The Regressor and the Blind Saint

The golden brilliance fades. At the same time, Garthea’s body turns to ashes and collapses.

In the midst of the slowly fading light, Vera gasped and knelt.

‘dump-.’ behind the sound.

shit-.

There was a bursting sound.

Vera looked at the demon sword, the source of the plosive sound, in slow motion.

“ah… .”

damn-.

The sword body of the demon sword was cracking.

In a way, it can be said that it is normal. The entire time he received Gartea’s offensive, he shoved all the divinity beyond the limit and exploded, so there’s no way a magical sword that couldn’t even be a master piece could endure.

Vera groaned with regret as he looked at the shattering demon sword, and then began to twist his body in the rising nausea.

“Cool-!”

The whole body shook. What was inside was reversed.

What was pouring down on the floor was charred, dead blood.

“Awkward… !”

He clenched his teeth and tried to swallow the blood somehow, but it was far-fetched. Vera vomited again and began to drain the remaining blood.

thud-. thud-.

My heart was beating twice. He was pouring out so much blood that his head was dizzy.

It would have been nice if it had ended with the shaking of the intestines, but unfortunately, the full-fledged recoil had not yet begun.

Whoops-!

my soul burned Again Vera’s whole body began to shake.

“Heh heh… !”

Vera fell to the floor and began to squirm and wrap himself around him.

Pain that rips apart the whole body. The reaction of having made an oath in vain is starting to come.

The power of the oath was never the power to give power without cost.

To pay a tangible and clear price to return the quantified power that is just right for it. It is a skill that should be used as a premise.

However, nonetheless, the discipline that Vera put forward in this battle was not clear.

‘Keep your heart together’, ‘Keep your way.’ If you fight for things that can’t be quantified, such as those that can’t be quantified, and if you go to the end and look at what you’ve accomplished, it’s only natural that you’ll get backlash because you’ve drawn power without setting a price in the form of a ‘oath’.

“Cool… !”

Blood gushed out of his mouth again.

It wasn’t the black blood that had been pouring out all the time, it was bright red blood.

‘The sword that pierces the heart of Garthea’.

Vera was being paid body and soul for the realization of that sword, for having more than the realm.

The flesh is crushed and the bones are crushed. The intestines are twisted, and the vomit blood rises.

The pain that was added by using the soul as firewood was unbearable even for Vera, who spanned the realm of superhumans.

Vera tried to get himself up, grabbing the thought that was about to break at any moment, but in the end all he managed to do was fall to the floor again.

‘To the lady… .’

I had to go to Renee.

As if nothing had happened, I had to protect Renee today like that. It shouldn’t have been lying around here.

I tried to make up my mind, but the thought was still silent.

Vera fell to the floor like that, almost dying.

*

Late in the morning, Renee, who woke up with a dazed mind and went out, asked such a question while tilting her head at the subdued surroundings for some reason.

“What happen?”

“… uh.”

Hela trembled at Renee’s words and remembered his hesitation.

It was because I thought it was the right thing to say now.

Vera, who went out with his sword in the middle of the night, has not yet returned.

Even the ignorant Hella could see that saying those words was not good for Renee.

Hela sent a signal to Norn as she could not possibly say such a thing with her own mouth.

‘Help me.’

was a signal.

Hela’s eyes met Norn. He also reached Dovan, who was next to him.

The son-in-law was engulfed in silence.

“By the way, what about Vera? Did you even go to training?”

Rene’s words continued. As for Renero, Vera often recalled taking a brief break for practice early in the morning, but those words deepened the mood.

After such a short time, Dovan, who was opposite Renee, grabbed the armrest of the wheelchair and said with a wretched face.

“… You go out in the middle of the night and don’t come back.”

“yes?”

Dovan’s head fell down. It was the regret that came to mind.

I did this because I thought it was a mistake to have sent Vera alone last night with his sword drawn like that.

“… Sir Vera went out to the smithy last night with his sword. And it hasn’t come back yet. It looked like they were going to battle. I said I’d be back until the sun came up… .”

drop-.

The smile that had rested on Renee’s face was distorted.

“Wow, what do you mean?”

“… I’m sorry. I didn’t send it that way.”

“Master… .”

Underneath Doban’s voice was a deep regret.

Renee, who could feel the remorse better than anyone else at this place, suddenly began to paint his complexion pale in the picture that came to his mind.

Vera went out to fight. Without telling himself, secretly while he was sleeping. And it’s not coming back.

A conjecture that is completed by tying these facts together.

‘Vera… .’

It was dangerous.

“Come on, let’s go find the car… .”

A murmur that came out of nowhere. Stretching cane. Renee tried to stretch out his feet behind the ‘tock’ sound, but his hasty steps were shaking and making his body fall to the floor.

dump-.

Renee sat down, followed by Norn’s voice.

“Lady!”

Norn approached and supported Renee. Renee leaned against him and again reached for the cane and stepped forward, but again fell down again like a doll with a broken thread.

A gloomy feeling drifted over Norn’s face. The same goes for Hela.

Norn bit his lip hard, then looked at Renee and said so.

“I and Hela will go to search. It won’t be a big deal. Isn’t it Sir Vera? Who would dare put the lord in danger?”

“yes… , yes… .”

A muffled sound escaped Renee’s mouth.

Norn made a serious expression on his face, and spoke to Hela.

“Hela, let’s start right away.”

“I understand.”

“Lady, wait a minute. Please wait a moment.”

nod. Renee’s head shook up and down.

Norn and Hela left, and immediately after that, Aisha, who was at a loss for what to do, also shouted and followed after Norn and Hela.

“I’ll look for it too!”

Renee was sitting there, making a blank face while the people were far away.

*

Renee returned to the bedroom with Dovan’s help, curled up on the bed and trembled repeatedly.

Those who went out late in the morning did not return until the afternoon was over.

There should be some news now, but the only thing that grew bigger was the anxiety as I was in a state of not knowing anything.

It will be fine. Nothing will happen. Even though he tried to read himself like that, he couldn’t contain his anxiety.

The longer the time spent crouching alone in the dark, the longer the waiting without promises continued, the more the anxiety was creating a terrifying picture in a more concrete form.

Vera may have died.

That thought didn’t go away.

There was an illusion of a cold energy circling in the trembling fingertips.

Renee shuddered at the thought of stroking the dead Vera’s body, then curled up tighter.

A world without Vera.

It was a reaction that occurred as soon as I remembered it.

The accident was messed up. Breathing became quicker. His chest tightened and he felt suffocated.

Renee, who had been in such a state for a while, was holding her breath, thinking that if she kept doing this, her head would become really crazy, and she staggered to get up at the thought that she had to go out to find Vera.

I grabbed the cane that was leaning beside the bed. I slowly got down and got out of bed.

Renee, who was holding the cane with a ‘tock’ sound, suddenly stopped and stood up.

‘Uh, where… .’

where to go Where is Vera?

no, before that.

‘The door… .’

where are you

A tremor that started from his fingertips spread throughout his body. Thoughts engulfed in fear were no longer able to make rational decisions.

It was dark.

His world was so dark that he couldn’t see an inch ahead.

He has to go find Vera, but he doesn’t even know where the door to this little room is.

“… Vera.”

You need Vera, you need to knock on the door and give him directions. You have to hold hands and lead yourself.

Vera was absent.

Vera disappeared from his world, leaving nothing to be known.

Renee collapsed on the floor and groaned blankly on the floor.

‘no… .’

Without Vera it would be impossible. Without Vera, without the hand, he cannot advance. I couldn’t do anything.

back to that time Without seeing anything, we go back to those days when we were caught up in memories that were barely fading and only revolved around the same road.

I was terrified.

A tight stomach and a pounding heart harmonize to release heat. squeeze your eyes

Tears flowed. A suffocating breath comes out

“ah… , ah… .”

I stuttered and crawled on the floor.

thud-.

banged his head against the wall

He stood up against the wall and walked along the wall again and sideways.

thud-.

This time, he bumped his shoulder against another wall at the end of it.

slurp-.

Renee’s body ran down the wall.

‘Stuck.’

I can’t get out of this room. Couldn’t find the door. No, even if you go out the door.

‘I don’t know… .’

He did not know the world outside that door.

Renee crouched down. hugged her shoulders His head was stuck between his knees. The trembling lips spit out the same name once more.

“Vera… .”

Without Vera, he couldn’t go anywhere.

*

Norn sighed at the sight unfolding before his eyes.

At first, I stopped searching for only the peak where the blacksmith was located, and while looking over the two peaks to the entrance of the forest adjacent to the village, I arrived at a deserted vacant lot.

It was painted on the landscape there.

The ground was dug all over and overturned.

There were no trees around, and his vision was blurred by the dust that had risen.

Norn was convinced.

A battle took place here.

Sir Vera will be here.

The steps became hurried. The rising god was wiping away the dust.

“Sir Vera!”

A cry rang through the vacant lot. Of course, there was no answer.

Norn did not stop and continued to wander through the vacant lot, but suddenly felt something ‘jaw’ on his foot and lowered his head.

what was seen there.

“ah… .”

It was Vera, fainting in a terrible disgrace.

Norn quickly bent down and pulled Vera out of the dust, then placed his ear over Vera’s nose.

‘I’m breathing!’

was still alive Norn wrapped Vera around him in an urgent movement, and began to strengthen his body by creating a holiness all over his body.

You never know when your breath will stop. I had to return quickly and entrust the treatment to the saint.

With that thought in mind, Norn began to run to the forge with all his might.