chapter 22
22 – Seeking encounters in dungeon exploration… Let’s not (2)
There are as many villains as there are dozens of episodes in this world.
Among them, the Cheonakhoe is the most important.
In front of the god Danu, whom their leader serves, they are madmen who truly believe that their actions are justified and that they can lead this world to salvation.
And among them, the most vicious type is the [Dezire].
Unlike fanatics who are obsessed with cults and believe in God, they voluntarily join this group and work to satisfy their own desires.
But even if you really go out of your mind, there are only crazy people who have gone out for a while.
To give an example, a woman named [Ryona], Who is in charge of the desire of [Sleep], Is a mad b*tch who wants to put all other life in this world to sleep forever because she interferes with her sleep. Am.
“What is it…? I asked the way out earlier… And suddenly something urgent happened…?”
“Oh, no… So… I came up with the meaning that I’m in a hurry and need to leave quickly… hahahaha…”
And Kilia, who is smiling right next to me right now. She
She is in charge of the desire called [Pleasure].
All of her actions are based solely on her pleasure.
Is it a very trivial way to win a game you usually enjoy?
Or even the ridiculous wish to slaughter people mercilessly.
The moment you start to feel ‘enjoyable’, your plan is already being implemented.
“Eh… Really? But I don’t know too well…”
“…Yes?”
“I don’t know too. I suddenly touched the blue stone and it suk. When I woke up, it was here.”
And now, I don’t know what the hell the girl next to me is thinking.
In the first place, the Cheonakkai appeared at the end of the second year.
When designers appear, they don’t appear until they’re in their third year.
Why are you so calm now?
“Excuse me, but since I’m a year older, can I talk to you?”
“Yes, well. It’s fine.”
Ahmyo, do whatever you want.
Except for killing me…
“Wow. I wanted to talk about it from before. ‘The hottest prospect these days!’ You’re famous for that, aren’t you?”
“Yeah, I think it’s an undeserved title…”
“Hmm? You don’t have to pretend to be humble when there’s no one there. Even like this, your mouth is on the heavy side.”
It’s a lie.
To say that Killia extends her words with a ‘yo’ is 100% a lie.
I’d rather just quietly move on.
“No, it’s really good. I know how good my skills are, so I’m a guy who lacks a lot.”
“Ummm… Not very interesting…”
Hey!
Why, why…
Wasn’t this the correct answer…?
“Oh, this is a mistake. Please skip it. Deheh. Anyway! We’re on the same boat now, aren’t we?”
“Yes?”
“I heard you have to get out of here. I don’t have much time either.”
“Well, that’s right, then. Now we’re splitting up to find a way out…”
“Let’s go together and find a way! …… What are you saying now…?”
“Oh, no. I was just trying to tell you that it would be much safer to find it together.”
“Isn’t it? hehehe. We become friends as we progress!”
aaa.
That must be… At the academy,
“Kilia…? What are you doing here. We need to get away quickly. The academy is…”
“Ah… Ahahahahaha… He came just in time.”
“Huh?”
“We’re friends… We’re… Aren’t we?”
There was an episode where she pushed and killed her classmate who was trying to wrap her up, without understanding her situation.
There was even a case where it was corrected that she was being pushed and ripped to death by monsters, saying that it was against the rules of her incarnation.
The scene of him frantically splitting it while looking at it from above still lingers in my mind.
In the end, I, who failed to escape, went deeper into the depths with Kilia.
Honestly, I’m so nervous right now.
Kilia keeps asking questions, and I only give a short answer of ‘uh, um, yes’. This situation is so awkward.
It feels like Killia will suddenly change her attitude and shoot her magic right at my head.
Then, all of a sudden, Kilia stops.
“Ugh…”
“Why are you like this all of a sudden?”
“It’s not fun… It’s not fun, it’s not fun!!”
“Yes…?”
“That ‘yes’ is no longer allowed! No short answers, no talking too much!!!”
“No, that, but I don’t really have anything to say…”
“No honorifics! We decided to be friends. I was the only one who thought that…?”
“Oh, no… Let’s be friends. No, let’s be Kilia.”
“Mmm! Exactly! Expeditions like this are fun with friends.”
Calm down, Accelerator.
The opponent is a crazy b*tch who blows people’s heads off with just a flick of his hand.
Make it as comfortable as possible. Understand? Huh?
I managed to squeeze the words out like that, becoming her conversation partner.
At that moment, I reached a dead end.
To be precise, at the end of the road was a large hall with a mana stone that looked exactly like the unknown mana stone.
The blue mana stone in the middle was shining intensely, but there was no proper wall visible within the distance that the light could reach.
I can’t tell how wide it is just by looking at it like this.
“Hmm, I think it’s that one.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Hmm, it’s nothing. I guess that blue mana stone is the same type as the one we’re holding, right?”
“Well, that seems to be the case. I don’t know why the hell this came up again.”
“In that case, you’d better get closer. Maybe it’s a clue to the way out.”
After saying that, she started walking towards her mana stone.
It was at that time that she walked forward in a very carefree way.
Suddenly, from far away, something was flying.
Padak Padak Padak Padak
…. Bats?
A bat lives in the deepest part of a cave like this?
That too… Only one?
Something is strange.
I felt a sense of incongruity somewhere and while I was thinking about it, a bat suddenly flew past us at an extremely high speed.
“Kyaaagh!”
“What, what…!”
Then, the bat suddenly starts to grow in size.
No matter how you look at it, it’s not an ordinary bat.
Scales sprouting all over the body, the body is getting longer and the wings are getting shorter… A snake?
“Mormal… Doppelganger…?”
This is dangerous.
If that’s a real doppelganger, it’s definitely not an enemy I can handle at my level right now.
It is very different from the entrance exam.
The level itself is different from that.
We have to run away from here right now.
In the meantime, the completely transformed mother doppelganger disappears into the darkness and reappears.
At high speed, it rushes towards Killia in front.
Yes, no matter how much of a doppelgänger you are, if it’s at the level of Killia, take it lightly…
“Keahhhhh”
Process…….
Huh?
Kilia fell off with one charge.
Blood is splattered all around, so it looks like it was hit properly.
…… That Killia?
The Killia that tore the Guardians like paper with overwhelming magic stats?
Something is strange.
Are you judoing now?
Or a play? What do you want from me?
“Flee…….Hit… Kuhh…….”
She’s down, her mouth spitting her blood.
And the fishy scent of blood rises even from me far away.
Is this a real play?
“No matter how much… You can’t do it… You have to run away… Do it…”
It can’t be seen as a planned situation.
Her head continues to throb.
What is the reason?
Why did she fall without even fighting back?
And if that really happened…?
‘Can’t I just leave it here to die?’
………
Now, what am I thinking…?
No, the opponent is a vicious villain who later massacres thousands of innocent citizens.
If it’s such a vicious b*tch in the first place, I don’t know what happened, but it might be better to deal with it now that I don’t have as much strength as I did in my prime.
The threat of the future can be greatly reduced only if the villain, who plays a large part in the episode in the game, has already been dealt with.
Yes, just like in the game……. In the game…….
Is this world a real game?
What was Kilia doing at this point in the game?
In the first place, is the girl who is now lying down really a [Dezire]?
Why did she join the Cheonakkai?
Is the current Killia really that evil villain, Killia?
I can’t. Her head just can’t turn.
The stories of all the games that have already been rolling inside me are tangled and unsolved.
However, circumstances did not give me more time to organize my thoughts.
aaa!!!!!!
Once again, the mother doppelganger rushes towards Killia.
….. My body does not fall.
I wasn’t trembling in fear or magically restrained.
It’s just that I, with my head, should never go now.
I seem to be repeating to myself that there is no reason to help right now.
I know…
At my level right now, let alone saving Killia, it’s too much for me to even deal with that mother doppelganger.
It’s not at the level where I can do anything in the first place.
I am given only one option, run away.
……It should have been not given.
“…[Acceleration], [Blessing of the Windy Moon]”
I ran away in an instant and embraced Kilia’s body.
Soon after, the attack of the mammal doppelganger rushing forward is miraculously avoided by the protection of the wind moon.
In an instant, he widens his distance from him.
“…..? Why… Did you… Save…?….. Hurry… Run away…”
“…..Me too, I don’t know…”
I really don’t know either.
There was absolutely no reason to save her until I threw away the blessing of her wind moon, which was my extra life for her.
Even so, my body moved on its own.
Using her own characteristics, she rescued her while hugging her at will.
The mad doppelgänger released her magic power, and the magic stone in the center started to glow.
In an instant, the aisle we came in collapses.
Now, there is really no turning back.
“…What the hell…Why…?…Why…?”
“……He’s a friend.”
“We met… Not too long ago…”
“No, it’s not particularly grandiose…”
Nevertheless, if there’s a reason I saved her.
“To protect not only tens of thousands of citizens in front of you, but even a single person in danger, without exception, that’s what I’m dreaming of as a guardian.”
Sometimes in a game Arhan said to Cale, the student council president.
Was it the answer to the question why a strong cadet like you works so hard day in and day out?
I never thought the day would come when I would spit such cheesy things out of my mouth.
If it was the original world, I would not have been able to say it, but now it is a world inside a game.
And then, what was inside the game became a reality.
Everyone must have felt a romance while enjoying the game, substituting himself for the main character once in a while.
And at least for me, this ‘Arhan Biography’ was such a game.
Looking for romance in such an emergency situation, I guess I am quite a game fanatic.
“So, I don’t want to see a person, a friend, die right in front of my eyes.”
Yes, at least it’s better if people don’t die.
What is that? It’s me who has a fragile and fragile mind.
In real life, even when a relative passed away, I was suffering from tremendous depression.
I don’t really want to see people die. I can’t possibly overcome the death of a person in my current state.
I’m sure later on, there will be unavoidable situations. The day will come when you will have to get used to it.
But at least until then, I want to put it off as much as possible.
Kuaaa!!!!!
Mermael Doppelganger roars again.
Anyway, there seems to be no more time to talk.
The situation is hopeless.
The opponent is a very dangerous A-class monster.
The absence of the blessing of Poongwol, the period of survival.
Support from the outside is not possible.
Kilia is already in a dying state.
Nevertheless, it makes me laugh.
As a dead person in the game, the desire to compete is boiling.
“Now… Let’s try it…”
I’ve already played a game of chicken where even one hit is enough to knock me down.
At least for now, I am a guardian who is not envious of the main character.
I will definitely beat that guy and survive.