0% – Yu Songee
I woke up to the feeling of sothing hard yet sowhat sharp tapping my cheek. At the sa ti, the pungent sll of an animal hide stung my nose.
– Squawk!
“Good morning!”
Just as I was stroking Perro’s beak that had woken up, primitive humans who heard my voice pushed aside the hide at the cave entrance and ca in.
“Oh! Have you awakened, Lady Songee?”
“Yes.”
Not long after, the event I was already experiencing for the third ti repeated itself.
The primitive humans were greatly moved and cried seeing wake up normally, and soon various gift bundles started coming into the cave. Thanks to this, I had to calm the atmosphere by sending everyone out, saying I was still tired.
Afterwards, I blankly stared at the various “gifts” placed on the dirt floor inside the cave.
“Perro.”
– Squawk!
“Look at this. This caterpillar is incredibly big, right? I’ve never seen such a big caterpillar before.”
“...”
“I guess they gave it to to eat. Maybe they brought the biggest caterpillar they could find nearby to offer to the precious Divine One?”
I thought of it as a gift to show their reverence for in their own way. At first, I thought they were making fun of though.
I probably didn’t need to eat this myself.
Fortunately, there was an animal next to that might like caterpillars.
While the parrot was having a happy ti next to , I started recalling my hazy mories.
Perhaps because I woke up once on the spaceship in between, I couldn’t recall the eting contents well.
I had no choice but to wander around the tent alone, rummaging through my mories.
The broad frawork of the plan seed to have been exactly what Seungyub ca up with.
Didn’t we say we’d find the item called the “core”, which turned out to be the spaceship’s power source, and then head to the mountain range with it?
According to the information Adravita gave, since searching for the core was the top priority for the spaceship AI, it wouldn’t attack us if we brought the core.
But why is my role important in this plan? Let’s recall step by step in order.
To find the core, we first needed to find out its location.
The only information we knew about the core’s location was that it was near Miro and that Adravita was guiding us to that location.
Therefore, we needed to either follow Adravita’s traces or find Miro.
But how do we find Adravita or Miro in this vast primitive continent?
Eunsol-unni could see through the sky to find Adravita. Kain-oppa could find Miro using the teammate location information on the Status Window.
Although frustrating information like 284km southeast ca out, having such information and not having it made a world of difference.
Is it over once we find out the location?
No, according to what Kain-oppa found out, Miro’s location was also 284km away.
We didn’t have a ans of transportation to get there easily. The distance of 284km was a distance that could be reached in three or four hours by car on a well-maintained road, but it was impossible on foot.
Moreover, considering the ti spent wandering around to find water and food due to the primitive era characteristics, it wouldn’t be strange if it took a month to et Miro.
When I recalled up to this point, I finally realized what my role was.
I need to find a ans of transportation that can move us to Miro’s location.
“Perro! I just rembered. We’re planning to ride you for 284km from now on, so eat caterpillars well in advance.”
– Squawk?
“Eat until your stomach bursts. From tomorrow, we have to move 284km without eating or drinking. If you don’t want to die from exhaustion, you need to exercise in advance.”
Just as question marks were filling Perro’s small head, I called the primitive humans outside the cave.
Of course, Perro couldn’t carry us for hundreds of kiloters. Although Perro’s Grotesque transformation was strong, such a feat was impossible.
***“A-are you serious? Are you saying you’re going to punish the ‘Cutter’ now?”
“Yes.”
“Divine One! Please calm down. You haven’t fully recovered yet and—“
“I’m completely healthy though?”
As I spread my arms and jumped up and down as if doing calisthenics, the old man in front of bowed his head in bewildernt.
“But still—“
“I’ve already made my decision, so gather the warriors. I plan to leave within 30 minutes. If no one else cos, I’ll leave by myself.”
“Please, just one more ti—“
“Ah, prepare nets. We need to capture it alive.”
“C-capture alive?”
“Urgh!”
I didn’t want to argue anymore, and I could even hear crying sounds from sowhere, so I returned to the cave. I thought that these tribe mbers’ reactions were different from other tribe people.
At first glance, it was a rational judgnt to fear that a Divine One might be defeated while clashing with a monster in an insufficiently recovered state.
In this harsh world full of heteromorphic monsters, primitive tribes could endure because of the power of Divine Ones who were stronger than monsters. My death was no different from their death.
But...
What was strange was not the judgnt but the attitude. Not only did they bring gifts to the cave as soon as I woke up, but when I said I was going to fight, dozens of grown adults cried like little children.
What is this emotional reaction?
It was probably because they were feeling excessive friendliness towards due to the influence of my Blessing.
That was why I was even more certain. At the point where they reacted to Affinity, they were clearly not ordinary humans.
***I left the cave where the tribe mbers were staying and moved towards the green-filled plains.
Usually, when one arrived at plains with soft grass and fruits giving off sweet scents after being in a damp and dark cave, what thoughts ca to mind?
Probably even soone who had lived in the city all their life would feel a deep sense of peace and their mind and body would relax.
However, the warriors moving with were in a state of fear noticeable even to , despite their relatively sturdy physiques.
“Big Rock Face. Are you that scared?”
“L-Lady Songee! You must be quiet.”
“Why?”
“Because—“
“Are you stupid? We usually move quietly because we’re afraid of being detected by the Cutter, but now we’ve co to catch that monster, so we should move noisily instead. It needs to know we’ve co to appear, right?”
“...I see.”
Well, this man wasn’t usually this stupid. He had quite a reputation among the warriors. It was just that fear was paralyzing his reason.
“You all know you need to move according to the plan, right? As soon as it appears, imdiately spread out and throw the nets!”
“Yes!”
– Screech!
As a harsh tallic sound echoed through the air, Perro transford into Grotesque.
“Prepare the nets!”
Soon, a strange creature that looked like a mix of a giant beetle, mantis, and pincers pounced on us.
***It didn’t take long to bring the Cutter down to the ground.
It was a repeat of the collision we had already experienced in the first attempt, and above all, the “Cutter” had no resistance to my bracelet.
The monster pouncing from the air collided with the ground as soon as its sight was blocked. Imdiately after, as its body was entangled in nets thrown from all directions, the monster started screaming in pain and going berserk.
Of course, even the pincer legs that the Cutter was swinging around wildly as it went berserk were very frightening attacks to weak humans.
How did we deal with it before?
Everyone ran away as far as possible until the Cutter tired itself out from thrashing around.
Then, when the monster was too exhausted to move properly, Perro approached in its Grotesque form and crushed its head with one strike of its beak.
This ti we needed to capture it alive, so the strategy was a bit different.
“Pull!”
“Urgh! Everyone, use your strength!”
“I-it cut the net!”
Those nets made by intertwining tree roots and bark were, unlike their unremarkable appearance, surprisingly very tough and strong items. Even if one tried to cut them with a knife, they wouldn’t break easily.
However, the Cutter, as if trying to live up to its na, was tearing the nets apart just by swinging its pincers around randomly without even properly seeing the nets.
Fortunately, the net entangling the body didn’t break easily, so the situation of the monster rushing in and cutting everyone to death didn’t occur.
“Do sothing! The bracelet has a ti limit too!”
I imdiately hit the back of Perro’s head, and Perro turned to look at as if in disbelief.
“Hurry! What if it breaks through the net?”
– Roar!
The Cutter’s huge roar shook the plains.
The montum was so great that ominousness and despair settled on the faces of the warriors pulling the nets. At that mont, the Grotesque let out a majestic voice and charged at the Cutter—making a sharp turn to a nearby warrior, who was holding the net entangling the Cutter’s body, pushed him aside, and pulled the net instead.
As trendous strength equivalent to combining about 10 people was applied to the net, the monster’s body instantly fell backwards and the long tug-of-war finally ended.
***I slowly approached the struggling Cutter while riding on Perro’s back.
Although I had explained in advance, the people around started sighing as if they found it hard to endure this situation. Everyone’s gaze, filled with fear, was focused on .
...To be honest, I’m scared too. Is this really going to work?
At that mont, I vaguely recalled the conversation I had with Kain-oppa.
— The monster called the Cutter that Songee t can fly, right? How about trying to ta that monster until I co to find you?
— ...What do you an ta? You haven’t seen what it looks like, but it’s a monster that looks like it would appear in a horror movie.’
— That’s why your ability would work on it even more.
— But—
— Hey, if not at a ti like this, when else are you going to use your Blessing? Just try it. If you fail, it’s the Patron’s responsibility.
Honestly, that was true. When else would I use my Blessing if not at a ti like this?
The problem was the situation if I failed. I didn’t know whose responsibility it was if I couldn’t ta that monster with the power of Affinity, but I was the one in imdiate danger if it failed.
“Please... Please be nice.”
– Growl!
“Look at ! Aren’t I pretty? What do you think of seeing Yu Songee, the world’s—no, monster’s number one beautiful girl? Aren’t I extrely beautiful and noble?”
Strangely, Perro suddenly turned its head to look at as if it couldn’t bear it.
“Look ahead!”
Now we’ve co right in front. Even if the Cutter was exhausted, it wouldn’t be difficult for it to tear and kill one high school girl.
Having co this far, it was either succeed or fall deceased.
As the power of the bracelet wore off and the monster started looking ahead again, my figure was reflected in its compound eyes. I thought as I stared intently into the monster’s eyes.
If I fail, I’ll have to give Kain-oppa a piece of my mind when I get out!
***– Yu Songee
I ca to my senses in the cold air. I had heard about it in advance, but an unbearably strong stench stung my nose.
“...This is truly a terrible place.”
“Shh!”
A heavy and firm hand grabbed and pulled. We left the Protective Suit with Miro, who started in the most dangerous place.
– Buzz!
The ground was covered with writhing flesh, and it was littered with huge cocoons the likes of which one would only ever see in movies. This was Miro’s starting point.
“Why are you the only one who starts in a place like this, Miro?”
“S-Songee! I told you to be quiet!”
“Why?”
“Huh?”
“Do you think the wasps here don’t know that you and I are here?”
“B-but still!”
“What do you an ‘but still’. No matter how inconsiderate the Hotel is, they wouldn’t throw us into a place where we die as soon as we start—actually forget what I just said. The Hotel is quite very capable of doing that.”
As I looked around and assessed the atmosphere, I couldn’t help but laugh.
“Pfft!”
“W-what?”
“It’s funny.”
“How can you laugh in a place like this?”
“No... You don’t understand, Miro.”
“Huh?”
“This might sound strange, but originally my Blessing was quite useless. Honestly, I’m not sure if I’ve used it properly since coming out of Room 103?”
“Really?”
“But now, one Yu Songee isn’t enough, they need two!”
“...”
“Ha! Can’t be helped. I’ll try to ta the wasps.”
“O-okay. Songee, you really have a unique personality.”
I’m hearing this from Miro of all people?
I thought it was subtly unpleasant.
“...If it doesn’t work well, try to do sothing using the Protective Suit”
“Okay.”
As I approached the wasps, I prayed inwardly.
Patron, Mister Elephant whose face I can barely rember now.
Honestly, you haven’t been much help so far, right? What? The power to make Beings of Chaos feel friendly towards ?
That Being of Chaos is right in front of now. Please help greatly just this once! If you do, I’ll definitely offer dried persimmons on your morial table!
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