Chapter 212 – Alienation #4

“Didn’t it just look like it came in secret? What if I tell Adele about it? I wanted to speak first…”

“Yes… Sorry.”

“Thank you though. Please tell me so Adele doesn’t feel bad. But… I got a good sense of why Adele was complaining about you as a very careless man.”

“…..”

I sighed with my mouth trembling and concentrated on driving the fighter.
Towards such a day, Sylvia asked while shedding her eyes.

“Upset?”

“No… My ears hurt. You’ve been repeating the same story for two hours, haven’t you?”

“It was because I was so sad. Did you arrive?”

“Yes. It’s all here.”

“It’s raining? The sky is also dark.”

As the saying goes, the Grand Canyon was pouring with heavy rain.
You can see the water swell in the wide and long gorge.
It’s a perfect environment. Because it is true that the real sky helps me.

“Yes. There is considerable rainfall. I think there will be a flood.”

“I knew the Grand Canyon was dry…”

“About two times during the change of seasons, summer and winter, it pours with excitement. It’s a bit strange that it rains at this time, but it’s not to the extent that I can’t understand it, as it’s a planet where abnormal weather is prevalent.”

“Yeah… By the way, it has a different taste than when I first came here. It’s beautiful… I hope it doesn’t harm people.”

These were the words of Sylvia, who fell in love with the majestic nature.
Agreeing with her admiration, I spoke in a very businesslike tone.

“There is a lot of lightning. A rockfall could have happened. I’ll have to fix it and prepare for it…”

“How did you say it was broken?”

“Lightning struck the cliff right above the explorer, knocking off a fairly large boulder.”

“It’s a strange coincidence. Should I say I’m glad I didn’t get hit by lightning?”

Accident? Absolutely not.
It was intentionally broken.

“It would have been better if the lightning had fallen. There’s a lightning rod near the explorer. Now, let’s take a look at the status.”

I set the engine of the fighter vertically so that it hovers, and I zoomed in on the camera to illuminate the searcher.
The side of the explorer was completely dented.
It was also half submerged by rising water.

The same goes for portals that are a bit far from the explorer.
The wall that protects the surroundings has collapsed due to falling rocks, and water has entered and ruined it.
It was made so perfectly that anyone can be sure that it was damaged by a natural disaster. Also Marcella.

Sylvia, who was watching her monitor with me, muttered in a worried tone.

“It looks very bad…”

“You’re right. It’s serious. Explorer and portal, both must be retrieved.”

“Should I go down and get it myself? Do you have a string or something?”

“Since Sylvia is from a planet with advanced science, why is she dangerously trying to take it into her own hands?”

Sylvia shriveled her hand.

“Hey… Do you know that your tone is really bad right now? Can you lower the bridge of your nose?”

“Look carefully. This fighter has many features…”

It was the moment I wanted to brag about.

Pew! Perong!

Hundreds of black tentacles appeared from everywhere in the gorge, where the water swelled and became a torrent, and rushed toward the fighters at once.

Kwajik-!

They penetrated every corner of the fighter’s body, which was extremely hard, and aimed at Sylvia’s head and me.
What happened in the blink of an eye.
As a human body, I couldn’t react at all.
I passed out as I felt some tremendous force drag me sideways and a dull pain around my right temple.

**

Kurrureung-!

A thunderclap so great that it completely rang in the brain.
Awake, I raised my upper body.

“Huh!”

Then, when he felt a strong pain in his right arm, he clenched his teeth.

“Keuk…!”

A simple wooden splint was placed on my right arm.
I was also bitter. There was a scar the size of the palm of my hand near my shoulder, as if it had been chafed by a belt.
The tentacles weren’t hurt. This is what happened when the seat belt slipped.

“Ha…”

Frowning, I looked around.
Inside a cave where black bears and pumas lived.
A campfire was lit next to me, it was dark outside and it was still pouring rain.
Having a rough idea of ​​what was going on, I whimpered, moved my hips, and leaned against the wall of the cave.
Not long after, Sylvia, wet from the rain, came in.
I raised her left hand and greeted her.

“Hello. It’s a good night.”

Sylvia, where my playfulness put a puzzled expression on her young voice.
She ate it right away, then she said.

“I’m glad you look okay.”

She came over to me, squeezing the moisture from her own pale red hair.
Her jeans and black T-shirt were wet, revealing the curves of her body, so sexy that her lower legs tingled even in pain.
Sitting next to me, she took a quick look at her arm, which was secured in her splint.

“The arms are fine. It stuck well.”

“Yes…? Did you stick well?”

“As for how that happened…”

When the fighter jet was destroyed by the attack of the tentacle monster, Sylvia, who borrowed the power of Aether, grabbed my body and pulled me to the side to save me from being almost pierced through the middle of my forehead.
Then her arm caught on the seat belt of the fighter and dislocated, and the tentacles struck her in the head, knocking her out.
After Sylvia severed her belt with her dagger, she escaped the crashing fighter plane and found this cave while dodging her body.
And while I was fainting, I put my arms together here and went out again and killed the tentacle monster.

After explaining all of her circumstances, she let out a long sigh.

“It was good up to that point… The young ones came out of the body of the guy I killed. There are monsters all over the place right now.”

“Did you hear the demons were overrun? What does that mean?”

“I’ll help you, so see for yourself.”

Sylvia put her left arm around her shoulder and stood up from her seat.
I want to play with that plump chest that’s sticking to my T-shirt right now, but I’ll hold back. Opportunity comes.
With her help, I went to the entrance of the cave and opened my mouth wide.
He pretended to be surprised.

“That… That…”

Tentacle monsters the size of a full-grown Siberian tiger spread all over the Grand Canyon during a thunderstorm.
Among them, there were huge ones that seemed to be about 15 meters tall.
There were even moth-like monsters with a wingspan of nearly 30 meters in the air.
It feels like watching the end of the world. I feel good.

“How many are there… I think it’s more than a thousand if you look at it roughly. Are you saying that it came out of the body of the monster Sylvia-san killed?”

“Right. And there are only 1,000 of them that can be seen, and you can say that they covered the entire Grand Canyon.”

“Ha… I’m desperate, really… What about the fighters? Could it be that I’m completely ignorant?”

“Yes. When I left you here and went back, there were only fragments. Even that fragment came from the body of the monster.”

“Then you ate…? Cell phones and communication devices are all there…”

“So do i. I guess we’ll have to wait for the Doctor or the World Federation to find us.”

I shook my head skeptically.

“How long has it been?”

“About five hours.”

“Seeing how quiet it is after five hours, it seems that something has gone wrong. They don’t seem to know anything about what’s going on here.”

“Let’s wait. You will know someday.”

You still don’t know

“Can’t Sylvia just carry me on her back and escape? Sylvia-san is fast.”

“I don’t have much Aether energy.”

“How long do you have left?”

“Ten percent.”

Hearing her answer, I put on an expression that I didn’t understand.

“Why is there only that much? When the Battle of Corn Belt is over, I’m sure…”

“Yeah… About a third remained. However, the size of the tentacle monster was too big, and it took a considerable amount of time because the support from the moths in the sky was a headache. I’m weak against big guys like that.”

And it’s not weak in quantity.
I saw through all of your weaknesses when dealing with Orbas.
That’s why I sent out a custom monster.
Simply put, you’ve fallen into a trap.

“I have to save it because I don’t know what will happen.”

“I guess so.”

She moved me back inside and Sylvia raised her hands near her bonfire.
I asked, sitting down with one leg stretched out.

“What if they raid this place?”

“Seeing that you’re still fine after five hours, this is a safe place. I don’t think there’s any interest in this area at all. So let’s wait patiently.”

“He’s so carefree… Wear this.”

I whimpered, took off my pilot’s suit, and tossed it over the campfire.
Sylvia, who snatched it up quite nicely, said.

“Why is this?”

“Your clothes are all wet. Change before you get hypothermia.”

“Does it smell musty?”

“Smell…? Purging your lips and arguing… If you want to wear it, just wear it, right?”

After speaking bluntly, I lay down staring at the wall.
It was so Sylvia could change her clothes without being noticed.
Shortly thereafter, a clicking sound was heard.
Sylvia took off her wet clothes and dropped her on the floor.
Even if she said that, it was colder than me.

“I’m all dressed up.”

“Yes.”

“…. Hey.”

“Why.”

“Did you get mad at me for smelling? In fact, it only smells like dirt.”

“Anyone who gets angry… That’s the problem with Sylvia. She thinks and draws conclusions alone. It is also a problem that they ignorantly slaughtered monsters without a device.”

Sylvia became furious at those words.

“This is going to die… You have a lot of problems too?”

“What’s the problem?”

“For now, your mouth is cheap. He rushes over to Adele and tells Adele…”

“Again, that story… What’s the point of being honest between lovers? Besides, if you ask me like that, is it the same as Silvia-san?”

Widely!

Something small hit me on the back.
Turning my head, I lifted my upper body with a blank smile when a thin tree branch fell beside me.

“You have nothing to say, so you throw things like this… It’s really absurd.”

“Then I’ll throw you a stone. Something the size of you.”

“Are you not afraid at all?”

Sylvia once again picked up her twig and threw it.
I tried to grab it with my right arm, but her splint limited her range of motion and I couldn’t.
This time I, who had been hit by a tree branch on the forehead, smiled dejectedly.

“It’s unfortunate. I was able to catch it.”

Sylvia giggled and she made fun of me.

“Why are you such a mess?”

“I do not know. Do you want to fuss? Ah, Mr. Sylvia.”

“Why.”

“To say I was ignorant was a mistake. Sorry.”

“Know. Don’t mind.”

I like that you have a really cool personality.

“And thank you so much for saving my life. I mean it.”

In response to my gratitude for returning with a serious expression, Sylvia was silent for a moment.
After staring into her eyes for a moment, she shook her head.

“Thank you too.”

“What?”

“For taking care of my circumstances.”

You’re thanking Adele for the good talk. She seems to like her quite a bit.
But what about… I’m going to buy your crush today.
There is no one to rely on except comrades on the battlefield. Let’s work hard together and build a bond.

“Hey… I’m careful in everything.”

“Did that bastard just call me ignorant? Will you do it again?”

“Why are people so violent…”

Groaning, I leaned my head against the wall and turned my gaze toward the entrance where the rain was pouring down.
Then Sylvia asked cautiously.

“What’s the matter? Are you worried that monsters will attack you?”

“No. Sylvia says she’s safe, so she’ll be safe. I’m just trying to hear the rain. It calms me down.”

“Okay…?”

“How is Sylvia? Does she like rain?”

“I have no idea.”

“It’s desolate… Then listen to it at this point. The patter sound is quite tasteful.”

Sylvia listened silently to those words.
Then she opens her eyes wide.

“Really? Something calms me… I like the sound of the current.”

“Yes? Except for the monsters outside, it’s really good…”

“Quiet. Listen to the rain.”

It was Sylvia who cut me off and focused.
A consensus has been formed Very good. I want to dance at least
I snuck into her and looked out of her cave with her.