NOVEL WEB Chapter 23: Acceleration
< Chapter 23 Acceleration (3) >
“I… I don’t think I can do it.”
“Si-yeon!”
While running away from the demon. Ha Si-yeon stopped her steps.
“You guys go and ask for help from the instructors. I’ll run away with Seo-yul.”
“No.”
Choi Ji-hoon, who still had a pale face, tried to stop Ha Si-yeon.
“If you go, you’ll die too. No, he’s not a being that humans can deal with.”
Maybe it was because he had faced the demon’s terrifying aura up close.
Choi Ji-hoon’s face was stained with deep fear.
“But…”
Ha Si-yeon bit her lip.
“I can’t abandon my friend.”
“Si-yeon. Seo-yul said that. He has a trump card. We’ll only get in his way if we go.”
Kim Chul-jin calmly dissuaded Ha Si-yeon.
“Ji-hoon said it earlier. He’s not a being that humans can deal with. I agree.”
Ha Si-yeon turned her body and looked in the direction where Kang Seo-yul was left alone.
“How can he do anything by himself against such a being?”
“Si-yeon.”
“Seo-yul lied to make us run away.”
It was a fact that everyone knew deep down. No matter how amazing Kang Seo-yul’s hidden card was, there was no way to beat the demon.
But everyone denied that thought forcibly. Their survival instinct suppressed their conscience.
“So you guys…”
That’s when it happened.
Kugugugugung-!
-Kraaaaaa!
A fierce shockwave burst out from where the demon appeared, and the monster’s roar was heard.
Ha Si-yeon bit her lip.
So hard that blood came out.
There was really no time.
“You go! Tell the instructors the details! They must be nearby!”
Ha Si-yeon finished her words and ran back the way she came.
“Shi, Si-yeon!”
Everyone called Ha Si-yeon’s name from behind.
But no one chased after Ha Si-yeon. Kim Chul-jin and Choi Ji-hoon were no exception.
Everyone stood still as if their legs were stuck to the ground.
“Shit!”
It was natural.
No matter how much they wanted to be righteous, nothing was more important than their own lives.
Even if they saw a baby sleeping in the mouth of a lion, there weren’t many people who would put their hand in the mouth of a lion.
“Please be alive.”
And Ha Si-yeon was the one who pushed not only her hands but also her upper body into the mouth of a lion without hesitation, if she could save the life of a child.
She would do so without hesitation if she could use her upper body as a support to save the child’s life.
“Please… please!”
Ha Si-yeon’s speed got faster and faster. She regretted it now.
‘I shouldn’t have done that. At least I should have stayed with him! I should have stayed alone!’
She was terrified by the demon’s momentum, and left Kang Seo-yul alone in that place, feeling deep regret.
-Kraaaaaa!
The demon’s roar got closer and closer. Just by hearing the simple howl, her whole body stiffened and her teeth trembled with fear.
‘This is nothing!’
But Ha Si-yeon ran.
She ran with fear, with the single-mindedness that she couldn’t just abandon her friend.
It wasn’t because she had special feelings for Kang Seo-yul.
It was just because the superhuman that Ha Si-yeon dreamed of was such a being.
It was because her belief told her to do so.
-You! You bastard!
She was almost there.
Kang Seo-yul was right in front of her nose.
-You bastard! You finally came out!
Until then, Ha Si-yeon didn’t realize what the demon was saying.
She didn’t have time to do so.
‘Here I am!’
Soon, Kang Seo-yul’s figure came into Ha Si-yeon’s eyes.
“Seo-yul…?”
With white chains wrapped around his body, facing the demon alone, Kang Seo-yul’s figure was there.
“That’s enough. Mephisto. Let’s see you again later.”
His body was emitting a holy aura.
-You son of a bitch!
Along with Mephisto’s roar, the white chains that floated around Kang Seo-yul’s body began to move.
Three chains.
They seemed to have their own wills as they circled around Kang Seo-yul.
“About a minute. Good.”
The two were staring at each other, unaware of Ha Si-yeon who had suddenly returned.
“See you in about a year.”
Kang Seo-yul smirked and reached out.
Chwararararak-!
Behind the demon, who was completely bound by the white chains.
The sky cracked open.
-Ohhhhh! I finally came out!
Seeing that unbelievable scene, Ha Si-yeon’s eyes shook violently as if there was an earthquake.
“Who says he’s not a demon. That’s harsh.”
As the demon disappeared, the white chains that had been floating around Kang Seo-yul’s body began to fade.
“Just one minute.”
Kang Seo-yul said something incomprehensible.
“It must hurt like hell… since I used three chains at once.”
Tstsstsstsst!
“Kuuk!”
At that moment, fierce sparks flew from his body.
Kang Seo-yul’s body tilted sideways.
“Seo-yul!”
Ha Si-yeon approached Kang Seo-yul with a leap and caught his body.
“Ha Si-yeon?”
He called Ha Si-yeon’s name with a face eaten by pain.
“You, kuuk! Why… are you here…”
“Are you okay? Where does it hurt?”
“I… when did you see… kuhuk. See…”
Ha Si-yeon closed her mouth.
“You saw it.”
Kang Seo-yul sighed.
“I’m sorry. Can I ask you one favor?”
Kang Seo-yul said in a trembling voice.
“Can you pretend… that you didn’t see anything?”
He tried to speak as clearly as possible, enduring the pain.
“Why? This is clearly a disaster. If they know that you solved this situation, they’ll definitely!”
“I have a reason… for that.”
“A reason?”
“Yeah. A reason… kueuk!”
The pain that engulfed Kang Seo-yul’s body was getting stronger.
“Ah, okay. Okay! Don’t talk for now!”
Ha Si-yeon panicked at Kang Seo-yul’s critical condition.
“Please… kueuk!”
Kang Seo-yul lost consciousness after finishing his words.
“Instructor! Over there are Seo-yul and Si-yeon!”
Kim Chul-jin’s voice was heard from afar. Whether he was nearby or not, Instructor Pi Jin-ho, who had joined with the third group, ran over with a serious expression.
He stood near Ha Si-yeon and Kang Seo-yul and looked around cautiously.
“Ha Si-yeon. What’s the situation? I got a call from the Disaster Response Headquarters that they detected a disaster-level monster’s mana source. A demon. Where is he?”
The other group members also followed Pi Jin-ho and took their positions.
But the surroundings were too quiet.
“He… disappeared.”
“What?”
“He, he disappeared!”
Pi Jin-ho’s eyes widened in surprise.
“He disappeared? Don’t tell me he went outside the field…!”
“No, no! It seems like the seal wasn’t completely broken. The, the white chain wrapped around the demon and then went back into the crack…”
“What?”
Ha Si-yeon suppressed her conscience and lied desperately.
“Is that true?”
“Yes, yes!”
She didn’t know why because her head was stiff and her brain wasn’t working properly, but she thought there must be a reason for Kang Seo-yul’s request.
If not, there was no way that both Kang Seo-yul and Ha Si-yeon would be alive.
“I see. That’s a relief.”
Pi Jin-ho sighed in relief. He didn’t know why, but Ha Si-yeon’s words must be right.
Otherwise, both Kang Seo-yul and Ha Si-yeon would not be alive.
“That’s really lucky.”
That’s how the Gangwon-do field incident ended peacefully.
Leaving behind a new issue of a demon that appeared after 10,000 years.
* * *
“Ancestor!”
As soon as I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was Jia’s face full of worry.
“Where is this?”
It looks like a hospital.
But it doesn’t seem like the medical room on campus.
“This is a hospital affiliated with the Shinwa Group. How are you feeling?”
“Huh? Oh. I’m fine.”
“That’s a relief…”
Jia sighed in relief.
“Oh, I managed to block the hospital tests somehow. I thought your identity might be exposed.”
“Oh. Thank you.”
So that’s why we came to a hospital a little far away from the campus.
“Are you really okay?”
“Yeah. I’m fine.”
I just lost consciousness from the intense pain. Was it because I used three ‘Chains of the Archivist’ at once? The sparks were three times. The pain was three times too.
“What about the situation?”
I saw Ha Si-yeon sealing Mephisto.
She is honest to a fault.
I asked her to keep it a secret, but she might have told the truth because of her personality that can’t lie.
“They’re just investigating. A mysterious demon that suddenly appeared and disappeared. They said.”
“Ah. I see.”
I sighed in relief inside. Fortunately, Ha Si-yeon listened to me well.
“But that. You did it, right?”
“What?”
“You sealed the demon. You said you stayed alone in the place.”
Well, I did stay alone and I did seal it, but…
“No, I didn’t.”
I tried to deny it first.
“Hey. Don’t be so humble just because you’re not a demon. It’s okay. I know everything.”
Of course.
Jia, who trusts me blindly, wouldn’t believe it.
“I was really impressed. I didn’t know you infiltrated the academy to stop the demon.”
Huh?
Is that how it works?
“Really amazing. How did you get the information that a demon would come out of there?”
I avoided his gaze.
That he would come out.
I didn’t know.
“Is it the power of the secret society of elves?”
“Huh?”
What society of elves?
“Anyway, ancestor. Since you’re awake, I’ll go and take care of the rest. I have to report to the school too.”
He poured out words like a storm and got up at lightning speed.
“Then, ancestor, rest well today~”
“Huh? Oh.”
And he left the hospital room at the speed of light.
“…”
I was just stunned.
What’s going on in Shin Jia’s head?
What kind of being have I become?
I can’t even imagine.
No, it’s scary to imagine.
“I don’t know.”
I changed my mind.
The more important thing.
Why did Mephisto suddenly appear?
‘Because Choi Ji-hoon plugged the black iron sword into the sealing circuit.’
Then why did Choi Ji-hoon plug the black iron sword there?
‘Because I got close to Ha Si-yeon faster than I thought.’
That must have been jealousy.
He had feelings for Ha Si-yeon.
He swung his sword far away to relieve his black heart, and ended up swinging the black iron sword too.
In other words, it was a butterfly effect caused by my actions.
“Is this for real?”
How twisted is this damn story?
This is too much.
Just because I got close to Ha Si-yeon a little faster, Mephisto, who should have appeared in the middle of the story, appears at this point? Is this a fart or what?
“Sigh.”
It was as if someone was telling me this.
If you don’t want to see the story get more twisted, do it moderately when changing the future.
I snorted.
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
Changing the future is not a ‘choice’ but a ‘necessity’ for me now.
It’s like sitting still and waiting for death to give up on using my knowledge of the future.
I will always choose the best thing I can do now.
As I have done so far.
My determination does not waver.
Besides, changing the story doesn’t always mean bad things happen.
In this case, I even got ‘the trait of an angel’.
“Oh. I should check what trait it is first.”
I changed my mind again.
The important thing now is what kind of angel trait I got,
and how many traits I got.
“Please 3! Please give me 3!”
Since I used three ‘Chains of the Archivist’ at once, there’s a high chance that I got three traits!
I checked my body with trembling heart.
“Ah!”
And I was disappointed.
The angelic symbol engraved on my chest was green.
That means I only got one trait.
“It doesn’t matter how many items you use at once if they’re the same. That’s how it is.”
Well, it doesn’t seem like there will be such a special case again.
But what trait is it?
I tried to recall the traits of the angels I remembered, and experimented with the traits.
It doesn’t seem like light magic.
It doesn’t seem like something like divine punishment either.
It’s not the insight of the archangel either.
“…”
But just like when I found out ‘the flesh of the devourer’, there was no match among the traits I remembered.
“Do I have to work hard again?”
It’s really not easy to figure out the traits.
And it would be nice if you gave me some cheat traits that I remember.
“Sigh.”
But you never know.
I might get a huge trait that I don’t know.
I thought of the traits of the angels one by one.
First, they use light magic.
They oppose demons.
They have a strict hierarchy.
There are also combat angels like Valkyries.
.
.
.
The thoughts continued to follow each other.
“Oh.”
By the way, I forgot the simplest feature.
“They have wings.”
Convenient wings that can be stored.
They look like pigeon wings.
Zzzt-
“Ouch!”
At that moment, I felt a strange pain in my chest.
A strange anxiety crept up on me.
“Don’t tell me.”
No way.
Hey. It can’t be.
I was thinking that when it happened.
Bang!
“Seo-yul! You woke up?”
The door of the hospital room opened and Ha Si-yeon came in with a worried expression.
Chwaaak!
“I was so worried…”
Angel wings spread out on my back.
“…”
“…”
I’m screwed.
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