I Became the Villain’s Childhood Friend

15 – [1] Alone in the dark

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It was absurd.

This is the result of trying to lift a person out of the abyss.

“It’s like a real life dog.”

If it were to die from a passing hunter or monster, they would consider it a natural disaster and accept it.

But, of course, the friend next door, who I’ve been playing with since kindergarten, died from drinking drugs and going crazy?

Aside from the unfair and not unfair problems, only a sigh was let out.

My arrogance, which was relieved that there would be no problems next time, since I had already gone through my school days.

My foolishness for not intervening properly even though my friend took drugs and went crazy.

Even if I did not become a first-class hunter using game knowledge, I regret that I was able to become a first-class office worker by studying more than others.

After all, all of this meant that there was a fatal problem in my life for the past seven years.

In fact, it could be said that seven years were thrown away.

And now, I would throw away the rest of my lifespan, not knowing how long it would last.

‘Even if I die, I’ll starve to death, ha.’

The broken leg didn’t crush me to death.

Rather, I got stuck here and there, slowed down, and landed in the right place.

It was fortunate that there was no stampede or fall.

However, it was miserable to see him staring at the floor, still attached to his legs, unable to move.

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Let me explain this a little more precisely.

Isn’t there something like that when you receive earthquake safety training?

It’s a triangle of life or something, so it’s safe to enter the space created by the structure collapsing diagonally.

Being attached to the diagonal structure there was just my situation.

Fortunately, when the ruins collapsed, the baseball-sized magic lights attached to the walls and ceiling also fell.

Unlike LEDs or light bulbs, they were quite sturdy, and they were lighting up the dark basement of the ruins.

It was these things that kept me from going crazy even after hours of falling.

That’s why I feel somewhat grateful.

He was about to name one of the magic lights Wilson.

Blah, blah— thump!

“Keep it!”

The ice that held me together cracked and threw me to the ground.

There was a pekin’ sound, and as I lifted the boat, I saw a half-crowned magic lantern.

“… … .”

I’m sorry, Wilson.

you were a good magic light

A moment of remembrance.

I tossed and turned with a groan.

It was because the space was so narrow that I couldn’t even see a hole to go out.

Eventually, while moving around, he touched something that looked like a stone.

“uh?”

A faint light leaked out.

It could have been another space, maybe outside.

However, it was too narrow for people to pass through, so other stones were kicked to create a space.

When I thought I could pass, I sent the magic light first.

Then he carefully slipped out of the bridge first.

I still felt cramped, so I whimpered and crumpled my body.

I managed to get out of it while enduring the pain I felt in my chest.

A corner barely illuminated by magic lights.

I looked around.

After taking a few steps, I could still see the pitch-black basement.

“Fortunately, you didn’t fall to the bottom.”

Fortunately, for a while, I had a question.

What was the earthquake and who was it?

Maybe one of the Hunters tried to magically destroy the gate?

Did people fall because of that conspiracy?

It’s the content in the gray zone, but if you tried to destroy the gate with a lot of magic, an earthquake would explode.

But you had to be a pretty good wizard to do that.

It was unheard of to be a swordsman or a spearman in the middle of the day, and even a wizard could die from the earthquake.

As a result, the possibilities were infinitely close to impossible.

“I don’t know.”

A cause as invisible as darkness.

In the end, I had no choice but to dismiss it as a midday coincidence.

However, it wasn’t all that negative.

I was really grateful to have saved him from getting an icicle stuck in his head and becoming an ice unicorn.

Seriously, if the bridge hadn’t collapsed, he would have died a terrible death at the hands of the insane Im Hana.

That’s why I went up the stairs in the center thinking that I had inserted another coin into the arcade game machine.

It would take quite a bit of walking, but anyway, if I could just keep going up, I would easily survive.

“ah.”

And like a building after an earthquake.

The stairs were cut in the middle.

I had no choice but to look around for a detour, and I was able to find a ladder.

My strength was poor, but there was no other way, so I struggled to climb up the ladder.

I didn’t look down as much as possible, and when I went up to the next floor, the first thing I saw was a Hunter who had fallen on the floor.

I was startled and approached him.

“… … Are you dead?”

There were numerous knife marks on the body.

A vulgar yet amateurish attack.

In fact, it looked like they were beaten with knives by those who had their brains removed.

“Could it be a monster?”

Anxiety crept in.

If that were the case, there would be no room for leisurely climbing like this.

I kept looking around.

Be prepared for the unknown.

Afraid of monsters that may be somewhere.

If there was something that came to my mind belatedly, it was that I had been bound by magic for quite some time.

When I remembered that, I thought that the monster had already passed by, or that it had died in the process of cleaning up the ruins in the first place.

With some relief, I looked to see if there was anything I could get.

There were no weapons, all consumables were damaged, and the armor was too big.

While there seemed to be nothing to gain, something caught in my hand.

“Hunter’s Watch?”

A watch-shaped universal equipment specialized for hunters.

Beyond the gate, as is widely known, the use of electronic devices was not possible.

However, because this equipment had a special structure with special treatment, it was possible to use it stably even beyond the gate.

Naturally, it was very expensive, and as a reflection of that, this Hunter Watch here has a rather shabby appearance.

Click.

Even if it was close to theft, it seemed appropriate to wear it in case you didn’t know.

I took off my hunter watch and put it on my right wrist.

When I finished wearing it with the feeling of being pricked by a needle, the light on the rim of the Hunter Watch came on.

[Vitality: 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍]

[Shield: ⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪]

[Analyzing the body with magical power… … .]

Among the borders divided into 10 spaces.

5 slots are Life, and the other 5 are Shields.

In the game, it was in the form of a gauge rather than a square, but it seemed to be quite cheap.

Still, as I waited and waited, a different color light came on, not white.

[Life force: 💚💚💚💚]

[Shield: ─]

One of the five spaces for health is cut, and there is no shield at all.

The shield didn’t have much magical power and I didn’t know the related magic, so it was understandable, but the vitality… … .

“I wonder if my wounds are big… … .”

In addition, I often felt vibrations from the ground, so I felt like I shouldn’t be here for a long time.

I grabbed my chest and started walking again.

I went through narrow places, climbed stairs, took detours, climbed ladders, and skipped broken places.

The abyss of darkness was deep and endless.

By the time I was wondering how much further I had to go up.

I saw a shadow swaying in the distance.

He was thin to be a human and too static to be a monster.

A shadow that cannot be discerned.

Still, in case of doubt, I lowered my body and approached slowly.

Dalgrak-

At some point, I heard a sound in my ears.

It was then that I knew who the owner of this shadow was.

‘Skeleton?’

Skeleton, the dead wandering this world.

A corpse that loses its sanity and seeks a harvest, with only skeletons and bony flesh remaining.

It is so famous that it has become a symbol of the lowest-ranking henchmen.

If you know magic or have good physical abilities, you won’t know.

It was crazy for normal people to deal with skeletons with their bare hands.

Slowly they fell back, but the clattering sound gradually drew closer.

If this continues, the engagement is certain.

Another way to resist, at least a weapon—

‘ah.’

A dagger was stuck in his ankle.

A weapon given out of nowhere by a thousand horses.

Did she expect this?

Was it simply to be kind to me?

Or did he just give it to him like he usually does?

A mix of friend and foe.

It didn’t change anything that the regressor in an ambiguous relationship helped me.

I felt grateful for the first time in a long time.

‘I can try anything.’

He pulled the dagger from his ankle and held it in reverse.

I stopped falling backwards and went forward on the road.

And waited and waited for the skeleton to approach from behind the corner.

It was around this time that many of the elongated shadows touched by the light could be seen from this side as well.

A dirty white stick caught my eye.

‘now!’