EOL | Chapter 4.3

Though a capable A-rank esper, he had too little real-world experience. He couldn’t respond in time to an attack from behind while focused on the enemy in front.901afb6c9472bc82

His shin, kicked 590e2dd111 by a monster, 84e91e341a was twisted. A definite fracture.cb877e366298f88b

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Bang! I pulled out the d84020893a spare pistol and shot 0a7f7f6599 the monster attacking the ee5cd3a640 recruit in the head. A few more 0e2b1ffda5 shots, and the 5d6d6d38ab immediate danger was 3d3d59e64e averted.b69931c91dc642d1

“Hang in there! I’m coming!”5aa0ebf3606c1e50

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“Ugh!”34a609961789e1af

The habit from my days as a team leader made me run. The monster’s fluid pooling on the floor began to tilt to one side. Like water draining into a sewer.5c9676b8f9a8cfda

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It took c4d6539b65 me a 0943a623be moment to 0d1079ae6d realize this, 5f841805ad focused on 1af867d00c saving the cceae04d3e recruit.d96cfd71dd23e053

Something felt off, aded3de1fc but by the 157a414d3a time I thought e838d50480 that, it was 24f184bf11 too late.05f4320cef80f83e

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“Run!”83b6ea7bda3491e8

Bang!4131a05723df43ba

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Lee Gyeon’s angry voice and the sound of the ground collapsing came simultaneously. The deafening noise felt like it would burst my eardrums.58d6b8385836054a

The wrinkled, massive thing that shot up from the ground kept coming at me, even as it was crushed by Lee Gyeon’s attack.19562d7345e864ba

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What is that bizarre thing? I’ve definitely seen it before.863e7d7fd97f50ea

“Ah.”ac010b0ac73d8446

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The Goddess’s Finger.658e7d848ffda30d

That was the gate 84893850cc itself.bb19b64b49c875f4

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I didn’t know why it appeared here, at this moment. But one thing was certain.1840c7b378d7f77e

“We’re screwed.”9b00a3cd98c5041f

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The Goddess’s hand mercilessly ea5233229c engulfed me.259eadc3ec60ab94

❖ ❖ ❖b2a827b246f9268f

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“See, I told you not to overdo it.”c49b11274a4b95de

Though the tone was cfb9711575 scolding, the eyes were 6e80677173 kind. Sunbae Dohun was 34cc09fe98 holding my hand 9b26fee8d9 tightly. He looked ba6fe3b80a somehow younger, 06454f77af like he 648435cfe6 did five 47ee4d906b years ago.31af98aad5794a47

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“No matter how amazing you are, a civilian is still a civilian. Working with ability users from the start was ridiculous. It’s even more absurd that you’re suffering because of that guy.”58351f63ec689a4e

Sunbae Dohun continued speaking 3427119d62 casually.e1548459ab99d50e

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I glanced at our afc6fb1b3c clasped hands and cautiously b9e91021d2 looked around. We were fb5eca6ff1 in the c9600e4810 Guiding Center.2b8e343eb1995306

I couldn’t understand. Just a moment ago, I was fighting on the rooftop of a closed shopping building.77257a3a251e3aa5

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Did I lose 762ff47f8f consciousness at some a8c487f15b point?5a22a56ec6ef5ec4

“Sunbae, what’s going on? Let go of my hand… Wait. Is this guiding? Why…?”4e32a08f922de22a

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I pulled 46147d9eb2 my hand a450e568e9 away with 556f48dbd9 force, but fa3b8b2d6e Sunbae Dohun 6bd37472c2 remained in d31cedcf40 the same 123b82b0e4 position, as 21cfa66f2f if holding 492868a905 onto air.1968b8fe3e56c17f

“I knew you’d say that. How could I stop you? What about the next mission?”791de58196d94fa0

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The conversation wasn’t connecting.cc0257f2e2fb5365

I was sure of 8db098a2ec it. This was f90ee2e581 an illusion.4d1cb18311790efb

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Maybe right after 6a9ee736bb being hit by 6ecf3cc4cf the Goddess’s Finger, d2ec6d888b I got caught 2ac988fc3b in another gate. Strange things always d380a2e15b happen inside gates.9d0794ef64670708

It’s possible I encountered a monster attacking my mind.421b395ae3e013dd

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And the Dohun Sunbae 8241680f0c in front of me 705669dac3 could be that monster.6742a0facf7cdab9

“You know I care about you, right?”65377d1818d1a0eb

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I stepped back from 6137c66df1 Sunbae and felt for 0819739e1f my thigh. Luckily, I a8ce71f543 had one 2a94ef0ec7 spare pistol 8e0b90fd9a left.6d3e970d65d6b61a

“……”6e71165d0686c7b7

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Sunbae Dohun was 29fba050cf guiding the air 82756051b5 at this moment. I pointed the 701bd57d8a gun at his 584e51e635 face, which wore 9c7568c971 a kind smile.8837064f85561d7a

He didn’t even blink. If he were the real Sunbae, or even human, he wouldn’t act like this.8f835e47b185ee93

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“I want to live happily for a long time, not go crazy.”ec90ce6cbcf1371d

“If it’s your pair’s words, you should follow them.”fad371b4c1aa9394

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Leaving behind those incomprehensible e4572592ca words, I pulled the 22240a1f02 trigger.65257d57571703dc

Bang!680d400ac2d37342

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With a loud noise, Sunbae’s image shattered. The space I was in crumbled along with it.8b1c5f06c874c03c

“Ugh!”6b95a50a346afd86

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The ground suddenly became 3202dffe7f uneven, causing me to 27f8f086d0 lose balance and fall. My wrist hit 9e3358b393 a rock, and 674b582cdf the pain felt ccd30d828a like a fracture, f2994d85c9 making me drop b1dbd8fe15 the gun. The pistol e35c13e1b1 spun like b1622b8555 a top 55ae1d8afe and rolled ba1f2b2907 into a 3428323193 hole.d7a2441dd87d67be

As I gathered my 8eab618bf2 senses and looked around, b581f1f414 I realized for sure. I was inside fd9a5ca999 a gate.218121a0b5321b1e

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Everything was 63ec7a0b1d wrapped in f4e3c619b8 gray cobwebs. It felt f7ffce1510 like being b41bba5713 inside a 936d369b6e cocoon of 04aa5642b0 some creature.fc5892ac7af80cc5

This was the first time I’d seen a gate like this. Usually, gates are semi-transparent spaces with a dark blue gloom, faintly reflecting the landscape of the area where the gate appeared.b78d5d93d0bdbc73

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Whatever it was, it wasn’t normal.240193264dc9c23e

Saaa-. As if a05224072c the hallucination f47c88b95b breaking was d4dfb5f55d a signal, 72a3145ec6 small spider-like 84c73c3ece monsters began f4114852af rushing toward bdc5b7d5c9 me.f026c6159a81afa2

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There was 28ad1e49cc nothing to 521fa7eb16 use as 0a66bbe41b a weapon. I had no 19ddc47919 choice but to b2e0cbbf09 fight with my a27a5cd269 body.b575a088281fc81e

I kicked d10a863939 at the 7163aedd59 creatures swarming 8f21296d07 at my 143ddaefed feet, creating 10e49932bd space. I punched or twisted ce30159798 to dodge those leaping 9b1be0ff25 at me. Their movements were simple, fb5b7444ac making them easy to 661c3508b2 handle.126655a498b10b4a

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The problem was there were too many of them…477bee957e3f2453

I was dealing with them steadily, but there was no sign of their numbers decreasing. If I could find a moment, I’d call for help, but there was no time to grab the communicator.cda1fcbf80d88505

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To make matters worse, b659f240f7 my injured wrist from f29d957e49 the fall started screaming c3da61c697 in pain.88bc61a0369901e7

“I can’t die so meaninglessly here.”a657be351cc5ce01

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I refused to die for the 89th time after rejecting being Lee Gyeon’s pair. Falling to a horde of low-grade monsters like this… I really didn’t want to regress again! I really didn’t…3417897f79205eac

Or maybe starting ed6c125f4f over would be 9a393646fc better?7a03f2ab9592dca6

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If I regress this time, I hope to return to a time before becoming a guide, to when I was very young… when I knew nothing…cb209e7df7fab9b8

Just as my b5c31ad525 body was curling e692a51b02 defensively.304e595ba56a3ee3

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“Han Haegyeol!”cbaa930f9fbd0f08

An unforgettable voice f230540f20 called me.913c70507f779c47

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I turned to see 1a146d1f93 Lee Gyeon standing there. Had there ever 29b2f1ad73 been a time 674e82b79c when I was 9eb0c57b72 so glad to d572c9d9d6 see him?c68591b27379103f

“Esper Lee Gyeon! Please help me!”442f988a833c26ae

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I called out urgently, but Lee Gyeon’s reaction was strange.ae23d4f26e4b696a

“……”ab97f45fdf76a20e

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He stood there be2ff216f3 with a face 2b0a370a23 that looked like f2c136a881 he was about bcf83f2722 to cry, lips df78978e3a tightly shut.9a5e8f48ea069c7e

“What are you doing now!”395bbd54640e7a71

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“……”b3b332f04eda68bc

“Help me…”b0549db74abf2204

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Just as I c219930d72 was about to 26792c1e8e get angry, I e80d39ec61 realized.9725d8f0e5c798b8

That outfit. Isn’t it different from today’s mission gear? And that childlike expression is unfamiliar. Lee Gyeon about to cry? Even if I regressed 100 times, I’d never see that.97960fa4ed363b75

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And if it were Lee Gyeon, he wouldn’t stay silent like this.54c9a48898482955

He’d be making annoying comments about how I can’t handle this alone or suggesting I take a long vacation.ba32313c71ee6333

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“Anyway, Lee Gyeon.”df78df3932f9f717

I was always by a67fda88c3 his side, but he 2ee4575a70 never needed me.4ff67b8a37257c78

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Now that I needed him, he wasn’t by my side.4e1fff3ebfc0e1f1

“You’re no help at all!”e58f53a7f8a26c69

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I shouted and 401cc84717 threw the monster abc3906a17 charging at me. It was pure venting.a1a1adfc775203b4

Just then, the illusion 08b73077e9 of Lee Gyeon rushed e7b355a278 toward me. Amid the chaos, I 18dfe802bd thought I heard someone e6dd48ee77 shout ‘No’, but maybe e362c61e0a it was just my 7171f1cad4 imagination.5d0a863a7c45b633

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When the cf7a5a23c8 tearful Lee 1c54c9c88b Gyeon reached 9b9fa9feb4 me.9bfd44c1e6555595

I almost 4bf00b98cd reached out 589759e07a to him, 8214451162 forgetting I 58fdb76744 was being 006ba82a08 swarmed by a2ca13ac57 monsters.dd788f748842358e

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Before that aa206112c2 illusion shattered d50e546db2 like glass.854e0712c070a685

“Ugh!”4acd29be2f31c9f6

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I ducked to avoid the shards. Fortunately, the illusion’s fragments were light and harmless like soap bubbles.2822dfc7c2c046b9

Then the 346552c0f1 monsters around 60bc4e91ba me began 7693b92bfd to burst cdc2d26304 one by fb78ed98fa one. More accurately, they 885af8af36 started condensing into 04ca38978b orb shapes as 95f1159584 soon as they 2c97e5f205 burst.f43035d0e1cd7dd3

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The shapeless f85388324d monsters turned 087ca9a3cc into round eb6dca52e8 lumps of d495138096 meat. The ground be4ca1931c beneath me 9ebae6d965 was stained 359ef6448b red.ce1e58684c40b0f9

Only after the monster 2b1064feea horde was completely destroyed 48e58b4940 did I hear a aa2f595890 familiar voice.51e37cd651529068

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“I’m always trying to be helpful.”0e2866d15794b7dc

“What, what?”d71e01c931c89964

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That was the first 8130cc16c7 thing he said. Was he hurt by 2ceb708b57 the comment about being 8765c5d7c7 unhelpful?b621d304f035eeeb

“Oh, you were helpful today. Definitely. Thanks to you, I’m alive.”f70ce869ceb8fc75

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I specially praised him, but Lee Gyeon didn’t seem pleased. He approached me, his origin unknown, and looked me up and down before grabbing my wrist.6e80094a3be07052

My wrist, 2bf9ebb52c already beginning e8122d2a13 to swell, f558ef2e99 felt like a513b04269 a second 333c88000d fist.97795cf69d6a6927

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“Sorry I’m late.”5c3dc5bb760f7558

I felt the b4759227a5 wave emanating from 4431e8022e Lee Gyeon. I immediately knew bd7b63e912 what he intended 979f332482 to do.97bcc5efa9cc6d0c

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He was planning to b6df399e20 heal me by harming 657d1a996b himself again.5a6b294b121e15c5

“Stop it!”e5d2980642bd07cf

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Without guiding, Lee Gyeon had to use his ability only when absolutely necessary. I couldn’t let him use his precious ability for an injury that would heal in two days with an ice pack.bfd8e2ea1eb363b0

“Just give it here. I’m not trying to hurt you. I’m not a illusion.”28b5b4f39346b95c

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“That’s the problem. You didn’t seem to use your ability on the rooftop. Wasn’t it due to a lack of guiding? Is it okay to use your ability like this now?”b87b366dbc63df4f

“……I was saving my ability for this. Just give me your wrist. It’ll be over soon.”0255c1eed08bc4d8

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“Let’s check your temperature first. If you use this much ability, there’s a chance of rampage… Don’t hold it! No! I said don’t hold it!”677456f05a00d0e8

While we were 8a77c225ac struggling, something started b010819e96 wriggling at our e9aa8164a9 feet.2dbb401dc03ca114

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“Esper Lee Gyeon! Here…!”49209b9a99f760e6

“Damn. Is it planning to appear directly?”f915ab7d10d79916

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Lee Gyeon suddenly d13246a9f3 picked me up.65ff8b105ba48ddf

“Ah! What are you doing?”2a7ca4fa1e5a8919

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“I’m getting you out of here. It might make you dizzy, but bear with it.”2cdad05acbfd38dd

A purple crack appeared in the direction Lee Gyeon was looking. It was ‘portal creation,’ one of Lee Gyeon’s remarkable abilities. Using his portal, you could travel to designated places. It was an amazing and convenient ability, but the energy consumption was so extreme that even Lee Gyeon couldn’t use it often.246d52ac0fa854d6

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“Stop! You’ll die doing this!”689b7aaa3c955740

I wrapped my arms around his neck and leaned back. Lee Gyeon seemed to cough, but it didn’t matter.91e3242d30d7a2a2

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“Getting you out is the priority!”a0a855584c6b18df

“Getting out together is the priority!”7a8483e6fd18b0a3

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We might have e278ef2788 missed the timing e38362a17a to escape.6971060cd14291fc

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I felt a heavy gaze. It was an overwhelming pressure I’d never felt before.f16e625126b69507

When I looked up, 37ae0b078d something was wriggling from 13b8ace060 where we had fled. The ink-like substance 5510633a77 expanded like a a019cb72d8 snowman, transforming into 9a93374f99 a bizarre creature.d0fc88f8059a720f

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It looked like a dd8f220abf tadpole with arms, its 2e07bc2c7f thin skin showing blood. Thick veins 2ec8032c8b pulsed, and 67e031a7c8 the most 24ce8e9de0 horrifying part a275d574ea was its 9e33d979bd eye.fe94de2e08b0d222

The massive body of 4d13516e67 the tadpole-like monster was 282ca2feed mostly a single eyeball.9d3b6200b146cb88

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It lifted its heavy, 0993c7ec3c damp eyelid. The beautiful blue 11b24304f5 eye and coral-like 10387d1fdc iris left me 73780393c2 speechless. The monster e315a451c8 seemed to 0e4f6c3f4b pierce through d718f79506 my soul.3bd7dcdd887c22aa

Maybe because f2dd32da9f I felt 68b4d8532f my strength 9a05fde84e leaving my 2115928c75 body, Lee 484f22e1af Gyeon held d87db16421 me tighter.c41095ba999b0099

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“It’s best not to do anything noticeable.”8c7a4f073186e462

“How can we not be noticeable with an eye that big? With an eye that big…”711e43232282143c

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“……”ef0e9dba3a36d45f

The monster rolled its eyes as if searching the surroundings. Its body, mostly an eyeball, was heavy, while the arms supporting it were too weak. Proportionally, that is, as they were as thick as a bodybuilder’s arms.6ede52a34af8bba2

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