Chapter 289

〈 Chapter 291 〉 Chapter 285 – VS Cardinal Cyborg (4)

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­ Ppudeuk! Ppudeuk! Ppudeuk!

“F*ck!!!”

The Cardinal summoned the Black Flame Dragon, mercilessly biting into my right arm.

An overwhelming pain struck me, making me feel like I was about to lose consciousness.

Piece yelled at me urgently.

[Hold it together! You have to escape somehow!]

‘Fck, fck, fck, fck, f*ck!’

The situation wasn’t good enough for me to follow that advice.

My arm felt like it was on fire, like a burning earthquake.

I felt hot liquid gushing out from every punctured spot.

My bones twisted, screaming ominously.

Every muscle was gasping its last breath.

In a desperate attempt to push the arm away from the agony, the pain only intensified.

Before long, finally.

­ Wooddeudeuk!!!

A sound I shouldn’t have heard.

A sound I didn’t want to hear.

Simultaneously, the screams of the bones grew louder.

I was certain now.

The bone in my right arm was completely broken.

The only thing I could do in this unprecedented pain was to grit my teeth and endure it.

Even amidst this struggle, my bloodshot eyes were fixed on the Cardinal.

Filled with the resolve that this couldn’t be the end.

Noticing my gaze, the Cardinal began to smirk.

“How… did you know, you little sh*t?”

“You had some use, even if you’re an orphan!”

From that, I could infer that maybe Caressy’s report had detailed my abilities.

If I had tried to read the future before the Cardinal’s regression and prepared for it.

The Cardinal, knowing this in advance, had entangled me once again.

“To be honest, I was a little scared, but it was worth a shot!”

“…You f*cking… bastard.”

“It’s true, because it’s Boy’s Love!”

It was a gamble the Cardinal took with his life on the line.

And he had succeeded beautifully.

It was truly f*cked up for me.

“Hehe! Got anything to say?”

“Caress… is really f*cking good at her job…”

With my remaining strength in my left hand, I tried to unleash the Cheonma Laser.

“Hey, that’s futile.”

“F*ck…”

The Cardinal quickly seized my left wrist.

From the captured wrist came a creaking, ominous sound, and the Cardinal began to pull back the Black Flame Dragon from my left hand.

With my right arm completely incapacitated, he was feeling quite relaxed.

And then he clenched his fist and.

­ Puk! Puk! Puk!

“Die!!!!!”

He started to deeply thrust into my abdomen.

No matter how accustomed I am to pain, the agony from my right arm was of a level I’d never experienced before.

With the pain from my abdomen added, my mind swirled.

While my vision spun dizzily, my instincts sent out a strong signal.

It’s dangerous.

It hurts.

Avoid it.

I’m going to die.

Get away.

Following the voice of my instincts, I tried to shove the Cardinal with my left foot, but.

The Cardinal ruthlessly stomped on my left foot with his right foot.

As if not allowing any stupid moves.

At the same time, before I could take any action, the Cardinal kicked my right thigh hard with his left foot.

As a result, my right leg momentarily went numb, showing no signs of movement.

So damn frustrating.

“Oh, did I break your dildo!”

“Space it out properly… f*cker.”

And even more tragically, the Cardinal’s relentless attacks did not cease.

My abdomen was completely exposed to the Cardinal’s attacks, accumulating the shocks without relief.

“Uweeeeeek!!!!”

Eventually, I gagged and spat out a mouthful of blood.

However, this had the opposite effect.

From that point, the Cardinal’s onslaught intensified even more.

As if trying to drain all the blood from my body.

Ultimately, as I could no longer even vomit blood and slumped down.

The Cardinal, with a smile of relief, prepared for the final blow.

“I will inherit the princess!!!”

[Wake up! Hurry!]

‘…….I’m going to die, f*ck.’

Despite the urgency in Piece’s voice, I couldn’t manage my body.

The Cardinal’s merciless fist was about to end it all.

To cut off my life (？).

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Originally built as a bunker but now unused and serving as a storage space.

Caressy cautiously placed the Pope down there.

Now that there are no members of the Motherless Church, it wouldn’t matter where I put him.

But due to the explosion sounds still going outside, she felt the need to move him to as safe a place as possible.

The brown divine power protecting the cathedral had long since vanished.

As soon as Caressy laid down the Pope, she involuntarily sighed.

A relief from solving one problem.

“One problem solved.”

As her body relaxed slightly from that relief, an overwhelming fatigue flooded over her.

She felt like she could collapse at any moment, but now was not the time for that.

Shinwoo was still fighting for her.

With her fading consciousness, Caressy began to pray.

This time, not for herself, but for others.

“Lord! Please let Shinwoo win!!!”

But the Lord did not answer.

Whether it was because it was impossible or something not allowed, or if He simply didn’t want to, she couldn’t tell.

She prayed once more.

Silence reigned.

“Please.”

She prayed again, fervently this time.

Still no answer.

“I’ll do anything!!!”

She pleaded with tears in her eyes.

Yet, still no response.

“Please!!!!!”

Not giving up, she kept praying.

But all she received was.

Only silence.

As tears streamed down her face, Caressy began to slam her fist into the ground.

Channeling her resentment towards her powerlessness and the unresponsive Lord.

“Why! Aren’t you answering!!!!!!!”

As she struck the ground, Caressy slowly began to realize.

That the Lord wasn’t just a being who granted every wish without question.

Although until now, He had been her great support.

He answers prayers but does not always respond.

He has power, but isn’t omnipotent.

Not perfect and sometimes makes mistakes.

She didn’t want to admit it.

But she had to.

“……I see.”

Even if God can change someone’s life greatly.

He is not the one to live that life for them.

That precious life belongs solely to that person.

Even though He played a large role in her life and performed miracles.

In the end, God is just a witness.

Ultimately, the one who must live their life is.

Only oneself.

“Lord.”

Living a life dependent on the deity sounds comforting and sweet.

It seems easy to just follow the Lord’s will without a thought.

But that diminishes the value of life.

In every action of life, one must think to find meaning.

Always agonizing and struggling to determine what is right.

And stepping toward an uncertain future filled with countless anxieties.

People are not beings who live according to the given laws.

“I might not be of help.”

And now, a girl who had once relied on God takes her first step onto a new path.

Like a baby bird leaving its cherished nest to fly into the vast sky.

“Still, I won’t give up.”

It is neither the Lord’s will, nor someone else’s desire.

Only her own will takes that first step.

“So please watch over me.”

­ Clap! Clap! Clap!

After a long silence, the Lord finally sends her His praise.

For the step taken by a humble human being.

An anxious one.

A precarious one.

May that grand step not cease.

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In that climactic moment where the Cardinal’s final blow was coming.

­ Paaak!!!!!

“Don’t you dare bully Shinwoo!!”

Caressy, who had taken the Pope and left, appeared.

Seeing that it was only Caressy without the Pope, she must have taken him to a safe place.

Of course, there wasn’t enough energy left in me to praise Caressy right now.

“Let go of that fluffy hand! Shinwoo is a hundred times better!!!”

“……We’re still in the underage category, f*cker.”

But that needed to be pointed out.

Meanwhile, Caressy, covered in divine power, was kicking the Cardinal in the back with her cat paw.

Not the usual bright yellow divine power.

But enveloped in a brilliant, golden light.

Faced with the suddenly appeared Caressy, the Cardinal faltered for just a moment.

Though he hadn’t taken any damage, he momentarily stopped his actions due to her presence.

Then, seeing Caressy, he sneered.

“Did you think you could win by jumping in?”

“You won’t know unless you try.”

Caressy lunged at the Cardinal again, trying to kick his back just like before.

The Cardinal, looking annoyed, swung his left fist away to hit me.

­ Whoosh!!!

It was fierce, but since it was a casual swing, the Cardinal’s fist didn’t reach Caressy.

Yet still, Caressy’s attack had no effect on the Cardinal.

“Do you think your actions have any meaning? It’s just a simple death!”

“I’ll keep going until I succeed!”

Once more, Caressy persistently attacked the Cardinal’s back.

As the Cardinal reinforced his back with nanomachines to block the attack, I forced my right foot to move and approached him.

“Hey, it’s not about ‘meaning.'”

“What?”

While the Cardinal quickly turned his gaze back to me, still reinforcing his back.

I was already slamming my head right onto his face.

“That’s your ‘mother.'”

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