OMH Chapter 75

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I firmly grabbed Kwak Taewon with one arm as he fell, clinging to the wall. Thanks to the rope, it wasn’t difficult to hang on.

I managed to prevent Kwak Taewon from falling to his death, but the situation wasn’t good.

The monster was still headbutting us, and if it had a little more leeway, it would have swung its tail to attack.

Until now, Kwak Taewon’s ability had prevented the tail from swinging, but it didn’t seem like we could use that method again.

“Keuh-”

Kwak Taewon groaned.

Whether it was a rib fracture from when I grabbed him, he kept touching his ribcage and gasping for breath.

Still, a rib fracture is better than falling to his death, so Kwak Taewon wouldn’t resent me.

But it would be a big problem if Kwak Taewon didn’t know the timing to use his ability because of the fracture.

Among the three people here now, Kwak Taewon is the only one with the ability to scare the giant centipede from swinging its tail.

I’m more of a fight-to-the-death style rather than scaring, so it’s not suitable for the current situation.

‘Rather than helplessly enduring like this, wouldn’t it be better to hang Kwak Taewon on my rope and jump at the monster myself? It would be difficult to guarantee the safety of the two, but I could handle the monster.’

As the situation was unfavorable, only extreme thoughts swirled in my head.

Just in time, the monster was seen raising its huge tail.

I untied the rope from my waist and hung it on Kwak Taewon.

Then, I firmly planted my feet on the wall and put strength into my legs. I was planning to use my ability as a driving force to ram into the monster in one fell swoop.

It was the moment I was about to take off.

Bang-

A faint gunshot was heard from far away.

I immediately raised my head and looked for the source of the sound.

Under the vast sky filled with gray rain clouds, only the figure of the giant monster was visible.

‘Our team hardly has any snipers, did I hear a hallucination?’

I readjusted my posture and jumped towards the monster.

*

Looking through the scope, Cha Woojin clicked his tongue.

He tried to hit the very center of the monster’s head, but it moved, and he ended up hitting an antenna.

As expected of the special bullet made by the Association, the huge antenna with a hole in it soon lost its strength and broke off.

The monster’s appearance was close to a centipede, so the monster also had antennae covered with the centipede’s unique skin.

Since the bullet had cut off the antenna, its power was sufficiently proven.

The monster’s hard skin could be destroyed.

As with most living things, if you shoot the monster in the head, it will no longer move.

Cha Woojin took a deep breath and calmed his mind.

People around him were making a fuss, praising his shooting skills, but he couldn’t hear a single word of what they were saying.

Cha Woojin’s nerves were entirely focused on the other side of the scope.

Observing the monster’s movements, Cha Woojin drew a pattern of the monster’s movements in his head.

As expected, the very center of the monster’s head would soon come into the scope.

All he had to do was not miss the gap.

And soon, the monster moved as he expected.

Cha Woojin pulled the trigger, but immediately regretted it.

As soon as he pulled the trigger, something suddenly appeared in the scope.

It was soft, brown curly hair.

Cha Woojin turned pale when he recognized it was Gang Hana.

“Hana ssi!”

He couldn’t bring himself to look at the gruesome scene through the scope and fell backward.

People who had been watching came over and helped him up.

“Are you okay, future team leader?”

“I understand you’re surprised, but don’t worry too much. Gang Hana Esper was wearing it.”

“That’s right. Look at the situation. She’s safe.”

Cha Woojin managed to stand up with the help of the people.

And at the urging of the people, he turned his gaze to the relay screen.

In the screen were Gang Hana lying on the ground and the monster’s body.

“Hana ssi…”

Cha Woojin barely moved towards the screen as if crawling.

It was to see Gang Hana’s figure, which was captured small by the drone camera, in detail.

But the figure was too small to know how badly she was hurt.

It was a great relief that Gang Hana wasn’t cut off like the monster’s antenna, but she couldn’t possibly be safe after being hit by such a powerful gun.

Cha Woojin pleaded with the technical team member with a desperate heart.

“Can’t you take a closer picture with the camera?”

He desperately wanted to know what condition Gang Hana was in. When the technical team member didn’t answer, Cha Woojin pleaded with him again.

“Please, please, I beg you.”

The technical team member, who looked very embarrassed, cleared his throat and said.

“Ahem! We don’t usually do close-up shots because we’re worried about the drone being damaged. But I’m doing this especially because the future team leader asked, okay? I don’t usually take these kinds of requests.”

He manipulated the drone to film the situation more closely.

Thanks to that, Cha Woojin could see Gang Hana’s condition in detail.

Some parts of her clothes were torn, but seeing that there were no places stained with blood, it didn’t seem like she was seriously injured.

Cha Woojin asked the technical team member for a little more and even checked Gang Hana’s face.

Although she was unconscious and covered in dirt, she didn’t seem to have any injuries.

Seeing her long eyelashes and the face of an angel with cute features, he felt relieved.

If they just handle the monster, she will surely reunite with him in a healthy state.

Cha Woojin calmed his mind and aimed at the monster again.

*

Something powerful definitely struck my left cheek.

It really hurt, but I don’t know what it was because I wasn’t injured thanks to the Adamantine Body/Invulnerable Physique ability.

Because of that, I even headbutted the monster’s hard head, but that unknown thing hurt more than the headbutt with the monster.

I still feel phantom pain, so I rubbed my cheek for no reason, even though there were no scratches.

I guess the gunshot I heard earlier wasn’t a hallucination.

No one on our team has the shooting skills to be a sniper, so they must have been playing around testing new weapons and shot me too. I won’t stand still either.

‘Anyway, I’m working now, so it’s better to finish what I was doing and then argue about it.’

I’m glad I came to my senses before the monster. It’s a golden opportunity to cut off its breath without a fight.

I moved to the monster’s head.

After all, breaking the head is the most sure thing.

I haven’t hit the skin yet, but I’ve broken fangs before, so if I put in force similar to that, it will definitely break.

Arriving at the monster’s head, I climbed onto it to easily break the head.

But something was strange.

How should I put it, the monster had no vitality.

It’s strange that the monster lost its vitality just by losing a few teeth and eyeballs.

And moving to the top of the monster’s head, I soon found out the reason.

There was a fist-sized penetrating wound in the monster’s head.

*

It was very disappointing that I couldn’t cut off the monster’s breath directly, but the mission was over anyway.

I went back to save the team members hanging in the abandoned building.

The sun was setting beyond the sky full of dark clouds, and it was getting darker.

But I thought I could hear Woojin’s voice in the distance.

No, I definitely heard it.

“Hana ssi!”

I turned my head towards the sound.

Woojin was running towards me, calling my name.

Woojin was approaching me, pushing through the crumbling cement blocks.

Finally, Woojin, who had climbed up to the high ground where I was standing, looked at me straight ahead.

The dark clouds shattered behind Woojin, revealing the orange sky where the sun was setting.

Woojin, whose appearance didn’t fall short of that beautiful background at all, was smiling and coming towards me.

Woojin’s expression was definitely one of relief and joy, but somehow tears welled up in his eyes.

Wouldn’t that be the image of a great angel who has overcome trials in mythology?

The dark cloudy sky turned dark blue as it moved away from the sun, and the sun, still with lingering attachment, created a golden horizon, emphasizing Woojin.

Woojin, in the shape of a shining hero of the dark world, was gradually approaching me.

But the sun was setting, and as Woojin approached me, the world grew darker, making it difficult to see his face.

Still, Woojin is in front of me.

I hugged Woojin’s waist as he got closer.

Woojin also hugged me back.

We stood there for a long time, feeling each other’s warmth.

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