Saved a Heroine From the Brink of Death

120. The one who forgot his name

#120. The one who forgot the name

A beam shot out from the giant turtle’s eyes.

Kwakwakwakwang!

‘What, what, what…!!’

Cynthia narrowly avoided the beam, but was caught in its aftermath and rolled on the ground.

And I witnessed it.

“The place the beam passed through… was completely scorched earth…?”

The awesome power of the Turtle Death Beam.

Looking at this miserable sight, it is certain.

‘If you get hit… you die for sure.’

Well, I guess I’ll have to change my plans…

I don’t think I’ll be able to find a suitable place in this 101 residential area and spread my wings for 10 years.

It would be difficult to continue running away from such a monster for 10 years.

You can’t live your life worrying whether a beam will fly out from somewhere, whether you’re awake or asleep.

‘Rather than worrying about that… I should worry about how I’m going to get out of here.’

The turtle monster was still staring at him.

What that means is that firing the beam isn’t the end.

‘It’s dozens of kilometers away in a straight line… I’m nervous about what they might do.’

As the beam passed, everything disappeared, and there was no longer any obstacle between Cynthia and the turtle monster.

And then, the turtle monster that had been quietly watching Cynthia moved first.

“… … !”

Bing-gur-rur. Kuku-gu-gu-gu-gu!

“Does that make sense?”

The turtle monster curled into its shell, then flew towards him at incredible speed, tearing through the ground.

In an instant, he narrowed down a distance that seemed to be several tens of kilometers.

‘I, I have to run away…!’

Cynthia immediately wrapped the jumping rope around her body and ran at full speed.

Pubberbubung-!

Her body went faster than the speed of sound, creating a sonic boom.

At the same time, pressure was applied to the body.

‘Hold on!’

The shock from air resistance wasn’t that severe. The problem was… a giant turtle monster chasing after me from behind.

“The distance… is getting closer and closer…?”

I looked back absentmindedly, and the distance was closer than before. A shell like the one you would see in Super X Rio was flying towards me.

The only difference was that it was insanely large. And as the distance got closer, the size it could see also became increasingly larger.

‘This… can’t escape even to the sky.’

Cynthia thought about using the launcher to soar into the sky, but it didn’t seem like she could get any higher than that.

In addition, because of the unique atmospheric composition of Langrt, a transcendent planet, the consumption of divine power becomes extreme when rising above a certain height, which was a problem in itself.

‘Here we go!’

I ran hard but it was impossible to escape from it.

The same thing happened when I applied the method of using the throwing machine that Arceli had taught me to my body.

It was a do-or-die moment.

It feels like a magic lantern is passing by,

I also began to feel regret.

It was the moment before I was crushed to death by the turtle’s shell.

“This… there really was a living creature there?”

“uh?”

“Hmm! Let’s try using some strength for the first time in a while!”

Carddddddddddddd-!

Someone appeared, blocking the turtle’s body with one hand.

***

“Oh! Turtle! Long time no see!”

Suddenly a corpse appeared.

He was smiling brightly as he fended off the attacks of the giant turtle monster.

The reason we could tell he was smiling despite being a corpse was because his corpse was relatively intact.

‘It’s clearly a corpse… but there’s no smell?

Cynthia felt puzzled, but quickly shook the thought off and watched the man’s actions closely.

Because the man who had blocked the giant turtle monster’s charge with just one hand was talking to the monster.

[ Gooo- ]

“Huh? What? You want me to get out of here? Oh no. That can’t be. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a living creature.”

The turtle monster, which had already pulled its entire body out of its shell, was glaring at the man.

[ Gooo- ]

“You’re a living being too? Oh. Then I should correct that. You’re an intelligent being, right? And a ‘human’ one at that. Do you know how long I’ve been waiting to communicate with another human being?”

[ Gooo- ]

“Um. Hmm. So?”

[ Guo- Guoguo- ]

“What? You want to fight? I don’t know? Hey. The turtle has grown a lot. Why don’t you catch me and play with me?”

[ Guooo… ]

The man appeared to be communicating with the turtle monster, which only uttered the word ‘goo-ooh’.

Cynthia could feel the turtle monster’s momentum softening, although she didn’t know if that made any sense or not.

“Anyway, back off. Even if you’re not a kid, there’s still plenty to eat, right? Or maybe just move to another area. Oh, you don’t want that?”

As the man spoke with a smirk, the turtle monster struck his leg at him.

“Ah. Okay. Don’t be mad.”

[ Gooo- ! ]

“Okay. I won’t bring up the stories of the kids in other districts. So you should stop here and go somewhere else.”

[ Gooo – ]

“Um… That’s a bit of a waste. Can’t I have something else?”

[ Gooo! ]

“Okay. Just hand it over. I’ll give it to you when the time comes, so just wait. I’ll give it to you before 100 years at the latest. Okay?”

[ Guo – ]

The turtle monster wiggled its body as if satisfied.

“Then… you go and finish your meal.”

[ Gooo . ]

The giant turtle monster nodded at the man, then quickly rolled back into its shell and flew back in the direction it had come from.

“No matter how many times I see it, it’s a method of transportation that I can never get used to.”

The ground splits apart, and a huge shaking and loud noise, as if an earthquake had occurred, covers the entire area.

After a few seconds, the vibrations subsided and the turtle monster disappeared.

The man stared in the direction the turtle monster was headed for a few seconds before turning his head towards Cynthia.

“Hmm. Big. Keuhehehehe!”

He coughed a few times and then opened his mouth.

“Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Am I saying this correctly?”

“… But.”

“Oh! I’m glad you can communicate. You thought I was weird because I didn’t talk! Hahahaha! That’s right. You did a good job holding on while talking to yourself. If you hadn’t, you wouldn’t have been able to communicate like this, right? Right?”

“Right… right?”

“Yeah, yeah. That’s right. That’s right. I thought I’d really forgotten how to speak after lying around for like 100 years without doing anything? At that time… I almost forgot how to speak. I thought I could access the Akashic Records and look it up, but I got blocked. Hahaha!”

Blocked from accessing the Akashic Records?

Cynthia wondered what she had to do to make it happen.

That won’t happen unless you lose your transcendence.

I’m pretty good at talking to turtle monsters, but what about checking if they can speak properly?

The man before my eyes seemed to be a different species in many ways.

“Hmm. Your eyes are full of curiosity. Since you have plenty of time, ask me anything! Time is all I have here. Ah! You know that too!”

The man said, extending his hand towards Cynthia.

“I… What was it? Oh, I was going to introduce myself, but I forgot my name. Hahaha! Everyone here knows each other, so we don’t use names!”

Those ‘guys’?

Cynthia tilted her head at the man’s words.

Is that the turtle monster you were talking about earlier? If so, are there more like him?

“… My name is Cynthia. Thank you for your help.”

“Ah! Don’t worry about it! I just wanted to talk to you, so I helped you. Am I more selfish than I look? Well, it’s a bit ambiguous to call myself a human being with this appearance.”

The man continued speaking, stroking his chin.

“By the way, I have to give you a name. A name. A name… No matter how much I think about it, I can’t remember. Who I was. What kind of person I was. I can’t remember anything. It’s been too long. It’s probably because I’ve been stuck here for eons. I originally had a good memory. Hmm. Maybe.”

Transcendence Langrt.

According to the Akashic Records, the universe in which this planet resided was swallowed up by the Watcher of Doomsday before the universe in which Cynthia resides was created.

That is, it was billions of years ago.

“… … .”

“Then I guess I’ll have to give myself a pseudonym. Anonymous. How about Anonymous?”

“Uh… I think it’s okay.”

“Really? That’s good haha! Then let’s keep my name anonymous for the time being until I remember it!”

“Yes, please take care of me, Anonymous.”

“What are you! Just call me anonymous!”

“yes.”

“Well then, I don’t think it’s a good idea to just stand and talk… Should we go somewhere nice?”

“Is this a good place?” “There’s a place where we can have a chat over a cup of tea. Oh, but of course there’s no tea!”

The nameless man ran forward, laughing heartily and using his divine powers.

Cynthia followed him.