89.
The sight made her sick, but there was nothing Tiamat could do now. There weren’t enough strong people for her to kill him for being intrusive.
Originally, another high-ranking demon should have crossed through the last portal, but he couldn’t. That’s why even such an ignorant wild boar was a valuable force.
‘Otherwise, I would have killed him a long time ago.’
Tiamat, who had always lived her own way, was new to such restraint. But she promised. He said that later, she could go on a wild rampage and see blood. So for now, she would try to put up with it.
“So Ji Hyeon-woo?”
“He’s coming here.”
Hearing those words, Seon-woo’s expression darkened.
“What are you going to do to my Hyung?”
“Simple. Revenge.”
Bacardi giggled and sat down in front of Seon-woo.
“I want you to take a good look too. Seeing Ji Hyeon-woo fall apart.”
Even if he gritted his teeth, there was nothing Seon-woo could do right now.
***
The warehouse was quiet, but it wasn’t hard to sense the presence of people inside. Even knowing that, Hyeon-woo put his hand on the door without hesitation. The door was unlocked, so it opened easily.
“Ji Hyeon-woo!”
While his attention was focused on the loud voice for a moment, a chain shining with gold jumped out as if it were alive and poured down on Hyeon-woo.
It seemed that this was a trap they had dug. He quickly pulled himself back, but the chain held on tenaciously.
He tried to hit the chain that slid like a snake, but it was counterproductive. It was because as soon as it touched his body, it stuck to him and didn’t come off, and it kept tightening his wrists.
The moment the chains touched his wrists, he lost all his strength. It wasn’t long before he noticed the effect of the chains.
‘Debuff!’
The chain was playing the role of sealing and cutting down powers. It was obvious what the situation would be like if the whole body was arrested even though it was only by the wrist. So he tried to get rid of it, but Bacardi suddenly jumped out and interrupted him.
“Long time no see!”
Bacardi’s barrage of attacks made it difficult to dodge his chains. Soon, the other wrist was also sealed, and his leg was captured. It didn’t take long for his whole body to be tied up.
‘My strength is running out.’
Hyeon-woo frowned unknowingly.
“Now you’re ready to fight, right?”
Behind the smirking Bacardi, Tiamat appeared.
“Don’t kill him, because I told you to bring him alive.”
“I’ll try.”
“When I speak, listen! You wild boar!”
Bacardi, who approached close, swung his big fist, and knocked Hyeon-woo off. He crossed his arms to block it, but his body couldn’t withstand it. In comparison, his tiny body flew backwards and crashed into a tree.
“Ugh!”
The pain he hadn’t felt in a long time was unfamiliar.
“Ho, you can stand this?”
“Because you are weak.”
At the word ‘weak,’ Bacardi’s expression turned ferocious. Then he clung to him and continued his attack by swinging his fists and legs. He dodged and blocked most of them, but the damage gradually accumulated on his body.
‘It feels like I’ve just been dragged into the Demon Realm.’
His body became heavy like a water balloon. Even so, Seon-woo’s safety was confirmed, so it was alright.
“Who’s weak now?”
Looking at the bruised arm, Bacardi mocked.
“You talk game when you had to rely on such an item.”
“Hyung!”
Seon-woo’s mournful voice came from behind Bacardi.
“Oh right. There was another way.”
Bacardi went into the warehouse and dragged Seon-woo out.
“If you don’t want to see your brother die, then be beaten.”
“Wow!”
Tiamat, who saw this, exclaimed in exclamation.
‘How can you be so dirty! We are on the same side, but it is embarrassing.’
“Don’t talk nonsense!”
Seon-woo gritted his teeth and shouted, but Bacardi neatly ignored it.
“What are you going to do?”
Hyeon-woo had no choice. He stopped running away and stood still. The corners of Bacardi’s mouth were torn.
“Then you can be the one first!”
A fist flew at Hyeon-woo, who was not defending himself. And just as he was about to reach him, a shadow rose from the ground and swallowed his fist. Realizing that belatedly, Bacardi tried to change direction, but it was too late.
The shadow mercilessly swallowed his fist, and when he forcibly pulled it out, his skin was already tattered. Fortunately, no bones were visible.
“Fuck, I told you to come alone.”
“I came alone.”
Hyeon-woo answered naturally.
“You came alone?”
Do-jin landed on the right side of Hyeon-woo, who was chained.
“You came alone, right? I guess you didn’t know that I somehow managed to follow you.”
Actually, it wasn’t too unexpected. He thought that Do-jin would notice his absence eventually. And he must have found out that Alberg helped him sneak out. After that, it was up to Do-jin.
Hyeon-woo knew that Do-jin was good at tracking. Alberg would eventually show up to help even if he didn’t tell him where to go. It was predicted that if Hyeon-woo got caught in a trap, the surveillance would be loose afterward, no matter who was following him.
‘Still, the timing is good.’
Hyeon-woo let out a small sigh of relief. Well, the plan was a success.
The problem now was rescuing Seon-woo from captivity, but that didn’t seem to be difficult either. From behind Bacardi, the floor began to turn black. And the black-stained floor swallowed Seon-woo.
“Ji Seon-woo!”
Do-jin, who was surprised, shouted, but Hyeon-woo shook his head.
“Are you okay?”
Dyeing part of the space with demonic energy and moving freely was a skill that even Hyeon-woo knew well.
“Alberg!”
Tiamat jumped out of the blackened space with a frightened expression. Bacardi also succeeded in getting him off his feet by a narrow margin.
“Damn it. I was thinking of getting revenge.”
In spite of the situation that came as a surprise to them, Bacardi showed no signs of agitation. The same was true of Tiamat, who stepped aside in fright. He thought that if she saw Alberg she would run away, but she didn’t.
“Still, the opportunity hasn’t gone away, has it? You have to deal with them anyway.”
“You can’t just beat them one-sidedly.”
“You should just be grateful for the opportunity.”
Tiamat clicked her tongue and straightened her position. Before she knew it, Hydra Kai was seated next to her.
“Tiamat, Tiamat. Has your liver grown quite large?”
Alberg appeared through the blackened space.
“Alberg-nim has changed a lot. I never thought you would come this far for a human being.”
“It’s all because of love.”
“You are telling a romantic story. But perhaps because of that love, this place might become Alberg-nim’s grave?”
Tiamat smiled seductively and broke the small container in her hand. After that, a dot appeared in the air and gradually increased in volume.
And when it was the size of a man, a tall man walked out of it. He was a man in a white suit and a shiny mask.
When he appeared, Bacardi, seemingly out of courtesy, bowed his head. Tiamat didn’t go that far, but her demeanor became more polite.
“Hello?”
A strange voice that seemed to have been altered came from the man.
“My name is Libby, the head of Ouroboros.”
“Ouroboros?”
When Albert tilted his head, Hyeon-woo gave a simple explanation.
“It’s an organization of villains in this world.”
While staying with Hyeon-woo, Alberg also caught up on the news of the town. So it didn’t take long to understand him.
“A villain. But aren’t you a demon?”
“Shouldn’t demons do a villain’s work?”
“It’s not impossible, but there are rules. You shouldn’t play too much in another world. Then they will know that the nuisances are meddling.”
“You mean Celestial? It’s okay. It’s because I’m blocking their eyes and ears in some way. Even if they notice later, it will be after we have conquered this world.”
Alberg clicked his tongue.
“What do you gain by eating the human world?”
“What are you doing? Don’t you know. This place is extremely comfortable to live in. Although the contamination has progressed to a certain extent, it is better than the Demon Realm. Wouldn’t you covet it?”
“Not really.”
“You would say that. That’s why I hate you. No. 1 in the Demon Realm. It’s no different from a king in a world where the demon king has disappeared. But the king doesn’t look over them. He lives and moves on his own. I didn’t like that.”
“This is getting too long.”
Black smoke began to rise above Alberg’s hand. Although it was said that his power had diminished since coming here, it was only relative to the majority of the Demons. To most demons, he was still strong.
“As expected, you don’t understand my thoughts.”
“If you want to be understood, why don’t you properly reveal your true identity and then talk again?”
“I don’t want to. I still need to hide my identity.”
Libby drew a huge sword out of the air. It was a sword that was commonly called a two-handed sword, but he held it with one hand.
“Tiamat, I will deal with Alberg.”
He had assumed the role from the beginning and made a plan.
“Great. Then I’ll deal with the rest!”
Tiamat replied with a twinkle in her eyes.
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