Episode 543: Fire Moth (2)
“Now wait a minute. “Are you going to go fight alone against that demon now?”
Sedina asked in disbelief.
Zantman was an excellent dream walker, but he was not good enough to take on Nirva alone.
Didn’t you say from the beginning that even if everyone here worked together, they wouldn’t be able to compete?
Still, going was virtually suicidal.
“what. Are you worried about this expense?”
“Of course it is! Who wouldn’t worry about someone going to die! “How is this any different from a fire moth jumping into a flame?”
“haha.”
Zandman smiled and stroked his beard as if he was amazed at Sedina’s honest answer.
“You said you were Julia’s friend, so I thought you might have a similar personality to her, but you are a very honest person. “No, because we were so different, maybe we could become friends.”
Why is the story about Julia suddenly coming out?
The moment Sedina was about to say something, Zandman spoke a beat faster than him.
“Anyway, once that devil regains all his strength, there is no use running away. Maybe we can be the first to set an example before reinforcements arrive. In that case, wouldn’t it be better to hold on to your ankles and hang on?”
“But you don’t have to do it alone.”
“no. I have to do it alone. “If it’s not me, who else can do it?”
“We can fight too!”
Sedina said in a stern voice.
Although they were still immature, they also learned how to manipulate power in Dreamland.
It was an established fact that if it was refined a little more, it would become a great force.
Zandman agreed with that, but unfortunately he didn’t have enough time right now.
“You have a wonderful heart, but to put it bluntly, you are just holding me back right now. It’s enough for me to go there alone. No, I have to be alone.”
“Such…”
“Take care of that siesta. Because it will protect you from the deep environment. “It’s only one part, so it won’t last long, but it will be more than enough until reinforcements arrive.”
Sedina asked, looking at the Siesta gloves in her hand.
“Why are you doing this?”
Sedina did not fully understand Zandman’s favor.
Ludger, who I have a connection with, has already been killed, and the other three people here are people I saw for the first time today.
Nevertheless, Zandman handed over Siesta and was worried about their safety.
It is an act purely out of goodwill rather than a sense of duty.
Sedina wasn’t so immature that she didn’t feel that.
So I asked.
Why do you do this?
“Why?”
Zandman, who heard that, replied that it was no big deal.
“You are our youngest’s friend.”
“Just… for that reason?”
“That’s all. Our youngest guy always makes a fuss and pretends to be arrogant, but in reality, he gets lonely a lot. Isn’t that guy the first friend you ever made? “Of course, he is the most precious person.”
Although these words were harsh, Zandman’s expression was extremely serious.
“But how sad would your youngest child be if you couldn’t protect him properly? Although I often make fun of him, I have never truly hated him. Was it once or twice? Anyway, it was all done out of love.”
Zantman, who was laughing mischievously like a child, erased his smile and gazed at Sedina with a calm gaze.
“So I’m helping. Because you have to live so that your youngest child won’t be sad. Because our youngest shouldn’t be sad. As for the other two, if I’m being honest, I’m just doing double duty.”
Although he openly treated him as a casual person, Hans and Sheridan were not angry with him.
How can you be angry at someone who chose to sacrifice themselves for something like this?
“Maybe the youngest one will come here with the Master. Even though he always says that, he is a responsible child. So, when you meet him, please give him a good word. “A very cool and strong senior named Zandman was really cool even when he left at the end.”
Zandman turned his back.
No one stopped him from leaving.
He was not shameless enough to stop someone who risked everything.
“Oh.”
At that time, Zandman, who was about to leave, turned his head and said to Sedina.
“Please continue to take good care of our youngest.”
* * *
Nirva opened his closed eyes.
His golden eyes turned to the old man standing in front of him.
“The bug that I thought ran away appeared in front of me on its own. “Aren’t you afraid of death?”
“It’s a shame not to be afraid. “I’m so scared I’m going to die.”
Zandman trembled with a smile on his face.
However, despite his words, his body was extremely upright.
Nirva’s eyebrows twitched slightly.
In Zandman’s actions, I felt a determination that was difficult to express in words.
“But what can I do? “Because I’m not a generous person enough to just sit back and watch what the devil is trying to do.”
“Whoa.”
Nirva let out a slightly annoyed sigh.
He relaxed his meditation and changed his posture.
He stared at Zantman with his back turned, but his expression showed even a hint of displeasure.
“Honestly, I’m not in a very good mood right now.”
“know.”
Zantman nodded at Nirva’s words.
“That’s why I came here in the first place. “How can I just let that happen when you’re so openly trying to regain your strength?”
“That doesn’t mean you can deal with me alone. “It’s like a moth jumping into a flame.”
“But it might still be able to affect the shaking flames.”
okay. So it was a problem.
For Nirva, who was trying to regain his strength, this man named Zantman was like a demon.
If I ignored it, I would be attacked, but if I kept it captive, it was difficult to continue meditation to restore my strength.
If Zandman had been scared and ran away or hid himself, he wouldn’t have gone through the trouble of visiting.
But Zandman stood in front of him.
Even though I knew that if I fought, I would lose.
Even though I know that if I fight, I will die.
It came all the way here.
Nirva was annoyed by that.
To him, humans were like insects.
Perhaps because the goddess embraced her, she followed without a word, but she wanted to eliminate all humans.
A person like that is interfering with his own great precepts.
If they had come with an army, I would have reluctantly agreed.
But now there is only one opponent.
He also came targeting the moment when he was most vulnerable.
Even though he didn’t know that he was no match for him, he came to clash with him.
At the same time, I felt a sense of shame, wondering if I had fallen this far, and at the same time, my murderous intent towards the person in front of me rose.
“Oh oh. This is so scary. “Where did the relaxed attitude you showed while fighting the teacher go?”
Zandman felt Nirva’s stern gaze and sneered.
“okay. I’ll see how far that relaxed expression goes. “The sin of interrupting my meditation is very serious.”
Seeing that scene, Zandmann smiled proudly, but his true feelings were not at all like that.
‘You really got the fever. That’s why I interrupted you, but my health is not good at this point.’
The moment Zandman took his stance, Nirva’s attack came.
The moment something seemed to fill his field of vision, Zandman pulled his body to the side.
Sigh!
A huge blade of sand cut through the spot where he had just been standing.
It was so sharp that the bottom of the ground where the blade cut formed a smooth cutting surface.
‘If the reaction was delayed even by just one second, it would be split like firewood.’
Zandmann clenched his fists with trembling hands.
Before Nirva’s next attack, he immediately pulled out his dream and unleashed his magic.
Zandman’s green dream stretched out like a long thread and surrounded Nirva in an instant.
Dream magic.
[Tangled skeins of thread]
The threads that were fluttering and moving contained tension and tied Nirva’s body tightly.
New threads piled up on top of the tied body, creating a huge green ball of thread.
Sandmann did not end his attack there.
Dream magic.
[Sewing Knot]
A huge needle was created on top of the skein of thread and stabbed inside.
It is a technique that traps the opponent inside and launches a one-sided attack, but Zantman was not relieved.
Even though Nirva suffered an even worse attack in the Holy Library, she remained unharmed.
As if to prove it, the threads that bound Nirva began to break with a crash from the outside.
“Where!”
I had to stop it from breaking through like this.
Zandman dreamily pulled out a long piece of thread and quickly knitted it into one object.
The finished product is a green cloth that covers a huge surface.
The cloth surrounded the skein of thread.
One layer, two layers.
The cloth continued to cover the top and cover it again.
This is not an ordinary fabric, but a dreamlike fabric.
The strength and elastic tensile force were at a level that cannot be seen in reality.
Dream magic.
[Wrapping the bundle]
Covering it with cloth was not enough.
A large needle and thread were made on both sides of the Zandman.
The needle with the thread dangling quickly moved through the fabric, carefully filling in the gaps.
Dream magic.
[Herringbone stitch]
Layers of fabric are perfectly stitched.
“Huh. Huh. Still, this would have bought me some time, right?”
Zandman took a deep breath.
In any case, his goal was not to defeat Nirva, but to interrupt his meditation and delay until reinforcements arrived.
If that wasn’t possible, I was thinking of running away.
‘If you tie him up like this and try to escape and recover again, if you get hit and run every time…’
Zandman, who was planning the future, was delayed in reacting because of that thought.
Phew!
Two sand blades sticking out from inside a huge cloth.
Like a stag beetle’s helmet, the blades protruding from both sides narrowed as if they were interlocking.
Giant scissors made of sand.
An intact Nirva slowly walked out from the completely cut dream thread.
With every step he took, the golden glow from his eyes was faintly scattered.
“Oh my…”
Zandman looked down at his left arm.
Because he was unable to avoid the scissors, the area below his left shoulder was cut off cleanly.
He could have panicked because his body parts were flying away, but Zandman calmly pulled out the thread.
Dream magic.
[Running stitch]
A small, dreamy needle and thread were used to quickly stitch together the cut sections of the arm.
Nirva laughed at the sight.
“This is true. How can you attach a severed arm so easily? “For a bug, it’s pretty amazing.”
“Perseverance is one of my charms.”
Even though he said that, cold sweat broke out on Zandman’s back.
The dream magic that had been applied several times was pierced with just a single stroke of scissors.
In fact, there was no sign of distress on Nirva’s face, so the difference in power was said to be overwhelming.
‘It’s ridiculous. ‘How did that teacher gain the upper hand against such a monster?’
And that’s someone much younger than you.
Zandmann smiled and raised his eyes.
Nirva frowned when he saw the fighting spirit in his eyes.
“You don’t bend until the end. “Let’s see how long that expression can be maintained.”
“It’s a shame, but you won’t see me dragging my feet!”
A huge shadow fell over Nirva’s head.
The moment I raised my head to check, there was a thud and something huge crushed Nirva.
A shock wave and a cloud of clouds of dust rose up around the area.
What fell from the sky and crushed Nirva was a huge industrial sewing machine.
“Have you ever been beaten with a sewing machine? “If it doesn’t work out for you, give it a try.”
The tip of the sharp needle of the sewing machine is pointed towards Nirva.
Zandman’s magic was activated.
Dream magic.
[6000SPM Overlock]
Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta!
The sewing machine started making a rough motor noise.
A magic with maximum output that only Zant can use.
100 times per second. The needle strikes 6,000 times per minute, leaving the other person no time to respond.
Every time the needle of the sewing machine hit Nirva harshly, the ground shook and a cloud of dust rose up around it.
It was almost believable that the work was done by drilling into the ground with huge stakes rather than sewing.
Even though sweat was pouring down Zandman’s forehead, he did not stop using magic.
“Just a little bit more.”
His eyes, muttering earnestly, looked beyond Nirva toward Ludger.
And then I saw three people approaching Ludger.
Hans, Sheridan and Sedina Roshen.
His real goal was to rescue Ludger while he was wasting time fighting.
Seeing Hans carrying Ludger on his back, Zandmann nodded slightly.
‘go.’
Sedina, who was about to leave, stopped at the sight of Zantman, but soon bit her lip and followed Hans.
When Ludger and his party disappeared from view, Zandmann lifted the spell, thinking he had finally succeeded.
Now that I had the momentum, I had to keep pushing Nirva, but I no longer had the strength left to do so.
As soon as the sewing machine stopped working, sand rose up and shattered the machine.
From the center of the sand tsunami, Nirva looked down at Zandman with cold eyes.
“okay. “Is Jae-rong all shaken?”
I attacked with all my might, but it was just a joke.
Huh. Huh.
Zandmann just gasped.
Anyway, no matter what I said, there was nothing that would change the future that was about to come.
‘Still, I wanted to at least see the faces of those idiots before I went.’
still.
It can’t be ugly until the end.
Zandman gritted his teeth and dreamed.
The moment Nirva’s eyebrows twitched at that sight.
His gaze turned to one side.
‘what. ‘What are you looking at?’
Zantman was puzzled by Nirva’s sudden interest in him.
A long smoke was drawn like a tail, and the flying shell hit Nirva’s face and exploded.
The impact of the explosion sent Zandman rolling backwards.
The roots of the tree sprouting from the ground supported Zandman’s body.
“…These guys.”
Zandman could not contain his astonishment when he realized who did it.
“You weren’t the idiots I wanted to see. You idiots.”
“What should I do?”
Sedina, who had come to Zandman’s side, smiled and said.
“This is what I learned from you.”
