【That’s an excuse. Shin Soo Ah probably didn’t want you to live in the first place.】
Ignoring the shadow’s words, I stood up, holding the sword like a cane.
My whole body hurt like it was going to fall apart.
I knew that if I went back to the darkness I had just experienced, there would be no pain and it would just be comfortable, but I had no choice but to stand up.
As I walked forward, I heard numerous voices behind me.
【Shin Soo Ah would have regretted bringing you here.】
【I wish I had never met you.】
【I would have wished you dead.】
My whole body ached and my head was throbbing.
If Shin Soo-ah knew the truth about all this, she would definitely despise me.
But even if I was despised, there was only one thing I could do.
I had to save Shin Soo Ah and send her out.
-Thump
As I was walking aimlessly, my foot tripped on something.
There was nothing but darkness ahead, but there was clearly a wall.
I had to get out of here.
-Crack!
I raised my sword and swung it at the wall.
The pain was transmitted directly through my arm.
The wall seemed unbreakable, but I kept pounding at it.
【It’s foolish. It’s foolish. If you leave this place, there will only be pain.】
Mocking voices filled the air.
The voices were so loud that even the darkness became blurred.
I continued to swing my sword, biting my tongue to keep myself from fainting.
-Swish, crunch!
How much time has passed?
After swinging it hundreds or thousands of times, it seemed to crack a little, but it was only a small crack.
Because of the pain, I have already lost feeling in both arms.
As I was forcibly trying to lift the sword, a sound was heard from the wall.
-Swish, squeak… … .
A sound like something being struck.
I wasn’t sharpening my knife right now.
So whose voice is that?
【… … Mr. Rim!】
A faint voice was heard along with the sound of a knife being cut.
The sound was coming from the other side of the wall.
The wall was being broken down from the outside, and the gap was gradually widening.
Light was coming in through them.
【… … Let’s go!】
It was just one piece, but the light was so bright it was blinding.
I started slashing at the gap like a madman.
As the wall was struck from both sides, it began to crack and make a cracking sound.
【Mr. Seo Kang-rim, come to your senses!】
With that shout, the darkness cracked and light poured down in all directions.
My eyes widened.
Shin Soo-ah was right in front of me.
“Mr. Kangrim!”
She threw down the knife she was holding and dragged me outside.
The shadow that had been entangled with my body broke off with a thud.
When I looked back, I saw a huge black mass writhing as if in pain.
【Seo Kang-rim is here-!】
【Hey, are you okay? Are you alive?】
【I thought I was going to die after being eaten by a shadow thief!】
【You should thank Shin Soo Ah!】
【Shin Soo Ah kept trying to pull you out of the shadows!】
The person who was breaking the wall on the other side seemed to be Shin Soo-ah.
She said, urgently checking my condition.
“Mr. Kangrim, are you okay?”
“It’s okay. But what happened… … .”
“After quite some time had passed and he hadn’t come out, I went in to check… … and Seo Kang-rim was being eaten by the shadow. Dokgo Jun was blocking him.”
I remembered the time I almost fell for the illusion shown by the Shadow Thief.
I heard that it stimulates the target’s trauma or desires and then swallows them up, but it was a more disgusting experience than I had heard.
As I was trying to get up from my seat, my eyes fell on Shin Soo-ah’s left arm.
Her arm was cut off.
“Ms. Shin Soo-ah! What the hell happened? Why is your hand… …!”
“… … As time passed, the belt of the giant sea was activated.”
At the end of the bandage, there was dried, dark red blood.
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How long have I been in there?
By the way, why didn’t Shin Soo Ah go out?
“Why didn’t you go out? You could have just taken the ticket and left… …!”
“You’re telling me to just leave after seeing Mr. Kangrim being eaten by the shadow?”
You seem like a crazy person.
I couldn’t understand why he sacrificed his arm after so long since we last met.
“What about Dokgo Jun?”
“Mr. Dokgo Jun… … left before the time limit. He said he wouldn’t be able to write a novel if both his wrists were cut off.”
【I told you that kid is really a traitor.】
【In the meantime, you were trying to take it out because you were eaten?】
【Then, Seo Kang-rim runs away, saying that he wouldn’t want to get hurt and that he will survive since he is the main character.】
【He’s a really funny guy.】
They were laughing at Dokgo Jun, but Dokgo Jun was actually a sane person.
At least that person knows that his own body is precious.
Why doesn’t Shin Soo Ah do that basic thing?
What kind of person in the world would give up their arm for someone they’ve only known for a few months?
I couldn’t hold back my anger.
“You should have left then, Shin Soo-ah! Why did you stay here so stupidly!”
“It keeps coming back to things that have already happened… … … .”
Shin Soo-ah collapsed forward before she could finish her rebuttal.
I tried to get her up in a hurry, but then realized it too late.
Shin Soo-ah’s appearance was beyond words.
She had been exhausted for a long time.
First of all, one of his arms was cut off by a saw, so there was no way he would be in good condition.
He must have been exhausted from continuing to cast shadows while bleeding profusely.
【Seo Kang-rim, you bad boy! Why are you doing that to the person who was left to save you now!】
【Shin Soo Ah, even though her arm was cut off, she was still attacking the shadows.】
【Even the real Shin Soo Ah is not ordinary… … How can she endure being cut up alive?】
【I passed out while stabbing, and when I woke up, I passed out while stabbing again.】
I was speechless at the gods’ rebuke.
You idiot, why were you taking your anger out on Shin Soo Ah for no reason?
At that time, I had to quickly take Shin Soo Ah out.
The moment I tried to get her up from her seat, my vision went dark.
《Come back… … .》
The sound was coming from behind.
A voice that seems to come from far away, or whisper right next to your ear.
When I looked back, I saw that shadows had spread out in all directions, covering the entire room.
The walls, ceiling, and floor were all covered in black.
The door was shrouded in darkness.
【No, that thing isn’t dead?】
【In the meantime, all the doors were blocked.】
【I guess I have to knock that down to get out?】
As the gods had said, it seemed impossible to escape like this.
A huge black rock-like thing began to writhe as if it had come to life, and a human-sized shadow walked out between it.
《Child, come back… … .》
The shadow’s voice sounded like mine.
The booming voice continued.
《I don’t want to hurt you, but if you don’t come back… . 》
As the shadow reached out, something flowed out from its black hand.
The black tar-like things began to change shape, distorting and tangling.
[The ability ‘Creation of Demons’ is activated!]
The demons born from the shadows raised their heads one by one.
Damn, did you steal that ability too?
Looking at the description window, it was an ability that consumed magical power to create new demons.
I urgently summoned Yorongi and Liny from the spirit world.
“Huh? Woof?”
“Kyaang?”
The two seemed bewildered by the sudden change in circumstances.
I stepped forward, holding the map.
“Protect Ms. Shin Soo Ah.”
In my current state, I don’t have the energy to deal with the demons and protect Shinsooah.
Moreover, the wooden lacquerware had just been damaged from being exposed to flames for too long.
If only I could open just one door and let Shin Soo Ah out… … .
【Are you attaching both of Youngsoo’s to Shinsoo’s escort?】
【What about you, Kangrim?】
【Yeah! One of them should fight with you!】
“Everyone has their own thoughts.”
I shouted at him and walked forward.
The demons that had filled the garden before I knew it roared with their eyes glaring.
-Koooo!
The demons all rushed at me, thrusting their teeth and claws at me.
They were trying to bite my limbs from all sides.
-Whoaaah!
My shadow didn’t attack me directly, but black thorns stretched out from all sides, hindering my walking.
As I cut, tore, and pierced through the demons blocking my path, a strange power notification sound rang out, mocking me.
[The ability ‘Creation of Demons’ is activated!]
[The ability ‘Creation of Demons’ is activated!]
[The ability ‘Creation of Demons’ is activated!]
Damn it, how much magic power do I have left?
When one fell, two rose, and when two were cut down, four came back to life.
My body began to become tattered from the attacks of the demons.
【Even the shadow is stupid! Even if he attacks Seo Kang-rim, he only takes damage!】
【Seo Kang-rim, hold on! While you hold on, tell the Young-soos to take care of it!】
【Yeah. Just a little more… … Huh?】
Then the shadow slowly raised my arm.
It was an arm that, like me, had been torn off by the devil’s teeth and claws.
At that moment, a distortion was captured at the tip of the finger.
[The ability ‘Regeneration’ is activated!]
As soon as ‘Regeneration’ was activated, Shadow’s wounds began to heal in an instant.
Before I knew it, the shadow was clean and without a single scratch.
The demons pounced on me before I could even swear.
-Crunch!
I swung my sword instinctively without even thinking.
The corpses of the demons I had killed were piled up in large quantities, but it seemed that it was still not enough.
Not yet, not yet?
I think it would be okay if I just killed a little more… …!
“Kyaang!”
As I was fighting the demons without rest, Yo-rong-i, who couldn’t stand to watch, rushed at me.
Before Yo-rong could fire a flame grenade at the demon, I immediately cut the demon in half.
“Don’t come out!”
“Huh?”
“You stay next to Shin Soo Ah! Never come out!”
At my words, Yorong flinched and stepped back.
I couldn’t miss a single demon.
The faint sound of a notification was my only hope.
[You have earned 10 points of public service.]
With this many demons, each time you kill one, you will gain some reputation points.
Collect them to increase your abilities.
For now, we had no choice but to pin our hopes on it.
Meanwhile, my shadow has been pressuring me even more.
“Child, why are you struggling so much?”
“Why do you want to accumulate karma like that?”
“Why do you want to do something that no one knows about?”
The shadowy voice was ringing in my brain.
It’s noisy, it’s noisy.
It seemed as if that bastard’s magical power was endless, as new demons were constantly being born from the shadows.
“Child, sleep inside me.”
The shadows of countless demons surrounded me.
My body was already a mess from swinging the sword.
There was no end in sight to this battle.
Why am I doing this?
If I commit suicide, that shadow will disappear too.
Why am I using such foolish methods?
As if reading my mind, one of the demons opened its large mouth and rushed at me.
There was darkness in that mouth.
Just peaceful darkness.
If I die like this, I can be at ease… … .
“Mr. Kangrim, you can’t die!”
But there was a voice crying out, “Do not die.”
I screamed and swung my sword.
The moment the demon was torn in half, a notification window popped up before my eyes.
[‘Strength’ grows to level 30!]
[All abilities have reached level 30!]
[When the conditions are met, the second trait ‘Twelve Branches’ blooms!]
