Chapter 168 – 27. White Night (6)
I just couldn’t calm down.
Juha. Juha, who seemed so strong, was in danger.
Who the hell could drive Juha into such a situation?
…Pantagruel.
Now that name follows me like a curse.
After all, it is not explained unless it is their children.
Fast.
Unable to control his anger, his molars clashed violently.
These bastards who won’t be enough even if you chew and kill them…
After cooling off his boiling anger several times, he finally got his head back a little bit.
“How did you secretly kidnap only Juha? …No, it could have been intercepted in the middle.”
If the demons were watching us even before we moved.
If he interfered with Alice’s space movement and took Juhaman separately…
Little by little, I add to guesses by adding flesh to them.
Although there is no physical evidence, it is certain that it is already the work of Pantagruel.
Then why did they kidnap Juha?
The first assumption is that they also need some kind of power from Juha.
I think this… Maybe not. He even created the power to artificially create an Awakener right away, so why would he need Juha? It’s nonsense.
Second, I kidnapped Juha to provoke me.
This, too, is an absurd assumption. However, if you have to count on the probability, this is higher, so you have no choice but to choose the number of possible cases.
But still a question.
Why do you have to provoke me?
Me, who is neither a high-ranking human nor a powerful Awakener?
What the hell is Compuntur thinking?
With her head still pounding with rage, it was difficult to make any more plausible inferences.
“Ellis, start looking for Juha again. Be careful not to get caught.”
“Yes. How about taking a break for a while, Master?”
“…I guess so.”
At Alice’s suggestion, I sat down on a nearby hill.
Dusk settled on the empty plains, and it was as if one were looking at the sea rolling in darkness.
Is there any place I can turn for help?
Even the phone is broken, so I can’t get in touch with Ha-yul or Seol-ah.
Even Sanya can’t help me this time.
“Ha…”
In an instant, God of Goryū came to mind.
However, he immediately shook his head and erased it.
If it was the Goryusin I knew, he would already be killing demons in the city, so I can’t expect his support either.
Originally, there would have been no contact with the demons, but due to the previous raid incident, he had a motive.
Besides, it’s unreasonable to ask for help when you don’t know what’s going on inside and outside the city.
Unanswered situation.
It’s just clogged.
As soon as I can get in touch with Juha again, I explore the surroundings…
Then Elise shouted with an urgent expression.
“I found the location! I did find the car, but…”
“Where is it? Tell me.”
Elise trailed off her words.
Looking at her face, I don’t feel so good.
“There… In the city… It is.”
Elise’s slender fingers pointed at the solid human fort.
The same place we just ran out of. Battleground.
Do I have to go back in the end?
When I think of being chased, I don’t even dare to go back.
However, if Juha is in danger, how could he ignore it?
“Let’s go.”
Go find Juha.
“…It will be all right.”
She nodded in affirmation at her words.
Please, I hope nothing goes wrong.
May the fire of life not go out pointlessly.
I started running across the shadowy plains.
To reach the city, 20 minutes.
* * *
Lee Ha-yul, who opened his eyes, immediately raised his motionless body and looked around her.
The first thing that came into sight was Yu Seol-ah, who was lying down next to her and breathing weakly.
Ha-yul was able to understand it instinctively.
She knows that everyone else has been through the same thing, not just herself.
And, that I had to get out of this forest surrounded by trees.
But in order to do that, there was something I had to do first.
“Sister, calm down.”
“Eh… Jihoo…?”
“It’s not Jihoo, it’s Ha-yul. The situation seems to be going strangely, so you have to get up quickly.”
There was no one around except Yoo Seol-ah.
The forest, which had turned gloomy as the thick darkness descended on her, was a situation sufficient to put her psychological pressure on her.
“What… Are they all scattered…?”
“I think so. The two of us were lucky enough to fall off.”
“Hmm…”
Lee Ha-yul talked about her calmly, but she couldn’t hide her anxiety.
It’s the first time this situation has happened, but what should she do herself?
If Jihoo had been there, she could have leaned on it. Even if you don’t worry about things like this, Jihoo will take care of leading you…
Her expression contorts with anxiety.
“Less rate.”
“Yes yes?”
Yoo Seol-ah’s eyes resembled her ice and shone coldly.
Where did her usual languid and lithe figure go, and the atmosphere changed to the point where it would be fair to call her a snow woman.
Lee Ha-yul looks at Yoo Seol-ah in surprise.
Ignoring her hard gaze toward herself, Yu Seol-ah looked at her into the void with her cold eyes and her young eyes and asked her again.
“You know you can’t just keep looking for Jihoo, right?”
“…Yes, it is.”
“Yeah… I’m glad.”
Only then did Lee Ha-yul come to his senses.
Just because Jihoo wasn’t there, he couldn’t just sit around like this.
Before being Lee Ji-hoo’s lover, he is an awakened person himself.
She recalled her identity, which she had forgotten all along.
“Then what should I do first?”
In response to Yoo Seol-ah’s question, Ha-yul easily recalled her priority goal.
Getting out of here is an urgent priority.
It is surrounded by tall trees, and the slow sun casts thick shadows, making it difficult to locate.
So it was right to think about the next thing after getting out of the forest.
In other words, the first goal is to escape.
“Then, let’s walk straight in one direction first, and then spread out in both directions because you might find someone else along the way.”
“Yes, I like it.”
Yi Ha-yul was deeply impressed.
Yuseolai person, I thought she was just a blind person until now, but her head is rolling pretty well.
Moreover, the atmosphere from just before… There was a deep emotion that an ordinary awakened person could never express.
“Sister. Is it a talented person who hid his identity, or something like that?”
“Stop talking nonsense and walk.”
As they kept chatting and walking to get rid of their fears, they soon found Ray and Yewon Jeong wandering in the woods in fear.
Even after the two joined, after walking for several tens of minutes, they finally met the faint light coming from the edge of the forest.
Soon, the four of them broke through the trees and came out onto an open plain, unable to help but close their mouths at the sight unfolding in front of them.
Numerous demons were standing in a row in the middle of the soft darkness.
To go through the plains dyed in the twilight and head towards the shining city.
“This is… Nonsense…”
Someone said something like that
And they all had to agree with that.
An army of demons that stretched endlessly along the plain.
It was unrealistic just to look at the appearance that seemed to come out of a war movie.
In the case of Lee Ha-yul and Yu Seol-ah, they were at least in a state of composure, but the other two could not come to their senses after seeing the scene in front of them.
“Even, I have to go back to the city. No, I have to run away…”
Jeong Ye-won trembled in fear and lowered his head.
The situation where the demon army has not yet reached the inner part of the city.
If I could quickly return to the city even now, I might be able to give you a tip about this ridiculous power.
However, I am still afraid.
Even if you go back, is it a force that can help you in the war?
Besides, will people really believe in an unrealistic sight when they see it with their own eyes?
“Huh, uhh… Uhhh, uhhh…”
Meanwhile, Ray still couldn’t accept the reality and sat down.
Her shock at witnessing her Xian’s death in front of her eyes, and her horror at facing the overwhelming army of demons mixed together to settle her.
“Ray, calm down.”
Lee Ha-yul, who caused such a ray, carefully brushed her back.
Tears flowed quietly from Ray’s eyes.
Lee Ha-yul looked at her and once again held her heart firmly.
She looks at the demons that fill the plains like ants and thinks.
Will I be able to enter the city before them?
No, is it possible to pierce them in the first place?
If you turn around in an unnoticed way…
But in that case, the time is too late.
Have to go to the city
However, there is no way to do that.
Lee Ha-yul felt like her head was about to explode.
“Sister, do you remember anything?”
In response to her earnest question, Yu Seol-ah, who looked troubled, took a step forward in front of her.
“…I think I can.”
Once again, a chill rises from Yu Seol-ah’s body.
In a situation where she was already pushed to the limit, she couldn’t just watch her anymore.
Yoo Seol-ah also responds to Lee Ha-yul’s firm courage by opening a window in her heart.
Facing the past I wanted to forget.
The Great Cold Wave, the ability that froze her parents and the world that was once her everything.
In this place now— Snowflakes are about to bloom again.
