Surviving in the 121st Century - Chapter 79



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It flew like a toy, but the weight of the tank was enough to crush all the mutant rabbits that were caught in it. Five or six of them were crushed to death as it rolled. About eight or eight of them were torn to pieces by the explosion of light thrown by the special envoy.

Unlike the mutant rabbits, most of the group managed to escape from the spot thanks to Aiman’s timely warning. Stone Fist and Maro also heard his warning, and so they ran. The only problem was that the direction they moved in response to Aiman’s warning to scatter in all directions was close to the direction where the light burst.

The group gathered around Stone Fist, who was curled up on the ground. They could see long wounds extending from his right shoulder to his back. It was as if he had gathered blades together to make a carpet and ground it against it, his skin and muscle layers were torn apart. Blood was gushing out from between the blackened parts. Stone Fist’s life was leaking out.

“Hey, Stone Fist!”

Doljumuk suddenly raised his head at the sound of Jincheol’s voice, who was kneeling on one knee. He blinked and looked at Jincheol and his group, who were looking down at him, and then he checked the person he was hugging in his arms.

A rabbit’s ears peeked out from his arms. It was Maro.

“···Mister Stone Fist?”

“Are you okay?”

Stone Fist’s indifferent question. Maro suddenly sat up, checked his limbs, and smiled.

“Yes! I’m fine!”

“You are strong, as expected from a child of Gar.”

“Yes, thanks to you sir···”

Maro’s face hardened. It was because the stone fist that had been speaking calmly sighed and sagged. He had not lost consciousness, but his face was completely drained and his limbs were hanging down.

“mister!”

“Who needs a bandage!”

At Jincheol’s words, Snow took out a small pack from his waistband. Inside the pack, which he ripped open, were bandages and a styptic. The styptic was a powder, and Jincheol sprinkled it all on Doljumeok’s back before immediately taking up the bandage.

The hand movements were quick and precise, but the wound was too big. The blood gushing out was too much. However, Jincheol continued to administer emergency treatment with a stern face.

Maro’s expression turned blank as he saw the blood and wounds on the stone fist. The guy spoke in a whisper.

“It’s okay, it’s okay… right? Are you okay, sir? Right?”

Ramien quickly approached and hugged Maro from behind. Her face was gloomy.

Snow, who had taken out the first aid kit, helped Jincheol. Thanks to this, the wound on Stone Fist was quickly bandaged, but his red face was already turning pale. Clumps of blood mixed with hemostatic agent poured out onto the floor.

The moment I was wrapping the bandage, which may or may not have any meaning, the stone fist whispered.

“···I want to go back.”

“You want to go back? Where?”

Jincheol asked without stopping his hand from quickly wrapping the bandage. He had to keep him conscious. That way, he could be alive until he could be transferred to the rear and seen by the medical officer. He had to be conscious to explain his condition to the medical officer.

While he was talking to Stone Fist while wrapping up the bandages, the mutant rabbits tore apart the remaining armored soldiers and rushed into the hotel entrance. Unlike the still Jincheol group, they were all screaming as if they were excited by the sight of blood.

Stonefist looked into the distance as if he could hear some song in their screams.

“To the wilderness, to the meadows… the horizon seen in the distance… and the clouds that seem to rise from that horizon… the sea of ​​stars shining on the dark night, black earth… Gar… my Gar…”

“Wilderness? You want to go back home? Where is your hometown?”

“The wilderness… the wilderness of the north…”

“Tell me more about your hometown. Don’t lose your mind, you punk.”

“···Gar··· my···”

Thanks to his skilled hand movements, the bandage was quickly wrapped. However, the bandage was not only red but also damp, and blood was dripping down. However, Jincheol could not do anything more. Jincheol shook Doljumeok to keep him conscious, and muttered without realizing it.

“When will the medical officer come?”

It was only after he said those words that he realized that there was no medical officer here. This was not the battlefield where he had fought, but the distant future, more than ten thousand years ago.

The moment he realized that, Jincheol grabbed Doljumeok’s hand. Doljumeok’s gaze, which had been staring into space, turned to Jincheol. Instead of saying anything else, he just stared at Jincheol quietly. Jincheol turned his head and spoke to the group.

“Who has a medical license?”

The whole party looked at that sight in silence and pity. Aiman ​​and Haita shook their heads. Tears flowed from Maro’s eyes, but Ramien barely managed to catch him and stand him up as he was about to fall. Snow, who had been supporting Jincheol, also quietly looked at Jincheol and Doljumeok while quickly putting the owl mask on his head. Jincheol also lowered his head and let out a deep sigh.

At that moment, Haitah suddenly shouted.

“Wait a minute! There is a way!”

Haita, who had gathered the attention of the group, looked around. Her gaze was directed at the armored soldiers who had been torn to pieces by the mutant rabbits.

“Collect their bodies quickly! Right now! As many as possible!”

“Hita, what are you going to do···”

Only Ai spoke, but Jincheol was quicker to move without saying a word. He immediately picked up the corpse of the nearest armored soldier – the limbs had been blown off, leaving only the head and torso. Some of the corpses were taken by the mutants as they ran into the hotel, but most of the corpses were just scattered here and there like trash.

As Jincheol started like that, the other group members also quickly gathered the scattered pieces of the corpse. Maro and Ramien, who were shedding tears, also quickly picked up the remains of the armored soldier while looking bewildered. Snow also jumped as if flying and picked up a large piece, and Aiman ​​and the remaining revolutionary Rabito also hurriedly picked up the remains.

“Line them up around the stone fist!”

Haitha shouted as he stood upright in front of the stone fist. Then he took a deep breath and began to make a hand seal with both hands.

Flames began to glow within her circlet, the jewels in her crown called chakras. Her triangular pupils dilated, not accepting light but radiating some intense energy within her.

[···Hehe, haha. Frankenstein’s monster with superpowers? Amazing! The persecuted prodigal sons rise up and dance! The giants who set the night sky on fire have fallen, and their time has come! Hehe!]

What the hell is this crazy guy talking about? While the hotel chip muttered, a strangely heavy air flowed between Doljukkeuk and Haita.

Haita’s hands moved quickly, forming several hand signs. The moment the hand signs were finished, her hair also puffed up like an animal’s fur. The hem of her dress swayed even though there was no wind.

And then something began to leak out from the corpses of the armored soldiers lying on the floor. It was a silvery liquid.

Only the child who saw that sight muttered.

“This is impossible, Hi-ta… When did you get to that level of magic…”

The silvery liquid that had leaked out from the remains of the armored soldier slithered around Stone Fist’s body as if it were alive. Meanwhile, Stone Fist’s breathing was becoming shallower and shallower.

Haitha’s face also began to turn pale. Her hands began to tremble slightly.

The silvery liquids that had been flowing in circles around Doljumeok’s body as if they were examining his liver rushed towards him in the next moment. Most of them flowed into the wounds that Jincheol had bandaged, and some flowed into his mouth and nose.

Haita changed her clothes again. At that moment, blood started to flow out of her nose.

The silver liquid had all disappeared, and the wound on Jincheol’s stone fist that had been bandaged suddenly began to move. Surprisingly, the blood that had been soaking the bandage began to dry quickly. To be exact, it seemed as if it was being sucked back in.

“ha···”

The next moment, Haita let out a deep sigh and lowered her hands. Her hair, which had been on edge, also fell down, and at the same time, her body staggered and seemed to fall over.

Jincheol held her body. She looked up at Jincheol with a fierce expression, wiping her nosebleed.

“···It’s a success. I couldn’t guarantee it because it was an all-out war.”

“You should have lived. You did well.”

“lol···”

As the heavy air cleared, Maro, who had been quiet until now, quickly ran to Doljumeok.

“mister!”

Stone Fist was unconscious. However, his pale skin turned red again, and his expression and breathing became relaxed. His mouth opened slightly and he even began to snore softly.

Tears flowed from Maro’s eyes again. The only difference from before was that the emotions contained in the tears were different.

Jincheol saw the expression on her face, which made it hard to tell whether she was crying or laughing, and laughed.

“What? So now that ignorant kid is a wizard?”

“No. Most of the silver blood that entered his body was consumed in healing the wounds. Some of it may still flow, but even if Olrogs are born with silver blood, it is extremely rare for them to awaken their magic···”

Jincheol naturally recalled the past. The emergency medicine he had received as a gift from Mr. Parum and used on Udim. Thinking about it, it seemed to have been silver blood as well.

“Oh, so the sorcerers can heal their own wounds with their own blood···”

“···”

Jincheol closed his mouth. It was because Haita, who was in his arms, had already fallen asleep.

“For a sorcerer, silver blood is like life. The way you described it is like drinking seawater to quench your thirst. Most sorcerers would rather die than expend silver blood like that.”

It was Aiman ​​who came closer. When Jincheol looked at her, Aiman ​​continued speaking with a bright face.

“Isn’t Haita’s magic amazing? To be able to control the blood outside of her body to this degree? And blood that isn’t even hers! How can she surpass her mother’s level after only being an adult for so long? Hehehe.”

Aiman ​​seemed to be happier about Haitha’s achievement than Doljumeoksa. After all, from his perspective, Doljumeoksa was Jincheol’s colleague, not his own. And on top of that, he was also a man-eating Olog.

Then what about Haita? She would be no different. So in the end, the reason she exerted so much effort was for Jincheol.

Jincheol laid her down on a clean bed and whispered in her ear.

“thanks.”

Her ears, which she thought were asleep, turned red. Jincheol snickered and got up. The group laid Haita and Doljumeok down on another clean spot. After that, they looked around, and there was only the remains of mutants and armored soldiers, and the destroyed tanks and trucks lying around, but it was quiet everywhere. It was because all the mutant rabbits had run into the hotel.

It was really strange. At night, they would come up to the ground and attack people, and just a little while ago, they had started attacking Jincheol and his party without any communication at the place where they had met the crazy hotel chip. But now, they seemed to be only focused on defeating the special agent and his armored soldiers.

Then, from deep within the hotel, a roar echoed that shook the entire basement.

Everyone in the group looked at the hotel with blank expressions. It was the same scream we heard when we ran here a little while ago. Who could be crying so loudly?

[···Heehee, haha. The queen of the ants calls for soldiers~ But now there are no servants to listen to her, so the butcher will tear open the shell and take the heart~ Heehee!]

“···What have you been talking about since a while ago?”

[How about you hurry up and come in, sir? You don’t want to miss the fun!]

Did I bring this too much for nothing? Jincheol thought so, but he agreed that they had to move quickly. The other members of the group felt the same, so they all started to move.

At that moment, Maro picked up a rifle – a small one that fit Rabito’s body – and stood guard next to Doljukki and Haita. He looked proud and strong. It was hard to recall the shabby little boy I had met in the countryside of Siapo.

Jincheol asked.

“Are you going to stay here and guard it?”

“Yes. The others have to find the people who were taken away. I’ll wait here.”

“Smart guy.”

The last revolutionary soldier also gathered his weapons and stood beside him. Even though all his comrades were dead, he looked tired, but he did not seem to have given up. In Jincheol’s experience, this was the attitude that helped him survive the longest. He stood silently beside Maro and motioned for the group to go.

So Jincheol, Aiman, Ramien, and Snow climbed over the half-collapsed rubble of the hotel lobby and made their way inside.

Unlike the Great Palace Hotel, which had an old, untouched feel, the inside of the hotel was extremely dirty, with all sorts of dirt, blood, torn tents, bones rolling around, and so on. Even a cursory glance would tell that it was a space filled with the mutants’ use.

And then there was a sound of some kind of vibration that went through the entire hotel, along with the faint screams of the mutants. It seemed like the special agent who had escaped inside and the mutants who had chased him were fighting.

The group tried to move towards the sound.

“for a moment.”

Jincheol caught them. And he stood still and listened. After waking up from a long sleep, his hearing, which had been becoming increasingly sensitive, had recently become more than just hearing sounds, but rather closer to a premonition, and he heard a faint voice.

A clear voice that was forming words, not just screaming or screaming. Jincheol turned his head from the corridor leading into the hotel and looked at the small passage in the corner of the lobby. It was the way down to the basement.

“Over there. I can hear people’s voices.”

“People? People who were taken away?”

Ramien grabbed Jincheol and asked urgently, and he nodded. Although it was filled with anxiety, it was clearly a human voice. Ramien looked like he wanted to run there right away.

Only the child who saw it spoke.

“I guess we’ll have to split the group in two again. We need to stop what the envoy is doing right away, but we can’t delay rescuing the civilians any longer.”

The group was simply divided. Only Jincheol and Ai went inside, while Ramien and Snow, whose original purpose was to save the citizens, went underground. As they split up, Ramien spoke to Jincheol.

“be careful.”

“Hey. What did you see a little while ago? If we meet again, that little shit’s gone.”

“···A death sentence from a hijacker. I better get away from that guy quickly.”

Ramien, who made a joke while looking at Jincheol’s smile, ran with Snow. Jincheol, who had been watching her back for a moment, walked into the hotel. Only Ai, who was following her, glanced at Jincheol’s expression and spoke.

“Are you really going to kill him? He must have a lot of important information about the Meditation Meeting. And… he seemed to me to be of the same species as you…”

“Yes. He will have many questions to answer. But whether he answers all of them or not, he will die by my hand.”

“···Because you tried to kill that stone fist Olog?”

“Because you tried to kill my friend.”

A calm affirmation. Jincheol said that and strode briskly into the hotel. Aiman, who had stopped for a moment to look at Jincheol’s back, soon followed him with a smile.