The Main Character Killed The Villain – Chapter 153

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I made a sad face and turned my head towards Liam, making an X sign with my hands. I needed to let him know that I couldn’t use any means of transportation right now.

“You can’t do it…?”

Yes, that’s it! I nodded hurriedly. Liam frowned and asked:

“Then do you have any other useful strategies in mind?”

I shook my head again. I wondered how to tell him that he had essentially brought along a useless civilian.

Of course, I wasn’t really a civilian and I could still do guiding… but that wasn’t an important ability in this situation. I couldn’t gauge whether we could clear this dungeon on our own since I didn’t know what abilities Liam had besides teleportation.

“Well, you see…”

‘What abilities do you have? I can only use my guiding abilities right now. I can’t explain why.’ I couldn’t figure out how to say this in English, so I closed my mouth and looked at Liam with a troubled face. He seemed to realize we couldn’t communicate properly and made a perplexed expression.

“No items. Gu-guiding only!”

Why didn’t I study English harder? Why does English even exist in this fictional world? As I lamented with various thoughts and a sudden realization, I shouted something like “guiding only,” and Liam’s eyes widened slightly.

As long as the message gets across, it’s fine. He seemed to understand the meaning somehow. As Liam’s face darkened a bit, I felt sorry even though it wasn’t my fault. I could sense how difficult it would be for him to try clearing the dungeon while dragging me along as dead weight.

‘It was really tough when I was with Han Nari…’

Remembering how hard it was even when we had transportation, the future looked bleak. I didn’t want to be an unwanted burden getting in the way.

“Alright then. Stay around here. I’ll clear bit by bit and come back for guiding.”

Liam pointed at the ground a few times as if telling me to stay put. It seemed he thought it wouldn’t be easy to fight while taking care of me. Traditionally, guides stay in the rear while Espers operate at the front.

But in a situation where he had to deal with multiple monsters alone, would it be okay not to provide immediate guiding? I was worried about the current situation, not knowing what Liam’s abilities were.

It wouldn’t be bad for me to stay in a safe rear position… I wanted to ask various things, but nothing came to mind. With no other choice, I nodded to Liam, indicating I understood.

Liam seemed equally uneasy about the situation. He looked back several times, but perhaps thinking it was better to start clearing quickly, he disappeared like an arrow.

‘Should I just wait here like this…?’

I wished I could be inside a tent, but it was unfortunate that I couldn’t. I watched the volcano erupting in the distance, hoping the ash wouldn’t pour down here.

It would be nice if I could see Liam clearing from afar, but unfortunately, this area near the dungeon entrance was slightly lower than other places. I wouldn’t be able to see him unless he went near the volcano.

‘I hope it’s not a difficult dungeon…’

But somehow, it didn’t feel right. First, the scale of the volcano was too large, and the monsters visible in the distance looked quite strong. Of course, they might not be as tough as they looked.

Anyway, if it turned out to be a high-grade dungeon, there was a high chance that Liam, Nikki, and I would all face unfavorable outcomes. I killed time for a while, praying that nothing bad would happen.

‘I’m bored.’

I couldn’t hear Liam’s attack sounds anymore, perhaps because the battle was happening far away. I had been sitting on the hard stone floor for a while. Suddenly, I felt a strange vibration in my buttocks.

‘What’s this?’

Even if it was nothing, I had to pay close attention to any strange phenomena inside the dungeon. Especially when I had no power, like now.

Wondering if something was coming, I stood up abruptly and looked around. My vision seemed to sizzle strangely.

Wondering what was causing this, I stared intently, and soon I saw something sticky like taffy flowing towards me, accompanied by smoke.

“Ah!”

It’s lava!

I stumbled backward, then urgently moved sideways instead of backward. I realized the lava was moving quite fast.

Seeing smoke rising even from the darker parts, I was certain I absolutely shouldn’t step there. Even though I knew it wouldn’t be easy to meet up with Liam again if I moved without any communication device, I had no choice. After all, I couldn’t just sit there with lava approaching!

‘What should I do when the lava gets close?’

If I had known this would happen, I should have paid more attention to survival programs. I ran hard in the opposite direction of the lava’s flow, regretting belatedly.

‘So maintaining body temperature has this side effect…’

I couldn’t feel the lava coming through body temperature, so I didn’t realize it until it was right in front of me.

I moved far away for safety, but after running frantically, I lost track of where I was.

Looking around, there were only rocks and strange dead trees. I wished Liam would come quickly…

“—!”

I heard what sounded like a shout from somewhere. It seemed like Liam was looking for me. It was a bit strange that the sound came from the direction I was heading rather than where I had been, but I thought maybe Liam had to come around because of the lava.

“Liam! I’m here!”

I answered and moved towards the direction of the sound. The sky was now covered with what looked like volcanic ash, making it difficult to breathe. It seemed to be erupting furiously.

In this situation, it made sense for Liam to come to me for regrouping. We needed to figure out how to kill all the monsters and escape in this disaster.

‘Why isn’t he answering?’

I felt a bit strange, but I had no choice but to keep moving forward. The voice seemed to have come from not too far away, but no matter how far I went, I couldn’t see Liam.

“Lia… Aagh!”

As I stopped again to call for Liam, I suddenly felt a terrible pain at the back of my neck. I wanted to turn my head but couldn’t, and in an instant, my vision darkened.

***

Hyun Dowoon and Shin Haejun, on a plane to America, were in very low spirits.

While Ray and Liam had disappeared, the two had tried everything to find Lee Jaeha. But whether due to Liam’s ability or not, they couldn’t figure out if he had vanished into thin air or into the ground. All items with GPS implants, including phones, seemed to have been discarded, making tracking impossible.

They even tried to actively contact Ray and Liam from America but couldn’t find them. Because of this, they were extremely anxious and worried.

When they finally managed to control Nine after a week, he just whined uselessly, saying control was impossible because the main character, Lee Jaeha, was nearby.

The two became convinced that if they relied on Nine, they would lose Lee Jaeha forever, so they changed their search conditions. They decided to assume the most suitable situation for hiding someone.

Accordingly, they looked for mansions that were completely locked down with no signs of people coming and going, and narrowed it down to just one. Because of this, they planned to visit that place without permission.

Don’t put me in this kind of pocket! Treat me preciously!

Annoyed even by looking at it, they had put Nine in a pouch made of blackout fabric, but Nine angrily sent out text through a thread-thin gap.

Of course, they had no intention of tolerating this, so Shin Haejun immediately covered the gap with his hand to prevent the text from escaping.

They worried about Lee Jaeha every minute, every second. Whether Ray and Liam were treating him well, whether he wanted to come back even if he said it was what he wanted, if he thought of them even for a second…

Self-reproach was also added in abundance. Hyun Dowoon blamed himself for not being born with Liam’s ability to move ignoring distance even with time constraints, instead of his own ability to teleport at any time.

Shin Haejun regretted his actions of not being together at the center that day. If they met Lee Jaeha again, he planned to never leave his side. If Lee Jaeha wanted, he was willing to kneel down, cry, and beg to bring him back. He couldn’t bear to be apart from him.

“…Hm?”

Hyun Dowoon, who had been closing his eyes with an anxious face, suddenly opened them. Then he took out his vibrating phone from his pocket.

[Liam and Hani just entered a dungeon that appeared in front of the house, the address is…]

It was an unfamiliar number, but Hyun Dowoon was sure it was a message from Ray. He was the only one who called Lee Jaeha “Hani.”

“Jaeha-ssi has just entered a dungeon.”

“A dungeon all of a sudden…!”

As Shin Haejun cried out urgently in surprise, suddenly Lee Jaeha’s phone left on the table started vibrating furiously.

Startled by the sudden reaction, Shin Haejun removed his hand, and Nine hurriedly displayed text.

No! We must go right now!

Nine vibrated frantically inside the pouch, making all sorts of ringtones.

They had intended to ignore Nine’s words, but the reaction was so intense that they couldn’t just disregard it.

Finally, Shin Haejun took Nine out of the pouch with a dubious face.