I Became the Childhood Friend of a D*ug Dealer

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I’m not in my right mind.

But I still believe I’m human.

Unless you’re thinking about completely depriving the rights of those patients who aren’t in their right mind.

Isn’t it a bit excessive to treat them worse than stray dogs?

Dogs.

A dog would be better.

Didn’t you raise a dog when you were young?

Is there anyone who would take care of Seo-Ah?

Ah, right. It was a dog without a leash.

But it was wearing a collar of some sort.

I remember trying to raise it but failing.

I think it’s something similar.

If you ask whether a dog can handle explosives, the answer is yes.

It explodes.

The whole building flies away.

The tuna can on top just crashes down.

[37%]

There was no significant counterattack.

Chun Yu-Hwa is using a skill to protect Han Si-Hoo.

Boom.

It fell.

Thanks to enhanced physical abilities, I don’t get hurt.

I wrap my body tightly with magical power.

I’ve had the experience of being pierced by a sword after releasing this.

The defensive barrier must always be up.

Explosions follow a similar principle.

It’s not an attack-type spike; rather, let’s say it’s creating a sphere.

If I keep increasing the size of the ball made of magical power without restraint, the surroundings will burst.

Seeing specialized vehicles coming to catch me made me think.

Maybe I’m pretty strong.

It’s like a boss raid.

If that’s the case, then shouldn’t I at least be considered a mid-boss?

If so, I should be able to perform attacks that a boss mob would do.

I should be allowed to do at least that much.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t be fair.

Dogs.

Wolves.

No, it doesn’t matter what it is.

I feel like I’ve become a similar sort of monster.

A creature that resembles a human in shape.

I tie up the dog so it can’t escape.

I drive in stakes and attach a leash.

A hammer?

That looks good.

“What about a giant hammer?”

I create a weapon, but make it really big.

No matter how big it is, the weight won’t be felt.

Let’s make the hammer.

The head of the hammer grew as big as a building, but the handle remained relatively slender.

F = M * A

Force is mass times acceleration.

Here, mass has been replaced with magical power.

This world is hard to understand.

It’s a world from a novel, after all.

All the physical laws are twisted.

I bring down the hammer.

KABOOM!

Bang, bang, bang…

I crush the ruins of the collapsed building even more.

Debris flies out.

Chun Yu-Hwa is nowhere to be seen.

Ah, there she is.

Has she widened the distance?

It seems she can’t attack me carelessly.

“I won’t fall for the same trick as last time.”

Lena should be nearby.

That means someone can show up from behind at any moment.

If I release the barrier, I might get pierced right away.

Pierced, pierced, pierced.

It was hard to withstand the smell of blood.

[57%]

I had been stabbed by a sword.

Yes.

There’s no other weapon that’s as effective.

“This time, it’s a really big sword.”

I create a giant sword instead of a hammer.

The sword blade is excessively large compared to the size of the handle.

I swing it like that.

KWA-BOOM!

Ignoring air resistance.

I tear apart the very fabric of space.

“… It doesn’t make sense that something like this can happen.”

The area where the gigantic sword passed remains in ruins.

All the structures that existed turn to dust.

It’s more like a huge black rectangular prism than a sword.

And I swing it again.

It’s not a level of attack that can be dealt with by a bit of ice.

Chun Yu-Hwa probably knew that and fled far away.

Maybe she has a movement skill or something.

KA-WHAM!

A shockwave erupts.

[68%]

“My head. Feels. Weird.”

Is it because the shockwave is so intense?

No.

It seems the effects are wearing off.

The effects are indeed diminishing.

This peculiar discomfort.

“How much time, how much is left?”

Well, I can’t use my power indefinitely.

The effects I’ve built up must have been for a thousand hours or so, so this makes sense.

I’m not feeling very good.

Is there any emergency medicine in my pocket?

No.

“Time?”

[68%]

Give me the timer.

I don’t know why my Status Window is so limited in functionality.

Suddenly, the ringing in my ears is getting worse.

The discomfort is creeping up my body.

I need to resolve this quickly.

I slam down again.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.

I’m not even sure if I’m truly swinging this my will.

What was the reason for swinging the sword?

To become a normal person.

Since it seems that the more I swing around, the higher the percentage goes.

[74%]

Starlight twinkles.

And it grows bigger.

Beams of light shot from across the horizon are converging towards me.

Not shooting stars, just missiles or magic.

The only person who would get hit by such weapons is me.

That’s why they kept their distance.

To make sure they wouldn’t get hit alongside me.

“… What did I do wrong…”

THUD!

I raised my magical shield.

It’s more like a dome than a shield.

That’s why modern weapons aren’t really used.

After spending a lot of money on a weapon, it can easily be blocked by something like me.

Bang.

Based on this point in time, I think my eardrums have completely gone.

I can feel the shockwave, but I can’t hear anything.

If a normal person got hit, no, even if a tank got hit, they would probably evaporate from that attack.

I don’t understand why they want to kill me so badly.

-You have used almost all the medicine.

A memory of my last conversation with the doctor pops up.

-It’s too bad…

-If it had succeeded, it would have succeeded a long time ago.

-It’s the end.

-I underestimated Seo-Ah.

-If you had provided a pure solution from the beginning, I wouldn’t have failed.

“I didn’t fail.”

I have to make sure not to fail, whatever it is.

No matter what intentions the doctor has.

I cannot just remain a failure.

That much is not allowed.

Please give me a reason to live.

Tell me that I lived a life of value in some aspect.

Don’t say it was for something useless that I’ve been using medicine for.

I became this way for something beneficial.

-Thank you for your hard work, Seo-Ah. Next is…

And as I gather my thoughts, I find myself killing the doctor.

He seems like he might still be alive somewhere.

***

Concentrated bombardment.

Bombardments followed bombards.

Through the thick smoke, a black sphere is revealed.

“That seems to be the culprit behind the mass appearance of the monsters.”

“What is that…?”

The traces of a gigantic mass of magical power passing by.

What was already a ruin has become even more of a ruin.

“Don’t get too close. We’ll just provide support from a distance. The Awakeners will advance.”

“Those people who seem to be fighting over there…”

“Must be the Awakeners who heard the news and rushed over. Anyway, we maintain our distance.”

The black sphere doesn’t seem to be harmed much.

Holding out until the Awakeners arrive has become basic military strategy.

But there isn’t much choice.

If it’s a monster that’s too powerful, it’s more efficient for the Awakeners to handle it.

“Did you see that attack earlier? The massive sword they swung around.”

“Yeah.”

I don’t want to get close.

“For something like that to be possible, they must have the power to launch rockets. Their main body looks humanoid, but they are definitely not human.”

“Recently, humanoid monsters seem to have increased in number.”

“Oh, that… You know this is near the testing grounds, right?”

“I heard it’s a testing area.”

A place where the government conducts experiments with monsters.

“Apparently, they take several Awakeners and conduct experiments on them.”

“Was that really happening?”

“Of course.”

And then silence.

We wait until the order comes to fire again.

“Then that too… Is it from the testing site?”

“Recently, incidents have occurred successively near the testing area, so those who know will know. Since I saw monsters being transported by vehicles… That thing isn’t human.”

“I didn’t know the government was doing such things.”

“That’s why these days, Awakeners who are in a difficult position hide that they are Awakeners.”

“Is that so?”

“It is. It’s far better. To attend the Academy without any resources? Then they end up fighting in places like this before us. Even if they’re fully grown adults, they get summoned everywhere.”

While there were many times I envied the Awakeners, it’s not all that great.

Aren’t they perhaps being overworked under the pretense of being the only hope for humanity?

“Still, they do seem cool, like protagonists from novels or comics.”

“They’re going to the testing facility. It’s a different genre. It’s not about heroes thriving…”

“Oh, it seems Awakeners have arrived.”

Awakeners moving alongside the military forces.

I had heard that there was also a professor from the Academy among them.

Said that their students borrowed cars or something.

“I’m sure they’ll manage.”

“Whoa, is that summoning magic?”

A giant arm pops out of the ground, trying to crush the black sphere.

As if trying to slam the ball into the concrete floor.

“A monster! It’s a monster!”

A battle beyond human understanding begins.

Here, a mere soldier is just an extra.

It’s enough to just hold the line.

“Whoa… Is that a laser? Is it going to come this far…”

“Isn’t it something like a spike?”

A giant hand is pierced and destroyed by the black spikes.

From a distance, the fight looks like it could be an enjoyable entertainment.

There is a possibility of my life being threatened, so I can’t enjoy it too much.

“Whoa, it’s coming again. How many arms does it have?”

Four or five arms rise from the ground, trying to squash the black sphere.

It feels much more real when viewed through binoculars.

“What is that… a giant plant… ice… it has so many things.”

“Exactly.”

I can see a massive tree trunk growing too.

As if it would cover the concrete in trees.

If there’s someone who can perform such magnificent acts, they must surely be a skilled Awakener.

“But for some reason, it feels unsettling. Normally when something like that is forcibly destroyed, there’s chaos.”

“Are you talking about that black sphere?”

Now, lightning is falling from the sky.

Sparkling lights of various sizes appear.

A storm accompanied by massive magic rushes in.

I can hear explosions echoing from afar.

“When you think about it like a boss battle in a game…”

“Yeah.”

“Isn’t it like a phase two? You think you can defeat it but then it turns out that was just the beginning.”

“Please don’t say such scary things. Whatever that is, isn’t it fine?”

Hahaha.

A ridiculous laugh can’t help but come out.

“I’m sure they can catch it. They said they would hand it over to the government after capturing it, but well… it’s none of our business.”

It’s none of our business.

After all, we can’t get involved in fights with those monsters.