Childhood Friend of the Zenith - Chapter 424

< Episode 424 > It’s a snake.

what?

It’s a situation where you can’t see or hear properly in the water.

Carefully controlling the air to see if it is disturbed, I look around.

It was a strange situation to send an electric sound outside.

However, it was unusually clear to hear it from underwater.

[Why…how…]

As if I didn’t hear it wrong, the voice kept ringing in my head.

I hope this

-Is it you?

When I sent a telephony as if talking to a monster, his body squirmed a little.

[…Great being…]

What is this bastard?

Is the real monster talking to me?

‘…a monster?’

It wasn’t something to see as strange.

Even when I went to Vigo, a gold naturalist, a huge snake talked to me.

Meanwhile, this guy is also a snake.

‘Could snake monsters be able to talk?’

I thought of it, but I had never experienced anything like this in my previous life.

-What are you. do you know me

I try to speak again.

Kyaaaaaa-!

The guy is engulfed in flames and only screams.

Soon after, he hurriedly tried to retrieve the flame, but the monster’s eyes gradually lost their vitality. It finally stopped moving as if breathing had stopped.

‘this.’

I frowned when I saw it.

It looks like he has something, but he dies…

He takes out his arm and recalls what the monster said.

‘A great being?’

He obviously looked at me and called me that.

What does this mean?

‘When I call you like that, it’s as if I’ve become an ally.’

Are the monsters on the same side? That’s ridiculous.

They only follow their instincts and their only goal is to devour their opponents, so how can they become allies?

‘It’s not something that doesn’t happen at all.’

Even when I think so, the memories of my previous life come to mind as if it hadn’t happened at all.

It was not unusual for those who followed their instincts to bow their heads.

Heavenly Demon.

She remembered countless monsters bowing their heads in front of her and even throwing their lives at a small gesture.

‘…this.’

When I thought about it, something was strange.

Is this really a coincidence?

No, I don’t think it’s a coincidence.

It’s like the sudden appearance of a red monster.

It’s also how the times started to twist as much as it was strange.

In addition, I feel like I am at the center of all the problems.

‘Something seems wrong.’

It feels like the flow is going the wrong way.

Even if the circumstances are complicated. What is certain is that I am clearly related.

‘Then, is it because of me that the red monster appeared?’

It is nonsense.

I’d like to say that, but it was impossible.

It was because I felt like everything was pointing at me.

‘Fuck.’

I bit my lip and retrieved the flame attached to the monster’s body.

This wasn’t certain. Besides, now was not the time to think about such things.

Rolling my eyes here and there, I groped for the corpse of the monster.

It was a bit difficult to find because it was a huge body.

If left as it is, it would almost certainly sink to the bottom of the river, so we had to find it as soon as possible.

Spreading the energy wider, the energy ran through the body of the monster.

‘…!’

It was only then that I was able to find a part of the monster’s body where energy was condensed to the fullest.

I find a point where I can feel it and put a bet on it and tear off the scales of the guy.

It was no joke that it was tough and tough, but since it had already stopped breathing, it wasn’t difficult to tear it off with force.

Hard-! I forcibly rip it off, cut through the flesh, and stretch my hands deep.

can’t reach Even that was not enough, so I put my body in.

You can clearly feel the flesh and blood of the guy.

It’s an unpleasant feeling. I don’t like this, so I don’t hunt on the water side… Damn it.

As I kept going in, clearing away the bones, I felt something touch my fingertips.

This is it.

Grab the texture that catches hold and pull it out as it is.

Dudududuk-!

Right after I got what I wanted, I got out of the monster’s body and checked the item.

In my hand was a stone the size of a child’s head. This is the magic stone of the red monster.

He confirmed it and nodded his head slightly.

The previous incident was quite embarrassing, but it should be okay since I got what I wanted anyway.

‘It’s better than not getting anything.’

This is also its own harvest.

The reason why I am heading to Sacheon right now is to get the White Horse Stone to make up for my imperfect state.

I don’t know how the situation is going, but the amount of bet given by the red magic stone will never be small.

The moment he thought so and tried to absorb the magic stone he held in the water.

Ugh-.

‘huh?’

I felt something in the magic stone in my hand.

Leaving behind the monster slowly sinking to the floor.

I turned my gaze and looked at the magic stone.

and.

“Big…!”

I was shocked and had to catch my breath.

The air that bursts out of the mouth along with the breath rises in waves.

Thanks to that, I had to swallow a large amount of water mixed with the blood of the monsters.

It wasn’t that important now.

‘What is this again?’

I looked at the magic stone in my hand with widened eyes.

no matter how you look at this

The condition of the magic stone was strange.

******************

After Guyangcheon was sucked into the river with the monsters.

The screams and riots of the monsters from inside made the river ripple like crazy.

After a while, it is quiet as if nothing had happened.

By the time a few minutes had passed.

Not to mention the monsters, for some reason, Guyangcheon hadn’t come up for a long time.

At most, it would take only a few minutes, but it’s a different story if you’re underwater.

A time when it wouldn’t be strange if a normal person died.

Even if it is a warrior who has reached the pinnacle, he can survive for more than an hour.

It was important that it sank with the monster.

Looking at this, Bia Namgoong was about to jump into the water with a stiff face.

closely-!

Someone grabbed her arm.

It’s Woohyuk.

The moment she was stopped, Namgoongbia turned her head to Woohyuk.

Woo-hyeok, who met Namgoong-bia’s eyes, was startled inwardly.

Where are the eyes of the peaceful Namgoongbia I’ve seen so far? It was because the eyes full of life were looking at Woohyuk.

“Let go.”

Not only the eyes, but also the voice exudes a terrible energy.

Seeing this, Woo-hyeok smiles and tells her.

“Calm down.”

“I told you to let go.”

The moment Namgungbia put a bet on her sword, as if she was willing to cut her arm if she didn’t let go.

“Miss Jesu. If you do it like this, he won’t like it very much.”

“…”

Could it be because of the title Woohyuk spat out? Namgoongbia’s eyes twitch slightly.

“You know that friend isn’t going to die so easily.”

“…”

“I wouldn’t have gone in without thinking. Let’s wait a little bit first.”

At Woo-hyeok’s words, Namgoong-bia’s life gradually fades.

Watching that, Woo-hyuk was relieved inwardly.

‘…It almost got into trouble.’

Although he is smiling on the outside, Woo-hyuk is also not in a calm state.

Because the life that Bia Namgoong showed just now was sincere.

If it had been a little late, she would have really cut off her own arm.

‘It’s a very terrible love, yes.’

I was a little envious of Gu Yangchun, who was surrounded by beauties and was happy.

Seeing this made me feel a bit distant.

I thought it would be a problem even if it was thick.

This is because Namgoongbia was not the only problem right now.

Woo-hyeok turns his head slightly and sees another woman staring down the river with sharp eyes.

Did you say hypocrisy?

Are you a descendant of the swordsman?

Including Shinryonggwan, we’ve been going together for several months now.

The number of times Woohyuk talked to her is on one hand.

To be precise.

Except for Yangcheon Gu, there were very few people who had a conversation with a woman named Wi Seol-ah.

It must be because the difference in atmosphere between when Wi Seol-ah was in Gu Yang-cheon and when he was not was extreme. If you’re like a gentle sheep or puppy when you’re together.

Without Goo Yangcheon, Wi Seol Ah was like a sharpened blade. It’s like he won’t let anyone come near him.

when you see it

It won’t be long before these two women will throw themselves into the river.

And that.

‘It’s the same for me, too.’

It was the same with Woohyuk.

Right after Guyangcheon entered the river with the monster.

Woohyuk’s ears are quite dizzy.

-Guyangchun….

-That Confucius is

….

-Looks around.

All kinds of sounds were piercing Woohyuk’s ears.

‘It’s difficult.’

He smiles and pretends to be calm, but the noise he hears after a long time is still too much for him.

I knew long ago that if I widen the distance from Guyangcheon, I could hear the noise again.

It’s been a long time since it’s been this loud.

It’s just like before meeting Gu Yangchun.

I haven’t heard of it lately, so maybe it’s more like that. Woohyuk felt exhausted in an instant from the gradually increasing headache.

‘What happened.’

Feeling this, Woohyuk looked down the river. It was a few minutes after Guyangcheon fell into the river that such a sudden noise started.

By the time the riots of the monsters had subsided and the waves stopped.

It was a sudden phenomenon. Seeing this, Woohyuk wondered if something had happened to Yangchun Gu.

and.

‘They too.’

Woo-hyeok’s gaze turns to Namgung-bia and Wi Seol-ah.

Right after I started hearing noises.

Woohyuk could see that the girls were also startled at the same time, and their facial expressions suddenly changed.

‘no way. Do they have something?’

Seeing that, I wondered if they might have something wrong like him, but now the safety of Yangchun was more important than that.

Woo-hyeok recalls what Yang-chun Gu said to the party right before they set out to hunt monsters.

[Do as you are told. Don’t be surprised if something strange happens.]

He clearly said that.

If someone else said it, I’d like to know what the heck he was talking about.

Oddly enough, Woo-hyeok used to trust Gu Yang-chun’s words.

If you’re a person you can trust… Not like that.

Strangely, however, his words were believed.

In fact, since he moved according to the words he spit, he was able to deal with monsters.

It’s amazing.

How could that be?

When Woohyuk first felt the curtain of the monster, he was shocked that he wanted something like this.

A membrane that absorbs bets.

I wondered if there was anything like this.

How the hell are you supposed to hunt something like that?

Even for a moment, Gu Yang-cheon saw it and gave instructions, and the moment he drew his sword accordingly.

Woohyuk had to receive a bigger shock.

It was because he seemed vaguely aware of why Guyangchun was giving such an order.

By the time I swung my sword a couple of times.

Woohyuk could feel that there was a clear difference in the transparent film.

It’s such a subtle difference to feel.

It would be quite difficult for Woo-hyuk to catch this sense of difference.

It means that Yangcheon Gu felt all of this from behind and gave the order.

‘…As expected, he’s a ridiculous friend.’

Every time I saw Guyangcheon, I had to feel an unknown wall.

Woohyuk knew that he had talent.

I have never been arrogant or conceited through it.

It means that you know that you have more talent than others.

but.

Even he often felt that it was meaningless when he saw Guyangcheon.

the ark is different

Although they were born in the same generation, Guyangcheon was different.

As long as there is no change, Guyangcheon will go up to a higher place at a different speed than themselves.

It won’t be long before you reach a place you could never have imagined.

Woohyuk was certain of this.

In addition, I was curious about the future that would be like that.

therefore.

‘It means to come quickly.’

Grasp the sword while looking at the river.

Yangcheon Gu is a person who should not die in a place like this.

At least, from Woohyuk’s point of view, that was the case.

Around the time when I couldn’t stand my impatient feelings and frowned.

Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

“…!”

Woo-hyuk’s eyes widen at the sensation he feels under the water. Then I could feel the noise around me disappearing like a ghost.

It’s not just Woohyuk.

Did Bia Namgoong and Wiseolah feel it too? I ran over the water and headed for the center of presence.

Bubbles-

Bubbles gradually rise from there.

“Puhak…!”

His head pops out from under the water and he breathes heavily.

“Wow… this bitch. I almost died… Ah!”

The ferocious-looking young man who jumped out of the water tried to say something, but Namgoongbia and Wiseolah jumped up and hugged him.

“Wait… wait…! It’s a bit dangerous now!”

Gu Yang-cheon struggles in the embrace of the two women and falls into the water.

Seeing that, Woohyuk could barely breathe a sigh of relief.

******************

Right after the monster commotion was over, I returned to the ship right away.

Normally, it would be correct to capture the corpses of monsters and take the bones or skins with them.

The body has already sunk deep in the river.

Since the situation is not over, it is impossible to find it right now.

I returned to the deck under the command of the poison king.

I remember Dokwang’s expression of surprise when he arrived on deck.

That would also be the case, as the surroundings were full of monster corpses.

They must have been the ones who were aiming for a ship with the red monsters.

Fortunately, all of them were dead.

There were a lot of corpses floating around the river and dead monsters on the deck. So much so that it’s hard to count.

And in the center, there was a warrior standing quietly holding a spear.

It is Dangdeok.

Because I had given him an order to protect people before he jumped down to hunt monsters. The guy had to protect them even by force.

His expression was rotting at the fact that he had to protect the figures of the Tang Dynasty with his own hands.

Until then, I didn’t know anything about it.

In particular, when Dokwang expressed his gratitude to Dangdeok, the expression he made was spectacle.

The king of poison also made a strange expression when he saw it.

Looking at that, I had to explain that this guy is mute and his face is like this.

It’s like a pun, but the confidence I got there.

‘The poison king does not know the virtue.’

He covered his characteristic hair with bloody wind.

It is said that Dang-deok did not learn self-defense, but that he did not feel any abnormality even though he faced him right in front of him.

It must mean he doesn’t know about Dangdeok.

‘Although that could also be the acting of the poisonous king.’

It was too complicated to think that far.

Due to the sudden appearance of the red monster, the situation has become messy.

The unmanned people were at a loss due to the level that appeared after hundreds of years.

Can we continue sailing like this?

First of all, there is a debate about whether or not to go back to Hanam and report it.

Anyway, the leader of this group was a single king.

The King Dok concluded by sending a brief letter to the Murim Meng saying that the top priority is to safely send the convoy to Sacheon.

Even if others make dissatisfied faces, nothing changes.

If you twist it, run to the river and swim back.

If that didn’t work, I had to get on the boat calmly.

You probably won’t be able to choose the former right away.

After seeing the majesty and power of the red monster, you can’t ignore the anxiety about another red monster.

In conclusion, the trip to Sacheon could not have been stopped anyway.

“Haa…”

He sighed as he sat alone on the bed on the ship.

It’s a really unexpected situation.

Thanks to that, I was in tension from head to toe.

It is only after the situation is over that the body, which was tightly packed, is released.

Do you think you can breathe now?

Returning to the ship, Dang So-yeol and Mo Yong-hee heard the situation and how much they were nagging.

Did I tell you to stop doing dangerous things?

It was a bit embarrassing for me.

Because it was something I couldn’t do.

A guy like that popped up in front of me, so how could I just stay on the boat?

“…No, maybe it would have been better to just stay still.”

It was absurd that he almost drowned, if nothing else.

If I had known that would happen, I would have stayed quietly on the boat.

He sighed and held out his hand in front of his eyes.

If you ask why I almost drowned after killing monsters.

“…Come out now.”

It’s all because of this guy.

Slowly…

Hearing my call, something slips through his hand from the inside of his sleeve.

In terms of thickness, it was roughly the size of a little finger.

At most, it’s about the length of my wrist to my elbow.

The guy wriggling around my hand turns his small head this way.

Nelm.

The tongue protruding from the tip of the mouth and the yellow eyes that seem to have been seen somewhere are familiar.

Yes, it was the same as the eyes of the monster I was facing earlier. Not only the feeling, but also the kind.

Snake. Yes, it is a snake.

A very small snake with red scales.

He was looking at me with his hands wrapped around him.