How to Survive as a Player Chapter 35

#35

All sounds stopped for an instant. The sound of nothing was surprisingly quiet, and it felt as if time had stopped.

Sehyeon’s eyes turned to an unknown space. When something caught my eye, the sound of “clicking” passed through my ears again. It was immediately after that that an explosion accompanied by hot fire occurred.

Quang-!!

The sharp legs and head of the monster that was flying towards Se-hyeon exploded in the air. The next thing that struck me after the enormous fire was thick smoke that blocked my vision to the point where I couldn’t see an inch in front of me. Sehyeon heard someone’s faint footsteps.

Jeopuk-

A chilling sensation ran through my entire body. Sehyeon unconsciously stood with his back against the wall, blinking his eyes and concentrating on the sound.

How long had it been like that? The sound suddenly stopped. My gaze, with nowhere to go, was still searching through the smoke.

“Surprising. “I thought I was just going to die.”

“!”

I was startled by a sudden sound and reflexively took a step back. At that moment, a gaping hand stretched out from the thick smoke. With no time to do anything, a strong force grabbed hold of my neck and pushed me fiercely into the wall. The hand holding my windpipe was barely visible in my distorted vision.

Perhaps because it recognized the other person, all the smoke swirling around disappeared as if swept away by the wind.

“Wow… .”

The moment Sehyun’s eyes, who were scratching and tearing at the hand that was holding her neck, captured the other person, all actions stopped. Shocked eyes filled with confusion turned to the man. Her man quietly and calmly accepted the gaze.

Facial lines that are perfectly trimmed. It was exactly what Sehyun knew. That breathtakingly bored look, the sad eyes, the cold gaze, and the always tightly shut mouth were all the same as Sehyun remembered.

Geek-

The man’s cold eyes glanced to the side. The monsters with their eyes wide open were huddled together and trembling, looking somewhat fearful. When the man’s eyes turned to Sehyun again, a huge explosion occurred to the side. An acrid smell instantly covered the cave.

The man killed the monsters without making any moves, and it seemed to Sehyeon that he was proud of it. It wasn’t like showing off. It was a question full of ridicule as to whether he was satisfied with this power.

He was the Grand Duke of Behia, the Black Empire where Sehyeon was located, and Sehyeon’s first vassal.

“You said you were awakened, but were you ashamed of your race enough to hide your wings?”

Sehyeon let out a sharp breath and twisted the corners of his eyes. Those cold, sarcastic words had burned me so much that I didn’t even know it hurt anymore.

The man looked impassively at Se-hyeon, who did not respond, and then stretched out his hand to the back of Se-hyeon’s neck. The moment his hand went down the nape of her neck and touched her cervical spine, Sehyun felt a pain shooting up her spine. He tried to twist his body, but his neck was grabbed so he couldn’t even resist.

A crunching sound reached my ears, and the wings were forced open along with a burning pain. The pain that had stabbed my spine disappeared like a lie after the wings were opened.

Sehyun’s eyes were filled with tears as she gasped. The man looked closely at her stretched out wings and indifferently blurted out a word.

“You’re weak.”

“If you know… Let go… Yeah, ugh… .”

“Should I listen to the king who abandoned his country?”

The harsh criticism and hatred poured down on me, clogging my heart. Unlike Sehyeon’s, wings of a different color were sticking out from her man’s back. Black and white. That was a product of Sehyun’s abuse.

He was a very sore finger for Se-hyeon, and he was a Celestial Race who endured and overcame the most and became the highest-ranking race. No, to be exact, he was the one who created a new race called the Black Heavenly Tribe from the Heavenly Gold Tribe.

It was like that back then. I always hated seeing my empire being invaded and defeated by other empires, I felt sorry for being a weak race that had no choice but to be manipulated, and I was jealous of seeing other empires thrive.

So it was like that.

So I only looked for a way to become stronger, and even after I found it, I couldn’t take care of the man who was probably in the most difficult and painful time. It was also a time when he got burned by his own greed, thinking he wanted the same thing.

What Sehyun did to the man was ‘attribute fusion’, which involves transplanting different attributes into the body.

The tragic result was a race called the ‘Dark Heavenly Tribe.’ The man hated his race to the core, a race that had been denied and was born in terrible pain.

“I am so disappointed. “Why didn’t you come to the Empire?”

“No, leave it…” talk… summer solstice… ?”

“I think this is quite undeserved treatment.”

“Black!”

The man’s hand tightened even more. Sehyun’s eyes were tightly closed. A tear fell from the corner of her eye, grazed the back of the man’s hand, and flowed down to the ground. Her man looked down at her coldly for a moment, relaxed his hold on her hand, and stepped away.

As soon as the hand that was squeezing her neck was released, Sehyun gasped and slipped to the floor. The fluttering wing feathers stood so close that they were sensitive.

“I’ll give you ten days.”

“really… Ha, a lot… Give it to me… .”

Those words I heard before folding. Sehyun still couldn’t forget that expression full of hatred. The forgiveness I asked for over and over again and the conversation I asked for over and over again were all trampled upon by those words. That’s why I decided to close, and that’s why I couldn’t go that day.

I’m afraid I’ll see that look again. I’m afraid I’ll hear hate again.

“It would be better to come quietly and on your own. “Before I cut off your limbs and take you away.”

“This place… how… I’m here, haha… .”

The man’s gaze turned to Se-hyeon’s arm, which was wide open and bleeding. Sehyeon’s vision blinked shut. Instead of answering, the man raised his hand in the air. Sehyun’s helpless eyes followed suit.

There was something bright red floating there, as if wrapped around the man’s body. Sehyeon’s eyes narrowed at the sight reminiscent of dark blood. Se-hyeon blinked a few times like that and belatedly realized what it was and shook his head. Empty laughter lingered around.

“my… “It’s blood.”

“Still, you have insight.”

“that… The blood in the space… under… .”

Cursing words naturally flowed out. I felt like I had a vague idea of ​​how he came to be here. It was obvious what he wanted to say to the extent of coming all the way here. Telling me to come back. And a warning that he would be detained.

“egg… Because… stop… go… .”

As I grabbed my arm, which was bleeding, I felt a stabbing pain in my head. I was planning to use the recovery skill as soon as he left, but his hand suddenly appeared again in the blur of vision.

The hand that held my wings and held me felt warm, unlike my cold nature. He was particularly careful with his wings. He stroked it along the grain, lightly brushed off the dust, and smoothed it out without causing any discomfort.

Sehyeon thought it was because of longing. When he was a member of the Heavenly Kingdom, he was very proud of his wings. The once pure white wings have now turned black, and even the white wings have become dull, so I must have missed those white days a lot.

Sehyun was about to say something when she felt the world spinning and quietly rested her head on his shoulder. The moment his vision went black, he felt blood pouring into his arm. Still, he could not open his darkly closed eyes.

Sehyun, who was breathing heavily, soon fell limply onto the man’s body. His wing feathers, which had been sensitively erect, finally sank quietly as if they were drooping. Her man gently grabbed the wing and stroked her longingly.

It was after some time had passed that the man stopped walking.

***

Jaeyoung Lee had an older brother. He is kind, caring, intelligent, and prouder than anyone else, but he is weak.

“Jaeyoung, I don’t think I can play with you today because I’m going to the hospital. What should I do?”

“ah… are you okay! Because the hospital comes first. uh… “Then when can I go buy the Debolzer dinosaur?”

“Shall we go this weekend?”

I missed the kind smile that was given to me. Without even knowing why he missed it, Jaeyoung Lee just thought that way. He was the older brother who raised Lee Jae-young in place of his parents, who were both busy working. However, Lee Jae-young’s older brother was not in good enough condition to regularly go to the hospital.

Since he was an older brother with an 8-year gap between him, he didn’t know how to lean on Lee Jae-young. So Lee Jae-young was always a spoiled child, and looked to his older brother for the love his parents had for him. At the time, he thought it was normal and had no idea that his older brother was having a hard time.

Jaeyoung Lee was only 9 years old at the time. He was very hungry for love and wanted his affectionate older brother to always be by his side. If I was too thirsty, did I become obsessed? Maybe that’s why he couldn’t understand his brother’s feelings and situation.

Still, Jaeyoung Lee loved his older brother more than anyone else. He always wanted to make his brother smile, and he cared about and loved him so much that he wanted to rip his heart out when he was groaning in pain in the early morning.

He was a person who understood Jaeyoung Lee more than anyone else. When everyone was shouting for heroes, Jaeyoung Lee preferred monsters like villains to cool and just heroes.

Whenever people around him would point fingers and whisper, and he would hide his feelings, only his older brother would understand Jaeyoung Lee and comfort him by telling him that it was okay.

One day, my brother asked Lee Jae-young.

“But Jaeyoung. “Why do you like monsters?”