Black Badger - Chapter 320
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320. Leaf veins (2)
“jin!”
I couldn’t stand it anymore and shouted.
“I was safe….”
Bam!
I got hit in the back of the head.
Someone hit me with all their might.
I shook my head, which was thrown down, and then raised it again.
You were alive.
That was the first thought that came to mind.
A surge of relief and joy.
Of course, that feeling didn’t last long.
Jin, bound in vines, looked at me and smiled bitterly.
“It’s been a while.”
Both of his arms had turned ashen.
“If I had died then, the picture would have been neater.”
I bit my lip.
I wasn’t tactless enough to answer or ask him what was wrong. If I were to show concern for him, it would anger my fellow countrymen. If I just hit him, it wouldn’t matter, but I knew that Jin Silver would hit him too.
I saw Jin sitting down in front of the puddle of water across from me, frowning.
What on earth did you do to Jinhan?
He also did something strange to Shu’s legs.
They were not the type of people who would experiment on people for fun. Rather than having high moral standards, they would never do something so meaningless.
What on earth are you trying to do….
“Sir Taleb.”
A resonating voice.
My gaze, which had been fixed on Jin’s arm, moved towards the owner of the hoarse voice.
“It’s been a while.”
Clyde.
The executioner walked into the puddle, not changing one bit.
A face that looked more like an accountant than a scoundrel. His hair was neatly slicked back, and he was wearing the black robes that he always wore in the Empire. It was an executioner’s uniform that reminded me of a priest’s dress on Earth.
The Empire’s greatest executioner.
He walked over and stood next to me, not caring about getting wet.
“You grew your hair out again.”
The man’s voice still had an oddly flat pitch.
“Have you ever seen it cut?”
I replied that it tasted the same as before.
Clyde grabbed my gray hair, which was hanging wet from the water.
“I’ve never seen it up close.”
“okay?”
He answered soullessly.
Then I observed the surroundings.
Even though I was able to see the surrounding terrain, I couldn’t do anything right away. The dozens of layers of magic that were binding my body were still strong. Even without the chains, I wouldn’t have been able to move my body easily. The afterimage of the dozens of layers of magic circles that were wrapping around my body and spinning around lingered on the surface of the water.
It’s bright red.
Clyde pulled my hair back.
“How much preparation time do I need?”
Kyle put his hands in his pockets.
Let’s talk about other people’s heads.
Clyde answered as I squinted my eyes at the pain of my scalp being pulled.
“No need. It’ll just take some time to finish.”
“how.”
“It usually takes about 5 to 5 and a half hours.”
The two men talked to me as if I were food material.
I assessed the situation without reacting.
In this situation, I tried to use a tooth capsule.
If you chew on it with your teeth, you will have a way to escape by using the toxic gas that spreads. It was a last resort measure saved for the worst, and it was a means that would work well.
The problem is that it becomes difficult to use due to the presence of true silver.
Don’t bite the capsule until the worst happens.
I don’t know what you’re going to do, but if it takes 5 to 5 and a half hours, I’m sure you won’t be drowning in water any time soon.
If nothing happens, Kairos and Ami will lure out the ruins before then. For now, we can only hope for them.
To the seniors who are coming here while looking at the one remaining location tracker… .
“Let’s get started right away.”
Kyle’s cold voice pulled me out of my thoughts.
“What are you trying to do?”
Jin replied.
He stared straight at Kyle, shaking his eyes uneasily.
“What on earth are you going to do to him?”
Kyle didn’t answer.
Clyde shook his head and silently parted the water and stepped out of the puddle.
Then he showed up, dragging something like a surgical instrument shelf trolley.
Wizards standing motionless against the cave walls, their robes turned inside out.
The executioner came back into the pool of water, pulling a cart.
“Are you going to be there?”
Clyde stopped next to me hanging on the chain and looked at Kyle.
Kyle responded curtly.
“of course.”
“Your emotions may be all over the place.”
Clyde said, emotionless.
“If you don’t mind that.”
ah.
You’re trying to get rid of your sixth sense.
My heart sank.
Fear settled in the place where it had passed. I thought I was not afraid of death or torture.
This is a situation I haven’t thought deeply about.
If my sixth sense was removed, I wouldn’t be able to know where I was going in the future. So I thought they would torture me but not remove my sixth sense.
In the Empire, for the safety of the majority, the sixth sense was not removed in the case of heinous criminals who had even the slightest possibility of escaping and being released. If the sixth sense was removed, it would be too difficult to track down the escaped criminal.
In other words, the sixth sense was removed only in the case of those whose death sentence was confirmed and who were absolutely unable to escape from prison, or in the case of those who were vicious criminals but lost their power and became insignificant.
Only those who can be abandoned by the world without any problems.
Those who are cast out by society.
I thought I would do the deletion task after squeezing out the memory.
When explaining it to humans, I called it the sixth sense for convenience, and we also used the word sixth sense, but we had our own slang.
Removing the sixth sense was called ‘leaf vein removal’.
Kyle slowly entered the puddle.
“I will sit in the first row and watch the whole process.”
The man grabbed my chin and tilted it upward.
As he tilted his head up, his eyes met Kyle’s.
“I will make you human.”
Kyle declared in a subdued voice.
“Just like those who brought you to the negotiating table even though they knew it was a trap.”
The man who finished speaking let go of his chin.
Cheeeeeeek
Clyde set something on fire.
A hot heat that hits the body.
Kyle took a step back and folded his arms, and those who had been assisting him quietly left the cave.
I tried to remain calm, but it wasn’t easy.
Clyde’s emotionless voice came from afar to my terrified ears.
“Then let’s begin.”
The heat is coming.
***
Kuuung!
Energy cannons swept across the ground.
A pure white ray of light splits the ground and shoots up into the sky.
Amy looked up in surprise.
bang!
An energy cannon that split the atmosphere exploded in the sky.
Ami shouted, covering one ear.
“Why is it so fast!”
“It’s faster than it looks.”
Kairos stepped on the accelerator without looking back.
“But if we continue like this, there won’t be any problems.”
They were galloping across the field.
The car shook like crazy because it wasn’t a paved road. The pebbles that had been thrown up scraped the bottom of the car. The car body shook and shook.
Of course, the passengers didn’t even blink an eye.
Amy wasn’t wearing her seatbelt.
“big!”
“I guess so.”
“It’s the Tathagata God!”
She shouted, ready to open the window and soar into the sky at any moment.
Kairos responded by turning the steering wheel violently.
“What is that?”
Kwaaang!
The palm of the ghost’s hand landed right behind the car.
The ground shook and the car rose into the air. The body of the car flew up and landed roughly on the ground. But the two occupants did not change their expressions even this time.
Ami replied, holding onto the passenger seat.
“Something like that.”
“hand?”
“huh.”
The woman who answered narrowed her eyes at the black smoke filling the side mirror.
“You said the gas gets thinner the farther away you go from the pit?”
“yes.”
“The gun….”
Ami, who was speaking, opened her mouth wide.
“pho!”
Kwakwaaang!
A light that covered everything swept across the land.
The car leapt out of the cloud of dust created by the light wave.
A car speeding along with an ear-piercing engine noise.
Thump thump thump thump!
The ruined creature closed the distance. Its lower body had twisted tree roots instead of legs. The upper creature advanced, dragging its lower body, which was not helpful for its movement.
He chased them at a terrifying speed, his huge hands thumping the ground.
Kairos said calmly.
“Here you come again.”
A bright hole of light appeared within the gaping mouth.
“The charging time is surprisingly fast.”
Kwaaaaang!
“Aren’t you dazzled by the sound?”
I narrowly avoided it.
If Kairos hadn’t used his wit to use the protruding chin as a jumping platform, the bumper would have gone flying off.
Boom! The vehicle races through the wasteland again with a heavy impact.
Ami rolled her eyes as if she was dumbfounded.
“Why do you keep attacking us?”
“It was charmed, that thing. It is a cruel and violent entity by nature. If it hadn’t been charmed, it would have spit out bullets wherever it could see, then lost interest and headed in another direction.”
The driver swung the steering wheel to avoid the giant palm that was trying to press down on the car body.
“You’re really stupid.”
“That’s why it’s scary. There’s no way to kill them, but they’re so vicious and ignorant.”
“Don’t attempt the mission.”
Amy said.
“Hilde told me that if you try to minister to a higher-ranking demon, your nerves will burn and you’ll die. If you just keep going like this, it seems like it’ll be fine, so don’t try to minister to a spirit, okay?”
bang!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The palm came closer. A loud noise engulfed the vehicle.
Milk, in Kairos’ arms, trembled.
The monster in my pocket was docile.
There was no time to calm the frightened Milk. Kairos believed that the servant horse he had raised since birth would endure this time as well.
“The portal device will be available soon.”
The spirit must be drawn into the portal device.
The pre-installed portal device was huge. Nevertheless, they were trying to pass the most difficult point in the plan. The portal device could not be damaged at all costs. Not until it was taken to the enemy’s camp and then dragged back into the pit.
If the ruins of the ruined castle are ruined, the plan becomes complicated.
The sound of gathering energy again.
“It’ll take two terms, right?”
“Yes. If I dodge exactly twice, the timing will be right.”
Those who figured out the timing of the energy cannon’s launch at high speed had a conversation.
Those accustomed to speed could guess when the next and next attacks would come and where they would be running when they did.
If you go back a little, the timing will be right.
Kairos called his servant horse.
“Cry louder.”
The sound of the bells grew louder.
At the same time, Ami shouted as she saw the device standing tall at the end of the vast plain.
“Request portal activation!”
Dismissal, dismissal
Woof!
The portal is activated.
A device standing tall in the dry wasteland, giving a strong sense of foreignness.
Blue waves began to form inside the device.
A black hole that appears at the center of a wave.
A sound was heard from beyond the hole.
“let’s go.”
Kairos nodded and stepped on the accelerator.
Confirming that the ghost, entranced by the sound, is following along.
They raced towards the portal.
***
“under….”
As the burning pain subsided, the breath I had been holding came out.
The cold sweat running down my face falls onto the surface of the water.
My neck hurts.
I stared blankly at the water and thought.
It feels like the back of my neck is being sliced thinly with a hot blade.
Fortunately, however, there was still no problem with the sixth sense.
If only they had come before my sixth sense was taken away… .
“It’s hot.”
The blade was thrust in.
“ah!”
A sharp sound came out at the stabbing sensation.
But I had no time to feel ashamed of letting out the sound. At the same time as the stabbing sensation, all sorts of emotions came rushing out like a tidal wave. I couldn’t even tell where the emotions were, and they came crashing down on me like waves, leaving me speechless.
Did you shed tears?
… No. My eyes don’t look wet.
But I knew something was wrong.
Because Kyle was looking down at me with a shocked expression.
Shock and anger expressed on his refined face.
The man, who had been looking down at me with emotion, opened his mouth after a while and spoke.
“yearning?”
The organs inside me were frozen.
“Longing? How could you miss me?”
ah.
“How could you miss us?”