Chapter 44 (1/2)
Chapter 44 Escape (Part 2)
It’s a tight schedule
I lead my teammates in as fast a pace as possible
‘We have no time’
If I were the lycanthrope leader, I would extinguish the village rebellion as fast as possible There is no need to give the villagers aht
What I can be sure of is that they will not attack the village hastily
They will know that we are with the villagers
Fearing the power of the rifle we have, they won’t attack rashly and will behave carefully
The longer the fight, the better
The longer it gets, the more time ill have to escape
‘About noill the village people will have realized we ran away?’
The chief, who is accustoht on by now
But it’s no use
The dice has already been rolled, and even without us, they have no choice but to fight If they were to surrender now, there is no guarantee that the lycanthropes would forgive them
You get older, and you get eaten
How can you live under that kind of fate? I have no confidence that I could live such a pitiful life without a future
That’s probably how they villagers feel now
What they needed was so Its exploded now, and they’ll fight with reckless abandon
The fact that hundreds will die due to hs heavily on my heart
‘My eyes were indeed not wrong Didn’t I say so? Examinee Kim Hyun-ho is a person plenty capable’
The baby angel’s words cross my mind
‘Every moment, your decisions and action were bold and cold What average person could do as examinee Kie person, but a very special human?’
“That damned…”
I carelessly spit out profanities
“What is it?”
Asked a surprised Joon-ho Hye-su and Kang Chun-seong are looking at me too
“Do all of you think what I did rong?”
I ask
“Was there another option besides sacrificing the villagers?”
The atmosphere becomes solemn
“You were right”
The one who said that was Kang Chun-seong
“The people in that village are not siht on to the chief’s plans, it is clear what fate ould have suffered”
“…”
“Those people tried to kill us so that they could live As a hu morals, they prioritized their own survival, and we arethe saoodwill, ould not have made this decision”
“…You think so?”
“I do, so do not think anything of it”
Joon-ho and Hye-su both say a word
“I think you were right too, hyung”
“I didn’t think you rong either, oppa It’s just… I just found this situation where we had to make such a decision to be harsh”
“I understand I didn’t o”
I continuedMy teammates followed
Kang Chun-seong that said if they have approached us with goodwill, ould not have been able to make this decision
… Would I really?
Had they been kind people, would I have been unable to use them?
I cannot be sure
What kind of person I a me as a person, I cannot be sure
More time will pass, more exams experienced, and in tiuish Emotion may erode down and I may thirst for it
After becoh with my family?
‘I don’t know’
Let’s stop thinking thoughts like this
First, I have to survive
We walked absent-mindedly We don’t say a word to each other, and just walk
Finally, an exhausted Hye-su speaks
“Let’s rest and continue”
“Oh, sorry Now that I think of it, we didn’t rest once Are your feet okay?”
“Not much of a problem but the blisters have popped and it’s a little uncomfortable I’ll treat it for a bit”
“Okay”
We rest for a short while
Hye-su tooks off her shoes and socks Her tiny foot has exploded blisters and is a mess
Thankfully, we have a really good healing potion 19th turn Yoo Ji-soo’s tea potion
Hye-su opens the healing potions stopper and pours a very small amount onto her foot and spreads it like an ointly, the injury from the broken blister quickly closes
Joon-ho and I look at it ide open eyes
“Wow, that result is really immediate”
“Seriously”
At that rate, I think even a large injury will get healed right away
After treating all her wounds, Hye-su puts her socks and shoes back on
I summon Sylph
“Sylph, scout for us please”
-Meow
Sylph quickly disappears somewhere
But she returns much faster than usual and lets out a sharp cry
-Meow!
We are surprised and stand up right away
“Is it an enemy?”
Sylph nods her head and moves quickly and draws a number with her body
The number is ‘1’
“One enemy?”
-Meow
Sylph nods her head
“Is it a lycanthrope?”
I think maybe not so I ask, and this time too, Sylph nods her head
Only one lycanthrope has followed us What is it thinking? Has it forgotten that the number of lycanthropes that have died because of us is 13?
“And the distance?”
Sylph draws a number 272
‘Okay One shot with the gun’
“Weapon”
The Mosin-Nagant appears in ht hand I take out the bullets I had stored in my pocket and load, and hand it to Sylph
“Let’s finish this now”
-Meow
Sylph nods her head and quickly gets into shooting position and then pulls the trigger
Tang-
The shot rings long
“Did you get it?”
Sylph shakes her head
I’m suspicious
Sylph shot the gun and didn’t get it in one shot? Sylph would not have made a mistake
“Shoot until you get it”
-Meow
Then, Sylph shoots 4 consecutive shots
As she is done with the loaded 5 bullets, with an aard expression on her face, she looks at me
I give her another clip with 5 bullets
Sylph loads it quickly and begins to shoot again
Tang, click, tang, click
Sylph keeps shooting
She’s shot this ot it?
I think maybe, and ask
“Is it holding so like a shi+eld?”