King of Shadows

00052 Autumn yielding fruit

Glug glug, glug glug. A right arm that changed its appearance while making an abhorrent sound. Soon the right arm of the universe turned into a spear-thorn. It was a more sophisticated and sturdy spear than anything else. A sinister, bloodshot spear crosses my back. I thought my comrades might come. But the executioner in front of him was a little older than he expected.

"It's only a matter of time before we get caught, so we'll make sure you're clean."

"No. No... Why are you so trusted? How do you have a better spear than mine?"

"That's because I understand his ideals better than my brother. And in other words, killing a good Stigma user should be planned. I'm not killing you like a brother."

As the universe swings its right arm up and down, the bars of the prison tear apart and fall to the ground. The surface of the bars was smooth like a knife. An example that shows the power of the window in stages. After realizing how the spear in the universe was going to slash through the bars, I quickly tightened my head.

"Wait, I understand his ideals. So this is how you abandon your human body. So give me one more chance, one more chance. It's time for us to stick together, right?"

"I don't need to. It's risky in many ways to take on someone who's incapacitated, isn't it?"

The universe that entered the prison was chained and kicked with its twitching legs.

"No, I won't. I'll be careful from now on. So please, please. Save my life."

I cried desperately, crushed my head on the cold ground with my forehead torn. I begged for my life for a child much younger than myself. But the eyes of the universe were no different from the first time.

"Have you seen the interrogation today? They were all Stigma users. There was not a single incapacitator. That's exactly where we are. A disposable hand. Livestock that fills the head. We came all this way for all the risks and pain to get out of that position, and what did you do? You get drunk and you kill people all you want."

"No, it was an unexpected situation. If you were in the same situation..."

"It's noisy, so just die."

The shredded universe pierced his spear-right arm into his heart. I opened my mouth to make excuses, and looked down dazed at the spear in his chest. He didn't even think he was dead because it happened so fast.

Furthermore, I recognized the pain at a late pace. It was only after the blood was spilled from my pierced heart that I realized the situation properly.

"Uh-huh?"

"Please be reborn as a more helpful creature in your next life."

I bowed my head deeply with the sound of the wind falling. The universe watched quietly as the lamp of life went out. How long has it been? The universe came out of prison with a bright smile, confirming that he was perfectly dead. No one suspected him. He was incapable and young, and did not even expect him to be able to do anything.

After a relaxing walk out of Hansung University, the universe walked to the Olympic Park next to Hansung University. The forest was a place where no one would come. No, only monsters have become a place to roam.

Five weeks ago, the universe wandered around while playing with its friends. He was in an unintended situation. Everything was the plan of a bunch of kids with stigmas. It's been a while since I learned that. But the universe didn't care. Because of that, his life could have changed 180 degrees.

The universe going up the hill swoops into a tiny space between the cracks of the rock. The entrance was narrow, but as I went deeper, the intestine became increasingly large. When the universe arrived at a point, it took its body to a sliding frame made of human muscles and flesh.

Where he went was a 'ranch' about 500 meters underground. With the almost vertical sense of falling, the universe quickly broke through the labyrinth, reaching 500 meters underground. It was divided into dozens like an ant house, but it was easier for him to breathe than it was for him to come to Hansung University and this place in the last month.

Lots of monsters watch his movements around him. Monsters all want to get off the ranch and onto the ground. The universe pushed forward, ignoring their gaze.

The deepest part of the ranch. When he arrived at the point of his slumber, the universe confidently entered him. A month ago, he showed the universe infinite power and possibility. A true god and the king of monsters. The universe standing in front of the 'Him' who cared for the incompetents knelt down.

'He', or 'Optimal', was a monster with a sheep's horn in a 15-meter jewelry. The skin was tougher than the alloy, and the breath coming out of the mouth lowered the ambient temperature even though it gave no force.

A monster who claims to have been a human being all his life. Born incapacitated, Optimal looked down at the universe and said he knew the minds of the incapable better than anyone else.

"Did you get rid of the defect?"

"Yes, I did."

"Well done. Your universe has allowed us to be closer to our dreams."

That said, Optimal raises a huge body and looks back. There are tens of thousands of monsters waiting for Optimal's command.

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"Bye, mister!"

"Yes."

Corrected swimming triggers its stigma. Her stigma is superhuman steel. It was a rare stigma whose performance varied with effort.

For a year, I studied gymnastics under Sihyun. She was just a basic level, but steadily trained herself to excel her peers. Talent also went beyond the usual range, making her stronger every day.

Moreover, her opponent was always Shi Hyun. She was an opponent with the ability to jump through power without blinking an eye and draw out any limits she could. Swimming with the best trainers relentlessly opens up their power and pressures the demonstration.

Now, the swimming did not resist the duel with Se-hyun. When she indirectly learned how the world had changed in the scorpion guild, she realized that power is the way to protect herself.

"Then how about this!"

After turning the aerial swallow and kicking the air out of his feet, the rapid approach to Xihyun struck a fist. Her fist strikes at the abdomen of Xi Hyun precisely as she moves forward to a more suitable force.

"65 points. Shallow. And it's so obvious."

Se-hyun, who grabbed the swimming arm, threw herself away. A swim that flew far enough to reach the wall of the arbitrarily modified training ground twisted its center of gravity and landed on the floor. It was a technique that was hardly considered a 14-year-old makeshift transition. But neither one of them noticed it. The only thing that mattered to them was that they wanted to move forward a little bit.

"I'll go this time. Be careful, swimmer."

As she ran toward herself, the swimmer took a defensive posture with a frightened look. The area of power and skill that Shi Hyun used in the struggle did not exceed the level of swimming.

Swimming was also aware of that. But doing it directly from what you know is a very different law. I realized that the more I struggled, the more powerful I became. I couldn't even fathom her as she was just starting to walk.

"Be careful when you fall."

"Yes?"

A tense struggle, like a tense bow-stroke, ended with a swim tripping on my feet. I couldn't keep up with the pace of the workshop and fell into my grass.

"That's all for today."

The swimming suit, soaked in sweat, bowed his head to him without a drop of sweat.

"Phew, good job."

"Good job to you too, Swimming. Seems like you've gotten better and better every day. Just a little bit more and you'll be strong."

"But not for you."

"I'm an unusual case, so I don't like to put it on the bench."

"If that's the case, then so be it. So how much do I owe you?"

"I wonder if there are no enemies at my age. At least that's what I think."

"Hmmm."

As if he didn't like something, the spit swim walked to the shower room. Looking at the rear view of the swimming, Hyun smiled at the fact that she had more battle shame than he thought.

At that moment, he realizes that something's caught in the Shadow Trap and turns his head towards the direction of the intruder. Fortunately, it was a 'shadow' of a form that he also knew well.

Sihyun came out of the hidden base of Turbulence and saw Lin running from the Shadow Trap. She wore a white dress just like before. He flicks his finger and releases the Shadow Trap, sighing and approaching Lynn.

"Too bad! I can't believe you have something this nasty around your house. You almost touched my bare skin. Do you have any idea how offensive that is?"

Lin shudders once, thinking about the feeling of the shadow.

"That's because he came without notice."

"We're not that far from each other, are we?"

Lin is close to the unilaterally tangled side, but she doesn't have much flair. It was because it was obvious that they would be more enthusiastically entangled.

"So what brings you here today?"

"Housekeeping. You went out yesterday and followed me. Yesterday and today, my real purpose was to see your home."

"So you're here because you're bored."

"Yes, now that I can be as a human being, I can be with you. And I wonder what kind of kid you're taking care of."

"I don't care why. But Swimmer already knows who you are, so don't lie to him."

"Did I already tell you?"

"Yes, I'm taking care of her myself, but at least you should know what I'm doing."

"You never told me about swimming."

"You don't need to know how to swim."

"Be cool!"

With one ear to Rin's pitch, Shi Hyun takes her to the entrance of the secret base. Rin looks back and forth and enters the secret base. She's been living underground for a long time. But she restrained her beating heart with a stirring tone.

"It's another cool place to live."

"The chief is sick by then. A house is not a house made of dust and ashes. And you don't throw away your instant food. Do you know how much sighing I get every time I see a bunch of garbage in the corner? Technically, it's not a foxhole, it's a pigsty."

"You don't have to say that. Sometimes I organize..."

Lin, who scratched her weakness without pity, bowed her head and drooled. But it was only for a moment. The idea flashed in her head, and she lightly looked up at the demonstration with her personal face.

"Oh, can I live here, too? It's too lonely to be alone in an underground tunnel. In many ways, it's not good for your mental health. And since I promised you I would move in with you, I don't think it's a bad idea. Yeah, of course. It's perfect if I think about it."

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1. The universe is an incapable boy who was like this swimmer, appearing in 49 coins.