Black Badger - Chapter 413



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413. Wavelength (2)

They did not respond to Assistant Gilbert’s shouts.

To be exact, it seemed as if he couldn’t hear Gilbert’s cries.

[Connection failed.]

It was the first time I heard my aide’s voice get irritated.

[It seems like they intentionally broke the communicator. The signal itself isn’t going through.]

“It’s a commonly used technique.”

Yoon snorted.

“If you do this, it’s not disobeying the order, it’s not that you didn’t hear it.”

“I can’t say I haven’t tried this method though.”

It’s a shortcut.

In this chaos, there was no way to prove whether the communicator was intentionally broken or accidentally disabled. Since he did not hear the order from his superiors, it was not determined to be disobedience.

I thought it was a method that could be found everywhere. I used it a few times in the Empire. It was something that anyone who had been in the field for a long time would have done at least once.

It’s frustrating to be on the receiving end of something like that.

“Where on earth did the tanks come from?”

[They are forming a line in the rear.]

Gilbert answered.

[I’m talking about the fact that this front line will be pushed back now. I brought the ones that were mobilized there.]

“My eyes roll back at step 10.”

Yoon clicked his tongue.

“And by the way, you brought the one with the best firepower.”

Now, the only response we could give was to run after it.

“How can I just leave it alone?”

Igor asked.

“Or should I aim for the wheel chain?”

He didn’t answer right away.

Instead, I squinted my eyes and watched the tank advance.

I also took a good look at the surroundings. If the wind continued to get stronger, there was no guarantee that the tank wouldn’t be blown away, but the tank was moving forward at a frightening pace.

That’s not to say that it’s the wrong response.

What is the right way to deal with a rampaging archmage?

I looked at the howling wind and Cecil crouching in the center and made my decision.

“let’s go.”

“Shall we run?”

“uh.”

I lowered my body.

Then he swung his arm and struck with his sword.

Kwaaaaaang!

A familiar, streamlined attack.

Now that it had come to this, there was no time to imitate Kisis’ swordsmanship.

I had to be prepared to deal with whatever my seniors might do.

I ran forward.

“Army! Please support us from behind!”

“huh!”

Ami shouted as she ran towards the flowers.

“Run, no matter what happens, I’ll accept it!”

“Yun, Igor!”

“Ah. That includes me.”

“You’re the accident handling team.”

Igor ran after me and laughed.

“Shouldn’t someone be collecting those?”

It was a blessing not to lose your smile even in this situation.

It’s not like he didn’t see Cecil and my past, but it’s just like him not to bring it up. Igor didn’t get hurt like You, nor did he confront me with his words as firmly as Kairos.

Just be by my side like usual.

A man who shows loyalty in a traditional way.

He ran along the path I laid out, with Badger, who he could somewhat trust and leave behind.

The shooter followed me closely and said:

“You should become a sword master, sir.”

“Don’t be blown away by the wind, my love.”

I ignored Igor and Yun’s bickering.

Kwaaang!

“concentration.”

Instead, he made his way with a sword.

“You never know when another attack might come.”

If this front collapses now, it will be uncontrollable.

That situation had to be prevented. If the rear camp was pushed back, there would be many more casualties.

Kwaaaaang!

It’s a good thing the wind doesn’t get any stronger than it is now.

I followed the path made by swordsmanship and gradually reduced the distance between me and the tank.

It would have been a lot easier if these shiny things weren’t there.

It was impossible to avoid all the crystals of light floating in the air.

As I ran, fragments of memories collided with my body.

Every time that happened, memories of Cecil kept flowing back to me.

‘Anyway, let’s go out.’

Jae-yeon was reaching out her hand towards Cecil.

‘You’ve waited long enough. Bring that fool out too. I’ll have to hide it from him that he’s become like that.’

‘I told you, Hilde isn’t stupid! She really just lost her memories.’

‘Okay, okay, I got it. Okay, let’s go now.’

Cecil did not take the hand extended to him.

But she didn’t refuse right away. For the first time, she hesitated.

Because the waiting time was so long, even she was tired.

I must have made things difficult for her in many ways.

The silence created by hesitation.

But in the end, Cecil did not hold Jae-yeon’s hand.

Jaeyeon’s eyebrows furrowed.

‘Cecil.’

‘… I’m going to wait a bit longer. Can you just tell me the exit?’

‘Hey. I too was hoping that the being you were waiting for would appear. What a wonderful ending to a fairy tale that would have been! But it didn’t appear! Do you know how many years you’ve been waiting for it? Now I can’t even open my eyes and look at it!’

‘Once we’re ready, I’ll show Hilde and Simon Diamond the exit.’

She muttered in a crawling voice.

‘Not ready yet… Especially Hilde, there are still a few memories that need to be erased… .’

‘You can do that right now, right? You said you’ve erased everything and now all that’s left to do is finish it off?’

‘It’s a delicate order, so I want to watch the progress a little longer. Just a little longer… It’s not like Hilde has to go back right away.’

‘Isn’t this an order that can’t be perfect anyway?’

Jae-yeon asked, arching an eyebrow.

‘You can’t completely rule out the possibility that memories will come back?’

Kwaaang!

The scene flew by and reality returned.

I saw a tank advancing like an ox. It seemed that, if nothing else happened, it would not be long before it reached its target location.

Yoon got annoyed.

“Are you going to keep showing this?”

“There are too many things floating in the air, I can’t help it.”

I answered, looking at the tank slowly slowing down.

“I have no choice but to try to get out of my memories as quickly as possible….”

Cecil was looking down at Simon Diamond.

She looked into Simon Diamond’s memories again, to find information that could be helpful to me. She had to decide what clothes to wear when I was sent out, and what information I had acquired on Earth to leave behind.

The most difficult thing is to understand the language.

Cecil sighed and muttered to himself.

‘I should learn the language too.’

She muttered as she looked at Simon sleeping peacefully.

‘I don’t know the language, so I can’t properly understand this man’s memories… .’

And then the wizard just stood there motionless.

She spoke to herself after a while.

‘Hilde, you should learn too, right?’

A thin voice flowed out.

‘Wouldn’t it be easier to adapt if I learn it first? I’ll have to tell you where the exit is later…’

Jiiiiiing

The tank finally reached the flowers.

“What are they doing?”

Igor shouted, kicking away the rocks and debris mixed in with the gust of wind.

“The tank stopped?!”

“It looks like he’s going to shoot.”

The one who answered was Yoon.

“I guess your head isn’t working at all. You’re aiming at the flowers.”

Oh, good try.

I also tried to separate Cecil and the flower.

As I was looking at the angle of the port in admiration, another memory came flooding back to me.

There was a bright light.

‘How did you find it?’

The voice of a sorcerer was heard.

She was looking at me standing in front of the exit. It looked like she had cleared the ruins and found the exit.

I looked up from where I was looking into the glowing hole.

‘I came to the direction where I could hear what sounded like a heartbeat.’

The wind blowing from the exit makes his white hair sway.

I answered with a smile, having forgotten most of my memories.

‘The sound of a regular heartbeat… huh? Can’t you hear it?’

Cecil didn’t react for a while, perhaps because he was surprised.

‘Cecil?’

‘Is that Kyle’s heartbeat?’

‘yes?’

I seemed even more confused as I picked up the wizard’s mutterings.

‘Who is Kyle?’

‘I’m sorry, Hilde.’

Tears welled up in Cecil’s eyes.

‘I’ve been gone for too long-.’

And then the scene suddenly changed.

The wizard was standing in front of the exit with me.

Meanwhile, the wizard calmed down, and I changed my clothes.

Cecil tapped my white shirt with his palm.

‘If you wear this kind of clothing, there won’t be any problem.’

I was wearing a white shirt and black pants.

‘You’ve learned the common language now, right?’

‘Aren’t you going together?’

At this point I spoke to her again in polite language.

But it was a different kind of honorific than before I started talking. In this memory, I was looking at Cecil like a mother bird.

With eyes that seemed as if they were in a dream.

‘You taught me the common language, didn’t you?’

Cecil’s expression was not visible.

But now I can guess. He must have smiled sadly. He must have raised the corners of his mouth as he looked at me, who didn’t understand the situation.

She answered softly.

‘Now that I’ve finally erased those memories, it’s goodbye.’

‘Huh? What should I erase? Goodbye?’

‘Will I ever see you again?’

She cast a spell of oblivion.

Sentences that had been carefully crafted for today surrounded the white circle.

‘Will we meet again?’

Kwaaaaaahh …

An ear-piercing explosion was heard.

An explosion so strong that it scattered the wind that had been blowing fiercely in an instant. We, who were covered in the past, were hit by the shock wave and fell down.

A dull pain engulfs my body.

Fortunately, all three quickly came to their senses, but were forced to lie motionless on the ground until the second shock wave passed.

Only after the waves and smoke cleared did the situation become apparent.

“Electric gun?”

I let out a laugh as I saw the blue electric ball forming in the harbor.

“Isn’t this a normal tank?”

“I told you I brought the latest one.”

Yoon said.

“Don’t get up. The second gun is coming.”

Dismissal, dismissal

Dismissal

Kwaaaaang!

The flower was torn.

The cannons aimed by Tvein and Koenig tore apart not Cecil, but the massive structure. Pieces of torn petals scattered into the air.

A dull sound hit my body and disappeared.

The wizard slowly raised his head from among the smoke and torn leaves.

There was not a single scratch on her body, which had been closer to the bombardment than anyone else. The flower was almost shattered, but the stem and the part containing Cecil’s body were intact.

You must have memorized a defensive spell or quickly recovered from before.

“Cecil!”

Shouted the name.

At that moment, the tank lid opened and the seniors jumped out.

Chen Koenig held a can of gasoline, and Jason Tvein held a gun.

“Burn!”

Chen jumped out of the tank like a cheetah.

The senior quickly ran to the flower stand and sprinkled gasoline as soon as he arrived.

“Become ash!”

Tvein took out his lighter without saying a word and threw it away.

It happened in an instant. The lit lighter flew in a parabolic arc and landed in a puddle of gasoline.

Hwaaaaak!

A growing fire.

The flames instantly enveloped the flower stalk.

A sweltering heat surged through. The flower stalks soaked in flammable material quickly turned into fireballs.

Shaped like a large torch.

Should I run and get her out?

The moment he thought about it, Cecil said.

“Myrobald.”

The wizard began to mutter to himself as the flames engulfed him.

“I told you I wasn’t going.”

ah.

“I know Kyle is having a hard time, but I don’t want to leave here.”

I’m recalling the memory of facing Kyle’s side.

“I said no. … No! I won’t leave this place! I won’t leave!!”

Kwaaaaang!

A shockwave erupted from the burning flower.

The unlit flower stems were torn to pieces and scattered.

“Go away!”

And the Archmage soared into the sky.

It flies vertically and stops in mid-air, allowing us to finally see Cecil’s full body.

Conquer the fluttering wizard.

A burning arm.

Memory crystals falling like snow…

‘The Archmage goes berserk!’

‘Kyle, Navaratega!’

‘Teleport!’

Kyle’s sharp scream was heard.

‘Cut them all off! To the enemy border!’

However, the flower containing the rampaging archmage did not teleport to the border area.

It appeared in the middle of the city and completely obliterated an entire park.

And even now, they were pushing buildings and people away.

Considering everyone around you as an enemy…

“We have to clean it all up.”

Archmage Cecil looked down at us and said.

“This whole area.”