Surviving in the 121st Century - Chapter 34



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Episode 34

“Are you okay?”

When Jincheol approached and asked, Ferran smiled and stood up on his own knees.

“It hurts, but it’s bearable. I have no trouble moving around.”

A smile that is made to comfort the other person even when in pain. But it is not a smile that is worn over the armor.

Looking at the shaking motion, it seemed like there really wasn’t anything terribly wrong.

“Noona!”

Morel, who was watching the tank that had crashed to the ground on the other side, was surprised to see that the lump of metal had really stopped.

As soon as she saw him, she ran to Ferran. Her face, which had been smiling at Jincheol,

Luruk, his expression became expressionless.

“Sister! Are you okay?”

“It’s okay, get away.”

“Ugh! I’m so shocked, Sister! I thought you were seriously hurt!”

“Don’t come near me, it’s annoying.”

“Sister! You need to check the wound! If it gets worse, it’ll be a big problem!”

“You’re the one who’s hurt the most, so go away.”

Judging from the way he was talking nonsense, it seemed like he was definitely okay. Jincheol turned his gaze.

Haita was shaking her head as if she had come to her senses, and Morel was standing in front of her.

All I could see was a child making a fuss.

“Are you okay?”

When I approached and asked, both Aiman ​​and Haita looked embarrassed.

“Jincheol. I’m sorry. I should have helped you out···”

“sorry···”

Jincheol shook his head.

“Okay. What happened just now?”

“ah···”

It was a question directed at Haita. Jincheol heard it clearly. Something about sacred bloodline and such.

A voice muttering like a madman. It was Haita’s voice, but it wasn’t her words.

It was.

“That… I don’t know. Suddenly, my chakra started to shake and I felt a strong magical power.

I got in… and then a strange voice followed.”

“Is that thing on your head called a chakra?”

“Oh. Yes, that’s right. It’s the life of a sorcerer!”

Jincheol looked at the circlet that had been flashing like lightning on her forehead a moment ago.

I saw it. Chakra. It was Sanskrit or something, so it was about a few thousand years ago.

That means the language is still alive. And with a meaning close to the original text. Ironic.

Nihagun.

Leaving aside his brief thoughts, Jincheol crouched down in front of the girl whose chakra was shining.

He continued asking questions.

“Do you remember what I said earlier? When that lump of iron got up, there was something he suddenly muttered.

“It was like that.”

“Oh, I told you to kill the sacred blood···”

Haitha’s eyes narrowed slightly. Her expression was not good.

“···A terrible sight. People suffering and someone mourning. A cruel ruler. Something

It remains as a picture in my head, not a clear word. This is… a kind of magic.

“To command or persuade someone who is weak-willed···”

Jincheol’s eyes were completely frozen and he turned to the spider tank that was only dripping a strange liquid.

Did.

“That lump of iron can do magic like that? The people of old were truly amazing.”

“Oh! No! That wasn’t the voice that started there!”

“···then?”

Haita’s eyes looked across the underground plaza. There, there was a passage leading deeper underground.

The passage was waiting for them with its black mouth open.

“···Farther, deeper, greater will. That beast is simply following that will.

I just reacted. In that deep, dark place, someone is waiting for us…

Jincheol’s eyes were also directed there. However, if he feels fear of an unknown being,

Compared to Haita, who was overwhelmed by the West, Jincheol’s eyes were deep and calm.

To him who witnessed the sea of ​​fire of atoms and skipped through the vast time, awe is the essence of this era.

It was itself. The one who whispered in the darkness was only a part of it, and could not shake Jincheol.

“Really? Then I guess I’ll have to take a look at that face. Let’s go.”

Jincheol held out his hand. Haita looked at Jincheol quietly and then took the hand that was held out.

She stood up, holding on to her hat. For some reason, her ears turned red.

Jincheol, who had caused the high tide, turned his gaze. And soon, Udim saw Meti Doti’s body.

I could find him crouching down next to me. I wonder if he was going to move his legs now.

Are you trying to?

Jincheol, who had approached him, muttered in slight surprise.

“···You’re not dead yet?”

In front of Udim, Meti Dotti looks up at the ceiling of the underground plaza and coughs blood.

The floor was soaked with blood and the expression on the guy’s face was half-off, indicating that he had time left.

It was telling me that there really wasn’t much.

“Khek··· Jegi, Ral···”

Meti Dotti’s eyes slightly furrowed as she saw Jincheol’s face. It seemed as if she had no strength to get angry.

“I did.” Jincheol said, looking into the bastard’s eyes.

“Do you have anything to say?”

“···You bastard, come on··· Don’t eat my body··· Please··· I don’t like that···”

The next moment, Metidoti’s face suddenly became slack. Her eyes were empty and lifeless. Shiol Harbor

It was a shabby death that did not suit the name of the underworld boss who made noise in the back alleys.

Jincheol, who was looking down at that face, tapped the shoulder of Udim, who was crouching down next to him.

“Are you going to eat it?”

“no.”

“Then cooking?”

Udim shook his head.

“It’s a bit of a shame, but I’ll just leave it. The upper part was torn by bullets anyway, so I’ll slaughter it.

“Prayer is troublesome.”

He said that and closed Metidotti’s eyes, which were open blankly. And then

He muttered, looking up at the ceiling of the plaza.

“Go to the god you believe in. Wherever that may be.”

He got up, looked around at the group that had gathered around him, and then said.

“Why are you all watching? Aren’t you going? If you don’t go quickly, Mr. Parum will end up like this guy.

“It could be.”

“···I have to go.”

This time, the group’s eyes turned to Ferran. She met the group’s gaze and shook her shoulder.

She shrugged, opened her eyes slightly, and heard the sound of the armor. Then she

He pointed to one of the passageways leading to the square.

“Over there.”

That was when the group started moving again. Jincheol’s sensitive ears heard the sound of an underground

A sound was heard from somewhere. It was the sound of a used car engine with a broken muffler.

Jincheol shouted at the ominous feeling that ran down his spine.

“Get down!”

At that shout, everyone in the group reflexively bent down and put their hands on the floor, and the moment they heard that,

A thin beam of light comes out from the wall of the underground plaza on the opposite side of the passage.

A light brushed over their heads. A light that dyed the walls of the square yellow. A moment ago, before the spider.

It was a super-heated beam of light that the car was shooting out.

The wall from which the light was emanating was also dyed yellow. Then something flowed out.

Jincheol entered the square with great force, turning over the wall that was falling down.

I laughed because it was so ridiculous.

“What the heck, there’s more?”

It was the same thing that Jincheol had already destroyed, coming in with a clanking sound.

It was a spider tank. But it was different from the previous one in that the main gun shape was normal.

The entire upper part had flown away somewhere. There was a red melted substance covering it.

You’ll have trouble moving now. Jincheol thought it would be easier than the guy in front, and moved his body.

I was shocked.

Then Haita said.

“Not one···.”

“Huh?”

It was as she said. The tram came in, rattling behind the melted wall.

There were other spider tanks that showed off their wetness, each with its own legs, main gun, or armor plate.

These tanks had at least one defective part.

But they all have yellow heat blazing next to their squeaky mechanical eyes.

They shared the commonality of having an ejection port. This is fucked up.

At that moment, Ferran, who was blankly watching the appearance of the tanks, muttered.

“Ah, so that’s why it was sealed off because it was dangerous. The risk of collapse is because of those things…”

What if I realize that now, damn it? Jincheol doesn’t even know exactly how many times

I looked at the spider tanks that appeared one after another and shouted.

“Let’s just go for now!”

And then he turned around and ran down the passage he was trying to enter. The other group members were also anxious.

The tram followed behind Ge Jin-cheol and followed his movements into the underground plaza.

The fields also began to shoot super-heated rays at each other.

Jincheol looked up at the light passing over his head, illuminating the dark passage.

He lowered his voice and shouted.

“Hey! Can’t you do something about those guys with that magic?”

It was a cry towards Haita. It reminded me of the pirate wizard who used to control mechanical beasts.

It was because he was crying. Haita, who had been running in a hurry, had a sad expression on his face.

“It’s impossible to run like this!”

“Can we try?”

“Try, try…”

Jincheol ran up to her as he was running and hugged her tightly. Haita was surprised.

The crow cawing sounded like a crow.

“This is a do-or-die situation! Do it now!”

“Now, just a moment···!”

Haita, who had been making a surprised sound, seemed to realize the urgent situation and touched Jincheol’s shoulder and back.

He started crawling slowly and straightening his posture. Meanwhile, the yellow light continued to shine.

It flew in and dyed the walls and ceiling of the passage yellow. The group melted away.

I ran down the passage, avoiding the walls.

At the head of the group was Ferran. She had her eyes half-closed as she ran.

After concentrating hard, he chose one path without hesitation at the fork in the road that appeared right after.

Morel, who was running behind him, shouted.

“The passage is narrow! Those guys are so big that I can only deal with one or two at a time!”

Then it would be better to fight back-”

“They shoot beams that melt walls! It’s not the opponent that’s the problem, it’s the stopping.

You will be covered in melted slag! And the biggest problem is that light.

“There is no way to stop the line itself!”

“It seems like you need a break after shooting once, so how can you dodge it well like before-”

“If one of you rests, the other one will shoot! Stop talking nonsense and run while looking ahead!”

Morel shut his mouth at Aiman’s nagging. For some reason, Udim, who was running beside him, also remained quiet.

It happened. He tilted his head with a puzzled expression, as if to say, “Is that so?”

Meanwhile, Haitha, who had finished adjusting his position, was sitting on Jincheol’s back with his head up.

It was a hin position. Then she said that both her ears were visibly red and she was both

Lee Ro tightly wrapped his arms around Jincheol’s waist, straightened his waist, and made a hand gesture with both hands.

Jincheol felt her movements and supported her buttocks, then shouted.

“How are things going?”

“···Ha, I’m doing it, so don’t talk to me!”

Ferran, who was running in the lead, suddenly stopped. Her shoes made a squeaking sound.

She raised a cloud of dust. She shouted, heading towards the stairs in the middle of the hallway.

“This way!”

The group that had stopped following her ran down the stairs after her once again.

Jincheol, who was running at the very back, fell straight through the wall the moment he reached the bend in the stairs he was going up.

You can see the yellow light piercing through and hitting the bottom of the stairs you are trying to climb.

There was.

Then, the walls and the lower part of the stairs also melted away. The stairs that Jincheol had to climb up

The platform collapsed as the supporting part disappeared.

“Fuck!”

Jincheol jumped up with a short shout. And the shout was so light that it was colorless.

He climbed up the stairs. Jincheol muttered with an embarrassed expression. He still sometimes

I can’t adapt.

As we exited the stairs, another passage appeared. Ferran immediately chose one path.

He took off and ran, and his group followed him.

As they ran down the corridor, spider tanks crashed down the stairs they had come out of.

appeared. The passage was not very large, so there were two or three of them, as Morel said.

was on, and the rest seemed to be stuttering behind it.

But that was the problem. The muffler broke and then the sound continued.

A beam of light. It struck the upper part of the narrow passage in front where Jincheol and his party were trying to enter.

Yellow molten slurry flowed down, blocking the entrance.

Ferran, who was in the lead, did not stop and immediately changed direction. He turned left and went to the old

We entered a small room filled with debris.

Next, we move on to narrow staircases, smaller rooms, and hallways with strangely high ceilings.

We arrived at a fairly large room, though not as large as the square. Morel gasped for breath.

He stopped for a moment, sighing.

“Who, Sister··· I can’t breathe, I’m out of breath, gasp··· I’m dying··· gasp···”

The whole group stopped for a moment. The tanks that had been chasing them until they entered the room

It was because I couldn’t hear the sound. I stood at the front and looked at the passages I had to enter.

Ferran’s eyes, which had been watching, turned to Jincheol.

“The sounds of the demons! Where do you hear them?”

He must have asked because he remembered Jincheol’s warning a little while ago. And Jincheol

I was listening carefully. The sound of a broken muffler and a wall collapsing.

Iron eyes turned towards the direction of the sound. It was the floor.

At the same time, the place where his eyes landed turned yellow, and then a ray of light shot straight through the floor.

It shot up and hit the ceiling. The group retreated to the corner at the same time, and the yellow water

A spider tank appeared, breaking through the floor.

The sight of a tank with its head upturned with thick, flowing molten water was seen.

It was. Ridiculously, that tank also had armor plates and mechanical eyes in the flowing molten water.

Protective materials and such were melting and breaking.

But the yellow heat was still blazing from the exit, as if the whole body was melting away.

It was a persistent look as if he was going to shoot a super-heated ray at the opponent. The ray was in the corner.

He aimed at the group that was trapped.

At that moment, Haita, who had been concentrating on Jincheol’s back and forming a seal, turned to face the spider.

He shouted, pointing his right hand at the car.

“stop!”

Then, as if it were an order from the ground, the movement of the tank suddenly stopped. The light

The blazing beam of light also died down. Thanks to the thing stopping, the whole group was able to enjoy the winter.

I was able to take a breather.

At that moment, Udim muttered.

“···What about the others?”

Another spider tank immediately stopped behind the tank as if it had heard the muttering.

The floor collapsed and his head poked in.

Ferran shouted urgently.

“That wall over there! Break that and it’ll be right in front of you!”

“Move!”

Haita immediately drew another sign and aimed at the wall with his right hand. Then it stopped.

The spider tank lifted one of its legs and slammed it against the wall.

It cracked with a bang, but didn’t break. Haita waved his hand again and

The US tanks took to the streets again, but were soon overtaken by a new spider tank that appeared and charged at them.

It crashed down, causing one side of the room on the other side to collapse.

At the same time, the dust that filled the room blocked the view of everyone in the group.

In the colored vision, the tank that Haita had seized and another tank were entangled, and the heavens and the earth were destroyed.

The noise was ear-splitting. The yellow light beam fired without any precise aim.

It hit the ceiling and some of it came crashing down.

Jincheol ran through the gray chaos.

My vision was blurry, but my sense of direction was fine. The wall that the spider tank had hit a moment ago was

I could easily guess the distance to where it was. The problem was how to break that cracked wall.

The question was whether the iron skin could be broken.

There was no time to think twice. The sound of a broken muffler was loud down there.

It was coming up. Even if I listened roughly, it was in the dozens.

I couldn’t hit him with my fist. If I moved my upper body too much, the high horse on my back would

You could have gotten hurt.

So Jincheol kicked off the floor and jumped up, stretching his legs forward. Strength control

The force of his every move made his body shoot out like a bullet. Behind his back

Haitah was so surprised that she hugged his neck tightly.

The next moment, his toes collided with the wall.

With a loud bang, shards of shattered stone flew forward.

Jincheol landed on the floor in the same position he had been kicking the air and slid down. After a while,

Even after he stopped, Jincheol stayed in that position for a moment. His feet that had broken the wall

His shoes were torn off and he was barefoot. This is the end. Is this the rider’s kick?

“···Are you okay?”

“Huh? Oh, yes!”

Haita, who had been hugging Jincheol’s neck with both eyes tightly closed, came to her senses at his voice.

She looked up and saw the state of Jincheol’s feet. Then she shouted.

“Foot, foot! Are you okay?”

“I’m not okay. It really hurts.”

“Yes? Well, then-”

“It’s not to the point where I can’t walk.”

Jincheol, who had said only that, looked back. In the thick dust beyond the broken wall.

Se Ferran, Morel, Udim and Aiman ​​appeared, rumbling. Behind them, Yeo

The tanks were all tangled up together, and a harsh noise of metal and falling stones erupted.

“Are you still controlling it?”

“No, I changed the order a little bit. They are not us, but the same monsters as the enemy.

Catalog. I can hold out for a little longer. Th, th, more than that, my feet···”

“It’s okay.”

Jincheol turned his gaze. The space he entered by breaking down a wall was somewhere like a natural cave.

It was a narrow passageway. And at the end of the passageway was a neat bulkhead.

“Over there! It’s over there!”

Ferran, who saw the barrier, immediately started running. The group also followed her.

He jumped onto the wall. Jincheol jumped and kicked for a moment, then quickly took two steps again.

He ran. Haita’s eyes, still hanging on his back, grew wide.

“Are you really okay···?”

“I told you it’s okay.”

Actually, it wasn’t okay. Not only the soles of my feet, but also my knees and hips were tingling.

It was also true that I was getting better with every step I took. Anyway, the ligament was torn.

It didn’t look like any bones were broken, so it was like a human body breaking through a thick stone wall.

It would have been nice to say that it was okay.

“···Shit.”

Should I say that it is fortunate that I am getting used to this body, or should I say that it is the source of this?

Now that it’s clear that this is the result of a madman’s research, I don’t know if I should call it shit.

There wasn’t any.

In the midst of his short thoughts, the group arrived at the bulkhead. In the middle of the bulkhead, there was a sight

There was what appeared to be a door, next to which a small piece of board was sticking out.

There it was. Ferran, who had approached there, raised his hand.

A beep sound appeared above the door, along with letters.

[No entry. Please verify your identity.]

A look of bewilderment crossed her face. She put her hand on the plate again.

[No entry. Please verify your identity.]

[No entry. Please verify your identity.]

[No entry. Identity···]

Only the child who saw that sight spoke.

“Didn’t you say you were a warrior from Antera? Weren’t you of noble blood?”

“My official position is a warrior···”

“As far as I know, if you are a regular warrior, you can enter the inner palace. This is below the inner palace.

me?”

“No. This is far from the inner sanctuary. The underground prison is also an outer ward…

This can’t be happening···”

Aiman ​​shook his head and looked back at Jincheol, or more precisely, at Haita who was riding on his back.

“Hi, you have to use your strength.”

“yes···”

At that moment, the wall they had broken through collapsed again with a creaking sound.

The appearance of the American tanks. I had been losing my composure at the appearance of the growling guys.

A look of urgency appeared on Ferran’s face, which had not been there before. Aiman, Morel, and Haitha were the same.

It was.

Haita said to Jincheol.

“Hey, let me down! If you want to use magic, you have to touch the door…”

“There is no time for that.”

“yes?”

Jincheol walked over and placed his hand on the panel that Ferran had been fiddling with.

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The door opened with a smooth, shushing sound. Ferran, Morel, Aiman, and Hai

Everyone looked at Jincheol with wide eyes – except for Udim, who showed no particular agitation.

Jincheol squeezes his body in between the creaking walls, beyond those gazes.

He said, looking at the tanks.

“Let’s take care of urgent matters first. Let’s go.”

Then he went in through the open door. As he went in, the carrying Haitha also went in.

As the two of them went in, the child also went in. Udim, who didn’t seem to have any particular thoughts, just walked briskly.

Got in.

Ferran looked at him with confused eyes, and Morel looked at him with a deep thoughtful expression.

As I was looking at it, I heard a crashing sound from behind and quickly went inside.

As the group entered, the door that had been open naturally closed. And then

The spider tanks that had been aiming at the party, breaking through the walls and floors, froze with a clank. It was as if they were no longer there.

The machine was staring at the bulkhead as if it was looking at an enemy who had crossed an untraceable boundary.

The eyes soon turned their gaze. The spider tanks slowly returned to where they had come from.

Started to go back.

This time, it was a careful movement that didn’t break anything.

*

“···What the hell.”

Jincheol stopped in his spot and looked around. It was for no other reason.

It was nice to enter through the Lin door. Beyond it was a dark space, but the lights were just on.

I thought it was because it didn’t support it. When Ferran came in and shined the artifact’s fire, the view

It was going to be a mess.

It was only after I had taken about five or six steps forward that I realized how strange it was.

“Where did everyone go?”

“No, I don’t know.”

The sound of people following behind disappeared. Ferran, Moreldo, Aimando, and Udim.

There was no room. In the black space, there was only Jincheol and Haita on his back. That guy

She was scared, so she curled up again and hugged Jincheol’s neck.

Jincheol slowly looked around in the darkness. His vision was blocked, but his other senses were blocked as well.

It wasn’t a hint. All five senses except sight became sharp as blades.

Immediately afterwards, his body turned around and he stretched out his right hand. A white blade emerged from the back of his hand.

It sprang up and aimed at someone.

Then, with a thump-thump- sound, the lights came on and the surroundings became bright. Thanks to that, Jincheol

The blade and the person it was aimed at were also clearly visible.

“···Who are you?”

Jincheol asked quietly without putting away the knife he was aiming at. She had bright blonde hair and blue eyes.

It was a woman wearing a bodysuit that was almost naked. That was it. A woman, a human being.

But Jincheol didn’t feel like she was a human being even after seeing her. She was a living human being.

It was because she lacked the breath and vitality that should have been felt. She was like an illusion.

She said, looking at Jincheol with a faint smile.

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