Episode 75: The Final Decision

The children opened their eyes.

The playground was gone.

Before them, a sky burned red.

Smoke covered the horizon.

The ground shook.

Another explosion echoed through the distance.

BOOM.

Jinwoo stood frozen.

“…Where…”

“…are we?”

No one answered.

Hanul looked around.

The village had disappeared.

There were no playgrounds.

No laughter.

Only ruins.

Far above, countless ships crossed the sky.

Blue beams and crimson fire filled the darkness.

Another explosion.

Fragments fell like rain.

Darin whispered,

“…Is this… a dream?”

No one knew.

The children could not move.

They could only watch.

A mechanized soldier charged through the smoke.

Moments later… it vanished in a burst of light.

Another machine immediately took its place.

Again.

And again.

The battle never stopped.

Soyeon looked up at the burning sky.

“…They’re… protecting us.”

No one understood what they were seeing.

Only one thing was certain.

Someone was fighting.

Someone was buying time.

For them.

Far away, a lone figure stood upon the battlefield.

The children could not see the face.

Only the silhouette.

The figure slowly turned toward them.

Then— everything became white.