Chapter 22: Killing It Twice
I get it now that I’m in pain. These things from the otherworld are germs or viruses. If not that, then mosquitoes. Mosquitoes carrying malaria pathogens. Or maybe Japanese encephalitis…
I get it now that I’m in pain. These things from the otherworld are germs or viruses. If not that, then mosquitoes. Mosquitoes carrying malaria pathogens. Or maybe Japanese encephalitis…
The Queen of Nightmares inquired. “How did it go?” A gaunt, dark-skinned demon clad in a hooded robe, meditating, removed the hood—perhaps out of courtesy. With only a skeletal face…
“Goddamn it.” Along with the message that a plague is spreading, a green mist begins billowing up from the pile of thousands of corpses, literally a tower of bodies, next…
Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop! “What’s this now?” White streaks of light start raining down like a vertical shower near the gate. And among the small beings, even smaller ones begin…
“No… don’t go!” It felt as though I had fallen from a tall building—my heart thudded violently in my chest, far too exaggerated, followed by a flurry of rapid, overlapping…
Whenever I look up at towering buildings, I can’t help but feel the illusion that I’m nothing more than a tiny ant struggling to crawl across this vast earth. Curling…
My frozen, reddened fingers stiffly reached into my pocket. Due to the numbness in my sense of touch, I wasn’t sure if I was even feeling my phone—or maybe I…
The winter night streets were nearly empty, with streetlights casting a bleak white glow, sparsely dotting the roadside. I tightened the buttons on my coat, exhaling a puff of cold…
The LV87 Swordmaster, apparently very satisfied after drinking sikhye, ascended, granting me level 88 and even leaving behind memories from their world. On top of that, they left me some…
Put some saliva in my mouth. It’s my mouth, after all. “There are a few conditions. Will you hear me out?” “First, just let me take control for a bit.…