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There was no further conversation after that. Leon and Alberg passed by as if they were wary of each other. Now that the alliance was broken, it was time for each of them to do their part.
Watching Alberg take another step, the fairy kept her mouth shut. No matter how hard she tried, there was no way to get out of this situation. There was an angel, Miriel, but she was too childish. It was just so frustrating.
Whether or not he knew how the fairy felt, Alberg walked lightly and arrived at his desired destination– A prison created by the World Awakened Association to temporarily confine high-level villains. Originally, there should have been an Awakened guarding the front, but now it was empty.
A smile appeared on Alberg's face as he finally got what he wanted.
"I'm going to meet Hyeon-woo after a long time. Is this a bit too much?"
Alberg was still in the form of a boy. This appearance wasn't bad either, but he still wanted to look like an adult like when he met Hyeon-woo. Because of that, he changed his appearance by exerting the power he had quietly accumulated over the years. As the small, slender boy grew taller, muscles began to form in his body.
In an instant, the boy was reborn as a young man. His waist-length hair grew longer, and his soft eyes became sharper. On the outside, he looked like a young man in his prime, but that's just a characteristic of a demon that never ages, but if you look into his eyes, you can see the centuries flash.
"Then shall we go?"
Alberg entered through the open door. The door of the cube placed in a large space was still closed, but it wasn't difficult to open that much.
“Whatever.”
After breaking through the door of the cube, inside, Hyeon-woo, whose entire body was restrained, was stretched out on a chair. He looked thinner and more exhausted than the last time he saw him.
“Alberg.”
Even in that situation, Hyeon-woo recognized Alberg's voice at once. Chills ran down his spine at the sound of a voice calling his name.
“Yeah, it’s me.”
Hyeon-woo opened his mouth again, but he closed it without saying anything further. It seemed that he had no strength to continue his words.
“I’m here to rescue you.”
The fairy put on a distressed expression at Alberg's kind voice, but that was all. She had no choice but to observe the situation.
“I’ve had a hard time.”
The voice began to contain demonic energy, it had the power to seduce and change people's minds. That power caressed Hyeon-woo.
Originally, it was a power that could not be eaten. Hyeon-woo didn't know much about magic, but he developed resistance to demonic energy while living in the Demon Realm. But what about now? He was exhausted.
The fairy, who was clenching her teeth, rose vigorously from the air. It is often said that fairies are beings without feelings, but it is not true. They also have feelings, and can even like someone.
So did the fairy.
'Wrong.'
While living in the Demon Realm, it seemed that she had developed affection for Hyeon-woo. After all, how long had they been together? It wasn't too much. So, despite Alberg's threat, the fairy tried to contact Hyeon-woo elsewhere.
It could have been the celestial realm, or it could have been the fairy realm. Wherever she was, she had the fastest connection to anywhere she wanted!
However, just as she was about to exert her power, the fairy was hit by Alberg's power and fell to the ground.
“Uck!”
She tried to get back up, but Alberg kicked the fairy again. She somehow managed to protect her body, but only her life was spared. The fairy had no choice but to look at Alberg and Hyeon-woo while panting and through blurred eyes.
“But there won’t be any difficulties now.”
Alberg, who brutally kicked the fairy, acted as though he was cotton candy with Hyeon-woo.
“I can tell you. All that remains is happiness."
As long as you come with me.
“Let’s go back to the Demon Realm together.”
Alberg whispered sweetly and removed the cloth covering Hyeon-woo's eyes. At this point, he must have fallen into his own insinuation. He thought so and he slipped it off, but he was wrong.
Hyeon-woo's eyes were shining brightly as before.
“As if I ever want to go back again.”
Alberg's complexion changed. However, for a while, Alberg, realizing that Hyeon-woo was still imprisoned, tried to hint again.
“Fuck, don’t you know how much I struggled to solve this?”
Hyeon-woo's arm suddenly came up and grabbed Alberg by the collar. The chains that bound him had come loose before he knew it, and all that was left was the straitjacket, but even that was torn off.
Hyeon-woo, who became free, pushed Alberg, who was holding him by the collar.
“You go to the Demon Realm alone. I'm not going."
"Why?"
“Why?”
“Humans will hate you now?”
"Right."
Hyeon-woo answered surprisingly calmly.
"So? Any other reasons?”
“I love you.”
"That doesn't matter to me either."
"Hyeon-woo."
“What is more important to me is. The shit I heard while I was imprisoned seemed like Leon wasn't alone in his plan. Did you lend a hand too?”
“What if I did?”
At Alberg's answer, Hyeon-woo sighed.
"I thought so. Demons will always be demons. There’s no way that will change.”
“What are you going to do with me?”
“What can I do? I won't do anything.”
At those words, Alberg's heart sank.
“Even though I made you suffer so much?”
"Yeah. Because I know it will be more painful for you to show indifference than for me to take revenge on you."
Hyeon-woo said that and turned around.
"No."
Alberg, who turned around and watched his back, spat out words of denial.
“I can’t miss you like this.”
Hyeon-woo didn't answer.
“If you leave me like this and turn around, I will run out and kill humans. Most of the strong Awakened are locked away in this building, so there's no one to stop it.”
In order to somehow make Hyeon-woo look back, Alberg randomly brought up his words.
"Humans will taste hell on earth."
“Ah, this is really annoying.”
Hyeon-woo scratched his head with his hand and turned his head away.
“Yeah, you have to see the end once in a while. Let's fight, you bastard. Instead, if you lose to me, you will no longer cling to me.”
“What if I win?”
“Do as you please.”
“Great, I swear by my name.”
Then the clash between the two began.
"They're really incessant."
Lena opened her mouth wide and caught her breath. She was exhausted both physically and mentally by the monsters constantly attacking her. Those who knocked on the wall and tried to break it were now participating in the battle. Otherwise, they would all be swept away by the waves of monsters.
Kerberos and Spotty, who came to their senses belatedly, joined, but the situation did not improve significantly.
"But I've been worried about it since before."
Ain pointed at the camera installed at the top of the building.
“Is that working?”
"I don't know. I tried to turn it on just in case, but it wouldn’t budge.”
“I think it will be a big deal if the situation here goes outside.”
“That’s right. If you think positively, someone will come to rescue us.”
“If not, you will see this situation and despair again.”
All the fairly strong Awakened were trapped here. And their worries were not wrong. In fact, the camera was broadcasting the situation inside through terrestrial broadcasting, and everyone who saw it was embarrassed.
The article was posted on an internet bulletin board, and comments were posted under it.
Title: Watch the broadcast now!
It looks like there is a terrorist attack on the World Awakened Association! It's the worst!
Comments:
- Who attacked them?
- I saw it from the beginning and it looks like Anais.
- That can't be! She’s not crazy! She said that it was she who turned so many people into monsters!
- Aren't we supposed to send a rescue team?
- Who are you going to send? There are some of the best Awakened people in the world there.
-Still, enduring from the inside may be different from helping by attacking from the outside.
- My God, my God! saw? Did you see? Now, Leon-sama is heading to the place where the chaos broke out! He will save us!
-I don't know anymore. Leon-nim and Anais-nim were on good terms.
- But it's not her! He’s our savior! A sample of justice!
Standing in front of the hall where the Awakened gathered and fought, Leon looked up at the camera and smiled.
"Uh?"
The girl who called Leon her savior blinked slowly. He wondered if he was seeing something wrong, so he rubbed his eyes, but what he saw didn't change. He was looking at the camera and laughing.
'What are you laughing at?'
Her heart skipped a beat in this situation. The girl involuntarily put her hand on her chest and stared at the TV. She thought the video might be cut off in the middle, but it was still going on. It seemed that the broadcasting station couldn't do anything about it.
Leon turned his gaze away from the camera and put his hand on the door of his hall. And he went inside as effortlessly as if he were being absorbed.
“Yeah, I had to wake the outside people after all.”
He tried to mumble, but no one heard it. He felt like he was going crazy with anxiety.
HM: System: your heart has now sunk deeper into the ocean’s depth. OwO
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Translator: Hoshi Miya
Editor/Proofreader: Davine, YaagRabRag
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