Saved a Heroine From the Brink of Death

73. Gate isolation

#73. Gate isolation

After preparing to face the Sun and Moon Guardians and the Watcher of Destruction, I went out with Cynthia.

And I regretted it.

Don’t come out.

***

Accidents always happen suddenly.

This tendency is even more evident in this world where monsters exist.

There are cases where the gate collapses and turns an area into a scorched earth overnight, and there are also cases where a gate that was previously in good condition swallows up people.

Of course, these days, the probability of experiencing such an unfortunate event has become very low. It is roughly the same as the probability of winning the lottery.

In the background, there is a magical tool that can tell the exact time of the gate’s collapse and a device that can identify the location of the occurrence.

However, it is not true that there are no people who suffer misfortune, even though the probability is low.

The location of the gate and the time of its collapse.

Even if you can observe everything, accidents and incidents do happen. There are rare gates that cannot be observed with magic tools, and not all areas can be observed with magic tools.

That’s why even people who live ordinary lives experience accidents at completely unexpected moments.

Just like right now.

“Wow, it’s blue.”

A little boy in front of me smiled brightly and pointed his finger into the air.

Perhaps because he was a kid who didn’t know anything, he seemed to be completely amazed by the gate phenomenon. On the other hand, the kid’s guardian, who knew what this phenomenon meant, was staring into space with a very stiff expression.

And my face was stiff too.

‘Fuck… I went out for nothing.’

I came out to see something outside and the gate suddenly popped out? Does that make sense?

I came out with Cynthia to get some fresh air for the first time in a while, and this happened… .

“…Wow! This is the first time I’ve seen that gate occur! Is that a gate?”

“Uh… I guess it’s a stealth gate because the evacuation alarm didn’t go off. Sia, aren’t you a little excited that the gate showed up?”

“It’s okay because I’m here!”

“okay.”

“I think it’s already too late to avoid it anyway!”

I nodded my head with a bewildered expression as I looked at Cynthia with an overly bright expression.

As Cynthia said, it’s too late to avoid it.

Since the gate’s manifestation sign has appeared, there is no escape. If they were far away, it might be possible, but if they were this close, it would be impossible. In a moment, that blue light will cover the entire area around here and teleport people into the gate.

However, the silver lining was that Cynthia was by my side and my strong bodyguards were also hidden nearby. Even if I entered the gate, there was no danger unless there were any strange phenomena such as random transfers.

“Stay close to my brother. I’ll protect you!”

“Thank you for just saying that.”

“It’s not just talk, is it?”

Cynthia said with a grave expression.

It felt a bit strange to hear that from a girl younger than me… but she was actually much stronger than me, so I didn’t really have anything to say.

‘So what’s the big deal?’

I relaxed and waited for the gate to open.

And then,

I saw a person who completely erased my comfort zone.

A man with a familiar face was standing among the crowd, frowning as he stared at the gate.

‘… Lee Soo-hyuk?’

It was Lee Soo-hyuk.

As the original protagonist, he is a guy who gets involved in all sorts of incidents and accidents, experiences crises, overcomes them, and grows.

And…he is here.

It was no different from saying that there was a high probability of getting involved in something really shitty.

Because the protagonist always gets involved in dangerous things.

After all, that gate didn’t seem like an ordinary gate.

***

Hundreds of people nearby were instantly engulfed in blue light and teleported inside the gate.

Lee Soo-hyuk was also included in those hundreds and was now isolated within the gate.

“Gate… is this how things turn out?”

Lee Soo-hyuk experienced this unfortunate incident on his way back from the auction house.

He doesn’t know how many times he’s experienced the gate transfer phenomenon, which is about the same odds of winning the lottery. It’s the third time this year, he can remember.

‘Why does this always happen to me?’

Lee Soo-hyuk wondered if he was just too unlucky. He felt like misfortune was staying with him.

Of course, I grew by gaining opportunities every time I encountered such misfortune, but it wasn’t always good. There were more than one or two times when I almost fell behind while trying to overcome such misfortunes.

‘Phew… Okay. Rather than thinking about useless things like this… I guess it’s better to look around.’

Lee Soo-hyuk shook off thoughts that were not helpful to the current situation and turned his head to look around him.

“But… hundreds of people must have been transferred to the gate, so why aren’t there any people nearby? It’s normal for everyone to be nearby, right?”

Lee Soo-hyuk circled around to check if there was anyone nearby, but he couldn’t find anyone.

“Could it be… that it was a random transfer?”

Random transition.

This is a phenomenon that only occurs within unstable gates, and instead of being transferred to the original entrance location, you are transferred to a random location within the gate. And because of this, even if a large number of people are transferred at the same time, there is a high probability that they will all land in different places.

Lee Soo-hyuk thought that he was the only one left in the middle of nowhere due to this phenomenon.

“The probability of a random transfer is… lower than the probability of a stealth gate exploding and trapping you.”

This phenomenon usually occurs in gates that are on the verge of collapse, because on the verge of collapse means that the gate is extremely unstable.

However, the newly created gate exists in a very stable state. That is why Lee Soo-hyuk had a question.

Just getting caught up in the gate is similar to winning the lottery… and a random transfer occurs in a gate that has just been created and is in a stable state?

“… I’m out of luck.”

Even though I didn’t know the specific odds of this happening, I knew the odds were pretty damn high.

Lee Soo-hyuk frowned and looked around.

“With this level of magical power concentration… it seems like a B-class gate… damn it. In a situation where it was a random transfer, it had to be a B-class gate? This situation is truly artistic.”

Are you saying that people commit suicide after seeing something like this?

As a mere second-year cadet, he had no way of dealing with Class B monsters.

Lee Soo-hyuk thought deeply about whether it would be better to commit suicide and die with less pain. That would be a hundred times better than being eaten alive by a monster.

After a moment of thought, Lee Soo-hyuk decided to move and find other people. If there were heroes around, the chances of survival would increase dramatically. It wouldn’t be too late to think about dying without pain.

‘For now… let’s move towards finding people.’

He lowered his body and moved as carefully as possible, hiding himself in the bushes. And while he was doing so.

“Keruk?”

A monster was spotted loitering nearby.

They walk on two legs like humans and have an appearance that is half human and half lizard.

It was a B-class monster, Lizardman. “Kerruk?”

The lizardman holding the spear tilted his head as if he heard the sound of Lee Soo-hyeok moving, and searched the bushes with the spear. Then, he gradually approached the bushes where he was.

Lee Soo-hyuk held his breath and prayed and prayed for the lizardman to pass by.

“Keruk?”

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‘This guy… is not your average B-class monster…!’

Lee Soo-hyuk felt a strong magical power coming from the lizardman and judged that this guy was a strong individual even among B-class.

‘If this goes on… even if I run away, there’s a high chance of getting hurt… damn it.’

If it were a normal B-class monster, you could somehow escape by using all your magical power, but it was a different story for a high-level monster. Elite mobs with physical abilities far superior to those of normal monsters would immediately catch up with you and tear your limbs apart as soon as you ran away.

Lee Soo-hyuk closed his eyes and prayed earnestly that he would not be caught.

Do you think such a prayer would have worked?

No, it didn’t work.

If the prayer had worked, there would be no reason for the Lizardman to be looking at him.

“Keerruruk!”

I made eye contact with the lizardman.

Lee Soo-hyuk thought that his life would end soon.

It’ll probably end up like that, whether it’s getting stabbed or bitten.

I’ll rebel as much as I can and die, but it’ll probably be pointless.

‘Still… I have to struggle until I die!’

Lee Soo-hyuk stared at the lizardman, revealing his fighting spirit.

and.

“Human? Are you human? Human?”

“…The monster speaks?”

“Is this your first time seeing a talking lizardman, Keruk?”

The lizardman spoke to Lee Soo-hyuk, erasing his hostility.

‘…an elite monster with intelligence?’

An elite monster that is far stronger than a normal individual.

Lee Soo-hyuk, who occasionally recalled that elite monsters at high gates possessed intelligence, thought that the monster in front of him was of that type.

‘Let’s be calm. If we do well… we can survive. From the way you’re talking… there’s room to resolve this through dialogue. It’s a positive situation.’

Originally, monsters had blind hostility toward humans and attacked them indiscriminately. However, the monster in front of us was different. It spoke human language and showed interest rather than hostility.

Lee Soo-hyuk thought that he could resolve the situation through dialogue.

“Noble Lizardman. My name is Lee Su-hyeok, a human.”

“Human Keruk. How polite Keruk!”

“thank you.”

“Originally… I was going to use it as food for the tribe, but… Keruk.”

The lizardman looked down at Lee Soo-hyuk and examined his face carefully.

“He has good manners. And he’s handsome. That’s why I won’t kill him, Keruk.”

“…thank you!”

Lee Soo-hyuk thought it was a good idea to bow politely to the Lizardman, and stood up to carefully walk away. At that moment, the Lizardman grabbed Lee Soo-hyuk’s shoulder and snickered.

“Killing a handsome human like you is a loss to the tribe. Keruk!”

“Loss of tribe… you mean?”

“That’s right, Keruk. Killing a handsome human is a loss for the tribe. I’ve decided. You, be my groom, Keruk. If I make you my groom, the lizardman I give birth to will also be a handsome lizardman. Keruk!”

“yes?”

Lee Soo-hyuk felt like he was going crazy because of the lizardman’s confession out of nowhere.

***

“…Keeruk! Kill the women and rape the men, keeruk! Human men are handsome, keeruk!”

“Shit, shit…!”

I ran like crazy, tearing the scroll imbued with the “Haste” enchantment.

A powerful magical force assisted my body, explosively increasing my speed. If it weren’t for this scroll, I would have been caught by those guys long ago.

‘Scroll, scroll where more…!’

I searched through my subspace pockets, frantically searching for scrolls related to speed.

If you get caught, you’re screwed.

This is really fucked up.

‘Lee Soo-hyuk, you son of a b*tch!’

I got caught up in this shitty situation because I was in the same place as that guy. I only realized where I was after I got here.

A B-class gate that appeared in the original work.

” Lizardman Habitat “

One of the characteristics of the Lizardmen is their s*x ratio.

There are a lot more women than men, and for some reason, there are a lot of crazy people who can’t use their legs if they’re human.

Moreover, in the case of this gate, it was a mutant gate made up of elite monsters that had intelligence and could speak human language.

If you get caught, you’re literally screwed.