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.7c02dff613d2a0ce

His shin, 20bf85a79e kicked by 67478c9902 a monster, 2cc6f18da7 was twisted. A definite fracture.0b9126d6bc8d508f

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Bang! I pulled out fb30443d0a the spare pistol 39c29d4c4b and shot the 21c5c613d3 monster attacking the 33ce08cba7 recruit in the 9fe03e024f head. A few more shots, 7d11376eba and the immediate danger 16510033f0 was averted.45cbe7c3096964c2

“Hang in there! I’m coming!”dc7a3509c4bbd349

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“Ugh!”7651c2e8e365ccb4

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.0361340e862cd766

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It took me b5d6b368d7 a moment to 980e6ce4be realize this, focused 8454ad7358 on saving the 5499bef4ff recruit.166ae1634e9bf9df

Something felt off, dee882f853 but by the ab3f1c9a8b time I thought 7739eef6fb that, it was 4b40feec4a too late.c1227cfea5284f31

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“Run!”3ac21b6456751dc8

Bang!b61178fe9a17d7f9

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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.0a5214d1419717fe

The wrinkled, massive thing that shot up from the ground kept coming at me, even as it was crushed by Lee Gyeon’s attack.c894b2e28400c0c7

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What is that bizarre thing? I’ve definitely seen it before.a62cac371797e9bf

“Ah.”f7fe8bf48d56360a

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The Goddess’s Finger.ca133949cc011a22

That was the 228caf5edb gate itself.b097f9c07ca931e4

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I didn’t know why it appeared here, at this moment. But one thing was certain.3048bece00db5c1c

“We’re screwed.”fd24a972f421230b

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The Goddess’s hand 3cca6394ee mercilessly engulfed me.68fab650b26c792d

❖ ❖ ❖fb0199428485b753

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“See, I told you not to overdo it.”eca10f9f303f4cf3

Though the tone baa2318b40 was scolding, the b6ef8dc0d4 eyes were kind. Sunbae Dohun was holding d43fb74334 my hand tightly. He looked 6762bf9cae somehow younger, 3a78471020 like he 4c1246eb2c did five ebfb0c0757 years ago.9d6b5784ba98b33d

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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.”6c534dbba83280b3

Sunbae Dohun continued c5b9f54904 speaking casually.a6226fad7ea8b83e

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I glanced at dfd0f0aab9 our clasped hands f71c40b5da and cautiously looked 3d37f6ce09 around. We were in the f286bd0160 Guiding Center.a58e5e9b3f204455

I couldn’t understand. Just a moment ago, I was fighting on the rooftop of a closed shopping building.b57ffe4da9c671c2

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Did I eb0e46a07d lose consciousness b283c8b321 at some b3323d81c2 point?0ec7a6bfdf6862b1

“Sunbae, what’s going on? Let go of my hand… Wait. Is this guiding? Why…?”9fc94b9800a26a30

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I pulled my 469e9c1618 hand away with 29b36006b9 force, but Sunbae 4aa415d569 Dohun remained in c8f20bb6cf the same position, b9d3e02a45 as if holding f3539e780e onto air.305c9cccd5568ad8

“I knew you’d say that. How could I stop you? What about the next mission?”c606e4d4ef61e9fe

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The conversation wasn’t connecting.34341588df8f80cb

I was sure of e118330010 it. This was an a2378d958d illusion.897d8610f180c4e5

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Maybe right after b37d93edcc being hit by 427b79741c the Goddess’s Finger, 14ee1a9e61 I got caught a67e9e70a0 in another gate. Strange things 3317bb3fc4 always happen b1b229d4be inside gates.ca15c5eb09369205

It’s possible I encountered a monster attacking my mind.514255d428109866

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And the Dohun e64c0a8792 Sunbae in front 8a3e60ea65 of me could e92caa028a be that monster.138b3e690316427c

“You know I care about you, right?”5d82fcb5b9eb05fe

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I stepped back from 3b248c8a65 Sunbae and felt for c40ef1f84f my thigh. Luckily, I had one 2c0324cd60 spare pistol left.9cefc0bd7a591a85

“……”238e49c1aad994de

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Sunbae Dohun was f62bbad85e guiding the air b1065477a9 at this moment. I pointed d8f4dee6f7 the gun 3a7f948388 at his 9bccec2315 face, which 24087de5b0 wore a f26d614e45 kind smile.1b3e95dc53eba169

He didn’t even blink. If he were the real Sunbae, or even human, he wouldn’t act like this.ee4e62b1cf7fa65c

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“I want to live happily for a long time, not go crazy.”9b2676cf3256520e

“If it’s your pair’s words, you should follow them.”6946a6556206d00d

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Leaving behind those 4e0b5cbd6a incomprehensible words, I 91476a1c0c pulled the trigger.06050e683486602b

Bang!30cb22caf7bdc0eb

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With a loud noise, Sunbae’s image shattered. The space I was in crumbled along with it.b19c8ac707baa3a8

“Ugh!”ba87f0efcbeb462d

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The ground suddenly aa4fe2f2c5 became uneven, causing 94a69b968f me to lose d23a53230d balance and fall. My wrist hit a d5772aa77f rock, and the pain de13e03381 felt like a fracture, 82e0b50c7e making me drop the 1fb4109a6a gun. The pistol spun like 694c5802e4 a top and rolled 89ebb0edc4 into a hole.0bcce1fec2f10f4b

As I 06375c4d78 gathered my a6cbb2649f senses and cbb1419492 looked around, 6705e31c30 I realized f088e1fa2c for sure. I was 4e2e6fabd5 inside a 84c9bbeb67 gate.7f9580aa326caba6

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Everything was 235ac6cba7 wrapped in c3c83a6d8f gray cobwebs. It felt like 04e023c05e being inside a e87cc7e880 cocoon of some c1fa5e184b creature.f0f3b29651294228

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.a1f3d1ceb2fcccfa

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Whatever it was, it wasn’t normal.eb0b6ce7e538e465

Saaa-. As if the 8d0d5457e4 hallucination breaking was 8f1eb2dce6 a signal, small c67ee33c08 spider-like monsters began 7e952f1647 rushing toward me.50be2d6bc0bb3786

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There was nothing to fbbe60f50b use as a weapon. I had no choice b5e2813345 but to fight with 9703e42ba6 my body.7e4438d64248ccca

I kicked at 81d679af4e the creatures swarming f2e8f1a205 at my feet, 4d20cd6375 creating space. I punched or a42a9900e4 twisted to dodge 6607fc3060 those leaping at c324068bd4 me. Their movements 55f0d75c5e were simple, 050b25b77e making them 352a502bf6 easy to c24ecbab51 handle.78821f3e5a45aeb3

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The problem was there were too many of them…0bb631ce66b18403

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.4a65a11fe5ac227f

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To make 893558c557 matters worse, 9fb37dbab2 my injured fd30bbcbe3 wrist from e8fe4ed694 the fall 7b5cec3ba6 started screaming 6a9215ddea in pain.3d9014757e4fb761

“I can’t die so meaninglessly here.”97f7b7c357a07883

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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…69fb150e7f0b578d

Or maybe 15d30c9dba starting over 7fd61c278e would be 6416ea9401 better?214f50cac628f319

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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…538faf28ae9bfc1c

Just as my 09ede77bc0 body was curling 705435e0b4 defensively.e01cae02e8fe86d8

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“Han Haegyeol!”abcc5ef932ff5a6e

An unforgettable voice b1a178a88a called me.152c376afdcfddaa

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I turned to see f40b5ffe28 Lee Gyeon standing there. Had there ever been b6dc8a3bdb a time when I e270b9495c was so glad to 8bd8259bae see him?3e2d6c4b1e040dfd

“Esper Lee Gyeon! Please help me!”0491496d17601535

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I called out urgently, but Lee Gyeon’s reaction was strange.717f54047f1fe35e

“……”3cf4b33712cf1e50

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He stood 15402e5009 there with f98589945a a face 9b7e422070 that looked 2c6a38329d like he 127eefac65 was about de45ee54fc to cry, f3cc7b257a lips tightly 0ca5a64ffb shut.c20ace8bb27d420d

“What are you doing now!”b35977e6e3e958da

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“……”083df87e460d49c6

“Help me…”9db29a52226ac4c6

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Just as I was 2eee5b130c about to get angry, 5bf5d0a634 I realized.0917c4633e217f42

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.db07167af0deec53

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And if it were Lee Gyeon, he wouldn’t stay silent like this.65fc0d472be5ef48

He’d be making annoying comments about how I can’t handle this alone or suggesting I take a long vacation.01e20e836b3211e5

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“Anyway, Lee Gyeon.”e5e20fb0fb2adc4f

I was 921fe260a7 always by b3c92fb9e1 his side, 889f0b0e2e but he 4b705bf14a never needed 1693c5d408 me.771ffd8656370291

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Now that I needed him, he wasn’t by my side.d39db99a3e9718cf

“You’re no help at all!”05c1b9422a9f5fcb

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I shouted 18276c1231 and threw b3c3ded8de the monster 6652c8a8f9 charging at 741f0b7d14 me. It was pure venting.d7c3f311c86c12fc

Just then, the 1e41d8fbf6 illusion of Lee 79a05f6d37 Gyeon rushed toward f4ba279f06 me. Amid the 6683986875 chaos, I 9627ce0b89 thought I 1d7a79f549 heard someone 5d19a52496 shout ‘No’, 2db6261736 but maybe 9a3a4b256a it was 4cecf237b9 just my b9829bcd1e imagination.9d6ade859be250d5

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When the 4ad5cb996a tearful Lee 5873288232 Gyeon reached 60847d9aa5 me.fd67d1cbd5363fd2

I almost reached b5aff9bef4 out to him, f62c473b0a forgetting I was eb69a903c8 being swarmed by d0d0b069ba monsters.4718727d11e82e4d

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Before that illusion fef9038ef5 shattered like glass.1b9b84e6db43710f

“Ugh!”d31840591a963ee9

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I ducked to avoid the shards. Fortunately, the illusion’s fragments were light and harmless like soap bubbles.9a9b9dbaec269110

Then the monsters around e4b3af580c me began to burst 3938513fd7 one by one. More accurately, they started 884c83a74c condensing into orb shapes cdd53d2b2d as soon as they 310d7d11f4 burst.d3698259ab36cc3b

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The shapeless monsters turned a0f771c30d into round lumps of f0c7c01c66 meat. The ground beneath me af0e81697a was stained red.573c742be6508ba1

Only after the e995d4a9f9 monster horde was 5b6444dbfe completely destroyed did 054a1057ce I hear a c625dd4077 familiar voice.9b7ca186d1e467fb

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“I’m always trying to be helpful.”c79c7047c14ae6ad

“What, what?”4015a30a636a0292

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That was the 236f98f41c first thing he 548961e531 said. Was he 0e6dea1f78 hurt by d3818b4b2f the comment 766e4670ed about being f5bc63be26 unhelpful?ca023857c77d4abe

“Oh, you were helpful today. Definitely. Thanks to you, I’m alive.”8e1fc9316442a54e

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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.3a2db933cb9990ae

My wrist, already beginning 7a65c5ac1f to swell, felt like 9396e035cc a second fist.ca03bcee339395bc

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“Sorry I’m late.”56dd2f39cfb35276

I felt the 799e1d4eb0 wave emanating from 53a78f7314 Lee Gyeon. I immediately 3b356f09ea knew what e97d916407 he intended b9a6316bc2 to do.d8ef41ce7634f680

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He was planning to af2ba28b1f heal me by harming cf8138ed20 himself again.013d4428e6bfb342

“Stop it!”b52ef7b2a64c6921

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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.33a8cd95a057b73d

“Just give it here. I’m not trying to hurt you. I’m not a illusion.”545327ac8fcf2338

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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?”921123f02993e38a

“……I was saving my ability for this. Just give me your wrist. It’ll be over soon.”5bbb9d8d5d170d6b

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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!”9aee7a90723b8afa

While we were struggling, 383613f7c2 something started wriggling at b5723a90ef our feet.c851b2109c943166

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“Esper Lee Gyeon! Here…!”6b136b43bcc3bd83

“Damn. Is it planning to appear directly?”e3060ed6e3426008

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Lee Gyeon 42c30d3389 suddenly picked 486b0994fc me up.895ea2d3da153f09

“Ah! What are you doing?”55ab317a0085b57b

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“I’m getting you out of here. It might make you dizzy, but bear with it.”3d6bad2a276cdad0

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.cd755bb8cd1407cd

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“Stop! You’ll die doing this!”cc370bc1d210ba11

I wrapped my arms around his neck and leaned back. Lee Gyeon seemed to cough, but it didn’t matter.985f5928308bfceb

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“Getting you out is the priority!”7773c6f1ef5c8819

“Getting out together is the priority!”273accad8483bd16

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Rumble-c8d99d7e95f830d5

We might 6bcceb16c4 have missed 562d3d594f the timing fbf66844b2 to escape.ef24f527fbd45030

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I felt a heavy gaze. It was an overwhelming pressure I’d never felt before.e15f9ae71286cf41

When I looked ca880ff88a up, something was b4d1e9afca wriggling from where e479986c7a we had fled. The ink-like substance 23fe26a498 expanded like a 266942021a snowman, transforming into 8f903f34cc a bizarre creature.35c01b12e312f715

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It looked 9be36314e0 like a 2e0062b735 tadpole with 4c9a03a0de arms, its 879d86a881 thin skin 2cff736d0f showing blood. Thick veins pulsed, and 762c0e8f93 the most horrifying part c340743075 was its eye.562299a7f9c2cb92

The massive body of e29b92d50c the tadpole-like monster was 87367626f6 mostly a single eyeball.d38f73d5566cc4a7

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It lifted 35daf5f750 its heavy, 4b578c647a damp eyelid. The beautiful blue f3694b807e eye and coral-like 4fecadc0db iris left me 6db535c5f4 speechless. The monster seemed 7ed5b65e2c to pierce through 807b7a1c4d my soul.4cf242f2aec385b2

Maybe because I felt c62463620e my strength leaving my 9d1e857b6a body, Lee Gyeon held 61bd9d3d51 me tighter.755bc1a82f20077a

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“It’s best not to do anything noticeable.”e13a7a073dc2a78b

“How can we not be noticeable with an eye that big? With an eye that big…”241551902ead82e3

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“……”fb00297d5cb8729e

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.087ac7c57537b046

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