I Stole the Number One Ranker’s Soul - Chapter 198

Episode 199

It was just a silent message, but it felt like someone was making a declaration in a loud voice.

From now on there is no going back.

In fact, even if I could change my mind, my thoughts were firm from the beginning.

The confidence in victory was also clear.

Overwhelming force that no king has ever possessed, plus the trust Nafgis gave me and the future I saw in his dungeon.

All of it was reassuring.

If I had chosen to escape, there was no way I would have ended up just sobbing softly on the sofa.

She must have cried and writhed in guilt, calling out for the dead people of Seungju and her mother.

No, no matter how much I think about it, I can’t choose refuge.

I can’t abandon these people.

Even if you make tens of thousands of choices, even if the situation is overwhelmingly more disadvantageous than now.

I would make the same choice.

This choice will be right.

The future that Nafgis showed me is the future in which I won.

but.

“Mr. Seo Ji-han….”

“Huh?”

He looked down at me gently.

His mouth, smiling slightly as if he wasn’t nervous, was filled with composure.

I don’t know how to say this.

Maybe it would be better not to say it.

But…

there might not be Seo Ji-han in the future that I won. I don’t know.

“Why? Are you anxious? Don’t worry. You’re this strong. You will win. I’m sure.”

He must have interpreted my hesitation as anxiety, so he encouraged me with an expression that seemed to put even the viewer at ease. Strangely

enough, when he said that, even the slightest bit of anxiety that remained seemed to disappear.

That’s right, I should say it.

“Actually, I didn’t tell Seo Ji-han. “I did something.”

Even if I win, it might be wrong for Seo Ji-han.

These words were hanging at the end of his lips and he couldn’t let them fall.

However, Seo Ji-han, who was quietly looking at me, suddenly opened his eyes wide with an expression of realization and blushed. He

held out his hand and said what I said. “ Wait

a minute, wait a minute. That’s right. Timing-wise, now is the right time. But after all, I’m the first to do something like this… Oh, what should I do? I barely prepared. It’s unacceptable to do it so poorly. Ha, why did I think of this? “You couldn’t do it, right? I should have prepared it a long time ago.”

Seo Ji-han covered his blushing face with a large hand and began to look around and mutter to himself.

I felt like I was misunderstanding something, so I shook off my hesitation and opened my mouth at once.

“That Seo Ji-han!”

He was planning to say, “It might disappear,” but he grabbed my shoulder in surprise and blurted out,

“I like you too!”

“yes?”

Flash. Flash. Flash.

3 seconds, looking into each other’s eyes.

And the next moment, I felt my face getting hot, as if I was going to make a loud noise.

“What are you saying all of a sudden?”

“Uh huh huh?”

Seo Ji-han was also embarrassed by my reaction and started to panic and not know what to do.

Then, he blurted out unorganized words as if he were making an excuse.

“Oh, no. That’s me. Don’t you usually confess at a time like this before a big fight like this? Actually, I kept talking. I didn’t want to do it, but now there is a future….”

In a situation that may be counting down to the end of the world, he has the guts to say, ‘I confessed because there is a future!’

You have to be at this level to casually stay at the top of the rankings for several years.

I truly admire Seo Ji-han’s mental strength.

Meanwhile, Seo Ji-han had already recovered from his embarrassment and was casting a bored gaze towards me.

The meaning of the gaze was clear.

The person who just confessed is waiting for my answer.

“Oh, that… I am…”

What is this? What is this? I am suddenly wondering what is going on. I have to fight a predator in about 5 minutes

, but what is this situation where I am wondering how to answer my confession?

Isn’t it too unrealistic?

“I like you. I’ve never liked someone this much in my life.”

Seo Ji-han repeatedly struck after him.

Thanks to that, my thought circuit, which had barely been restored, went into a short-circuit state each time.

He smiled gently and gave me a look of affection that made me feel like I was about to faint, and suddenly he laughed lightly.

“The answer is that this battle is. “Do it after you’re done.”

“Yes? But.”

“Oh, right. What did you originally want to say?”

When I heard that question, the anxiety that felt like my heart was being tightly tied rose up again.

“If I win this fight, Seo Ji-han might disappear.”

“Oh, that was it?”

It was a difficult thing to say, but Seo Ji-han’s reaction was so light that it made you exhale.

“’Ah, that’? Seo Ji-han is disappearing? I saw that Seo Ji-han disappeared in Nafgis’ future poem.”

“Uhm. Oh, I remember. “That’s what I said back then.”

Seo Ji-han continued speaking without losing his relaxed attitude.

“But what I saw then was only for a short time. So don’t worry. It probably wasn’t a big deal. And there is a future that I have seen. Trust me, you have to collect it. “I’m sure it will be okay.”

“The future that Seo Ji-han saw?”

Come to think of it, he used the future vision pill like me in the dungeon of Nafgis.

I don’t know what it’s about because they never answered what kind of future I saw.

“huh. I’m not sure, but it wasn’t bad. I still don’t know what process I went through to get to that moment, but…”

He suddenly looked down at me with a worried look on his face, smiled sweetly, and added softly,

“And even if I disappear, I won’t mind. You live. To you and to you. “Precious people survive.”

“Seo Ji-han is also precious.”

The answer came out without me even thinking about it.

This is because his attitude, as if he was drawing a line somewhere, felt ominous.

If you think about it, didn’t you see a future where you grabbed the collar and shook it and said, ‘Hehe, everyone survived because of my sacrifice?’ Didn’t you see a future where you die alone? I want to brush it off.

“thank you.”

At my words, Seo Ji-han’s eyes widened for a moment and he smiled softly and answered.

He’s always smiling, but today, every word he says feels ominous.

Evacuation resources have been converted to suit the enemy mode.

As a result of analyzing the battle type of the adversary Nioh Son Moa, resources are allocated to defense.

After the final barrier disappears, you can use items to move to the battlefield or automatically move to the optimal location calculated by the system.

A small gauge appeared in front of me with a system message.

The number displayed on the gauge is 100.

With that, a translucent defensive wall was created around me.

It was similar to the golden defensive wall that Ban Seo-hu had surrounded, but it looked much sturdier because it was densely engraved with a honeycomb-like pattern.

“I was trying to fire from afar without approaching the predator, but if it’s like this, I guess I can get a little closer?”

“But don’t get too close. But are you sure we can go alone?”

We had just left the dungeon in the African area we last visited and were looking up at the night sky.

We thought about going back to the lake, but we decided to stay alone in order to keep our spirits up before an important battle.

Besides, when we saw the faces of our families for the last time , My heart may be shaken.

“It’s okay. Other people’s skills are too weak compared to the power of my skills. It’s not good to go together and end up in danger.”

“Well, Eundam Yoo’s skills are a bit weak.”

“Seo Ji-han is just staying with Eundam…”

“Huh?”

“And Seo Ji-han’s skills…”

“Huh?”

Seo Ji-han’s smile put pressure on me.

In the end, I couldn’t say, ‘Seo Ji-han isn’t that strong at dealing damage either.’

“You want me to just watch and watch while you fight with that guy alone? Do you think I’ll accept that?”

Somehow I feel so embarrassed.

And in the meantime, the system message appeared again as if all the last defenses had been exhausted.

After approximately 21 seconds, the final barrier disappears.

Please prepare to move to the battlefield.

Do you want to move to the optimal position set by the system?

Agree Reject

Anyway, even if I tear off the scroll and move, the place I will go is obvious.

I exchanged glances with Seo Ji-han for a moment and then selected the agree button.

You will soon be taken to the designated location.

The battle begins immediately after moving.

I pray for the victory of the adversary.

uh?

The moment I saw the last message, I stopped.

So far, the system has only provided business-like guidance.

It was my first time hearing something like this that seemed to convey a personal opinion.

Maybe it was just a courtesy, but somehow I got the feeling that the system really wanted me to win.

“what’s the matter?”

“Ah, the system message…”

Seo Ji-han seemed puzzled by my reaction since there was no way he could have seen the message that only came to my mind.

But before I could answer, the screen appeared before my eyes again.

The Earth beneath my feet could be seen far away. Pitch black space.

Instinctively, I realized that that was the location designated by the system.

“I have to go to space.”

“Isn’t that right?”

“Thanks to Ban Seo-hoo, I’m glad I’m not anxious.”

In the past, when the S-class equipment set was handed out, Ban Seo-hu went around underwater and in snowy volcanic areas to test environmental transcendence.

And we also directly tested going into space.

As he was eating the snack, he tore the scroll open as if he had suddenly remembered it, and a moment later he put a stone down on the table.

‘I picked it up from the moon. ‘This equipment seems to be good in space,’ he said, causing Ban Seo-jin, who was eating snacks with him, to tremble in astonishment.

‘As expected, this guy is out of his mind. I strongly agree with Ban Seo-jin’s comment, ‘You’re a little crazy.’

If the item’s function had been slightly different from what I expected, I could have died right away in space.

But it really helped.

If I hadn’t checked in advance, I would have been quite anxious before moving.

While I smiled lightly, recalling old memories, my vision wavered.

I felt the same energy as when I was moving to the final hall.

The next moment I was standing tall in space, face to face with a predator.