Chapter 254

Episode 254: What if (2)

[Kisaniiyim, look at this. The warchief gave it to Ji.]

[Are you eating while eating? Even though your lifespan is still short, if you starve yourself like that, you will really get hooked.]

This is a story about how he closed his eyes and slept until night to escape reality.

[Isn’t it absolutely pretty? Hee hee.]

[Why did the kid who got the food end up in half?]

I did acupressure on my temples for a while to relieve the headache I had from napping for too long. In the meantime, I heard Yuk-gwi’s words sound like real grandmothers and grandfathers, so it was funny. It’s only been two days since we’ve seen each other, but what kind of half is this half?

“...Didn’t I definitely suggest reducing contact?”

Separately, why did they come? It was four days ago that San-gun, who is said to normally stay in the nest, said that going out alone would only arouse suspicion, and based on that rough logic, he asked us not to meet as much as possible...

[Oh, it’s okay. Everyone is thinking that the sun has changed once they cross the continent.]

...Have you ever imagined that?

Well, it doesn’t seem unnatural for a child who has lived in the forest all his life to get some fresh air outside and become a fan of walking. For that reason, I think it is natural that the priests of the swamp would misunderstand.

However, thanks to this, I no longer have any reason to refuse Sangun’s visit. I subtly furrowed my eyebrows.

[Did you eat dinner?] I

skipped lunch, so there’s no way I ate it... Anyone who reports the truth or anything like that is an idiot.

“I was already going to eat it.”

I told lies without even applying saliva. What was in the food I received today? My hand is already in my inventory, rummaging through it.

[You eat that during the day when you can’t make a fire, right?]

However, that act was stopped by a word from the Six Ghosts.

My back felt cold.

[It’s okay because it’s full of clouds today.]

By the way, to find the origin of that saying, you have to go back to the day two days ago.

At that time, I was filling my stomach with preserved food, and when Yuk-gwi saw it, he asked, ‘Why don’t you cook it and eat it?’

However, who can answer right then and there, ‘Because I can’t make a fire or cook?’ Regardless of the concept, the body’s pride cannot tolerate that.

So, after racking my brain, I convinced him that ‘if you light a fire during the day, you could be discovered due to the smoke,’ which wasn’t even a wrong argument...

[You said you eat fish. He caught a fish.]

[Hehehehe.]

This was the result. I fell into a desperate situation.

“...starting a fire in a confined space.”

[What are you talking about? Of course I have to go out and smoke.]

“....”

No, that. There are adventurers in the world who can’t make fire.

There are even adventurers who can’t cook over a campfire.

[Why are you acting like you can’t cook?]

...Damn it!

“....”

[...?]

“....”

[...for a moment. Is it true?]

No, but really listen. This isn’t necessarily my problem? Even though I often burn food even in modern times, I am still a person who has the mental capacity to weaken the fire if it feels like it is burning!

But here. There is no fire control here. If it starts to burn, you have to turn down the heat, which is impossible.

In such a situation, isn’t it really inevitable that I cook food with pitch-black charcoal? It’s not my problem, it’s a mistake anyone can make!

[Hmm. Driver, couldn’t you cook?]

[Wow... this is unexpected.]

However, my fierce defense only echoed in my heart and did not reach them. I’m going to die of embarrassment.

“But... he entered and left the city without any problems.”

[hmm. So that was it? You are hoping and searching for another way.]

“Yes.”

[This is something to think about quite a bit. How did you hide that person?]

Fortunately, Yuk-gwi was equally concerned about the part where I found room. When he thinks about it, it seems like this is unnatural and possible.

[First, tell me more about your whereabouts. I’m sure what you said isn’t true. There are so many things recorded.]

“Um....”

It’s a deed. It would take too long to recite them all, so I will definitely have to pick a few. Which of these should I say?

As I was reading these, I thought, ‘Why did he do this?’ Can I just talk about the things I want to say? Or the questions and speculations written at the end of the material?

“Once recorded, only five years of events were recorded. And over the past five years, the exterior...”

[Appearance?]

I stopped what I was trying to explain and quickly racked my brain.

His appearance has changed and he confesses that it is suspicious. → People ask why that is suspicious. → It says that the changed appearance is the same as the settings I made. → Godbanin’s questions continue as he doesn’t know what a game is and even less what a concept is. → We will all perish together!

Cold sweat ran down my spine.

“...He went from wearing a completely covered outfit to revealing his face and appearance little by little by changing his equipment one by one. “Like attracting a bird with a piece of bread.”

[That’s a strange thing... Why on earth did you do that?]

If you show embarrassment here, it’s over. I desperately feigned a serious expression and patted my social face, which I had barely managed to survive.

Really, if I died, I would die, I didn’t want to live in shame...

[And?]

“I mainly hunted demons and criminals, but they say I took their bodies with me.”

[What?]

“The person who gathered the information speculated that he might have a love of corpses...”

[You idiot, that’s a sacrifice no matter who sees it!]

“There was that speculation too.”

Although this opinion has faded since I started walking around with the warrior. I swallowed back my words.

[They say they’ve been removing bodies for five years?]

“It almost seems like that.”

[Then, it is a sacrifice that cannot be taken away.]

There are things that the Information Guild could not figure out, but it is still something that can be guessed. I acknowledged it in that sense and Yukgui lamented.

[okay. I was still curious. No matter how great the devil is, it is never easy to take a soul from another dimension... But I never thought there would be such an ambush.] “

...Are you saying that they sacrificed the things they killed to bring me back?”

[Otherwise, there is no way to bring you back. Just because he’s the Great Devil doesn’t mean he’s all-powerful, right?]

Suddenly, the folder I was holding seemed to have become heavy with the smell of blood.

“...how much sacrifice must have been made.”

[I don’t know. I would have had to have made a sacrifice before to be able to estimate it or not... But wouldn’t I have offered at least a few thousand? Breaking down the dimensional wall is such a difficult task.]

At least a few thousand... In fact, if you add up just what is written on the record, it will be more than a thousand. This was repeated for 5 years, 20 times a month. Just by simple calculation, the number comes to 1,200.

Moreover, he doesn’t even get to just 20 in a month. When I wrote it down, it was probably twenty or even a few hundred. It may be more than that if we take into account the actions not listed on this paper.

So, if we boldly increase the number by 2,000, the number will probably be 3,400.

Here, he not only captured humans, but also demons...

I inadvertently put pressure on the hand holding the document. A thick wad of paper crumpled and made a sound like it was about to tear.

“...Would you have sacrificed the demon you caught?”

[I don’t know. But after all, demons are living beings too... so if they wanted to use them as sacrifices, wouldn’t they be able to use them? Right now, it’s not you, it’s just that thing inside you. Did they sacrifice their own people in that city?]

“...?”

When I looked at him as if to tell him more, Yukgui shrugged his shell and explained.

It was a truth that I had no way of knowing because other people didn’t tell me, because it was hidden by the intact castle walls, and because I didn’t go to see the inside of the city when I ran away.