Episode 308 < layer by layer. (1) >
One.
“Death King… … . No, Mr. Confucius. I’m sorry, but please just say one word… .”
“Surprisingly, the pharmacist has the right to speak freely, not just one word, but a hundred and a thousand words. This is on the premise that the other party listens generously. And, I’m not bragging, but I’m actually a rather generous person.”
“Mr. Confucius, you are an idiot now… .”
This was what the pharmacist said 30 seconds after examining me.
“I don’t mean that in a disparaging way, but really. It’s really, really, literally sick. “He’s not just an asshole, he’s a very asshole.”
“It’s too much.”
“Then I’d like to eat pickled radish…” .”
“yes?”
“yes?”
I tilted my head, and the pharmacist also tilted his head. A moment that far exceeded human cognitive ability passed.
The pharmacist continued speaking casually.
“How can you live in this condition…?” ? Even if I am asked to write a thesis based on Confucius’ condition, I can write it. This is the arm. like this. yap.”
“Kyaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
“Can you see that it bends well? The curve is very smooth, like this. yap. “It’s done.”
“Kyaaaaakkheunnuakkkuweaeaeak!!”
“huh. My bones were sore. You know that when you sprinkle raw ramen and eat it, crumbs remain at the bottom of the packaging bag… ? Mr. Confucius is in a pouty state right now… . “Including the jawbone and skull.”
“Give up! Give up! I understand, so stop beating me! “I’m dying!”
“You talk as if you are alive. On the topic of corpses… .”
It’s alive!
“First, I will give you treatment.”
The pharmacist sighed.
“But my skill is that the more severe the injury, the greater the recoil. “I will assist with the treatment with potions as much as possible, but the pain will still be enormous…”
“uh. If we just took the pain to level 1, what is the level of pain accompanying the treatment?”
“Don’t be afraid of getting hit by a slime.”
indeed.
Are you telling me to die?
I have lived a life without shame.
“Mr. Confucius, you have two options.”
“Choosing between life and death has always been a difficult question for me.”
“Would you like to be treated at once? Or, would you like to receive treatment little by little by dividing your arms, legs, duodenum, head, shoulders, feet, knees and feet?”
“Please tell me the difference.”
“huh. Should I suffer pain that surpasses death all at once, or should I experience pain that could lead to death several times? ?”
“Was it a choice between death and death…? .”
Instant death. Also, instant death. Even Chungmugong would be embarrassed in the face of such tautological options. This is absolutely not a speech to give to soldiers. No matter how patriotic a soldier is, he would run away shouting “Hell Joseon.”
“so… “What would you like to choose?”
“I choose death!”
“sorry. I don’t know which one you are talking about… .”
“Well, it would be better to get hit with a single blow from the cane.”
I spoke based on many years of life experience.
“Just treat me cool. “I’m going to be sick for a while.”
“yes.”
The apothecary took a glass cylinder out of his pocket.
A thick red liquid like hangover soup sloshed around in the glass bottle.
“Now please lie down.”
I lay down.
“Please close your eyes.”
I wound it.
“then… Please live.”
I lived.
“..yes?”
There was no answer.
I blinked, feeling an ominous feeling for some reason—–
2.
Flash.
When I opened my eyes, I saw purple eyes in front of me.
It was the face of the tower owner.
-…….
Topju lowered his eyes expressionlessly and muttered.
-… … I’m a little troubled.
Mr. Amethyst?
-You shouldn’t come to a place like this yet.
yes?
-Please go back.
What does that mean?
wait for a sec.
Rather, somewhere here,
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3.
“—Huh-up!”
I jumped up.
The back of my head was wet.
“Well, I feel like I just experienced the afterlife in a real way…” .”
“Have you come to your senses?”
A familiar voice was heard.
elder. A gray spider was lying against the hospital bed next to me.
She, too, had bandages wrapped all over her body, as if she had received treatment, and sucked an unidentified red juice through a straw.
“hey. The healer you brought was awesome. What was supposed to be a full year of recuperation has been reduced to just one week. “I want to hire him as our top.”
“Uh, well. The pharmacist is a bit of a fraud… … . wait a minute. A week? “Has it been a week?”
“It’s been 173 hours, 31 minutes, and 26 seconds since you screamed like a chicken, so it’s safe to say it’s been roughly a week.”
oh my god.
[I am relieved at the safe return of the sparkling hero.]
The holy sword placed on the bed trembled.
Nonsense. She just closed her eyes for a moment and then opened them.
It didn’t feel real at all that a week had passed in that moment.
“What happened?”
“what? my life? “It’s trash.”
“That’s not it. “I remember well how I defeated you and took you prisoner.”
I was victorious over the gray spider.
But the glorious moment was short-lived. The injuries were so severe that he had to leave the battlefield. He somehow made contact with our world, called the apothecary, and was cured that very day.
… … therapy?
Can we really call that treatment?
Isn’t this a newly developed, advanced assassination method?
anyway.
“Apart from our duel, the outcome of the battle has not yet been determined.”
Yes.
The Magic Tower lost their leader, the Elder. It can be said that the Anti-Demon Alliance has won. However, the spiders refused to surrender until the end and stayed in the five spires.
Naturally, the Anti-Demon Alliance gathered momentum and surrounded the spires.
A boring and tiring siege began.
I asked what was the end of the siege.
“I know what to expect. “Nothing has been decided yet.”
The gray spider shrugged.
“The kids must have been very embarrassed because I was captured. Surrender is a separate issue. “I will probably never raise the white flag unless my defeat is clearly revealed.”
“Even if I threaten you with your life?”
“Then, of course, the kids who are going to be shaken will be shaken.”
The gray spider sagged.
“But you won’t.”
“what. “That’s right.”
I nodded.
“You’re not going to escape and try to fight a second time or something, are you?”
“I really want to do that, but… … . it’s okay. No matter how mean and cowardly you are, a duel is a duel and a test is a test. “If you try to kill me, I’ll just be your prisoner for now.”
The gray spider muttered, “It is difficult to escape anyway because the sealing magic is double and triple.”
Surprisingly, he seemed calm in defeat.
“ah. Maybe you want to impress Bae Hu-ryeong… … .”
“What do you really want to do?”
“Strong negativity is conversely… … .”
“It’s a strong denial. “Kill me, you bastard.”
“Kyaaaaa!!”
“Hyaaaaaaa!?”
To describe what had just happened, the gray spider raised its bandaged leg and struck my lower back, causing my not-yet-healed ribs to scream. Likewise, the leg bones of the gray spider, which were not completely healed, were crushed.
It was a wonderful harmony.
As a result, I wrapped my arms around my waist and gasped, and the gray spider whined, holding my legs.
“Uuuuk… Ugh….”
“dog… Siang… … .”
Two people moaned in the hospital room. We didn’t even have time to blame each other for our foolishness. It was just purely very, very, painful.
When you’re really sick, you can’t speak.
Bae Hu-ryeong looked at us as if we were wondering what these guys were like.
-Are you guys stupid?
“The Geomje says he has only loved you for 15,110 years… .”
-Do you really want to sleep!?
“oh. “As expected, a match made in heaven.”
I left the pain behind.
Because that’s life.
It’s My Life… by Gongja Kim.
[Twinkle looks at you with worried eyes, saying that you are a hero today.]
It’s because my whole body is in pain. Please understand.
“Anyway, the fight isn’t over yet. “It’s not over until it’s over.”
“hmm. Excuse me, but isn’t the situation over already? The leader was captured and even surrounded. “What more can I do here to acknowledge that defeat is decisive?”
“well. … … “Hmm.”
The gray spider narrowed its eyes and glanced this way.
“Well, I guess it has been resolved by now.”
The eyes were somehow ominous.
“… … “What are you talking about?”
“Our magic tower extends its tentacles to dozens of worlds. Kid. It’s been a while since we gathered a large army, but that doesn’t mean it’s full strength. “If the children who stay in the steeple and protest are the main group, there are other children who can be called ‘guerrilla troops.’”
“While you were wasting time here with the sit-in, the guerrillas would have attacked your world.”
what?
“Until a week ago, I had no idea what world you came from. Because you hid underground like a wary mole. However, a week ago you called a healer. At that time, our children would have specified the coordinates of your world. “While you were unconscious!”
The gray spider made a good-looking expression.
As if I had been hit.
“What the… … .”
“iced coffee. Geomje’s kid. You are definitely strong. I will admit it. But take this opportunity to know. “You can’t win in war just because you’re strong.”
The gray spider clicked its tongue and shook its fist. She probably meant to flick her fingers left and right. However, the bandage was like a mitten, so it failed.
“You took me prisoner, but we took your world itself hostage. If you were an ordinary psychopath like the other 50th floor clear hunters, then what would you do? But you are good. Even though you are a fool, you are good.”
“Unbelievable… … .”
“okay. Death King. “Your goodness is what is holding you back.”
“How can such a foolish plan be used…? … .”
“……hmm?”
The gray spider tilted his head.
“Anyway, consider yourself a good lesson learned. Well, I’m not a devil either. Because you are still young and have a bright future. To show that I take defeat in a duel seriously, I’ll treat it as a draw. One win. One loss. “It will be a great experience.”
“Iknow, right. “I have a feeling that something really cool is going to happen.”
“… … What? Pretend to be relaxed. “I’ll see if you can be so relaxed after seeing people in your world begging for their lives to be saved.”
next day.
“Ugor.”
“Cow,” a vibrating sound rang.
“Some flies swarmed so I swatted them away rather roughly.
There were dozens of fainted spiders on the ground.
They all possessed commander-level magical power. Other spiders, about six hundred guerrillas, who would move under their command, were tied up in groups outside the building.
Uburka stood tall with his arms crossed.
“I wanted to resolve the misunderstanding between both parties through dialogue if possible, but they wouldn’t listen. “I had no choice but to use my fists.”
“That’s sad.”
“That too is life. Is there any problem, Abby?”
“Oh.”
I waved while munching on potato chips from my hospital bed.
“…….”
On the bed next to me, a gray spider had its mouth wide open.
“I’m completely fine except that it hurts a little like I’m dying. son.”
“It’s no different from usual.”
“Well, normal days. Is there any big problem in Babylon?”
“No big deal. Ugor. There are only small things. “In addition to these people, merchants from all over the world gathered here.”
“Oh my. so?”
“No matter how new our world is, rumors would have slowly spread by now. “If they have the ability to learn, they will no longer be able to cross over to Babylon.”
“Hmm.”
I put down the bag of potato chips.
Looking back at the gray spider.
“That’s right.”
“Anyway, I think you learned a good lesson. Well, I’m not a devil either. The elder is old. I will give him moderate consideration since he showed a great duel. I am Ilseung. “That’s a total loss.”
I smiled brightly.
“It will be a great experience!”
The gray spider slowly wrapped itself around its head.
And then he muttered in a voice that seemed to be cursing the universe.
“Someone please beat this bastard for me…” … .”
cheer up.
Life is beautiful, right?
etc,
