This World is too Cruel to Men – Chapter 647

“About the location of the Expedition Team.”

The moment I heard those words, one thought popped into my head.

How?

It wasn’t that I didn’t trust my Senior; rather, I was simply puzzled.

And understandably so, since I couldn’t fathom how she found out the location of the Expedition Team.

Could it perhaps be related to that grotesquely shaped mass I had been touching for a while?

That must be it.

After we fell here, the only thing my Senior did was heal my right arm and nothing else.

The problem was that even though I knew that fact, I had no clue as to what method she had used.

“So, uh, how did you find out?”

I asked her, struggling to hide my dazed expression.

If I didn’t understand, wouldn’t it be better to ask someone who might know instead of mumbling to myself?

So, I did ask, but the answer I received was somewhat ambiguous.

“I could hear a sound. Or, in this case, it would be more accurate to call it a vibration?”

The moment I heard that, I gave up on understanding.

It seemed related to her Talent, but knowing that wouldn’t make any explanation comprehensible.

“Are you sure?”

“…Maybe.”

Since she hadn’t seen the actual scene, she couldn’t say for certain.

However, she believed the probability was quite high.

Her expression as she explained to me didn’t look very good.

It was as if something was bothering her.

As I stiffened my own expression in response, it was no surprise that negative words slipped from her lips.

“However…”

“However?”

“It seems like there’s a battle going on over there.”

There might be combat happening.

At her words, my previously stiffened face felt even more pressure as if it was solidifying further.

That sensation was so palpable, it almost felt like I could hold it in my hands, but I couldn’t take any action.

The moment I heard her words, something I hadn’t realized had shaken me.

“You don’t know the exact situation, do you?”

“…No, sorry.”

“It’s fine.”

Was she feeling uneasy about not delivering proper information?

Even though my Senior extended her apologies with a dark expression, she had no reason to say sorry to me.

I didn’t know what she was thinking, but that’s how I felt.

After all, just finding out the location of the Expedition Team was already enough for her to play her part.

“Then let’s hurry.”

“Yeah.”

“Um, is the location of the Expedition Team far from here?”

“I got the information through this as well, so I’m a bit unclear on the distance, but it seems like it’ll take quite a walk.”

“You know exactly which direction, right?”

“Yeah, I’ve checked it multiple times.”

Then, the key would be how we escape from this pit…

As that thought crossed my mind, I instinctively lifted my head and looked up.

What I saw was the sky, which had felt sufficiently far away even before falling, now looking even more distant.

The moment that sight registered in my eyes, I couldn’t help but reflexively click my tongue.

From my standpoint, it seemed like we had fallen quite deeply.

With that thought in mind, there was also a strangely fascinating feeling.

I mean… I fell from up there to down here, and aside from a slight injury on my right arm, my body seemed intact. That felt oddly amazing.

That was likely because the walls surrounding us were all made of flesh rather than stone or dirt.

If that weren’t the case, it wouldn’t have ended with just a little stinging.

At the very least, one of my bones would’ve broken, and if I had been unlucky, I might not have woken up again after colliding with the ground.

Was it because I realized that fact anew?

An icy, chilling sensation ran down my spine, but instead of succumbing to it, I chose to avert my gaze.

What was really important now was to find a way to escape, not shudder at things that hadn’t even happened yet.

I wasn’t sure if it was because I was looking up from below, but I turned my eyes away from the ‘above,’ which felt more overwhelming than its original height, and began scanning the surroundings.

Setting aside any grotesque feelings for the moment, I deliberately examined the scenery around me, but sadly, no visible path that could lead us out of this pit caught my eye.

So there I was, considering whether to use the debris that had fallen with us to break a path when my Senior, who had been naively thinking of climbing up, chose to take a step forward instead of fixating on that.

“Let’s punch through.”

“Huh?”

At first, I doubted my ears.

Which made sense, as I wasn’t sure if I had heard her correctly.

I realized it wasn’t a mistake thanks to her actions that followed her words.

Skillfully avoiding the flesh scattered all over the walls, she reached her hand toward a wall bulging with grotesque veins.

“Hah!”

A tiny yet sharp shout burst from my Senior’s lips.

Craaaash! The intense sound of impact hit the wall right afterward.

Around us, the round masses of flesh that had been watching us began to writhe violently.

Moments later, the wall she had touched, which was straightened like a drawn bowstring, started to crumble as if collapsing apart.

The sight of something that had been standing firmly start to fall silently was enough to send chills down viewers’ spines.

What felt somewhat remarkable amidst it all was that, contrary to my expectations of blood gushing out, a transparent and sticky liquid oozed from the fallen mass instead.

It looked as if human flesh had literally been disassembled and moved there, while inside flowed a transparent, sticky liquid reminiscent of tree sap.

Could it possibly be that this mass was part of the tree located at the center of Heogye?

And therefore, instead of blood, it contained sap?

That thought crossed my mind momentarily amid the scene that was so different from anything I had expected, but for now, I decided to focus on the fact that the path had been cleared.

“Are you alright?”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“I was just thinking you might be overdoing it.”

“If I was, then Dogun, you could help me, right?”

With that, my Senior smiled brightly as if there was no need to worry and extended her hand toward me.

As I grabbed her outstretched hand, I felt her body quiver, and she quickly turned her blushing face away from me, directing her gaze back to the wall.

Thus, my Senior, facing the wall before her, began breaking it down without hesitation, charging forward.

Just like a bulldozer.

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【Yoonseo’s Perspective】

Just as Dogun, with the help of Baeksulhwa, succeeded in tracking down the location of the Expedition Team and began to advance towards it, a heated battle was intensifying between the Expedition Team and Another.

Among those participating in the battle, the one drawing the most attention was none other than Miss Almighty and her opponent, the ‘Girl.’

Having discarded her originally delicate form, the Girl’s arms expanded dramatically in an instant.

With a mass potent enough to effortlessly sweep away a person, she unleashed overwhelming violence toward Miss Almighty.

The speed was unparalleled, defying her size.

As everyone held their breath, there stood one unbothered individual, and that was none other than Miss Almighty, who was the target of the Girl.

Even as a truck-sized entity rushed up right to her, she didn’t bat an eye.

Instead of flinching, she was simply smiling leisurely.

In the moment that the enormous mass headed straight for her, it was erased from the world, no, from reality itself.

As if it had never existed, the Girl’s left arm vanished.

In a situation where an ordinary human would be screaming in terror, the Girl remained silent.

She was not a person, but rather a ‘Monster’ donning the guise of one for mere necessity.

Perhaps that’s why.

No scream emerged.

Instead, attacks began to pour down, as if to say that resistance had been expected.