Surviving a Cruel Fairy Tale - Chapter 48



48 – Act 2. Eternal Neverland – Breaking the Wall (4)

No contact with the castle.

Captain Hook was endlessly aiming for himself and running, and no matter how much he attacked, Tinker Bell bit her lower lip when he couldn’t get her an effective hit.

“This is cowardly!!”

“Thank you for the compliment.”

Tinkerbell’s fighting career is humble.

Normally, he could organize everything just by wielding an overwhelming mystery, so he had never experienced an elaborate battle that was decided in an instant.

Just aiming straight at the opponent.

It was relatively easy for Captain Hook, who had experienced numerous battles before.

“Where do you keep paying so much attention to?”

“James, you…… !!”

“Are you planning on killing me? Then you have to resist. It was you who taught me that there is no weight in the weight of life.”

To Hook and her children, who had been abandoned by her parents in the outside world and wandered the world, she was like her parents.

Teaching common sense that those who were connected by blood did not teach, awakening culture, and giving affection above all else.

That’s why she still had a hard time dealing with her, but she had no intention of forgetting her correctness.

“Tinkerbell. You taught me a lot It also taught me what was right when I was tired of life wandering aimlessly.”

“Neverland is a children’s paradise! Children with nowhere to sit. It is the last bastion to protect the children who are driven out as the weak and to protect children’s innocence!!”

“If so, isn’t fighting to live also a human principle!”

The pistol shoots fire.

Hook himself doesn’t think he can hit Tinkerbell flying at high speed with something like this, but at least it was enough to distract her.

A group of pirates without Hook and a group of bad guys without Tinkerbell.

I couldn’t easily say which one had the upper hand, but at least it was much better than Tinkerbell’s participation in the battlefield.

So Captain Hook continues to hound her Tinkerbell, but as she dodges her flashes, he nudges her out of her battlefield.

“It’s great.”

Even Tinkerbell was aware that it wasn’t good.

I am requesting support on the ground, but there is no answer from within the castle for some reason.

There was no way this would have happened unless something happened to the castle, but it’s true that no answer actually came back.

Tinker Bell was a little worried here, but she closed her eyes when she saw Captain Hook continuing to swarm and the children in the distance fighting among the crowd of adults.

“…… It’s all your fault.”

“What?”

“Because I don’t know anymore!!”

A number I didn’t want to write.

However, if time continues to be dragged on like this, the sacrifice of the children who serve as bailiffs and self-professed villains is too great.

The balance between adults and children is gradually breaking down.

Then, with the determination that there was no need to hesitate here, Tinker Bell flew up and ordered the children to retreat.

If you suddenly show your back in the middle of a tangled fight, the situation itself will inevitably collapse.

For the children who defended the castle walls that stretched all the way to the basement while maintaining a tight balance, it must have been a defeat.

Even so, Captain Hook opened his mouth as he looked at Tinkerbell, who gave an order close to the self-infestation.

“What are you going to do?”

“You would know, James. There are monsters living in these underground waterways.”

“…… You.”

“Think about who chewed and swallowed your wrist when you were still a child.”

The reason why James was called Hook.

When he was still a child, he remembered going down to the underground water canals to fight off a giant crocodile out of control, and getting eaten right there by the wrist.

I can’t forget it.

Even now, my wrists tingle just thinking about that day.

In fact, Captain Hook didn’t move to the northern part of the underground waterway as much as possible, because that area was under the influence of the monster.

“Bullsh*t.”

It is a monster no one can control.

In terms of the total amount of her power, Tinkerbell would have been ahead of her, but her tenacious vitality and her savage appetite chewed and swallowed everything in her, so she was left untreated due to her difficulty in dealing with her.

When Hook said he would call such a monster, Hook frowned and shook his head, but Tinkerbell laughed and took out a small bell from his bosom and held it up.

“If you don’t believe me, don’t believe me. It would be perfect if you bury your head like a chicken head and get eaten by a crocodile while turning a blind eye to reality.”

Of course, I couldn’t completely subdue it as Tinkerbell, but it was easy just to call it.

That monster was the embodiment of gluttony.

What is the most mouth-watering prey for monsters in fairy tales?

Simple.

“Come, come!”

Spray dense mysteries everywhere.

Far, further.

Following the sound of the bell, a faint pink halo of light flows far and wide.

It must be a fragrant scent perfect for an underground tyrant.

“…… You.”

“Is there anyone else in this ragtag group that can fight other than you?”

The hook is Tinkerbell’s exclusive responsibility.

For example, if you move to stop the monster, then Tinkerbell will be free, but you can’t continue to deal with Tinkerbell here.

Completely blocked.

Thinking of that, Captain Hook began to act more aggressively in order to somehow open a way out, but Tinkerbell did not bother to fight and waited for the time while helping the children escape.

At that time, not much time had passed.

Kung.

Kung.

Kung.

The sound of huge footsteps reverberating through the clogged underground canal is heard one after another.

“You are here already. Anyway, I just like the nose.”

Obviously the sound of getting closer.

It gradually got closer as time passed, and it was a crocodile that approached from the darkness beyond the waterway.

However, it is too large to be called a crocodile.

The bloated body seemed to fill the canal wide enough for a boat to move, and it looked like it was looking at a hill, and its length was so long that it was impossible to see the tail.

“…… sh*t.”

Captain Hook frowned as he saw the tyrant of the underground conduit appearing in gear.

I’m almost there.

After driving Tinkerbell out of here, there was a way to enter the interior if only we could reach that wall.

But if you can’t stop that monster, that’s all over.

Captain Hook bit his teeth as he heard the ticking of a clock as the crocodile approached quickly with its huge body.

“hahahaha! Did I say I didn’t know? Why don’t you all, all of you die in that stinking mouth?”

The closer it gets closer, the louder the sound of the clock hands moving.

A watch swallowed together with Captain Hook’s left hand.

As the sound grew louder and louder, Captain Hook turned his head away, moaning from a deep headache.

“Why, here…… !!”

“Right, James! Were you afraid of that alligator? Did they say childhood trauma lasts a lifetime? Ahahahaha!!”

The sound of the clock lingers in my ears.

Tick tock, tick tock.

The shrieking sound later became Captain Hook’s least favorite sound, and in fact he never put a watch on either the ship or the waterway.

My head hurts.

My headache won’t stop.

But now I had to move.

If you stop here, all your efforts will be in vain, and you will not be able to change any reality.

Then how?

Hook himself cannot deal with crocodiles. As well as the trauma he felt from that giant monster, if he left Tinkerbell free before that, it implied defeat.

One number.

Just one number is not enough.

As the children retreated under Tinkerbell’s instructions, the ranks were disrupted, and they pushed Tinkerbell out of the battlefield, so if they had a little time, they could have rushed into the castle.

Even if that huge crocodile appeared, the conditions are the same.

If I could stop that just once, I would be able to move forward, but no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t think of a single number.

I don’t want to think about it, but it was around the time when I felt resigned that there was no other way.

Puuu!!

“…… Uh?”

Tinkerbell couldn’t understand the situation.

That’s right, everyone is like that.

It was hard to imagine that the huge crocodile’s mouth would close and its jaw would touch the ground.

“Captain Hook!! I’m in charge here!”

All the more so if the one who created the situation was a stranger who no one paid attention to.

* * *

It felt like the blood vessels in my legs were about to burst.

Is it a recoil caused by forcible force? Or is it a reward for exerting more than the limit?

But we shouldn’t stop here.

Since Captain Hook fell for Tinkerbell’s opponent, I am the only human who can deliver an effective blow against a monster this big.

“It’s great.”

I groaned at the pain I felt as I landed after stepping on the crocodile’s head hard with my heel.

It was pitiful to feel this much pain as I used my strength just once, but I have no choice but to understand that it is too much power for me now.

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Fortunately, once I approached and attacked, the crocodile’s reaction and speed were not that fast…….

“…… I can hit you, but…….”

I told Hook that I would take on this, but to be honest, I can’t come up with a way to win.

Fortunately, he didn’t try to move to another place, probably because he was distracted by the slow subject, but it’s difficult to tell him to defeat him here.

In the first place, this was just to earn time.

I don’t know if Hook can beat Tinkerbell, but he can’t just run away, so I just did the best I could.

Like that, I hit all the heat on my legs again and leaped, then flew up avoiding the crocodile’s huge forepaws and slashed my fist at the head.

“Wow!!”

…… Let’s stop punching.

I only hit it once, but my fist felt sore as if I had hit it with some kind of metal.

After that, I rolled, ran, and jumped several times to avoid the crocodile’s paws and muzzle, but the only real blow this time was the first one.

“I don’t have an answer for this… ….”

Crocodiles are still alive and well.

As if this crocodile is a clockwork crocodile in a fairy tale, if you are near it, you can hear the ticking sound so loud that it makes your mind go wild.

Captain Hook said there was a way to cross that wall, but will my body be able to withstand it until then?

In the first place, the fact that Tinkerbell was here was against the premise, and even the question of whether it was right to endure like this came to mind.

How much longer did you have to fight like that?

Several hours in terms of experience. In reality, it must have taken about ten minutes.

A master opponent wouldn’t have been able to survive with such an ignorant method, but at least it was a battle with a beast, so he succeeded in earning some time.

However, there was still no shout of the start of the operation.

The crocodile’s presence was too great to be distracted, and I was just desperate to avoid it.

Actually, my legs started to stop listening, and it was around the time I wondered if I really had to step back.

“Seonjaaa!! Ready!”

A black flag hung high above the ship of the Hook Pirates in the distance with a resounding voice.

“Huhahahaha!! All right, then let’s begin!”

At the same time, the laughter of Captain Hook, who had been holding Tinkerbell, was heard, and the pirate crew members who stayed in the center began to withdraw in an instant.

If everything is ready, I don’t have to be here either.

It’s a monster that can’t even be scratched no matter how hard you hit it, but if you can just ignore it and enter the castle, there should be no problem.

After leaving me like that, Captain Hook turns his head away from Tinkerbell and looks at us.

“Everyone, prepare to rush!!”

“What? What… ….”

Before Tinkerbell even reacted to Hook’s cry.

Quaaa!!

With a huge explosion, cracks form in the white castle wall in the distance.

“Wait a minute!!”

“Keep shooting, Sumi! Pour in everything you’ve saved for today!!”

A naval gun that was felt unnecessary for a ship that could only travel through underground waterways.

The gun gates that had been closed waiting for the right moment are now open, and ten cannons fire at a single target.

“Oh no… ….”

“We are all free, so go through the blockages where you want to go!”

An artillery bombardment that explodes sequentially and hits a wall.

As if Tinker Bell didn’t intend to stay still, she drew strength so strong that the surroundings shone brightly, but Captain Hook stabbed her in the gap and threw her off balance even at that moment.

“I waited for this moment.”

“James!! Stop that thing right now!”

“I’m going to find my most precious treasure.”

Cracks appear in the wall along with a crackling sound.

The crack gradually grew in size, but it looked a little short before it collapsed completely.

“Let’s go one step further!!”

But the firepower is sufficient.

The strength of the Hook Pirates that has been gathered so far.

Even in the middle of being driven underground and just being persecuted, the potential that I had accumulated in my spare time knew no bounds, and finally, with the last explosion, the castle wall exploded.

“No, no, no, no!!”

The pure white walls are crumbling without leaving a trace.

The barrier that separates adults from children.

The road leading to the heart of the center of Neverland has been opened, and all the pirates are already ready to run.

If you drag out time like this, you will have to deal with Tinkerbell and even the crocodile approaching from afar.

“Power on! This dreadful day is now over!!”

If Captain Hook can keep Tinkerbell on hold, she can dig inside it.

If the source of power he was talking about was really in there, we could either seize it or destroy it.

Maybe Little Red Riding Hood is in that castle too.

Therefore, there was no time for hesitation, and in order to break through the crack as quickly as possible and move inside, we gathered together with the pirates and ran desperately towards it.

Just in time for the wall to collapse, the dust that spread was gradually cleared.

The end of the field of vision that gradually becomes clearer.

But it stopped running after that, so maybe I wasn’t the only one who stopped.

“…… These idiots!! Do you know what you guys have done!?”

Tinker Bell’s heartbreaking cry from far away.

But not even paying attention to that, I instinctively started to walk backwards at the sight of a hand extending from the inside of the crack and a figure slowly emerging.

A giant baby.

Literally the size of the baby caught the crack we made with both hands, increased its size even more, and soon took that huge step.

It was clearly something more than a disaster.