EP.98 Death on foot
is often portrayed as having no feet. It is because no matter where you hide, no matter how far you run, you follow closely, and even those who are always wary of death are not aware of it.
But the death of Lieutenant Colonel Callis was certainly walking on two feet.
A handsome boy who could be mistaken for a woman approached with clear intent to kill and the ability to do so. Every step she took towards Callis brought her closer to death.
Survival instincts have issued a warning.
“What are you doing? As an instructor of this Tantalus, I am a trainee who does not obey orders…”
Knowing that it would not work, the officer stammered at the approaching regressor and made an excuse.
Of course it didn’t work.
“Actually, it doesn’t matter if you don’t let go. You will die anyway.”
If she doesn’t let go after hearing such words, she will only entangle herself.
The officer tossed down the chain and hesitantly retreated. The chain fell to the floor and Aji opened her eyes slightly. The chain was still around his neck, but Aji didn’t pay much attention to that fact. It doesn’t hurt to the extent that the chain is pulled anyway.
It was just a little sad to see humans fighting each other.
Anticipating the smell of blood, Aji turned his head towards the darkness.
On the other hand, the Undead, who were not afraid of death, faced the approaching death with dignity.
“Howdy. It’s embarrassingly, isn’t this the boy who liked men! Unfortunately, the lieutenant colonel is a woman! Your attitude is so rigid that you must be mistaken!”
It was a pointless joke, but it didn’t work for the current regressor. As long as the switch was turned, only the intention to kill that had been forged like a blade existed in the heart of the regressor.
That murderous intent is not satisfied by the death of this lifetime alone.
Deprived of existence from all future possibilities… The will to perish at a slightly more fundamental, transcendental point of view.
“…is it really necessary, boy?”
Even the Undead, who do not suffer death, could not smile in front of the momentum that exceeded their murderous intent. The Undead looked at the regressor with his body pulled tight so that he could jump out at any time.
Before we knew it, the distance between the two was 20 steps. The regressor spoke annoyed at the person who stood in his way.
“You’d better be limbs apart. At least it didn’t bother me then.”
“Boys and boys are better off when they were flummoxed. He was quite human at the time, but now the boy is like Chamsura.”
The Undead let out a laugh. It wasn’t because I had a spare time, but because I realized the difference between him and the other person.
It doesn’t slow down even if you get this close.
Despite possessing the ability to blow blades of wind, and being able to unleash a series of menacing attacks from this distance. The regressor did not slow down. As if the undead were not even a hindrance.
step by step. It’s getting closer, neither slow nor fast. As if the time of an appointment approaching hour by hour, it was constant.
If you touch an officer who is entangled in living in this state…
the Undead murmured.
“Callis. run away.”
This is the bottomless pit. The most dead-end place with nowhere to run in all directions.
Even knowing that, the Undead couldn’t help but mutter that.
“Anywhere fast!”
The officer who came to his senses nodded and ran straight ahead. Urgent footsteps echoed.
The regressor looked at the officer’s back and murmured.
“As expected, you are not there.”
The regressor pulled his arm. It was simply like that, but the wind that filled the hallway was sucked into one place.
Gathering the slightest hint of laughter, the Undead shouted in an extremely urgent voice.
“Quickly run away-!”
right after that. The regressor aimed at the middle of his back and stabbed the cherry tree.
Four days of the heavenly sword.
A gust of wind blows Compared to the tremendous portents, the results that appeared were insignificant. A small, light sound like a hook and someone blowing through the mouth flowed along the hallway.
However, its power was too strong to be ignored.
“Ha!”
The Undead immediately moved its body to block the regressor’s sword. As expected, invisible sword energy penetrated his body. Crossed arms, muscles, bones, lungs filled with wind, and all the way to the back in one breath.
The Undead made a puzzled expression. The penetrating power far exceeded his expectations. An overwhelming force that cannot be stopped by simply crossing arms and throwing oneself.
“Keep down!”
As he shouted, the Undead twisted his body.
The wind pierced him and brushed the officer’s hat. Jeongmo, symbolizing the authority of the military, flew in the air. Staggering in shock, the officer barely kept his balance and hurriedly ran up the stairs.
The regressor clicked his tongue.
“Sheesh. Are you twisting your body in the meantime?”
“haha. It was close to a feat. Still, something succeeded!”
While the sword wind pierced the undead, the undead twisted its body full of strength. Because it was passing through the body, it was the same as grabbing it with the whole body. Because of that, the sword sword, which is said to shoot down the sun, had a different trajectory and passed over the officer’s shoulder instead of the neck.
It failed to kill, but the regressor did not feel any regret.
“Anyway, it’s just a moment. This is the bottomless pit. No one can escape from here. The lieutenant colonel will die.”
“haha. Take it easy boy. She was just a little bit crowded.”
“Because they are crowded, their true nature came out.”
“Nature is not one boy. The good part and the bad part of everyone exist at the same time like the front and the back. Cursed by the Earth Mother, her bad side only stood out in the dark and gloomy land!”
“okay. I understand.”
The regressor nodded slightly and added.
“So I’ll kill the bad part. You do the good part…if you’re alive.”
It seemed that no one could convince the regressor. It seemed that he couldn’t even stop it. Also, there was a valid reason for the regressor’s anger, and even the regressor himself had no intention of quitting.
The Undead felt a vague feeling and started talking.
“Do you really want to see blood, boy?”
Seeing the regressor’s complexion gradually getting colder, the Undead hurriedly added his words.
“Oh, don’t get me wrong! Of course you are talking about my blood!”
“You are. Is there any reason to protect the lieutenant colonel until you see your own blood?”
“of course. Isn’t she my friend!”
An immortal who confidently declares without hesitation. The regressor shook his head in annoyance and said.
“I didn’t do it because I thought I was being condescending, but if I keep going like this, I think it will be annoying, so I’ll tell you. It wasn’t the lieutenant colonel who brought you back to life. me I regenerated my right arm, which was groaning after being cursed, by putting it in a healing potion using world tree leaves. It seems like the lieutenant colonel saved you is a perfect coincidence…”
“Ha ha! know! My right arm told me! Thank you so much boy!”
“…then why?”
The Undead said coolly.
“Anyway. She came with the intention of helping me and was able to! If my right arm hadn’t arrived in time, the colonel would have helped me! Then what kind of friends are you!”
“ha. okay. okay.”
The regressor let out a deep sigh, holding up the cherry tree and continuing his stopped walk. The Undead stretched out its right foot and exclaimed enthusiastically.
“Of course I think the boy is also a benefactor! I have no intention of being hostile! ah! It’s likely to lose, so it’s not like laying it out in advance!”
“She’s an immortal, so I can’t even kill her… It’s better to blow it up and go. after.”
“I may not be able to stop it, but I will not let you go easily!”
Seeing the regressor raise his hand, the Undead roared and charged at the regressor.
It was not to attack, but to reduce the time the blade cut through his body. The more you step back, the longer you will be trampled. This resembled the appearance of light infantry running into the charging heavy armored cavalry.
In any case, the Undead became similar to them. As the violent wind blew past, the undead’s strong body collapsed in an instant.
in a physical sense.
*****
‘You have to escape.’
The founder is indifferent to humans, the dangerous person is getting along well with the laborer without any problems, the undead is torn limbs, and the target, the king of dogs, is friendly to humans.
So Lieutenant Colonel Callis decided that this mission would be easier than he thought. Isn’t it enough to go into the abyss full of people who are indifferent to people and secure only the king of dogs? As long as something dramatic doesn’t happen, Khalis will be safe too.
The fact that the laborer has lived shamelessly until now is proof of that. I made the most terrible mistake.
‘It wasn’t. The moment I touched the dog’s king, they all reacted.’
The slaver interrupted it the moment Khalis approached the dog king.
Shijo tried to protect him with all his might and was willing to endure hostility to the country for him.
When they secretly approached the dog king and put a ‘chain’ around their neck, the dangerous person blinded them and rushed to kill him.
‘Everyone here is an enemy.’
If so, it is a great treasure for the lord of creation. It was an operation conceived with a sense of retrieving lost items, but it was actually a similar level of difficulty to walking into hell and stealing the treasure of the king of the underworld.
‘Is it fair? Or will you find out who we are and try to sabotage it? Whatever it is, you should let me know. that the operation must be cancelled. And…’
The situation is not going well, so I will escape to survive.
Giving up midway is not acceptable, but they certainly wouldn’t expect Khalis to pull through in this hellhole. It would be better to plan for the future than to give up one’s life.
Callis reached the fourth floor. I was short of breath. Although the soldiers of the armed forces did not run out of breath just by running up the stairs, the body that had indirectly experienced death a moment ago was desperately seeking evidence of life through intense breathing.
Red hair clung to his face. It was only then that Callis realized that the hat that always held her head down was gone. I was anxious for nothing, but I should consider it fortunate that my neck is still attached.
Callis opened the hidden part of the belt and took out the package.
‘For contact.’
The military synchro-type magic golem is an invention of the century, but it cannot resonate unless it has a special unique magic power. Ordinary people have to use communication facilities or return to more primitive methods to deliver news.
Like the four-jeweled brooch Carlis is holding now.
‘If you break one, it’s safe. If you break two, be careful. Three are dangerous… and if all four are broken, it means that all existing beings are perfect aptitudes.’
The twin jewels created through special alchemy are designed so that if one is broken, the other will also be broken.
Although it has the disadvantage of being useless unless a signal is pre-determined for disposable use, the secret society, the Warrant of All Things, used its characteristics to its full potential.
‘Even Sijo should be seen as hostile to us. There are four jewels to break.’
Callis pulled the pin hanging from the brooch. At the end of the pin, which should have been sharp, there was an unusually heavy iron ball. When I pulled it as far as I could and released it, the iron ball bounced and hit the red jewel.
The sound of jewels breaking echoed through the hallway.
‘Before escaping, he told me to break the jewelry. They said that it would be possible to prepare an escape route from above.’
one two three four. The sound of breaking jewels echoed in succession.
After breaking all the jewels and ending contact, Callis took out the last remaining escape package. The package for escape was sealed more tightly than any other package. While slipping her hands one after another nervously, Callis scratched the knot with her fingernails one after another.
It was then.
『Loyalty. Lieutenant Colonel Callis. This is Captain Abbey, signalman.”
A small golem walked out of the restaurant. It was a sorcerer’s synchro-type magic golem.
Callis was startled by the unfamiliar voice, but her complexion brightened as she recognized her identity.
“Captain!”
In order to hide his activities as the ‘warrant of all things’, he had to stay away from the communications soldier. I also received such instructions.
However, from the point of view of trying to escape, even a communication soldier is a valuable ally. He is the only ally who can relay the situation outside.
“It came just fine. The main building tries to escape from inside Tantalus. The trainees here are still too rowdy to be resocialized. So, Captain, help me…”
However, the Golem’s words blocked Khalis’s words.
“…The military authorities have approved the temporary suspension of authority for Lieutenant Colonel Callis.”
“What?”
I was so surprised that the hand that unwrapped the escape package, which was like a lifeline, stopped for a moment. In contrast, the signalman’s words were insipid and insipid.
『It is said that he entered Tantalus by mistake, but that is also a mistake. The military authorities decided to take disciplinary action for that mistake.”
The word discipline. It gave Kalis a different kind of shock even in the face of death.
The military examination is strict. In order to become a 4th level, there must be no reason for disqualification. Not making mistakes is more important than doing meritorious deeds.
But what about punishment? Callis protested.
“What do you mean? Didn’t you say there was a problem with the order! The order I received said to supervise the supply process!”
『However, the bottomless pit is a 5th level security facility. Even though I followed the order, I have no choice but to express my doubts about entering Tantalus without any confirmation.”
“I will explain. That part can be explained.”
Callis spoke urgently, but the answer from the golem was ruthlessly hard.
“The main building only conveys the contents and has no influence on the decision-making process. It is recommended that the clarification be made to the investigation team that will arrive later. Then.]
As if he had nothing more to say, the golem gave a short salute and returned to the restaurant. Callis’ body was freed from power.
Why did you risk your life to come here? The dream that had brought Khalis here was about to disappear as a mere dream.
‘no. I just need to escape.’
The warrant of creation extends throughout the kingdom. Since they are rooted in all places, from the military to the administration, they will solve this problem once they return. You just need to escape.
Callis gritted her teeth and undid the tight knot.
The knot that had been rotting in my head was also untied. Callis hurriedly opened the package and saw what was inside.
It was a packet with a geometric figure drawn on a square, hard body.
‘Equipment Packet!’
An alchemy weapon equipment packet that creates equipment with a simple structure like a dagger or shield.
This packet will be the way out. Callis immediately opened the biometric device and inserted the packet. The packets that flowed through the Aki Avatar that wrapped around her body began to form around her shoulders.
‘How do I use this? Any other messages?’
It was time for Callis to look inside the package for other clues.
An upside-down blade grazed her neck.
