Pick Me Up-Episode 343
2. Sword waiting to be drawn(8)
It's dawn, but the morning is close..
An ashrahan fog enveloped the landscape.
‘It's the beginning..’
Vian's gaze turned to the hourglass on the table.
There is no clock in the Gladiator's quarters. Therefore, the old man decided to set the time of death through the hourglass he had smuggled was supposed to be.
The top of the hourglass is completely empty.
It's time..
Vian raised himself in bed and looked at the beds next to him.
No private room is given to him as a lower-class gladiator.
‘Too.’
Roommates are in different places.
This was also the result of several cumbersome pre-operations.
Therefore, the only time that planning was possible was now.
Vian stiffened his resolve and went out into the hallway..
‘Once you check the location of the guards.…….’
There are several guards standing sentry in the property where he is staying.
Vian from the first plan to happen to check their patrol position Role.
If your colleagues rush to Bada at once, no wonder you will buy suspicion. It is supposed to be joined through a sequential process.
Vian left the room.
According to the captain's information, the guard is not far away.…….
“……?”
No.
Vian looked around.
Corridor from end to end.
No guards were visible..
Strange things.
Vian asked the gladiator, who was dazed next to him..
“Guards, where did you go? Maybe, I know.?”
He shook his head with a shudder.
He looked like he didn't even know English..
‘It's weird..’
This is not what you expected..
Vian started running.
Get out of the hall and enter the hall..
There the gladiators were gathered and standing..
“Where did they all go??”
“Well. I didn't let you have a set.?”
“And then, I heard a strange sound from a sleeping bird..”
Vian approached the gladiator..
“Sounds strange? What did you hear?!”
“What, what's wrong??”
“Tell me!”
“Uh, uh. Just, running around? Was it the sound of the guards? I think I heard fighting.…….”
I didn't hear that, Vian..
Maybe the location of the room was at the end of the corridor..
“That was it.?”
“I think I've heard it.…….”
Vian ran again.
Exit the communal quarters dedicated to the lower gladiators and run.
Through the middle passage, Vian was able to identify.
‘This is...... bloodstains!’
There's red blood everywhere..
Was a sign of battle.
And when I got out of the aisle and reached the training ground, I could witness it.
“……!”
This is a private training ground east of the Arena..
This is the first time I met with the captain, Kainil..
It was also the second confluence point of the plan..
There were the bodies of the white nobles lying there..
“You're here, Vian..”
Kainil said in a firm voice.
He glanced at the bodies with a sharp glance.
“Not long after he died. It must have been an hour before I had to take a long look at it..”
“Captain? This is, who……?”
“I don't know..”
Kainil shook his head..
“Anyway, you have to go as planned. Let's go..”
Something unsettling comes up smull smull.
Vian suppressed it and followed Kainil..
Originally, there should have been a fierce battle from this time on..
“…….”
As you go down the aisle, your colleagues join you in turn.
There was never a conflict with the guards who were supposed to be on the way..
So, Kainil defeated arrived at the final confluence point.
Exit and leading places of the arena.
“We're almost together..”
Kainil looked at the faces of his colleagues..
The number of comrades is twenty-three people.
Two people are missing..
An old man who was a liaison with the Liberation Army.,
Gladiator, considered a key power, Nameless.
Coincidentally, only the two did not gather here.
‘It's completely different from the plan..’
I'm not convinced..
Why did he do that?.
But I can't stop..
Kainil chastised his colleagues for their confusion..
“Let's go..”
There were signs of intense fighting in the passage he passed.
We also identified the bodies of several hundred nobles..
If you see the outfit, all the guards who guarded the arena..
The fact that Kainil removed them was not a bunch, but an individual Convinced.
Even more so when you listen to a colleague who joined you in the opposite aisle..
There was no sign of battle there..
‘Why??’
Have you noticed? .
Kainil bit his lip..
“Guards, where did you go??”
“I think someone killed him..”
“Did you do this on your own? How?”
The noise in the back becomes severe.
Kainil walked without caring..
After the exit, the arsenal that had to be guarded was not locked..
Two decapitated bodies are lying down..
The gladiators who were fighting were missing their macs..
And, right here.
Passageway in front of the exit, the last field of battle.
This is a place with more security than any other place..
“Hut!”
Someone caught his breath..
I have no choice but to do it..
“That's the man's job..”
“Who are you talking about? Which who, did this…….”
“Obscurity.”
Kainil muttered, as if he were in a state of disarray..
Obviously, this corridor is optimized for many-to-many days.
The place where the left and right were blocked did not allow them to encircle it..
This means you can move forward and repeat one-on-one.
But, isn't it strange.
He was so strong.?
That man was...... This much.?
If there's one Kainil, it might be possible..
It could be up to two somehow..
Up to three people are hard, but you can try to gamble.
From the four, you have to be prepared for death..
By the way.
“Alone...... How many people did you kill?.”
Only near the exit, close to ten white nobles are crushed to death.
If you add up to the bodies you've seen in the passageways, training grounds, and corridors that you've passed through, you're going to be able to see them. Minimum from twenty to thirty people.
‘Did you make an inducement? All the guards in the arena.?’
So I killed them one by one, cut them off, and came to the exit..
And he killed the captain of the guard and the guard troops who guarded the exit. I got out of the back.?
If that was the case, did you need to make this plan?
How many days did I need to squeeze my head and make an escape plan?
If you just kill them all and escape, stop..
They are not human.
Even a skilled gladiator can take his life to deal with one hundred nobles. You have to walk..
But this is just, they slaughtered it all.?
“Monster…….”
Someone muttered..
No one refuted there.
‘To him, our plans didn't mean anything..’
Kainil lamented..
How ridiculous it must have seemed.
If he eats his heart, escape will be possible at any time..
‘Anyway.’
Kainil looked around..
All the guards who were blocking the exit of the arena fled. Dead Situation.
My colleagues don't know English and are confused..
“Let's move. Reinforcements could be coming..”
Action Prevails.
With Kainil in the lead, the gladiators headed through the exit..
The smell of clean bodies and dark blood makes them aware that this is now a reality I did it..
Land of Fog, Niflheim.
In the morning, the city was sprinkled with a pale fog.
However, you can enjoy the scenery of the city. It was a world they had never seen since they were locked up in the arena as slaves..
“Freedom...... Is.”
Maybe by now, the arena is in a mess..
Soon I noticed that the guard was gone, and all the gladiators were out. I'm gonna escape..
‘This is, this city.’
It's morning, but there's no warm sunshine..
The city was locked in dark fog and sticky moisture.
The group began to walk towards the South Gate.
“…….”
Beyond the dark alleyways.
There was a girl looking at this side, hunched over the sunken morpho.
Eyes like dead fish.
There was not a glimpse of the hope of life..
Not one..
Every time Kainil and his colleagues pass through the boulevard, they hide all over the alleyways. Their gaze has come towards them.
They were all human.
Stare at Kainil in a dirty, remote alleyway.
It must have been quite strange to see gladiators walking on the boulevard armed. There's no surprise in their eyes..
Jealousy or surprise similar colorful emotions to feel enough of them The mind is not fine..
From birth, growing up as a slave, giving up everything and losing the consequences My feelings are dead..
They were nothing but cattle with human shells.
“……Damn it..”
Someone reviled him..
“Where did all the white nobles go??”
The boulevard is empty..
Humans were hiding all over the alleyways, but I could see the white nobles. Did.
On the boulevard, which was originally active, only the mist of the mist lay down. There were.
“Most of them would have escaped..”
Kainil explained briefly.
“Outside information said that a civil war was going on. Maybe they're fighting somewhere. The others would have sprung out of the city in the first place..”
“I didn't say the only exit is the South gate.?”
“The only known exit is there, but it's somewhere else..”
“Then we'd better go to that exit.?”
“We're going to the South gate as scheduled..”
Kainil shook his head..
Obviously, in addition to the south gate, there is an exit to the city.
But the humans of the city can't use the exit.
Such a hidden root is allowed only to those who are powerful.
In order to evacuate refugees throughout the city, the South gate must be We need to secure it..
‘By this time, the rumors of destruction may be true..’
Kainil concluded.
The city has long since lost its function.
Close to the ruins..
The rumors of destruction can't change this much..
It's not a rumor.
The group took a quick step.
The appearance of people began to grow gradually.
Where are they in dirty, torn, rags-like clothes? I'm heading..
Like moths attracted to fire.
The domesticated humans walk to the south gate..
A group of gladiators went through them..
“…….”
Soon the crew arrived..
Before me, a magnificent gate built in the distant past, in the time of man, is a great Exposed.
To the north of the gate is a large circular square.
The refugees were standing in the square in a crowd.
‘Is that as expected.’
The exit of the city officially known as the South Gate.
If so, those who wish to live in the great square bordering the South Gate We have no choice but to gather..
The refugees, dressed in rags, gathered in the center of the square. There are.
That number is hundreds of people..
“Hiik!”
Fear is young in the eyes of refugees who have seen armed gladiators.
They recoiled in fear..
“Don't be afraid. I'm not trying to hurt you..”
Kainil's words are useless..
As the group moved forward, they retreated as the ebb pushed on.
Someone in the group sighed.
They've been persecuted all their lives..
I can't help this reaction..
‘All...... Kids to women.’
In order to prevent rebellion, human men in the city don't stay alive long. I heard the words..
By the way, it was true..
Refugees are mostly women and children. Very rarely there is a mix of elderly people.
The group crossed the square with refugees fleeing from them Headed to the center.
I saw them soon..
At the entrance to the South Gate, a group of white nobles gathered armed.
The reason the refugees couldn't get out was because of them..
The guards and outfits in the arena are the same.
Iron helmet and armor. And the window in your hand.
However, the snake-like pupil is curved vertically.
Between the pitches, horns were sprouting..
One of them and Kainil's eyes met..
“KRH…….”
He was laughing dreary, but he didn't come..
You were ordered to keep the door..
“They're defenders..”
“The numbers are less than expected.?”
The group whooped..
It was the right word..
According to the report of an old man who was out scouting, the usual south gate is Close to twenty troops are defending it..
But the number you see now is only ten.
I can only think that the incident happened..
Any incident that is so urgent that you have to bring the troops to the South Gate..
In Kainil's brain, the figure of the man came to mind..
‘…….’
I couldn't find the man at the south gate..
If so, where did he go.
‘You lured him on purpose..’
For us?
But I want this much dedication between the man and Kainil. Not close.
Once here, Kainil decided to stop the accident..
The plan was first..
“Kirk, kirk.”
“Kihihi…….”
They've captured a group of gladiators, but they're solidifying their position..
“If you have ten, it's worth it..”
“We weren't just playing..”
The number of the group is 24 people.
Preserved much more power than originally planned.
Gladiators began to seize the embattled.
“Wait, I have something to do before the fight..”
“What.?”
“It's a promise to them..”
Kainil took a trumpet made of horns from his arms.
This object is a signal of the start of the operation handed over from the Liberation Army tangential book.
Puuuu.
As Kainil blew his trumpet vigorously, a low tone sounded throughout the square Spread.
“……?”
The majority did not know English, but some knew the existence of the Liberation Army The gladiators shone their eyes..
‘Blowing the trumpet, he immediately attacked the Liberation army outside the South gate.’
Kainil's group attacks inside the south gate..
It's a double-sided raid..
“…….”
But,
Nothing happened..
“Captain, what are you doing??”
“It's weird. Why aren't you coming??”
“Than that, where is that bugle?”
Leaving the uproar, Kainil again blows his trumpet..
Puuuu.
“…….”
Quiet.
Kainil's complexion turned pale..
“Great, Captain? Where is the Liberation Army?”
“Didn't you tell me reinforcements were coming? Obviously, the old man……!”
“What's the Liberation Army and what's the reinforcements? No, you guys hid it from each other.?”
“Quiet!”
Silence came over Kainil's days.
“Nothing happens. We can start planning..”
“Captain, it's clear that the Liberation Army…….”
“There's nothing like that..”
“Example?”
“No Liberation Army..”
Kainil muttered as if he had done something..
Vian hurriedly interjected..
“Is it a lie? Didn't they have evidence? His flag and horn trumpet, and…….”
“Stop..”
Kainil closed his eyes..
Vian looked at the ground with dazed eyes..
‘It was false, too...... .’
Kainil visited the old man's room 20 minutes before the start of the operation. .
It was to make a final confirmation..
The room was very close to the hotel, so it was not difficult to hide.
That's how Kainil saw it..
The dead old man's body with his neck bare..
Of course, he was appalled, and even more appalled when he saw the suicide note next to the body. I'm sorry..
The suicide note had an old man's confession on it.
What mistakes he made.
Kainil got the truth out of that suicide note..
The Liberation Army is not true..
Kainil's plan for reinforcements became crappy.
However, you can't even notify your colleagues of the cancellation of your plan.
In the last few months, the arena's security had become extremely heavy.
If more than three come together, they are immediately suspected. The three of them visited the unnamed hostel, which was close to a huge gamble.
Their usual way of communication is from point to point.
By the way, within an hour of the news that the plan was canceled, the arena was all over the place. Tell all your colleagues who are there?
Even more so now the time is night.
There is a ban on going out at night..
Diarrhea, I knew yesterday, but it would have been hard..
So, the plan can't be reversed..
If one person who didn't hear the cancellation was caught moving as planned, Well, the other fellows are over..
Kainil had to start a plan that was supposed to fail..
‘Still, the man's whim made things work out for good.’
The reinforcements were fake, but instead a similar role was played by an unnamed gladiator I did it..
“From now on, through the south gate..”
“……Example.”
Throng.
Kainil drew his sword from the sheath..
It was time to rush back..
“……?!”
The steps of the entire group stop..
They had no choice but to look at the situation around zinc.
Two boulevards connected with a circular square.
Suspicious shadows fell from the roof of the building on the left and right.
“Kihihi…….”
The floor and roof were more than 5 meters high, but they weren't. I didn't land..
He was an armed white nobleman..
“Now, wait.…….”
“This is a different story.!”
The number of enemies blows up in an instant.
They appeared from the roof of the building, blocking the exit and laying siege to it. was forming.
‘It was an ambush.!’
I was hiding on the roof of a high-rise building, so I didn't notice it..
It was a trap..
Kainil stepped back and counted their numbers..
Twelve at the South Gate.
Twelve on West Boulevard.
Eleven on the North Boulevard they passed.
Therefore, the number of white nobles surrounded the refugees...... A total of 35 people.
“The Liberation Army...... Where is the Liberation Army?!”
“The numbers are more than you expected! I never heard anything like this.!”
The white nobles are approaching..
Gladiators and refugees retreated into a corner.
To the east of the circular square.
But there is no exit there.
A huge barrier is blocking it..
The exit is blocked.
“Hi-i-i-i-I!”
“Buy, save.…….”
Refugees ' confusion has been added..
They crowded into the barrier on the east side of the square, where there were no white nobles, and began to tremble.
People tried to cross the wall, but they were in vain..
There is no place to climb.
“Captain.”
Someone told Kainil.
He was a good man, even his thugs, with whom he had a long relationship..
“Where did the Liberation Army go? You lied to us.?”
“…….”
“Yeah, it's good to ambush. But if you have a liberation army, don't you have enough to fight them? Where did they all go??”
Kainil shook his teeth..
Enough blood..
No matter what you say, it's just an excuse..
“……I'm sorry..”
“We trusted the captain. I risked my life. But the result is this? For your complacency, we all have to be killed. I mean.?”
A distrustful young gaze hits him.
“We said we were prepared for death, we didn't say we were being rendered senseless..”
“……I'm sorry..”
“There was no liberation army.?”
Kainil bowed his head..
That was the answer.
“That's right. That's what happened..”
“…….”
“Good. That's the old man's job. If you didn't see it earlier, the captain wouldn't have known. I'll understand..”
Kainil couldn't even say thank you..
It is he who brought them into crisis..
“We need to change our policy..”
“I'm changing it.?”
“It's obvious, isn't it? When I fought at the front, it was the death of a dog. If so, we'll have to break through the siege and escape..”
The man said.
“I can't say that their ambush was aimed at us. If we knew we were escaping, we would have stopped it. If so, their purpose is not ours..”
The man looked back at his heels..
There were refugees in fear of death.
‘Is it too?.’
Kainil could have expected that much..
Maybe the order that was imposed on them was to wait for the refugees to gather in the square. What to 'clean'.
Kainil's crew just accidentally got involved..
The bow was there.
“Is that what you mean? Let's bait them and escape the gap.?”
Languor was engraved on the man's face.
After a while he replied.
“That's right..”
“…….”
“If you could have kept it, you would have kept it. But there's no odds. I think it's the first thing that saves our lives..”
“Seriously, is that it??”
“So what do you do? Let's fight and die with them? That's your decision we followed...... ?”
The Gladiator's body is sober..
They are not allowed feelings such as sympathy or compassion.
Such flimsy feelings become a fatal weakness in battle.
Kainil was a senior gladiator..
The senior gladiator meant that he fought the battle more coldly than anyone.
He didn't give up on the exchange with his colleague, but when he met with him, he said, " Oh, my god." I didn't hesitate..
If it didn't, I couldn't survive so far..
The same goes for the gladiators here..
The break should be clear..
“Captain, there's no way, isn't there? Why don't we live from it? You can also do the following to save others!”
“Captain, make a decision.!”
“Captain, if you don't have the Liberation Army, this is the only option.!”
Yes..
What they said was a theory..
After the presence of reinforcements was revealed as a fake, the rescue plan lost effect.
Then the next process is retreat.
As a leader, he has a duty to bring his colleagues back to life safely.
You can build a rescue plan next time..
Surviving First.
There is a chance to wield the sword to save others, as long as there is a chance in the future.
So let's compromise..
It's a virtue of the captain to take a step back..
Let's live and watch for the next opportunity..
This sin can be repaid one day.
It's…….
‘…….’
Something came to Kainil's brain..
Blade thrust into his neck.
The man says to himself.
I'll help you with your plan, so give me your life..
Kainil nodded..
He was prepared and entrusted his life to him..
‘That was false.?’
I thought I could die..
If I could throw my life away and go ahead with my plan, I'd do it..
But, from that, it was a deception.?
Was there a different mind?
I have a certain confidence that he won't kill himself, that's how he is. Did you act??
If a man knew he was going to kill himself,?
‘Ha.’
You made excuses..
You'd rationalize it..
The plan requires me to be the captain..
That's why I can't die..
Kainil reminded me of an unnamed gladiator.
He envied the man.
He had to do all he could in the battle with his colleagues..
I'm not strong enough to fight while watching you..
That's why I couldn't save my colleague..
Before the King's disposition was made, he had to break his breath with his own hands..
If he had been a man, it would have been different..
You may have been able to satisfy the audience enough to save your colleagues.
Where is he now?.
There was only one thing I could know..
Somewhere, it's fighting..
“Captain, just give me your orders..”
“In the north, the siege is weak. Enough to escape!”
“I'll stand in the lead. If you break through, leave it to me.…….”
“Stop.!”
Kainil exclaimed.
The group was caught in static at one point.
Between those static,
I heard a sob..
The refugees were crying as they foreshadowed death.
“Again...... You're running away.?”
Kainil muttered..
“What do you say?……?”
“I can't help it......................... Is it an idea??”
“…….”
“When are you going to do it? When is the next thing you're talking about??”
“Captain, it's crazy.?”
The man stepped out..
“We live first! If you're alive, you can do good at any time.!”
“So you've been living for close to thirty years, but you've done some good. You mean it??”
“…….”
“Is that what you want to rationalize? The next time you do it. If you live, the opportunity comes. So I can't help throwing them away. Do you want to step back this way??”
The man's face was red..
Whether it's anger or embarrassment.
No one could know..
“Now or not. It's not right now or it's not right now! If the person who wants to save a person leaves the person in front of him, it is What a contradiction?!”
“What's the sound?……!”
“Because it's false! Because it's a lie.!”
Kainil was on his way..
“I don't really want to save you, so I'm deceiving myself. Things don't follow. There is no way. So next time. On the next opportunity. Next time. Next time! Then! But then you never come.!”
Do it,
It's called hypocrisy..
“That garbage and yourself are different. I have a heart to help people, and I will do so one day. In the meantime, we were thinking, " Oh, my god, we were making puns." It's just that..”
Kainil laughed..
Laments and jibes about their lives.
“Great, Captain, what do you do then??”
“Don't force me..”
Kainil slowly picked his breath..
The man in front retorted..
“I don't know if the Liberation Army can help you. But I didn't say the rumors were fake. It's all false. No Liberation Army……!”
Flapping.
Dazzling white flags scatter.
White symbolizing freedom.
It was a sign that symbolized the Liberation Army..
“…….”
Behind Kainil.
Someone was standing with the flag out..
He said with a smile on his face.
“If you throw them away and bounce off them alone,can you sleep? You're gonna pop out without trying? Why did we throw it away? Why did we throw it away?.”
He laughed Hijuk.
“I don't, Captain.?”
“……Thank you..”
“We, you know, lived like dirty mops. But when I go, it seems okay to do the laundry properly.?”
“That's right.!”
A young man with a less young tee stepped out.
It was Vian..
“If we don't have a liberation army, we can free ourselves..”
“Hey, it was a lot bigger? I know you'd say that..”
“That, that's…….”
“Wahaha! It's been. You did a good job..”
The middle-aged dweller stroked Vian's head with a friendly hand.
And he stepped forward with an axe spear.
“As the captain says, get out of the cowards. Later, hold her to your mom and whining. I wasn't bad..”
The eyes of the group change..
Little by little, they were stepping forward.
“Let's do it. Let's do it..”
“If you die, you die..”
“As the captain says. If you're going to live alone here, what's different with those bastards??”
Until the end there were some worried.
They reprimanded Kainil for deceiving him..
Kainil said low.
“It's not your fault. If we fight, we'll have a gap. Then run away..”
“Haa. That's crazy..”
The man scratched his head.
“It's not just a dog's death, it's a dog's death.?”
I don't know if I can keep it, but if I fail, I'll be annihilated with the refugees. It's just that..
For a man of sober character, this behavior was pointless.
Kainil laughed and said.
“You can choose..”
“Choice? You don't have a choice.?”
“What are you talking about? I didn't force him..”
“I don't think this atmosphere forces it.?”
“I'm not sure..”
“Oh, damn it! Zhenjiang! You make me feel good. Good, good. This one.!”
He shrieked, drew a pair of swords, and joined the group.
This caused none of the 24 to get out of the heat.
“Key Profit……!”
“Get out, human! I'm not going to fight you.!”
Someone of the white nobles who were besieging stepped out.
“Our order is to dispose of that garbage. You guys have nothing to do with it.!”
“Shut up, bastards..”
“……?”
“What's the length of your tongue? I'm gonna kill you all. Come on..”
Kyaak!
The White Aristocrats, who had lost their way, began to build nails.
Some of them even threw away the spears they were holding..
It is the custom of human guards to wear armor and use spears as weapons.
The true weapon of the White aristocracy was its own body.
“These are self-inflicted...... Death..”
“Shaaak!”
“Kill! Meat! Eat!”
35 Stand 24.
Push from the numbers..
Personal combat power cannot be seen as predominant.
Odds are a desperate situation.
But Kainil doesn't give up..
I decided not to give up..
It reminds me of all the combat experience and training I gained as a gladiator.
The Arena is not just a solo exhibition.
Sometimes group matches were held, team-to-team.
In that group fight, Kainil and his colleagues were unmistakable Arena strongest.
“Power! Iljin!”
“Ha!”
At Kainil's command, the formation changed..
24People stood side by side with the date as if they were sleeping.
Each posture is held with the weapon in front of him..
“Go, thank you.”
“Thank you...... Thank you…….”
There are refugees at the back of Iljijin.
Kainil shed their whispers.
It's not time to hear that greeting yet..
If it comes, after it's all over, then it's all over..
I'll protect them..
“Kiaaak!”
“bigaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
Kainil looked ahead.
The White nobles are running through the castle..
Their long outstretched fingernails glowed grimly.
“Power, ready for battle!”
Kainil held his long sword firmly..
No fear.
It just burns quietly..
A long time ago, a flame was burning in my heart that I thought had gone out..
Kainil smiled.
Yeah, it was like this..
Not for the pleasure of the white aristocracy, but for himself, and for others To use a sword for a person is to use a sword for a person..
“Come..”
“Kyaak!”
The leading white aristocrat rushed like a beast..
Kainil took a step forward and swung his sword.
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