Chapter 442 – #92_Wandering (5)

#441

One.
A grimly slanted signpost announcing the boundary of Taro Town.
Siwoo, who made his way through the messy space, was already sweating all over his body.

“I’ll turn.”

A circular distortion field buzzed around it, drawing a blurry circle.
The ‘distortion’ of two different properties meets and separates the layers like water and oil.
The distorted field of the red branch, which cannot be observed with the naked eye, has a clear boundary as it enters the deformed space.

– Giik… Interest…

The biggest problem is that the distortion field is screaming ominously like a submarine that has been unreasonably submerged below the maximum depth.

As soon as he crossed the boundary, Siu, who had finished his body’s adaptation, ran to the center.
There is no clock that works normally here, so the only thing that can infer the time is the biological clock.
I’m guessing about 5 minutes have passed.

You might think positively that you’ve reached half of your destination in five minutes.

But let’s think the other way around.
The level of obstruction is not serious yet.
A sixth of the time had passed just by wearing armor and walking this distance.

In the distance, a storm of whirling particles could be seen, as if the nucleus of a typhoon had reached the ground.
It looked more like a huge natural disaster like a volcano or an earthquake than a magical phenomenon.
Stepping into it, he did not dare to guess what kind of crisis awaited him.

“…….”

Looking back, I could see the road I had walked so far.
The footprints were taken in a winding way due to avoiding places where the space was overly twisted and choosing a safe area to walk.
If you retrace those footprints, you can easily escape.

A myriad of compromises came to mind.

Maybe Amelia can stop her runaway on her own.
It may be impossible in the first place to break the magic in the space of random numbers and move forward.
Even if he reached her after all the twists and turns, he might be killed by Duke Erelim’s artillery fire.
Siwoo is not immortal, nor is Super Mario carrying around his life as a spare.

Rescuing Amelia was an irresponsible overkill.
Did those great witches try to crawl into the disaster that they were trying to avoid by waving their hands?

After breaking up with Amelia, the two never met again.
At first, it was painful as if half of her body had been ripped off, but life bloomed over the time that covered the sadness of parting like vomit.

會者定離 d.
It may not be such a big deal to break up with someone you care about and become strangers.
Bondi meeting is an act of promise to break up in the distant future.

Even without Amelia, the world would go around, and Siwoo’s daily life would go around as well.

With a little giving up, you can return to the cozy home where Master, Sharon, and the twins are waiting for you.
There remains a chance to enjoy peace as usual, a comfortable and sweet option.

“No.”

I shook my head.
The hesitation that climbed over his shoulder was cut off with a light gesture.

There were many similar experiences.
Many people who knew Siu used to ask.

Why do you risk your life for others every time, how can you be so reckless?
Worrying scolding came to those who mattered.
Others have admired her outward courage and selflessness.
However, Siwoo scratched his head embarrassingly each time.

This is because the series of acts were not altruism or self-sacrifice stemming from a sense of justice.

Shin Si-woo is not a hero who makes impossible battles possible, much less a saint who transcends the common interests and leads all people.

I just know.

If you run away and give up in fear of a crisis right in front of you, the future will not be the same as before.
Even if it looks like a craft without any flaws, it must be fatally distorted somewhere.
Even if you see a peaceful daily life, it is clear that you will suddenly come to mind and be immersed in regret.
While reciting soggy regrets such as ‘I should have been more courageous then’.

Siu doesn’t want that.

Wet in remorse, leaving behind regrets, and laughing bitterly at an imperfect future, if there is a hand that can reach out and grab it, I want to lift it up.
It’s just pure selfishness.

– Giik! Giik! Giik!

“Just listen to me this time. I’ll oil you up when you get back safely.”

As soon as I took a really sweaty step to control the red branch from the outside, to avoid being swept away by the random number space, the ominous red branch started to glow from a while ago.

Siu felt a wall passing through his body.

As if the quality of the air had changed, the pressure was transmitted to the distortion field all at once.
It’s just one more step, and the face of the world changes.

Siwoo must have been looking at the same spot.

However, with just one step as a boundary, Taro Town was turned upside down.
The world was shattered as if the game had been run with a graphics card that had been rolled a couple of times in the sand.

2.
When I received the bird’s eye view and decided on my destination, I was worried inside.

Taro Town is not an English village, nor is it the size of the palm of your hand.
It is the town that boasts the second largest branch in Gehenna.

Furthermore, I was pessimistic that searching inside the random number space would be a struggle from finding out where Amelia was….

It is no longer necessary.
The world is telling us where she is, very intuitively.

-Kuuuuu!

It was like a painting drawn by a surrealist artist after heavily inhaling hallucinogenic drugs.

You can see a floating stone house. The overturned wagon, the steeply towering ground, and the bell tower bent round like a tree with a bent waist.
Distortion was not limited to objects.

The sky is weird

As if rags were sewn piece by piece, in a world glowing green, some parts are the dawn of dawn, some are the crispness of the afternoon, some are the blazing twilight, and some are the bluish starlight.
It shines ominously, as if the ragged hem of a garment was patched together.

The ground is strange

If someone asks, ‘What happened inside?’, A rough description would be possible.
However, if an additional question was asked, “So what happened to the land?”, I would be at a loss for words.

It is obviously flat.
But for some reason, Siu’s brain recognized it as a very deep crater.
However, if you open your eyes for a moment and then close them, they look flat, as if that were the case.

The gap between what we see and what we perceive.
Even the left eye, which sees through the flow of magical power, cannot define this space.

What is certain, however, is that Amelia will be at the center of the dent in the nucleus of the silent black particle storm.
Siu shouted in the loudest possible voice as a test.
I hope the answer comes back.

“Miss Amelia!”

Only silence comes back.
There was not even an echo in this damn room.
Just like a group of poisonous mushrooms that spread indiscriminately, the storm of particles that expands the range is just a riot.

“…….”

This is the real beginning.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
There is no time to look any further.
Siwoo carefully moved one step at a time, being careful not to damage the distortion field.

– Giggik! Device Geek! Giggi Gig!

If this is a radioactively contaminated area, the sound coming from the distortion field now is no different from the warning sound emitted by a radiation detector.
He doesn’t even bother to listen to the warning, the fever is already rising in his head.
Keeping the distorting field about to collapse like a tin can sinking in the deep sea required tremendous dexterity.

“Uh?”

Siu was stunned.
Because it was an unbelievable sight.

“Girls?”

A silhouette that shines in brilliant gold like a fairy.
Even the perspective is strangely distorted, so it’s not clear, but a child who seemed to be barely able to come ran to Siwoo’s waist.
And in the blink of an eye a couple of times, it was gone.
Like a fantasy

Did the mind start to go crazy from excessive tension?
There’s no way a girl could walk around a place like this.
I’m sorry, but I don’t have the time or space to linger.

And finally.
Siu landed near a hollow crater.
Seeing it up close, the scenery was even more unrealistic.

A dark pit, as if the whole town had been pulled into it.
Around it, small particles began to cling to the tuk-tuk distortion field, like iron dust from a hurricane.

– Keying! Keying! Keying!

At first glance, what appears to be fallout after a volcanic eruption was not so easygoing.
Every time countless tiny and minute particles collide with the distortion field, terrifying sparks fly and miscalculations occur.
It has reached this point with only a few scattered pieces colliding.

Grasping his hot head and taking a step, the pressure intensifies.
I didn’t think it would be easy, but I never thought the resistance would be this strong.
To the point where the thought ‘what the hell is he thinking?

– Fachik!

At that moment, a single particle penetrated the distortion field and touched my fingertips.
Strictly speaking, it wasn’t even a direct contact.

“Kuk!”

Even though it only touched the gauntlet of the black armor, the entire armor of the shadow that was ruggedly woven greatly swayed.
Siwoo managed to catch the shadow that was about to jump out of control.
If it weren’t for Sharon’s reinforcement, the control power that would have lost its shape and scattered all at once.

It’s too much like this.
If you go in there you will die.
Measures must be taken.

“Great. It’s okay.”

Siu, trying to calm down his anxiety, intentionally created a very small gap in the distortion field.
It intentionally takes in a few particles and immediately knocks them out with its armor.

-Kikii Iik!

For example, it is an act that is tantamount to vaccination, but the armor cries as if it has been rolled up in a high-pressure press.
There was no time to say or think about anything.
Just inverting and inferring the effect on the armor to find out the nature of this particle.
That’s the only way to throw yourself into that pit of death and survive.

-Giyiyiyiyi!

As if calming a rampaging horse, the structure of the armor was fixed and the influence of the particles was reversed.

“This….”

One thing I discovered as a result.
It was strikingly similar to a system of self-defense.

A deformed self-defence that confines itself without allowing anyone’s presence to approach.
She was trying to push away everything in the world.

Why?
Put down the soaring doubts for a while.
I closed my eyes, focused my mind, and contacted the circuits extending through every corner of my armor.

Sparks popping up.
A fight against Siwoo’s armor, which struggles not to lose control, and black particles that try to encroach on it like cancer cells.
The flames that rise so subtly that it hurts the eyes are reminiscent of endless geometric patterns spread out in a kaleidoscope.

At first glance, it seems like a series of irregularities, but there are rules.
In the burning sensation of burning long nerves in the brain, Siu follows the rules.
I tried to create a new rule by connecting the magical knowledge and experience I had accumulated so far, and the inspiration that came to me spontaneously.

Huge blackboards spanning several hectares in your head.
Discard, write down, verify, discard, write down, discard magic formulas and formulas that are used faster than printers.

“Ah….”

Siwoo realized it after calculations that were no different from overtaxing his brain.
This attempt is no different from trying to accurately depict the crystal glass three seconds after it falls on the floor.

Not just one, but dozens of glasses at the same time, with tight time limits.
Unless even Laplace’s demon was brought, there was no way that would be possible.

I opened my eyes, and my vision, which had been narrowed by the acceleration of my thoughts, was opened.
The storm of particles was approaching Siwoo before he knew it.

A thick smell of metal pouring out of a stinging nose.
Realized.
It is impossible to block.
With Siwoo’s ability, neither counter-calculation nor defense is possible.

-Kikiiik! What a profit!

The particles that were now staining the son-in-law black began to ferociously bite the distortion field.
The red branches vibrated like mad, spreading barriers and distortion fields in all directions, but it seemed meaningless.
Sooner or later, Siwoo will be swept away by the particles in an instant.

“Keugh… !”

Let’s get rid of the body first.
Going inside like this is tantamount to committing suicide.
You should try it after spending a little more time to finish the calculation, or after finding another way.
When Siwoo, who had made that decision, kicked the ground.

-Kuuuuu!

There was a violent vibration as if the heavens and earth were vibrating.

“What… ?”

At some point, the floor is tilted.
As if a sinkhole had formed, the pit that quickly expanded its area took away the ground.
In this space, Siwoo could only run away while maintaining the distortion field and armor.
Ribbons, coordinate shifts, and even wings can’t be spread.

“What the fuck.”

An eternal exclamation deeply imprinted in our genes pops out.
Siwoo was sucked into an abyss with no end in sight.