Chapter 34: Meteor, Kidnapped? (1)

“Ugh.”

My mouth feels rough.

I can feel a strong fishy taste, and from my neck to my chest, one arm, thighs, both legs, and ankles.

The creaking feeling spreads throughout my body and my senses return.

“Ugh.”

The headache was pouring down, so she instinctively tried to put her hand on her forehead.

“Huh?”

The heavy and rough lump of metal prevented her from putting strength into her hand.

‘Oh, right.”

She blinked.

Wasn’t it a restraint made of magic stones?

Even if she turned her magic power, the flow of magic power would disperse from the part that touched the magic stones, preventing her from strengthening her body.

Even when her strength finally returned, she could barely regenerate.

“I fainted and woke up again…

How many times have I fainted already?”

Seyeon looked ahead with blurry eyes as she thought that.

A completely sealed room surrounded by gray stone walls on all sides.

Seyeon had been locked up alone in this room without any entrance or exit for a month.

They say that if you lock someone up in a white room, they will go crazy.

However, Seyeon was sitting in a fixed position on a chair in an even darker and less ventilated sealed room.

Occasionally, black magicians would come to clean up her food and poop, but that doesn’t mean it was a place that people could endure.

I’m going crazy…

She was used to physical pain from fighting countless monsters.

Being trapped in here was a different kind of pain.

If she were a normal person, she would have gone crazy or died long ago.

‘Ah…

When is that Yooseong coming.’

However, the reason Seyeon was able to endure without going crazy was because she had a superhuman body with abundant magical power and because she was certain that her friend HanYooseong would come and get her out someday.

Although there was no specific basis for this, Seyeon believed in HanYooseong’s ‘willpower.’

Even to Seyeon, who had known Yooseong since she was young, he was an ordinary guy in every way.

However, there was one thing that stood out more than anyone else.

“If he said he would do something, he would do it.

Should I say that he had an unbelievable tenacity?

No.

It’s not something that can be explained simply with words…

Yes, he’s crazy, he’s crazy.”

During the journey to defeat the Demon King in the past.

When SylviaSylvester told her that Yooseong had given up and returned to the palace first due to his health.

 

“What the hell are you talking about?

Yooseong gave up and returned?!”

Seyeon didn’t believe her.

Despite the bombardment from the three former warrior party members, she had suggested to Yooseong several times that he return to the palace.

“Even if he tried everything.

Yooseong always answered like that without a single whining word.”

To Seyeon, the words ‘even tried everything’ meant “I will never stop until I die.”

And it was true.

But Yooseong would give up and return on his own?

She had thought that SylviaSylvester must have done something, and she had deliberately slowed down the party’s progress in case Yooseong returned.

It was true that the journey had slowed down because Yooseong, her supporter, was gone, but there was also a reason why it took two years to travel the distance that had taken one year.

And finally, he came back…

The stubborn friend came back in the end and finished the Demon King in one blow.

Although she felt empty at the fact that Yooseong had finished his mission as a warrior, she was also relieved.

That kind of guy…

He’ll definitely come to save me, his best friend.

Of course, he’ll definitely come!

Of course!

The reason he always stuck with Yooseong despite the many friends he wanted to be close with was none other than the calculation that if he became friends with such a persistent guy, he would never abandon his friend, no matter how dangerous the situation was.

You can make a lot of friends who are only superficially close, but it’s hard to make friends who will really help you when you’re having a hard time.

As Seyeon was thinking that, a black puddle began to form on the stone floor right in front of her.

Tsuzuzuzu…

At first, the puddle that was the size of a drop of water gradually grew.

In an instant, it became so large that it took up half of this secret room.

Gulp…

Gulp…

A lump of black liquid rises from the surface of the black puddle.

Gulp–

Two red eyes flash from the head of the black liquid that is gradually starting to take the shape of a human.

Swish…

Within moments, a human face took shape, and the corners of the lips curved into a smile.

“Hey…

Have you given up on being human?

I thought only your actions were what made you non-human…

Now even your body itself has become quite delicious.”

“Heh…

Well, the beings I have to deal with are divine beings, right?

I’ll be in trouble if I don’t do this much for them.”

As the black shadow answered…

No, looking at LeaForte, who was now in the form of a black nun’s habit and a girl with short black hair, Seyeon recalled the worries she had had many times before.

Whether she’s a goddess or not, she should have already left this world and told her to come to her senses because a new disaster called the Titan army was coming.

‘Ah…

You already said it.’

Now that I think about it, I already talked about Claire.

“Gyahaha-!

I finally got her!

I got her!”

LeaForte, who had captured Demon Lord Claire, shouted with an extremely joyful face, bursting into laughter.

“Wait a minute…

What is this?”

However, her expression changed when she looked closely at Claire, who was bound by the tentacles.

“She’s not a goddess..?

I clearly saw her use her powers….

A clone?”

She seemed to be talking to someone, talking to herself, before suddenly making a disappointed expression.

‘Maybe she was talking to the Demon King?

The Demon King who made the contract must have told you.

That is not the Goddess herself, but her clone.’

“LeaForte!

The Goddess does not exist in this world!”

Seyeon thought this was her chance to explain everything when LeaForte had calmed down a little.

The Goddess had put this world up for auction and disappeared somewhere, and the buyers, a legion of giants, were coming to attack.

That is why LeaForte, you have no choice but to use the power of the divine power you possess, the Warrior Grantion.

After hearing the whole story, LeaForte nodded.

“Ah, I understood everything!”

“Do you understand?!”

Seyeon looked at Lea with the expectation that she might be able to understand.

“You, a fake warrior…

Are you trying to deceive me by colluding with the Goddess again?”

What the heck!

You didn’t understand at all!

That situation unfolded exactly a month ago.

“Quickly tell me where the goddess is!

Fake warrior!”

Gulp!

Gulp!

“Argh!

No, I don’t know, damn it!”

Every day, he would tell her where the goddess was, sticking his tentacles in her body and sucking her blood just enough to keep her from dying.

“Kkaaaak!”

Even if he wanted to tell her, he couldn’t tell her because he didn’t know where she was.

Rather, Seyeon was equally curious about the location of the goddess he was going to suck.

“What kind of nonsense will she do today?”

It was hard enough to suck her blood, but listening to Lea’s pathologically babbling nonsense was also incredibly painful.

“Aren’t you planning on not telling me where that evil spirit is today either?”

Lea asked, bending down.

“I said I don’t know…

That’s right..”

Seyeon answered as usual.

“Haa…

You’re really terrible!”

Then Lea lifted one finger and…

Chuhwak–!

Wiggle wiggle..!

A single tentacle rises from the black puddle beneath Lea’s feet.

“Then today too…

I will enjoy the magic power that I’ve collected?”

Wedge-!

Phuuk-!

“Keukk!”

With Lea’s single word, which was just as she licked her lips, the tentacle slammed down on Seyeon’s thigh.

Gulp…

Gulp…

“Huk..!

Gasp..!”

It quickly began to extract the magic power that had recovered along with the blood from Seyeon’s leg and eat it.

“Haa…

haa…

It feels bad because it’s the magic power of that evil god…

but ugh…

The taste is pretty good!”

Lea moaned and shuddered every time the tentacle extracted the magic power.

Looking at that face that was completely flushed red, Seyeon thought of the succubi who had sucked men’s essence until they died and indulged in pleasure during their journey to defeat the Demon King.

‘Isn’t this total magic power addiction?’

“Ugh.”

“If this continues, I’m going to die…!”

“Ouch-!

Stop, stop.”

Squirm..!

Swish.

“Gasp..

gasp.”

Seyeon’s face turned pale at first glance.

There was a hole in that thigh that was blocked by a red, congealed scab.

The blood had been coagulated just before the tentacle was pulled out to stop the bleeding.

“If you happen to die, Brother Yooseong might be very angry with me, right?

Anyway.”

“Did you plan on talking?”

At Leah’s voice asking with a big smile.

“Ouch…

kka.”

“Huh…

Was the torture method wrong?

Then how about this.”

She raised her hand again and spread her palm.

Hwaruk..!

She summoned a small black flame above it.

What…

What are you going to do this time?

When Seyeon was tensing up without realizing it at Leah’s newfound power.

“Let me give you a taste first.”

Leah flicked the black flame on her palm at Seyeon.

Swish-

“Huh..?”

Then the black flames flew in a trajectory and stuck to Seyeon’s hair and beard.

Hwaruk..!!

Crackle..

Crackle.

“__?”

Seyeon’s proud beard and the golden hair that she had been watching tearfully fall out one by one every day were completely…

swish…

turned into a handful of ash.

Thud…..

Seyeon was dumbfounded as she watched her own “hair” fluttering about as black powder, but in front of her was LeahForte.

“This time it was just the hair and that ridiculous beard, but next time it’s a part of the body…”

She tried to threaten Seyeon again with a faint smile, but.

“Eww-!!

What are you doing!

What did you do!!

You b*tch!!!”

“What…?

Why are you so angry?”

Leah asked, frowning as if she was offended by the sudden curse.

“You should’ve burned another part…!

You should’ve burned another part instead of the hair and beard!!!”

Seyeon was being sincere.

If it were a different part, I could have regenerated it when I came back alive.

However, hair is not like that.

Even if you use divine power and elixir to regenerate the severed part, hair that has already disappeared does not come back.

You can tell just by looking at the fact that some of the archbishops of the Goddess Church and the great wizards of Machina are bald.

If you burn all of your hair while balding, it will be the end.

“Eeeeeee-!!

I won’t let you go!

LeahForte!

I won’t let you go!!”

“Ugh…

You never shed tears under any torture until now…

If I knew this would happen, I should have threatened you by burning it little by little instead of burning it all at once!”

“Keuh-euk.!”

Seyeon, whose blood pressure rose beyond anger at LeahForte’s next words, couldn’t even breathe properly.

Looking at Seyeon, who had a shiny bald head and was shedding tears.

Leah, who had never felt the pain of hair loss, stared at Seyeon, who was going crazy with her eyes filled with anger just because her hair was slightly burnt, as if she didn’t understand.

“Even if you’re my former colleague….

I’m going to kill you…

you devilish b*tch…!”

“Huh?

You’re going to kill me?

How could you kill me when you’ve lost your arm and can’t even recover your magic power..”

Pinch-!

At that moment, a small hole appeared in the ceiling and a ray of light came down.

Pinch.

“?”

It pierced Leah’s forehead and went straight through her brain and heart before disappearing.

Thud-!

Immediately after that, LeahForte collapsed in place with her pupils rolling back and only the whites of her eyes remaining.

“What…

what!?”

Did the heavens recognize Seyeon’s anger and punish this vicious b*tch instead?

As Seyeon blankly stared at Leah who had fallen.

Zing.

A red circular magic circle was drawn next to her.

Swish-

“Hey, I’m here!”

Yooseong appears, wearing a black military uniform.

Yooseong immediately looks at Seyeon and tries to speak to her, but

“Phu-huh!”

“Hey!

Don’t laugh!”

He couldn’t help but laugh when he saw that shiny bald head.

“It must have been hard…

You completely pushed me away like a monk who has done asceticism.”

“If you want to save me, you should come quickly!

Just one hour…

You should come quickly…

Sob!”

“What…

But you still look much more handsome and young than when you had that ridiculous beard?”

“You go away!

I don’t need you, so go back, damn it!”

Yooseong shook his head repeatedly as he watched Seyeon struggling and kicking on the chair.

In fact, he had been worried that Seyeon had changed strangely because of something Leah had done.

He was actually quite relieved to see her as usual.

‘It must have been hard though..!

The empty arm and the completely stuffy, sealed-off structure surrounded by stone walls.

It was not a place where people would be.

And judging by the smell of blood and the scars all over Seyeon’s body, LeahForte must have done something dirty to Seyeon.

“Don’t worry.

You know my powers, right?

There must be a machine somewhere that can grow back lost hair.

I’ll grow that for you.”

“Really…

Really!”

Although he wasn’t sure if such a machine existed, Yooseong nodded with a comfortable smile like a doctor to calm Seyeon down.

“Oh.

That’s really fortunate…”

Seyeon let out a sincere sigh of relief, and quickly looked up at Yooseong when she saw a black puddle moving like a living creature near his feet.

Yooseong didn’t seem to be wearing any suit or equipment at the moment.

From Seyeon’s perspective, it seemed like Yooseong had let his guard down, thinking that he had probably finished off LeahForte with the same weapon he had just shot.

If I shout that witch is alive here, there’s a chance that Yooseong will get stabbed in the back…

“Anyway, I’ll be trusting you, Yooseong.”

Seyeon, who made that decision, continued the conversation with her mouth while continuously pointing at LeahForte below with her eyes.

“Okay.

And I’ll give you a decent prosthetic arm too.”

And it wasn’t Yooseong who wouldn’t notice.

He kept his gaze fixed on Seyeon and used the sign language that he only used with Seyeon in the warrior party so that LeahForte wouldn’t see.

When Seyeon nodded, who understood.

Whoosh-!

Gulp.

Seyeon immediately took it and…

Yooseong popped a capsule into Seyeon’s mouth.

“Yooseong!

You’re still alive down there!”

She shouted in a surprised voice and…

Sizzle–!!

Using the magic power recovered through the capsule containing the compressed elixir, she broke the chair and the shackles…

Kwaang-!

She broke through the wall on the side and escaped the room.

Alone.

The only ones left were Yooseong, who had a surprised expression.

Pok-

“Haa…

haa.”

LeahForte got up before she knew it and hugged Yooseong from behind, burying her face in his back.

LeahForte let out a heavy breath.

“J”

For a moment, Yooseong made a disgusted expression as if a cockroach had gotten on him and reflexively tried to shake off Leah’s arms that were wrapped around his waist.

“I won’t let go!

I will never let go…

How did you catch me?

How did you catch me!”

Kkwak.

Leah grabbed Yooseong’s waist with strength that surpassed humans and didn’t let go.

“You..!”

When Yooseong turned his head while having no choice but to have his waist tied, he checked the face behind him.

“I missed you..!

I missed you so much…

Yooseong, brother!”

He saw LeahForte’s pure white face looking straight up at him with tears in her red eyes.

“The fake warrior ran away, abandoning his brother who came to rescue him…

but Leah will never run away!

Leah!

Leah will protect you, brother…

Goddess or whatever…

Leah is strong now….”

At the sight of LeahForte whining like a child, Yooseong slowly lowered his hand and opened his mouth with a bitter expression that had lost even his sense of rejection.

“You’re completely…

crazy.”

“Yes?”

Leah’s face became serious for a moment as she looked at Yooseong’s gaze filled with pity and his hardened expression.

“Brother..?

What do you mean?

Are you saying I’m crazy?

And why are you looking at me like that..?”

“You look tired, Leah.”

“Don’t be like that…

Brother, you shouldn’t say that, right?

Leah is completely normal!

I’ve been brainwashed by that evil spirit and I’ve returned to how I was before!

Please smile at Leah like you used to…!

Yes?”

“Stop it.

The more you act up here, the more you’ll hurt others.

And if you want to atone even a little for your sins, give your power to the Warrior Buyeojin that’s trying to save the world..”

As the explanation about giving power to the Warrior Buyeojin continued, Leah let go of her arm that was hugging Yooseong and took a step back.

“Why..

Are you saying the same thing as the fake warrior?

The goddess’s clone below said those things too, Brother?”

“Those stories are all true.”

Yooseong answered in a soft tone.

Just like Karen and Sylvia, Leah had also poisoned Yooseong and cursed him, causing him pain, so she had feelings for him.

The Leah that Yooseong saw now was in no condition to understand even if he were to question her.

He could tell right away that LeaForte was not in her right mind.

“Poor girl…”

Yooseong, who knew how she lived through many stories, felt fear for LeaForte and pity for Leah who had become so broken.

“God…

Please watch over your children with light…”

When he first saw Leah praying in the prayer room, he felt that she was truly a saint because of her divine appearance.

And when she smiled at him and looked back at him, he thought that he, an ordinary person, would never be able to approach her, so he couldn’t approach her and talk to her.

“Really?

Is there really such a thing?!”

But he found out after talking to Leah.

Leah was no different from other children, or rather, a pitiful child.

Leah, who came from an orphanage when she was very young, grew up as a saint in the temple according to the revelation of the goddess, and it was said that she grew up looking only at the goddess.

When she opened her eyes in the morning, she prayed, at noon she prayed, at night she prayed, and until she went to bed, she only prayed.

All Leah knew was the prayers written down from the words of the goddess and how to use divine power.

She was forced to know only the goddess, and she knew nothing about the worldly things that children her age would know.

“I felt bad about that…

so I wanted to teach her as much as possible!”

Stories outside the temple, outside the castle.

He even tried to tell them about the planets he had been to, the artifacts of Earth, in the most interesting way possible.

“Me too…

I want to see it…

Well, I guess I’ll get to see it soon once I go outside!”

Leah said that and smiled brightly.

If SylviaSylvester was like an older sister to him, and KarenRedleaf was like a friend to him, LeahForte was like a younger sister to Yooseong who needed to be taken care of.

“It’s not too late, even now.

If you go and do your best to save the world, it may not be everything, but…

your sins can be atoned for.

LeahForte.”

Leah bowed her head at Yooseong’s words once again and clenched her fists.

Drop..

drop..

Blood leaked out of her fists and fell to the floor.

She clenched them so hard that her fingernails dug into them.

“LeahForte…?”

Whoa-!

Leah raised her head again at Yooseong’s voice.

“Brother…

you were brainwashed by the goddess too?”

“Brainwashing, what the heck.”

“That hateful, horrible, and evil goddess!

She must have brainwashed you in order to interfere with our relationship!”

“Leah!

Nothing will change even if you deny reality like that!”

Yooseong raised his voice and shouted.

Swish-!!!

Swish-!!

“Whew.!”

Black tentacles that completely covered the ground grew like trees and bound Yooseong’s entire body.

Crack…

Crack…

Leah walked right in front of Yooseong, lifted her heel, and opened her mouth while grabbing Yooseong’s face with her hand.

“Don’t worry, Brother.

This time, Leah…

will take care of Yooseong’s brother.”

“..until the Goddess’s brainwashing wears off!”

Wriggle, wriggle, wriggle-!

Black tentacles filled the room, hiding the figures of the meteor and Leah Forte.

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