ReLife Player

Chapter 59

[Dawn Department Store (5)]

Gotcha.

The man pulled Euna up from the barrier. Grabbed by the wrist, she dangled in midair, unable to believe what was happening.

Uh, how.

Youre not a player if you cant get through that.

Its not monsters shes dealing with, its players.

It might work against monsters that charge at you, but against players who are used to dealing with mana, it was a simple matter to break through a textbook formula.

Euna, stay put!

Ack! This bitch.

If Julieta hadnt shot a magic bullet, Euna would still be out cold.

The man, his shirt torn apart, was pushed aside by the impact of the mana blast against the wall.

Landing on the ground, she turned away from the shirtless man.

She ran. With all her might.

Where are you going!

Euna!?

Julieta! Im, Im okay!

She was scared.

The moment the man grabbed me, my body stopped moving.

But it was okay.

I could shake off the mans gaze by remembering that day, when I felt the Krakens gaze on me.

The man was running from behind.

Euna manifested mana in her body, boosting her physical abilities.

Shit.

The man with the torn shirt cursed.

It was because she had generously released her bodys mana to escape.

He, on the other hand, was limited in the amount of mana he could use.

How can I, how can I.

How can I take him down?

The location with a panoramic view was unfavorable.

Euna rolled her eyes as she tried to block the mans movements.

She hadnt been taught how to attack an opponent with mana.

All she had been taught was to protect herself, or to intimidate by manifesting massive amounts of mana.

What, youve given up on running away?

Euna stepped into the toy section not far from where Julieta was fighting.

It was barely wide enough for one person to fit through.

But not her.

She gathered mana on the soles of her feet and leaped like a monkey, grabbing and throwing everything within her reach.

Damn it.

The man who had deployed the barrier muttered in a low, irritated voice.

The falling objects didnt hurt, but they were annoying.

He couldnt even move her body properly, which was irritating.

But there she was, hopping from shelf to shelf, blocking him from reaching her.

Holy shit!

The man kicked the shelf.

Euna, who had reached the top, hesitated for a moment as the shelf tilted.

Huh? Huh?

Shed learned something earlier when the mans barrier shattered.

Barriers arent just magic to protect the body.

Uhhhhhh?

He was puzzled as he watched her fall on top of him with the barrier still deployed.

It was unexpected.

He quickly infused the barrier with mana, but it was no match for the massive amount of mana she unleashed.

Lets see, she said, Im going to try to climb up on this thing.

One, two!

The barrier deployed and the two struggled.

The man who had been crushed to the ground tried to grab her in the same way he had breached the barrier earlier.

Euna did not panic. The barrier had been breached once, so it wouldnt surprise her if it was breached twice.

The question was how to take advantage of the situation.

Her judgment was quick.

The moment the mans hand entered the barrier, I disengaged it. Instead, using the mans barrier as a springboard, she released the mana she had stored under her feet and jumped.

At the same time, she mimicked the spell Julieta had used against the beanie man.

Mana Bomb!

The execution was sloppy.

The imagery was sloppy. The image of the bomb wasnt clear.

To compensate, she forced mana into the crude and sloppy technique.

The poorly formed mana exploded into a mess in the toy section.

Julieta!

Safely out of the way of the explosion, Euna picked up the baseball bat from the floor and ran to save Julieta.

Julieta was running barefoot down the hallway, holding off a man in a beanie.

She didnt miss the moment when he was distracted by Eunas call. In place, she twisted to the left and fired a bullet.

She didnt intend to finish him off with one shot.

She would take advantage of the gap and aim for the weakened flank.

With one hand on the ground, she moved to the side, braced herself, and fired a single shot.

She rolled and ducked behind a pillar, then took another shot.

A succession of shots cut off the mans movement.

Youre being such an ass.

The man strained to block the flying bullets. The tiny bullets packed a punch, and it was more than a little annoying.

As it was, they didnt do much damage to him. She wasnt strong as a player, but she was nimble enough to dodge attacks from veteran players.

It was like chasing a cat.

That made him even more annoyed. The more he played against her, the more irritated he became as she dodged his jabs.

Youre so annoying. For something so insignificant.

She was more persistent than I expected. And fearless.

When he first pulled out the handgun, he thought things would be easy.

But she wasnt intimidated when he pointed the handgun at her.

It was as if she was used to dealing with guns, anticipating the direction of the muzzle and dodging attacks, or counting the rounds in her handgun and firing between magazine changes.

This is bad.

This was bad. This was just stalling for time.

Now the girl was being held at bay.

The man pressed his red beanie tightly against his face and chewed his lip.

If he didnt hurry up and get out of the department store, hed be caught by the players coming up from downstairs, let alone escape.

So it was wise to give up on the women and retreat for now.

A wise move.

What a waste.

It was a waste.

It wasnt every day that you had the chance to get your hands on a foreigner, or a child with an endless supply of mana.

Lets leave the running to the heavens and go all out.

What if you run away like a cat?

If youre a cat, Im a leopard.

The man she had been facing, watching him closely all this time, bared his fangs.

Throwing the dropped handgun downstairs, he drew out his favored knife.

A single knife was enough as a weapon.

He licked the blade, taking in the sight of her exposed flesh as the battle wore on.

Euna, stay back.

But unnie.

I have a bad feeling. Stay behind.

The mans mood changed.

Julieta stood on her tiptoes and crouched as low as she could so that she could dodge the beanie-wearing man no matter where he came from.

But she was too focused on him to notice the magic unfolding beneath her feet.

You didnt see this coming, did you?

Blue energy pulsed beneath her feet. It took the form of a blue snake and wrapped around her leg.

Julieta tried to pull the snake away from her leg,

If you can get it off, do it.

The man wouldnt let go.

Slithering across the floor like a snake, he pointed his knife at her.

The mans tongue flickered as he tore her clothes.

-Julieta Unni!

Hearing her words, Euna, who had been standing back, shouted.

Euna tried to move her feet to save Julieta, who was caught by the man.

Ah.

She wasnt the only one.

Euna looked down at her feet and realized that she, too, had something snake-like crawling beneath her.

Quickly, we have to get out of this!

Against her will, she couldnt break the spell that bound her legs.

I cant break it.

No matter how much mana I poured into it, I couldnt break the bindings that had sprung up from the ground.

Still, she poured in as much mana as she could.

Hmph, thats amazing. How much mana do you have in your body to be able to do that?

The man in the red beanie couldnt help but say with a ridiculous expression.

Euna had completely torn up the floor.

But you cant. What if you disappear without telling your oppa?

Just then, the man who had come out of the toy section grabbed her as she tried to run to Julieta.

Ah.

No Euna, run!

I didnt expect it.

Euna looked up at the dust-covered man and froze.

Uh, how.

How are you alive, or how did you get out of there?

Oh.

Come on. Its your oppa. Dont you know him? Did you really think that was all I was going to get?

She was petrified.

As she stared closely at the mans venomous face, she didnt know what to do.

Sister, just remember this one thing.

Suddenly, she recalled something Eunha had mentioned before.

If, if by any chance Someone A man does something bad to you

Bad thing? Whats with that?

It means that he, a bad person, does bad things to you.

Hehe. Someone like dad?

Euna! Why am I coming out of there?

Well, yes, like a dad.

Sigh, where did things go wrong? If only I could turn back time, to the time when the kids would cower at the mere sight of me

Whatever. You just need to remember this.

Thats what Eunha said, ignoring his fathers ramblings.

Kick him in the balls.

Yeah, right.

Euna recalled the incident when boys playing pranks at school would clutch their groins and shed tears.

Her father couldnt do much, and neither could Eunha.

All men had the same weaknesses.

One, two!

What? What else are we doing here.

What? No way!

The man released his grip on Euna when he realized that the baseball bat she was swinging was aiming lower than he thought.

E~~~it!!!

!!!

The man was too stunned to speak.

Julieta unnie!

This time, Euna saw him collapse with his hands on his crotch.

Now it was just a matter of saving Julieta.

She turned and moved the legs that held the binding spell.

Thats when it happened.

You were so startled.

When she turned around, the fallen man was holding onto her arm.

If she lost her composure here, everything would be over.

She looked at the man with a contemptuous face and pulled up her fallen shoulder strap.

Nice underwear, huh?

The man caught Julietas wrist as she tried to lift up her torn dress. He forcefully pushed her against the wall.

Youre not letting go of this?

Julieta aimed at the mans temple with her free hand.

Tsk, where do you think youre going?

The man held a knife tip close to her face.

Then, he smirked.

Come on, release the mana. Quickly.

The man brandished the knife menacingly.

She had no choice but to release the mana she had gathered at her fingertips.

Ti ammazzo.

Ill kill you.

She spat out those words with a fierce expression.

Unfortunately, the man couldnt understand her words.

But he could guess what she meant.

But what could he do?

What can I do about it?

He whistled.

She was indeed a remarkable woman.

Even the promising player from the Silla Clan, known for her skills, cried and begged for mercy when they tried to undress her, but she was still rolling her eyes at this moment, trying to find a way out of this predicament.

Well, I cant fuck you here. Go back and get excited. Ill show you what a great view it is.

Che, Ugh!

It was as obvious as fire that she would fight back if he left it like this.

He decided to settle for capturing her for now.

It was not too late to enjoy the rest of it once he was out of here.

He punched her in the stomach and hoisted her over his shoulder as she collapsed.

Lets go back and have some fun, shall we?

Cazzo! (1)

She spat, but he wasnt angry.

He already had her.

There was no need to respond emotionally.

Hey, get it over with there.

Uh, okay, hold on.

My coworker had also grabbed the girl.

But the coworker didnt seem to be finished with her.

He held the knife on the floor out to the girl.

The girls eyes widened at the sight of the knife in front of her.

Youve never killed anyone before, have you?

Hes messed up again.

The man in the beanie clicked his tongue inwardly.

Apparently, his coworker had thought of a fun prank to play on the girl.

Finish it quickly.

Time was running out.

Only a little.

The man in the beanie groped the girls ass over his shoulder and tried to count the seconds.

Time was running out. There wasnt much left. The man with the beanie began to calculate the remaining time while groping the womans buttocks on his shoulder.

Notes!

Cazzo: is an Italian profanity that is commonly used as an expletive or vulgar slang term for the male genitalia. It can also be used as a general expression of frustration, surprise, or emphasis, similar to fuck or damn.