"There are a lot of people here," Yuri said. She knew that the region's sucking energy would be weakened as more people walked into it. By the way things were, it seemed that the Tyrant was probably packing things up to get ready to leave.
"Remember what I said? How to negate the damage?"
"…"
It was simple.
The only thing that could capture energy wasn't the ground itself.
"If a living thing hurts another living thing-"
Part of the damage would transfer over to the attacker in the form of energy. So, if it was possible to attack others, one could live in this region without taking any damage at all.
"We can ambush one by one slowly…"
"No, we'll go." Dohyuk spat and began to move. Yuri was shocked.
"Huh?"
"Now."
Without hesitation, Dohyuk began running at full speed toward the inner region.
"W-wait!"
She would not have been so shocked if Dohyuk punched her in the face right now. Yet Dohyuk did not care if Yuri followed him or not. He just ran. Even after listening to her explanation, Dohyuk just ran straight through the ruins of the old city as if he did not care at all.
He felt that there were others excluding Yuri who were eyeing him. They weren't attacking yet only because Dohyuk was faster than them and they were surprised by the sudden visitor. He ran through the alleyway and climbed over a fence. Then, he arrived at a wide and empty lot.
It was a bit far from the 'accurate' location Giwon had informed him of, but Dohyuk did not hesitate and punched the ground.
"W-what are you…"
Yuri, who barely caught up to him, and the enemies who came later than Yuri, couldn't understand Dohyuk's actions. He was just punching the ground with all of his might. Of course, he was unleashing very powerful strikes. Shortly after the ground was dug up to Dohyuk's height.
"Wait- are you?"
The moment Yuri realized what he was doing, her face turned pale. Dohyuk's fist hit something hard, resulting in a bloody fist. Underneath his foot was a steel surface. It was the underground labyrinth, the surface of the secret space where Ilgyu's treasures were hidden.
"Crazy fool."
With the voice, guards of the region began appearing as they circled Dohyuk.
"Are you trying to punch a hole into it?"
"You're an idiot."
Yuri thought so as well. Dohyuk did manage to find the underground labyrinth, but so what? There was nothing that could be done. The steel surface was bit crumpled, but it was far from being punched through. Now, there were men circling them and they would block Dohyuk from working on it.
"Whew."
Dohyuk let out a sigh and stood up. Even with his bloody, crushed fist, he didn't even frown.
"I found the shortcut thanks to you."
"…?!"
Dohyuk spoke to Yuri and the other guards jumped toward them. They were very fast, but the situation was in control. It was because-
He reached down to place his hand on the surface.
Oh, and he needed to say one phrase to finish it.
"Digest."
With the word, a bright light flashed.
And there was an earthquake, big enough to shake the entire region.
Chapter end
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