"…!"
"Oh, you're alive. Good," Ilgyu smiled as he looked at Dohyuk. Dohyuk tried to speak, but he couldn't find his voice.
"Hmm. What a pleasant sight."
Ilgyu grinned and turned to Giwon.
"Lucky for you. I feel good now."
"…"
"So, I will stop here for today."
"…I will do my best to complete your mission, sir."
"Of course."
Ilgyu's right arm sword then turned back into a normal arm. The crack on his neck also returned back to normal. Ilgyu then walked out toward the exit and glanced at Dohyuk.
"But that was a shame. I've never seen that fighting style before. It seems like you've become more powerful with this second life, but why do you even try to fight?"
Ilgyu then looked away and talked to Giwon.
"Keep him alive okay? I'm sure you're not a moron who finishes off in mercy."
"Yes, sir."
He cackled and moved out. Giwon then rose up. He could barely stand with his one arm, but he slowly put his hand into his mouth and took out his hidden medicine.
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It was as Ilgyu said. Giwon had medicine that was powerful enough to heal his detached arm at once. However, he didn't take it all himself. He walked toward Dohyuk, who had been sliced into two. Giwon tried to give the potion to Dohyuk, but Dohyuk resisted.
"W-wai…"
Dohyuk then searched for the blade that Giwon threw at him. It was stuck in his chest, but did not reach his flesh.
Ka'kudenol's armor was still on him. Giwon had carried Dohyuk for a while so he knew the dagger would not kill him. He was only doing it to give Dohyuk a way to regenerate. Dohyuk grabbed the dagger.
"Di…gest…"
The dagger disappeared, but it wasn't enough. His arm regenerated, but his lower body wasn't coming back. Dohyuk then flipped around and dragged himself toward his lower body and took out Kwangmin's knuckle.
"Digest."
Giwon then gave him Byungil's pole and Dohyuk's body finally returned to normal.
"I thought it was going to be either of two. Either you succeed, or we're all doomed."
He drank the potion and slumped against the wall.
"But I guess there was a third option. At least you and I… we are both alive…"
"…No." Dohyuk said, "This was the best."
"…?"
Dohyuk was still shaken from the aftermath, but he slowly took off the clothing from his 'dead' lower body to wear and turned to Giwon.
"At least I can now believe that you are enemy to the Tyrant."
"…That's good," Giwon smiled. But so what? They didn't have time now. Everything Giwon had planned was now in ruins.
"Didn't you say it before Ilgyu came in? That you can find the treasure alone? Maybe you are right, although it's impossible to find it within a week…"
"No need to do it." Dohyuk had something else in mind, "If I'm not wrong, everything will be ready in a week, right?"
30 thousand people were required for the offering, along with the necessary supplies for the Tyrant to go over to China.
"If he really plans to win against the Swordmaster and take over China, he will take everything with him."
"You…'re not wrong about that."
Giwon understood what Dohyuk was saying. Ilgyu would bring everything to one place before leaving, but that didn't mean there wasn't a chance to take it all away from him. After all, they had no chance against the Tyrant.
"There is."
"Huh?"
"It's not 100%."
Dohyuk spoke as he looked down at his hand, the one that touched the 'bone sword'. The sword was fast, but he clearly saw the words that popped up.
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"…So…" Giwon couldn't believe it. "You could have…"
"I probably could've digested it if I wanted to," Dohyuk confirmed his thoughts.
"But why-"
"It wasn't enough."
Dohyuk wasn't planning to win in the first place. He only thought it was worth it to see how powerful the man was. The Tyrant was powerful for sure.
"If I digested, Ilgyu would know that it was me."
Then what would have happened after? What if they killed Ilgyu here? The things that weren't in his hands would now end up in another person's hands and would pose a separate threat.
It was not the right time to win.
"If we meet him again, he'll have more."
And if he saw Dohyuk as the one who uses 'the leg', he would relax and let down his guard. Then Dohyuk would go all out.
"What you need to do… is to bring me to that place at the right time. I guess you can do that at least."
"…"
Giwon was at a loss for words. Dohyuk then struck his face with his fist.
"Carry me."
"What…"
"Let's go. I don't know what that 'bracelet' is, but it wouldn't be bad to check it out first."
It was going to be Dohyuk's anyway.
They walked out and people were still shocked and terrified by the Tyrant's visit. Giwon spoke to them with a cold voice.
"We'll be moving to the northern canyons. It's the Tyrant's orders. If we don't come back, no need to report."
No one could reply and Giwon began walking out.
"But why did the man order you to bring that bracelet?"
Something was weird. If the place had such a valuable item, then a powerful man should've been stationed at the place already. Why would he order Giwon to go there?
"…No one stationed there."
"Why?"
Giwon answered, "The god there… is mad."
Chapter end
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