The Fantasy World Fanatic Wants To Leave Work

22 – 22. Can’t you leave? (3)

As soon as the lunch bell rang, Alensia headed to the U.C convenience store.

U.C convenience store.

The mysterious store that suddenly appeared one day in a place where there was nothing, the nearby residents seemed to think that U.C convenience store had been there for a long time.

When she first saw the store, U.C convenience store was still closed and was protected by a mysterious boundary that was invisible to the eyes of even the most proficient magicians.

So, to confirm what this store was and who owned it, she entered.

Even though a boundary blocked her way, it didn’t matter.

As the chosen saint blessed by the most beautiful blessing of the gods, she could ignore most magical effects and the physical laws created by magic couldn’t affect her.

She had enough influence as the highest transcendent being in Universe-1221.

Among the reasons why she received the blessing was to deal with and supervise those external existences that threatened the order of Universe-1221.

If someone from outside caused harm to Universe-1221’s ecosystem, they would be eliminated.

But occasionally, she gave them different tasks.

If it was determined that those who came from outside wouldn’t cause harm to Universe-1221, and if it was judged that they would have a positive impact on Universe-1221, she played the role of mediating to prevent the indigenous people from hurting them.

That was the duty of the one blessed by the highest transcendent being.

And now, Alensia came to the U.C convenience store for a different reason and witnessed a very terrible scene.

To the U.C employee who seemed to be quite friendly, the Tower Master of the White Tower, Seretini, was aiming a gun somewhere, wasn’t he?

I didn’t know exactly what the situation was, but it was clear that he was being threatened with a gun.

How dare a leader of another faction threaten a good person in this sacred papacy!

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I could understand that Alensia turned the bullets into dust, but what was it that I heard earlier?

A little while ago, she called that white magician ‘Tower Master Seretini’.

If it was Tower Master Seretini, I saw him on Tree Wiki.

He was definitely a presence that had a significant influence in Universe-1221, being the owner of the White Tower that existed in Universe-1221 and being considered the closest to an angel among the white magicians, to the point where a separate individual document was created on Tree Wiki.

But why would someone like that come to a neighborhood convenience store like this?

To exaggerate, it would be like the US President visiting a convenience store in a neighborhood located in Busan.

And not just once, but twice!

“Excuse me, both of you…?”

I tried to stop the two before things escalated unnecessarily.

I have witnessed two monks, one from the temple and the other a practitioner who had descended from the mountains, fighting at a convenience store in the past.

Truly a sight to behold, like a battle between two fierce tigers. I was in awe and immediately called the police to report it. However, this time, my survival instincts were warning me that it was different from before.

“I don’t know what their relationship is, but if you could please take the fight outside the convenience store-“

Before I could finish my sentence, the word ‘death’ appeared in my mind.

Bang!

In an instant, time seemed to stand still and the world fell into silence. Then, out of nowhere, a sudden gust of wind blew me away, slamming me into a corner of the convenience store.

“Please…stop fighting…it hurts…”

The reason being that the duel between the two had begun.

With a head throbbing with excruciating pain, I managed to get up, holding on to my head.

Although it was a brief encounter lasting about 30 seconds, the battle that took place in those 30 seconds was indescribable in words.

Allenia disappeared from sight before swiftly approaching the White Mage Seretini, who, in turn, took distance and aimed the trigger at her.

-Kim Hyun-woo-

“Do I really not need to intervene?!”

-Store Manager-

“I specifically said I wouldn’t interfere.”

A fight with bullets flying, which was hard to believe was happening in a small convenience store.

However, Allenia displayed astounding speed, deflecting or evading bullets with her bare hands in an insane fashion, while the White Mage continued to distance himself and unleashed flames from his staff like a true mage.

-Store Manager-

“Rather than that, Mr. Kim Hyun-woo, please try this popcorn once. It’s a new product released by our headquarters. It’s a bacon-flavored popcorn with bacon powder sprinkled on it. Please try it and let us know if we should add it to our store.”

-Kim Hyun-woo-

“Are you called a store manager and you’re telling me to eat popcorn now?!”

-Store Manager-

“Just try it and let me know.”

I once again requested help from the store manager, but he ended up giving me a bag of popcorn as a gift.

Surprisingly, it tastes good.

-Kim Hyun-woo-

“It’s actually not bad. How much does it cost?”

-Store Manager-

“It weighs 70g and costs 1700 won, but we are considering selling it at a discounted price of 1500 won for a month as a promotion for the new product.”

-Kim Hyun-woo-

[It’s fine. It’s much better than other products… No, isn’t that not important right now?!]

Anyway, Ceretini also demonstrates a swift movement that doesn’t match the name of a magician.

When he used his last bullet, he immediately detached the empty magazine and quickly reloaded the new one with skillful hand movements.

The process was faster and cleaner than the characters in the game, and even amidst the chaos, it was an amazing marksmanship to precisely aim only for the opponent’s head.

However, even though this convenience store is relatively spacious for a convenience store, it is still narrow.

Using a gun in such a cramped space, or more precisely, engaging in a fight against an opponent who can neutralize bullets with their hands, is terrain-wise quite a disadvantageous battle.

“…Damn it!”

Ceretini repeatedly retreated to maintain a certain distance, but before he knew it, he was cornered with nowhere else to retreat to.

“It’s over.”

Thud-!

Eventually, Allenzia’s foot struck Ceretini’s abdomen, and with tremendous force, he soared towards where I was.

“Click…! Ugh, fighting such monsters without proper weapons is indeed a disadvantage…”

Is that thing alright?

Ceretini managed to grab onto the wall with trembling hands and stood up, but he was staggering and spitting out blood from his mouth.

But at least the wall of the convenience store wasn’t destroyed.

Considering the momentum of him flying away, it seemed like not only the wall but even the entire building of the convenience store would crumble, but the building appeared to be sturdy and didn’t sustain any damage.

Fortunately, it seems that no one will end up as collateral damage in the convenience store.

“You should run away… The gods don’t show favor to those who come from different worlds like you. They’ll probably take you to a torture chamber filled with the bad taste of the gods and do things more terrible than death. I’ll buy you some time, so run away as far as possible!”

Ceretini, holding a gun in his trembling hand, urges me to run away quickly.

“Are you planning to cowardly stage a hostage situation? I guess so. Archangels like you are insufferably arrogant, daring to challenge the divine mission. But don’t worry, Mr. Hyun-woo. I will never let them harm you.”

Alenzia reassures me that she will safely rescue me even though Ceretini has taken me as a hostage.

But aren’t these two people seriously mistaken?

Just by listening to what they’re saying, they seem really serious and seem to be making an effort to protect me, but neither of them is the person who wants to harm me.

I’m not even specifically taken as a hostage, nor am I some sort of heretic being dragged underground for torture!

But because of those two people, I flew into the wall and my head hurts enough to feel like it could kill me.

-Store owner-

[By the way, Mr. Kim Hyun-woo, did you happen to get some ketchup on your head? What’s with that red thing on your head?]

Uh…?

I listened to the store owner’s message and touched my head.

Something warm was flowing from my head, enough to cover my face.

Curious about what it was, I examined it and found that it was the bright red blood that had flowed down when I was hit on the back of my head with a Pepsi.

It wasn’t so painful that it would kill me, but seriously, is this for real?

“Ah.”

“But is it okay to have that on your head?”

“Mr. Hyunwoo? Blood on your head-“

Come to think of it, I had also been thrown with tremendous force.

Moreover, I collided with the convenience store wall, just like Ceretini, and unlike those two, I, as an ordinary person, naturally wasn’t unscathed.

Or maybe I was just an ordinary fool.

Thud!

That’s how I lost consciousness and collapsed.

Although this was a pitiful death, I thought it was better than dying from a cola hit.

Moreover, there was one good thing I realized, if I have another life, I should definitely remember this.

Even if I call myself the strongest human on Earth, I am no match for most insignificant extraterrestrials, but at least being the strongest human on Earth allows me to witness the fight of extraterrestrials destroying planets.

If you, just like me, think that being an ordinary human life is too precious, run away right now.

Otherwise, you’ll end up like this, being thrown around and killed.

…

So why did I die and see the familiar ceiling again?

Can’t I show a different, unfamiliar ceiling like others do?

Why do I see a horribly familiar white ceiling?

Please, is it possible that I died and woke up in a convenience store again?

-Kim Hyunwoo-

[Why do I wake up in a convenience store even after dying twice?? Why in the world?? What sin did I commit in my past life?? Just because I didn’t put away a cola once, do I have to work at a convenience store forever??]

-Store Manager-

[No, Mr. Kim Hyunwoo, you haven’t died yet.]

At the moment of despair in the face of a reality more horrifying than a nightmare, a clear message from the store manager in my blurred vision reminded me that I was still alive.

“Are you alright?”

“Are you still alive?”

“You’re still breathing, and we treated you immediately, so you’re not dead…”

Moreover, the faces that had once been ready to fight each other were now looking down at me with genuine concern.

-Kim Hyun-woo-

“f*ck… Ah, I can’t speak right now because it hurts too much. That’s why I keep expressing my thoughts through messages. Please understand. Ah, f*ck…”

In my heart, I want to curse a storm, but I can’t speak properly because of the pain.

-Owner-

“Well, your head does seem to be hurting, so I’ll let it slide.”

Ah, suddenly, the thought of going home feels unbearable, as if I will die.

And today, I have to work overtime. What am I going to do if this happens already…