Episode 174
“No way. Didn’t you put in too much natural energy?”
“I didn’t put that much in.”
“… … You should put in just a little bit. Just a little bit. That was too much just now.”
“It’s excessive. I only put in about a thousandth of the amount of natural energy I had. How is this excessive?”
“Are you bragging?”
“No way.”
“… … Then, put in only about one five thousandth.”
“okay.”
Just as Han Jeong-ah said, I put in just that much.
The gun didn’t shake like before.
He brought his eye back to the scope and fired at the ceiling and the corner of the room across the way.
Zing-! Zing-!
Exactly two flashes of light pass by.
Thud, thud.
The two chimeras that had been hidden collapsed and revealed themselves. They were still hideous.
“… … That was a top-class chimera… … . That kind of thing is hard to deal with.”
“How many points did you get?”
“Both of them together are 4,000 points.”
“Send them all to the Blue camp.”
I added something just in case.
“I trust you and leave it to you.”
“… … It’s an honor.”
So we walked.
As I walked, I fired my gun without stopping.
This is my first time using this, but it fits my hand better than I thought.
After killing roughly 120 chimeras, we stopped in a hollow where a blizzard was swirling.
“I’ve been wanting to ask this for a while now, how durable is this?”
“Um… … It depends on how much natural energy you put in, but it usually breaks after about 10,000 shots.”
“Good.”
I’m serious.
I kept pulling the trigger. The number of chimeras that came into my senses was roughly over 30.
Boom-! Boom-!
I feel like I’m the main character in a science fiction movie.
Every shot hits, and no Chimera can withstand more than one hit.
He moved from room to room, shooting nonstop.
“… … You shoot well.”
“thank you.”
He smiled and pulled the trigger again.
Seriously.
“I found a fun toy for the first time in a while.”
Now there is only one room left.
“This is the last one. Let’s go now.”
“Okay, let’s go.”
It was at that moment that I was about to take a step.
I immediately grabbed Han Jeong-ah’s shoulder, who was standing next to me, and dragged her behind me.
A flustered Han Jeong-ah is dragged in helplessly. Before she can ask why, a single ray of light passes by where Han Jeong-ah’s head was just a moment ago.
After pushing back the frightened Han Jeong-ah, he immediately picked up the Mana rifle and fired madly towards the front.
Kwakwakwakwakwang-!!
A huge cloud of dust rose in front of me. The room itself, which had not collapsed even under a slight impact, began to collapse.
He slowly lowered the gun.
He smiled at Han Jeong-ah behind him and asked.
“Like James Bond?”
The answer that Han Jeong-ah hears is amazing.
“… … What is that?”
It was before we even talked about such a thing.
“Codename 007, James Bond. The protagonist of a fairly successful spy movie from the beginning of Earth.”
It was a voice coming from where the smoke was rising.
It was quite heavy.
A man appears through the smoke.
Seriously, this is our first meeting.
His appearance is extremely strange, especially his eye color, hair color, and the clothes he wears.
I felt a great sense of discomfort from these things.
“… … What is that?”
I shook my head at the voice of Han Jeong-ah behind me.
“Yeah, what is that?”
First of all, the man’s two eyes were odd. From my perspective, the left one was red and the right one was purple.
He was tall. About 195cm.
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He had a very sturdy build, but he was wearing a long robe that looked like something out of a martial arts novel, and his hair was very long.
Even the color was red. Her hair was so bright red that it was almost blazing red, and she had tied it back into a ponytail, but her appearance was quite strange.
First of all, it was as tall as a clown ascending to heaven, and its chin was very pointed.
“… … The style is so monstrous.”
“… … That’s right.”
“I thought it was Halloween.”
“me too.”
The man who was listening to Han Jeong-ah and I’s conversation bursts into laughter, as if he finds it ridiculous.
He stopped walking, leaving a distance of about 5 meters between me and him.
He said.
“Just like I heard, there really is no such thing as a punk.”
“I?”
“Then who else is here besides you?”
I glanced back. Han Jeong-ah made a face as if telling me not to make fun of me.
anyway.
“You don’t seem to be the boss monster of the Abyss, so who are you?”
“[Editor].”
“Oh, really?”
“The reason I came down to you in person is to warn you.”
I didn’t understand it a bit.
“I thought we had roughly finished talking before.”
“That’s your business, open your ears and listen carefully… … .”
I didn’t want to hear any more.
He pulled the trigger of the rifle.
Kwaaaaang-!!
There was a loud noise and the thing flew away.
A natural bullet hits him square in the face. Blood and flesh fly into the air.
He slung the rifle roughly over his shoulder.
“What are you talking about? You look so funny.”
* * *
Han Jeong-ah of Star #12 has learned a lot of things recently.
In particular, I learned that there are beings with the same face in other worlds, and I also learned the unwanted truth that the star #12 that Han Jeong-ah belongs to has been constantly reset by one of the ascenders with one manager.
Other than that, the worst part was the constant resetting.
How can a being called Han Jeong-ah comfortably accept that another self she doesn’t know existed in the past and continues to die?
Naturally, I began to feel resentful towards the ascendants who were turning this entire world into a playground, and I also felt resentful towards the administrator of Star #12 who claimed to be their subordinate.
It is true that I had some doubts about Jin Shi-hoo of Star #2403, who said he would wipe them all out.
But at this point, it’s strange to even have doubts.
Because you saved my life.
That was when.
The body is tilted sharply to the side.
It was a flash.
A flash of light passes before my eyes.
He turned his head with a blank expression. He saw Jin Shi-hoo pulling him to his side. His refreshing smile caught his eye.
As I said before, he saved my life.
Not once, but twice.
I looked at the Mana Rifle, which was cracked and looked like it could break at any moment.
When I just shot it, it wasn’t a normal natural weapon.
I packed that durable, sturdy mana rifle with enough force to break it.
The destructive power would be unimaginable.
My eyes met with his as he roughly placed the rifle on his shoulder.
He said.
“Do you remember what I said earlier?”
“What do you mean?”
“I said I would save you.”
Of course I remember.
When he entered the Abyss, Jin Shihou clearly said that he would watch from behind and spare his life if it was in danger.
Han Jeong-ah couldn’t even react to the unidentified flash of light that had just come from the front. If Jin Shi-hoo hadn’t pulled her, she probably would’ve been kicked out of the Abyss without even realizing that she was dying.
Jin Shihou smiles brightly.
“Did you keep it?”
“……thank you.”
“Okay, go back a bit.”
He never said anything about being able to help or support me or anything like that.
Han Jeong-ah is not stupid.
There is no place for me in the fight that Jin Shi-hoo and the man who introduced himself as [the editor] are about to have.
It is a fight between such beings.
So I stepped back without saying a word.
Jin Shi-hoo aimed the rifle he was carrying on his shoulder at the dusty area.
He put the natural weapon in with a strange smile and pulled the trigger right away.
Jieeeeeeing-!
The Mana Rifle’s distinguishing feature is that it has no recoil.
By pressing the trigger continuously, you can fire bullets almost like a laser, just like now.
But it doesn’t have infinite durability.
Since it was already cracked, it didn’t last long.
Exactly 2 seconds.
The Mana Rifle, which had been firing lasers for exactly two seconds, shatters and scatters in an instant.
Jin Shi-hoo, as if he had no regrets, threw the half-broken handle to the side and stretched out his palm.
Kwaaaaang-!!
The man’s fist, which had come at him in an instant, was blocked by Jin Shi-hoo’s palm. There was not a single wound on the man’s body.
It didn’t matter.
It’s not like I had high expectations in the first place and just fired the rifle haphazardly.
I just shot it for fun.
Jin Shihou’s palm wraps around the man’s fist.
The man couldn’t pull it out. Jin Shihou had that much evil power.
“The more I think about it, the more absurd it becomes.”
“… … What do you mean?”
“We’ve already finished talking, why are you bringing this up now?”
“… … Aren’t you already interfering with the Abyss and causing trouble?”
“So you’re saying I won’t interfere with the Abyss?”
“… … .”
“No. I can interfere, or I can’t, and if possible I’ll try not to interfere, but isn’t the current situation basically like I’ve laid the groundwork for you to interfere? Hey, if you have eyes, go and see. Where am I from? That’s the star #2403 you’re talking about. That star is now the Blue faction? You won’t interfere with this? If you were me, wouldn’t you?”
I didn’t know I was going into the Abyss, but that’s how it turned out.
Jin Shihou is good at making things fit together. He is also good at sophistry.
The editor’s brow furrows.
He just stayed there, without saying a word.
“No kid, answer me. That snout hanging over there isn’t interior design.”
“That’s the problem.”
“what?”
The man stretched out his other arm and grabbed Jin Shihu by the collar.
Just pull Jin Shi-hoo in.
The distance between the two is quite close.
The man growled with the expression of a traveler who has met his enemy on a single-log bridge.
“Who are you to act like you’re above the stars?”
I ended up laughing.
“Why? Can’t I do that?”
“Of course not… … .”
The man’s speech is cut off.
That was understandable.
Because Jin Shihou hit the man’s face with his forehead.
Kwaaaaang-!!
The man falls to the ground with a loud noise.
“Your breath stinks, kid. Where did you put that? Bam, shit.”
Jin Shihou silently took out the Heavenly Sword from the subspace.
Then he slowly moved his gaze straight ahead.
A man is seen brushing off the dust that has accumulated on his clothes.
He had been stuck to the ground just a moment ago, but he moved in an instant, folding space.
The man turns his head. His eyes meet Jin Shi-hoo’s.
“My name is [Editor 12].”
“so?”
“I have come to give you your final warning.”
Jin Shihou quietly grabbed the handle of the Heavenly Sword.
“Don’t try to stay above the stars any longer. We don’t expect much from you either. You stay out of the story and just deal with the ascenders. Do you understand?”
“Oh, I understand.”
“That’s fortunate.”
“It turns out you were right from the beginning to use me as a long-term partner.”
“… … .”
“So there’s nothing I can do about it. It’s the 12th editor. Aren’t you curious as to why I brought this up?”
The 12th editor’s gaze turns to the Heavenly Sword in Jin Shihou’s hand.
“Why did you take it out?”
“To kill you.”
“… … .”
“I thought it was just a rumor, but I thought it was going too far. So I wanted to give you a warning.”
“… … You’re crazy. You dare kill [Editor]? Someone like you?”
“I originally didn’t really intend to kill them, but seeing that they can’t even control the kids below them properly, I’m starting to doubt that little bit of leadership. That’s why I can’t help it. Can you understand?”
