Chapter 24 – The Vampire Incident (9)
He stopped stroking his hair and stood up cautiously.
“Yes?”
Midsummer looked at me with blank eyes.
“I’ll go out and come back.”
“…Suddenly?”
“Sorry. Sleep first.”
“What is it without explanation?”
Midsummer narrowed her forehead and squinted her eyes.
“…I don’t have time. I will come and explain.”
“I want to go too then.”
“Midsummer.”
Staring straight into her blue eyes, he shook her head resolutely. You can’t risk midsummer. I don’t even know what’s lurking where I’m going from now on.
“…Okay. Instead, visit her and explain clearly.”
With her fists clenched, Midsummer bit her lip.
“Okay.”
She immediately turned around and walked out of the house.
As she started running with her light balls on, the smart phone in her pocket rang violently.
[Dude, are you awake?]
[I tried to contact you anyway.]
[I heard there was a suspicious movement on the Nanhwa side. Three out of five. I am figuring it out now.]
[What about the surveillance device?]
[…That’s more of a problem. All monitoring devices just turned off. As if it had been interfered with.]
[What do you do for the fire? I’ll go to the other side.]
[I get it. When the Nanhwa side is finished, I will send Muheun Mayeong there, so I hope you don’t overdo it.]
[Thank you.]
[What, no luck.]
There was no doubt that something out of the ordinary was happening.
The question is, can I stop it with my own power?
As she ran with all her might, all kinds of wandering thoughts ate her brain.
Does it really make sense for me to act like this?
If I were to die, what would I do in the middle of summer when I was left alone?
What if you can’t save it?
‘No.’
It’s already been decided.
Come now, do not give in to temptation.
It’s a fucking game and it’s a gutter-like world, but there must be a way that’s close to the correct answer.
There is no way that the related files have been updated for nothing.
Prevent the same cadet from being killed.
It’s close to the correct answer, and I think it’s the ‘right way’ from a human point of view.
Putting down my worries, I put a bet on the Yongcheon blood on the sole of my foot and kicked the ground hard.
In an instant, the light flickered.
‘What…?’
The scenery changed in an instant and I fell into the middle of darkness.
I stopped moving and looked around.
The stars twinkled in the deep darkness.
It felt like floating in space.
I felt a bright light in front of me.
I took a step towards it.
I couldn’t see the ground, but I was able to walk naturally.
What I thought was light was not an ordinary light.
An old man from Whirlwind Dogol sat upright with the checkerboard in between.
His face was obscured by the strong light, and he could not see it properly.
[Yearer.]
A voice I had never heard before rang out.
“Innocence…? Have you become a freshman? What is this place?”
It was a series of incomprehensible things.
[This is the world of the performer’s image. I, too, am nothing like a Taoist, but an illusion created by the performer’s mind.]
Unlike the cold universe, this place had a sense of warmth.
Is this place my imaginary world?
It was a very strange feeling.
“No way…? I don’t have that ability. And, there is no time for this.”
[One second outside can become a hundred years or a thousand years in the world of images. Time outside won’t pass so don’t worry. Would you like some tea?]
Suddenly, a steaming car appeared on the checkerboard.
With an inexplicable pull, I sat in front of him and picked up the car.
The bitter aroma of tea and the warmth of a warm teacup have been conveyed as they are.
“It’s too vivid for a fantasy.”
[It’s an illusion created through the ‘I’ who remained unmarried. It’s still too early for the speaker.]
“Why did this suddenly happen?”
Needless to say, while I was running in a hurry.
I couldn’t see his face, but I intuitively knew that the God of War was staring at me.
[I ask, what do you think of cooperation?]
It’s all a joke. There is also the sound of catching floating clouds.
“I do not know.”
Musin chuckled and laughed.
[Right. Even when you reach the point where you hold a sword in your heart, you still don’t know what a sword is.]
“Is that important?”
[This may or may not be important. Some might say it’s an old question, but I think it’s important. What is the meaning of martial arts without swords?]
Even though I’ve been playing games for quite some time, I’ve never seriously thought about Hyeop.
I only knew that political faction figures were playing by encouraging each other like small and large groups.
“Even if there is no standard of cooperation, isn’t it enough to live well like a military man and righteously?”
[Right. Justice. Maybe justice isn’t another name for agreement for someone?]
“…It could be.”
[Then I will ask. Is what the speaker wants to do now? Is not it?]
“I didn’t make the decision with such great thoughts.”
Do you need a reason to be cooperative in helping people in the first place?
As Chun Ha-yeon said, I just acted as I went.
A grandiose agreement or cause.
I don’t know.
The moment I was about to open my mouth again, suddenly the whole world vibrated and a loud voice resounded.
[That’s right! It is a law that requires no reason for people to save people. I ask, what is hyeop? I do not know. I have no choice but to know. If there are a hundred Hyeopsa, there are a hundred kinds of Hyeop. Can this be simply expressed as ‘what’?]
Every time I heard the words of a god of war, something welled up inside me.
[Not. It can’t be. Then, doesn’t the concept of cooperation exist? Is it nothing more than an illusion spouted by pompous people? Neither is it. Are the things the speaker is trying to do right now? I can confidently answer. Hyeop is right. If you ask anyone, he will answer that. Therefore, wouldn’t there also be a reference point for consultation?]
“…That’s difficult.”
For some reason, the god of war appeared to be smiling. Even though I still can’t see a single expression.
[Think simple. If you had not established righteousness, I would never have reappeared. Therefore, Yeonja, I beg you.]
It started cracking everywhere, like glass breaking.
[I want you to practice cooperation with martial arts.]
The world has completely changed and consciousness has risen to reality.
I looked at the time, and as Musin said, not even a second had passed.
I started running again using the light gun.
It was clearly more powerful than before.
I opened the status window with a sudden intuition, and there was an added attribute related to no marriage.
[Unmarried Wu Spirit – Hyeop In-ro, the Road of People]
What is Collaboration?
Increases stats while performing cooperative actions.
…Was it like that.
This was the reason why the conversation with the god of war occurred.
If I had chosen the option of turning away.
You probably won’t get this combo talent forever.
I’m not sure about the reference point of negotiations that God of War said, but my ability has definitely risen.
In other words, the characteristics defined my current behavior as cooperative.
…That means we can get to the scene of the incident faster.
***
Honwonmun.
Although the principle of one-person succession was established, it was a historical faction that had produced some of the best people in the world in the past.
It wasn’t that I was living alone because I was a one-man legend.
People’s lives require more items than you think, and it goes without saying if you’re unmanned.
Mr. Shin family.
It was a family that had supported Honyuanmen for a long time.
This year, there was an article that the successor of Hunyuanmen and the heir of the Shin family entered the academy at the same time.
Because they saw each other often when they were young, the two quickly became friends.
“Arya? Is this right?”
Jiah Lee tilted her head and asked.
New Ari. It was the name of the successor of the Shin family.
Over the weekend, the two went out.
Just before entering the dormitory after playing so much that we forgot the time, Shin A-ri took us to a place he wanted us to go to…
It was a dark, desolate place.
Shinari shivered as her cold sweat dripped from her body.
“Oh, I can’t either. Gia, listen carefully. Don’t look back and run to the academy…”
“What’s up?”
“I don’t have time. Hurry…!”
She grabbed the hand of Ji-ah Lee, who was confused, and started running hurriedly.
Chijik-
All of a sudden, the street lights around me flickered once.
Once she closed her eyes and opened them, something dark appeared in front of her, blocking her path.
“Where are you going?”
Again and again. A man wearing round glasses and a neat suit appeared from behind ‘something’.
“No no….”
Seeing her man, Shin Ari’s face was stained with despair.
A thick bloody smell and a terrible stench.
Her unidentifiable screams were felt by Lee Ji-ah’s keen senses.
“Isn’t running away like this different from a promise? Do you mind what happens to your family?”
She looked at Shinari and raised the corner of her mouth as if her man was mocking.
“What are you talking about?”
“It’s simple. Honwonmun Lee Ji-ah. That they sold you out. Shin Ari-ga, whom you thought was your close friend. I can’t believe how easy it is to get the soul element. It is truly a genius opportunity.”
“…You think you can stop me with just these guys?”
Lee Ji-ah had already figured out who was lurking around her.
Although she usually only reads books and is extremely reluctant to kill her, she is often misunderstood because of her timid nature.
It is not for nothing that Honyuanmun has been able to remain as a one-man tradition.
Overwhelming force. Honyuan means the universe.
Hunwonmun’s Dokmun martial arts that pursues martial arts by embracing the universe.
Honwon Mugeuk Shin-gong 混元武極神功 was right to discuss the best in the world.
“I do not know.”
The man leisurely crossed his arms.
With just a short conversation, Lee Ji-ah understood the entire context.
“Shinari, step back.”
The Shin family was not very big.
Just by entering the academy, he deserved to be happy, saying that he was the happiest of the family.
Of course, Shin Ari’s parents must have come to commemorate her entrance.
Shortly thereafter, she would have been kidnapped.
Sold yourself?
She must have been blackmailing her family.
Lee Ji-ah was sure.
“They are naive people. They’re not people that demons like you can touch…”
Shin Ari’s parents also saw Lee Ji-ah often.
There were many times when I came directly to Honyuan Gate to deliver goods.
Trash like that always preys on the weak.
At the same time, they force the weak to make an unavoidable choice and intimidate them by saying, ‘This is what you chose.’
Can we call it ‘choice’?
I could tell just by looking at the man’s face.
He is enjoying the situation now.
While playing with people’s wills, she’s willing to ruin people according to her own lowly intentions.
Suffering is always the weak.
Anger like an active volcano began to sweep through Jiah Lee’s mind.
Hunyuan Wuji Shenggong values her balance.
Gwangohhan martial arts discussing the universe with a human body required extreme composure.
Equanimity. It was also a story that Lee Ji-ah’s master constantly emphasized.
Looking at them, Lee Ji-ah could not hold back her surging anger.
Her red hair fluttered, enveloped in the fierce aura of the Hunyuan Wuju New Gong.
She immediately slammed her fist into the majin’s head, which was in front of her.
Boom – There was a roar like hitting an iron wall.
The monster, who was well over 2m, was fine even with Lee Ji-ah’s attack.
‘Extremely strong against external attacks.’
The compatibility was not good.
Lee Ji-ah’s Samantha pursued destruction through strong external force.
You probably figured it out beforehand and brought it like this.
“Keep your promises.”
At the same time as her man’s smirking words, the hidden monsters rushed at Lee Ji-ah.
Puck-
In an instant, something approached Lee Ji-ah’s back.
“Mi, I’m sorry.”
Shin Ari blocked Lee Ji-ah’s attack from behind with her body.
Deep cuts were drawn all over Shinari’s back.
Cheak- The red blood splattered and wet Ji-ah Lee’s cheek.
“Tsk, this is why the political factions.”
The man clicked her tongue and looked at Shin Ari and Lee Ji-ah alternately.
Shin Ari attacks Lee Ji-ah from behind.
That was the ‘promise’ between Shin Ari and her man.
“Ah…?”
Lee Ji-ah blankly hugged Shinari.
The attack of the monsters also stopped.
“That’s a pity. Is there any point in pretending to sacrifice for the subject of selling out a close friend?”
“That, dirty mouth.”
Jiah Lee gritted her teeth and growled. Her trembling hands began to stain with her blood.
“Shut up…!”
Her uncontrollable liveliness dominated Lee Ji-ah’s mind. Her heart rose to the top of her head.
“I don’t like it.”
As her man smiled and beckoned, a monster rushed at her.
The moment she lays down Shin Ari, who is cooling down, to pour out her anger toward the monster.
I’m sorry-!
Something flew and blew the monster away.
Even Lee Ji-ah knew the broad back of the man who appeared in an instant and stopped the monster.
Moo Gong Kim.
I don’t know how he got here, but it was him.
“Blood. Calm down. He is not dead yet.”
Lee Ji-ah’s reason gradually returned to the low voice.
As Kim Mu-gong said, Ari did not die.
He was bleeding profusely, but unexpectedly, all of his vital organs were avoided. Can be saved
He sighed in haste and stopped the bleeding.
“Go to the hospital. I’ll take care of this.”
Lee Ji-ah nodded her head with her stiff face and hugged her shinari.
“Where are you going?”
Her man gave orders to the monsters again.
“What…?”
Despite the order, the monsters still stopped and looked at Kim Mu-gong. The man widened his eyes.
“Disgusting Blood Religion bastards.”
Dark red aura began to emanate from Kim Mu-gong’s body. He made eye contact with the man and slowly opened his mouth.
“Abandon the thought of returning alive.”
