EP.147 The road flows with the traveler – 3
Humans understand unfamiliarity even if they have no senses.
A relatively comfortable bed and a small but tidy space. But my sleep wasn’t very deep. It is the body’s inability to adapt to an unfamiliar place.
“Get up.”
Subtle height difference between pillows. A slightly different posture due to the softness of the mattress. The temperature is slightly higher than that of the bottomless pit, and there is a lot of dust. On top of that, the noise coming from outside is getting on my nerves little by little.
In addition to the smell of military soap, the smell of dried grass lingers on the tip of the nose. it’s a strange smell Not unpleasant, but an intrusive military smell. A dry, refreshing feeling permeating through the cracks.
“Wake up…. Attempt to wake up 3 times. I judged that further attempts would be futile.”
I couldn’t even hear the noise in my ears. All these sensations are disturbing my sleep. A light sleep that seems like it would wake up just
by someone talking to it.
for a moment. feeling a sense of something
“Why hey hey hey hey!”
“Quaaaaaaagh!”
Startled by the sudden noise, I rolled on the bed. I hurriedly stood up, and before I knew it, the captain in full uniform was staring at me.
I shouted at the captain who looked at me calmly as if he did not know what he had done.
“Why are you screaming?!”
“It’s been 10 minutes since I woke up. Inevitably, a mandatory wake-up protocol was implemented because the main building did not wake up even after turning off the alarm and completing preparations.”
“I’d rather touch the body! That’s better!”
The captain shook his head.
“You have to exercise your skills with the 1st priority request, the 2nd priority warning, the 3rd priority. The act of directly touching the body of another person should be postponed until later.”
“No, that warning is as strong as an exercise of skill! It’s like punching your eardrum, so please wake me up a little more moderately by touching my body!”
“I refuse. If you get close enough to touch it directly, you risk breaking the golem due to its reflexive waving limbs.”
“It’s your body, Captain Abbey, right?”
The captain, who blinked twice, shouted.
“oh!”
ah mojil.
How long have you been living as a golem that you still can’t get used to?
“And even if I wave my hand, it doesn’t hurt. From now on, just pat him on the shoulder to wake him up.”
“…entered.”
The captain agreed with displeasure.
After putting on the clothing packet, I went down and ate the breakfast provided. After filling our stomachs with canned bean soup and homemade bread, we took our pass and headed straight to the stop on the meta conveyor belt.
The supply officer saluted the captain and quickly checked the pass.
“Amitengrad stopover. It takes about three days for two people. Bring a sleeping bag for the night, a water bottle for a utility lamp, and food. Would you like a sleeping bag in packets? We also have non-packet sleeping bags for those who lack horsepower.”
“Please give me the main building in packets. I…”
The captain looked at me quietly. I said, scratching my head pretending to be a little embarrassed.
“I’ll give it in a non-packet. Unlike Pi, he lacks mana.”
‘beep?! still?!’
Although it was only level 1, the Quartermaster answered politely, perhaps because of the captain’s family.
“All right. A non-packet sleeping bag for my brother. Make good use of the string, as it may cause performance problems.”
‘denial! Not my brother…! Kut! patience! It’ll all be over as long as you get on the meta conveyor belt anyway!’
Is it really so? Do you think I’ll give up this happy counterfeit identity just because I’m on the meta conveyor belt?
haha. no sound.
Having packed all the supplies, Aby and I headed for the destination.
Even at night when everyone is asleep, the land flows and cargo comes. If so, what should I do?
Simple. You don’t have to put the laborers to sleep.
Since they have to pick up cargo that arrives overnight, laborers work in two groups: daytime and nighttime. The night shift workers alternately looked at the containers approaching in the distance and the day shift shifts, with traces of fatigue under their eyes.
When some of them heard our presence, they thought they had come for a shift and turned bright, then turned their heads in great disappointment, fearing that the captain would notice them. They sighed and prepared to run to the cargo and start their shift at the same time.
We passed them and headed to India.
The ‘person’ riding the meta conveyor belt is a long-distance traveler. In particular, there are many soldiers who are being dispatched to other regions or are performing operations. Unlike cargo, they can ascend and descend at will.
Therefore, at the stop where people got on and off, there were guards who were caught instead of lax laborers.
“I checked, Captain. And the captain’s older brother.”
‘I’m tired of bu. I just want to leave…’
Seeing that his expression hasn’t changed in the meantime, he seems to have been educated. If not, I might have given up on everything.
“Estimated arrival time is noon in three days. Get off the flow in time. Otherwise, it will go round one more time in an unstoppable flow.”
It would be the mystery of the meta conveyor belt that even a simple list of facts becomes a humorous expression. The Corps of Engineers, who have been working for 25 years, are not walking around shrugging their shoulders for nothing.
Really, the military would have ruined the country long ago if it hadn’t been for this.
The gate opens with the guards salute. The captain saluted the guards as if in response, and I obscurely bowed my back and raised my hand, like a civilian who was copying roughly without knowing anything. The guards did not answer my greetings.
‘It would be nice to have the captain as a younger brother. Ride the meta conveyor belt for free. Chit, my younger siblings, who can’t go to the military academy…’
We got on the flowing ground, leaving the guards who had a good attitude but a bad heart.
When I first set foot, my body leans for a moment. But we quickly got our bearings.
The speed at the stopover is 1/10 of the original flow. You can’t even stumble at this speed. I looked at the slow-moving stop. Even the slowest moving wagon was faster than this, so the world seemed as slow as walking slowly.
however.
The tributaries from different destinations merge into one. The speed of the meta conveyor belt gradually began to increase.
Containers passing through this place pass through the stopover. The point at which the tributaries merge into one shortly thereafter. The container that looked small from a distance gradually approached and filled the field of view.
At the same time, speed is starting to feel real. At some point, the wind is blowing in my ears.
It was a strange sight. I’m definitely on the same floor and the ground is still solid. The scenery passing by outside gradually changed.
It seems like the world is running behind us and leaving us behind.
A nearby sign disappears leaving us behind. A tree in the distance leisurely walks backwards. However, the world around us remains the same.
The Wind Blows. What proves that this land is running is the stopped wind. The wind sometimes moves, but macroscopically it is stationary, so whenever the meta conveyor belt moves forward, it collides with the wind.
The symbol of immobility and the symbol of fluidity were reversed and howled at the discrepancy.
“…cold wind. That’s pretty scary. It’s a feeling I’ve never felt before…”
The captain, wearing an instructor’s uniform, said holding on to his hat so that it wouldn’t be blown away by the strong wind. Meanwhile, I cried out, covering my face with a fluttering sleeping bag.
“What are you going to do? Would you like to wrap yourself in a sleeping bag here, or should we walk and look for others?”
“…it would be better to walk. I can’t agree with the idea of finding someone else, but a windbreaker seems necessary.”
“great. Let’s go!”
We took a step towards each other.
I’m against the ground, and the captain is in the direction the ground is heading.
After taking three steps and confirming that the other person wasn’t following us, we just turned our heads. The captain in front shouted while holding his hat tightly.
“Of course we have to go forward, don’t we? Walking backwards when you can get there faster is a violation of the mission!”
“Let’s go forward with this wind in our face? don’t be funny How can I go forward when it’s not going to be good even if I get it with my back!”
“You can’t be distracted from your mission by something as trivial as the wind!”
“Are you ignoring the wind now? If you get offended, your body will fly! Of course I have to go back and find it!”
Their opinions were parallel. Can not help it. In order to resolve these trivial conflicts, humanity has no choice but to cast a precious promise.
I raised my fist and shouted.
“It’s decided by rock-paper-scissors!”
The captain shook his head resolutely.
“denial. It’s impossible. You cannot decide your attitude to a mission by rock-paper-scissors.”
“Oh really!”
Should I call this sincere or should I call it clogged?
How the hell did the military come up with this? If all the people in the military had voluntarily followed orders like Captain Abbey, this country would have prospered and prospered forever.
“I really hated using this method.”
Going forward is crazy though. It would be better to endure the wind-type attack magic than to walk against the wind to find the windbreak that has no promise.
So, this is what you did. Captain.
I spun around.
“…? Why are you turning back? I didn’t tell you to go forward.”
“Catch me!”
Suddenly I ran backwards. The captain, who was watching me run away, pointed at my back with his hand and chased after me.
“oh! stand up! No departures from the main building are allowed!”
“Ha ha ha ha ha! If you say you stand, why are there police officers and why are there laws in the world! catch me! Only then will it stop!”
“warning…! If you do not stand, I will use force!”
“With no force whatsoever! Horn!”
I hung the captain behind me and ran the world’s largest belt upside down.
Perhaps it was awkward to run with my body instead of the golem, the captain fell twice while chasing me. I felt sorry for holding on to my red nose, so I thought about going back, but running on two feet in this harsh world is basically a skill I need to learn.
Thinking it was training, I ran resolutely with tears in my eyes.
‘This tangible pain… the sensation of riding the wind… is something I couldn’t feel with a golem whose pain sense was controlled. Truly, the main building is running with its body…!’
oh my god. I’m sorry I can’t run anymore. At this point, isn’t the problem with the military that raised puppeteers into puppets?
Just in time, I could see a windbreak in the distance. I quietly stopped so that the captain could catch me. The captain ran towards me with a proud expression.
“I got it!”
Oh, but why isn’t it slowing down?
“Quaaaaagh!”
A dull shock felt in my back. It’s because the captain ran over me without slowing down. No matter how much I was, it was difficult to bear the weight of the whole body, so I rolled on the ground.
The captain, who climbed on top of me, held my arm tightly and spoke triumphantly.
“I will give you a stern warning. If you leave the main building on your own after this point, I will arrest you and escort you no matter what method you use…”
Clap clap clap.
I heard applause somewhere.
The captain jerked his head at the sound he heard in his ears.
A few tens of meters above the belt. There was a structure that seemed to stick out of the ground. It was a windbreaker.
Someone was standing on top of the convex windshield, as if letting the wind flow. A middle-aged man with a lively and agile impression crossed his arms and clapped his hands while looking at me with a face full of interest. In this strong wind, his body did not shake at all.
He smiled like a mischievous boy for his age.
“What a riotous appearance!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the faces of people hiding from the wind appeared on both sides of the windshield. They were looking at the new traveler with a half-expected, half-worried expression.
Captain Wajung’s gaze turned to the middle-aged man on top of the windshield.
and dismay. Pure astonishment filled my mind.
‘…?! Why is he here?’
When the captain was at a loss for words due to his sudden appearance, I stood up and pointed at the windshield while shaking my hands and feet.
“beep! It’s a windbreaker! It’s cold, so let’s go in quickly!”
‘So beeping is negative! We do not remember giving you a nickname! No one has ever been nicknamed Ppi! and!’
Now that I’m here, I have to play the captain’s older brother. I calmly continued acting and shouted at the person on top of the windshield.
“There are people! hello! Can we come in too?”
‘Stop you! I have to think a little deeper about entering there…!’
The middle-aged man who was on top of the windshield nodded loudly and shouted.
“of course! That’s because it’s a windshield made for that! Come in!”
A solid yet sharp impression. A confident attitude that puts everything in the world under your feet. upright posture.
And most of all, even in the face of this raging wind, her body seemed to insist that she was not an ordinary person.
‘warning…! You are walking on a limb!’
eh what Don’t you feel any hostility? It’s an unusual energy, but I’m a survival specialist who survived even in the abyss where the regressor, the progenitor, and the dog king thrive. Don’t be nervous about people with no hostility.
If the opponent isn’t a monster like a killer tank…
‘Danger! The head office can’t even tell the truth! A factor that has a security level in existence itself! Even though there are no strangers in the military, he has such a position and power…!’
Waving my hand and walking toward the windshield, I stopped abruptly. When I turned my head, I saw the captain staring at me pitifully, ready to burst into tears.
‘If he asks the master about the mission, the master must tell the truth! Because there is no secret not granted to such a factor! Even the fact that you are a laborer who came back alive from the bottomless pit!’
In my urgency, I read my thoughts again and realized what the captain was worried about. At the same time, there was a sense of crisis that everything could be ruined.
Ay no way So by chance…
‘He is General Patraxion, one of the military generals!’
I never thought I’d run into one of the military’s finest. I turned my head again. General Patraxion was just jumping under the windshield.
…If I run away in the opposite direction now, I’m sure they’ll catch me, right?
