Chapter 66 – Anomalies (8)

I’ve never been very hungry in my life.

There was no problem with eating and living on Earth, and it was even more financially affluent on the continent of Eurelia.

That’s why the hunger I felt now was even thrilling.

“Fuck.”

Disappointed as if there was a hole in the stomach. Lethargy engulfs the whole body. No gurgling mouth. Blurred vision.

And an intense appetite for all living things.

There is something to guess about this sudden change.

The curse of endless hunger.

As Edmerek enters the final phase, it is a debuff applied to one random party member, and has the effect of instantly reducing the character’s stamina to 1.

A powerful curse that is virtually incapacitated because stamina is consumed more or less in every battle.

It’s just one of those annoying patterns in the game, but I think I’m going crazy when I actually get it.

It’s not just that you’re weak, it’s especially painful that you go on an empty stomach.

But why is that now… ?

The absurdity and injustice that passed through my mind in an instant.

Still, what has already happened cannot be undone. I managed to hold on to my spirit and opened my inventory to take out the vitality potion.

In my heart, I want to eat proper food, not this kind of potion, but….

This isn’t real hunger. It is said that hunger cannot be satisfied with food.

It would be much more effective to recover stamina with vitality potions, just like in the game.

I put the potion to my mouth with trembling hands, but… Edmerek would not let this go.

“I offer you my flesh.”

“Ah.”

Edmerek’s voice was small but clearly audible.

And a translucent mouth appeared in front of my eyes.

At the same time as I took a sip of the potion, Edmerek’s empty stomach engulfed my body.

Hard!

A shield with sharp teeth hung in advance blocked it. However, this is really only for a moment, and the shield breaks helplessly soon after.

Ugh-

It was a magic tool for defense that was activated one after another, but it was broken one after another before the tightening jaw force like a vise.

Even if the body twisted and tried to deviate from the trajectory, the exhausted body did not properly respond to its will.

In the end, Helena’s sacred art, the last bastion, was completely defenseless by using its power.

The teeth that were still left in my side were lodged.

Kwajik.

Originally, it had the power to cut my upper and lower body into pieces.

But, did he exhaust his strength by penetrating multiple layers of protection? Edmerek’s devouring of the air ended at the point of tearing my flesh apart.

“Aaaaagh!”

That alone was enough to keep me awake.

Click.

Blood pouring on the floor.

It’s not fatal right away, but it’s a wound that can’t be left as it is.

“Did you stop it? It’s a pity.”

“You… You, this… Queue.”

Even in an urgent situation, the top-notch vitality potion, which he managed to drink a few sips, began to exert its medicinal effect.

I was freed from terrible starvation, but next came the turn of suffering.

I was trying to take out a recovery potion while grabbing my side where blood was dripping.

“It can’t be like that.”

Ed Merek, who noticed my feelings and stretched out his hand right away.

As I gritting my teeth and throwing myself down, a new tooth mark is engraved in the place where I was standing, without fail.

“You dodged well. However, you will not be able to avoid it forever.”

After that, as if I wouldn’t give him time to recover with the potion, the power poured out continuously.

The muffled sound coming from behind doesn’t go away.

In the first place, emptiness is not an authority that can be activated so quickly.

Perhaps Edmerek is trying too hard to completely end me this time.

In fact, the already pale complexion of the fellow was starting to die.

Of course, Edmerek won’t be able to continue doing this for long, but….

I, who had a hole in my side, would fall first, so it would be a reasonable choice for him.

“Ouch. Kuck!”

Every time I move, the wound is torn, and I feel like my intestines are shaking.

Anxiety that I might spill the contents as it is if I made a mistake, and a level of pain I had never experienced before.

I drank a potion with a continuous recovery effect in advance, but the rate of deterioration was faster than the rate of recovery because it moved too violently.

As I thought about it, a weak thought reared its head.

… Can you really beat this?

A question that came to my mind without even realizing it. That was the problem.

Thanks to the calibration system, my body was able to move as I thought without making a mistake by holding a dagger.

However, in other words, when the mind collapses, the movement of the body also collapses.

Lost certainty gave birth to hesitation, and hesitation soon leads to death.

A stout body. The teeth of a beast aiming at my head without missing the gap.

The sound of harsh laughter echoed in my ears like hallucinations, urging me to give up on life.

The moment when I, too, was about to accept my own death in a daze like someone else’s.

Caang!

“Relax, Yandel!”

An urgent voice from behind. And the water barrier surrounding me.

Is it the protection magic created by Elisha?

“… How?”

It’s true that Elisha is an excellent mage, but she’s still not good enough to use magic like this.

“How, what, how! I used a rare artifact that is rare even in Sylvan’s tower, so drink a potion quickly! I can’t stand this for long!”

“Ah, yes.”

Although he was bewildered, once he drank the potion, the wound healed quickly.

“This… The dwarf year… !”

Ed Merek, who had been trying to take my breath away by overdoing it, spat out a curse and reached out her hand toward Elisha.

Card win.

“Kyaaaaah!”

Zira Elisha, whom she had seen in the meantime, immediately threw her body, but she was not perfect.

That’s right, Elisha doesn’t know the exact timing or attack range like I do, so it’s natural for her.

But Elisha didn’t care about her tattered arm, she was conjuring magic far and away.

“…….”

It was only when I saw it that I realized.

Elisha knew from the beginning that she might die because of what I just remembered.

Even so, in order to survive, to save others, they were fighting fiercely.

It’s not just Elisha.

Vincent, who had stopped the tentacle giant alone, continued to shed tears and vomit, but he swung his sword without stopping.

Helena, who raged between countless bodies, believed in the enormous divine power, and she was fighting most of the attacks.

So do her other students.

She’s all throwing up blood and screaming, but she’s doing her best in each position.

Even that Edmerek was unreasonably expressing his authority.

On the other hand, how was I?

I did not put my life on the stake. Never did that

He was always acting with the mindset of playing a game from a little distance away.

Because I thought it had to be.

In the first place, on Earth, I… Shin Yong-chan was an ordinary college student.

Dropping it on the continent of Eurelia without a second thought, and from now on, killing all the evil spirits and saving the world is just embarrassing to hear.

Isn’t it possible

If I could do it, the rest of the world should be able to too.

Even if there is a difference in knowledge or way of thinking, the people here were never inferior to me.

Even so, the fact that it was impossible means that it is also impossible for me.

But what if I am not a college student but a deceased person in H&A?

… I assure you, there is no one better suited to saving the world than I am.

I’ve saved this world dozens of times so far, so I’m sure I can do it this time too.

So I decided to become a player.

Especially when dealing with a cult, he had to act even more resolutely.

Because I thought I could win.

But what was the result?

Didn’t you fight in a place different from your game days, and be driven to the brink of death because the pattern was a bit twisted?

I was wrong.

I was wrong.

If it was me as a deceased person, would it be okay?

The problem was the attitude of trying to treat this world like a game.

This isn’t a game, it’s reality.

Even if it is a world like H&A, this is not a game that flows according to a set system, but reality.

It’s obvious that I knew it a long time ago, but at the same time, it’s also a fact that I’ve been trying to ignore until now.

Because I was afraid of failing.

That’s why I tried to lean on myself as a deceased person who has seen the ending of H&A several times.

But that didn’t work.

I realized it when I saw people fighting, getting hurt, and dying right here and now.

You shouldn’t step back and act like you’re playing a game like you are now.

It is not enough to present only me as one of them.

In order to win, I also had to stake myself out.

Whole self.