Chapter 213 – Beginnings and Ends, Ends and Beginnings (4)
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Starting from the place where the magical energy touched, the light began to spread in all directions.
The moment I set my mind on the sparkling circuits, I began to feel a sense of alienation.
It was similar to moving through space, like going over a gate, but it felt like the body was still and only the mind was moving.
While I was distracted by the body that had turned transparent, a uniquely shaped space appeared.
A strange feeling, as if looking down on everything, suddenly began to see the scene of the academy test site that had just been there.
A place where traces of the battle that took place at that time remain intact.
Everywhere was full of traces of battle.
In the center, there was a neatly empty space as if it had been cut out with a knife.
‘At that time, was the space covered by the cube?’
The day has passed, so it seems that the test is already over. Neither the Death Knights nor the religious leaders were visible, and the instructors and professors were examining the surroundings.
A familiar face appeared among the investigators.
‘Seo Ah and Minji… I’m glad they all look okay.’
Both appeared to be unharmed, with no serious injuries.
Since I said it was my goal, it seems that the religious leader also left right after that.
The expression of the two as they were answering the professor who asked about yesterday was darkness itself.
Looking at him with a gloomy expression, looking like he was about to cry at any moment, I felt guilty for no reason.
I could see Mina’s face in the corner.
He was muttering while looking at the materials gathered in the makeshift tent.
“How is this possible… ? I didn’t use magic, and I didn’t use mana… It’s not just that I’ve transcended the dimension… “
Min-ah hits the desk with a displeased look on her face.
Since it was Mina who repaired the academy’s security magic circle, she seems to be blaming herself.
Maybe she thinks that this incident is her own fault.
“How did you get in? West… Whoa… “
Minah looks like she’ll burst into tears at any moment.
I wish I could say she was all right, but she couldn’t do anything except look down like this.
But seeing that everyone is safe, my heart is relieved.
[You do not have permission to use the system. ]
Suddenly, a notification sound came to my mind, and I felt like I was being pushed out somewhere.
When she opened her eyes again, she was back to her original body.
“What the hell is this place… “
It was a series of incomprehensible moments, so it felt like her head couldn’t keep up.
What was it that you just saw?
She felt too vivid to be merely a dream.
“Where is Siwoo? Siwoo?”
It seems Da-eun has woken up. When she opened her eyes, I could feel her voice tremble, perhaps surprised that I wasn’t there.
“Woke up?”
“I was surprised… Lol”
I checked my face and smiled, so I lightly hugged Da-eun.
“Are not you hungry? Shall I make you breakfast?”
“For a moment… “
I went back to the front of the circuit and generated magic.
A circuit that emits light as before, but the result was different from before.
[ You do not have permission. ]
‘Isn’t it okay… ‘
“Is it Siwoo?”
“Nothing. I’m hungry because I worked hard yesterday.”
“… “
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Da-eun cooks while humming with her wet hair.
Fortunately, there was a bathroom, so it was after washing.
I shuffled my body lightly for a while in the bathroom, but it ended really lightly because I firmly cut it off by saying morning first.
I felt like I was a newlywed when I saw him cooking with a moderate rhythm in a dry appearance.
After sleeping at Minji’s house, it’s the look I used to see, but it felt new because the other person was Da-eun.
‘Is it okay to be this relaxed… ?’
It’s true that there’s nothing I can do anyway, but is it okay to put my mind at ease like this?
As if the ominous premonition was not wrong, I felt a dark power.
“Dae-eun.”
“Huh… “
Da-eun, who was cooking, also turned off the fire and put down his knife.
__Thud!!!
“Kyaaak!!”
“Are you okay?”
“Huh. Thank you soo I won’t have time to eat.”
The space suddenly shook, I grabbed Da-eun who was staggering.
Food ingredients carefully prepared fell to the floor.
Eating Da-eun’s cooking should be postponed until later.
__Thud!! Thud!! Thud!!
As if being attacked by something, the space shook restlessly.
The furniture around us threatened us, but we were able to protect ourselves with shield magic.
When I went to the place where I felt particularly strong power, there was an ominous crack there.
“Dae-eun is here. I check first… Ah.”
When I turned my head with a tingling feeling, Da-eun was glaring at me with a bloody expression, just like in an evaluation test.
“I’m not weak enough for Siwoo to protect me.”
I forgot I was second in the academy.
“… “
“Rather, I should protect Siwoo.”
Da-eun raising his arm as if he were telling him to trust only himself.
Of course, there was nothing like biceps.
“Okay. Okay.”
__Thud!! Thud!! Thud!!
In my heart, I wanted to stay here forever, but it seemed that I couldn’t keep going.
Before the space was shattered, we simultaneously threw ourselves over the rift.
*
The moment I entered the crack, a strange space appeared.
As if several spaces were mixed, spaces that did not match at all were tangled together.
Along with the green fields where green trees grow, I saw a desolate-looking stone temple and buildings that somehow did not withstand the wind and waves of the years.
The strangest thing is that the building was built upside down, as if against gravity.
Even circuits connected between spaces that do not seem to be mixed.
‘It looks similar to the circuit I saw earlier.’
Da-eun and I had no choice but to pay attention to the seemingly unusual space.
“It seems like a strange space. It’s like a space where dungeons are jumbled together. Be careful Siu.”
“Is it okay if I only trust Da-eun?”
“You can’t play around here!”
Da-eun, who speaks as if a teacher speaks to children, feels a little relaxed because she has a light conversation.
A circuit that runs all the way down the middle, I felt like I should probably walk along it.
“See no way out there?”
“Yeah.. But it’s uneasy because you’re so open-minded..”
I couldn’t erase the feeling of anxiety, but I couldn’t stay here forever.
I have to go back quickly so my kids can put their minds at ease.
I brought the equipment I used at the test site, but I didn’t feel as strong as before.
Perhaps it was a weapon that could only be strengthened in artificial dungeons, or it seemed to be no different from the basic weapons.
When I opened my inventory, I saw the Blue Star Blade that I had been keeping.
It would have been nice to have a weapon that Da-eun could use, but it was a failure to keep anything other than a sword type.
Take out the Blue Star Blade. It felt like a grip in my hand.
“How did you do it..?”
As he took out his weapon from the air, Da-eun looked at him curiously.
I naturally raised my arm and showed the other space bracelet.
I’m glad I already took it out this morning.
Well, I don’t think it’ll be a big problem if Da-eun finds out.
“Siwoo.. What were you going to do if you got caught at the test site?”
“You never know when or where something will happen.”
Because I can’t dry it anyway.
While listening to Da-eun’s muttering answer and moving forward, welcome faces appeared.
“It’s those guys again.”
The Death Knights I dealt with before being brought here.
Those who continued to emit black smoke-like energy through their armor glared at me with their red eyes shining.
The guys lined up tightly in the narrow street gradually increased their speed and began to walk this way.
‘I’ll handle that lightly.’
The moment I tried to deal with them by spinning the Blue Star Blade, a small hand grabbed my shoulder from behind.
“I’m behind you. Siwoo.”
Unlike his cute hands, he has a charismatic voice.
Da-eun, who was exuding purple energy, walked forward.
“Do you have any coins? Anything metallic would be fine.”
“Metal? For a moment… “
I took out a piece of useless scrap metal from my inventory and handed it over to Da-eun.
“It’s dangerous, so stay behind.”
I had no choice but to step back naturally at the serious voice.
Dae-eun’s mana began to gather around the scrap metal he was holding.
As if something was about to happen, it electrocuted the air around it and began to radiate vicious force.
Purple lightning gathered around the scrap metal as if it were about to burst.
_Thumb boom boom boom!
As befits a death knight, they continued to walk forward even after seeing such an appearance.
Da-eun raised his hand and controlled the direction of the intense lightning mass.
Da-Eun’s attack is released while closing and opening her eyes once.
__Over and over and over!!!!!
The enemy in front of me disappeared with a tremendous roar.
Death Knights whose upper bodies were melted as if they had been ripped off by something.
It looked like a death knight turned into a tin can.
‘I can’t even react to that… ‘
It seemed impossible to dodge unless you predicted the direction before shooting.
Because I couldn’t see anything flying.
“It’s still difficult… “
Da-eun was Da-eun, smiling brightly after such a terrifying attack.
__Match. Match. Match. Match.
Suddenly, a dry applause is heard from the end of the road.
I raised my magic and entered a combat stance.
“Incredible.”
A dry voice, and when I turned my head, the leader who brought us here was standing there.
“It was hard because she tried to protect you until the end. She hides it in her own hideout.”
Even after confirming its tremendous power, the priest did not appear to be frightened at all.
“If the location hadn’t changed, I wouldn’t have been able to find it. Also, this is the same thing. Haha.”
“She?”
The name that came out of his mouth was beyond my expectations.
“Would you understand if I said Machina?”
“… ?”
