Ulric fell asleep.
* * *
Ruumble…
BOOM…!
Clunk…!
Faint sounds of explosions were heard in succession.
Then the world shook, and Ulric opened his eyes in a dark space.
It was a place like a large cargo hold, and where Ulric was located was a Confinement Room blocked by iron bars.
<Side Mission: Raided airship>
-Objective: Survive and escape from the raided airship.
-Success Bonus: 10 points.
Complete healing of stamina, mana, and aura.
-Failure Penalty: Severe injuries from crashing.
-Time Limit: Until the airship crashes.
-Expected Difficulty: Slightly hard.
Closing the mission window, Ulric thought.
‘The escort method seems to be exactly like the original story.
A Confinement Room prepared on the airship, made by a modification of a part of the cargo hold.’
There was no one beyond the iron bars.
Originally, there should have been troops to keep surveillance on Ulric, but they had all rushed out in surprise after hearing the explosion.
Hyun-jun raised his head and checked both his arms.
They were bound by chains swirling with faint blue mana.
The chains were connected to the ceiling, in a state of being directly linked to the Mana Generator.
As long as the Mana Generator wasn’t damaged, the chains would never break.
‘However, the connection to the Mana Generator has become unstable due to the explosion just now.’
This was also identical to the description in the original story.
After checking above, Hyun-jun looked down.
He had no legs.
‘They’re really Cut Off.’
It was an expected situation, but he was still a little surprised to see his legs actually severed.
The transporters must have judged that there was no need to leave his legs intact since they were going to move him whole anyway.
And they left his two hands because they were needed to stamp the mark of the sacrifice.
‘As expected of a dark fantasy world setting, it’s quite extreme.’
Hyun-jun smiled fiercely as he looked at the severed stumps.
Perhaps because it was forcibly ‘healed’ with a cleric skill, the severed parts were smooth.
Even if he forced himself to drink a normal Healing Potion now, his legs wouldn’t grow back.
‘Just like the original story, this airship must be in a state of chaos after receiving an attack from the Flying Bandit Group.’
If he waited just a little bit, an escape opportunity would come.
‘I absolutely won’t be frustrating like in the original story, where he chooses to Give Up on the escape!’
In the original story, Ulric, in a devastated mental state, refused to escape and crashed.
Then he was rescued by a Search Party and dragged to the Tower of Sacrifice by land all over again from the beginning.