[EP.153] History of the World Encroacher
World eroder.
They are strangers who arrived in this world for various reasons.
Each of them once had their own world, and they certainly found happiness there.
However, the world has always been finite.
Ebelask Benapoch.
The world she lived in was also like that.
The world she lived in was called Dyrox.
By the time she was born, Dyrox had already reached the end of its life.
Acid rain was always pouring from the sky, and no living things bloomed in the soil.
So each creature became vicious in order to survive.
Below the ground, where acid rain cannot reach.
Many people founded their own cities.
Ebelask was an outcast in that city.
Day by day, barely surviving life.
Her dream was always to look outside.
This was because she had never seen the outside world since she was born.
So, she saved up the money she ate every day and bought a book at an antique store.
This was because the book contained many stories and pictures about the earth long ago.
Just seeing it was the joy of life for her.
Then one day it happened.
She found a book among the antiques.
Necromancerology.
She held a book on a subject that was said to have been lost a long time ago and read it with fascination.
And I soon noticed one thing.
He himself had considerable talent in necromancerism.
How amazing is it that they created a white-skeleton monster in one day using the remaining bones of a rat they had recently eaten?
The sight of a white-skeleton corpse moving according to its own will was very interesting.
From that day on, she began studying necromancerism every day.
I was on the verge of collecting all the related books I could.
While secretly studying necromancerism day after day.
“Ebelask!”
A girl’s cries rang out as if breaking down the door of the shack where she lived.
Ebelask, who was studying today as usual, was startled and hid the materials.
“Ah, Aimi, I’m surprised. what’s the matter.”
Then, naturally, he pretended not to know and welcomed the person who came in.
There was a girl with brown braided hair.
She was bright and cheerful and had been his old friend since childhood.
When I was young, he was my most precious and only friend who was with me even when it was difficult to earn a day and eat a day.
“Why are you so surprised? “You were watching something dirty again.”
“My, when do you see me doing something dirty!”
Ebelask shouted, his face turning bright red.
One day, I realized that the book I bought turned out to be a sensual novel, and I got caught reading it engrossed in it.
She was always teasing herself like that.
She smiled mischievously and soon came in making a fuss.
“Ebelask, do you remember the rumors that have been going around recently?”
“rumor?”
“Yes, the rumor that the earth has become safer!”
Ebelask’s eyes blinked.
Yes, she had also heard through rumors that the land had become safer.
But I didn’t have much interest.
The world was such that it was difficult to believe such hopeful rumors.
That’s because even underground cities don’t have much life left.
Soon.
Estimated next 3 years.
All underground resources will run out, the shelters being maintained will be extinguished, and the ground will collapse along with acid rain.
That was the future of this dark world.
However, a girl named Aimi was always bright and never lost hope.
“no. Ebelask, for real this time. Under the name of the Dyrox Salvation Team, we began to gather people from each city who would go to the surface.”
Ebelask looked surprised.
It was a different story if you were preparing it yourself in the city.
“Well, isn’t it just like a regular investigation team?”
“It’s different this time. It is said that the investigation team that recently returned found signs that the ground was becoming safer. Even in the city, we are gathering people who are considered powerful.”
Aimi’s eyes were sparkling fiercely.
She has a job as a nuker, fighting criminal groups and twisted monsters living underground.
And she was one of the most skilled nukers.
She always had a great desire for fame and pride in her job, and her eyes were shining so brightly.
“A deal to build a space movement magic circle connected to the underground at the location where the omen was discovered.”
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“Ah, Aimi, are you sure you want to participate in that?”
“Yes, I think so.”
Aimi’s eyes were infinitely serious.
Ebelask was embarrassed when he saw those eyes.
There were signs that it was safe outside, but that was just the investigation team’s word.
No one knows what the reality is like.
In fact, it was safe to say that this was a gamble the city was taking when there were only three years left in the underground city’s lifespan.
If you’re not careful, you’re destined to die before even completing three years.
Aimi was struggling against that fate.
“Aimi, it’s too dangerous.”
Ebelask said with concern.
According to Aimi, there were many other people participating besides her.
So she wanted to say that it would be okay if Aimi did not participate.
“I have taken on the role of Nuker’s vice-captain this time. “Not long ago, the vice-captain suffered a puncture in his lung and eventually died.”
The underground city was not provided with a proper sanitary environment or medicine.
Therefore, those in the underground city were vulnerable to diseases, and Nuker was the most severe among them.
Because they engaged in direct combat, it was easy for germs to infiltrate during the battle.
Nevertheless, Nuker exists.
Because they are the only ones who can protect the city.
“If the vice-captain is gone, things will look bad.”
Ebelask realized why she came today.
She had come to tell him that she was leaving.
“Aimi.”
“Trust me. “Your friend is a famous strongman in the city, right?”
When Aimi saw Ebelask, a smile appeared on her lips.
Ebelask, seeing that smile, squeezed her hand.
“Have a safe trip.”
“Yes, if I find any books or anything like that when I come back, I’ll bring them all. “Is it okay if I focus on sensual novels?”
“It’s that sound again!”
Aimi laughed as she looked at Ebelask who shouted and then left.
And the rescue team was dispatched with everyone’s expectations in mind.
That’s 1 year.
The rescue team never returned in the end.
Naturally, Aimi, who was included there, also did not return.
“Aimi, you promised… … .」
After hearing the news of her disappearance, Ebelask looked blank.
Well, it’s safe to say that I’ve grown up with her my entire life.
Aimi was sometimes like an older sister, and sometimes like a younger sister.
Her disappearance deeply shook Ebelask’s heart.
In addition, the city’s security has begun to deteriorate even more recently.
Since many skilled nukers were dispatched to the rescue team, there were fewer hands to manage security.
As a result, it became easier for criminal groups to invade.
The lifespan of cities is rapidly decreasing.
The end came right in front of us and started knocking on the door.
People fell into a sense of anxiety and despair.
Some people set fire to several houses while praising the apocalypse and shouting that the only salvation is death.
When the city slowly began to accept destruction.
smart-
After hearing the news of Aimi’s disappearance, someone knocked on the door of her house, where she had been living in despair every day.
She opened the door with a sobbing body.
Then, what I saw was a middle-aged man who used to be famous as the Iron Lion, but had retired.
He glanced at her almost broken body and said:
“Ebelask, I heard that you are researching necromancerism.”
Ebelask was shocked when he heard that question.
Yes, it was a natural story.
Necromancerism was a lost discipline, but it was banned in the city.
This is because handling corpses itself can create numerous problems.
So Ebelask thought he had come to punish them for breaking the city’s rules.
“Well, that can’t be possible! There’s no way you could research something like that!”
“I need your help.”
Ebelask paused.
When she looked at him with puzzled eyes, the lion stared at her with serious eyes.
“Do you remember the people who went to the rescue group a year ago?”
Every time I remember.
Among them was my dearest friend, Aimi.
“A while ago, a signal came from the communication magic device. “The magic field on the ground is so strong that the meaning of the signal is unknown, but the signal is clearly a report of survival.”
“W-What?! Really!?”
Ebelask was startled and cried out to him.
“Okay, if you want, I can confirm it for you. And we have determined that they have now arrived at a safe location, and for some reason, the space magic circle is not in operation and is sending a signal.”
Ebelask’s eyes grew wide.
“I thought the acid rain storm and the strong magic field over the past year since they left had an effect on preventing them from returning. And today, when the signal was confirmed, the storm and magic field decreased.”
This is a very hopeful observation.
But Ebelask’s heart fluttered as soon as he heard those words.
Aimi is alive.
That fact energized her body.
“The city is planning to dispatch a second rescue team. Of course, we are much better prepared than we were then.”
“Can I be of help?”
“The roads were completely changed by the acid rain storm and the magic field. “We need to make a new judgment on whether this is a path that humans can follow or not.”
Only then did Ebelask understand.
He is a necromancer, someone who deals with corpses.
If a body had been sent in advance to test the road, the road could have been secured more safely.
Ebelask’s eyes filled with power.
“great. “I will participate.”
Even if it was to find his friend, Aimi.
She definitely had the intention to participate in this rescue team.
Seeing her firm resolve, the Lioness nodded.
“Departure is in two days. “Be prepared.”
The Iron Lion left those words and left.
And two days later.
Ebelask participated in the relief team.
A total of four people participated in the rescue team.
Led by Iron Lion and Ebelask.
A male wizard who specializes in subspace magic.
A one-armed female swordsman who stood out the most among the remaining Nukers.
A small number of people, four in total, were part of this second relief team.
It is clearly very small compared to the first one.
However, the city was reaching its limit to the extent that it could no longer accommodate people.
This was because virtually all of those who were already flying and crawling were members of the first rescue team.
“Let’s go.”
With the words of the Iron Lion, Ebelask began to climb the stairs leading to the ground.
Then her heart started pounding.
A land that has never been seen before.
It was only natural that I got to climb the land I was so curious about.
“Hey, Captain, was the name of the first relief team Abalos? “What is our second car?”
Avalos means wing in the Dirox language.
When the one-armed female swordsman Lu Zhilang asked, the lion gave a short answer.
“Benapochi.”
“Hmm, what is that?”
When Lu Zhirang tilted his head and said, “This is something I’ve never heard of before,” the male wizard Mu Zhikang smiled brightly.
“It means hope in ancient language.”
“Wow, really, I wrote it emotionally.”
“Yes, it is true that we are the last hope. The city is now in its final stages.”
Mu Zhikang glanced down at the endless stairs.
He looked at the underground city, where only death was now left, with mixed eyes.
“Soon.”
It was when the iron messenger told the two to be careful.
Ebelask could see the entrance to the ground.
The entrance was blocked with steel and other things.
The iron messenger who arrived in front of him gave strength and turned the circular doorknob with both hands.
Kklik, kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!
After turning for a while, the door swung open.
At that moment, Ebelask closed his eyes tightly as the light came in.
That’s because she was weak to light because she had lived underground all her life.
And when she slowly opened her eyes.
What is reflected is cracked ground and sand.
And the sun was shining brightly.
Her eyes opened wide when she saw the sun.
This was because the warmth of the sun, which I had never seen in my life, was seeping into my body.
It’s outside.
This was outside.
“I can’t believe I can see the sun. “Today is your lucky day.”
And the Iron Lion looked up at the sky and said.
“And it won’t get better soon.”
At the same time, his eyes turned to the other side.
Dark clouds were gathering in the distance along with the sound of a crackling sound.
The dark clouds filled with acid rain were intended to turn this land into hell.
And the pouring rain was heavy enough to create rivers.
“Move quickly.”
That’s how the four’s journey began.
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And, as expected, the journey was difficult.
“W-It’s falling apart!”
Because of the acid rain that poured down every day, the weak ground collapsed every time they walked, and the underground tried to swallow them up.
“There are so many of them. Captain, make sure you block it there! “Help me from here!”
“Well, it’s not breasts! “It’s Ebelask!”
“Here we come again!”
“Everyone stop talking and focus.”
Even in this acid rain, the monsters wandering the ground became interested in their prey and flocked in droves.
Thanks to this, the four of you became haggard as time went by.
Preventing acid rain is a difficult task, but the ground collapses frequently, monsters keep popping out of nowhere, and even magic field storms often appear.
I thought if there was hell, it would be here.
But maybe that’s why?
The four of them had many more frequent conversations.
“In times like this, when there is no communication, we become less able to trust and rely on each other. And mistakes will occur there.”
That was the theory of the Iron Lion, the leader of the 2nd Salvation Team.
At first, I thought all three of them would do it.
As time passed, the four people talked more and more.
They also vaguely felt it.
The moment this conversation ends is the end for them as well.
“I was born to a mother who was raped by criminals. Her mother committed suicide shortly after giving birth to me, and thanks to her, she was sold into the backroom trade and raised as a slave. The owner was a crazy man with a fetish for his hands. So, when I turned 8, I cut my hands off, saying that was when I had the prettiest hands. “You bastard.”
One-armed female swordsman Rougelang confessed her difficult past.
“Haha, I don’t have such dark stories, so what should I do? Oh, it’s still there. “My teacher was afraid that my position would be taken away because I was a bit talented, so he tried to kill me.”
The wizard Mu Zhikang, who pretends to be bright but in reality is not, told about his past.
He told me later that the person who was his teacher was none other than his father.
“When I retired, my daughter participated in the first relief team while I was sick. Medicine was the price.”
The Lion told us the reason why he participated in this rescue team.
He wanted to find the first rescue team more than anyone else.
Because his daughter would be there.
I later heard that his daughter’s name was Benapoch.
“Kkeke, then, since it’s come to this, should we at least establish our family as a second rescue team? Benapozzi family. how is it? The so-called nobles of the city often build these. “Those trash that only know about themselves.”
“You mean family? If that happens, wouldn’t Rouge and you have the same family relationship? “I feel bad.”
“You should stop liking me.”
「… … “Who likes it?”
Lu Zhilang and Mu Zhikang bickered often.
Even though the two didn’t seem to get along well, they put each other first in times of danger.
“Huh, huh, I can’t do it dirty… … .」
“Ugh, it’s noisy. “You are rough.”
And Ebelask tried his best to pretend not to have heard the sound that came during the night.
“They say your friend and my daughter were friends.”
And I heard an unexpected story from Cheolsaja.
It is said that Aimi and Benapoch, the daughter of the iron lion, were friends.
He was feeling guilty for bringing Ebelask with him.
That was because she was not much older than his daughter, so even though he prioritized his daughter, he always cared about her.
“are you okay. “I’m on my way to find my friends.”
The wire lion looked back at her as if surprised.
Then Ebelask looked slightly embarrassed.
“Hmm, hmm, after all, a friend’s friend is a friend, right? “Then Benapocci is also my friend.”
The Iron Lion, who was quietly listening to those words, smiled for the first time.
「… … Right. “My daughter will like it.”
That laughter was a memory that would remain in Ebelask’s mind for a long time.
And the journey continued.
There were times when I lost my way.
This was because the road had changed so much over the past time that it was not easy to find.
Still, the four of them moved steadily, following the signal.
And in the end, the first victim came out.
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