Chapter 153 – 153 – There Is a Door to Get Off
Early morning, the day after an unprecedented train accident.
“There are no deaths.”
Youngrak muttered as if he did not like that fact.
Of course, his real complaint is a certain porter named Nabulang. He wishes he hadn’t kept glaring at that dissatisfaction.
Because I also don’t like the sight of an Asian man with his eyes bleakly open lying in the hospital bed next to me.
“Except for one man, Tan Bantai, who made the noble sacrifice by burning his body.”
“Oh, I guess I’m dead and wandering this world. But can you see me? I guess we died on the same day?”
Youngrak’s expression scrunched up. I felt regretful that there were no hands to hit me.
One of his arms was broken while fighting the demon king’s fragments, and his other arm was broken while helping with my rescue operation.
With both his arms wrapped in bandages, if he wanted to punish me physically, he would have to use his feet or headbutt me. However, he would not want to do something so undignified in front of the eyes of his subordinates as he was a religious leader.
···I guess I underestimated him. The cult leader picked up his pillow with his toes and threw it at my face.
“I lived. But you died socially. When you tore off your skirt because you were bothered by saving people, countless people would have discovered your identity.”
“If anyone heard it, they would think he was walking around with his balls dangling. He was wearing pants.”
“But you took off the artifact. Who would mistake you for a woman?”
“I didn’t even know it was taken off.”
I grunted and stuffed the bread the hospital gave me into my mouth. While being careful not to let bread crumbs fall on Garam’s face.
I heard that Garam cried and clung to me all night. Ever since I collapsed from exhaustion in the hospital bed.
I can’t say it’s a needless worry. I was so busy saving other people’s lives that I didn’t even realize my body was on fire. To make matters worse, even the healers were perplexed, saying that their divine power wasn’t working on me, but fortunately the burns weren’t too bad, so I got better after a good night’s sleep.
“And even if it had been on my head, I would have taken it off. Do you really want me to burn it? Eshen gave it to me.”
Shingyoju Youngrak, who was sipping the potion with Florica’s help, snorted. However, some of the Cheonmooshin Church agents standing behind him gave me a thumbs up.
It might have been a sign that I answered well, but I didn’t really care. I was absorbed in biting the bread I was holding in my hand.
“When did you discharge me from the hospital?”
“It will be a while before transcontinental train operations return to normal. Stop talking nonsense and lie down.”
The Asian man who was scolding me squinted his eyes.
“And get dressed.”
“I’m wearing pants.”
“It means to wear a jacket.”
“The burns are killing me. What should I wear?”
“I’m concerned about the vulva engraved on your back. Damn, I’ve seen it in an ancient document from the Cargon taiga. It’s a symbol of a lustful demon that gives you the ability to tamper with women’s minds and seduce them. I didn’t know what your background was, so I saw that symbol. “If I had seen it, I would have freaked out and beaten it to death.”
Florica, who had been dozing off because she was tired from helping me yesterday, suddenly opened her eyes and tried to pull out the knife. The Shinkyo agents quickly shook their heads and reassured him that it was not like that.
After confirming that I was safe, Florica went back to sleep relieved, but Adamantone looked at us sulkily and muttered.
“I don’t think that’s the case.”
“You shut up and get some sleep.”
“No, I will keep my eyes wide open until the end. That shy Asian guy may not be able to lift you up, but he is strangely hostile. I have a feeling he might suddenly stab your brain with his toe.”
“···Don’t lose strength and sleep.”
Adamantone, who placed the broken warrior sword on his lap, shook his head solemnly. I wish that idiot would believe that rotten premonition a little less.
Adamantone, who was sitting and trying to keep an eye on us with his eyes wide open, dozed off a little later without even realizing he was asleep. He didn’t care about anyone.
Shin Gyoju shrugged his bandaged shoulders.
“Of course, if you were one of the type of lust that is widespread in the martial arts world, you wouldn’t have thrown yourself into that dangerous place, even pushing me away when I tried to stop you. I hope that the writing staff of ‘One Sun’ magazine will focus on the positive aspects of the report. . Rather than ‘Porter who disguised himself as a woman’s party’, it would be better for me, who broke my arm while helping, to have a headline that said, ‘Miraculous rescue operation led by a porter.'”
“One sun? Why is there a story in the newspaper all of a sudden?”
“If something like this happened, you don’t think it would make headlines? Besides, I saw it yesterday, and the writing staff of ‘One Sun’ was among the passengers.”
“Oh, damn it…”
“Featured headlines? What is that?”
Adamantone muttered, suddenly waking up with a gasp from his snoring. I closed my eyes tightly when I heard the sound of snot running while eating.
“···Write big on big paper. Large weekly magazines usually use big paper too. Stop talking nonsense and get some sleep.”
“Aha.”
Adamantone started snoring again. Shin Gyo-ju, who was looking at him intently, spoke softly.
“Wrong.”
“Yes?”
“That doesn’t mean writing on big paper, but writing in big letters. In newspapers, writing in big letters and emphasizing something usually means it’s important.”
I feel my face heating up. I also heard Garam giggling as he lay down with his arms wrapped around my waist.
The unpleasant Asian man spoke with his eyes wide open as if mocking him.
“I don’t know if you still have the ambition to become our family’s son-in-law, but if you do, don’t make a mistake in front of Hwa-ryeon, because you will be hated.”
“···Yes.”
“But well, good job. At least I got to see you again.”
“Look again. You should say that you did something right. You should say that you did something wrong.”
“What are you saying?”
I chopped off the bread and looked down at the soup. Damn it, I had to dip my bread in the soup and eat it. For some reason, it felt soft.
I vented my anger by scraping the inside of the soup bowl with my spoon.
“If we hadn’t gotten on the train, assassins and bombs wouldn’t have been on the train together. The safety of so many people wouldn’t have been threatened and their bones wouldn’t have been broken. If we hadn’t run away in the first place, we wouldn’t have been in that prison in the first place. “If only I had been lying down…”
Garam woke up and tried to stroke my cheek. I pushed his head down and placed him back on my lap.
“I’m not going to lie down hugging the blanket and saying things like that. That’s bullshit.”
“Phew.”
“I’m not saying I’m not at all responsible. But wouldn’t the bastard elf king who sent the bomb without even caring about how many people die be sleeping peacefully, without any guilt, thousands of kilometers away?”
“That’s right. I’ll skin that bastard!”
“Thank you, Garam. According to Garam, that ‘bastard who will rip off your skin’ is currently holding Thena captive and tormenting her severely. He is asking where I have hidden the key to access the Demon God’s Seal. If I run away from here, “It’s a fact you wouldn’t have known if you hadn’t come.”
I slurped down the soup. It was hotter than I thought, but I didn’t show it for fear of Garam worrying.
I’m glad the morning air is cold. I continued speaking, cooling my burning insides with my breath.
“So, I have to focus on the task at hand. That’s where I was wrong. I don’t know if I could even save even one of my family members, Thena, but I wasted too much energy and opportunity saving other people’s families. Of course, I have one more chance. “If given, he would have run into the flames just the same, but that wouldn’t change the fact.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but it’s strangely cool.”
Garam looked up at me blankly and whispered. The leader, who was observing the two of us, twitched the corner of his eye for a moment.
“You damn bastard…”
“Yes?”
“···If that damned person is carrying Thena Everlight as you said, the longer he is confined, the closer the world will come to an end.”
“Is that really true?”
“What if the reason why demons are pouring out of the World Temple is because the Demon God’s seal has become unstable? The World Temple of Rezandartam, which requires the sacrifice of a powerful hero, has reached its limit, so replace Edin with Thena Everlight as soon as possible. What if you have to do it?”
It’s an unpleasant assumption. But it is realistic.
While suppressing his stomach, which was heating up for reasons other than the soup, the leader concluded his personal guess.
“We will have to do our best to rescue Thena Everlight.”
“It’s true that we must do our best to rescue, but I don’t like anything else. Let’s make this one thing clear, leader.”
I pointed at Shin Gyo-ju with a spoon.
“Thena will not enter that damn temple.”
“Even if the entire world we know is betting its fate on the sacrifice of the ‘Blue and Gold Hero’? Even if Thena Everlight completely agrees with that?
“If Eshen says he wants to act like Thena, will you agree?”
The leader shook his head bitterly. It’s nice that it’s recognized so quickly.
I shook the spoon as if ringing a bell to indicate the correct answer.
“Probably not. He’s going to throw a tantrum to the whole world, asking what kind of nonsense he’s pushing without your consent. The reason I’m throwing a tantrum is the same. Because I’m on that guy’s side. Even if the whole world wants him to sacrifice, I “I have to tell you right then and there that you don’t have to sacrifice.”
“You are a madman.”
“Sir, why don’t you call a psychiatrist? Why is everyone saying I’m crazy? They’re just saying it’s someone else’s business.”
“I have two daughters to protect. Her wife, who is much stronger than me, will scoff if I offer to protect her, but she too will be in danger if the seal on her Demon God is loosened. But she “That is.”
Shin Kyo-ju smiled a seemingly invisible smile. I accepted it with respect.
“Out of respect for your fierce tenacity, if there is a second best solution, I will consider it first. That is my best. Is that okay?”
“Well sir.”
Thank you, but it paints a predictable picture. Tena, that idiot ignores me and walks into the world temple, and I cry out for others to sacrifice instead of Tena, and then I am suppressed and dragged away by Protestant agents with my mouth shut.
Of course, I will do my best to prevent such a thing from happening, but it would be best for Lord Shin right now.
I decided not to blame the man who promised me the best. Instead, he got annoyed at the elves.
“If you’ve heard this far, you guys should also say something. The train has been suspended for the time being due to a damaged track, and you can’t ride the dragon. Do you have any ideas that can help with the Tena rescue operation?”
The elf knights who were trapped by the Cult of Heaven agents hesitated and looked at each other.
Garam fell out of my arms and sat up groggily. And he threw a tantrum in a manner that was just like Eshen. I feel confident.
“Oh, kind of. If you think about it, it’s your fault that the train exploded and that Tan and my dad ended up in the hospital!”
“···Because we are public servants, we had no choice but to follow orders. To be honest, do you really want to explode and die together? First of all, let me ask you. If Thena Everlight is not put into the World Shrine, the Demon God may awaken and the world will be destroyed? Is that true? “Can you guarantee it?”
They said they wouldn’t invest it. There must be another way, you motherfuckers.
While I was sighing, Shin Gyo-ju spoke on my behalf.
“I will risk my entire honor, the Cheonmu Gods’ Church, Hwangok, and myself to guarantee this. For some reason, Edin, the guard who is supposed to protect the seal, has split into hundreds of personalities and is running amok, wielding the power of Mithras, and your king has been the leader of the World Temple. “We were hiding not only the location but also its instability. One o’clock is urgent. We ask for your cooperation.”
“···Damn it. The reason the existence and location of the World Temple were hidden from the world was because it was the duty of the forest fairies of Elan as ancient guardians. However, as you said, there was definitely something strange. Your Majesty has been watching these days. “He was visibly anxious.”
“Nowadays? Since when?”
“Well, about thirty or forty years ago? I’m not sure.”
Shin Kyo-ju frowned as if trying to guess how old he was ten years ago. In my case, it probably wasn’t even sperm at that time.
The elf knight quickly apologized.
“···The standards these days are broad. Don’t misunderstand. Not all elves are like that. It’s because I’m an old elf. Lieutenant Karosan, do you remember when your Majesty started showing strange signs?”
“Oh, it’s a thing these days. Has it been about sixty years since you started getting irritated when you even stepped on a shadow?”
“I will correct this. I guess we are just a species with broad standards these days.”
“···Don’t waste time with silly jokes. One o’clock is busy.”
The elves looked a little aggrieved. The elf whose memories I had looked into on the train grunted.
“Perhaps our king is under the control of an evil entity, just like what happened to the leader of the Hanghaeng Valley. But what can we do? Not only is there not much information shared with us because he is such an authoritarian person, but we are “There is no means of transportation that can take you all the way to the forest in an instant. We came all the way here by train. We want to help prevent the destruction of the world, but we don’t know or can do anything.”
“There is a way to cross the continent in an instant.”
A mumbling sound was heard from somewhere. I looked around the room.
No one raised their hand when I said that. Everyone is looking around, not knowing who is talking or where.
I glanced back, feeling a vague premonition. And then he screamed and fell off the bed.
“Evil!”
“Your reunion greeting is quite powerful, Lan Bantai. Well, now that his true identity has been revealed to the world, is it okay if I call you Tan Bantai?”
A white-haired mule giggled and knocked on the window. Shingyoju Youngrak asked me for an explanation with a glance.
“Erinak Sophon?”
“I only saw you briefly in Linden, so thank you for remembering.”
How could I ever forget, even in my dreams, the porter who filled in next to me in my absence?
Isn’t the reason Tena is being held now because he couldn’t protect her? Could it be that he sold out TENA? The sudden appearance made me suspicious.
He ignored my poisonous gaze and came inside the window.
“I’m here to help. I thought you might need some help right now.”
“Instead of protecting Thena?”
“As you say, how can I protect Thena, who is being held captive by the Elf King? There would be no way to rescue her if she were to be captured as well.”
“You speak well.”
Garam muttered quietly.
“But how did you get in through the window? It’s on the fourth floor.”
“I know, because I saw it outside the hospital. But is that a surprise to Tigris? Aren’t you also experts at jumping?”
“I wouldn’t be surprised if you were Tigris. But you’re an ordinary person and a porter, right?”
Garam pointed to a corner of the room. As if we weren’t the only ones surprised, Florica swallowed her saliva and placed her hand on the hilt of her sword.
And Adamantone was completely unconscious with foam at the mouth. I decided not to care about him.
“Wait a minute, wait a minute. It doesn’t matter where you came in. That bastard has a rare flying artifact, so let’s skip that part.”
“Oh, you remember that too. I guess you were quite upset that I was given the role of holding Thena and evacuating her.”
This dog.
But it’s true. I said calmly while hiding her clenched fist under the blanket.
“Didn’t you just say that when you came in? ‘There is a way to cross the continent in an instant.’ Is that true, Erinac?”
“I swear on my country and my honor. There is a way.”
Erinak gently closed the window and sat down on the door frame. She was skinny and her legs were almost as long as Isilun’s, so that her toes touched the floor.
“This is the method I used when I traveled the world with Thena and tracked down the demon king’s fragments. A person who was in the Kingdom of Summeris yesterday may suddenly appear in the Armattam Empire. While wandering around the Black Mountains, Tovetan in the middle of the sea “It is possible to cross in a month. It’s a blink of an eye. Of course, it’s much faster than a train.”
“···You sound like you’re selling some kind of panacea?”
“Any time you hear a story that is unbelievable, regardless of the way it is said, it sounds like it. It probably means that your rational mind is working properly. But as with everything in the world, some of the stories that sound like blatant hoaxes are actually the truth. “
A smile spread across Erinac’s pale face.
“Well, if you think it’s a scam, just leave the secret that ‘only me and Tena know’ as a secret between us.”
“Still, let me hear it. It’s unfair to suspect it’s a scam without even hearing it.”
The smile on her pale face grew wider. What a clever son of a bitch.
I was upset because I thought I had caught a good fish, but I tried to smile calmly.
“It’s not difficult to tell you or share the secret, but let’s make one promise.”
“What is it?”
“I will tell you if you promise not to attack me when I reveal myself.”
“So what are you?”
“From the promise.”
Erinac said urgently. There’s something strange about the atmosphere.
I looked back to see if I could see the Protestant agents pulling out their swords. Some of the agents even had blowguns loaded with poison needles in their mouths.
Erinak, who had quickly noticed and tried to move her hand to her window, flinched and turned around when her religious leader got up and trampled on her window frame with his foot.
Garam silently got up and approached Erinak, blocking not only the window opposite her but also the escape route to her door and glaring at her.
“Wait a minute. Why are you so dissatisfied with me asking you to make a promise first?”
Erinac’s pale face turned even whiter. I somehow think she looks good.
Meanwhile, the trapped elves muttered excitedly.
“As expected, the world of humans is dynamic. Commander, do you come across interesting things to see like this every time you are dispatched?”
“I won’t stop you from watching, but if you’re going to do it, why don’t you just watch quietly? We’re being held captive now.”
“Ah.”
“Agents, shut the mouths of those immature fairies. And open the mouths of this damn thing!”
“Wait a minute, boss! Let’s calm down. I don’t know why you’re being so oversensitive-“
“Don’t try to deceive me, I don’t know if this person is human or not. You didn’t think I would notice that twisted flow of energy?”
The agents grabbed Erinak by the back of her head and forced her to kneel on the floor.
Eri Nak, who had been showing off leisurely just a moment ago, glanced at me with a contemplative expression as if she had been struck by lightning.
And then she opened her mouth silently. ‘What, help me!’
I shrugged her shoulders and responded with just the sound of her mouth. ‘How can I help you?’
‘How? ‘Please stop these people!’
‘So how can I stop you? ‘Did you reveal your identity before you got fucked up?’
At the silent conversation between me and Erinak, Garam bit her lip and suppressed laughter.
Honestly, I’m curious. Aside from the strange skin color and hair that makes it difficult to identify a person from any country, what is the story that led to him being next to Tena?
When I, a knowledgeable person, refused to help, Erinac’s face hardened.
“Uh, boss. Let me ask you something first. Are you willing to go to any lengths to find out my identity?”
“I don’t know how far I’ll go, but I know where to start. If you don’t tell me right now, I’m going to cut out your tongue for thinking there’s room for negotiation.
“Demon.”
“What?”
“···I told you. To be honest, I told you to blow it, but if you blow it and you look like you don’t believe it, what are you going to do? A demon, a demon! Let’s come from the ‘Demon World’ where the ‘Demon Cave’ you hate so much is summoned! Is that enough now? The Demon Cave! “As you explore, there are demons that pop out, like the leader of the demon cave. They are the compatriots of those demons!”
Youngrak and Garam looked at each other with embarrassed expressions. Florica looked puzzled as well, looking back at Adamantone in the seat next to her, then she looked at the stunned face of her bubble door, shook her head, and then made eye contact with me and hers.
“Demons? What kind of bullshit is that?”
“I’m here to take you to the Demon World. Through a shortcut to another dimension, I can take you to the Great Elan! That’s how you tried to rescue Thena, damn it! So get that knife out of the back of my head! ! It’s scary!”
The Shingyo agents hesitated and looked at Yeongrak. Eri Nak, who was struggling, eventually cried out with tears in her eyes.
“Ah, why! Demons shouldn’t be afraid of swords!”
“···No one said anything.”
“… That’s right. Let’s put away our weapons and talk calmly like civilized people. I can open the door to the demon world for you. Repairing the transcontinental train lanes will take quite a while, so there’s no way to get Thena in time. Maybe this is it.”
Erinak took a deep breath and regained her composure.
“And in fact, I also ran away from the chase in Daelan and came to Bantai after hearing the news of your accident… If you refuse, I have no option. This means that the only reinforcements I can take to Tena are you. We have no choice. “I hope you don’t act mean-spirited with people you don’t know much about, right?”
“···Let me explain in more detail. Can you go to the Demon World? And how do you come back to our world from the Demon World?”
When I showed interest, Erinac was relieved.
“Wow, he lived.”
“Not yet, you suspicious thing. Agent, don’t put away your sword!”
“Oh, please!”
———–
At the same time, somewhere in Dae Elan.
“Do you see this dagger? You can also see the shabby lower half of your king’s body, right?”
“···It’s blasphemous. Do you think you can leave Great Elan alive after doing something like this!”
“You can see it. That’s enough. Back off, you long-eared bastards! Get any closer and I’ll cut your king’s balls off!”
“···Damn it, the knights should move away from the door. Your Majesty’s body must not be harmed! Damn it, what do you want? I mean, tell me your requirements first-!”
“First, prepare a snow sled and a speedboat for escape. After that, we will tell you our requirements!”
“These damn things. I’m telling you to at least put them on clothes!”
Danar Numen Evennarsson felt the urge to commit suicide. He didn’t care one bit about Eshen.
