Chapter 55 – Surviving on a Deserted Island (16)
As Kim Mu-gong requested, Midsummer quickly traveled around the island looking for the cadets. As we were moving all the way along the shore, a signal flare exploded not far away.
“There…!”
As Midsummer pointed to the sky, Preface Yerin nodded her head. It was Kim Yong who first met her.
“Huh. I don’t know what the hell is going on! What the hell are you doing at the academy?”
“I don’t have time. Follow.”
Ignoring the grumbling Kim Yong, Han Yeo-reum immediately moved on her steps again. Kim Yong obediently followed Midsummer’s words, even frowning.
Boom-
As I was running for a while, there was an explosion around me. As I followed the source of the binge drinking, I saw Lee Ji-ah literally crushing Tamatoma. Shin Ari was standing behind Lee Ji-ah.
“…This is not serious.”
Looking at the approaching midsummer, Lee Ji-ah muttered heavily. The remains of shredded tamatomas were scattered everywhere.
“Aren’t these only in the center?”
Midsummer asked as they walked among the rubble. Tamatoma jumped out to the beach. Besides, the ones with shiny red eyes weren’t even common guys.
“It just came out of nowhere. A number is a number, but it is too strong. It’s like a different creature. What the hell happened?”
Wiping off her blue blood, Lee Ji-ah frowned at her. Compared to the docile tamatomas of the past, these have nothing left but the instinct to bite their opponents.
“I don’t know. I’m assuming it’s a gate break, but I guess I’ll have to find out for sure. Join first.”
“I guess. At this rate, the lives of some cadets could be in danger.”
Right now, Shin-Ari would not have been easy against them without her help. He was very fortunate that he had joined somehow beforehand.
“…There is no time. Can you move right away?”
“Yes. However much. Let’s go, Arya.”
Lee Ji-ah hugged her new baby like a princess.
“I’m not good at light-gong… I’m sorry.”
Shin Ari embraced Lee Ji-ah’s arms with an embarrassed expression.
“I do not care. Now is not the time to pursue such things. Then….”
Let’s move While I was about to say, Midsummer’s heart sank. I don’t know why, but an unbearable feeling of anxiety came over me.
‘…Kim Mu-gong.’
Is it because of an unmarried connection, a call of fate, or a simple intuition? Whatever the cause, Han Yeo-reum sensed the danger of Kim Mu-gong.
“I’m sorry, Yerin. I’ll ask for the rest.”
Preface Yerin, who stared blankly at Midsummer for a while, opened her mouth.
“Are you going to the center?”
“Yes.”
“Okay. Be careful.”
Preface Yerin nodded her head with a heavy expression.
***
Suddenly, the sky broke apart and the spatial isolation began to loosen. My heart didn’t calm down.
‘Please.’
I hope it’s not a big deal. Midsummer, I prayed again and again to a god I did not believe in.
The center of the island was still full of dark magic. A bunch of tamatomas too, I don’t know where she came from, but she was swarming. Midsummer ran desperately while cutting through the typified Magi. There was a group of Tamatomas around, but strangelyhehesitated to attack Midsummer.
Thanks to that, I reached the coordinates given by Kim Moo-gong in a relatively early time.
Cave.
What Midsummer saw as he broke through the ominous darkness of the cave without hesitation.
It was the image of Mu-gong Kim lying in the middle of the basin, covered in blood.
“…Ah?”
Midsummer blankly opened her mouth. Blood. Red blood was all over her. This was a sight she had never thought of.
Along with her burnt smell, the thick bloody scent passed the tip of the midsummer’s nose.
‘No. Please. Please….’
Feeling her eyes getting wet, Midsummer moved her steps. If Kim Mu-gong is dead. Fear dominated Midsummer’s mind. Her throat was clogged with her jaw.
Midsummer moved her body like crazy and reached right in front of Kim Moo-gong, laying him straight down. She then put her face to her nose and felt the breath.
I could feel the light breathing.
Live. Even her heart is still beating. Her vision blurred. Tears trickled down her cheeks. Only then did Midsummer let out her breath that had stopped.
Haha….”
She didn’t die But her condition was critical. From the deep cuts to the bloody lumps, there was not a single spot that was intact. It’s been a long time since I’ve been relieved. With her trembling hands, Midsummer rummaged in her own arms. A solid box of hers came out of her bosom.
Midsummer’s eyes widened when he hurriedly opened the box. Inside the box was a round illusion.
Honwondan (混元丹). The Honwondan, which was shared in half with Kim Mu-gong, was in its entirety. She said that she had no memory of receiving it, so it was said that Mu-gong Kim secretly put in his share.
‘…’
Midsummer bit her lip hard. As if he had predicted this situation, Mu-gong Kim had handed over the Honwondan to himself in advance.
At that moment, all her thoughts came and went, but Midsummer struggled to drive them away and put her horn fabric in her mouth.
After she chewed and crushed the horn fabric, she opened Kim Mu-gong’s mouth and kissed him as it was. Confirming that the finely chopped horn fabric was all in Kim Mu-gong’s mouth, she blew her bet and passed the horn fabric through her esophagus. The fishy taste of blood ran through her mouth.
‘…Please.’
There was nothing summer could do. She says it’s a superlative yo top, so she can only pray that it works. I held Kim Mu-gong’s hand tightly and prayed for midsummer.
Like that.
Time like eternity passed, and Kim Mu-gong’s complexion gradually began to return. The anxious heartbeat also regained his stability. The word Honyuanmen’s secret elixir was no exaggeration.
“Bad guy.”
Midsummer spat out while wiping her tear-stained face with her sleeve. She doesn’t even know that she cares about people. Why are you so pushy Midsummer’s sweet army frowned. Relief, resentment, and sadness mixed together, and I held back the tears that were about to come out again.
Do-do-do-do-do-
In midsummer, who had buried his face in Kim Mu-gong’s chest for a while, the sound of a helicopter rang loudly in his ears.
It was a rescue team sent by the academy in a hurry after recognizing that the spatial isolation had been lifted. In a daze in midsummer, she looked up at the sky.
Before long, it announces the end of the eventful uninhabited island evaluation.
The helicopter with the academy pattern began to reflect in Midsummer’s eyes.
***
In my hazy consciousness, I was floating.
Is it dead did you live
I don’t know either.
Thinking means my brain is functioning, so am I not alive?
That’s just guessing.
In fact, I had no bodily sensations at all, but I could feel the flow of true energy gradually. It seems that he survived somehow.
The last summer face I saw. Something flowed down his gullet, accompanied by a soft sensation on his lips.
‘Honwondan.’
Judging from the drastically alleviated internal wounds and the arrogant radiance, what midsummer fed me was almost certain to be Honwondan. I thought it would be better for him to have it than for me, so I secretly put it in, and it was really fortunate.
During the battle with Poongjihae, there was no time to worry about the Honwondan. Maybe if I had it, it would have turned to powder right away. I suddenly felt dizzy thinking that I almost lost half of my valuable soul fabric in vain.
But it’s a bit expensive.
I think it would have been better to feed him in the middle of the summer than me. I’m on the verge of losing ground, but I wasn’t lacking in inner strength. Of course, you can say, “Thanks to you, I saved my life,” But there is no end to human greed.
In any case, the energy of the Honwondan that rode down my esophagus spread to every corner of my body and seemed to have forcibly prevented me from leaving this world.
According to the last contemplation of my body, if it had not been for Honwondan, there was a high possibility that I would not have been able to function properly because of internal injuries even if I survived. I should also thank Lee Ji-ah.
All I could do was think, so all kinds of random thoughts dominated my head. I hope everyone survives well. I don’t have to worry about it because I have Cheon Ha-yeon.
Come to think of it, in the middle of summer, how did the base ship get to where I am faster than the rescue team? If you go around the island, the time is not right. I do not know.
It seemed like it would take a long time for his body to return to his senses. I could feel the flow to some extent, but it was almost impossible to contemplate the inside.
‘How did he win?’
The fully-ripe transcendent was definitely a daunting opponent. Not ignorant bastards like blood demons, normal humans do accidents. I remember he was driven to the brink of defeat.
In fact, at the end, we exchanged workshops in a state of trance, so I couldn’t even remember properly. In particular, it was a strange thing for me to get over the Jeolcho of Poongjihae.
It just happened.
Strange as it may sound, this expression was just right. Once you’ve done it once, the next time will be easier. If you practice, you will definitely master it quickly. I just decided to take it that way.
As I continued my thoughts, I gradually began to contemplate the inside of my body. I can’t say I’m good even with empty words, but I think I can get over it without any aftereffects if I recuperate well.
Thank god. Being crippled anywhere is a fatal factor even for a soldier.
However, there was a point of concern. Something settled in the heart. It was probably a dark red lump that was absorbed from the marble at the end, but it was tightly packed, and no matter how I touched it with a jinki, it didn’t work.
There was a good chance it wasn’t a good thing. Wouldn’t it be more strange if it came out of a monster’s malice or a marble that absorbs it?
I vaguely remembered what Feng Ji-hae had warned me with the whole tone at the end. Did you say it was dangerous?
I do not know.
First of all, the body needs to recover.
Wriggling
As I tried to move somehow, the feeling gradually returned to my fingers.
The words that were shouting next to me hit my ears.
Clenching and opening her fists, she forcibly lifted her heavy eyelids. I had to squeeze even the strength I had been sucking on just doing this. It would be easier to fight Poongjihae one more time. I feel so foolish.
When I somehow opened my eyes, I was in a white ward.
And there was ‘midsummer’ looking at me right in front of me.
Facing Midsummer’s face with round eyes in surprise makes me want to play around.
After forcibly pulling her up to her arm, he tugged at Midsummer’s cheek. Her cheeks, like marshmallows, grew.
“…Cadet Kim Meugung?”
?
The voice was strangely different.
Rolling her eyes eagerly, I looked to her side and saw that the ‘real’ Midsummer was frowning at her.
Two midsummer?
It can’t be. The person I pulled the cheek from was not Midsummer, but Professor Chungha.
“…”
I naturally lowered my arm again.
