Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 599
◈ 599. [Side Story] Hurt
It was three days after the end of the battle that Nameless opened his eyes..
“……!”
As soon as he came to his senses, Mu-myeong was startled and jumped up with his upper body. She pulled out the iron sword that was lying on her bedside and looked around her..
“here is…….”
It was a guest room in the manor house..
It was a guest room, but was being used as an injury ward..
I could see a row of cots across the hallway. Wounded soldiers were lying down in rows, and priests with tired faces were busy walking around and checking on the condition of the patients..
Nameless looked down at his stiff body wrapped in bandages..
‘Why am I here... … ? I'm sure I was fighting the Night Bringer…….’
Originally, she tried to delay the Lord of the Flies' sortie, but with the appearance of an even greater evil, she decided to stop him..
Black dragon. night bringer.
Nameless blocked the path of this evil dragon that was trying to sortie after the Lord of the Flies..
- Where are you going, black dragon?.
- Of course, to destroy the world.
After a brief conversation, the two entered into battle. There was no need for much conversation in the first place..
Nameless had a thrilling duel with the ancient evil dragon for three days, but ultimately failed. No, actually, it wasn't even a match from the beginning..
I just held on and held on..
After consuming all the 'light' they have, they die, come back to life, and chase after them... … I tried to stop the black dragon's advance somehow..
As an eternal being, she had no reason to refuse death..
Nevertheless, I ended up losing.
The Night Bringer, who found it annoying that Nameless kept coming back to life in the darkness of the Lake Kingdom, did not kill her, but only subdued her and carried her away..
So Crossroads was the present..
Nameless ultimately blamed himself for not being able to stop the Night Bringer, and at the same time, he felt fortunate that Crossroads remained safe..
“Ugh…….”
I dragged my heavy body down the bed and tried to get out of the guest room..
“rest a little more.”
A calm voice was heard.
When I looked there, I saw a familiar man with gray hair and glasses - the lord's aide..
Nameless called after struggling to remember his name in a hazy, foggy thought..
“……Ader.”
“You are seriously injured. No matter how eternal you are, aren't your wounds still painful?.”
“My pain is meaningless. Rather, Crossroads…….”
Ader gently pushed Mu-myeong, who was about to say something, and made him sit down on the bed again..
Even though it was a weak movement with no real strength, anonymous was strangely unable to reject Ader's touch. In the end, she calmly sat down on the bed..
“What is the situation at Crossroads??”
Unknown asked after being silent for a moment. Ader shook her head bitterly..
“……It's miserable.”
“It's all my fault. If only I had stopped those monsters earlier, no…….”
Nameless blamed himself with a helpless expression on his face..
“Our lake kingdom... … If I hadn't fallen into the dark…….”
“…….”
“It's all my fault. How should I repay this?…….”
Ader, who was just listening quietly, smiled faintly..
“I'm sorry, princess. Regretting the past is not the style of this city.”
“……?”
Ader pointed out the window to a puzzled person..
“My lord is already moving..”
The room where the unknown person stayed faced south, and had a clear view of the south side of the city..
In the southern part of the city, completely in ruins…….
“Search & Recovery!”
Ash was busy running with his men, shouting something..
“Search and recover! Search, rescue and recover!”
“yes!”
“From this area to the other today! Come on, everyone! Let's work hard until lunch comes.!”
“yes-!”
Heroes, soldiers, and workers with minor injuries rushed in and began pushing shovels into the remains of the collapsed building..
All the injured and corpses had been rescued and cleaned up over the past three days, so now all that was left was to clean up the collapsed building..
Nameless looked blankly at the bustling city. Behind him, Ader opened his mouth..
“A lot died, a lot was lost. But I can't stop.”
“Ash... … Is it okay??”
“Is that possible?.”
Ader let out a light sigh..
“You will suffer more than anyone else..”
“…….”
everyone knows.
Ash is clearly overexerting himself..
At the recovery site, he was at the forefront of directing work, giving orders with vigor, and was busier than anyone else... … Everyone knew that he was in pain as if he would collapse at any moment..
Still, the effort is painful and necessary here..
Everyone is just pretending not to know and working hard on restoration according to that order..
“……I'm going to help too.”
Nameless finally got up again..
Ader let out a soft sigh as if there was nothing he could do, and then placed a new robe on her body wrapped in cotton bandages..
Anonymous, who was arranging his clothes, asked Ader carefully:.
“Ader, if you don’t mind… … Will you tie my hair so it's easier to work with??”
Ader smiled faintly..
“sure. Gladly.”
His long white hair was tied neatly at the back..
As he did so, Unknown walked towards the south of the city and rolled up the sleeves of his robe..
I don't know how to repay the Lake Kingdom for its sins. One thing is certain.
Rather than a hundred words of apology, it would be more helpful to add strength to the situation here right now..
“ash!”
Toward Ash, who was looking back, Nameless also shouted loudly and asked,.
“Is there anything you want to do for the best worker in the Lake Kingdom??”
***
barracks. Aryan Kingdom Accommodation.
“…….”
After hesitating for a moment, Kuilan carefully opened the door and entered..
“what!”
“Who are you??!”
As the giant werewolf approached, the warriors of the Aryan Kingdom reflexively raised their wary weapons..
Kuilan stopped and raised both hands..
“……It's me.”
“ah…….”
Now, Kuilan can be seen during the day or at night, with or without the moon... … He had turned into a silver-red werewolf..
The Arian Kingdom warriors recognized Kuilan's identity, but their eyes were still wary. Kuilan looked around the inside of the accommodation with a silent gaze..
“How about Yoon?.”
“……My life was saved.”
A priest from the Arian Kingdom walked out from inside the hotel. He was a healer who took care of the warriors of the Aryan Kingdom..
“However, the paralyzing poison injected by the monster was so severe... … Because the paralyzing poison still has a fatal effect. You're in a coma..”
“Will I be able to recover??”
“…….”
The priest was silent..
Kuilan quietly put down what he was carrying. It was hard to see because of the huge hand, but it was a flower basket..
“come again.”
The priest spoke to Kuilan's back as he turned around..
“There's no need for that..”
“……?”
The priest explained while looking into Kuilan's puzzled eyes..
“The king ordered you to return home. Our Aryan Kingdom contingent decided to return to their home country with the princess..”
“when?”
“tomorrow.”
“Unofficial… … Ariane Bear can't fly. How are you going to get back??”
“You have to go at least on foot. The road is paved…….”
Kuilan growled in shock..
“You're going to walk that long way to the Aryan Kingdom, taking a sick patient like this with you? That too tomorrow?”
“……His Majesty's orders are absolute.”
“The best thing for Yoon now is to recuperate here. At least for a few days! You know that too..”
“Isn't this the most dangerous place?!”
the priest shouted.
The priest was embarrassed in front of Kuilan, who kept his mouth shut..
“This is where such monsters come flooding in... … It's the most dangerous place in the world.”
“…….”
“The fighting here is sublime. Great. But, so what? Is that a reason for our princess to die here??”
The priest shook his head..
“Through emergency communication magic, His Majesty the King ordered us to return home. He said he would like to see your daughter's face before she passes away..”
“…….”
“It's here, but it's a long way to go, and it's dangerous anyway... … It would be better for Princess Yun to die in her hometown, in the arms of her family..”
The rest of the Aryan Kingdom warriors also nodded with sad faces as if they agreed..
“……no.”
Only Kuilan shook his head..
“That's not possible..”
“yes?”
Kwasik!
Kuilan suddenly hit the ground and rushed past the priest into the dormitory..
The frightened people of the Aryan Kingdom rushed to chase after him. Kuilan lightly broke his lock and burrowed into his Yun's room..
“…….”
With a blood-soaked bandage wrapped around his stomach, his face covered in cold sweat... … Yoon was lying in bed dying..
Kuilan, who carefully sat down on one knee next to Yun's bed, growled..
“If the wound was sustained on the monster front, the medicine will also be available on the monster front. If we want to save Yun, it's best to recover here rather than force ourselves to head north for several months. I can’t let Yun go..”
The priest of the Aryan Kingdom was amazed..
“It has nothing to do with that, right?!”
“No, it doesn't matter.”
Kuilan looked down at Yun's haggard face with eyes as deep as a well..
“This person is my…….”
***
“body bag.”
The elves' quarters.
Lily, who came here, kept knocking in front of Bodybag's room..
“Body bag. I need to eat something.”
“…….”
“You haven’t had a sip of water in three days. And then die. Let's eat something. huh?”
The body bag remained silent..
Lily lowered her head and sighed, then slowly let it out..
“Body bag, they say there’s a funeral tomorrow.”
“…….”
“I have to come out to send burnout on its way. If you keep doing this, burnout will be sad. So please…….”
“……lily.”
For the first time in three days, Bodybag's harsh voice leaked through the crack in the door..
“I lost everything. She lost everything. Now I have no one.”
“…….”
“Why am I alive? God Hand, Burnout, Skull, and Old Girl are all dead. why am i alive here?”
Lily rested her forehead on the door. Bodybag sobbed inside the door..
“During the Aegis Special Forces days, I would have rather completed my mission and just died. At that time, he had no hope. Because we were just a bullet. When I had served my purpose, I could let go of everything and die comfortably..”
“…….”
“But here, I learned that there is happiness in living, and I finally started to live like a human being... … And they died one by one. At best, I had hope and then died..”
Squeak-
The door opened slowly..
After not being able to eat or drink for three days, my body bag was shaking with a pale complexion as I just kept crying..
“Why, why am I alive and hungry? Why am I alive and thirsty? … . Everyone died. Why am I alive, sleeping, dreaming, and wanting to see everyone… … . why am i alive.”
“body bag.”
Lily wordlessly opened her arms towards the body bag..
Body Bag staggered and cried into Lily's arms..
“are you okay. Eat, drink, sleep, live. That's not ugly. It's not shameful or cowardly. are you okay. Because it's okay…….”
Lily whispered, holding the young elf in her arms and caressing her, who was shaking from the guilt of her fallen comrades..
“Let's live, we…….”
***
South of Crossroads. Castle wall site.
“…….”
In front of the ruins of the castle wall where reconstruction work had not yet begun, Verdandi was sitting casually..
At the site of the castle wall, the ancient wooden wall, charred black, still maintained its form. It was the legacy of the World Tree that Skuld sacrificed his life to summon..
Verdandi lowered his blank eyes and looked at the floor. This was the spot where his younger brother collapsed and died three days ago..
Skuld's body, which had assimilated with those tree roots, was fixed in this place..
In the end, in order to prepare for the funeral, Verdandi had to cut Skuld's body from the roots of this dead tree with his own hands..
“…….”
The face of my dead brother, withered like an old tree, could not disappear from my mind..
‘If I hadn't run away…….’
Instead of exploring the Holy Grail, I wish I had succeeded to the throne of the fairy royal family..
He could have sacrificed himself here. If so, Skuld would still be alive..
‘It's all my fault, my fault…….’
The elves approached cautiously behind Verdandi as he thought. They were elderly elves wearing old decorations..
“Mr. Verdandi.”
“…….”
“Now, the legitimate heir remaining in the fairy royal family is... … It's only you.”
“…….”
“You must inherit the throne..”
“I don't deserve it.”
Verdandi shook his head..
“Abandoning the royal family and the people... … I wandered around for a hundred years and now I'm back, and with some shame I'm wearing a crown.?”
“Haona.”
“That's Okay. Go away. The late king's funeral hasn't even been held yet, so how can we talk about the heir first?.”
The silent elves retreated in a hurry..
As soon as the crowd disappeared, Verdandi pulled the dagger out of his pocket and stuck it in the ground..
deeply!
It was right in front of where my younger brother fell and died..
“Yeah, I can't be king.”
Verdandi glared straight ahead and clenched his teeth..
“I have to kill all the monsters and get revenge on my brother... … I can't hold a position like a king..”
Holding the dagger that trembled with murderous intent, Verdandi stored up a cold hatred in his heart..
“Wait, Schooled. Even if my sister is not a good king…….”
A hazy darkness was seeping into her big, clear green eyes..
“Because I am confident that I will become a good revenge demon..”
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