From Today, I'm a Player

Chapter 250. A Horrifying Battle Pt. 10

“Cough!”

With a heart-wrenching scream, Fenrir constantly vomited blood.

“Cough! Cough, cough!!”

The blood never ended, and it was so thick that it completely soaked him. Pieces of shattered organs began to emerge, mixed into the blood being vomited.

“Cough!!!”

He writhed in pain as Ungnyeo and Won-Hwa urgently began to treat him.

“Fenrir!”

“Fenrir!”

His condition was very serious. Fortunately, the blow had missed his head, but it had left a massive hole in his stomach. Although his body seemed to try to knit itself together and regenerate, it was only easy to say, not do.

“Hold it together!”

“Fenrir!”

The two of the group that had healing abilities poured all of their strength and skills into him as a huge amount of mana flowed out like an ebb. Ungnyeo’s complexion rapidly deteriorated. However, the two still couldn’t stop.

Thwip! Thwip! Thwip!

Won-Hwa quickly inserted silver needles into Fenrir.

“Cough… Cough, cough…”

Fortunately, as if it had been effective, the amount of blood that Fenrir was vomiting decreased slightly. Ungnyeo poured out her mana without stopping as a blue light lingered over him.

Gradually, their attempts were starting to work. Fenrir's wounds were healing, albeit little by little. It was a miracle. Not only had he survived Odin’s final blow, but he was also even healing.

"What a relief! What a—!” Jeong In-Chang shouted, wiping away the tears streaming down his cheeks.

It was dizzying to even think about what had just happened. The power that had gathered at the tip of Odin’s spear—when it had been shot at Fenrir, Jeong In-Chang had thought that everything would end.

It wasn’t just Fenrir and the others. That power had made it seem like the world itself would have been destroyed.

“Did…I…finish it…?”

“You did it!”

“You won!”

However, Fenrir had done it. Not only did he block Odin's attack, but he had also defeated the monster. Jeong In-Chang didn’t know what had happened, as the golden light had shone so brilliantly that it blinded all of them.

When the fear that had wracked them all faded, Odin had disappeared. Although his wounds hadn’t yet fully recovered, Fenrir stood up.

“Fenrir! What are you doing!"

“Gleipnir… Gleipni… Cough, cough!”

Fenrir vomited blood, calling out Gleipnir's name again and again.

“...”

However, nothing or no one answered. When the attack was over, Odin had fallen, but Gleipnir was nowhere to be seen.

“Oh…”

Fenrir bit his lip as if he realized something, causing thick, soaking blood to leak out. Still, he continued to move.

“Fenrir!”

Despite his companions’ protests, he continued. Because of his stony expression, none of them could bring themselves to stop him.

Shing!

All they could do was help, Ungnyeo using every last bit of her power to heal him as Won-Hwa constantly pumped his silver needles with mana.[1]

“We’ll…help you.”

Heracles and the others, who seemed to have come to their senses, began to channel their mana towards Fenrir. Although it itself may not have had any healing abilities, the needles pierced throughout Fenrir converted the mana into a form of recovery on their own.

He moved as he received treatment, and the others followed. Finally, he stopped somewhere, looking at a piece of metal that seemed to have deteriorated into black charcoal.

“Gleipnir…he…saved me…”

Fenrir picked up something that seemed like a piece of a broken or charred weapon.

“Sangun… Gleipnir…”

He turned over to his companions, soaked in his own blood. Fenrir was smiling, but his eyes told a different story.

‘It’s the first time I’ve ever seen Fenrir look like that.’

He looked so sad. Fenrir held onto the piece of metal tightly.

“They’re all here. Odin… Gleipnir… Even Sangun…”

Against the final attack that had been launched by Odin, Gleipnir and Sangun sacrificed their lives to save Fenrir. Odin had been swallowed by the space that Fenrir had prepared with Gleipnir and Sangun.

“In Andlangr… Sangun and Gleipnir will dream happy dreams…”

They had gone to the new Andlangr created by Fenrir, which was a new dimension.

“While Odin will experience endless hell.”

Sssss.

Thud!

The piece of metal that Fenrir was holding with all his might turned to powder and flew away. At the same time, he collapsed in place as if he had crumbled.

“Fenrir!”

***

“…”

Lee Jun-Kyeong was silent.

‘You, right here… Me, right here…’

Heimdall had said that their arrival here had already been planned.

“From the beginning…”

He was saying that it was all planned from the very beginning.

“Hyung…” Lee Jun-Kyeong said, looking straight at Heimdall. “You remember, right?”

“...”

“You had been the owner of a convenience store, Hyung. The memories of the timeline we have lived in. You remember it, right?”

Heimdall stood silent again in response.

“Agh!!”

At that moment, Lee Jun-Kyeong fell to his knees, screaming from the pain that was tearing through his chest.

Boom!

At the same time, Zeus flew like an arrow, landing in front of Lee Jun-Kyeong. However, there wasn’t any flow of mana as Heimdall wasn’t the one who had attacked.

“Lee Jun-Kyeong!” Zeus called out.

“Cough, cough!”

Nevertheless, Lee Jun-Kyeong could only scream from the pain that threatened to tear its way out of his heart. Heimdall looked at his face with a pitiful expression as if he knew why Lee Jun-Kyeong was suffering so much.

Slowly, ever so slowly…

Shing.

Heimdall drew his sword. Lee Jun-Kyeong looked at the brilliant rainbow sword through his spinning vision.

“Fenrir…”

The pain he felt so suddenly was from Fenrir. It was clear that something had happened to his familiar. However, that didn’t mean he could collapse right now.

Heimdall, Seong-Gu Hyung, whom he had relied so much on, had just declared that they were enemies. That was why Lee Jun-Kyeong tried to raise himself on one knee.

“Ugh!”

However, the pain he felt in his heart didn't seem to go away. Zeus supported Lee Jun-Kyeong while Heimdall didn’t move his sword.

“Go,” Heimdall said.

Zeus looked at him but was unable to say anything.

“Damn it. If you’re going to make that kind of expression, why the hell are you doing this?”

Heimdall’s expression as he looked at himself and Lee Jun-Kyeong, that expression—it seemed so sad.

“It’s something that can’t be helped. I have no choice but to swallow it.”

“…”

“We’ve reached the end. You can’t come all this way and change the plans now.”

“The plan?” Zeus asked, glaring at him.

“You and the Underdog pass by. This is my last role.” Heimdall's solemn voice resonated throughout the hall as Lee Jun-Kyeong’s condition grew worse. He shook all over as his face turned blue as the pain was so intense it was palpable.

“However, only the Underdog can pass.”

Heimdall had called Lee Jun-Kyeong the Underdog. It felt like a line had been crossed, unable to be taken back.

“The rest of you must stay here.”

“Ha.” Arthur snorted. “How arrogant.”

“You’re very arrogant,” Horus and Arthur then said at the same time.

Heimdall was clearly strong. Even within Asgard, the secret organization behind Korea, he had been a famous and powerful person. It was to the point where Odin and Heimdall had both been seen as targets to keep in check.

However, things were different now. Although Heimdall also seemed as though he had grown and had a majestic mana, that was all there was to it.

“Are you saying you’re going to take all of us on?” Arthur said as if he was dumbfounded.

Everyone here was gathered to deal with the Demon King. As such, they were the ones with the highest positions and the greatest powers. To think Heimdall alone had stood forward to stop them.

“Move if you don’t want to die.”

“I do not wish to kill my dear brother’s precious person.”

Arthur and Horus scoffed as they took their positions, their eyes never straying from Lee Jun-Kyeong. They were worried as he had suddenly collapsed from immense pain.

“...”

Unlike them, Athena was standing still, stiff as a board, as Merlin was looking at Heimdall with clear eyes.

“You’re serious.”

Thud.

From Merlin’s single sentence, Arthur and Horus stopped moving. They knew it, too. However, their desire to pass by him to check on Lee Jun-Kyeong, who was precious to them, was also sincere.

“Ha.”

“Put that away.”

However, before they knew it, the aura of mana hung over their necks.

“I should have told you already, though,” Heimdall said.

He truly had meant it.

“Only Zeus and the Underdog are allowed to pass through here.”

The blade-like aura he emitted attacked everyone.

Shing!

His rainbow-colored sword rang clearly, and at the same time, a cutting sound emerged.

Squelch.

***

“Cough!”

Eventually, Lee Jun-Kyeong began to vomit red blood. Although he wasn’t hurt anywhere, he was coughing up blood from the shock.

“Lee Jun-Kyeong!”

Zeus, who had lifted him up, called out to him again. However, Lee Jun-Kyeong wasn’t able to give a proper answer, only able to gasp for air. He couldn’t even come to his senses. Lee Jun-Kyeong lay limp like a corpse thrown over Zeus’ back.

Thud, thud.

“Cough!”

The sound of footsteps rang out as Lee Jun-Kyeong vomited blood once again. Zeus finally stopped and laid him on the ground.

“Damn it.”

At the same time, he extended his hand toward the Hunter. Zeus closed his eyes and unleashed his mana as a blue electric current crackled and raced over Lee Jun-Kyeong. Lee Jun-Kyeong shook in pain before relaxing.

“Gasp… Gasp…”

He seemed to have calmed down a bit and began to breathe evenly. Zeus had forcibly paralyzed his sense of pain.

Unfortunately, Zeus might have caused some damage to him, but this was the best he could do because he couldn’t find the source of the pain.

There was no time. After all, this was enemy territory. They had no idea when the Demon King would attack them. If Lee Jun-Kyeong stayed in this state, then he would die the moment he encountered him.

Lee Jun-Kyeong finally began to come to his senses.

“Damn it.”

Zeus suddenly turned his gaze away from Lee Jun-Kyeong.

Sparkle!

Where he looked, a brilliant rainbow decorated the air.

BOOM!

Behind it followed an incredible explosion.

Just like he had said, Heimdall really planned on dealing with everyone at once. It was clear that he was crazy. However, what was even more worrying was Athena.

“Athena… Damn it!”

The expression on her face as she watched Zeus and Lee Jun-Kyeong leave was distinct. It was an expression that seemed to affirm a conviction as if she had decided to do something.

‘Are you planning on dying?’

It was the look that appeared in the eyes of a warrior prepared for death, who was unwilling to back down.

“Just what the hell is that supposed to be?”

It was a strange look.

1. Literally, with the power she used to suckle a teat. A Korean belief, where the strongest someone would ever exert themself is when they breastfeed as a newborn for the first time. ☜