The Soldier Shouted Save - Chapter 50



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The soldier shouted save (50)

What can you do when faced with stone worms swarming from all directions?

The natural swordsman and wandering swordsman are helpless against the swords in their hands.

As dirt erupted from beneath the ground and stone worms munched on the bodies of the exploration team, retching sounds were heard.

“Uh, uh-uh… .”

A human organ rolling around on the floor, covered in dirt and limbs rolling around.

He quickly makes a decision while looking at Hye-rin, who is feeling nauseous and vomiting.

‘We have to save the expedition team.’

It was a simple calculation.

If Hye-rin and I can’t escape the palace, we need to increase our numbers.

“Ugh, aaaah!”

“S, save me… .”

Even for those who seem useless, this is the only way to change their planned path.

“Magic big thing! Shoot it as fast as you can!”

Although her stomach was upset and she was feeling nauseous, Hye-rin’s gaze was fixed on the front.

Hyelin quickly wipes her mouth with the back of her hand and holds out both hands.

“Grandis stimulus!”

A giant earthen awl that rotates and clumps around Hye-rin’s hand.

-Paang!

Hyelin pulls back both hands and ejects them, and Stone Worm’s waist breaks as it cannot withstand the impact.

“Wh, what are you talking about?”

The exploration team was terrified at the sight of the dust rising from the ground.

The method of raising the morale of the search party, which had fallen to the ground, was like war.

“The Stone Worm has fallen!”

To announce loudly that the enemy has fallen.

-widely!

As you run across the ground and slash at the Stone Worm, molten metal spurts out from its body.

I dipped my sword in the blood-like liquid of the bastard and raised it high, shouting.

“Watch your ground and kill the fallen!”

The stone worm that had deflected their swords helplessly was dead with its belly cut off.

The exploration team, seeing hope, finds the vanishing will and raises its sword.

“Everyone, come to your senses!”

“It comes from where the dirt is spewing out!”

“Watch your step!”

My body just froze because I thought he was an unmanageable opponent.

The Cheon Seong Geum Do and Wandering Inspectors were also experienced in combat.

“Grandis stimulus!”

The search party stabs the fallen stone worm in response to Hye-rin’s voice and the flying dirt awl.

“Thu, it’s open!”

It was impossible to cut down one that was moving at high speed while digging through the ground, but it was not difficult to cut down one that was struggling on the dirt floor.

“Here he comes!”

The exploration team is thoroughly vigilant about their footsteps and instinctively learns the signs of a Stone Worm.

But this method could not be a solution.

“What, what is it!”

“S, Stone Ent! The monsters are coming!”

Monsters flocking in, drawn by the dead stone worm.

“Don’t try to bear it!”

“Break it with the handle!”

The exploration team’s attention was diverted from the stone worm.

“Hey, down there!”

The inspectors who missed the warning signs of the Stone Worm are swallowed up in an instant.

“Gasp, gasp… Grandis Stimulus!”

A chaotic situation where stone worms and small creatures are mixed together.

In a situation that seems impossible to turn around, I grab the handle of my sword and think of someone.

‘Geumseong, Noel, Lee Hyeonseong. If such big names were here, would the situation have been different?’

What if they were there instead of me?

The answer was simple.

‘To survive, I must change.’

Pulls surrounding mana to the skin.

More than before.

I pour enough mana into my body to fill it up, and I can hear my heart beating loudly.

-Thump, thump, thump.

A heart that beats without rest like a drum being beaten with both hands.

The world seems distorted as if drunk.

“#@, Mr. $#@$#@?”

He passes Hye-rin, who seems to be trying to dissuade him, and kicks the floor.

‘It’s possible now.’

A body that carries out the movements imagined in one’s head.

No, rather, my head couldn’t keep up with my moving body.

‘Don’t confirm death. Judge in advance when swinging the sword.’

While swinging the sword, turn your gaze to find your next target.

-Whoosh!

Only then does the body and head interlock.

‘With this, I’m dead.’

It felt like I was seeing the future, anticipating the consequences of my actions and thinking one step ahead.

The death of the Stone Worm is visible before the sword is even swung.

-bang!

As you leave behind the sound of a corpse crashing to the ground, you kick the ground towards your next target.

Suddenly my vision became distorted and rainbow-colored.

“… Mr./Mister!”

As the distorted vision gets lower and lower, Hye-rin’s shoes come into view.

“Uh, what should I do…?”

Hye-rin’s voice is heard from above.

I realized I had fallen to the floor and tried to straighten up, but blue powder blocked my vision messily.

‘If the mana absorption is excessive, is this how you die?’

Crushed limbs turned to blue powder.

In death, where the body turns into blue powder,

The smile never leaves my face.

Until the very moment of death.

What if we could find a limit to how much mana we could accept?

– Died from mana poisoning. [Confirmed]

-Loaded from auto-save. [Confirm]

―Hint: Use it while considering your own mana resistance. [Check]

This time less than before.

– Died from mana poisoning. [Confirmed]

―From auto-save… .

Finding the boundary where you can accept mana before death.

―Died from mana poisoning… .

‘Don’t try to memorize their locations by dying. React.’

As if they were one piece.

―Due to the Stone Worm attack… .

Cut them down by slightly modifying the error value.

“How on earth….”

How many times have I repeated my life?

“Phu, Blue Flash! It’s the Knight of the Blue Flash!”

As I fought and moved through dozens of deaths as if they were one life, I couldn’t even feel how many lives I had passed through.

“… I, I survived. I survived!!”

Feet that are still.

With no one to aim the sword at, instincts cease.

My body feels weak as I can no longer feel the presence of the Stone Worm or the monster trying to eat its corpse.

“mister!”

Although he wasn’t dead, his body had turned fluorescent, as if he would explode at any moment.

Limbs that don’t move properly as if gravity has doubled.

‘Should I lower the absorption rate further?’

As my vision began to gradually darken as if death was drawing near, someone asked a question.

“Is this your best?”

Only a few dozen deaths.

I couldn’t agree with the statement that it was the best, but the strength in my hand holding the sword disappeared.

“… It’s not the best, but I guess it’s within the limits.”

Could it be because my mental fatigue has reached its peak?

A feeling of lethargy weighs heavily on my body.

“Damn it! It’s a stone worm!”

-Drrrrrrrrrr!

A pile of dirt erupting from the ground.

‘If only it had come out without being cut off.’

If the battle had continued without a break, I thought I could have killed that guy.

A rough hand reaches out to my eyes, and I hear a singing voice.

“In the eternity where life repeats itself~ Cheers to your success~”

A strange hand forcing my eyelids shut.

With unbearable drowsiness, my consciousness was cut off.

* * *

My eyes opened, and I saw a fluffy fur cloak.

“Hmm… .”

Hye-rin is sleeping next to me, wearing a fur cloak over her head.

As I tried to raise my upper body at that sight, someone walked towards me.

“It would be better to lie down a bit more. Mana is sensitive to human movement.”

At Galtarang’s words, he lowered his gaze and examined his limbs.

Blue spots appearing on the skin.

He asks Galtarang, lightly clenching and unclenching his hand.

“How much time has passed?”

“You passed out, and today is the second day.”

“…Am I cured?”

“You saw it right. You were brought back to life by the magic of the girl sleeping soundly next to you and by someone’s voluntary donation of red potion.”

Following Galtarang’s gaze, I felt my way around the top of my head and felt countless empty bottles.

If there are this many potions.

“It’s the red potion of the Heavenly Sword.”

“It’s a shame to say that. It includes mine and the wandering inspectors’.”

“… You thought I would wake up quickly if you just fed me the potion.”

The reason the exploration team used all their potions on me was simple.

‘They probably hoped that I would wake up after I passed out and protect them.’

A rational reason for survival.

As I concluded the definition of action for the exploration team, Galtarang smiled meaningfully and told me.

“Isn’t it tiring to live like that, always doubting the meaning of one’s actions and dividing people into allies and enemies?”

I think I know what Galtarang is trying to say.

“… Was it just a favor that you gave me the potion when I was unconscious?”

“It’s only natural, since I was able to overcome a near-death crisis thanks to you.”

Are you an ally or an enemy?

When did we start dividing people into those who should be killed and those who should not?

Perhaps it was after I realized I had saved it.

“… … I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it.”

“Hahaha! You’re saying the same thing as that guy.”

“Same? Who are you talking about?”

At my words, Galtarang sings a song with exaggerated gestures.

“The Almighty God knows everything! He knows everything, including the gold stolen by the vagabond and whether the conman’s lie was successful!”

“The pitch and beat are off at all. Is this a song you just made up?”

At those words, Galtarang raises the corners of his mouth and spreads both arms.

“You don’t know what that song of faith means! You don’t know until you reach out and see whether I’m singing about Lee Hyun-seong or about eternal life~”

I close my mouth and think about Galtarang’s song.

Lee Hyun-seong in the song lyrics. And eternal life.

‘Do you want to talk about Lee Hyun-seong and Save?’

As I was about to put that question into words, Galtarang, who had seen me, put his index finger on his lips and sang in a whisper.

“In order to learn the secrets of the god who knows all the actions of all creatures, the knight of the blue flash sang a song to the great wizard of Walker and borrowed his wisdom~”

Walker’s Archmage.

Does this mean that he should tell Hye-rin about his song and ask her what it means?

‘What does it mean that the omnipotent God is watching?’

I thought there was a reason why Galtarang, who seemed to know about saving, spoke so meaningfully.

Galtarang, wary of what I would say next, was looking at my mouth with an anxious expression.

“… Where am I? Is it okay to be so peaceful?”

He changes the subject while looking at the search team who are asleep with only a formal guard on duty.

Galtarang raises his thumb and raises his voice.

“This is an underground forge buried in a mound of dirt. There’s metal there, so they can’t easily access it.”

“… …Why? Does metal have the power to drive away demons?”

“That’s not it. The metal in the palace is food only allowed to that thing.”

“bloke?”

“Don’t you know who the master of red metal is?”

Master of red metal.

The term refers to the strongest demon in the palace, and is used to understand the situation.

… So, is this to say that the food warehouse of the number one demon archer was able to rest peacefully by borrowing the power of the great demon since no other demon could approach it?

“… You’re crazy.”

“Hahaha! I wish you would tell me it was a good idea.”

As I talked to Galtarang, I felt my body become lighter.

A blue spot that has now become as small as a grain of rice.

“Euuuuum… .”

I lay Hye-rin, who was sleeping leaning against my body, on the cloak, and Galtarang lifts up his quill and asks.

“What are you going to do now?”

At those words, he stands up from his seat and looks around.

Countless passageways connected to this blacksmith shop.

I pass the sleeping guard and check the distant passage.

‘They’re just waiting for us to come out.’

Monsters surrounding the blacksmith shop buried in a pile of dirt.

I wonder what those guys are waiting for the exploration team to come out for.

‘Why did these guys attack us?’

They are called ‘monsters’ because they are harmful to humans, but they are no different from ‘animals’ with their own ecosystem.

However, it was strange that these non-human eater creatures rushed at the exploration team as soon as they saw them.

‘Oddly enough, it’s tilted to the right.’

About ten monsters are looking at me from outside the area of ​​the hemp field.

Even though the passage was wide, they were crowded only on the right side.

‘… No, aren’t you looking at me?’

As I followed their gaze, I noticed something hanging from my waist.

A sword purchased at a swordsmith shop.

I pulled out the sword that their gaze was focused on and waved it left and right, and their bodies also moved left and right following the sword.

‘… … Metal. Is it because of the metal that you’re obsessed with us?’

If the demons, who were ranked first in the archery hierarchy, had been feeding on metal, their eyes would have turned to the search team that showed up carrying a lot of metal.

‘… … Hye-rin has never been attacked.’

The reason why Hye-rin remained unharmed even though she was firing magic while her feet were pinned to the ground.

Wasn’t it because Hye-rin, a magician, didn’t have any equipment made of metal?

‘So, you were flocking to the Stone Worm’s corpse?’

Every time the Stone Worm’s belly was cut open, molten metal spurted out like blood.

They were obsessed with the corpse of the Stone Worm in order to get their hands on the molten metal.

‘I think… there must be a way to use this.’

There were many sacrifices made in reaching this point, with only about 40 survivors from the exploration team.

If we include the wounded who had their body parts eaten, the number of people available for combat will be even smaller.

‘I can survive.’

The only way out of here.

It was time to say goodbye to the dirt palace.