"…"
It wasn't only Jaehoon who was shocked. The people in his group, especially the ones who opposed Jaehoon were dumbfounded. How could they not? They were looking at the perfect remains of the old world's city. To the people who were mostly from North Korea, Dohyuk's city was like a city from a dream.
"Han Jaehoon?"
Jaehoon turned. There was a man standing there with a clean suit. He reached out to Jaehoon.
"Nice too met you. I'm Yoo Giwon."
"Oh… yes. I'm Han Jaehoon."
"I heard from Heeyun. So, you knew our mayor from before."
Giwon didn't seem to let down his guard and Jaehoon understood why. It seemed like this man was one of the leaders of this city. To him, it should be a concern as a man named Jaehoon who claimed to be a friend of their leader, appeared all of a sudden.
"If I, or anyone from my group can be of help, please tell me. I… don't plan to stay in this wonderful city without giving back."
And that made Jaehoon feel much better. He didn't feel entitled to be treated with respect just because he knew Dohyuk, or because he saved Dohyuk's life previously. He was rather welcome to prove himself as a member of the group.
"You don't need to do anything for now."
And Giwon answered formally.
"You have been 'rescued' by our mayor, and you will need time to adjust to the city."
"But…"
"Of course, you will need to follow our basic rules. I heard you're the leader, so I ask you to share the rules and announcements to your people."
"…Yes, I understand."
Jaehoon bowed. He glanced at his people. Unlike Jaehoon's people who seemed to be squeamish against the grandeur of the city, the citizens were greeting new faces as they brought food and blankets and such.
At least to those people, this was a different place from the hell outside. If this city was going to provide them safety without any oppression, there wasn't anything else that they needed.
"Thank you for everything."
Jaehoon bowed politely again and Giwon nodded.
"You're welcome."
"How is he? He's not as bad as you expected, is he?" Heeyun asked in a café as she sipped her grain tea.
"...Yeah."
Giwon nodded as he walked. "He's not as stuck up as I thought he would be."
For a group that survived in a harsh environment, their leaders would usually be very stubborn in their ways. That was Giwon's top concern with these people.
"The leader is okay… so I assume there won't a big problem, but…"
Giwon then glanced below Heeyun's chair. There was a very long metal cabinet flatly placed down. It was what Heeyun brought in along with Jaehoon's people.
"What's in that?"
"Oh."
Heeyun smiled and tried to speak, but the cabinet door opened up from within.
"…!!!"
"…?!"
Giwon, and Heeyun who already knew what was inside, gasped and backed away.
"B-boss?!"
It was surprising to see Dohyuk appear out of the cabinet.
"Have you… been inside all along?"
"…"
Dohyuk nodded at Giwon. He was smiling, but he didn't look energetic.
Double.
When Dohyuk fought Jang Gukhan, he had divided himself into two and never recombined himself. One body was left at Jaehoon's original place. He asked Heeyun to protect him inside a cabinet so he wouldn't need to move or feel anything.
Another Dohyuk stopped by just an hour ago to take Blass, Yuri, and the other fighters to go to Vehume's region.
Therefore, if Dohyuk moved his body inside the city whereas his other body was busy working at Vehume's region…
"You've won."
"Yeah."
Dohyuk nodded, but he didn't seem all that happy.
"Do we have a lot of casualties?"
Dohyuk shook his head. The numbers were promising. It was less than 1/3 of what Giwon had prepared to hear.
"Then why…"
"I'll tell you later."
At that moment, Giwon realized if they had achieved victory at the Vampire's lair… there was only one reason for Dohyuk's face to be that grim.
"What of the other regions?"
"The two regions are half and half, Giwon answered Dohyuk's question. The two regions he mentioned were the other two gods' regions except Vehume's. They weren't fools. They knew what was going on — after Dohyuk's city had arrived and Vehume's region was being attacked, there were only two things for them to do: try to attack Dohyuk's city, or barricade themselves in and watch out. One region chose former and another region chose the latter.
"Which region is on the attack?"
"Kelsed's region."
"Very good."
But his voice didn't seem good at all.
"I will finish them today also."
"…! Can our fighters fight again?"
"No. I'm going alone. It will be done in an hour."
And with that, Dohyuk's body disappeared. His Double had deactivated and his body had reappeared in the middle of his two bodies.
It was at the center of Kelsed's region, where it was mostly empty as most of the forces had moved out to attack.
Chapter end
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