MEMORIZE

Chapter 448 The Last Fortress ======================================================================

The morning has dawned.

"Hi! Good morning to you all!"

When the Clan members woke up, they all looked puzzled as they saw Yoojung greeting brightly and energetically. That's because his attitude changed 180 degrees in a day, a person who had been creating gloomy mood with a sullen face these days.

"Hey, Mr. Jaeyoon. You look really nice today."

"…Yes, yes? Go, thank you."

"Hehe. Then what about me? Do I look pretty today?"

"Oh, Yoo Jung is always beautiful. Hahaha."

Shin Jae-ryong told a lie. Then suddenly, he stared at Yoo-jung, who was smiling, and opened his mouth with a voice full of worries.

"Well, Yoo-jung? Are you feeling well? My eyes look hollow and redder than usual....”

"Huh? Oh, it's okay. It's because I couldn't sleep this morning.”

Yoo-jung waved her hands as if nothing had happened, but Shin Jae-ryong opened his eyes wide and shouted.

"What? You didn't sleep?”

"Yeah, I didn't sleep a wink.”

"No, why....”

"Oh, my. Then how can I sleep? I thought I was going to die of excitement."

"Yes…?"

"Now, put aside the little details, and take a look around. Look, the world is so beautiful!”

The well pointed to the gloomy forest once, and soon circled with open arms.

Shin Jae-ryong opened his mouth wide. I stood blankly with a very confused face, and quickly turned my head and stared at me. I quickly turned away. If you look at it, he's a bit quick-witted.

But I immediately regretted turning to the right.

In the place where the eyes were turned, Daeun and Hannah were looking at me tightly. And the moment we met eyes, we started tapping each other's arms.

"You did it."

"I did it."

"Wow! What do I do? What do I do?

"Woo! What do you mean, what do you mean? What should I do?"

'?'

For a moment, I couldn't say anything and blinked my eyes. Suddenly, however, his indistinct mind soared for no reason and he opened his mouth.

"Doo, what are you two so shy about?”

The two suddenly stopped moving. Then he put one hand on his mouth, grabbed the ladies' chatter, and nodded and said.

"Mugwort mugwort?"

"I'm a bean."

"Then it's perfect."

"Hu-hoo. Sirutteok. Sirutteok.”

'…….'

What, what?

I'm speechless because I'm speechless. I could see the vision of running away with my luggage packed in front of me.

They stopped talking again, maybe they saw my condition. And with a straight face, he began to whisper naturally.

"Oh, I suddenly want to eat rice cake because we're talking about rice cake. Right, Hannah?”

"Yes. Come to think of it, I want to eat rice cake, too."

When Da-eun comes up, Hannah adds a chu-sae. Daeun looked at me once and smiled and continued.

"Right? Then shall we eat rice cake when we get back?”

"Huh? How? There's no rice cake here.”

"If you don't have it, you can hit it and make it."

"Hit it and make it?”

"Of course~ You're supposed to pound rice cakes in mortar and hit them." When we go back, let's take turns hitting each other."

"Tteok...?"

Hannah seemed lost in thought for a moment. However, opening your eyes wide soon seems to have grasped the meaning of rice cake. Hannah clapped her hands to the point where there was an even sound and smiled kindly.

"Hu-hoo. Good. But I'll go first. I've been hungry lately, but I'll be full when I get back."

"Ah ha. I'll give you that much. Because I'm a patient woman. But be careful. If you eat it wrong, you'll be full all year long."

…I could tell now. The fact that they're not laughing. The end of the mouth was drawing a line, but the eyes were shining brightly. It was like looking at rice cake, or food.

"…Clan Load. I'm ready to go."

At that time, I heard a voice saving me next to me. As I looked to the side in a hurry, I saw Seon Yoo-woon, who was taking a step back from the other side. Why on earth are you backing down?

I took a deep breath calmly. And after calming my fluttering heart, I opened my mouth to the Clan members who surrounded me in all directions.

"Everyone back in place! I'll be right on my way."

"Yes, oppa. I'll be right there."

This voice is definitely the tone of a well. However, it was not a polite, pointed voice, but a refreshing and shy tone, like a girl in love.

I felt that the eyes around me were getting more intense and mumbling. I quietly wrapped my face around.

Stop it. Please.

There was a minor happening this morning, but we...No, I was able to start safely.

What I suddenly felt during the march was that the atmosphere surrounding the clan members was very different from yesterday.

It was a very nervous start from the beginning, which was a wrong start. In addition, the battles that had been fought in succession with the gloomy mountains, and through the land of hatred almost exploded (although it did explode a little bit), all of which died out overnight.

No more dark or irritating faces are visible. Each one of them has a happy and warm smile.Damn it, let's stop. Anyway, it was very stable compared to yesterday.

Climbing to the top of the hill, I calmly looked around. Nearby, there was a terrain that was slightly different from the mountainous areas that had passed so far, which was not very unfamiliar. The distinctive dark scenery and thick bushes remained, but the ground was steeply tilted. There are more than a dozen hills in sight. In short, it was a hilly terrain with hills and hills.

Finish the hill, and climb another hill that appears again.

'We're almost there.'

Looking back on the memory of the first episode, I sensed that I was almost at the site of the remains. At that time, I remember crossing these hills and finding the remains only after climbing the last hill.

"How's Hangyeol doing?"

"It's okay. I think I'm overdoing it, but I'm a little brighter today."But…."

"But?"

"The first thing I say this morning is, it's not a dream, is it? That's what he said. I don't think I've completely lost my memory of that time."

Shin Jae-ryong clapped his tongue with a pitiful face.

By the way, it's not a dream.

As Shin Jae-ryong said, Hang-yul's face looked bright, but it does not mean complete treatment. The shock won't go away easily, as the body was driven to the brink of being taken away by the deceased. As such, after returning to the Clan House, you will have to go into mental stability and high levels of mental treatment.

As I was walking up the hill talking so much, I felt a sign of coming next to me through the thick fog. At first glance, I could see Heo Jun-young with a dull face.

"Kim Soo-hyun. I have something to say."

When Shin Jae-ryong said he had something to say, he alternated between me and Heo Jun-young. Then, a moment later, he bowed his head and bit his foot. He seemed to have stepped down on his own to avoid his position and return to his original position.

Soon after the two of them were left in the lead, I looked gently at Heo Jun-young. I meant to tell you to go ahead. Huh Joon-young coughed in vain once or twice and opened his mouth in a low voice.

"I'm sorry."

"…Huh?"

Literally, it was a random apology. Heo Joon-young continued quietly when he looked at him wondering what he was apologizing for.

"I had a little misunderstanding of you. Because of what happened three days ago...I didn't show it on the outside, but it kept bothering me.”

"Oh."

If it was three days ago, it would be about the incident that was treated recklessly to Yoo-jung.

The reason why I think Heo Jun-young is okay as a human being is because I know that he doesn't lie right away. Whether you say it immediately or at a later opportunity, you say it without hesitation if you think it's not you.

I shrugged to say that I was fine. Huh Joon-young was still looking at me and shook his head.

"Users would understand, but as Clan Lord, I was a little disappointed. But today I realized I was wrong."

"Well, you don't have to apologize. Because that's my fault. It was an undeniable mistake.”

"Come to think of it, aren't you a man before you're a user or Clan Lord? I was overlooking that point."

"…what does that mean?"

As the words that keep catching the clouds continue, Heo Joon-young can't figure out what he wants to say. Heo Joon-young turned her head halfway and looked sideways.

When I looked away because I thought it meant to be seen once, I could see Han-byul with a gloomy face for some reason.

At the same time, Yoo-jung turned her head in surprise. Maybe he was looking back and was surprised when I looked back.

'…….'

And the actions of the well were very cute. Take a glance at me, then avoid my gaze. He glances again, then avoids the eye contact again. And now he's so good at radish, and he's smiling while looking at the mountain alone.

And I could finally figure out Huh Joon-young's intentions. As I slowly turned my eyes, the tail of my mouth, which was slightly raised, caught my eyes first. I let out a long sigh.

"I have no idea what you want me to look at."

"Is that so? I see pink air flowing enough to fill the air."

"…Hey."

"I never thought I'd get a woman's heart so...I'm kidding. I want to try it. Stop looking at me like that."

Looking at him, Heo Joon-young quietly smiled and denied. For a moment, I wanted to ask you again if you were a person who knew how to joke, but I just shook my head instead.

"Do it moderately, do it moderately. I'm starting to get annoyed.”

"Hmm. Sorry. Anyway, there was actually something else I really wanted to ask."

"…If you talk nonsense again this time, I won't let you go.”

"Well, I have a question about Ahn Hyun and the destination we are going to."

Most of the hills had already been over.

I opened my eyes right away. Anhyun and destination. Come to think of it, I just explained it briefly, but I haven't explained the details of our path now. Perhaps some now know that they are just vaguely rescuing.

As I nodded to him to say something, Heo Jun-young looked up and looked up at the steep hill that is going up now.

"Do you think Anhyun will be alive?"

"That's why you're in this mountain range. Of course I'm not sure."

"Let's change the question. Do you really think Anhyun is in the ruins we're looking for?"

"Maybe. I think it's the most likely.”

"Possibility."

"Yes. Possibility."

Heo Joon-young looked back at me with a look of asking for further explanation.

I opened my mouth calmly.

"It's been months since the dragon's sleeping mountain range was known. And it's left users with a lot of questions, and it's still out of the question."

"That's true."

"Then one of the biggest questions right now is the disappearance of users. If he died on an expedition, he would have to see the body somewhere, but nothing was left behind. So, there are two hypotheses that came out. Either the users were absorbed in the net or dragged somewhere.”

"I think the former is right. Don't you think so just by looking at the situation of Baek Hangyeol?"

It made sense at first glance, but I shook my head firmly.

"Different. Definitely different. Although Hangyeol's case is certainly unique, it proves that the former hypothesis is wrong. Hangyul was clearly becoming a man, but he almost lost his body, not absorption. In that sense, the body should remain, even though the soul is a dead man. But it's not, is it?”

"Well, it's pretty complicated. So you think the latter hypothesis is most likely?”

"Yeah, that's exactly the best way and the only way left is to say it. I can't wander all these mountains to find Anhyeon."

"Well, the main purpose is to rescue Anhyun, but we can also explore the remains. But for us, a miracle is....”

"Also, we need to solve additional requests. And if you find it, you have to keep it in mind. …and you can think of the ruins as the most part that can solve all of these problems right now."

"Are you saying that the remains act as an intersection? Anyway, I think I know what you mean. Then…."

Heo Jun-young paused for a moment. Then he glanced at me and continued in a slightly cautious tone.

"This is a question before I changed it.How do you see the possibility of Ahn Hyun's life or death?"

"…I answered earlier."

I didn't answer clearly on purpose as I did earlier. Heo Joon-young was not particularly urging whether he was willing to pry further.

"Well, first of all, as you say, it's the most urgent thing to find the remains.”

It was then.

Whine.

Once, a cool wind blew. And Heo Joon-young's purple hair flashed lightly in the wind. Then it was scattered in the air, and it was gently shaken back to its original place.

I suddenly felt a strange sense of deja vu. It's kind of a deja vu phenomenon. Heo Joon-young would have never been here before, but her hair that had been flying a while ago overlapped with someone's appearance.

At the same time I felt my feet suddenly flattened. As soon as I looked down, I realized that I had climbed all the hills and reached the top.

I'm used to it somehow. The sense of guise still enveloped me.

I stared calmly down the hill. The place where my eyes met was a flat land surrounded by a mountain high above sea level.

But it's hard to see. The basin, covered in hazy fog, was filled with only gloomy and dreary energy, holding my feet looking down.

"Clan Lord?"

At the sound of calling me behind my back, I quickly moved and the Clan members made room for me.

And now I can tell.

The place I'm standing now is where Han So-young was looking down at the ruins.

"Clan Lord, why did you stop walking all of a sudden?”

A series of questions raised my index finger and pointed down the hill.

A little later.

Whirring.

A re-blown wind scattered fog, revealing a vast, but seemingly fortified defense facility.

"That's…."

Okay.

We finally arrived at the "last fortress" of the dragon's fallen mountain range.

============================ Review of the work ============================

We've finally arrived at the ruins. Please don't expect too much about dragons. He's such a poor kid. Crying. You know. There's always something going on here, but...What?! Hehe. I can't wait to write down the next episode. :D

1. Name : Han So-young (7th year)

2. Class: Secret, Maestro of BattleField Master

3. Country: Barbara

4. Clan: Clan Rank: AA - Double A

5. True name • Nationality: Queen of Blood and Iron • Republic of Korea

6. Gender (Sex): Women (30)

7. Height • Weight: 174.8 cm • 55.8 kg

8. Tendency: Belief • Blood and Iron

[Muscle 80 (+2)] [Integral 85] [Fine 94 (+2)] [Stamina 87] [Magic 98 (+2)] [Lucky 90 (+2)]

1. Charisma (Rank: A Plus)

1. Cocked Pistol: Queen's Army (Rank: S Plus)

1. Rank: EX