The Soldier Shouted Save - Chapter 82
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The soldier shouted save (82)
Episode 11
White stars are visible in the pitch-black sky.
“Huh, huk… huk… huk… … .”
How many teleports did you have to use before night fell?
Hyelin runs in a hurry with her face turning yellow.
“Uh, ugh… woof… .”
Hyelin starts to feel nauseous due to the aftereffects of mana exhaustion.
The chief strokes Hye-rin’s slender back with his hand and speaks to me.
“I can’t just use teleportation to get back. I need to find a carriage.”
Given Hye-rin’s condition, it was only natural that she would seek a carriage around Heukunsan Mountain.
“You must not leave any trace of us.”
“… I know that too, but there’s no way to move, right?”
The hand of the palace extends everywhere.
In a situation like the current one where the statue of the goddess has been broken, they may be waiting for us disguised as grooms.
‘… … This might be an exaggeration.’
But there is a better way, and there is no reason to do anything that would lead to being caught.
“Just wait. I’ll ask Marie to send someone.”
“… … That won’t do. If a pursuer catches up with a coachman who started from Walker… … .”
It was dangerous even if the palace didn’t associate us with Walker.
Because of his opposition to the Freya cult, Walker was in the spotlight.
“Don’t worry. Walker has a faster and more invisible means of transportation.”
He brings the party ring to his lips and tells Marie Walker what’s going on.
Marie Walker’s ‘Away from Seat’ sign changes repeatedly, as if she was still awake at this late hour.
“Marie, we need a means of transportation that can get us here without being noticed by the palace.”
A special means of transportation that only Walker can handle.
“Druid. Send the giant eagle this way.”
The seat vacancy indicator blinks again to indicate that it has been heard.
… … I guess I can get there by tomorrow afternoon if I’m quick.
“Ranko. Do you have the Citus Magic Parchment?”
“I have it. I’ll send the coordinates to the Lord of Walker.”
The chief mutters as he tears the parchment.
“Citus.”
A magic that reveals one’s coordinates.
“… So, what are you going to do?”
After hearing the leader’s words, I quietly looked around.
A rare private house.
Turning away from the place where you can rest comfortably, you lower your posture and touch the ground.
“What are you going to do?”
“It’s dangerous to rest where people’s eyes are on you. If that’s the case, then here is the only place.”
He pulls out the red sword from his waist.
-Srrrrrrrr!
Red mud covering the whole body.
At the same time, an unpleasant voice is heard.
―“Kekekeke, you stupid prosecutor! It’s pathetic how you hold me in your hands and run away! You’d rather leave your body to me… … .”
Ignore the voice of the demon sword and swing the red sword.
– Grasp it! Grasp it!
A red sword that digs the ground.
The leader nods at the sight.
“Are you trying to dig the ground to hide?”
“……okay.”
“Okay. I’ll get something to cover the entrance!”
The chief leaves me and gathers some sticks and grass to camouflage the entrance.
‘… …Deeper. We need to dig deep enough for three people to rest.’
Sweat runs down my forehead.
All we’re doing is digging the ground.
A sword that could cut through even a solid building with a single blow was unable to properly dig into the ground.
‘… … Are you tired?’
A body that feels heavy.
I shake my head to shake off the sweat and concentrate on digging into the ground again.
―“Humans are creatures that become weaker as time passes. You know that very well, right?”
It was strange.
Even though I’m wearing the Truster’s Ring and my mind is strengthened, the voice of the Demon Sword still rings in my head to an annoying degree.
―“How is it? With my power, I will make your wish come true… … .”
“I have no hope of achieving anything by relying on the likes of you.”
―“K, k. You don’t have to hide your wishes from me. I already know what your wishes are.”
The red mud that rose up to the face formed a human beak and spoke.
―“You’re anxious, aren’t you? You tremble and can’t stop thinking about the people you care about dying. Poor thing… … .”
“……shut up.”
He grabs the red clay that has been shaped like a beak and tears it with his hands.
But the bastard’s voice doesn’t stop.
―“Kuuuuuuu, what is it? You really got weaker?”
“I told you to turn it off… … .”
―“Ugh, hehe, hahahahahahahaha! Don’t be so upset!”
-Purrrrrrp.
The red mud stuck to my body spurted out like a fountain, sticking to me in an unpleasant way.
―“I will grant your wish. With your body!”
Look around.
I see my face made of red clay.
Another version of myself, like a doppelganger, is getting closer and closer… … .
“Allen!”
-Pfft!
My mind becomes clear with dazzling light.
-Ting!
A red sword flies into the sky with a resonating metallic sound.
The red mud stuck to his body disappears, and the chief lets out an urgent voice.
“… … Don’t hold the magic sword anymore. You almost got consumed.”
Before he can say anything, the chief takes off his outer garment and wraps a red sword around it.
“You get some rest too. I’ll do the rest.”
I am driven out of the hole I dug with great difficulty and am looking at the water level.
‘… … That’s amazing.’
A purple sword that easily cuts through solid ground.
The leader creates an underground space in an instant.
‘Powerless.’
I wake up to reality with a hollow laugh.
The immense power that seemed invincible even when facing off against the Black Sword has disappeared.
‘… … This is the kind of swordsmanship that palace knights would wield.’
A faint sword energy surrounding the Azure Dragon Sword.
He puts the sword he drew back into its sheath and starts walking.
“Hye-rin. I’m ready. Grab my arm.”
I look at Hye-rin sitting there listlessly.
He must have squeezed out every last bit of his mental strength to use teleportation, because he couldn’t even wipe the vomit from the corner of his mouth.
“… … Get up slowly.”
Wipe away the vomit with your sleeve.
He supports Hye-rin and heads to the pit that the chief has completed.
“… … Sister, I’m sleepy.”
“If you’re sleepy, sleep here. Be careful of your head…”
He spreads out a cloud cloak and lays Hye-rin down.
Cover the entrance to the tunnel with branches and clumped dirt, along with the leader.
“Wouldn’t it be better if I were exhausted?”
“… …Why?”
“If you have magic, digging a tunnel is not a problem. If Hye-rin was okay, it would have been over in under a minute.”
“… … I see.”
The corners of the chief’s mouth, which had been smiling at my words, lowered.
“Resolve whatever problem you have by morning. I won’t be able to hold out any longer.”
It seemed like the leader who had been accepting my strange behavior had reached his limit.
The leader keeps his mouth shut, and all three rest with their eyes closed.
‘… … Lee Hyun-seong. Who the hell are you?’
I open my closed eyes and look down at my hands.
‘Didn’t you say I should have my own power?’
I remember it vividly.
Lee Hyun-seong’s soul clearly wanted to have ‘my own strength’.
‘Then, everything up until now was not my power.’
Seok-Hwan, a member of the warrior party, was convinced that I was Lee Hyeon-Seong after seeing my swordsmanship and black magic.
‘All of this must have been your power.’
If, as the chief said, Lee Hyun-seong was a person with the ability to ‘save’, then even my save was nothing more than borrowing Lee Hyun-seong’s power.
‘… Lee Hyun-seong, you must have wanted something from me, right? If so, don’t just lend it to me once, but take responsibility for it until the end.’
I open my mouth without realizing it, clenching my fists so hard that my fingernails dig into my flesh.
“Until I have my own power.”
For the future.
I closed my eyes and stopped thinking.
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-Pusssss. Pusssss.
I open my eyes, which had been closed, to the strange sound.
“… … .”
The chief must have heard a suspicious sound as he took out a dagger from his bosom.
-Let’s count to three and leave.
After seeing the leader’s signal, he takes hold of the Blue Dragon Sword.
-three.
-two.
-one.
As the last finger of the leader folds, it simultaneously jumps out.
“Whoa, whoa!”
A girl who fell on her butt with a surprised face.
I told her my name because I knew her face.
“Croat?”
“… … Oppa, you were there. I was surprised.”
Someone picks up the fallen Croa.
“Brother! Go back right away.”
Lian standing next to a giant eagle.
Just then, another giant eagle opens its beak and looks at me.
“Get on the back quickly. I saw the people in the palace on the way here.”
The voice of the Druid Chieftain.
The long-awaited reinforcements have arrived.
He goes into the tunnel and hugs Hye-rin, who is still sleeping.
“Let’s go.”
As the chieftain flaps his huge wings, a strong wind shakes his body.
“… … Yeah.”
Hye-rin opens her eyes with difficulty as the strong wind threatens to blow away her cloak of clouds.
“… … Sir, what happened?”
“I’m going back to Walker. … Sleep well.”
“… … Hehe, you’ve become strangely kind.”
Hye-rin, who is stuck to my arms, falls asleep again, using the cloud cloak as a blanket.
I pull up mana with all my might from the sky with clouds in front of me.
‘If it’s possible to enhance hearing with mana, then it’s possible to enhance eyesight too.’
Concentrate the raised mana on your eyes.
The field of vision expands and contracts randomly, and the vision becomes dizzy.
“Allen! Are you okay?!”
The chief’s cry is heard from the eagle next to him.
“There’s blood flowing from your eyes!”
Rub your eyes with your index finger.
As the chief said, crimson blood oozes out.
‘… … It’s okay. Even if your eyeball bursts, I can heal it.’
I want to have my own power.
The more I raise my mana, the more my eyes start to hurt, as if they’re going to burst.
But raw pain tells you where to direct your mana.
‘If I do this, I don’t feel any pain.’
If you do it the wrong way, your body will complain of pain.
As you move your mana in a direction that does not strain your body, your vision gradually stabilizes.
“… … I did it.”
In the sky with clouds, the person below is seen enlarged.
Even though we had traveled quite a distance, we could see the faces of several people associated with the palace.
‘Even though we are far from Heukunsan Mountain, we still have an excessive number of troops.’
That’s for sure.
The destruction of the statue of the goddess was a fatal blow to the palace.
He lowers his gaze and looks at Hye-rin, who is sleeping.
‘However, even though the warrior touched the statue of the goddess, in the end it had no effect.’
Last life, I faced a member of the warrior party.
Hye-rin’s life was cut off by a guy named Seok-hwan, but her life did not return to the past.
‘Besides, Hye-rin didn’t remember anything.’
Hye-rin had no memories of her previous life.
In both of my recent lives, I’ve touched the statue of the goddess.
‘Only a limited number of people can properly utilize the save.’
A person who remembers everything even if he goes back in time.
‘Host.’
Someone who turned back a month of life and changed the situation at the Academy.
As of now, the only hosts I could be sure of were me and him.
“… … Long distance flights are tough. Let’s just rest for a bit and go.”
The chieftain flaps his wings and lowers his altitude.
The place we landed was a small, nameless mountain.
“… … I’ll just rest for 10 minutes.”
As the druids begin to rest in the bodies of giant eagles, someone approaches me.
“Brother. Are you feeling okay now?”
Lian’s voice did not sound worried.
“Would you like to spar with me?”
A voice burning with victory spirit.
Without avoiding the fighting spirit, he pulls out the Azure Dragon Sword at his waist.
“… Come at me with the intention of killing me, Lian.”
He speaks to Lian, who is taking a skilled stance.
“If you hesitate this time, I will never cross swords with you again.”
Lian didn’t lose focus on what I was saying.
He moves his legs around me without saying a word.
“… … .”
The way he circles around me, looking for gaps.
I lifted my feet quietly,
-widely!
Kicked a rock.
“Ugh, ugh!”
Lian frowns as a rock ricochets into her face.
He rushes in without missing the gap and extends his sword.
-Whoosh!
A blow that sliced through Lian’s side.
Someone shouts in an urgent voice as bright red blood spurts out of the skin.
“Oh, brother! Don’t do that!”
“Oh my god, this is driving me crazy. What are you two doing!”
The chief and Croa approach Lian while drawing out their divine power.
But Lian kicked the floor with all her might, as if the two were invisible.
-Swish swish! Swish swish swish!
Lian unleashes a barrage of strikes with her golden sword.
Skills comparable to those of a palace knight.
‘Slow.’
Lian shouts and gathers his strength as he easily blocks the sword.
“Not yet! It’s not over yet!”
I am confident as I take Lian’s sword.
‘My strength has returned.’
The power that is not mine, Lee Hyun-seong’s.
-Whoosh!
Easily dodges attacks and extends his feet like spears.
-grasp!
“Ugh, ugh!”
Lian, who fell at my feet, rolls on the floor with blood dripping from her side.
‘Even without Lee Hyun-seong’s power, would it be possible to overwhelm like this?’
I can’t forget last night, when the gap with the leader was clearly felt.
‘I was helpless.’
Fill the Azure Dragon Sword with mana.
But I can’t tell how much of my power is mine and how much is Lee Hyun-seong’s power.
“Hey, stop it! Are you planning on killing someone who’s like your little brother?”
“… … .”
He lowers his sword at the chief’s shout.
Then, Lian shouts.
“If you stop here! I will never cross swords with my brother again.”
I smile at that.
“You’ve gotten stronger.”
“… … Compared to my brother, I still have a long way to go.”
They move in a circle, pointing their swords at each other.
“… … .”
“… … .”
A war of exploration to find each other’s weaknesses.
In the tense atmosphere, even Croa and the chief, who were trying to stop the fight, were unable to raise their voices.
“Hehe, what is it? Are you noble young men?”
An unexpected intruder appears.
“Brother! Come over here! These guys look like they have a lot of money.”
“How on earth did the young masters come all the way to the mountains like this? If you want to save your life, you’d better put down your sword.”
There is a sense of presence everywhere.
Dozens of bandits emerge from the bushes.
“… … .”
Lian, who locked eyes with me, reached out her hand.
“From here to here. Me alone.”
Laughter is heard as Lian points to half of the bandits.
“Hahahahahahahahahaha! You’re going to take on half of us by yourself?”
“That’s cute. If you were to scrape the flesh off a living bone, it would start crying right away, right?”
Men take up fighting stances, holding swords.
“Young masters, you seem to be about the same age as knights, right?”
A solid movement that can only be achieved after a long period of training.
“If you thought we were just bandits, you’d be very mistaken.”
Take a look at the men’s gear and feel confident.
“They are deserters.”
“Hehe, it’s no use regretting it now. Even if you two cry and beg, I’ll skin you alive.”
Well-trained deserters.
The leader looks them over and sighs.
“If you have enough strength, go deal with those guys. We’ll be there first.”
The chieftain passes them with Croa.
A cold voice echoes as he passes by defenselessly.
“Cut off each of your arms.”
At the leader’s voice, the men raise their swords.
A sharp sword approaches the back of the leader’s head.
‘I guess I can do it without the red sword.’
Swing the Azure Dragon Sword at the same time as pulling it out.
A blue trajectory flying through the air.
-Phew!
The bandit’s body splits vertically.
“… So, you sent out a black spirit?”
The faces of the bandits changed in an instant.
But dealing with guys who couldn’t even loosen up wasn’t a waste of time.
‘Let’s think of abilities other than Lee Hyun-seong.’
Put black magic in your eyes.
Colors disappear, and a world of black and white appears before your eyes.
‘I had the ability to see spirits.’
I stare blankly at the white shape in front of me.
The soul of a bandit who lost his body.
Something. Something seems to be showing a little more.
‘… … Just like you did before. With so much magic that your eyes feel like they’re going to burst.’
The view before my eyes changes once again.
In a world made of black and white, white letters appear.
―I found Logan’s soul.
-If you add it to the soul slot, you can use ‘Aladdin’s Sword’.
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-There are no empty soul slots.
-Do you want to delete the soul registered in the soul slot?
I find myself mumbling at those words without realizing it.
How to gain strength on my own without relying on Lee Hyun-seong’s soul.
“… … I will burn Logan’s soul.”
The deserter’s past experiences flowed into his mind.