2-5. Red and White World (3)
#05
It seemed as though Le Tanxi didn’t know me at all.
It was natural.
Because in this world, I was an idiot who didn’t even know the existence of Nebula Clazie.
He would have continued to be a punishment soldier, but he would have died after seeing the giants.
I squatted down in front of her who couldn’t move yet.
“I’m sad. “I know you.”
“Well, you know me?”
“okay. He is the Archbishop of Nebula Clazier. “Seeing as he looks like a drowned rat, I guess Abel’s plan went awry.”
“······!”
Letancier’s eyes grew so big that they almost seemed like they would pop out.
I understand.
If a child suddenly appeared and recited his past history and the organization’s ultimate goal, anyone would react like this.
“What the hell are you…?”
“My name is Ronan. This is all the information you are given, so from now on, just answer the questions asked. “What were you doing here?”
“What’s happening all of a sudden… wow, can you please release this first?”
Le Tancier held up the handcuffs.
Sparkling mana was flowing over the chains connected to the floor.
“It’s so hard because the restraints are taking away my strength. “I will answer sincerely, so please… okay?”
Le Tansie bowed his head and appealed.
If I told him to, he would even lick my shoes.
She was such an arrogant woman. I wonder what happened.
“good. “Is that what you promised?”
“yes! yes! Sure! “I’ll tell you anything!”
I swung my sword lightly.
The restraints that bound Letancier’s limbs were broken.
There were clear marks of being tied up on his pale hands and ankles.
“···Really! “I’m really free!”
Letancier, who had been dumbfounded, was astonished.
It seemed like he couldn’t believe the current situation.
Water droplets, like chicken droppings, began to flow from under the large eyes.
“That’s enough now, right?”
“huh. I see. “I thought everything was over, but I never thought a day like this would come…”
Letancier whimpered.
Suddenly, she stretched out her index finger toward me and whispered something.
Quaaaang!
A heavy shock wave hit the abdomen.
“Hey.”
It felt like I had been hit by a construction iron ball.
The body flew in a straight line and landed on the opposite wall.
Letancier’s mumbling could be heard from afar.
“I don’t know who it was, but I will never forget it. “Rohan, you are truly my benefactor.”
Letansie stood up and bowed towards me.
The manners were very polite and there were no crazy bitches.
Is this Nebula Clazier-style gratitude?
“I have to take a bath first. I changed my clothes… No, I thought it would be better to dress like this if I wanted to win sympathy for the resistance fighters…”
“It’s Ronan.”
“to?”
I stood up, shaking my shoulders.
They said it was okay even if it was rotten, but my back felt tingling.
I felt like I would have been really angry if I hadn’t defended myself with the sheath at the same time as I was hit by the shock wave.
“It’s Ronan, not Rohan. “If you look back, you’re like a stinging wasp.”
“what. “Why are you alive…hi!”
It was the car that Letancier was trying to say something.
Her right ear fell to the floor.
“···Yes?”
When I looked down, I saw ears that I had seen before.
Letancier reflexively brought his hand to his face and sighed.
There was nothing above the smooth cut surface.
Phew!
Hot blood spurted through the cracks of her fingers.
“Ears, ears!”
Le Tancier screamed and fell to the ground.
It seemed like he didn’t even know when he was cut.
As she cried, she extended her index finger to me.
It seemed like he was trying to use magic again, but the attempt was in vain.
The upper part of the second node had already disappeared.
“Huh?!”
“We cut it together earlier. “I guess you didn’t know.”
A scream erupted once again.
The severed finger was lying at her feet.
Like the ear, it was cut off at the same time as protection, but I felt like I realized it a little late.
“Ah…ahhh…!”
Le Tansy was sobbing, not knowing what to do.
Well, even if it were me, I would be confused as to what to pay attention to if my fingers and ear were cut off at the same time.
I approached her with both hands in my coat pockets.
“miss. “I’m good at cutting and breaking things, but I have absolutely no skill in fixing things.”
“Oh, don’t come!”
“The reason I let you go obediently wasn’t because you were pretty. It was to find out if you were the same bastards in this world. But it still happened.”
Le Tan City was as frozen as a stone statue.
Still, he was a person who rose to the rank of archbishop, so he should have understood the topic by this point.
I continued speaking while aiming my sword at her neck.
“They were very fucking bastards.”
“Hey!”
Suddenly, a foul smell crept up on me.
It seemed like he was so scared that he urinated.
The blade that had disappeared for a moment has returned to its place.
Tuk.
Le Tancier’s hair, which had reached down to her waist, fell with a heavy sound.
“Next is the head.”
Still, Le Tansy did not seem to even notice the shortcomings of the sword attack.
I don’t know if I have become stronger or if this woman has become weaker.
Maybe it’s both.
I continued talking while looking closely at her.
“So, don’t even think about rolling your head and just blow. “What were you doing here?”
“Ma, I’ll tell you! I was taking care of my roots!”
Le Tancier shouted.
The frightened eyes were shaking.
There was no longer any room for deception.
Anyway, they say you have to go through something difficult to come to your senses.
She continued speaking out of breath.
“It’s true… huh, it’s actually more of an offering than management.”
“What are roots?”
“yes? This is the structure we are in now… The survivors don’t know about this, they must have come from another planet… Hehe! Sorry, sorry! He told me not to ask questions again…! please forgive me!”
Le Thanxie pounded his forehead on the floor and prayed.
He hadn’t said anything yet, but he seemed very scared of me.
“Stop pretending and explain. “Be kind, like teaching a child.”
“Yes, yes! Okay. So the root… is like a giant mining machine.”
“The one they use in the mines?”
“that’s right. Great people… Ah, no. The foul invaders take root throughout the stars they occupy. To absorb life force more efficiently. “The roots absorb the life force contained in the star and divide it into pure energy and waste and release it.”
By dirty invaders I meant bald giants.
Originally, I was going to say they were great people, but when I changed my words, it seemed like they were watching me.
If it had come out like this a long time ago, I wouldn’t have had to cut off my fingers or ears.
“Is that red water waste?”
“yes. Where we are now is the area where absorption and separation takes place. It absorbs power at regular intervals and then ejects it with seawater. “My role is to help the separation process happen quickly.”
“He didn’t seem like someone who would do such precise work.”
I shifted my gaze to the broken restraints.
Even if you look at him kindly, he had the appearance of a prisoner.
Or maybe he was just a pervert having fun with a partner with sadistic tastes.
Le Tanxie’s frown narrowed.
“that’s right. That’s only in name, but in reality, it stays still until absorption and discharge are completed. “The mana contained in my body promotes separation.”
Letancier chewed his lips.
She confessed that she suffered from drowning three times a day.
The reward for being loyal to the church throughout one’s life was not something as noble as wealth or eternal life.
“All the executives, including me, ended up in a similar situation. It’s because Abel shared the power of the invader with that bastard. “If I had known it would turn out like this…”
“You son of a bitch, this is the first time you say something you like.”
I started laughing without realizing it.
The privilege of the giant’s power became a shackle and bound the fanatics.
Just by looking at Le Tanxie’s tone, you could tell how much she hated Abel.
“So, what happened to Abel’s plan? “If it had been that bastard’s intention, at least we wouldn’t have ended up like this.”
“Plan?”
“okay. You said that you would absorb the source of the bald heads and become king. “There was a lot more than that.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Abel’s promise from the beginning was only to make us transcendent beings. By sacrificing the souls of those who were not chosen.”
Le Tansy shook his head.
Something was a little strange.
It was a move that contrasted with the original world where he absorbed the origins of the giant race and was reborn as a transcendent being.
‘I wonder. That was the key.’
When I thought about it, it seemed like taking over the Giant King’s place was a secret that only he knew in the other world.
So why has the future changed?
The conclusion came quickly.
“Ah, I failed.”
There was no need to think hard.
Looking back, I realized that Abel’s secret operation was likely to fail without me.
That bastard calmly stole the source while I was fighting Bald King.
“You idiot… So what happened to Abel now?”
“He’s probably dead. All believers who did not surrender were killed. Contrary to their promise, the giants tried to kill us all, and Abel fiercely resisted them. “No one has seen him since that day.”
“It’s a skit.”
A bitter smile came out.
These were very shabby words for a man who betrayed everything.
I thought this would be enough information about Abel.
“I wanted to meet you, but I had no choice. Let’s go back to the roots. I heard about the remnants. Where is the separated power delivered? Like the altar on that finger?”
“that’s right. “You know exactly.”
“As expected. “I should have cut the rest too.”
“······yes?”
Suddenly, Le Tanxie’s face distorted.
gulp.
She swallowed a thick spit and asked again.
“Now, wait a minute… you broke it? Transmission tower?”
“It’s called a transmission tower. “To be exact, I cut off my finger.”
“Oh, how… no, why did you do that! “I’m sure you would have noticed…!”
Le Tansieh clutched his head.
It was as violent a reaction as when I cut off my finger.
“Wow, I’m completely screwed. “If you stay here, there will be hope…”
I talked to myself quickly.
Looking at his pale face, he seemed completely panicked.
Suddenly her body rose in the air.
“hey. Where?”
“Ji, now is not the time to be like this. “I’ll move you too, so run away!”
After saying that, Letancier stretched out the index finger of his healthy left hand.
An invisible force lifted my body.
It was admirable that he figured out that he couldn’t escape from me, but the explanation was too insufficient.
“You have to know what is what. “Why are you doing that?”
“They will come. I don’t know about anything else, but there shouldn’t be any problems with vitality transmission. “This has never happened before… No, I don’t have time for this!”
It was an instant.
Letancier suddenly screamed and raised both arms upward.
Our bodies rose up quickly as if they were firecrackers.
Before long, a ceiling made of gates appeared.
“Oh, no! With my current strength…!”
Despair appeared on Letancier’s face.
A spell that seemed to be struggling escaped from between her lips.
bang!
bang!
bang!
Five or six round, large shock waves hit the gate directly.
When the smoke cleared, the gate without a single scratch was revealed.
Le Tancier was about to scream again.
“What?”
I quietly led the way.
Two pure white lines were drawn above the gate.
The cut surface slowly opened, and the cross-cut door panel collapsed.
Crumbling!
A belated roar rang out.
“Aaaah!”
Le Tansy barely escaped the debris.
I drew my sword again and swung it a few times.
The piece of metal that fell on my head was divided into four parts and scattered.
As I looked down, I saw fragments moving away into the darkness.
Letancier’s eyes grew so big that they almost seemed like they would pop out.
“Da, da, da, you?!”
“I don’t know what it is, but if you’re going to leave, get out quickly.”
It seemed like I wouldn’t be able to have a conversation unless I left this place.
Letancier nodded.
She started pulling herself up and out at the fastest speed she could manage.
“We’re almost there!”
It almost felt like falling into the sky.
The hole, which was smaller than millet, was expanding rapidly.
Cool sunlight bathed my face.
There were about ten meters left.
『Who did this?』
Very familiar.
Deep and low like the deep sea.
The voice of the bald race, making my heart boil, rang out from above my head.
