595 episode 595 of the sub team, unlike the first time, the way back was long and difficult.
My body, weighed down by fatigue, was as heavy as wet cotton, and my eyelids kept closing from the pouring drowsiness.
‘I want to collapse like this.’ But I couldn’t.
I still had places to go, and before that, I had to chase away the hyenas that had gathered in front of me after smelling an unpleasant smell.
‘A lot of people gathered.’ I staggered out of Area A and looked around with half-closed eyes.
The wide hall on the top floor that I had already passed through once before. There, about 200 Ares guild members were waiting for me with nervous faces.
And when I saw a familiar face in front of them, I sighed.
“I should have just killed him.”
After hearing my muttering, the lead middle-aged man, Go Se-won, the head of the security team, replied in a calm voice.
“Yeah, that wouldn’t have been a bad choice either.”
While I was gone, Go Se-won, who seemed to have received some treatment, continued speaking as he looked at the sword in his hand.
“The first time I held a sword must have been thirty years ago. Because I was trained before awakening. And on the day I woke up as an A-class hunter, I received this sword as a gift from the former deputy guild leader. The other members of the bodyguard must have felt the same way, which is not surprising. It was a story that Team Leader Choi had heard that Lee Jeong-ryong took war orphans overflowing from the cataclysm and raised them as his own personal guard according to his adaptability.
The man in front of me was just one of them.
“So, will you avenge that enemy now?”
“… … enemy.”
Go Se-won, who was low-key, suddenly opened his mouth.
“Before that, let me ask you one thing. Why did you spare me?” After thinking for a moment, I replied.
“Anyway, I think I’ll have to answer the phone.” “What?” “I should have told my family that I was working overtime or that I couldn’t come back. My father couldn’t do either.
I thought you would come when the time is right… … you couldn’t come back Now even my voice is thin.” Is it because you’re tired? I even made a story that was not necessary. Ko Se-won, who had been staring at me with a small tongue click, abruptly removed her lips.
“Who is the deputy guild leader?”
Instead of answering, I shrugged. A fight in which one of them must die. But I was the only one who showed up.
Ko Se-won muttered with a complicated face.
“I must be dead.”
“Go up and check it out. It’s worth seeing.”
As soon as I finished my words, a commotion spread among the Ares guild members equipped with a siege squad.
Among them, executives who seemed to belong to the loyalists gnashed their teeth and urged Go Se-won.
“Go Chief. What are you waiting for!”
“We need to get rid of him right now!”
“You already told me. Kill Jin Tae Kyung. Then you won’t be held accountable for revealing the location of Area A, and there will be a big reward at the guild level. You can also challenge the next sub-guild leader.”
Voices mixed with anger and temptation.
In the meantime, I rubbed my sore eyes and said to Go Se-won, who stood tall and unresponsive.
“I’m tired. If the questions are over, let’s finish quickly because we’re busy on our way.”
Ko Se-won scanned my entire body with sharp eyes.
“No matter how you are, you seem to be struggling in the current state.”
“That’s my case. Not yours.”
“… … That too.”
The moment Ko Se-won, who responded quietly, fiddled with the hilt of the sword.
Hiss! Awesome!
Blood gushed out with a sharp punch.
One of the trainees, who was hit by an unexpected blow, collapsed with his eyes wide open. He was the same person who had previously offered Ko Se-won the position of deputy guild leader.
“This crazy… … ?
“What are you doing!”
“Go, go, team leader!”
While the high-pitched screams of the executives erupted, Go Se-won, who had made the surroundings a mess at once, uttered in a calm voice.
“Conquer them all. The fight is over.”
The executives in this position had a lot to lose, but the other guild members did not.
Not only did they not have a direct relationship with Seok-jun Seok-jun, but they also seemed unwilling to take unnecessary risks.
It was even more so if the opponent they had to fight was a monster who single-handedly destroyed the Ares guild headquarters.
Cha Cha Cha Chang!
U ?
As soon as Ko Se-won’s order was given, weapons were aimed at him from all sides.
Realizing that they had no chance of winning, the neutral wave executives groaned and laid down their weapons. Ko Se-won turned his head to look at me.
“I think this was over quickly. How is it?” “You… I was about to say something, but I nodded.
“It is worth it to have saved your life.”
“It’s been thirty years. The years of living as a hunting dog. I’ve done enough for this.”
“Belated rehabilitation. What is that?”
“I don’t know. I’m not such a nice guy either. But it doesn’t matter anymore. It seems that I wasn’t the only one who was tired. out of the way,
“good. No one will stop you.”
I walked without hesitation. And just as he was about to pass Go Se-won, a low muttering pierced his ears.
“… … Call, thank you.”
It was a short sentence, but it was enough.
I nodded slightly and walked past Go Se-won and the 200 Ares guild members.
that buck that buck
I walked with a tired body and walked again. I had to meet someone before the sun went down.
* * * I can’t remember how I got to my destination. Only scenes that come to mind sparsely remain.
Numerous troops surrounded the devastated Ares Guild headquarters and combat drones filling the sky.
And even the stiff face of President Baek Han-seong, who arrived under strict security, resisting the dissuades of his aides.
“Jin Tae-kyung, what the hell is this… … To him, who was unable to speak, I asked for one thing as a condition of being arrested, and President Baek Han-seong, who was struggling with it, gladly agreed to the request.
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That was the reason I was able to be here.
“Hey you!”
“Tae, Tae Kyung!”
Happy faces approaching in the blurry vision. I wanted to smile and wave my hand, but my body wouldn’t listen.
Song Song-i and Lim Kkeok-jeong hurriedly accepted my staggering body.
“sorry. My legs are weak.”
“You say that in this situation, oh… … Song Songi, who was about to say something, bit her mouth tightly. I asked her as she rubbed her red eyes.
“our family is? Aren’t you supposed to be here?”
“Are you crazy?”
Songsongi, who answered sharply, continued with a locked voice.
“I sent the guild members and put them aside. Fortunately, the lady was in the middle of cooking, so she didn’t know anything. Ha-yeon, who was with me… pretended not to know.” She felt relieved, she dared not imagine what a shock her mother would have been if she had heard the news about me.
Fortunately, I have Ha-yeon next to me, so she will do well. Because he was always more thoughtful than me.
“And Chief Choi is safe. I haven’t come to my senses yet.” “Thank you. For caring.” When Song Songi was looking at me with her complicated eyes, her shoulders were shaken.
“sorry. Tae Kyung. I’m really sorry… … What are you so sorry for? what’s so sad
I wanted to respond to his sobs, but for some reason my throat choked. Because I know how he feels right now.
Feelings of helplessness and guilt that he could not be of any help. It is a feeling that cannot be expressed in words.
Before I knew it, even Song Songi turned her head and shed tears.
‘Damn it. , I gritted my teeth and tried to look away from the hot eyes. And he opened his mouth in a voice that he barely managed to pull out.
“He… … Who is Deacon Kim?”
“I was waiting. From before until now.”
The answer was neither Lim Kkeok-do nor Song-song. When I turned my head, a blonde foreigner standing in front of a door came into view.
“Come. Wicked human.”
The Skeleton King’s voice seemed distant. It was because of the signpost that caught his eye before his face.
[Morgue] My heart sinks at those three letters. Just when I was silent and stiff like a stone statue, the Skeleton King opened the door to the morgue.
And through the open door… … A corpse was seen covered in a pure white cloth.
“It’s not polite to keep the dead waiting, human.” U ?
“Are you going to let him go like this?”
With that one word, I took a step forward, leaving Song-i and Lim Kkeok-jeong behind.
As I entered the morgue, the door quietly closed behind me. It was only me and him in this cold space.
Seruk.
I could see it only when I rolled up the white cloth with trembling hands. The face of Kim Hwa-jong, who met her death with a faint smile on her lips.
It looks like you are having a pleasant dream. But I knew That the dream he is having now will never end.
Saying hello with a soft smile while wearing an ironed suit.
Waking up early in the morning and recommending coffee never happens again.
Today, he broke up with us, and now we have to let him go.
Tuduk. Took.
Something hot rolls down your cheeks. Those were the first tears I shed today, and the tears I should never shed again.
‘certainly.’
As if I went back 3 years ago, I regretted and made a resolution at the same time.
I’m sorry. I won’t let anyone go like you anymore.
So please… … .
“Go in peace.”
With a low, sincere word, he took Seok-Jun Seok-Jun’s head from the inventory and set it down on the floor.
So that the monster who died with his eyes wide open would realize what he had done. So that Kim Hwa-jong can leave at least a little comfortably.
It was a promise I made while holding the hand of an old butler who was slowly getting cold in the snowy snowy mountains.
?Up ah.
As if he knew it well, Kim Hwa-jong’s face turned red. A purple sunset was shining through the window in the morgue.
As I stared blankly at that beautiful light in my blurry vision, I felt my strength drain from my body.
‘ah.’
now that’s the limit both body and mind.
I sat down with my back against the wall. I thought, accepting the drowsiness weighing down on me with a weight greater than the mountain.
today. It’s been a long time.
Click.
The door, which had been firmly closed, opened with a slight noise.
A slender beauty and a middle-aged man like a bandit. And the blond foreigner, who seemed to protrude from the pictorial, was the first to be surprised by the ownerless neck, felt sadness at the face of the corpse resting peacefully, and finally shut up at the sight of a young man who fell asleep.
‘Jin Tae-kyung.’
An indescribable emotion formed in the three pairs of eyes looking at him.
What more dare I say? Today he fought desperately against calamities and threats, and became an outlaw himself, accepting the price of an innocent death.
At this moment, there was only one thing they could do.
‘Sleep well. Don’t worry about the aftermath.’ Now the flames will spread in all directions. I don’t even know where it will fade.
However, even if the whole world criticizes him for what happened today and the public authorities come forward and label him a criminal, they will stand by Jin Tae-gyeong.
I will protect you no matter what.
‘Like you did to us.’ The warm glow of the sunset spread over the morgue.
Someone’s long day is over, but the three of them are not. Oh no, it will be even busier.