Becoming a Hunter in a Dark Fantasy - Chapter 120
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Episode 120: Someone’s Memories
Gail suddenly opened her eyes. She felt somewhat hazy, as if she had been in a deep sleep.
He stood up and looked around.
“… … Here?”
The spacious, empty space was dark and somewhat eerie.
The hollow, which looked like a rough cave or an abandoned graveyard… … the more I looked at it, the more strange images came to mind.
It was just empty.
It seemed that nothing could make sense, that nothing could fill this emptiness.
“… … Let’s try moving for now.”
Just standing here made me feel like I was going to be consumed by an endless void.
Gail walked along the straight road, desperately trying to think of something else.
Then suddenly Gail remembered that the last scene he remembered was unclear.
“So, what happened to me?”
While I was on a spaceship with my colleagues, I was suddenly summoned to a strange place and captured.
There was a woman there who was very beautiful, but who seemed to have lost her mind several times. And… … .
-I apologize in advance. You’re probably going to die, Bowl!
-No! It is a noble cause to give him back his freedom, so be grateful! Die gratefully!
I was forced to kiss her.
Gale stopped walking as he thought about this.
“Oh my! The purity of my lips… …!!”
Gail felt wronged. It was sad enough to be suddenly kidnapped, but now she had her lips stolen by another woman!
“Ugh! My glorious old man life! Now I’m all married!”
Gail slumped down in a pitiful pose, wiping away fake tears. She wiped the tears with the back of her hand, her little finger spread out at an elegant angle.
If Calix had seen that sight, he would have frowned and said, ‘You’re getting what you pay for.’
If it were Sersia, she would have pretended not to see it and ignored it, and if it were Narhan, she would have smiled and poured out harsh words colder than the bitter cold of winter.
Elwin… … must have looked at me with a blank smile, saying, ‘Yeah, that could be the case.’
Rather, this side suffered the greatest psychological blow.
“ah.”
As Gale was imagining such things, he suddenly remembered that there was no one else here except him.
He scratched his head awkwardly.
“Ugh.”
Is it because I’m forced to hang out with the Spero members almost every day, except when I’m sleeping at night?
My body moved before I thought, anticipating their reaction.
‘Yes. The young master’s reaction is funny. The young lady and the butler are both secretly funny. And the little guy… . . . ‘
There was no one. The loneliness that I had forgotten for some time seemed to be raising its head.
Gail stood up, her head spinning again.
“I have to get out of here.”
I have to go back.
As soon as that thought occurred to me, the space around me became distorted.
Knock knock.
There was a vibration, and then a building appeared, either falling from the sky or rising from under the ground.
It was a temple that must have once been built magnificently, but now it was old and broken in places, as if it had been forgotten by people.
Gale slowly entered the temple. It was a step he took unconsciously.
Thud thud.
Inside the empty temple, the sound of footsteps echoed.
When he reached the deepest part of the temple, Gale involuntarily held his breath.
“… … !!”
There was a beautiful statue of a woman there.
A long veil hung over her hair, which flowed like a waterfall.
Her eyes, set with a blue, sparkling gem that was either sapphire or topaz, sparkled incessantly.
The sculptor carved it with such care that it looked as if it were a living person.
Gail unconsciously reached out to the statue.
“… … It’s cold.”
Not the coolness typical of marble, but the coldness of a corpse’s skin.
Gail felt ‘death’ in the statue.
-Welcome, ■■■. Did you enjoy your outing?
And yet, the single smile hanging at the end of her gently curved lips looked utterly loving.
“Huh? Why me… … .”
For some reason, Gale’s eyes suddenly became hot.
I felt as if my chest was being squeezed tightly.
I wanted to just hang on to that bridge and cry, and also throw a tantrum like a child.
Even though I’ve never done it before.
I wonder if this has something to do with my lost memories.
Who is that person?
Could this be someone I knew from the past?
I wanted to resolve the rising questions right away, but… … .
The statue only smiled benevolently and gave no answer.
“Well, of course. There’s no way a statue can speak.”
Gail muttered as she gazed up at the statue, lost in an inexplicable emotion.
And how much time passed?
Dddddddddd!
There was a vibration that was incomparably stronger than before.
“What? An earthquake?!”
The old temple began to shake violently and collapse. If he didn’t get out right away, he too would be in danger.
but…….
Stop.
Gail turned around as she was about to run to the exit. The statue was still smiling benevolently.
If you leave it like that, it’ll probably break. It’ll be destroyed without any shape left.
Gail gritted her teeth without realizing it.
‘You want me to leave you behind again?’
… … Oh my.
‘also?’
Finally, Gail turned toward the statue, rubbing her hair.
“shit!”
It’s either do or die!
I had a feeling that if I left that behind, I would have regrets that would never go away.
You only live once.
“Ugh! Even if I die, I don’t want to have any regrets!”
Gale carefully carried the heavy statue on his back and ran out of the temple.
The temple was now on the verge of complete collapse!
“Huk! Huh! Just a little more… … !”
We were able to get out safely. Gale and the statue too.
But that was then.
Swish.
The shadows at the edge of the collapsing temple began to ripple and form into a human figure.
The human male was holding a long sword at some point.
He watched Gale desperately running away with an unknown look in his eyes, and then he rushed towards him.
Phew.
The candles illuminating the inside of the temple suddenly flickered in an eerie mood.
“Who, who is there… … ?”
Before Gail could even turn around, she noticed the noise.
Phew-!
A long sword pierced both Gale and the statue simultaneously.
Gail fell to the floor, spitting up blood. The statue on his back also fell to the ground.
Boom! Crunch!
The statue cracked as it took the impact, protecting Gale from an unknown assailant.
Gale’s eyes shook violently as he stared at the broken statue.
“Ugh… … !”
Enduring the pain that was creeping up on her, Gail crawled towards the statue.
He reached out his hand earnestly.
However, as if ignoring Gale’s desperate actions, the unidentified attacker approached the statue first. Then, he raised the sword he was holding.
“Ah, no-!”
Kwajik!
The statue was completely destroyed.
“ah.”
The light in Gale’s eyes disappeared as he let out a sigh. He raised his head at the sound of approaching figures.
The temple was dark to begin with, and even the faint light of the candles made it difficult to see the face properly.
-Hello, ■■■. It’s been a while.
At that moment, Gale felt a fiery hatred surge from somewhere and engulf her. That hatred burned Gale’s heart in an instant, and now all that was left was ashes.
“You. I will kill you. I will definitely kill you.”
Gale spoke in a numb voice, but his eyes, as if he was going to tear her apart at any moment, were constantly gleaming.
Then the man smiled as if he was satisfied.
-Of course. You are welcome. ■■■.
The man raised his sword. Gale glared at him without blinking.
-See you later.
The blade came down. At the last moment, what was engraved in Gale’s mind was… … .
-Next time, don’t be late and come kill me.
The man had bright blond hair.
And then… …when I opened my eyes again, I was in the scene of a bloody sea.
“Huh… … What is it? Where am I?”
The whole world was teeming with corpses, blood, poison, and lava.
“You’re alive, right?”
Gale frowned, feeling ‘obvious’ that she wasn’t dead. She could definitely feel the pain when she was pierced by the sword.
“What is it, huh?”
Gail clicked her tongue. It felt like she was in a terrible nightmare.
That was when.
“You’re here now?”
It was strange to hear a strange voice in a space where there should be no one.
Gail quickly turned her gaze towards where the sound had come from.
《To be lost in a nightmare of this magnitude. How pathetic!》
A majestic throne stands tall above a mountain of corpses.
There was a black figure sitting loosely there. Its face and shape were as indistinct as a shadow, but… … .
“horn?”
Only a pair of huge horns that seemed to reach into the sky and a crown of thorns placed on its head were clearly visible.
The only pure white crown of thorns was woven in the shape of an ‘inverted cross’.
Gail felt it instinctively.
‘devil.’
That’s the devil. It’s a legendary being mentioned in the Bible. It’s said that he once rebelled against God.
《You call this body a devil? Hahaha! You… … You really have lost your memory, not some acting trick! This is a farce! This is a farce!》
The ‘Voice’ laughed at him harshly, and it was responding to the thoughts that Gale had uttered.
As if reading his thoughts.
“It’s not like reading, it’s reading. You and I are a community of shared destiny.”
Hehe. The dark figure seemed to be laughing.
It was inevitable that a thought would cross Gale’s mind.
‘… … Then. Does that ‘voice’ know about me before I lost my memories?’
Because Gail Garib was desperate to fill his void.
So I asked. I pulled away from my lips, which were stuck together tightly, and barely managed to squeeze out a sound.
“Do you know me?”
《Haha! I know you don’t! You’re the one who made me like this. Have you forgotten that you sealed me inside your body?》
“Then maybe… … ?”
《You are right.》
Gale’s red eyes twitched slightly.
The reason why he lost his mind to madness every time he walked on the battlefield or saw blood.
‘That’s why it happened.’
And at the same time, Gail realized one more thing. This was also an instinctive intuition.
‘That and I are polar opposites.’
Like water and oil. As if they were made to be enemies from birth.
《That’s too much. To this body that has been with you for so long… … In a way, you could call it a companion.》
That even though our consciousness and ego have existed in the same space in our subconscious for a long time, their essence cannot be mixed.
《Well, who knows? You too may fall someday. I am looking forward to your miserable fall.》
The ‘voice’ hummed cheerfully. Gail reflexively looked wary of him and thought.
That won’t happen.
《No way! No one knows! God is dead! So now the end of all things in the world is not determined. It remains in a state of infinite possibility. And you know that too, don’t you? Oh, have you forgotten this too?》
The ‘voice’ became more and more high pitched, as if it was so joyful that it didn’t know what to do.
《Even the most noble angels can fall! As your brothers and sisters have personally proven.》
“what?”
Gail opened her eyes wide. … … Brothers and sisters?
I have brothers and sisters?
《… … Oh, my. Is the fun over now? It’s time to go back, ■■■. It’s been a while since I had fun, what a pity.》
The ‘voice’ sounded dull. But it was good news for Gail.
He wanted to get out of this strange place as quickly as possible.
《Lastly, let me give you one piece of advice as a community.》
But is the devil really the devil?
《The blonde next to you. You better be careful.》
The devil left Gale in suspense until the end. The ‘voice’ spoke with a chuckle.
“Unless you want to be betrayed again and die.”
Thud, his heart sank.