Episode 295
Let’s calm down for now.
I let out a hot breath and thought of other possibilities. okay. Maybe he just went to run some errands.
“… shit.”
I immediately realized that this was an idiotic idea, so I packed my bags first.
I roughly stuffed the luggage scattered around the room into my bag, and there was a lot of Ramon’s luggage around.
The difference with my luggage was that these were not scattered haphazardly and were neatly organized.
… It’s as if I organized it so that it would be easy for me to pack it away.
This kind of consideration is truly a request.
[If that goblin has already left.]
I suddenly came to my senses when I heard Musin’s words.
“Did you see it?”
[I saw it.]
Mushin’s voice was calm, but for some reason that fact bothered me, so I raised my voice.
“If you saw it, why didn’t you wake me up?”
[Would you like to wake me up?]
Musin asked the opposite question.
[Were you able to come up with something sharp? Other than the method suggested by Ymir, did you think of any tricks that could help both of you survive?]
“… that.”
[hope. It’s a good thing. Human life has no choice but to always pursue that. The more difficult and desperate the situation is, the more you wish for a miracle that goes beyond hope.]
“Are you saying this is a miracle? Stepping on the corpse of a comrade?”
[Don’t be mistaken.]
A cold voice pierced my lungs.
[Do you think I kept silent to save Yeonja? it is not so. I just respected the determination of a warrior. He just respected the man’s wish to achieve what he wanted, even if it meant sacrificing his life. I am absolutely saying that I did not remain silent for the sake of the speaker.]
“… … .”
I closed my mouth, opened it, and eventually closed it.
sick.
The fact that Musin, who usually never lost his gentleness when showing his emotions, being agitated, or even admonishing me, is now using a harsh tone as if he is criticizing me.
It’s not that I’m offended by Musin’s attitude, but I feel pathetic for having behaved so much that I had no choice but to show myself like this.
I stood there for a moment as if I were nailed to the spot, then suddenly came to my senses.
‘… God bless you.’
I have your blessings.
It is my only protection that eliminated the nightmare of a blood-filled retreat, where most of the young and unblooming talent died.
If so, it’s not too late.
You can go back to the past.
okay. There was a lack of preparation from the beginning, and there was too little information.
Now I know the situation of the church, I have a general idea of its power, and I have an idea of its purpose.
So, you can reorganize your strategy based on that information.
Wouldn’t it be best before Lanfero leaves? I don’t know what caused the delay in returning, but it’s probably not more important than Ramon’s death.
It would be a great help if we could rush through the stone gate with that vampire clan leader.
therefore.
‘I’m regretting it now.’
I don’t know if I’m talking to someone.
But I kept repeating to myself.
‘I regret it, God. 이 개새끼야. Are you listening?’
I regret it so much that this is the first time since my regression that I have felt this bad about myself.
That’s right.
In the end, if all of this is the result of my weakness, hasty judgment, and mistakes, it is a problem that can be solved by becoming stronger.
Return to Yeongsan, undergo 100 days of training, and become strong enough to crush the heads of not only priests but also corps commanders.
therefore.
‘Send it back.’
Answer me.
‘… Send it back.’
Answer me.
I stood there quietly for a while and waited.
I hope that God’s protection will be activated, or whatever it is, that you will respond.
“… … .”
There was no change.
On the cold earth, only a snowstorm raged quietly.
* * *
How did the person who left knowing that he was going to die feel?
It’s hard for me to imagine.
I put Ramon’s belongings neatly into the bag one by one.
It was amazing how so many things were packed into such a small body.
“… … .”
Among the things Ramon left behind was a pocket watch.
‘You left this behind too.’
If it’s a relic, it’s obviously a valuable item, but does that mean you won’t need it in the future?
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Certainly, nothing is as meaningless as time to the dead.
Since you’ve already risked your life, there’s no need to calculate time, you just need to know the direction you’re going.
Sweet.
I checked the time.
And I also realized the feeling of discomfort I felt right before falling asleep.
– senior… How long has it been?
– About ten hours after starting? There is still some room. Close your eyes for a moment. I will wake you up.
Ten hours are nonsense
When I checked the time, right before Ramon woke up, twelve hours had already passed.
This probably means that there is quite a bit of time left, so you can rest assured.
So, that means Ramon wasn’t persuaded by me from the beginning.
How can you not even realize such a trivial fact?
No matter how slow-witted I was.
‘… ah. Lamonti.’
Something was put in there.
Of course, that fact was no excuse.
Tick-.
Suddenly, the surrounding sounds became faint, and only the faint sound of the second hand reached my ears.
I looked at the time again.
About fifteen hours have passed since the start of the incident. This means that I didn’t sleep for very long. Maybe an hour or two.
then… … .
It means Ramon is still alive.
Even now, I’m going through that cold blizzard and heading towards where the Giant Killer is. Walking through the pure white snow.
Tick-.
If we go now, we might be able to catch up.
Ramon’s movement speed is slow.
He couldn’t even learn light attack, and his physical ability wasn’t as superior as Araksad’s.
Even if I leave now, I will catch up quickly… … .
– Don’t be mistaken.
… By catching up.
And then what?
– Do you think I would have kept silent to save Yeonja? it is not so. I just respected the determination of a warrior. He just respected the man’s wish to achieve what he wanted, even if it meant sacrificing his life.
I looked around again.
How did Ramon feel as he was packing up his luggage?
It must have been scary. You must have been annoyed. I might have regretted it.
It’s natural because you’re going to die.
But still, Ramon did it.
I put everything in order before I got up and headed toward the temple with heavy steps.
Is it really right to stop such a man from making such a decision?
Tick-.
Let’s go without any plan, and although the time left for you is only about two hours, let’s both escape the titan’s camouflage safely in the remaining time, then go outside and kill that incredibly powerful corps commander.
Is it okay to say that?
‘It’s impossible.’
This is not a problem that can be overcome by being stubborn.
In the end, I had no choice but to pack my bags again. All I had to do was stuff the remaining house into the bag, but it wasn’t very fast.
At that moment, I realized that I was intentionally slowing down.
This was because once all of this was sorted out, a decision had to be made.
In the end, what I chose was neither this nor that, but just a potential hold-off.
The most unsightly choice.
Tick-.
Time, time.
Damn time.
Even at this moment, time was passing.
Well, what is the right answer?
Saruk.
At that moment, the feel of paper passed by my fingertips.
paper?
There was a note underneath the thick ledger that Ramon had left behind, and the writing was crooked.
Ramon’s handwriting, which I saw a few times while we were together, was very neat, but it couldn’t have been helped.
Even if there is a campfire, it is not easy to write with bare hands in this temperature.
I probably wrote this with trembling hands.
[Sorry. young master.]
The letter started with an apology.
Just like Ramon.
[Because I did things as I wanted.]
[Maybe there was a better way. I may be thinking alone and making hasty judgments.]
[But didn’t you also say something before attacking the priest? You can’t miss the opportunity.]
[I know what you said back then.]
[They say we don’t have time.]
[I thought about it all the time, but no matter how many times I thought about it, this method was the best.]
[So please don’t worry. Please postpone the memorial service for a little while.]
[Please speak kindly to Brother Lanpero. Stop being traumatized, and since the risk of clan disbandment has disappeared, please assume your dignity as clan leader… … . Ugh. There seems to be no end to writing this.]
[My brother is a person who can at least pretend to work by pecking from the side. He feels a little relieved to think that he is freed from that annoying role.]
[From now on, I will ask you to do it for me. I’m going to die, so can you listen to this much?]
[Then take care of yourself. young master.]
[thanked.]
It was also Ramon-like to worry about someone until the very end.
In the end, both the beginning and the end of the note ended like Ramon.
And I am.
“… … .”
Only after reading the note was I finally able to make a decision.
It’s not completely brushed off.
Nevertheless, I was determined to make a decision.
If it weren’t for Ramon’s note, I wouldn’t have been able to get rid of my hesitation until the end, so I was indebted to Goblin Senior until the end.
I quickly packed up my things, straightened my collar, headed toward where Mjolnir was, and asked Ymir where the stomach exit was.
[…] North.]
[It was once the warmest place, but now it is the coldest place.]
[A place where the boundaries between time and space blur… … .]
[If the goblin pulls out the Giant Killer, winter will close and an exit will be revealed at the end of the road.]
“How long will it take?”
[Two hours.]
How big is my stomach that I had to walk for two hours?
[But, human. The road to the exit will not be smooth.]
[It’s not just goblins who have to risk their lives.]
“… … .”
It meant that I, too, would have to risk my life, but I thought it would be better, so I laughed at it.
It’s a disgusting feeling.
If you risk your life like your predecessor, do you think you will lose any sense of debt to Ramon, who really deserves to die?
I never thought I was such a pathetic person.
Going to Yeongsan, returning… … .
At some point, I felt like I developed a little bit of self-love. I thought that I wasn’t such a bad guy.
I guess not.
Along with the thought that nature is not easy to change, at this moment, I hated myself more than when I was behaving like a fool in the past.
‘North.’
I left the temple with a compass in my hand.
There was a snowstorm that felt like my whole body was frozen. I adjusted my collar and threw myself into the blizzard.
* * *
After learning martial arts, my life changed.
There was a lot of hard work and a lot of hardships, but there were many things that improved.
This is true even without considering basic health, physical condition, and strength.
In my case, I was able to become relatively immune to the cold, and this was also thanks to Cheil Chloride.
Thanks to this, the northern environment, which is notorious for its extreme cold, was not that painful for me.
The journey to Snowville was certainly difficult, but what bothered me the most was hunger.
As long as I have endurance, I can be said to have more resistance to cold than Mir, who is from the north.
… As long as there is strength.
“… … .”
I let out pure white breath.
There isn’t much strength left now.
Of course, there is enough to maintain body temperature, but my ultimate goal is not to get out of here.
Since you have to assume the battle that will occur after that, you need to conserve your energy consumption as much as possible.
Because of that, for the first time in a long time, I felt the cold scratching my whole body.
Whioooooo-.
With only the sound of a howling snowstorm ringing in my ears, I checked my surroundings.
Buildings were lined up on either side of me.
Of course, it looked like it had been broken and abandoned for at least hundreds of years, so it looked more like an old ruin than a building.
It was similar to the temple where Mjolnir was located, but compared to places where at least the shape of the building remained, the level here was serious.
As a result, I ended up walking along the road of a ruined village…
‘ah.’
At that moment, I realized the absurd fact that at some point in the past, there was a village in Ymir’s body.
I don’t know if it was during Ymir’s lifetime or after his death.
Anyway, from a human perspective, both are things of the distant past.
Then, at some point, everyone here would have died or left. Or maybe the cultists killed them.
Anyway, I no longer have to worry about getting lost.
All you have to do is just walk along this road.
Of course, I still couldn’t completely trust it, so I sometimes took out a compass and checked the direction.
Whioooooooo… … .
A cold wind blew through the women’s collars.
I could feel my body getting cold starting from the tips of my fingers.
How long will it take for this cold to reach my heart? Until then, will I be able to reach the ‘exit of winter’?
‘… … .’
This is not the time to ask yourself, “Can we get there?”
You must reach it.
Only then will Ramon’s death have meaning.
No matter how difficult it is, it is only two hours.
Rather than how to proceed, you should pay more attention to how much effort you can save.
… In my mind, I wanted to sprint with all my energy unleashed, but I couldn’t do that.
I suppressed my impatience and continued walking.
Walk, walk, walk again…
At some point, I realized something strange.
Even though I walked quite a bit, the surrounding scenery did not change. You’re not walking in the same place over and over again. That level of insight still remains.
then? Should I run?
How much time is left?
I reflexively took out my pocket watch and checked it – and soon my eyebrows furrowed.
The clock was broken.
no. Since the watch looked old to begin with, it wouldn’t have been surprising if it broke down at any time, but at a time like this?
It was a moment when I stopped walking and looked at the clock in vain.
Tick-.
The second hand moved.
Wasn’t it broken?
For some reason, I had a premonition, so I started moving again while looking blankly at the clock.
And when I walked about a hundred steps… … .
Tick-.
The second hand moved again.
By this time, my premonition had taken on the form of anxiety and was creeping up the back of my neck.
There is no way a holy relic could break down that easily.
Still, I walk one more time.
Not only can you count your steps, but you can even count seconds in your head.
And one minute passes.
After walking about a hundred steps.
Tick-.
The second hand moved again.
“… … .”
There is no way a broken clock would work at such a certain timing.
In other words, the flow of time had changed once again.
‘It was the opposite during the ice cave.’
Normally, one minute here became one second, and then I remembered what Ymir had told me.
This is what it means to say that the boundaries between time and space are blurring.
‘… It’s sick. really.’
I grabbed my watch and swallowed a curse.
If this happens, all plans will be ruined.
The time originally expected to be two hours increased sixty times.
120 hours.
I have to endure this damn cold for five days.
fantasy,
