How to Survive as a Player Chapter 243

#243

Fan didn’t respond at all. You might want to go. I felt my heart weakening from longing. Her faint thread had been fluttering before her eyes from earlier. As the thread became thinner, his life gradually faded away.

There was no way Sehyun could understand him. The weight of pain cannot be measured, so the other person could not fathom how heavy and burdensome it was.

My pain was like that, and someone else’s pain was like that. Still, I was painfully aware of how much self-blame he had lived through. I also understood the feeling of wanting to go to my daughter’s side.

still… . To be a little selfish, Sehyun wanted him to live. He hoped he would do it for the sake of the empire that was waiting for him, and he hoped he would do it at least out of greed to see the end with him.

“The day I will be able to understand Mr. Fan will probably be…” It will never come. I know that no words can comfort you. I never had parents and family like you. still… “If I may presume to say something, Mr. Fen.”

Sehyun spoke in a whisper, holding both hands tightly as if holding on to a thin thread. With all my heart.

“The child is probably… I would have been happy. Having a father like you… “I would have been very happy.”

I knew it was a cliché. She also knew that these words could not come close to comforting her. Still, I felt a big wave of emotion. Fan’s clasped hands were shaking slightly. Tears soaked in the glow of the sunset dripped down on top of it.

“That child… “He was the best gift of my life.”

The bitter emotions pouring out of the deep wound came to the surface and washed over me. Sehyeon looked at the same place as the fan and kissed his lips.

“Your other children are waiting.”

A blurry text began to appear in my field of vision. That wasn’t Sehyun’s. It was from Fan, who had the will to live and resolved to stand up.

[The skill conditions for ‘Standing of the Legless’ have been met.]

“… So take a break now, Mr. Fan.”

His other children wait. His princes, heroes and vassals. Fan shed tears and laughed at those words. It was a painful smile that made my heart tighten.

“… I should get up. now… “Because my knees don’t hurt.”

[Unlock the skill.]

I felt a figure standing next to me, supporting my body. Sehyeon did not take his eyes off the setting sunset until Fan stood up completely on his feet. Little by little, the sound of waves reached my ears.

“Besides, there is still work to be done.”

[‘Air Fleet LV.1’ has been acquired.]

This was the wind of the fan that reflected the child’s dream. The sky so high was proof of that. In a world where we would never see each other again, Sehyun slowly got up.

“Instead, please forget about it when I leave. Right now… “I want to cry.”

Sehyun tried to pretend not to notice the sobbing voice. I just held Fan’s hand tightly and slowly accepted the surging emotions. The voices of my companions seemed to be heard over the sound of the waves.

The time has come to go. Sehyeon’s eyes gradually began to close as she felt someone shaking her awake. Her memories and emotions that had been mixed in slowly faded away.

When the memory floated and completely dissipated, Sehyeon quietly whispered the skill.

‘<Will to Heal>’

The red world began to disappear amidst the sobs. Fan’s hand was held tightly in Sehyeon’s hand until the moment he left there and did not leave.

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Cheolpuk-

“Mr. Sehyeon!”

When I lifted my quivering eyelashes and opened my eyes, loud sounds came at me all at once. Sehyeon gasped like someone who had fallen into deep water and barely survived. The world was spinning, and my vision became blurry, turned white, and blinked repeatedly.

“Sehyun, are you okay?!”

Someone was holding Sehyun’s shoulder tightly and asking. I could smell the salty scent of the sea on the tip of my nose, and the cold rain poured down as if it would crush my entire body.

It was not the world where the sunset spread. It was in the middle of a dark, open ocean with turbulent currents.

“… Kwak Jeong-han… .”

“Are you coming to your senses? Because I’m not breathing… Ha, I was surprised.”

Kwak Jeong-han leaned his head on Se-hyeon’s shoulder and sighed in relief. Sehyun blinked his eyes and quickly scanned his surroundings. The cries of monsters rang menacingly around. Everyone was fighting fiercely on Owl’s body shaking in the strong waves.

Only then did I return to the reality I had forgotten.

“Mr. Fan… “What about Mr. Fenn?”

Sehyun groped the side and asked quickly. Instead of answering, Kwak Jeong-han turned his head and glanced behind him. Sehyeon’s gaze followed suit.

“Are you looking for me? Hmm, don’t act like you’re seeing a ghost so much. As you can see, thanks to someone, I am completely safe.”

Sehyun’s eyes widened silently. In the blurry vision, there was a man with a smile on his face. It was the first time I felt welcomed by a soft voice and a tired smile.

“Well, the limbs aren’t like that.”

Fenn said as he glanced at his broken arm. Fan’s face, which had been so pale, had now returned to its usual color. Although nothing could be done about the limbs where the mechanical parts were located, all of the body’s organs had fully recovered.

As soon as Sehyeon saw that, he put his head down and sighed in relief. At the bottom of my deep vision, there was news of the manifestation of a skill I had used within Fan’s cognitive world.

[‘Preparation for injury’ and ‘will to heal’ have exceeded the range of possible healing. Cast the skill.]

“I caused trouble. However, I will do my best to help you, so don’t say too much.”

“You speak well on a topic that you can barely stand on.”

Baluk, who was supporting the fan, groaned as if it was too heavy. When Sehyun looked at Fan again, Fan had a genuine smile on his face. The blue eyes I met were telling me to forget what happened there.

“Are you quite heavy?”

“Haha, please try a little harder. “When I get out of here, I will make sure to repay the Magic Empire.”

“There is no need for repayment from the Engineering Empire. Hmm, it would be different if you acknowledged the greatness of my Giant God Soldier.”

I could see Fen’s back getting bigger. Even though nothing had changed, Sehyun realized that his backside had deepened.

It was different. One arm and one leg. Even though he was barely standing there, leaning against someone, a different spirit than before was oozing out of him. The cold rain hit the metal and bounced off like sparks.

“It’s a gigantic disease… . “If that’s the case, then we’ll have to show something similar.”

Where Fen looked, there were groups of people fighting without a moment to breathe. They were coughing up blood, gasping for breath, and moving their bodies to their limits, all doing their best to protect the fan and block the attacking monsters.

A black shadow was cast over the heads of everyone engaged in a vicious battle. It was like a lunar eclipse, covering the ocean in a huge way.

“Everyone better not move.”

It was the shadow of a huge airship. The transparent airship fluid slowly revealed itself as if color was appearing between the clouds. The airship’s fluid was filled with hot heat, as if it had come from far away.

Sehyun knew what it was.

It was Fan’s <Air Fleet LV.1> skill that appeared in the sunset world. It was a skill like his wind, infinitely high and gigantic, resembling a child’s dream. The airship loaded hundreds of guns and prepared to fire.

The sound of rain hitting metal was heard. Following the sound, Sehyeon also stood up unsteadily. All the guns that were moving clanking stopped at once, as if they were ready. In that moment of silence, Fan spoke with his eyes shining.

“Because I have to pay back what was done to me.”

With those catalytic words, bright red beams of light were simultaneously fired from dozens of cannons along with sizzling heat.

Kuan-!

The place where the airship’s guns were fired was in the sea where monsters were crowded around Owl. A beam of bright red light penetrated the sea and slaughtered the entire bodies of the monsters.

It was a thrilling sight. When the airship’s guns, which had been firing wildly as if burning everything, stopped, there was only the dead bodies of monsters floating around in the silence. Everyone looked at the corpses of the monsters in a daze.

The huge airship disappeared along with the sound of Fan’s labored breathing. Fan’s face turned white as he was out of breath. Fan soon opened the magic potion and drank it down one after another.

“If you’re dissatisfied, cluck…” Everyone tell me. “I can use it at least once more.”

“Wow, I don’t know why you’re showing such condescension when you wake up after falling asleep all this time.”

Theo responded to Fan’s words with a frightening force. As soon as there was a moment to rest, everyone sat down one by one and began to catch their breath.

Even his expression distorted when he saw the monsters raising their heads above the sea again. This fight would never end unless the goddess was suppressed. Even if the tables were turned to some extent, it did not change the fact that everyone was reaching their limits.

“Kwak Jeong-han, I would like to ask you something.”

“Please speak.”

“Let’s go back into the water with me.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Kwak Jeong-han growled at Se-hyeon. The bridge of his wildly distorted nose was saying no. Not only Kwak Jeong-han’s eyes, but also Lee Jae-young and Ri-jeong’s eyes were focused on Se-hyeon.

“Bro, are you crazy?!”

“No, why are you going there?!”

Everyone asked me if I was crazy. Of course, I know going into the water is crazy. Nevertheless, Sehyeon had something to check. The light that sparkled in the black water. I needed to know what that light meant.