EP.103 To the land of fantasy,
the sounds of regressors and butterflies fighting could still be heard outside the building.
The roar of the beast, the roar of the wind. And the surrounding objects that can’t stand the aftermath and break.
Tantalus suddenly vibrated violently. It seemed that the sword energy fired by the regressor hit the building’s outer wall.
Feeling the shaking, Lieutenant General Ebon muttered.
“You still fighting the cat king? Was it this level? hmm. You should have seen the fight yourself.”
“I’ll go out, Lieutenant General.”
The colonel stepped forward, but Lieutenant General Ebon immediately shook his head.
“no. You don’t have to. If the king of cats has the upper hand, he’s playing a joke, and if he’s at a disadvantage, he’ll run away. You just have to do your job properly.”
“yes! Lieutenant Commander!”
The Colonel was faithful to his duties. That is, my surveillance.
Whenever I passed a shadowy place, the colonel would stick close to me and stare at me in all directions, ready to blow my head off. Then Tyr would give up and look for the next opportunity.
Tyr is strong, but he is not good at fighting to protect something. Vampires usually regenerate quickly even if their bodies explode due to immortality. Also, if the progenitor, who is the source of Blood Josul, is by their side, they are virtually immortal. So I had no choice but to ignore the defense.
However, if I die when I touch it, I can’t choose that way. It would be a cramped situation for Tyr.
sorry tyr. But I have work to do.
Continuing the search, Vice Admiral Ebon happened to find Aji crouching in a corner. For a moment, the lieutenant general’s eyes shone strangely.
‘The King of Dogs is perhaps the closest to our longing… Finally, we have it in our hands.’
Capturing a strange excitement inside, Vice Admiral Ebon shouted at Aji.
“I finally found the dog king!”
“bruise?”
Aji, who felt the presence from a distance, came straight ahead. Puzzled by the sudden increase in the number of humans, Aji cast a glance at each human.
“Cat smell man! nice to meet you! uh?”
In the meantime, Aji found me tied to a rope and cried out.
“bruise? What is it? what game is it?”
I answered honestly.
“It’s a game called SM play.”
“bruise! Me too!”
“Uh huh. You can’t imitate a good puppy.”
“Woof woof! kill me! me too!”
The colonel tugged at me with a terrifying look on his face. oh gosh stiffen up I can’t even joke
Ah, if there was a regressor, he would have given me a pretty funny reaction. It’s annoying if I have it, but I miss it a bit because I don’t have it.
Vice Admiral Ebon had a private meeting with Aji after defeating another person.
“King of dogs I demand. Let’s head to the ground with me.”
“… Bruises again? Are you asking again?”
Aji murmured with a disappointed face as he exhaled like a deflated balloon.
“I’m not going.”
It was an expected reaction, so Vice Admiral Ebon was not disappointed. asked instead.
“Why?”
“bruise. i am nice Keep your promise.”
“You mean the promise you made with the military? A promise that if you wait here, you will someday honor the oath and fight alongside the wolf king?”
“bruise!”
Aji nodded brightly. And Vice Admiral Ebon scolded Aji.
“No matter how much you call it a beast, it is foolish. do you believe that A promise in name only. Do you really believe that the military will keep that promise and fight the wolf king with you?”
A foolish beast clinging to promises without a promise. It was when Lieutenant General Ebon tried to laugh at the foolishness.
Aji shook his head vigorously and looked up at Ebon and said briskly.
“I will believe you! bruise! If you continue to believe in me, someday I will believe in you!”
Words that contain a firm will beyond truth or lies. A promise to always trust and rely on humans flowed from the dog king.
Lieutenant General Ebon, who was preparing to criticize, lowered his voice for a moment after hearing that.
“haha. That was a stupid question. I’m sorry. Yes, that is the dog king.”
“bruise! are you okay! I’m good! Take my apologies!”
“Then I have no choice but to drag it by force.”
“bruise?”
Hearing the outrageous words, Aji tilted his head.
“by force? Won’t you go even if I pull you? Aren’t you going?”
“No, I will go.”
“What?”
Leaving the puzzled Aji behind, Lieutenant General Ebon shouted at the colonel.
“Prepare the colonel’s chain.”
“yes!”
The colonel put down the leather bag and retrieved the chain coiled in it.
It was a level 4 alchemy steel chain with a dark blue sheen. The essence of military alchemy that is stronger than the door guarding the underground armory of Tantalus. It must have been the Alchemy Steel chain that occupied most of the bag. When I took out the chain, the bag instantly became loose.
While he was untying the chains, the lieutenant general looked at Khalis and said,
“lieutenant colonel. I must have told you to use the chain before the mission. How did you learn to rule the dog king?”
Callis, who was suddenly pointed out, recollected her old memories for a while before replying a couple of beats later.
“Oh that me… I’m sorry. Couldn’t figure it out. Even when the main officer pulled the dog king with a chain, the dog king did not move.”
“How did you pull it with the chain?”
“Wrap around the neck like a leash…”
“On whose neck?”
“yes?”
Callis, who did not understand the question for a moment and asked it stupidly, hurriedly gathered her mind and answered.
“sorry. I put it around the neck of the dog king dog king.”
“hmm. That’s half the answer. sorry If you are a lieutenant colonel, you might find out the answer, I thought so…”
Lieutenant General Ebon murmured and pointed his finger at Aji. Then the colonel nodded and took the chain and strode toward Aji.
In the meantime, Lieutenant General Ebon continued his explanation.
“Wrong direction. lieutenant colonel. What if you put a chain around the dog king’s neck? Does that make your strength as strong as the dog king? Or will the dog king become a weakling like you?”
“Then what should I do?”
“Didn’t I give you enough hints? You have to do it the other way around.”
Just then, the colonel was about to put a chain on Aji. The place where he wrapped the chain was neither on his neck nor on his waist, but on Aji’s right forefoot.
right forefoot. It’s not that both sides are tied together, and it’s a part that doesn’t seem to be a problem at all. Aji was just blind, but he didn’t resist much.
However, in the first place, this chain was not intended to restrain the ‘body’ of the dog king.
Lieutenant General Ebon’s voice sank even further.
“lieutenant colonel. Are you still loyal to us?”
It was a question with a fixed answer. Even if Carlisle’s mind was confused right now, the words that came out of her mouth had to be positive.
Callis answered right away.
“yes! You are right!”
“Then you must have been prepared to faithfully follow our orders.”
“That’s right! I am ready to obey any order.”
“I will highly appreciate your will. then.”
Lieutenant General Ebon, smiling coldly, ordered the colonel holding a chain connected to Aji.
“colonel. Put the chain around the lieutenant colonel’s neck.”
“…Didn’t you hear that?”
Callis doubted her ears.
If it’s not even an animal, it’s a chain around your neck. And that too tied to the hand of the dog king…?
Isn’t this like Aji grabbing Carlisle by the leash?
‘no way. The meaning of the word opposite… means that the target to write is opposite…?
It was a personal insult. To be led by someone else on a leash. Callis wanted to deny the situation, but as the lieutenant general watched and the colonel approached, she, a lieutenant colonel, could not pull herself away.
She kept her mouth shut and stood still until the colonel put a chain around her neck.
The weight of the heavy chain rests on her shoulders. The grisly feel of metal wrapped around his neck. He wasn’t tightening it yet, but Callis felt his breathing heavy.
However, Carlisle’s suffering did not end there.
There was the sound of a lock closing with a click. When Khalis looked up, a heavy, dark-colored padlock hung from the chains around her neck.
Callis’ eyes wavered. Now she can’t take off the chains on her own.
like other animals.
“I’ll give you an order later, Lieutenant Colonel. keep walking Until the chain chokes you.”
Walk with chains around your neck.
Aji is frozen and has no intention of moving. And since the chain is not abyss, it has a finite length.
So, if Calis continues to walk, the time will come when the chains will strangle her.
However, Vice Admiral Ebon spoke as if that was the goal.
“Lieutenant Commander. That means…”
“Yes. As you think. Until you choke and lose consciousness… Keep pulling on the chain. By the colonel’s neck.”
Vice Admiral Ebon’s voice rang through the confused Khalis’ ears.
“Take it easy. The dog king can’t hurt humans… in any case. If the lieutenant colonel is in danger of dying from suffocation, the king of the dog, unaware of it, will follow the lieutenant colonel. A chain on his hand cannot let a man die.”
The infinite favor dogs have for humans.
Take it hostage and rule the dog.
the warrant of all things.
An organization that governs the king of beasts based on their understanding of beasts.
In order to rule the dog king, they put a human on a leash and tried to use the dog king’s good intentions to hold hostages.
Callis did not like animals. This is because his father lost his life to a beast and most of the people who committed violent crimes were prisoners.
But now… I couldn’t bear to tell who was a beast and who was a human.
‘…Then what about me? I betrayed them to save my life… and faithfully follow orders to save my life…?’
Thoughts deepened, but the order did not wait for her.
“It was what the colonel would have done without you. I’m giving you a chance A chance to make minimal achievements. So obey your orders, Lieutenant Colonel.”
It was an ultimatum. If you don’t accept this, you will become disobedient to orders. If you think about their true appearance, they will die with a high probability.
If she didn’t want to die right away, Callis had to follow the orders that held her by the leash.
“Callis Critz. We do our duty.”
Callis made up her mind and started walking in the opposite direction from Aji. step by step slowly.
Aji, who had only pricked up his ears at first, hurriedly stood up when the chains were about to fall off the ground. It was only then that I understood how things were going.
“bruise. don’t do it!”
‘I have to live.’
In order to live, you had to go to the brink of death. Because that’s an order. Callis took a step further.
“bruise! no! please. Don’t be dumbfounded.”
‘I’ve already given up everything to save my life. I can’t lose the life I earned here.’
clap. Something pulled her neck. The distance has already reached its limit. Callis felt the heavy weight and took another step.
“Nana. he’s a good puppy Listen carefully! I don’t want to hurt people. bruise please bruise.”
‘At least if you follow the orders here and restore your authority and return home… you can live as before. Or, like the words of the lord of all things, it could be level 4.’
Tighten. The small gaps there in the neck and chain are getting smaller and smaller. As the composure disappeared, Kallis’s breathing became shallower and shallower.
“bruise! Woof woof! Stop bruising!”
‘I live.’
Instinct sounds a warning. Still can’t escape It is because Lieutenant General Ebon, the star of the military, is still glaring at her with cold eyes.
I’ve been out of breath for a long time. Callis feels her vision narrowing… I pulled my body even more.
“Awww!”
Just before Kalis’s consciousness disappears for a moment.
Aji, who couldn’t see it, quickly jumped forward. The chains loosened momentarily, and at the same time the forgotten breathing returned. Callis sat down on the floor and exhaled a quick, rough breath.
Aji stood beside her with a sad face.
“Bung…”
‘To lead the dog king to the ground with my life hostage with a chain around his neck. The only… way for me to survive…’
Now Aji will follow Kalis. Because I can’t let her die.
Lieutenant General Ebon approached Khalis and congratulated her.
“Good work Lieutenant Colonel. It seems you have the ability to rule the dog king.”
This, too, was a question with a fixed answer. Callis breathed heavily and lied.
“thank you.”
“As expected, my eyes weren’t wrong. The lieutenant colonel is such a great talent! good! All we have to do is go up like this!”
Now the dog king also has the means to move the dog king. All that remains is to return to the ground.
It was when Lieutenant General Ebon clapped his hands in great joy.
“what-!”
Then the butterfly rushed into the building. The butterfly, which fluttered as if it had been burned, soon clung to Lieutenant General Ebon and whimpered.
“Nya-nya-nyang! nya nya! Are you sick! Are you stinging!”
The crying butterfly did not make sense. A few strands of her hair were cut, and the length was jagged, and her arms and legs were covered with scratches. The amount was not great, but the blood was flowing.
The butterfly made a whining sound as it repeatedly licked the wound on its hand.
“butterfly. Is there a problem?”
“Nah, you don’t like that! You can’t even see it and it just stings! Speaking of that
, there was no doubt that he meant the regressor who had been fighting a while ago. How the hell did the cat king escape with the crane?
Lieutenant General Ebon looked at the butterfly’s wound and was lost in thought.
‘…It’s an attack to inflict pain rather than aim for a fatal blow. A cat that hates being sick, so I’ll attack only the painful part and make it run away…?’
The king of beasts is powerful, but his essence is still a beast. And a beast that faithfully follows the instincts of life does not take risks.
Since time immemorial, the best way to deal with beasts has been to scare them. Since the survival instinct was higher than the hunting instinct, unless it was a special case like the king of wolves, humans used to drive out the king of beasts by preparing traps with sharp thorns or lighting fires.
‘Have you ever had experience with the king of beasts? You’re good at it. The King of Cats has lost his hostility, so I must step in.’
Concluding, Ebon picked up his weapon, the claw, and stood up.
“It must be painful. butterfly.”
“Nya-nya! don’t like it It’s like a prickly thorny vine!”
“All right. Then I will kill him instead.”
“Nyanat! Give me a hard time! Although Nya could have won! I almost did it! Nya is the one I left for you!”
Wasn’t that a bluff? It wasn’t even the look of a regressor who followed a butterfly. A trickle of blood flowed from his mouth, and three scars appeared on his face. The tattered sleeves of his clothes were wet with blood.
‘Everyone is dying. Well, the king of beasts is not an easy opponent.’
Apparently, he just had to finish it.
Lieutenant General Ebon held the claw in both hands.
one for the right hand and one for the left. There was a click and the sound of the device engaging his body.
After finishing the battle posture, the lieutenant general issued an order.
“Please lead them up to the rooftop with Colonel Nabi. and Colonel. If there are butterflies, there is nothing to be afraid of. Keep your eyes on the hostage and head for the rooftop.”
“All right!”
A courageous reply came from the colonel. Vice Admiral Ebon faced the regressor enjoying the feel of steel in his grasp.
In the meantime, the regressor.
“hey! Why are you playing tangja tang until now when you risk your life to fight?!”
He was screaming nervously at me. His face was red from excitement.
Are you playing Tangza Tangja? Can’t you see my hands are tied
When I slightly raised both hands, the regressor rolled his eyes and shouted.
“Don’t play around and do something quickly! If you miss it like this…!”
“Who are you talking to, Dangerous?”
Ebon momentarily approached the regressor. The regressor discovered it a beat late and hurriedly defended it with an angel.
“Suck!”
Chae Chaeng. The claws swayed dizzily and attacked the regressors in all directions. The regressor gritted his teeth and teased the angel to receive the slash. And at the same time as he let go of the last attack, he switched air and defense and cut the cherry blossoms horizontally.
The greatest advantage of the weightless sword is its speed. Regardless of posture, you can instantly switch between offense and defense. A high-speed slash that goes from defense to attack without delay.
But it didn’t suit Ebon.
Lieutenant General Ebon, who had avoided the horizontal cut with amazing flexibility, charged while scraping the ground with his claw. It was a leap like a four-legged animal. A regressor who allowed access in an instant. Lieutenant General Ebon rammed her body with his shoulder. A painful moan escaped his ears.
“Now, it’s busy here, so let’s fight in a wider area.”
A well-intentioned statement to kill time. The regressor who grasped the opponent’s intention gritted his teeth.
“Chi…it!”
‘At this critical moment… I have no choice but to trust him…!’
That’s how the star of the military and the regressor bounced outside.
intentions intersect.
The wish, the wish, the wind, the will. transmitted through people
The stage is ready. Now all you have to do is perform.
I got my finger out. The thumb, the largest of the fragments of his right arm, that he secretly took when the Undead was shattered earlier. that creeps in
At this moment I had six fingers on my right hand.
Let’s think about it. A little while ago, the colonel tied a rope around my wrists.
But in my hand was the largest thumb of the right arm of the Undead. The fingers shown when they were tied were not mine.
What does this mean?
That’s where the fun magic begins!
“We go! Lieutenant Colonel, let’s go…!”
It was time for the colonel, who had taken over the command of the lieutenant general, to hurriedly lift the leather bag.
Took.
A square paper wallet fell through a gap in the leather bag. The paper box that hit the ground opened wide, and magical candles made of catmint were scattered all over the place.
“oh!”
The colonel was perplexed. Before the magic candle was an important item, it was because he foresaw what would happen
when it fell.
“what-!”
It was a reflex movement. The butterfly, which threw itself at the magic plant, swept them away with its forepaws.
A mat made of ten magic candles was created. The butterfly, which settled on it, began to roll all over its body.
cried the colonel in bewilderment.
“Wait a minute, Butterfly!”
“Nya-! Nya-nya-ha hot….”
“Keuugh! Why did this fall?”
Why?
It’s like using a leather bag. I mean, you can split the belly of a leather bag with your foot.
I split the stomach like that not to use it, but in the end I used it. Tsk tsk. Didn’t you even read the news?
No matter how much the world tree is cultivated, the magic plant that governs the cat king is a very valuable item. The colonel hurriedly bent down to retrieve the precious magic herb.
At this moment, I am not in his consciousness. It means that no matter what I do, I don’t notice.
I smiled a magician’s smile above the colonel’s head.
“braided.”
from the left hand.
“Voila.”
And then the right hand.
“Jjarajan.”
slipping on a rope It came out elegantly and naturally.
The knot that seemed solid melts like water. It was precisely because the design itself was out of sync, that it was a knot that was out of sync, and it was untied in an instant.
Escape magic is the basic skill of a magician. I can’t even brag about it.
It would be different if it was aimed at officers, maybe?
This is why, when tying someone’s wrist, you have to make sure that all the fingers are his.
Or maybe you’ve tricked your gaze with a fake finger and stuck your thumb through the gap in the inner knot.
Just in time, Kalis’s eyes met. I’m glad. Isn’t it fun to have an audience at this historic moment? I leaned toward her and threw the finger of the Undead’s right arm as I threw it away.
good. Now that you have escaped, let’s move on to the next step.
I escaped, Colonel. It’s time for you to escape.
I held the untied rope with both hands. Military special rope A special product that is resistant to high temperatures and blades.
Hold both ends of the rope firmly.
Walk lightly behind the colonel who is picking up magic grass from the ground.
A rope was tied around his neck and strangled him as naturally as water flowed.
