Chapter 393

Chapter 393

Chapter 393

If I fall from here, I'll die.'

The pit was so deep and empty, my thoughts couldn't help but turn to the worst case scenariocertain death. The wind whistled strangely over the floor-less black void.

Dangling from Koo Hui-seo's tentacles while looking down at this pit wasn't good at all for my mental health. I trembled and begged Koo Hui-seo, "K-Koo Hui-seo-ssi! Please let me down somewhereAck!"

However, even before I could finish speaking, Moon Issak hit Koo Hui-seo's right-most tentacle with a beam of white light.

The recoil made my body wobble; I worried that I would fall into the pit. My eyes closed tight as I screamed. Luckily, Koo Hui-seo didn't release me, but

He's frozen!'

When I cautiously opened my eyes and looked at Koo Hui-seo, I saw that his body was frozen from the neck-down. He was clearly in a horrid state.

Koo Hui-seo blinked, tilted his body, and extended a blackened tongue.

[Whenever this happens It's. So difficult]

Despite his drained tone, his footholdrather, the tower of black tentacles he was standing on, turned into angry spikes.

Then, from below, more tentacles wriggled up onto the ground like snake heads. At first glance, someone might mistake them for black snakes: intertwined, wriggling, and writhing.

Slither!

But, before the snake-like tentacles could blanket the ground, attacks flooded towards us from behind, not from the front where Moon Issak stood. An arrow ensconced with blue flame hit Koo Hui-seo's frozen right arm.

[Haah]

The attacked arm began to crack, pieces from below the elbow began to fragment off.

After staring at the crumbling pieces, I looked back to see Lim-Jisoo. Shadows covered her torso; she was looking this way with a smile.

I didn't know when on earth she arrived, but a red magic circle had unfurled behind her on both sides. New arrows were locked and loaded, waiting midair in front of the magic circle.

Fully prepared, Lim Jisoo smiled brightly as our eyes met and said, with a hint of mockery, "Don't worry, Choi Lee-kyung, I'll rescue you from that monster right away."

""

When I faced her mocking eyes, I could see that she wasn't really attacking Koo Hui-seo in order to save me.

I wanted to know what she was scheming, but I sensed a large movement from Moon Issak's side. The investigator jumped up at a tremendous speed before swinging a long, extended pole down toward Koo Hui-seo's head. "Die!"

Boom!

However, the tentacle that had risen behind Koo Hui-seo quickly protected the ex-chimera's head. However, concerningly, the tip of the tentacle, which had defended against Moon Issak's attack, froze solid blue as if frostbitten.

In addition, Moon Issak, after finishing his attack, retreated to avoid a counterattack. Lim Jisoo, who had been waiting for this moment, intensely targeted and bombarded the frozen part.

Although Koo Hui-seo was incredibly resilient, the repeated freezing and bombardment made his tentacles fragileto the point that they would break apart if an attack just grazed the tentacle.

As I watched them repeatedly attack Koo Hui-seo, I thought, If this continues, Koo Hui-seo will be at a disadvantage'

Koo Hui-seo began to twist his whole body; I struggled to push away Moon Issak who was standing over Koo Hui-seo's tentacles. The investigator had no choice but to retreat when faced with my staunch refusal.

Though, fortunately, I wasn't caught, the rapidly approaching heat was now our biggest problem. Lim Jisoo's [Hellfire] exuded intense amounts of warmth.

Though this was only a hypothesis, I thought Koo Hui-seo's tentacles were similar in nature and attribute to trees and wood. So, they were quite vulnerable to fire-based attacks.

Koo Hui-seo seemed to instinctively realize this and tried to block it, but the outer layer of tentacles that tried to block the incoming ball of fire had turned into black ashes and scattered in the wind. Even the tentacles that held my limbs had now loosened from the threat of the fire.

I held onto Koo Hui-seo's neck with both arms, desperately clinging so as to not fall off. Meanwhile, through his tears Koo Hui-seo stopped [Hellfire]; he rubbed his cheek against mine.

[It hurts Hnngh]

"I get it, so do something quick!"

[But Lee-kyung-ssi You didn't give me permission]

"What?"

Koo Hui-seo answered very seriouslyface still wet with tears.

[If I just had a little more of Lee-kyung-ssi's blood]

"" I looked into his eyes.

I couldn't sense any greed, craving, or bloodthirst in those incomprehensible yet strangely innocent black eyes. They felt different from when he wanted to drink my blood earlier.

My lips quivered as I replied, "How much do you need?"

[]

Koo Hui-seo's eyes rolled around as he looked at me. Simultaneously, I felt the sharp point of one of his thinnest tentacles poking my stomach.

Though I wanted to contemplate further, I had no time; I saw [Hellfire] getting closer to Koo Hui-seo's almost burnt-to-a-crisp tentacles. We were truly on the verge of completely melting.

Fucking hell

"If I give it to you, can you get out of here?"

[Ye~es]

Koo Hui-seo answered promptly.

And

Stab!

Before I could nod, something hot plunged through my stomach.

It felt surrealI looked down at the tentacle that was embedded inside of me. Not a drop of blood flowed out, but it was strangely painfulbecause I felt the strange sensation of my blood being sucked out from within me.

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TL: Lee-kyung is going to need lots and lots of steak after this. All the iron supplements.

The original is ,' which literally translates to neither rice nor porridge.' Aka neither here nor there: half-baked. Also a slang for whore'