Chapter 379 – Lightning Strike #2
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Quadduk-!
A solid concrete pillar shatters like a piece of chewing gum.
Stella, who had been there just a moment ago, felt a chill run down her spine.
‘Are you thinking of killing me…?’
Stella swallowed her saliva and looked at Sehwa with a bored look.
“Sir, senior…! Did you seriously attack me…?”
Sehwa shook his head after brushing off the debris from his legs.
“No. I only wrote about half of it.”
Half of it… I just barely avoided it while freaking out…
Difference in strength. It’s to the point where my eyes go white.
Sehwa approached Stella with a soft expression on his face.
“The first monster you dealt with was strong but wounded. There are many monsters stronger than him. If monsters come pouring out and we can’t afford to help you, how will you solve it in case of a crisis?”
I am saying it in a refined way that if you take care of it, you will become dangerous in real battle.
Stella, noticing Sehwa’s intentions, nodded her head with a hardened face.
“You are right.”
“I will start over. Don’t be too scared.”
“Yes, senior!”
“Try to attack directly this time. By making good use of the characteristics of your weapon.”
“Yes…? Can I…? If you get hurt…”
Sehwa raised one corner of her mouth without a word.
It wasn’t that I was laughing, it was because Stella, who could be called a beginner, was cute.
Stella also noticed how pathetic she had been, and her face blushed.
‘Ah… Embarrassing…’
There’s no way that Saehwa, who had a lot of experience on the frontlines, could get hurt by an attack like her own.
Perhaps Sehwa will not allow even one attack.
No, if you work hard, you might be able to hit at least one…
Stella, eager to win for a moment, closed her eyes.
An abandoned building with no people at all. Standing tall in the center, Stella watched Sehwa’s actions.
What is fortunate for him now is that Sehwa attacks by considering the characteristics of monsters.
It was said that most of the monsters were huge, and they seldom moved swiftly accordingly.
It usually attacks with strong destructive power, but it was easy to grasp the precursor of the action.
Sigh…
Seeing Saehwa’s right arm lift slowly, Stella swung his hand.
Chow-!
The whip-like plain sword shoots at Sehwa, wriggling flexibly like a living snake.
Stella thought that Saehwa would dodge her attack.
So, I tried to predict the position she would take next.
But such sincerity has gone to nothing.
Chow!
Until the plain sword wrapped around her arm, Sehwa stayed still.
The moment Stella opened her eyes wide and was about to ask what she was doing,
“Kyaaaaah!”
Kudang!
She slammed her face on the floor, driven by her brute strength.
Stella, whose cheeks were lashed out, stood up with tears in her eyes and touched her nose.
“Ah… Ah… Blood… Doesn’t come out…”
Is it only blood? Not even her bones were broken.
I fell with enough speed and force to break it, and it just tingles.
The problem wasn’t this, it was his clumsy appearance.
Glancing at Sehwa, he is looking at himself with slightly pitiful eyes.
“Is this the only attack method you thought of? Wrapping your arms?”
“…..”
“Even demons have intelligence. If you do this, would you say that the monsters you deal with are right and do the same as me?”
“…..”
“It’s not the end of being ripped off like now, your body could get into the monster’s filthy mouth. It sounds like you’re being eaten know? It’s only like this that C-class… No, D-class monsters won’t be able to deal with it either.”
Every word stabbed her heart.
It is said that D-class monsters can be caught with Earth’s future firearms… I wonder if I’m underestimating myself too much.
And isn’t it the first time you’ve ever tried training?
It shouldn’t be like this, but Stella, who felt sorry for Sehwa for no reason, regained her posture.
Then, at Sehwa’s words, her face brightened.
“I commend you for not missing your weapon. Let’s try again.”
“Ah yes!”
Come to your senses. Quickly learn the sense of real combat, stand shoulder to shoulder with them and fight the monsters.
After hearing this, Stella immediately threw away her thoughts and began to focus on training.
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An empty lot next to an abandoned building that has now completely collapsed.
Stella, who was sitting there casually taking a break, tousled her scattered hair.
Clumsy, clumsy, and clumsy again.
He looked clumsy, as if he was wearing clothes that didn’t fit.
I got better by the fourth hour of training, but I still have a long way to go.
Only then will I be able to properly catch a monster… It’s very embarrassing that I thought of being strong in the beginning of training.
Next to her, who sighed deeply, Sae-hwa approached and sat down, offering her strawberry milk.
“Adele made sure to give it to you this morning. Drink.”
Adele? The ones I received last time still have a long way to go…
Still, I’m glad that I can feel Adele’s heart.
Stella, who politely received the strawberry milk with both hands, bowed her head.
“Thank you…”
“I understand that you feel depressed because you haven’t performed well in training. But there is no need to rush. You just have to move forward slowly.”
Sincere encouragement.
Stella’s face brightened a little.
“Yes, senior. I… I have a question.”
“Say it.”
“Like me when you first transformed…”
“Was she clumsy?”
“Yes… Did you…?”
At the cautious question, Sehwa smiled brightly.
“Of course. Do you know the monster that appeared in Incheon?”
“I know by looking for it. It’s like a tentacle monster that emerged from the sea.”
“Yes. Jihyeok’s arm almost melted away because he couldn’t stop the acidic liquid he spewed out, and even her sword was taken away.”
“Ji, Jihyeok, why did oppa’s arms break… Oppa and sunbaenim fought together?”
“It’s too long to talk about. Anyway… I am no different from you.”
Stella shook her head slowly and took a sip of her strawberry milk.
His arm almost melted… Even when he transformed himself, Ji-hyeok’s arm was completely smashed.
It seems that there is bad luck on the arm.
Anyway, it was surprising that Sehwa was clumsy in the early days.
Right now, he seems like a wonderful and perfect person who can handle any monster… I think a hero grows up through hardships.
Would he be able to change into such a dignified person?
Said Stella, who tightened his hand enough to slightly crumple the milk carton.
“I’ll do my best.”
“Okay. We will do our best to help.”
“Thank you, senior.”
“How much energy do you have left?”
“Wait a minute… 63 percent.”
“I have room, but charge it up.”
Come to think of it, I didn’t hear from Sehwa how to charge it.
“That… Hey… You have to tell me how to charge it… He said he’ll meet you today and tell you…”
“The reason I didn’t tell you from the beginning was that your head would get confused. If you have a lot of miscellaneous thoughts, training won’t work well.”
“Yes?”
“Aether is a mysterious energy. It’s like they want to make some… Connection between humans.”
It seems like it will tell you, but it tastes so good that it drives me crazy.
Please tell me soon
Stella, with her ears pricked up, only looked at Sehwa’s mouth.
“And I think that link is love.”
“…?”
At the word that came out of nowhere, Stella’s eyes widened.
Saehwa, who looked at her reaction, followed her words.
“The charging method is skinship between a man and a woman who have feelings for each other.”
“…. Yes…?”
“If you get sexually aroused by that skinship, the Aether energy rises again.”
“…..”
Stella, who had been staring at Sehwa for a while, suddenly covered her mouth.
“Poof…”
Hearing an unexpected joke, laughter erupted.
She soon burst into laughter in front of Sehwa, who was making a serious face.
Stella, who had been shedding her tears for a long time while hitting her knees, looked at her Sehwa while wiping her eyes.
And her face grew hard.
It was because Sehwa’s face was very serious.
“…..”
Stella asked, wiping the slightly damp lower lashes.
“Now, are you kidding me…?”
“No, it’s not a joke. I understand your confusion. Because I was like that at first too.”
It’s not a joke at all.
Stella’s mouth fell open.
“Jin… Tza… Is it…?”
Saehwa’s head moved slowly up and down, avoiding Stella’s gaze without saying a word.
That was the same as the answer came out.
‘Nonsense…’
Her mind goes blank.
You have to feel sexual excitement through skinship between men and women to be charged?
What do you mean by such an absurd method?
Even unnecessarily specific.
Stella’s eyes closed tight.
It was because she had been tingling for a while because she had heard an explanation that she couldn’t understand with her own common sense.
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Stella becomes very sensitive when it comes to me.
She tries to give meaning to everything I’ve done for her, and she hates when a third person comes in and interferes with my memories.
For example, the attitude that no one but Alex hates to have in the van before it is destroyed.
Anyway, it was clear that she, who had such sensitive feelings, would lose her mentality a little when she heard Sehwa how to recharge her in a state where her relationship with me was deepening.
-H, hello…? Brother?
As expected, Stella answers the phone no less than an ant.
“Are you done training? Where are you now?”
-I, I… Now that… Building…
“What? I can not hear well.”
-Building…
“Building? Are you with Sehwa?”
-No… My sister passed away first… When are you coming?
“Go soon. Why is your voice so small? Was it hard?”
-… Come quickly…
Even though she’s not by her side right now, it’s clear what kind of face Stella is wearing.
Sighing inwardly, I said.
“I’ll be there in two minutes.”
-Yes…
After hanging up the phone, I soon arrived at the place where the abandoned building was.
Not only the building that seems to collapse if touched, but also the vacant lot next to it is quite desolate.
Evidence of hard training.
And Stella was squatting right in front of the building.
Yeah, she’s like a heroine who’s had a broken heart.
I got out of her car and approached her and asked her anxiously.
“Why are you doing that?”
“No… I just… I was waiting for you…”
You can’t even make eye contact with me properly.
It’s funny that she has a face with makeup on, but her hair is scattered.
I reached out my hand cautiously and tidied Stella’s hair.
Then, Stella’s right shoulder turned greatly.
“Aagh! You were surprised!”
Unlike just before, when she looked like a dying person, Stella screamed.
As I stared at Stella, who cut off her arm, with her puzzled expression, she realized what she had done and apologized.
“Mi, I’m sorry… I didn’t mean to get angry… I was just surprised… Do you feel a lot of pain?”
It seems that the mentality has not yet been sorted out.
I comforted her with her soft smile.
“It’s okay. The training must have been very difficult.”
“…The training was fine.”
“Then why are you being so depressed? I’m hungry? I made an omelet with your favorite bacon. Do you want to eat it now?”
“Brother.”
“Yes?”
“Did you know…?”
Something has come.
“What?”
“In order to recharge Aether… You have to do something sexual… That… Your brother knew that too, right? That’s why I… I told you that it’s better to listen to senior Lee Se-hwa or Adaline senior… That’s right…”
At first glance, almost crying is incomprehensible.
However, if you think that there is a vague fear of an act that you have never experienced before, it is more than understandable.
This kind of reaction comes out because of the synergy with Stella’s delicate temperament.
I answered, squatting in front of Stella.
“I knew.”
“… Why do I have to listen to senior Lee Se-hwa on how to recharge…? Wouldn’t it be nice if my brother told me…?”
Because if you did, you would be embarrassed.
Rather, this side is better.
“I did it because I thought you would be embarrassed.”
“Mu, of course it is, but… It won’t be as much as now…”
“I’m sorry I thought that if I said it myself, it would make things awkward between us…”
This was an indirect confession that assumed skinship with me.
It also contained the meaning that they were sure that they had feelings for each other.
It was very cryptic and difficult to understand.
And the power of love was truly mysterious.
Stella, who would have been unaware of my intentions, opened her eyes wide.
It means you know what I want to say.
Her already red face turned hot in an instant.
Without saying anything, I did what I was going to do earlier.
It’s about tidying up Stella’s hair.
Much more carefully than before… Very slowly, I reached out my hand to Stella’s head,
“…..”
Her head tilted slightly toward my outstretched hand.
The eyes were still staring at me, but when my hand touched my head, it weakened slightly.
Do you feel the touch and feel relieved? It’s like a puppy
Stella then took her fingernails to her mouth and started biting them.
It feels very cute to see her telling everyone that her heart is fluctuating.
You can be sure that you climbed the first step very smoothly.
Now let’s move on to the next step.
