The Live

Time flowed quickly.

Following Yoon Jae and normal, the next generation of new people entered Meln.

The number of new people who came in was much higher than before.

Half a year later.

It was a full year after Yoon Jae came into the world behind him.

“…… it's been a year, already. ”

Regular people said with emotion.

The place where the two people stood was a large forest outside of Trump where the trees stood.

Seeing the sun just rising in front of my eyes, the regular opened his mouth again.

“Everything really went wrong. Starting with the tutorial, Abram and Murder, the devil and the devil.... Well, since then, if it's still flat, it's flat. ”

“…… let's get some sleep. ”

Knng, I woke up from the place where Yoon Jae was lying.

Yoon Jae, who was sleeping with his head on the road, woke up to the normal murmur by himself.

Yoon Jae, who had not slept well for a few days, was very tired.

“So why do you always dance with your knife up at dawn? That's why I'm so tired. ”

It was Yoon Jae who didn't sleep at night, rather than normal. Every night, when he tried to sleep, Yoon Jae would sit and think or wield his sword.

As such, there were often times when I fell into a restless sleep like today. Then, the regular interrupted his sleep.

“And what about you? ”

Yoon Jae pointed out the norm of waking up without sleeping.

The regular guy shrugged.

“It's been a long time since I've had the pleasure. It's been a whole year. ”

“Is that something to celebrate? Terrible. I... ”

Yoon Jae shakes his head as if it were disgusting and loosened his neck.

“Don't you ever sleep? ”

“You're all asleep. But it did, and so did you again. ”

Yoon Jae said so, and got up completely. I just woke up, and I felt like my head wasn't completely broken yet.

Like normal, Yoon Jae raised his head and turned his gaze away from the rising sun.

‘One year... ’

Do you think it's because there are so many cases?

It felt like a few years had passed, not a year. Nothing special has happened in the past approximately half a year, but it has not been wasted every day.

“Let's go back.”

I was furious at the words of Yoon Jae.

“Yes?”

“Let's go back.”

“W-we 're going back to the city, right? ”

“Yes."

“Ahhh-!”

Regular people yelled at me.

Yoon Jae smiled a little while looking at the norm that calls for all eternity while running around.

‘It must have been hard. ’

It's been four months since I left the city and started hunting in the forest.

In all this time, Yoon Jae and Jeong have never returned to the city. It's been hard to wash my body properly, and I haven't eaten properly.

As a normal person, he would want to go back to a city where he could live comfortably even for a day.

‘It's longer than I thought. ’

Yoon Jae recalled the first time she left Trump.

* * *

“…… What are you saying? ”

“I said I think I need to leave for a while. ”

“I mean, for how long? ”

“I think it will be about three months short and half a year long. ”

“Are you crazy? ”

Elvin looks at Yoon Jae speaking to himself.

“I don't know what's going on. ”

“I know. Siffman's dead. ”

Siffman's death.

It has turned the entire clan upside down, as well as the entire clan that was created to deal with the Murder Clan.

Although it was shocking to see Siffman caught in the clan, it was even more shocking to see Siffman killed in someone's hands.

“I don't know who the killer is, but if he killed Siffman to prevent information leakage, then I wouldn't look good either. I know that the next target, even if it were me, would be nothing weird. ”

“But?”

“But you can't hide like this forever. ”

It was a simple answer.

I can't hide forever, so I'm gonna move.

Elvin's face crumpled up in that outrageous answer.

“But you're just going to die? ”

“When did I say I was going to die? ”

“That's the sound. Now you're Paris without the protection of the Skyscrapers. Don't you know that? Or don't you want to admit it? ”

The man who killed Siffman was skilled enough to infiltrate the Skyscraper clan to do his job.

If such a skilled person was aiming for Yoon Jae and regular, there was no way for both of them to cope.

Despite the fact that the Murder Clan is almost subjugated, there are still outstanding Siffman skilled men who remain invisible.

“You have to be strong to not die. ”

“Grow your strength here. ”

“We don't have time. ”

“Shut up and do as I say. You want to get yourself killed for making the wrong choice? ”

Elvin's voice was quite fierce. It was also a voice that seemed angry.

Yun Jae, who anticipated Elvin's reaction, sighed a little.

“I'm going to the Demon Forest. ”

“…… Demon Forest? ”

Elvin's eyes falter with the familiar name.

It was a name I hadn't thought of.

Yoon Jae nodded.

“I'm aware of my situation. I know you're not good enough to protect this one body yet. That's why we know we have to stay hidden. ”

“But?”

“Even so, we can't hide here forever, as I said before. If you have to hide, you're going to change places. ”

“That place is the devil's forest? ”

“Yes.”

Yun Jae's answer was pretty clear. It was already done thinking and a solid answer to my decision.

And when he said that, Elvin put his mind back together again.

A little silence follows, and Elvin opens his mouth.

“Even if you don't die, there are risks. You know that, right? ”

“I know. But the devil's forest was the perfect place to hide our bodies and grow up. ”

“You've done your homework. ”

Elvin sighs a little.

‘The Devil's Forest... ’

The Devil's Forest.

It was a kind of prohibition not far from Trump.

Trump is nestled between two vast forests, east and west.

Among them, the forest to the east was the devil's forest that Yun Jae mentioned.

A forest as vast as a small country. The reason it is known to be forbidden is not only because of the monsters that are difficult to deal with, even among the confused rankers.

“Do you know the nature of the Demon Forest? ”

“An unusual terrain where the road is complex and often miraculous. The kinds of monsters that appear are demonic factions that do not usually undergo physical attacks. ”

“And?”

“The number of people who have been alive for more than three days is about a tenth of the total. Above all, I've heard that this has been banned. ”

“You know better. ”

The nature of the monsters that appear is tricky.

Moreover, the road is complex and mysterious often happens. And most of those miraculous things led to their deaths.

In many ways, the devil's forest was banned. Rankers like Elvin or Lois, and even the top rankers can hunt. That's where the devil's forest is.

“Well... I can see your point. Obviously, the devil's forest is the perfect place to hide your body. It's wide, it's crowded, it's hard to navigate. ”

A devil's forest the size of a small country.

It's hard to even move in the right direction. Once hidden in the devil's forest, finding him is virtually impossible.

“Then what are you going to do when you get back? ”

“I heard you can catch your way back from the Demon Forest to Trump. ”

“…… Is that why you came to see me? ”

“Help me.”

“Phew -”

Elvin scratches his head with an increasing sigh.

“Are you confident you can survive? ”

“It doesn't matter without confidence. ”

“What?"

“I'll make it work. I will survive even if I feel like dying. That way, you won't have to be afraid of Murderer when you get out there. ”

In Yun Jae's reply, Elvin lost his words for a moment.

Immediately, laughter spread over Elvin's mouth as if he had been struck by something.

“Phew. Ha-ha-ha! ”

Soon, a big smile came out of his mouth.

Elvin, who had been smiling for a long time like he was enjoying himself, said with one hand to his desk.

“Yes, you're right. You should have that kind of guts. I like it.”

At first, I thought he was going to enter the devil's forest fearlessly.

Even though Yoon Jae and regular people were quite skilled, they were still not enough to enter the devil's forest.

But like he said, if they can enter the devil's forest and come back to life, they will become even stronger.

“Fine. I'll show you how. I'll keep your disappearance as secret as possible. ”

“Thank you."

Yoon Jae bows her head.

This was impossible to try without Elvin's help. Apart from surviving in the Demon Forest, returning was impossible without his help.

“No need to thank me. It's a debt I must accept someday. ”

Elvin says so, and then adds.

“That's a lot of interest. ”

“Interest……. ”

Yoon Jae nodded as if he knew.

“I'll give you whatever you want. because I owe you so much. ”

In retrospect, Elvin's hunger was endless.

From the first encounter to the time of Abram, Elvin has provided a platform for his own actions.

It might not have come if he hadn't been here.

“I hope you don't forget that promise. And come back alive. To pay the interest. ”

Whether he was joking or not, it was confusing.

If I'm joking, he was a terrible person. On the other hand, I felt like he was worried about me in his own way.

Yoon Jae nodded, smiling.

“Goodbye. ”