EP.108 Beast, King of Beasts, Human – 4
I read the wind.
If you read someone’s heart with mind-reading that flows quietly, someone’s wish stays inside you and then disappears leaving only the reverberation. Most of the wind just passes like that.
Occasionally a wind whirls violently inside me before it travels through the window.
Evil, dangerous or presumptuous. It is the fate of a mind reader that one cannot turn away one’s earnest wishes even if one wants to.
Can not help it. Because I read thoughts
When the wind lifts the bookshelf, the text crunching beneath it fills the blanks. At first glance, it seems chaotic, but when I see the close connection, I always feel solemn.
If there is a beautiful epic in front of you, complete as a whole that is denser than bricks piled up one by one and more sophisticated than interlocking cogs, yet each letter has a small meaning.
Expecting what will be written in this blank is natural.
And always.
The sentence that I want to continue more shines more than the book that looks beyond the period.
to end to end to end A book that searches for the best ending, paradoxically, only prepares for the worst ending.
Because there is no perfect life in the world, it is full of lies and contradictions to pretend perfection.
That’s why I hate obvious lies. If it is a lie that deceives even oneself.
A commotion came from outside. It was the noise of a regressor and a butterfly suddenly intruding into battle.
I could clearly hear the embarrassed voice of the regressor, probably because they were fighting pretty close.
“this! He holds the magic candle in his severed right hand…!”
Lieutenant General Ebon, who rushed at the regressor pretending to be mad, sacrificed his right arm instead of attacking. The right arm was cut off in vain by the regressor’s counterattack.
Taking advantage of the gap in the regressor’s panic, he fled at breakneck speed. His severed right hand spread out in front of the belatedly pursuing regressor.
There was a magical herb in his grasp. Magical candles with wild smoke billowing with sparks stuck to them were scattered on the regressors.
At the same time, Lieutenant General Ebon blew out the smoke of magic candles that filled his mouth as he ran away. If it was a magical candle wrapped in paper, the smoke that burned and gave off a strong scent was enough to stimulate butterflies.
The butterfly, left with only its instincts, followed the incense and encountered the regressor.
The two rushed into battle as if flowing water.
From pretending to continue the game to the point of revealing that he was a prisoner in order to induce the other person’s vigilance.
Even igniting magic candles that could have just been smoked, risking pain by holding them in their mouths.
A thriller carefully designed from the bottom up.
If this had been an effort toward life, I would have given a standing ovation.
however.
If all of this is the struggle of a person trying to deceive himself, if what I am reading is nothing more than self-consolation of a person running toward a false goal.
The more fiercely they are piled up, the more they lose their sense of meaninglessness.
“The cat king is here! Stop him from doing anything!”
A regressor’s cry came from afar, but he had already done something.
And then I want to do something more.
Claw cut Khalis’s abdomen from back to stomach and dripped blood without saying a word.
“The dog king… does not emit a malevolent voice. Because the wolf took all the malevolence.”
Vice Admiral Ebon let go of the claw. A chain was in his hand. It was the chain that Khalis had thrown off.
He was a cat beast and knew how to approach his prey stealthily. Khalis, who was distracted by the appearance of the Undead, did not notice his approach. Even if you noticed, the result wouldn’t have changed.
In any case, the opponent is the star of the military. Even with a middle colonel, there is a huge gap.
Ebon wrapped the chain around the handle of the claw and tied it tightly. The claw is the anchor, the chain is the rope.
Ebon, who dug up Kalis with it, murmured gloomily.
“But there are times when even the dog king gives off his malevolence. It’s not when you’re on the brink of death. Right… when you kill someone. When a human being lost his life because of the actions of the dog king. The dog king emits a malevolent voice.”
Ebon’s gaze followed the chain. At the other end was Aji.
The chains were still tied to Aji’s front legs.
Callis untied the chain around her neck, but Aji, who was fighting the butterfly, had no time to do so.
“Even if it’s not intentional…”
Because it’s not that dogs don’t kill people, it’s because dogs don’t kill people.
If it kills a man, if a man makes the dog king kill a man.
The promise that dogs and humans shared long ago is shaken, and the boundary between wolves and dogs is blurred.
That’s why Aji can’t intervene even when humans kill humans. Because no one should die because of that action.
Close your eyes, cover your ears, and lock yourself in that corner.
“Attack my side. What are you trying to do…? phew?”
While Tyr was astonished at not being able to keep up with the sudden situation, Ebon rushed towards Aji. Aji who only has goodwill toward humans. He approached the non-resistance Aji and grabbed the hair with his sharp claws.
Lieutenant General Ebon continued to run.
“Yep! Woof woof!”
Aji’s eyes widened as he was dragged away with his hair caught.
not because it hurts Because I understood what was going to happen with this.
At the other end of the chains hanging from the forepaws is a claw embedded in Callis’s body. If Aji is dragged along like this, the chains will be pulled and the claws with hooked blades will rip off all of Callis’ muscles and organs.
It’s already a fatal wound, but if it’s pulled… Callis will die instantly.
Even if it is not the power of Aji, people will die because of Aji.
Aji did not completely kill people with his own power, so the foundation of the promise is not shaken, but it is dangerous to go wild with a malevolence now. Because this is an isolated abyss.
If even the ground is broken, everything falls down.
“bruise! Whoops! Let go! Whoa!”
Aji struggled desperately. Even while being dragged, he desperately resisted by raising his claws and scratching the ground and walls.
However, Aji’s weight itself is not that heavy, and the lieutenant general is a strong man who uses qigong in his own way. Above all, the concrete walls and floors were weak to fully withstand that force.
There is only one way out.
“Run wild, dog king! But if you want to stop me with your own strength, you’ll have to kill me! That would be nice too!”
“Ki-i-i-ing…!”
way more impossible.
The remaining length until death is about 15m. Aji pierces his claws into the ground and desperately holds on, but the time he earns is seconds at most.
If this continues, Callis will die and Aji will run out of control. Even if you don’t want to kill humans, you will have to subdue Aji to protect this land.
It is a great tenacity, and a creepy level of malice flows out in a lump.
No one except me could read the heart rate. Well, who could have imagined it? Trying to put someone’s life on the line of death by taking one’s life hostage.
But I read
And the moment I read it, I ran.
Callis is dying and will die soon. The moment this chain runs out.
The moment the claw landed on her stomach, she knew she was going to die.
‘I wanted to live… It must have been a crowd. Well, there have been too many wrong choices so far. I was late too.’
A different ending after struggling. At the end, the emotion that Callis felt was relief.
I did everything I could and achieved even a small result by exerting my weak power. I do have regrets if I had done it a little earlier, but that’s a trivial thing that everyone feels.
‘…I hate animals. Even before my father died, I hated animals. Dirty and unclean things. Things that make a good living without making any effort. Dying is… the same…’
With her knowledge of the King of Dogs belonging to the Warrant of All, she roughly figured out what Ebon was up to in her clouded mind.
The fact that she becomes a victim of the dog king runaway.
‘…Even if I die, I won’t die to dogs.’
Callis reached back with a trembling hand and grabbed the handle of the claw. And I tried to pull it out with force.
I see Rash running in the distance. Callis was fortunate to see him at the last moment.
It will probably be the last noble thing she can do before she dies, who is full of mistakes….
“I like this side of the story more. Even if they are desperate for each other, if one side’s desperate determination is made up of childish lies… it’s a bit futile.”
I am the one who listens to the wind.
A perfect ending for those who want an ending.
For those who want to continue, there is a margin to write more.
Although the impossible is impossible.
If possible, make it possible.
‘That laborer! Until when!’
I heard Lieutenant General Ebon’s thoughts. Ever since I read your thoughts, I was already running. while you don’t mind me
I stood behind Callis’ back and, in turn, cupped and extended my fingers, bringing them to the knot in the chain.
As expected, escape magic needs an assistant.
“Wait a minute! I’ll free you! He used to be someone who picked a lock or something!”
It was when I, who confidently shouted, pulled the chain knot.
clap clap clap.
The chain snaps in vain. The knot only makes a rustling sound. After fiddling with the chain knot for a while, I made a confused sound.
“uh? uh? why doesn’t this work out? Is it strange?”
‘stupid! A knot made by twisting a level 4 alchemy steel chain with force. Do you think you can solve that in a short time!’
Lieutenant General Ebon laughed at me and reached the limit of the chain. Aji’s claws carve long marks in the concrete, and the weak chains are gradually pulled.
‘If I just pull the dog king like this! A lieutenant colonel is killed by the dog king!’
“ah! this this! wait for a sec! It should be!”
clap clap clap. There is still a clicking sound as if something is not engaging. The lieutenant general felt success and gave strength to his whole body.
‘Everyone sink down the abyss! Until I return to pick up the body!’
It was as he yanked Aji’s hair and Aji was about to let out a terrible scream.
The chain was pulled tight. The power of the lieutenant general was transferred to the iron chain as it rode Aji and touched the handle of the claw.
shy
The handle of the claw fell off.
So, except for the blade-like part, only the handle.
ting ting.
Chained handles bounce on the ground in vain.
There is no sound of the body being dug up. No horrible screams. Claw is still stuck in Callis’ abdomen, stopping the blood from leaking out.
Only the ‘handle’ of the chained claw rolled across the concrete floor.
At the moment, everyone’s expectations are wrong, and the thoughts of those who have not grasped the situation are bleached white.
also.
I love the pure white void that follows after this silence is over. Unable to withstand the surge of joy, he spread both hands and shouted.
“Seo-prize! Voila! Escape Success!”