Chapter 54: Consequences of Ones Choices and Actions (10) (2/2)

Zelit thought Eval’s idea made sense When he asked Eshnunna, as still devastated about her brother’s death, she said that there was indeed a treasure trove, but she didn’t knohat had happened to it

Their destination had now been decided The natives and recruits began packing their belongings There was no time to even take care of the corpses of those who had sacrificed theo As they packed only the most necessary items and quickly departed, Ru Hiana looked at Eshnunna with concern Eshnunna had just lost the brother she dearly loved, and they had to leave without giving her any time to recover and process her eine how Eshnunnathe natives and precariously walked forith a pale-stricken face

Ru Hiana stared at Eshnunna for a while and turned back to look to the front “Senior…” She became more concerned when she saw Chi-Woo He was in the saan then The surviving recruits and natives set out to find a new refuge The capital was closer than they had thought On the fifth day of their non-stop ood fortune, they hadn’t been ambushed, but what awaited them at their destination was despair

“This is…” Zelit became speechless as he looked down from the mountain top The city was crowded; the streets filled with cursed ones like a library filled to the brier useful measures for their nu the city

“…We have to give up” Allen Leonard, as eager to do soht He noticed ular ones were in the process of ht to their home base”

“fuck Who the hell could foresee this?” Eval Sevaru uiltily to himself It had been his idea to coh Zelit had expected so like this to happen, he had secretly hoped for a better outco blow, but they couldn’t do anything about it Since they had liure out what the outside situation was like for theued people behind hi they’ll last’

Two more trips? Or perhaps just one? These people were able to push themselves forith the hope Chi-Woo had shown them, but that had its limits Hope didn’t last forever, and Zelit considered such emotions as consumables Be it hope or willpower, it would run out eventually if one kept using it Thus, before they ran out of willpower, they needed to find a new place to stay

Zelit looked for Eshnunna whilethe current situation, saving the princess turned out to be a wise decision since there was no one who knew the Saledom better than a member of the royal fa Her face was e herself to her liritted her teeth and tried her best because she knew that if she wavered, the natives would follow suit Zelit respected her highly for acknowledging her responsibilities and not giving up on theive her some time to mend her heart However, they didn’t have the luxury now They had wasted five days coure out their next destination

‘Just a bit more…’ Disappointh this failure wasn’t enough for them to become hopeless, and there ays for the them foras currently turned off

Eshnunna was still doing her job even though it looked like she would burn into ashes at any moment Chi-Woo, on the other hand…

Zelit sroup of recruits With a sigh, he said, “We need to set a new destination Is there a place you would recommend?”

Eshnunna looked doeary eyes After organizing her thoughts, she opened her ht the heroes and the natives spent outside was terrible even though the sahts At the main camp, they at least had so They couldn’t even build beds or put up tents, as they had to be ready to escape with only their belongings at anyon the ground, they were not ars Chi-Woo carried his bag and found a place to lie down He looked up at the endless night sky without a star in sight

‘This is fucking hell…’ The thought came to him, unbidden Ever since they left the main camp, Chi-Woo’s mood had hit an all-time low He hadn’t expected much; he just wanted the situation to be better than before However, could he confidently say that things were turning for the better? The ansas no They had to leave their shelter, and many people had to be sacrificed

Chi-Woo still couldn’t resolve his feelings about the sacrificial ritual Most of all, he felt guilty about the way the situation unfolded

[Please help me survive My brother as well, and all the natives who depend on me Please don’t tell us to become sacrifices Will you do that?]

In addition, Chi-Woo felt guilty for not being able to keep his prohtmares The people who became sacrifices came to him and choked him by the throat as they told him if it hadn’t been for him, if he hadn’t ambushed the ranch and driven away the broken ones, the cursed ones wouldn’t have come to attack them Chi-Woo was too emotionally compromised to talk back and said that he hadn’t knoould happen, that there was no other way, and that he had done the best he could What his user information said about him was true

[Sharp] Mentality

-… he is always on high-alert At times, he’s more sensitive than necessary In extreme situations or when he receives intense stress, he can easily crack and break

Unexpected situations had happened one after another, and Chi-Woo, unable to take it mentally, had broken down He suddenly recalled his mentor’s words

[If you don’t knohat to do, you should try taking a few deep breaths There will always be so that you missed with just your eyes]

‘What I s he couldn’t see How could he have expected that there were greater forces controlling the cursed and broken ones? It’s unfair, he suddenly thought There had barely been any time for hi the strings, and even if he had enough ti much he could do about them

‘What do I do in a situation like this…Teacher?’ Even though Chi-Woo kneouldn’t get an answer, he asked the question inside his mind No, he did hear an answer—but in Mua Janya’s voice

[Liber wouldn’t give us the luxury to linger around and mourn for our companion’s death]

What had been his reply? Had he told her how envious he was that she could think like that? It was only natural for Chi-Woo toin such thoughts; it was the first time he had been directly involved in an incident in which so many people died Only born et over it easily An ordinary person like Chi-Woo, on the other hand, would drown in his own eh He felt like a joke He felt he was being smothered alive, trapped in a cycle he couldn’t escape no matter how hard he tried Whether I’oes to ruins The thought ignited a burning trail within him, and a cry escaped his mouth He tried to suppress it, but his throat constricted, and he couldn’t breathe He gasped for breath as his vision blurred It felt as if his insides would explode if he didn’t screaer contain hiht sky “Fu—”

“We decided to go to the border,” a quiet voice interrupted him; it was raspy and monotonous, but beautiful nonetheless