EP.4 I lifted the curtain and looked into the future, but there
was only “Everyone, be at ease! Tantalos is safe. I am your ally!”
I cried out with fierce conviction. Those lines that the listener has no choice but to work for a living with peace of mind.
However, the regressor snorted even after hearing my speech.
‘Are you our ally? It’s ridiculous. Do military nations have allies?’
oh i don’t believe it
Where can I show a little friendly attitude? They say there’s no girl who doesn’t like cute animals, right?
If so. I looked at the dog king and grinned.
I hit the broken golem with my foot. The crystal ball stuck in the eye fell out and rolled across the floor. After scooping up the crystal ball with his feet, he repeatedly threw it into the air and caught it.
“bruise! bruise!”
Then the dog king approached, wagging his tail eagerly.
Although the king of dogs has a human form, he is essentially a dog. How to fall in love with ball games that stimulate your hunting instinct.
The dog king kept his eyes fixed on the orb, bobbing up and down each time I threw it.
You can feel the full excitement in the upright ears and sparkling eyes. Sensing that I had enough attention, I threw the crystal ball with all my might.
“Ask me!”
“bruise!”
The crystal ball flew away in a parabolic arc. At that moment, the dog king kicked off the ground and chased after him. The dog’s king moves away in an instant.
There’s nothing like playing with a ball to play with a dog. I spoke with a gentle smile.
“It’s a cute puppy. Are you raising them here?”
This would have been enough to clear the borders. I read her thoughts while observing the regressor’s gaze with a sidelong glance.
Let’s see.
‘Dogs? Do you treat the dog king as a dog?’
weird. I was obviously trying to let go of my guard, but on the contrary, my guard against me increased even more. Why? Ordinary people feel relieved when they show kindness to animals.
yet again.
“Dogs are wonderful creatures. Loyal to humans, helpful, and above all, cute, right? There aren’t many animals that are so helpful when they don’t provide quality meat.”
‘…In addition, they treat dog beastmen completely as if they were human beings. Even meat remarks on livestock? Are you a racist by any chance?’
what. One more misunderstanding is unexpected.
Rather, I did not treat the dog Soo-in as a dog. The King of Dogs looks like a beast, but it’s actually a dog with a human figure. What’s wrong with treating a dog as a dog?
You’re not going to send an envoy to the queen ant either. Even if you are the king of dogs, you can’t be sick with people.
“I mean. I have come to establish friendly relations with you. I…”
The first step to interact with the other party is to form a consensus.
It’s safe to say that I’ve been imprisoned along with all of you. I don’t think the other side would be particularly vigilant.
That was when I was about to say it.
‘In one year, this Tantalus will collapse. The abyss sinks and countless lives end. Those who survived there are only a handful.’
uh.
wait for a sec.
tantalus? Is this place collapsing?
‘Tirkanjaka, the founder of Aji, the king of dogs. They survive the collapse of Tantalus… but somehow they fall into the abyss.’
In addition, the ancestor of the vampire who once tilted the world.
The king of dogs representing the consensus of all dogs… Corruption? do you fall
‘The seeds of the corrupt end speed up the end that will come 10 years later. They slaughter people indiscriminately and plunge the world into chaos. and.’
10 years at the latest. When the promised day comes inevitably.
The true meaning of ‘the end’ is coming.
The world perishes.
Having read that far, I was dumbfounded.
Even when I was captured by the military and when I was taken to Tantalus. I felt hopeless, but I was confident that I would somehow get through it. He intended to escape by using mind reading, courting the instructors and prisoners, building a reputation, digging out more and more secrets, and then threatening or negotiating.
However, the fact I just read ruined the whole plan.
A predetermined future is itself a tragedy and despair. It is not for nothing that many prophets took their own lives or went mad.
together. If it foreshadows the inevitably coming end.
…what do I do?
‘And in no future I know of, this man won’t appear.’
You can’t see it, of course. I’m a petty criminal There’s no way I’m involved in the fight to save the world. I muttered inwardly, “I’m thinking about something insignificant…
” but my face hardened at the thought that followed.
‘Even in the previous episode, when Tantalus collapsed and came straight to me, this man wasn’t there. It’s just full of corpses down there.’
The regressor glared at me and thought.
‘A man who came to Tantalus belatedly at a time like this. This man could be the seed of corruption. Or he could be an unlucky victim… One thing is for sure, this guy won’t exist in the future I know of.’
So to summarize.
This world will end in 10 years.
Are you saying I will die in the abyss before the end comes?
“ha ha ha.”
I laughed out loud because I was exhausted.
spoiled my life
Even the end of the tragedy is a space called Tantalus, so there must be a terrible death that is hard to bring out of the mouth.
After reading the thoughts of the regressor who came to see the future, I also read the future.
Like many other prophets.
however.
I am different from them.
This episode has a regressor and I read her thoughts. A regressor is a person who travels through time to change the past and seek a future that cannot exist. Now that I have read her thoughts, the future of my death may also change. Observed prophecies may vary.
don’t be nervous Relax yourself. Wear a smile as a mask and stand out confidently.
It’s the same as before. When was I strong enough to survive? The strong man made an ally, and if he became an enemy, he avoided him. What was needed to survive was knowledge, not power.
The same goes for the great enemy of destiny. There is no need to fight back. I just need to make sure fate doesn’t kill me.
Fortunately, the pieces were equipped.
Vampire’s progenitor.
dog king.
and a regressor.
live in their favour. establish friendly relations Let’s make friends and build a kite so that they don’t kill me. No, let’s make it protect me.
I will survive. by any means.
good. Decided.
Perhaps in the previous episode, I would have told them the truth in front of them. I am a laborer, and I am a body captured by the military like you, and we are absolutely not enemies. After persuading him, he would have lived quietly, avoiding as much association with these dangerous races as possible. Because that’s the best way to survive.
But sticking to the original plan like a fool now that you’ve read the future is foolish. You have to avoid the inevitable choice to grab a different future.
Let’s cheat against fate. I will become a different person from the previous me and the previous episode.
I stiffened my head and shouted out loud.
“Because I am an instructor from the military who has come to teach you trainees!”
“Instructor?”
The regressor asked with sharp eyes.
Impersonating a soldier in the military is a serious crime. But what about it? It’s better to be caught as an impersonator than to die a year later.
I am determined to actively intervene. If you want to show your face in all directions, it is better to wear at least one title. I screamed shamelessly.
“Yes, students! You were scheduled to receive socialization training in Tantalus, completely isolated from the rest of the world, with extremely dangerous abilities, violent personalities, and a lack of social skills! But something unsavory happened to Tantalus!”
Reciting exactly what the golem had said, I continued.
“Facing this major exodus, the military authorities decided that resocialization training was urgently needed for the heinous trainees and sent me directly! I will live here and supervise you!”
Replace the first button.
A very minor change. However, this alone will change the future greatly. In the future, the situation and position I will be in will change significantly…
But wait a minute.
If it’s a variable… I narrowed my brows and looked at the regressor.
Isn’t the regressor also a variable that wasn’t in Tantalus in the last round? Variables have already appeared, did I need to step out?
Did you do something wrong? When vague regrets come.
“Instructor…yes. I mean, yes.”
A cold murderous intent penetrated me.
uh? While doing so, she was already taking out her cherry blossoms. A sharp hostility toward the military was revealed, to the extent that it could be said to be paroxysmal. The hostility took a definite form and was aiming at me.
I made a mistake.
return. I knew that I had the fraudulent power to return to the past when I died, so I let my guard down. He overestimated his opponent based on his authority. I mistook this gaze watching me calmly for immobility.
It was just a wait-and-see gaze peculiar to a regressor.
Being strong during thirteen return means, in other words, dying thirteen times.
In other words, that woman was a walking lump of PTSD!
Even 7 of them were directly or indirectly killed by the military, with seven lives worth of grudge!
‘kill.’
The intent to kill suddenly rises. It was a violent emotional change at the level of suspicion of schizophrenia. Well, if you died thirteen times, it wouldn’t be strange if you had one or two mental illnesses, but that’s why I thought you’d wield a sword right away.
Even my right arm was caught in that trajectory.
‘First of all, let’s cut off one arm and start. and interrogate What was the ‘what’ he was aiming for in the prison where all the prisoners escaped?’
Did I touch the self-destruct switch? Or is this the force of fate?
Whatever it is, the reality facing me right now.
The weightless sword was swung aiming for my right shoulder blade.
The cherry blossom is a sword without weight or thickness. Compared to the speed of the angel, my body is terribly slow. Just by bending the wrists of the regressor, the transparent blades stretched out.
saw the future The future where angels pat my shoulders and my right arm drops. If I were a normal person, I wouldn’t have been able to cope and my arm would have been cut off.
But I read thoughts.
Moments before the regressor swung the knife, I sensed the murderous intent and quickly shook my head.
blocked? It can’t be. The opponent is a regressor who has honed his abilities over 13 regressions. If I take a defensive stance, I will be cut off as a whole.
damage? Too fast for that. Even though he read his thoughts and moved first, the speed of the angel is too fast. Even if I tried to avoid it, my shoulder would be cut off.
How left?
does not exist.
uh? am i dying Could it be that he died in a minute instead of a year?
It can’t be.
I must survive. No matter what, I have to continue this pitiful life.
How did you survive so far? How servile and miserable he survived in that back alley!
I didn’t survive to die in this abyss!
“Oops!”
I waved my limbs convulsively. It was an outburst. It’s just a fuss without anything to increase the chance of survival by even 0.1%.
However, only those who seek for themselves can be saved.
‘what?!’
There was a tingling and clear sound. Ripples spread across the transparent blade. A slightly twisted trajectory passed over my shoulder blade.
Sparks flashed along the sword’s trajectory. The air caught in the blade of a sword that cuts even the air of the heavenly cherry blossoms is broken and lightning strikes as if pruning up and down. A beat later, thunder roars, tearing at my eardrums.
The hair all over her body stood on end. I can’t tell if it’s the static or the fear.
‘You bounced off the cherry blossoms?!’
uh? did you live
arm is fine. good physical condition. no pain.
lived The cherry blossoms missed.
no wait
Did the cherry blossom hit the hand I swung and bounce off?
what. How did this happen?
‘You didn’t block this… you flicked it off with your fingers? Nonsense. Doesn’t look that strong…! Could it be that he was hiding his power?’
I read the regressor’s thoughts and figured out roughly what had happened.
I read thoughts. So you can read ahead of time what your opponents intend to attack, whoever they are, and how they attack. These are the few advantages of my useless mind reading.
The moment I read the intent to sever my right arm, I felt death and swung my hand convulsively. Naturally, the right hand included in the trajectory was the same.
The problem was that the regressor’s sword was as fast as I thought.
Because the points of view interlocked, the regressor’s blade collided precisely with my twitching fingers.
Originally, the sword of the regressor is the sword of the weightless sword. Just by touching my finger, the sword blade bent, so I avoided cutting my arm by a single piece of paper!
it succeeds hey I have achieved few achievements in my life.
no this is not
The astonished regressor jumped back and straightened his sword. If only she had had the attitude of working until now. Now, to deal with a strong enemy… a kind of alert.
crazy year. why are you vigilant Wouldn’t it be right for me to be vigilant after being attacked out of nowhere?
“…I made a mistake.”
then. I made a big mistake. i almost died
The regressor glared at me with all his strength, like a cornered cat.
“If you’re an instructor sent to Tantalus, you’ll have at least that much strength… I apologize for underestimating you.”
“no. Wasn’t it the wrong direction to apologize?”
He took care of himself and hit me up on his own. Thank you, but now is not the time for this. If I am labeled as an ‘enemy’ by a regressor, not only my future but also myself in the next round will be in danger.
really. Although it is unfair and resentful to be suddenly attacked. Dead or alive, a relationship that is both imprisoned in Tantalus. I am in a position to stay face to face for several months.
No matter how bad the opponent is, let’s at least speak in a friendly direction for now.
therefore.
“I don’t apologize for belittling, I should apologize for attacking people out of nowhere! You have no manners!”
The regressor’s eyebrows narrowed at the sudden admonition. I pretended to be frustrated, ran my hand through my hair and looked around.
“I understand your uneasiness. Because such a terrible incident happened here a few days ago… rioting, killing people, looting equipment, and even breaking out of prison. It is only natural that you have lost trust in the military that is supposed to protect you. Even if you doubt the army, that must be a karma that I have to accept as I eat the rust of the army.”
‘No, the military didn’t believe it in the first place. Why do you believe in a country like this?’
“but!”
I don’t believe it either! Just do it!
I shouted, interrupting the regressor’s thoughts.
“Still, such an aggressive attitude is not right! If you, who are imprisoned here for committing sins, adopt an attitude that lacks sociality, what will happen to me who came to help you!”
“He…came to help?”
“That’s right!”
Just then, the dog king, carrying a crystal ball, placed the crystal ball at my feet. He was tapping my calf with his nose as if telling me to stop talking and throw a ball.
Write. Intrusive while talking.
I threw the crystal ball aiming at the prison.
“Ask me!”
“bruise!”
As the excited dog king followed the ball flying far away, I looked at the regressor again and said,
“Even in the midst of such an uproar, you did not escape from the education center and waited according to the control. How light emerges from darkness. The upper echelons of the military are watching with great interest as you steadfastly abide by the law in the midst of fear and confusion.”
‘no. The dog king had no intention of escaping until the ‘promise’ was fulfilled, and the ancestor of the vampires was asleep. And it’s because I have work to do here.’
Whatever you say, you keep begging me! Why are people so negative? I mean accept it!
Poor attitude. That type of person is the type to formulate logic to refute the other person if given a moment to think. I drove on without giving the regressor a chance to think.
“That’s why I was dispatched myself! The upper echelons of the military have sent me directly to support you!”
It’s not a lie. Because I was sent here to do labor. It is also true that the upper echelons of the military were dispatched. They just needed a chore that didn’t care if they died.
However, as if the words are different and different, if the emphasis of the words is focused on ‘me’ rather than ‘support’.
“So please take good care of me in the future! Just believe in me and follow me, trainees!”
I can make the other person misunderstand as if I have become a great person.
If everyone believes so.
‘He’s an unknowing guy.’
I actually become a great person.
“bruise!”
Just then, the dog king approached again holding a crystal ball. No matter how far you throw it, it finds it and brings it back like a ghost. I just kicked the ball away. The instep of my foot hit the hard crystal ball, but the crystal ball flew farther than ever so that the pain was not overshadowed. The dog king panted and chased the ball again.
‘That relaxed feeling while dealing with the king of dogs… The leisurely and leisurely movement that cuts down the cherry blossoms…. He is a man whose bottom is unknown. I have no idea how strong it is. As of now…’
I can’t imagine how strong he is. By force, I am a roadside bug. It’s a life of a worm that you can’t even imagine at all, like a swordsman or a saint. The absolute does not know the mind of a bug.
I know your heart
Anyway, it’s a success. I clenched my fists.
Humans are also inherently beasts. When faced with an unfamiliar opponent, it is natural to feel dangerous and be wary. Ignorance is danger, and keeping distance from danger is the basic principle of survival.
So the other side won’t touch me carelessly.
However, we cannot continue to live in this narrow abyss, wary of each other. At least a neutral attitude should be maintained. I smiled kindly and stretched out my hand toward the regressor.
The regressor was startled and aimed at my arm with an angel. If I had applied my strength as it was, my arm would have been cut off like head.
However, if you get scared and pull it out, you are showing the other person a place to bite. Feigning composure, he offered to shake hands with the regressor without shaking a single finger.
“Then, shall we shake hands in the sense that we will get along well in the future?”
The regressor alternately looked at my outstretched hand and my face, then withdrew his cherry blossoms and turned around.
“…joy. know what to do.”
“what. Wasn’t it me who was just attacked? It’s as if the one who wielded the knife was the victim.”
Thanks to reading the thoughts of the regressor, I even peeked into the future that was not allowed to me. only one floor. I, who can only dig into one person in front of me, noticed the future like a prophet who can see through the flow of the world.
You may have been hit when you didn’t know. But now it’s different.
Did they say that the future is shy, so it hides itself the moment it is revealed? It is the wind that I want it to disappear forever while hiding it. The angular future that will kill me is a no-brainer.
“Then let me introduce myself. You can call me Instructor with respect and respect.”
He patted my chest and made a promise.
survive somehow
If the future is announcing my death, even if I deceive the future.
The regressor, who was glaring at me with wary eyes, gave a brief reply, throwing the cherry blossoms over his head.
“…Shay.”
At the same time, the promise in her heart reached my ears.
‘Let’s watch for now. If it doesn’t work out, I can give up this round and move on to the next one.’
Fortunately, the regressor seemed to have decided to wait and see. People who have died a few times are different. Even though I think I’m a threat, I’m the one who wants to see what happens. It is the complacency of a regressor who wants to observe even a small clue or curiosity.
The regressor raised his eyes towards me.
‘…I’m nervous about living with such a frivolous man. Others won’t be easily dealt with.’
What kind of eyes are you looking at people with? There is a dog wearing a human mask and a corpse that has been dead for a thousand years. What the hell are you thinking about dogs and corpses? I am not a dysphoric person. It means that I have extremely normal tastes befitting an average human being.
‘I’m perfectly dressed as a man, so it’s okay!’
Ah…
you did.
It wouldn’t be easy to have to live with a regressor who firmly believed that he was perfectly dressed as a man for several months.
I mumbled to myself and smiled awkwardly at the regressor.
