I'm the Only One With a Different Genre - Chapter 71

Chapter 71
I don’t know what’s going on, but let’s run away for now!
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[Ugh… partner, save me…]

The demonic sword shook its body weakly, making crying sounds from the throbbing pain. Unlike her partner, Iris, who had no consideration at all, lightly ignored the demonic sword’s reaction and swung the sword.

Kugugugung!

As she swung the sword, the arena that was half destroyed while fighting the champion collapsed. The only champion who had clashed swords with her for a long time was now a corpse rolling on the ground.

Many people in the arena tried to escape, but most of them, except for a few, failed to get out.

“W-what is this!”

“Damn it, let me out!”

A dome-shaped barrier that swallowed the entire arena prevented them from leaving. Even among them, there were some who succeeded in escaping to the outside.

“Sister…!”

“Run, just look ahead and run!”

Only good souls that were not tainted by ‘evil’ could escape the barrier Iris had set up.

The spectators who enjoyed the brutal games and the slaves who had experiences of harming others for their own fun could not get out.

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Ah -… I wanted to kill them all. How annoying. Damn holy power.

The power that was hiding deep inside Iris spat out curses in a languid voice.

Well, there are still many things to kill anyway.

‘It’ whispered in Iris’s ear, humming. Telling her to hurry up and kill those terrible bastards, to get rid of all the trash that drove her beloved brother to death.

Even without having to listen to such a voice, Iris, who had already lost her reason to anger, had no intention of stopping.
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Kugung! Kwagwang!

The arena began to collapse with an unbelievable blast along with the sound of swinging the sword. Countless sinners buried under the building died.

During that time, Ottugi, who barely survived and returned to the office, looked out the window, limping.

“Please, please…!”

What he was waiting for was Jiso’s reply. Surely, as soon as he sent the reply, he would have left for the arena. That meant, as soon as the reply came, Ottugi could survive.
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Flap -.

“…! It’s here!”

Seeing the crow he had sent out returning, he smiled with joy and hurriedly checked the crow’s leg.

“What…?”

The letter he thought was a reply was the SOS letter Ottugi had sent. That meant… this letter did not reach Jiso.

Ottugi had experienced this a few times before.

‘Jiso… nim is not here?’

When Jiso left his seat for an urgent matter, the crow would return without receiving a reply, just like now.

Pad-deuk.

The crow that was sitting on Ottugi’s desk suddenly spread its wings and flew up.

Kaaak -..

As soon as the crow took off, a fierce attack clawed at the office. The smart crow left the collapsing arena without looking back.

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Thump, thump.

Iris was walking somewhere, covered in blood. Long red bloodstains followed her every step.

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“…Brother.”
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Where her footsteps stopped was in front of Lian, who was thrown away in a corner of the corpse disposal area. Iris blankly stared at Lian for a moment, then slumped to the floor with a distorted expression.

Chaeng-geu-rang!

The demonic sword rolled on the floor, but Iris didn’t even spare a glance.

“Brother, brother…!”

She, who had cut down countless people with an expressionless face, embraced Lian with the most sorrowful expression than ever before.

The endlessly flowing tears made it hard to breathe and her head felt dizzy. She felt like she was suffocating from an unfathomable, distant sorrow.

She held onto him with her whole body, but no matter how much she pleaded, nothing came back. It was all too late. Her family, salvation, love -… had already died by her own hands.

As if trying to form a river with tears, she endlessly shed tears and placed her ear on Lian’s chest. No sound could be heard. In the eerie silence, Iris repeated despair, plea, and hatred.

Perhaps because she had cried too much, her young body started to heat up and her ears began to feel stuffy. Iris wanted to die right there on Lian’s corpse. She wanted to return to him, even if it meant doing so.

She closed her eyes and held her breath like an animal seeking a place to die.

“Ugh.. where is this..?”

Was it because Iris’s efforts worked? Along with the heartbeat that couldn’t possibly be heard, Lian’s voice tickled her ear. She heard him muttering something.

Perhaps she was dreaming of past memories. Afraid that if she opened her eyes, she would wake up from the dream and face his corpse, she held her breath as much as possible.

“I.. Iris?”

“…!”

The moment Lian called her name, her eyes opened wide and her head turned toward the direction of the sound, as if it was instinct engraved in her body.

“Uh, huh? I-Iris?”

“Heuk…”

“Gasp…! I-Iris, what’s wrong, w-who did this to our Iris -…”

As she met his eyes full of affection, Iris spewed out the sorrow, plea, and hatred she had suppressed.

“Heuuk, heuuung!”

From that day on, to her, Lian became her death, salvation, and love.

To the point where she would try to die with him if he died.
Without knowing it himself, Lian had been shackled by the name ‘Iris’. Now, even if he doesn’t want to, she will never leave his side. Forever.

***

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen mosaics at work..”

Seeing the mosaics of unknown standards scattered here and there made my eyes dizzy. I wandered around the collapsed arena, rummaging through people’s pockets to collect money.

‘Hehe, I think I’m getting a bit used to the dark fantasy world now?’

I’m even robbing corpses’ pockets, aren’t I?
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Praising myself, I packed up supplies to survive with Iris in the cruel Demon King’s land. Luckily, I was able to find an extra-dimensional bag. I put in everything that looked good.

When I thought I had roughly gathered everything, I felt a presence outside the collapsed arena. Beggarly-looking people were entering the arena with glinting eyes.

They looked like beggars or thieves at a glance. Since getting caught would only result in being sold as a slave, I quickly left the arena.

“Here, Iris, put this on.”

“Okay.”

Iris nodded, persistently staring at my face. I changed Iris into good quality clothes I had in my hand, and also put a hooded cloak on her. Since we had to travel for a long time, I put good shoes on her as well.

Just like Iris, I also changed into new clothes and walked through the chaotic streets.

“Crazy, who the hell blew up that arena?”

“Did the Four Heavenly Kings fight each other?”

“That’s likely. Tsk, we might die if we go now, but… it seems like we can harvest quite good things…”

“Hey! If not now, when will we ever get to loot the arena! I’m going!”

There were various types of arenas on Jiso’s land, but the main one seemed to be the arena I was in. Just by the size, it was obvious.
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I hurried my steps, holding Iris’s hand tightly. Drug addicts sprawled out like corpses were as common as wheat during harvest season in every alley.

“First, let’s get as far away from the arena as possible. It’s more dangerous here compared to other places.”

“Okay.”

Iris replied with a nod. There was a limit to traveling by foot, so we boarded a carriage that regularly circled around the city like a bus.

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I took care of the payment by reading the atmosphere. It wasn’t difficult to figure out the proper price since the bargaining voices were so loud.

As we were traveling in a carriage with the back wide open, some people secretly tried to hang onto the carriage to move, but they got whipped and fell off.

‘Ugh… it’s a city of the wild. Completely..’

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I shook my head, glancing at a person whose face was a mess from rolling on the ground. Thanks to the carriage, we were able to quickly approach the city entrance.

“Let’s stop by a store before leaving.”

“Okay.”

The original plan was to leave the city right away, but it seemed like we had no choice but to stop by since we didn’t have the necessary tools for camping. Luckily, a nearby mercenary store was visible, so I headed there.

‘Sleeping bag and lantern… ah, this will be needed too.’

I mentally noted what to buy while roughly scanning the visible items. Money wasn’t an issue since I had robbed a safe I accidentally found at the arena and the pockets of dead gamblers.

I was about to sweep up the necessary items without hesitation.

Kwaaaang!

A terrifying blast rang out. I reflexively summoned Gargandoa and looked in the direction of the sound.

Iris was already standing in front of me, drawing a sturdy iron sword she had picked up from the arena.

Seeing her bravely standing with her small body to protect me brought tears to my eyes, but assessing the situation came first, so I looked at the place where a huge dust cloud had risen.

‘What is that?’

I couldn’t tell what it was because it was quite far away, but something shot up above the dust that rose at least 10 stories high.

‘A person..?’

I frowned, seeing the silhouette of a person that flew up higher than 10 stories and then began to fall. I quickly turned my body towards the store and picked out all the items I had looked at earlier to pay.

“Oh… ooh.. thank you!”

When I coolly paid without bargaining, the store owner smiled widely and added a few extras.

“Food is sold at a different store, so let’s just stop by there and leave the village right away.”

“Okay.”

I don’t know if it’s a city that originally has a lot of incidents and accidents, but if such a big commotion occurred, I didn’t know when Jiso would return. He quite liked Iris and me, so we might end up living as slaves again. That fact hastened my steps.

“Ah, there it is.”

Just as I was about to head to the store located inside the alley.

“Hey!”

A punk appeared!

“Yeah, you there, give me some money -…”

At the same time the punk started his money extortion.
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Swoosh!

The sound of cutting through the wind came from above. I raised my head, wondering what it was. A pitch-black shadow fell into the alley.

“If you hand it over obediently -…kuh-heok!”

Kwaang!

Someone wearing a tattered and worn-out robe landed on the punk in a stable posture.

“Sniff sniff… huh?”

The stranger who had pulled their hood down tilted their head, then quickly turned to look at me.

“Huh?”

“Ah!”

As soon as I recognized the familiar red hair.

“Master!”

Jess ran over and pounced on me.

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