#50
It was an instant for the four airships to explode. Before the airship exploded, those on the emergency aircraft were seen barely escaping and landing above the village. It wasn’t long before he was fired upon and landed on top of the village.
Among them, the snake-headed man wearing a red cape, who was lucky enough to escape, fell down in a devastated state as soon as he set foot on the ground. Where his eyes were focused, there were four crashed and burning airships. He was Autumn, the king of the poisonous empire. In an instant, everything became quiet.
A perfect end to the war.
The only sound that could be heard was the combustion sound of the collapsed and burning airship. It took less than 10 minutes for everything to end. Everyone was so frozen that they couldn’t even open their mouths as they were swept away. Kim Gap-jun even looked white, as if his color had been lost.
As soon as everything was concluded, the blue curtain that had surrounded Sehyun’s group slowly rolled back, as if its mission had been fulfilled. Only then did the smell of burnt air reach the tip of my nose.
“Cough… !”
“brother!”
“Mr. Sehyeon!”
“Cover your mouth with your clothes.”
Everyone had inhaled the smoke, but I couldn’t figure out why I was the only one coughing. Se-hyeon pulled his sleeve and covered his mouth and nose as Baek Do-hyeon shouted in a hurry. It was difficult to breathe, but the coughing gradually subsided.
Only after the coughing stopped did Sehyeon raise his head and look at the village where everything had disappeared. Between the piles of collapsed buildings, a huge airship could be seen attempting to land. The airship crushed the leaning houses and landed on the ground, leaving a large scar on the ground.
It was an airship several times the size of the village. Even the surrounding forest was reduced to rubble. People took in the sight without even blinking. No, it was more accurate to say that I was frozen and didn’t know how to move.
The sight of the airship landing through the fog was majestic, but at the same time, it felt eerie, like a monster approaching with its mouth wide open. It seemed even more so, perhaps because of the ruined surrounding scenery.
Through the shimmering heat that covered the ruins, the inside of the aircraft that had stopped running began to slowly open.
Sehyeon gritted his teeth as he looked at the people walking through them. He exhaled long enough for his shoulders to shake in an attempt to calm him down, but he couldn’t straighten out his tense mind.
Still, Sehyun stood up alone.
“Baek Do-hyun… . Since he can stand on his own, I helped him. Jaeyoung too… .”
“brother… ?”
“What are you going to do in that situation?” .”
Sereung-
It was an instant before Baek Do-hyeon, who was reaching out to grab Se-hyeon, was pointed at the neck by a long blade. The person who was aiming the knife was none other than a man with silver-blue hair. Baek Do-hyun’s fingertips stiffened.
“Stand back.”
The eyes of the man pointing the knife were turned downward. Her eyes were trying hard to hide their coldness. That was a warning. It was a warning to Sehyun, not to anyone else.
“… Don’t worry, Baek Do-hyun. Jaeyoung too… Let’s just stay. are you okay… .”
Se-hyeon left Baek Do-hyeon and Lee Jae-young and stood on her own two feet. And he slowly took his steps. His first step stumbled because his knee buckled, but he managed to stand again. After taking a few steps forward, Kim Gap-jun with a stern expression appeared in front of Se-hyeon.
“Mr. Gapjun Kim. What I said… Do not forget it.”
Se-hyeon passed by Kim Gap-jun, who nodded with a heavy expression. Just moved ten steps. Letting out a rough breath, I looked ahead and saw a man with a pair of differently colored wings standing a short distance away, staring at Sehyeon.
He was the person I was with the most. Nevertheless, he was the one who had everything taken away from him by Sehyeon. His cloudy wings and cool eyes of different colors spoke of this.
He was ‘Nelus’, the Grand Duke of Behia, the Black Empire. No, it was ‘Ruhak’.
“… hurry… “You’re here.”
My labored breathing mingled with the surrounding heat. The very first. When she first connects to Elix and meets her man, she hears her name from him. At that time, Sehyeon couldn’t hide his excitement at the name that made his heart flutter.
The pair of pretty wings that matched the name, his transparent blonde hair and golden eyes, and his clean appearance all matched the name, so I was excited and happy. To Sehyun, Nelus was that kind of person.
“It is one of the Grand Duke’s responsibilities to live up to the king’s expectations.”
However, the current Grand Duke abandoned that name and chose another. It was a long time later that Sehyeon learned that ‘Nelus’ was a name that could only be used by those who were unspoiled.
The new name he chose was ‘Ruhak’. He was a name that meant a corrupt person, a heretic of the tribe.
Nevertheless, Sehyun did not call him that.
“… Don’t kill me. no… Ha, don’t lift a finger.”
Ruhak’s eyes closed and opened numbly. Instead of answering, he raised his right hand and lightly flicked his fingertips. With a clicking sound, the head of a vassal of the Venomous Empire lying nearby exploded with a terrible sound. The blood that burst from the man’s head splashed all the way to Sehyeon’s feet.
“What is the justification for doing so?”
Everything seemed twisted. Ruhak and his vassals standing stiffly behind him, those running around trying to clean up the surroundings, and the people screaming here and there for help, everything seemed twisted and glimmering.
Sehyun curled her trembling fingertips and clenched her teeth once. Only after clenching and unclenching his jaw to the point where it ached was he able to look at Ruhak properly.
“Unfair… No, we must detain the king of the invading country… Accept the surrender. And protect those behind me, lol… ! thoughtlessly… don’t Over there… There is also a king of the ruling empire, so if you want, you can negotiate… Send it to the Empire. The surrender of the village chief here… Be sure to take it. and take responsibility for their residents… “Protect.”
Ruhak’s gaze looked over Sehyun’s shoulder. He had eyes that could not read anything. He shrewdly hid his emotions and never revealed them. There will definitely be everyone where those eyes reach.
“if… When I opened my eyes… Sigh, if any of what I said wasn’t done… . “At that time, I also didn’t cooperate with anything.”
Sehyun glared at Ruhak and spoke as if warning him. In fact, Sehyun knew full well that these words were not even a threat. At the moment, I didn’t know how much he would tolerate. He is infinitely generous to his own kind, but he becomes cruel to those who are not his kind.
Nevertheless, Sehyun warned. If even one of Baek Do-hyun, Lee Jae-young, Kwak Jeong-han, Yoon Je-ha, and Kim Gap-jun were to die, Se-hyeon planned to fight against him even if it meant breaking his own wings.
“Is that all you have to say?”
“… okay.”
Ruhak took a step towards Sehyun. The distance of just a few steps quickly narrowed. The outstretched hand grazed Sehyun’s neck and touched the cervical spine. Along with the pain of my spine being pressed, a boiling heat rushed to my shoulders.
Wow-
“Well… !”
The wings, which broke through the clothes as if tearing the skin, began to unfold their curled feathers and reveal themselves in full view. Ruhak placed the wings, which resembled the cold winter, in his hands and gently stroked them. Sehyun gasped and stumbled at the sharp, stabbing sensation.
Immediately, a strong arm came inside Sehyun’s waist and pulled her up. As Sehyeon pushed the Archduke’s shoulder to escape, a clicking sound was heard in Sehyun’s ears. Immediately the world started spinning and my vision became blurry.
“you… ji… gold… .”
I couldn’t even speak properly so all I could do was coax. Her eyes, which were trying to focus, gradually began to close. Sehyun gaped as he listened to the loud sound of his own heart. But no sound came out.
I could only feel the touch of a hand caressing my wings. Sehyeon let out a shaky breath and laid his head on the man’s shoulder. My vision darkened to black, and the sounds gradually became distant. The last thing that came into my slowly blinking vision was the crackling remnants of ruins.
After that, Sehyeon’s world went pitch black.
***
I think I was suffering from a terrible fever, but at some point the fiery heat went down and everything became comfortable and calm. From that point on, I could no longer hear the screams or heartbeat that had been ringing in my ears.
As the world became quiet, the past I had forgotten suddenly reared its head. Myself at that time, before Elix, when I was insignificant and desperate for everything.
From my childhood when I had to grow up living in someone else’s house and being watched by others, to the time when I was independent and struggling.
Those days when I ran non-stop were probably okay now, but all the memories that came to mind that were worth forgetting were hurtful.
I learned how to hold grudges only after I grew up. No, in fact, it would be more accurate to say that I lived a hectic life to the point where I couldn’t bear resentment. Life was so busy and difficult that I couldn’t even let out a sound of pain.
I lived so hard that when I looked around, there was no one left. On a day when she was deeply saddened by the fact that she had no friends to contact and no hobbies to ease her loneliness, she drank several bottles of alcohol, which she did not like to drink, and went to bed.
It was two days later that I found out about Elix. The appearance of Ellix, who shook the world in the snowy New Year. Like many people, Sehyun was also fascinated by the name, so he bought a game driver and logged into Elix.
At that time, it just seemed like it had to be that way. I felt like I just had to do it, and it was the only way I could think of to quench my thirst, so I couldn’t stop with curiosity.
That was the reason I did Elix.
