
Maybe, really maybe.
No matter how much we can get here twice or three times equally, we only have one chance to fight him.
So, it must be now or not.
Now that you think it’s broken a lot, it can be the best.
I didn’t even know that Kaya and Shay were thinking the same thing as me. No, because he thought so, he must have agreed with me.
“I don’t know how you will react to me saying this.”
“If you don’t know, wouldn’t it be better not to?”
“I respect your will, so it’s okay not to go this time.”
“Under.”
“I wish I could be with you.”
“Hendrick you…”
Illumina made an expression of excitement.
“Saying that, even if I don’t want to go, how could I not go? Huh? You bastard!”
“Sorry.”
“My condition…”
“But you did that to me in the dungeon. Why are you talking as if the story is already over?”
“At that time… !”
“What is the difference between then and now? It is. Right now, at least on the surface, it’s either/or the other way around. Still… For me, from the beginning, there was only one option.”
[Remaining time: 12 hours 15 minutes 9 seconds]
After breaking through what we thought was the worst, the worst thing, our warriors broke through the next worse thing and broke through again.
For better or for worse, there is only half a day left to decide the end of this story.
“I don’t know either… If it were me, I would have given up on love and friendship. My life took precedence. Why… Why did you get stained?”
“Illumina.”
“To be honest, I’m not Kaya or Shay, so I don’t think I’ll be able to die for you or something like that.”
“I don’t even want that.”
“Still… Should be by your side In any case, he is the warrior I chose, and the man I chose. If I stay here and only you guys go to the dungeon and things go wrong… Because it seems like it will haunt me for the rest of my life.”
“Illumina!”
“But could you please stop gently petting the tail?”
Illumina said she had to go get ready too, and she hurriedly left her room. She closed her eyes as her rear view disappeared. And again she thought of him.
‘Fuck.’
It was still It felt like her body, which Cestia had healed, was breaking into pieces again. This time she remembered not the color of her eyes, but her voice. It lasted just a little longer than when she opened her eyes. Anyway, it was only a few seconds difference. If this is the case, telling Illumina that I should do something about it was truly irresponsible.
‘Will it get better if I update my level?’
Our current level is 7/7/7/6. If you add up the EXP for clearing Zone 3, you will be able to level up one level if you can’t, and two levels if you do well.
‘Like an impossible crime, wouldn’t it be impossible to clear it?’
I fell here before I even played the dlc, but at this moment, I revived my point of view as a player who has burned thousands of hours in this fucking game for the first time in a long time, not as a warrior.
Indeed, how should the 4th district be attacked? What is the difference between District 4 and District 3?
‘In terms of the setting, the boss up to District 3 doesn’t feel like a real boss compared to the guy who will appear in District 4. That doesn’t mean they’re weak, but…’
Horror Hands, Horror Eyes, Horror Heart.
All of the names of the bosses were body parts of fear. That’s what represents the nature and physical characteristics of the power they received from the fright, but if you think about it differently, it also means that the skills and strengths they use are all ‘parts’ of the fright.
‘All skills? There may be entry conditions… If the entry conditions are not met, there will be a penalty.’
Just thinking about it right now is that the damage of the warriors is not applied properly, the mentality resistance is drastically reduced, that buffs that are advantageous to Ji are applied and debuffs are applied to us, or that gimmicks are added…
‘Ah. Maybe, this feeling of not being able to face it and my whole body splitting is itself a warning? Is it because the entrance conditions are not met?’
When I changed my point of view, I saw something new. As soon as I met him, I went crazy and forgot about it, but do you think that bastard, who exuded an overwhelming yet absolute presence, also belongs to the ‘turn-based’ combat system… It seemed like there was no answer and I was hopeless, but it seemed like there was a possibility.
‘Otherwise, additional conditions may be required, but anyway, all I can think of now is level renewal.’
In addition to that, skill upgrades, weapon and armor upgrades, and even recovering mentality as much as possible.
Even the one that felt like an unavoidable natural disaster due to its overwhelming presence is, from the player’s point of view, the final boss that is ‘fucked up, but clearable’. And the final boss is a role that eventually gets defeated by the main character. No matter how stupid it was, it was an unchanging truth.
‘There’s really no backlash this time, so I’ll have to drag all the money I don’t have and hit them.’
Win and pay, or die.
[Remaining time: 12 hours 0 minutes 3 seconds]
It was time for me to move too.
**
“The Goddess didn’t respond. Was there a reason?”
“Yes, Master.”
“… I won’t ask if you’re okay.”
The warrior chief of the Justitia Monastery was speechless at the sudden change in the disciple’s appearance. Originally, he wasn’t a talkative person, but he felt the power of the goddess stronger than ever in his disciple.
‘That the will and actions of the guy are the will of the goddess…’
It was very sad that the still-young disciple had already prepared for and accepted her death, but I wondered if it was this way that he saved her young girl from her heresy.
“Tell me if you need anything. I will give you everything I can give you.”
“As expected, Master would have said that. Then I will tell you directly.”
“I would like Master to give me as many gold coins as possible. As soon as possible.”
Shay’s smile was no longer weak.
