107.
“You swallowed them.”
At Libby's words, Hyeon-woo raised the corner of his mouth and smiled.
“It tasted horrible.”
In order to live, he swallowed the demon's energy. He felt like throwing up because of how disgusting the taste was, but he held it down. Only then would he be able to gain the strength to survive.
'It's an unusual talent.'
The fairy had said so. ‘You can swallow someone else's power and make it your own. Isn't that a monstrous ability?’
“It’s a bit difficult to deal with.”
“Just a bit difficult?”
Tiamat looked at Libby with a bewildered expression, but Hyeon-woo remained unconcerned. It seemed like someone was helping him. It could be force, or it could be some other helper. Or maybe he was trying to run away.
'I won't let anything leave.'
For now, he focused on Tiamat. Hyeon-woo stepped forward.
“Let's see how easy it is to suffer!”
Tiamat screamed and turned her body back to normal. Libby seemed to be getting used to the attack, so she was going to cast magic at least while he blocked.
"Uhh."
A man made a small noise, then frightened himself and covered his mouth. His name was Lee Hanil. One of the elites of the Yoram Guild, he was an intelligence agent with specialized abilities in tracking and hiding.
'This has gone crazy.'
It wasn't that he was chasing Ji Hyeon-woo from the beginning. The original target was Ji Seon-woo. But he was hospitalized for some reason, so his pursuit stopped for a while. In that situation, Ji Hyeon-woo ran outside.
‘There’s something about this!’
With that thought, Hanil followed Ji Hyeon-woo's footsteps. It was very difficult to catch up because he was flying through the sky, but in the end, he succeeded in chasing after him! It was supposed to be a success, but he didn't know what the situation was.
'I've seen that gigantic dragon before.'
It was the dragon that appeared during the random portal incident in New York. It was said that the survivor was able to take pictures because it was so large.
Perhaps, the enemy of mankind. Of course, he naturally couldn't help but be interested. Guild Leader Ja-yun also told them to make their own decisions and move, so Hanil decided to stay and watch them.
'I did, but what is happening?'
The dragon roared and the Hydra howled. And a human he had never seen before raised a shield to block Ji Hyeon-woo's attack.
'I think he’s maybe not a simple tamer.'
Strong even without taming monsters. He felt chills running down his spine at the power he felt despite the distance. The power used was also unusual.
‘Is he on our side?'
Such a question that ran through his mind at this point.
'I can't just stay still.'
Ji Hyeon-woo had the upper hand now, but there were many opponents. Even if one of them got out of the way and something big would happen. If one runs at full speed from here, it won't be long before one is in the city center where many people live.
After organizing his thoughts, Hanil took out a walkie-talkie from his waist. He asked for help from the Yoram guild.
***
Do-jin left the hospital room, and Ga-jun faced the situation he was most concerned about. Seon-woo had opened his eyes. The first thing he did when he woke up was to look around. But the person he wanted wasn't here.
“Why are you here?”
Seon-woo asked in a cold voice.
“Why are you here? Of course, this is the hospital room.”
He tried to look around, but the gaze that reached him stung.
"What do you mean?"
"I’m taking care of you."
For a moment, there was silence in the hospital room.
“Pfft.”
Alberg then burst into laughter. He kept giggling. In comparison, Miriel just stood there with a flat face unable to comprehend the situation.
“You are taking care of me?”
"Why can't I!"
“Stop talking nonsense, where is Hyung?”
“He went to the bathroom for a while.”
“The bathroom?”
Seon-woo's gaze turned to the bathroom inside the hospital room. As an S-class Awakened, he easily noticed that there was no one in there.
“No, the outside bathroom. Shame on you, what am I even saying?”
The temperature of his gaze dropped more and more. It seemed to be really cold now. Ga-jun twirled his fingers with an awkward expression.
“Where is he?”
“Alberg.”
When Ga-jun didn't answer correctly, Seon-woo asked Alberg this time.
“Hyeon-woo went to catch Tiamat.”
Alberg readily told the truth.
"Hey!"
Ga-jun screamed, but Alberg remained calm.
"Why did you say that!"
"You didn't tell me to keep it a secret, did you?"
“Even if I didn’t, you pretend! Just pretend to!”
That bastard demon. No doubt he said it on purpose.
“Hey, how can you lie? The demons are the race that always tells the truth.”
This time Miriel snorted at Alberg’s words.
"Nonsense!"
“I really meant it.”
“I don’t care if you lie well or not. Rather, where did Hyung go?”
Without hesitation, Seon-woo pulled out the intravenous needle and got down from the bed.
"Hey, you're still sick!"'
Ga-jun shouted, but the answer that came back was as expected.
“I’m totally fine.”
“It hasn't been long since you lost control! Miriel, back me up!”
Then Miriel spat out words as if she was annoying.
“It would be good to rest for a while. You was temporarily repressed, so you never know when you will go berserk again.”
“Did you hear? That's what the person who treated you said. So please listen!"
“I’m not an ordinary person.”
“Whatever! That doesn’t matter”
“How can I move on? You just called an Angel a human”
“Aho, not very flexible.”
Ga-jun scratched his head.
In the meantime, Seon-woo approached the window in a hospital gown.
“He went out this way.”
“Yeah, that’s right. You don't even know where it is. Han Do-jin has gone to pick him up, so you can rest for now.”
“Han Do-jin?”
It was belatedly that Ga-jun felt sorry for him. He went out of his way because of Han Do-jin, but to say that name again. He made a mistake.
"Where is he?"
“I’ll tell you.”
The guy who had been lying around saying it was annoying, suddenly changed his mind. Probably because he was interested. Ga-jun felt his head hurt.
'You're sending only Alberg and Ji Seon-woo?'
He couldn't stand to see such a terrible thing. It must have been a big accident. Ga-jun also had accidents from time to time, but they couldn't solve all of them. It was very difficult to go from being in the position of having an accident for the first time to stopping it.
In the past, when the Deputy Guild Leader stopped him, he should have listened more calmly. Feeling sorry for the Deputy Guild Leader, Ga-jun raised his hand.
“Yeah, if you’re going, I’d rather we go all together.”
He thought that would be fine.
"Great. Shall we go now?"
Alberg, who had been lying down, got up and went to the window. Then he jumped through the open window. Then, Seon-woo jumped down, followed by Miriel.
“Fuck, there’s a door, but why the fuck is everyone going out through the window?”
Ga-jun climbed through the window while swearing. When he got down to the floor, the three of them were already moving far away.
“Th-there is a car!”
While cursing, Ga-jun kicked off the ground and started running. By the time he was an S-class Awakened, he could run faster than a car. Even so, it wasn’t worth it to run.
'So let's get in the car!'
He didn't know why everyone was running. He was running with them because everyone was, but he sighed.
***
By the time the four left the hospital, Do-jin arrived at the scene. The dark night was brightened by the light of a helicopter floating in the sky, and barricades were built around it.
“Residents, please evacuate! It's dangerous, don't go in there!"
Even in the middle of the evacuation, curious people stopped by, but the police did not let a single one in. They seemed to let Awakened in, but it took some time to confirm.
Do-jin, who was confirmed, jumped over the barricade riding the shadow. And after running some more, he saw a huge monster. Hyeon-woo blocked the monsters and demons in front of him.
Hyeon-woo!
He wanted to shout out his name right away, but he couldn't. This was because if he did something wrong, he may end up hurting him. Instead, Do-jin chose to assist Hyeon-woo.
It was night, so the shadows, which had grown stronger, colored the surroundings and spread around. The terrifyingly inflated shadow immediately grabbed Tiamat's legs and stretched them. It wasn't easy to keep the huge dragon tied, but it had to be done.
'We have to reduce the number one by one.'
“Krrrk!”
Tiamat, who was diligently dodging the attack and casting magic, hesitated. And the attack that Libby and Kai couldn't block passed her neck.
“Kyaaaagh!”
Blood splattered in the air with a sharp scream. The ensuing attack was stopped by Hydra by sacrificing his own head. Hydra, already tattered, had not even half of his head left.
“Whoa.”
A familiar voice came from the darkness.
"I almost died."
It was Bacardi who had been down all the time and now fully recovered.
"Long time no see?"
Bacardi raised his hand to Do-jin and rushed. Looking at the current situation, it seemed that Do-jin was doing something, so he wanted to stop him. However, Do-jin persistently aimed only at Tiamat while avoiding Bacardi's attack.
No matter how strong he was, Bacardi was human. He was talking about being able to tidy up their lines. But Tiamat was not like that. She was a walking disaster. To be honest, she could do massive damage just by rolling around in the city.
Do-jin only moved accordingly.
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Translator: Hoshi Miya
Editor/Proofreader: Davine, YaagRabRag
HM: The fight scene is too long… TwT. I have to be patient. Ha… Atleast Do-jin is here to help HW.
YRR: The tide of battle is turning.
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