(Alex POV)
[You are late.]
I heard her voice, the sa system that gave us the tutorial.
I could feel her sapphire eyes on , looking at with a squinted gaze.
I could feel it.
She wants to scream at her, to rage over the fact that I couldn't save them all even though I killed the undead.
She likes torturing. She said so herself, and soone who likes torturing would want to see people despairing.
[Hey, co on, say sothing.]
Her voice, unlike her divine beauty, was like a thorn, piercing my earbuds, wanting to get a reaction out of .
Her tone was filled with mocking and taunt.
The voice of the AI that I still don't know what to do, reverberated in my head.
'I know that.'
I knew that this AI could read my thoughts, but I still replied to her.
I could feel its worry, and although it was almost non-existent, it was still there, or maybe it was just the voice, I don't know.
But I still pondered on her question.
I could tell what serotonin was. The mont it ntioned serotonin, I sohow knew what it was.
Maybe this is what it feels like to read the mory of soone.
It was a calming hormone, and although I don't think I'll need it….
'Go on.'
I still asked it to do it.
Being cautious is never bad, I still don't know a thing about the ga system, so I should be prepared for the worst.
I can't lose control and do sothing that might push toward the path that I don't want to take.
Ah….
I could feel it….
The relaxing sensation, the feeling of lightness.
I can tell that.
Even if it didn't say anything, I was already aware of it.
I'm here.
I was now standing right at the entrance to the village, and the ga system….
[Welco.]
Just smiled at .
My eyes inadvertently looked for the source of the voice.
Maybe it was my ti as an assassin that made it hard for to ignore any kind of noise, but the sa happened right now.
And there she was…
Sitting atop the entrance gate.
Her blue gemlike eyes had glee hidden beneath.
And there was expectation.
I don't know what she's expecting of , but I would rather not stand true to her expectations-
'…..'
I see….
The mont I stepped into the village, I knew why she was looking at like that.
However, I kept quiet.
I surveyed my surroundings, and I saw everything, but I didn't feel anything….
From what I know, people are supposed to feel a rage building up inside of them…
But all I feel is a bit hollow.
I looked around, searching for the only people who ever did sothing for .
But I couldn't find them…
I couldn't even tell people apart.
All of them were just skin and bones.
Their bodies were mangled.
Their faces were torn apart.
Their clothes were drenched in blood, making unable to make anything out of it.
Heck, I couldn't even tell the bodies of children and adults apart.
Their bodies only had so parts left, nothing else.
There were blood trails.
The trail was left by bodies being dragged away.
The undead were still eating the villagers.
Two or three undead per person.
And the speed at which they ate was sothing that I didn't think was possible.
But it made sense. If their speed was not that fast, then how would they have eaten so much in just the ti I took to arrive here?
I could see so undead lying on the ground with their heads bashed in.
They are probably the ones that gave points to the others.
If it was a fair one-on-one fight, the villagers would've won.
I know that for sure, but things were never ant to be fair….
*Slash*
*Thud*
My body is working perfectly now.
Killing one of them didn't even take much effort.
With a simple wave of my hand, one died.
I didn't feel anything, but the thudding sound told that it was dealt with.
Sigh…
I need to get used to this feeling.
This feeling of not getting any sensation while killing these things.
'….'
Yeah, I knew this would happen.
The mont that thud sound was heard, every undead in the area turned toward .
[Hey! Mortal!]
*Slash*
*Thud*
I ignored the system's call.
She sounded frustrated, but I couldn't care less about it.
[Show so rage! Show your despair, you mortal!]
*Slash*
*Thud*
She yelled at , annoyed about the fact that even after all this, she couldn't get a reaction out of .
Hah…
It was her fault for thinking that I would feel sothing because of so people who died because they couldn't fight-
*Slash*
*Thud*
I could feel the AI's speechlessness.
But then it clicked to .
The AI can read my emotions….
All right, fine.
I do have a bit of regret that even after I saved them once, they still died.
But that's all.
*Slash*
*Thud*
Even if the system scread or my mind was filled with thoughts.
My dagger kept slashing and killing the undead.
One after another, their bodies fell.
*Slash*
*Thud*
Until the last of them fell.
Phew….
The undead, although disgusting, sure are comfortable to sit on.
I feel a bit tired sohow.
Hmmmmm….
I looked at my dagger, its shining blade, its soft yet firm hilt.
Sothing that had been with for 3 years.
[Whatever! I don't care!]
My brows knighted.
Since when did the system learn to give up…
My gaze moved up from my dagger, up at the system, and…
Sigh….
I could only sigh as I saw a wide grin on her face.
[I will have more chances in the future.]
I heard her voice, a voice filled with determination.
Was she determined to see despair?
Or was she determined to make suffer?
None of them were really good for , but what can I do??
I live just to keep surviving like I've been doing till now…
I stood up, dusted so imaginary dust off my dress, and then looked up into her eyes.
She stared back with a grin.
None said anything, but as ti passed, her grin started to shorten.
And in a while, that grin was gone, replaced with annoyance.
[Arghh! You're wasting my ti!]
I know that.
Why else would I be doing it?
I don't have anything to hurry for. I'm free now.
But her reply did prove one of my guesses to be true.
Yes, the system was governed or observed by soone.
And it was a good thing-
[Here! That will tell you everything you need to know.
You can check your status window by calling it out loud, and you can read the information about what is going on in the info tab.]
I could see a screen pop up in front of .
It was the sa blue screen, but the contents it had was an entirely different thing.
[Don't just gawk at it!
You have 15 minutes!]
I didn't question her about anything. I hurriedly opened the information page.
I needed information first. Other things can be seen later.
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