Chapter 412 – #413 Alice, Awakening (1)
#413 Alice, Awakening (1)
“Kuk!”
Only then did Zero realize what kind of attack he was in and bit his lip. But he was no ordinary guy either.
“Kwaaaaa!”
The one holding his hands raised his arms high. And he hit the ground with all his might.
Aaaaang-!
The land-slicing attack was great and the ground shook greatly. Its power was transmitted intact to where I was standing.
Since direct attacks were impossible, he meant that he would give me damage with wide-area attacks.
‘Would you like to come out like this?’
In the end, I had no choice but to retreat out of his attack range. Running into Zero and counterattacking here is my style, not the memory hunter’s fighting style.
“Kheuuuuuong-!”
As if the effect of the manipulated memory skill had disappeared, he recklessly attacked me. It was a reckless charge that made one believe that it was not a tiger but a wild boar.
This time I didn’t back down either. He stretched out his hand behind him and waited for him to approach.
And when he swung his arms wide, he leaped behind him and at the same time thrust his arms outstretched behind him.
Click-! Aaaaang-!
“What?!”
With the sound of something being pressed, the surroundings became so bright that I couldn’t open my eyes as if lightning had struck. It was a Sanctuary flashbang taken from the inventory.
“Quaaaaagh!”
The guy with his eyes wide open was exposed to the flashbang in a defenseless state, and he grabbed his eyes writhing in pain.
Clap-!
Next he took his gun from his inventory. He loaded his gun and pointed it at Zero.
Guns probably won’t do anything to Zero. Even knowing that, I shot him.
“Kuk!”
As I expected, the bullets did not pierce Zero’s skin or muscle. But it will sting. So the bastard doesn’t crouch down on his body.
“Kkyakyakyakyakyakya!”
I laughed like a mean villain and enjoyed watching him suffer.
Are you watching the memory hunter?
This is a battle for you
– Fuck it, fuck it.
I felt like I could see a memory hunter clicking my tongue watching me from afar.
*****
“No!”
“Mister!”
Alice and Henry screamed as they hurriedly entered the town hall at the sound of screaming outside.
It was because the half-man, half-beast owl-man was grabbing the man with a bandage tied around his leg by the collar and inserting his beak into the scruff of his neck. His blood was pouring like a fountain and the man was shaking his limbs.
It was a serious injury that could lead to death if not treated right away.
“You son of a bitch!”
“Whoa~ Whoa~ Whoa~ I’m not a dog, I’m an owl?”
Villagers took turns taking care of the injured until Steel Armor and the others arrived. Henry also took care of people and then he became friendly with some of the patients.
The man who had just been decapitated by an owl-man was also one of the few people Henry became friendly with.
“No Henry!”
“Aaaaa!”
Enraged, Henry swung his cape and charged at the owl-man. Thanks to the sanctuary armor coded with the strength of a level 5 body enhancer, his movements were quite nimble.
He swung his fist at the owl beast, who jumped high on the table.
“Whoa~ Whoa~ Whoa~”
The owl, who watched the scene from beginning to end, burst into laughter leisurely despite Henry’s anger. And he swung his leg just in time for him to approach him.
“Oops!”
Henry wanted to tear apart the owl’s handcuffs at once, but the reality was not so easy.
Although Henry is still wearing the Sanctuary Armor, he is 12 years old, still a child. No matter how long the arms of a growing child were, they were bound to be shorter than the legs of an adult.
Before his fist could reach, the owl man struck Henry on the scruff of the neck, and Henry was pinned to the wall.
“Henry!”
Seeing that, Elise hurriedly rushed at the owl beastman. Not to touch Henry and the other patients.
“Whoa~ Whoa~ Whoa~”
With a polite, odd laugh, the owl-man tossed aside the man he was holding in his hand and moved towards Elise. He lifted his leg high and shot it down.
“Oops!”
Hastily, he blocked the attack with his arms.
‘It’s tolerable.’
I benefited greatly from the Sanctuary Armor. Without this she would have both her arms crushed to the bone.
‘You can do it.’
Sick. But be patient
The defensive power of Sanctuary Armor, and the martial arts she learned from Gina and her older sister.
With these two things, Elise thought that even if she couldn’t defeat the owl beast, she could save people.
If you persevere, you always win. Because this side has Steel Armor and her sisters.
Ellis believed in her family, whom she loved.
‘For now…’
She thought quickly of what she had to do. She’s given up on winning, so there’s no need to devise a strategy that will break her head. Clever Elise quickly remembered what she was going to do.
She was quite ashamed of it because it was a method she had learned from Steel Armor, but she was not at the moment to discuss her shame.
“… Like.”
Alice opened her mouth. With a mischievous smile.
“Hohoho! I thought it was very strong because it was a beast, but wasn’t it?”
“… What?”
High-pitched laughter, condescending eyes and mocking sneers.
It felt like she had enough force to turn an airplane around lightly.
And the owl beast, overwhelmed by the force, hardened. He suddenly had a craving for peanuts.
But that was only for a moment.
“Dare to the human subject!”
“Hassuk!”
The Owl Beast gave her strength to her leg, which was draped over Elise’s arm, and circled behind her, kicking her Elise with her other foot. She flew back and crashed into the wall.
Puck-! Puck-! Puck-!
“Whoop! Whoop! Whoop!”
As if that didn’t relieve her anger, the owl beast flew towards Elise and swung her feathered arm. Elise’s head swung left and right behind her.
“Don’t bother your sister!”
“This guy?!”
To help Alice, Henry clung to the owl’s back. The owl-keeper tried to drop Henry, but he clung to his back like a clinger.
“Get off!”
“Aagh!”
Then the owl beastman used the technique. The feathers clinging to his forearm had been shot out. The feather circled the air and landed on Henry’s back. The nanoparticles moved to defend themselves, but they couldn’t stop them from getting feathered into their backs.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Come on, scream!”
“It’s great!”
The owl bearer, who threw Henry out of the town hall in pain, regained his composure. He mercilessly assaulted Elise.
“Whoa!”
Then, tired, the owl-keeper stopped punching him and stepped back. Only then did Alice stumble and get up from her seat.
The owl beast was surprised by that appearance.
“Wake up?”
“I can fight all day.”
Ellis followed her own words, which Steel Armor often did in the past.
She didn’t spend time at home just having sex. She watched movies and played chess together.
Especially when she was playing chess, she often said that steel armor was her. Her chess skill was so good that Alice excelled, but Steel Armor said, ‘I can play it all day.’ She continued playing chess. Then, when Ellis got tired and made a mistake, she narrowly won one.
“Ellis…”
“Ah…”
The patients who were crouching in her corner, avoiding the owl beast, shed tears when they saw Alice. They knew full well that she fought so desperately with her owl-man to defend herself.
“I like that. I can fight all day.”
Henry, who had been thrown out of the window, also stumbled inside to help. The boy who dreams of becoming the best monster hunter stands in front of Alice.
Alice’s sanctuary armor did not work properly due to the ruthless attack of the owl beast. This is because her nanoparticles have been damaged a lot. She was being restored in real time, but there were many places where her bare skin was exposed.
If she gets hit even once by the owl beast in that state, Elise will die. That’s why Henry, who at least had the Sanctuary Armor intact, took on the role of a meat shield.
“Hey, these guys…!”
Seeing the two men with unbroken fighting spirit, the owl beast was enraged.
Humans are spoiled Their own strength is also very weak, so in order to survive, they have no choice but to parasitize on the strong. Therefore, humans should revere and fear beastmen.
The owl beastman could not forgive the two people who were not afraid of him.
“I’ll kill you both!”
The owl beast jumped up and swung his leg.
“Oops!”
He was hit in the leg and Henry was blown away. The shield that protected Elise’s front disappeared.
“Die!”
“…”
Next, the owl beastman stretched out her finger toward Alice and stabbed her. Her knife-sharp hand aimed at Elise’s throat.
Ellis stared at him quietly.
“Ellis!”
Belatedly, Steel Armor (Maktu) with his machine gun in his hand entered the town hall. Upon discovering Elise’s danger, he hurriedly aimed her gun at the owl-keeper.
But it would be faster for the owl beast’s hand knife to stab Elise than her bullets could fire.
Swoop-
“…”
It was then.
Ellis leaned her sideways. Her knife, which should have pierced her neck by nature, grazed her Elise’s shoulder.
Even more surprising was the very next moment.
Kwazijik-!
“What?!”
Something popped through the floor.
Hook-!
“… Kwaaaaagh?!”
The one that penetrated the floor penetrated the owl man’s stomach. The owl pierced through the stomach struggled in pain.
It was the root of an old tree that penetrated the owl beastman’s stomach.
Puff-puff-!
In addition, there was not one tree root that stabbed the owl beastman. As if there was a deep resentment, several tree roots pierced the floor and repeatedly stabbed the owl beastman.
The owl beast, who was struggling in pain, soon became limp.
“… Wow?”
At that appearance, Steel Armor tilted his head in admiration.
What happened now?
*****
Throb-thump-thump-thump-thump-!
Elise’s heart beat fast as she looked at the owl-bearer running.
Is her heart beating fast because of fear?
No.
In fact, Elise wasn’t afraid of the owl beast from earlier.
The fist he wielded hurt. His feet hurt even more. But she was patient. He had to endure
Puck-!
She even did so when her nanoparticles broke and hit her unprotected shoulder. She was sore and throbbing, but not enough to break her bones.
Without the Sanctuary Armor, she would be just a normal person, but Elise withstood the owl’s fist.
[Can I help you, child of the great tree?]
Someone whispered to Alice. She had an old voice, like an old man’s. But the energy in her voice was quite strong.
Elise asked the old man who spoke to her.
‘Who are you?’
[I am a person deeply rooted in the earth. You feel the grace of the great tree. So I’ll be happy to help you, child of the great tree.]
‘…Are you a cheater?’
[Uh, huh? Fraud?]
Intelligent Alice suspected that the mysterious old man might be an impostor. From an early age, she received a strict home upbringing, and she often listened to Steel Armor and Gina to the point that her ears tingled.
Except for me, all bastards who whisper sweet words are swindlers, so don’t trust them!
Ellis felt that the old man’s whispers were sweet. Her whispering voice in her moment of crisis was suspicious enough.
[What is a cheater?]
The old man asked Alice again. The old man did not seem to know the meaning of the word impostor. But now that didn’t matter.
[I don’t know what that means, but I’ll help you if you want.]
‘Why?’
[Eh, huh?]
The old man panicked again. Alice didn’t take it lightly.
‘Why are you trying to help me?’
[Didn’t I tell you earlier? You are endowed with the grace of a great tree. That’s why it helps.]
To Alice’s question, the old man answered in a benevolent voice.
‘What’s the price?’
[Cost?]
‘Yes. Aren’t you going to demand something in return for helping me?’
[It’s not?]
‘Yes?’
[We don’t want anything in return. We don’t want anything from you. I’m just trying to help you with the grace of the great tree.]
‘…Then help me. I have to protect people.’
Eventually, Alice nodded her head.
Then an amazing thing happened.
An old tree root through the floorboards had pierced the owl’s seal. It was not just one, but several.
But Ellis didn’t notice that something more surprising had happened to her.
Squeak-!
The wound on his shoulder, caused by dodging the hand knife of the owl beastman, quickly healed.
She no longer needed Sanctuary Armor.
