Genius Warlock-Episode 627
627. flute sound (6)
captured right arm.
White flame that goes out).
The Pied Piper with his fist in the air.
Next, Oliver's face, neck, and upper body bend sharply to the right, and beep! A crackling sound filled my eardrums..
“······!”
A power that will make you faint. Oliver couldn't even scream, but he desperately tried to gather his wits and fight back..
“Dizzy's━”
━━Boom!!
It was immediately blocked by the Pied Piper's fist, but.
The Pied Piper grabbed Oliver's right arm and began beating him with only one hand..
Face, abdomen, sides, shoulders, arms, etc. Didn't choose any part,
Oliver tried to fight back, barely holding on to the consciousness that seemed to be broken each time. Every time I tried, I ended up failing..
It was a natural result. There was no advantage in speed, strength, technique, or situation to counterattack..
And that's what Oliver knew better than anyone else..
At the point where his right arm, which had just burned out, was blocked, Oliver's chances of winning were infinitely close to zero..
Nevertheless, there was only one reason why Oliver held onto consciousness. It was to kill time..
To buy time for the prince to escape, and for Merlin or the paladin to come for support..
Fortunately, even though the Pied Piper could have finished off Oliver right away, he didn't do that and just beat him up moderately..
That ‘moderate amount’ meant breaking my ribs with my fist, breaking my legs by stepping on them, and hitting my right shoulder so that I couldn’t use my arms..
Still, the Pied Piper did not kill Oliver..
Powok.
Oliver took advantage of that moment when the Pied Piper hit his right shoulder, and he clenched his left hand into a fist and punched the Pied Piper in the face..
Because of my broken leg and the pain I felt throughout my body, I couldn't put any strength into my fists, but it didn't matter..
Judging by the sensation felt at the fingertips, the result would have been the same whether force was applied or not..
‘It doesn't work at all.’
thought Oliver as he looked at the Pied Piper's motionless face..
It felt like I hit a solid wall or the air..
Although their personalities were completely opposite, they had one thing in common: their fists did not work at all, and Oliver was now feeling that same feeling from the Pied Piper..
Coincidentally, Oliver had experienced this once..
It was similar to someone who was burned..
An overwhelming sense of presence and helplessness that no matter what you do, it will be of no use. It felt like I was encountering a being from another dimension..
However, the difference between the Burned Man and the Pied Piper was their attitude toward Oliver..
“You're trying hard.”
With a grave voice, the Pied Piper once again struck Oliver in the face with his fist..
Oliver's face was bent to one side, blood was flying into the air, and he was about to lose consciousness..
Perhaps, this time, I lost consciousness. If only Oliver's own shadow hadn't been stirred..
creepy······.
Goosebumps rose on my tattered skin from being hit by the Pied Piper..
That feeling I felt once in Neverland.
At the same time as that sensation, the shadow that Oliver had managed to put to sleep awakened and attempted to expand its size once again, breaking away from its owner's control..
A shadow stretching straight toward the horizon.
After a while, the shadow bound to the floor rose up, opened hundreds of overlapping eyes, and opened its teeth so neatly that it made the skin stand up, taking in air..
The incomprehensible and bizarre appearance, which is difficult to explain in words, text, or even pictures, was not lacking in arousing instinctive fear and rejection from those who saw it.,
Instead of being embarrassed, the Pied Piper just looked at Oliver's shadow with curious eyes..
As if waiting for something.
At that time, Oliver said with a sigh.
“Follow my commands...!”
Oliver, who fell down on all fours, clutched his consciousness as if it were about to break off at any moment, and conveyed his thoughts to the shadow..
Calm down and go back to your original position..
Surprisingly, the shadow, which had been moving according to its own will until now, stopped when it made eye contact with Oliver..
Suppressed by Oliver's will.
Considering that it was a creature that ate an entire island, it was truly an amazing sight. Mental strength, control, whatever..
The Pied Piper asked Oliver..
“If this continues, you could die, but it's okay.?”
The Pied Piper asked Oliver, who calmed down the shadow without any surprise if he fainted right away..
His words were neither mocking nor arrogant..
For Oliver, the shadow was an ominous thing that had to be suppressed, but it was also his only defense at the moment..
The body that was beaten by the Pied Piper's hands has already exceeded its limits, and the mind has also become unable to use magic..
Rather, it was a miracle that the shadow was suppressed during this time..
I didn't know if I could stop the Pied Piper with my shadow, but I was certain that without my shadow I would be as good as naked..
In short, suppressing the shadow now is tantamount to suicide..
Oliver didn't know this either, but he still suppressed his own shadow..
It was proof that Oliver, who does not want to die as much as possible, has something he wants to protect more than his life..
Jeopuk.
The Pied Piper approached Oliver, who was lying on the floor with all his strength..
A position where you can crush Oliver's head if you raise your leg and slam down right now..
However, instead of doing so, the Pied Piper looked at the distance ahead and spoke to me..
“Why are you doing this??”
A very ambiguous question that allows the listener to have multiple interpretations because the subject is not clear..
Oliver, who heard the question, interpreted it in his own way and answered it..
I didn't understand the conversation method I learned at Randa at first, but now I feel like I understand a little bit why it's like this..
“Former solver of Landa T area number 30. Dave... I'm just doing my job.”
It was true that he was a troubleshooter, but Oliver, who had never been asked to protect the prince, answered that way..
Moderately round talk.
But the Pied Piper did not argue with this. It wasn't important that Oliver actually received such a request..
What mattered was how Oliver defined himself..
The solution to street number 30 in Landa T area.
A slightly extraordinary person who appears like a comet and quickly rises to a dark horse, sacrifices the living legends of the four worlds of resolution, quickly takes an area as his domain, and seeks to establish his own school in the Tower of Magic..
That's how Oliver defined himself..
“This is ridiculous. He knows that his blood is special, and he suppresses his shadow to introduce himself in that way..”
The Pied Piper responded after hearing the answer. The overall voice was grave, but contained subtle emotions..
empathy and sympathy.
Although he was in a worn-out state, like a toy that had been put away for a long time, the Pied Piper showed feelings for Oliver..
Oliver felt more pain from the Pied Piper's reaction than from the fist he had just received..
“Phew... Whoop······.”
Oliver gasped as the pain grew more and more in the area where he had been hit..
The Pied Piper tilted his head, silently looking down at Oliver with eyes as hard as stone..
Silence came between the two, and after a while, the Pied Piper took a step forward..
The reason is unknown, but they gave up the attack..
Oliver reached out to the Pied Piper and grabbed his ankles..
“Let go.”
“Where are you going??”
Oliver asked a question while struggling to breathe..
The Pied Piper answered.
“Day······. I'm careful to keep my promises..”
I went ahead and expected what was going to happen. When the Pied Piper first appeared, his target was none other than Prince Albert..
“Did Puppet tell you to do this??”
“Does it matter??”
The Pied Piper responded by lightly moving his feet and shaking off Oliver's touch..
“Do what the other person needs and receive what they want in return. It's simple.?”
Oliver desperately raised his head and saw the Pied Piper..
He lifted both hands and waved them up and down slightly. It feels like something has escaped me.
Personally, I was curious about what it was, but Oliver brought up more urgent matters than that..
“No matter how bad it is, why would you use such power to kidnap a child??”
It was meant to be a waste of time, but it was also sincere..
Although he was different from Merlin and the Burned One, Oliver felt a different kind of power from the Pied Piper..
The indescribable feeling of encountering someone from another dimension..
But what you do with that kind of power is kidnapping a child. I couldn't understand it at all.
The Pied Piper responded after hearing Oliver's question. in an unexpected form.
“under······. haha.”
laughed.
very low and dreary.
Ordinary yet far from ordinary.
Morality, ethics, law, faith, courage, humanity. The Pied Piper laughed as if mocking and ridiculing everything..
A terrible feeling of déjà vu.
The Pied Piper did not explain why he laughed. It's like there's no need to explain.
Instead, it explained why children were kidnapped and abandoned in the forest..
“It's true that it's work, but it's more personal than that... It's my only pleasure.”
The Pied Piper said. Kidnapping children and abandoning them in the forest is the joy of life. However, it was soon corrected..
“no. Is it closer to a painkiller?.”
Enjoyment. The pleasure or fun felt in living.
painkiller. Medicines used to eliminate or relieve pain.
Through two different concepts, Oliver was able to instinctively intuit what the Pied Piper was doing and what the cause was..
When Oliver realized this fact, he closed his eyes without realizing it..
It wasn't because of fatigue or pain..
The reason Oliver closed his eyes was because he sympathized a little with the Pied Piper..
Oliver, who was insensitive to other people's feelings, understood and sympathized with the words of the old man who was now the Pied Piper..
Oliver opened his mouth with great difficulty and caution..
“······But that doesn't mean-”
-wow!
Before Oliver could get to the point, the Pied Piper reached out and grabbed Oliver by the neck, lifting him up..
The Pied Piper, who had not had any ill will towards Oliver until now, now expressed his anger towards Oliver..
“I don't say that carelessly..”
“······gagging.”
“You don't know what it's like to have your world shattered? You don't even want to know. That's why I calmed down the shadows.”
The Pied Piper tightened his grip. Oliver's breathing seemed as if it would break at any moment. But I heard well.
“Of course, I'm not laughing at you. It's funny now, but I understand. Because I was like that once too. It'll be okay if you ignore me.”
A subtle emotion seeped into the indifferent and insensitive voice of the Pied Piper. looked sad.
“So, you need to be even more careful with your mouth. Because your world hasn't broken yet. or not······.”
The Pied Piper took a pause and spoke again..
“······Should I break your world??”
━Okay
Oliver raised his left hand in response to the Pied Piper's question..
With that, Oliver, who had been floating in the air by his neck, came down to the ground, and abrasions appeared on the Pied Piper's hands..
A very shallow wound. Drops of red blood sprouted from the wound, and the Pied Piper's eyes widened ever so slightly..
The Pied Piper's eyes sparkle with interest.
Oliver's eyes are blurry, as if they're about to go off at any moment..
Just when he was about to lose consciousness, Oliver suddenly appeared in his left hand and aimed it at the Pied Piper. The knife was made of Oliver's blood and anger..
“My real name is Oliver... An orphan, a mine worker, and fortunate enough to learn black magic, he became Dave the Fixer and Zenon of the Magic Tower... I'm just a lucky person.”
“······.”
“Just a lucky person... That's what I decided. So if you want to continue your work, get rid of me first..”
Oliver defined himself in a state where it wouldn't be strange if he collapsed right away..
Oliver, who accepted and accepted all opinions, expressed the clearest and firmest will..
The Pied Piper knew from that look that Oliver had risked his life..
It could be said that it was truly ironic..
You risk your life to protect the prince, but at the same time ignore the most obvious method..
Selflessness and selfishness. There was a mixture of diametrically opposed concepts. Like the front and back of a coin.
Well, that problem is not one that can be approached with concepts such as reason and rationality..
The Pied Piper also had a time like that..
ha. ha. ha······.
As Oliver let out a thin, thin breath, the Pied Piper opened his mouth..
“Should we make a deal? You too will value your promises.”
Oliver responded. The Pied Piper announced, as if it were natural, that if his demands were accepted, he would no longer pursue the prince and would step down..
Coincidentally, what the Pied Piper wanted was also what Oliver wanted..
don't worry about yourself.
Very good conditions that came out of nowhere. However, there seemed to be no trap..
Oliver, who had reached his physical and mental limits, nodded before losing consciousness and immediately collapsed..
The Pied Piper looked down at the fallen Oliver for a moment and then opened his mouth into the air..
“Stop now, why don't you come out.”
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