Chapter 23 - Hound 2

+ Name: Muhyuk Special Ability : 0 Potential: Very High Age: 23 Possession: Extreme weapon (S), combat judgment (A), steel skin (S), combat recovery (A), hiding (S), surprise attack(S). Description: A killer who was raised by an assassin from a young age. An assassin with great talent who would have won the favor of the great demon if he becomes a living-dead. However, he gets killed by Yushin while protecting the chairman. +

Muhyuk. When Jin-Seong took the path to become an assassin in his last life. Muhyuk was already famous as a legendary assassin.

Although he was silently building up his power under the chairman of the board. He faces death with the chairman because of Yushin’s performance.

But Yushin wanted to scout Muhyuk as a colleague. Although the path he walked was covered with blood, he highly valued the potential and nature of Muhyuk.

However, he was stubborn and only tried to protect his master. So Yushin had to kill him.

And.

Muhyuk’s first knife with a hole at the end of the knife fell in front of Jin-Seong’s face.

Whoosh!

Jin-Seong blocked the blade with the lion’s claws.

A row of thick, long blades of Bowie knives has been cut out.

Kagang, Kagagak! Jin-Seong was preventing Muhyuk from wielding the double knife freely. Muhyuk was angry and shouted once again.

The thick blade went for Jin-Seong’s neck.

Whoosh! At that moment, Jin-Seong flew his body sideways. The Bowie Knife cut off one of the giant pigs. Pkkk! The knife cut into the vertebrae of the slaughtered pig fell to the ground.

Jin-Seong approached Muhyuk without missing a big timing.

Bang! Muhyuk raised his arm at lightning speed and blocked him, and bounced off.

Booooom! Muhyuk bumped his back into a morgue refrigerator in a corner.

“…….”

However, Muhyuk suddenly got up as if it was nothing. At that time, the door of the refrigerator that Muhyuk hit was crushed and opened. There was a body lying in it.

Jin-Seong identified the body and wrinkled his eyebrows.

“…That’s disgusting.”

And he was sarcastic.

“It would have been less painful if Lee Soo-ah had been in the morgue.” “Shut up!”

At that moment, he threw out the knife at Jin-Seong once again.

Whoosh!

Jin-Seong hit the blade.

Poof!

The perforated knife burst into a flame of great pressure. The knife that Muhyuk wielded now was not an ordinary knife.

The Wasp Knife was manufactured to catch bears. When a knife is inserted into the flesh, a button is pressed to fire. It is a terrible weapon of murder that explodes a great deal of pressure at the end of the blade, causing an internal wave.

Instead of simply exploding with pressure, Muhyuk’s wasp knife detonated high-pressure oil and flame into the blade’s groove.

If you’re not resistant to flames, you’ll be fatally injured or killed.

Fttt!

Jin-Seong covered his face with the flame. The flame hit Jin-Seong’s face exactly, but Muhyuk remained vigilant.

‘This is my last chance!’

Sssskk! He swung the blade to kill Jin-Seong.

At that moment.

Whoosh!

The knife facing his heart was blocked by the lion’s claws. The wasp knife glistened pale.

“Thank you. It was getting a little cold.” “……?!”

Obviously, he was directly hit by the flames, but Jin-Seong’s face looked like he had just been exposed to the wind. A notification popped up in front of Jin-Seong’s eyes.

[The Eye of Assisi is triggering the first effect, ‘flame resistance’! You will be able to swim in lava for a while!]

And Jin-Seong praised Muhyuk.

“It was a wise judgment, a series of unguarded attacks.”

With that, Jin-Seong quickly advanced forward. Muhyuk quickly threw out a wasp knife in a sense of crisis.

Kiririk! But the lion claws twisted the knife’s orbit like a snake and neutralized it. He broke Muhyuk’s wrist and made him miss his knife.

“Hmph!”

Muhyuk tried to respond, but he couldn’t keep up. “What? You’re going to beat me up with martial arts?!’

And. Splash!

Blood came out of Muhyuk’s shoulder cut by Carambit.

Booom! At that moment, Jin-Seong pushed Muhyuk’s arm to his right chest and knocked him down.

Baaam!

“Gasp!”

Muhyuk tried to stand up as soon as his back hit the floor. But.

Srrr…!

Before he knew it, the lion’s claw touched Muhyuk’s Adam’s apple.

“What else do you want me to show you?”

Jin-Seong was looking down coldly at Muhyuk. There was nothing more Muhyuk could do with the unilateral attack of Jin-Seong.

‘…A perfect defeat.’

Muhyuk had never met an opponent who had overwhelmed him. It’s like he’s trying to figure out where he’s going to put the knife. He was unilaterally beaten without even trying to put much effort.

When Muhyuk realized that he could never win no matter what he did, he gave up.

“Kill me…”

Then he dropped his head to the ground and closed his eyes. Muhyuk felt lucky to die like this.

He didn’t want to care about anything anymore. The chairman’s orders, the girl who smiled at him. He wanted to be free from things that bothered him.

Skkk…….

But Jin-Seong took the blade that stretched out.

“……You’re not gonna kill me?” “There’s nothing I can gain by killing you.”

There was nothing to gain for Jin-Seong, it was actually a great loss. After Malek’s dungeon, it was necessary as an assistant to attack the watchman’s residence.

Then Muhyuk growled.

“If you let me live, all the living-dead will chase you.” “Muhyuk.” “…….”

Muhyuk was surprised by Jin-Seong, who knew his name, but he didn’t show it.

“I’m sure you know that’s useless.” “…….”

In an instant, Muhyuk felt the smell of blood from Jin-Seong and the indescribable life.

‘He’s on a different level.’

Honestly, when all the living-dead under the chairman came. He couldn’t decide if e could beat the man in front of him.

‘…I don’t know what the signs are telling me.….’

Muhyuk was now judging his situation accurately. To kill Lee Jin-seong, they would have to send out all their secret weapons.

Jin-Seong asked.

“Do you understand why I said that to you?” “……What are you talking about?” “You want to save her, don’t you?”

The subject was nothing else. It was Lee Soo-ah.

When Muhyuk was silent with a firm face, Jin-Seong spoke.

“There is a way not to sacrifice Lee Soo-ah.”

Muhyuk suddenly raised his head at his word. And he stared at Jin-Seong.

“The chairman just doesn’t know what else to do. So he’s just trying to sacrifice Lee Soo-ah.” “…….”

The purpose of the chairman, or the priest Kim Oseong, is to restore the direct monarch of the king to an ideal state. In order to do so, sacrifices were needed, and the key offering was Lee Soo-ah.

At that time, Jin-Seong pointed to the wall he had pierced and said.

“There is something in there that can save Lee Soo-ah.” “…What?”

Then Jin-Seong strode toward the gap.

‘There’s something that can replace Lee Soo-ah.…?’

“I’ll ask you again. Do you want to save Lee Soo-ah?” “…….”

However, Jin-Seong did not wait for an answer and moved on to the passageway he had drilled.

When Jin-Seong disappeared, Muhyuk got up.

And.

He followed Jin-Seong into the house.

‘Codex Reading.’

+ Name: Lee Soo-ah Special Ability : 0 Potential: High Description: She has an abnormally high amount of magic, and can link her own magic to the target through a function called ‘overcharging (SSS)’. She is an opener with a great ability to rank one of the linked target’s abilities. She avoided being sacrificed by Yushin but died shortly after failing to cure mana poisoning. +

“It would be a great help to keep Lee Soo-ah alive, too.’

Lee Soo-ah’s ability was nothing else. She was an opener with a fraudulent ability to rank up one of the target’s abilities and greatly boost their power while backing up their mana.

The reason why it’s important that your abilities are ranked up to the next level is because-

Even with the same vocation, the gap between F and D is not large, but from C and above, the gap will vary widely for each rank. The sum of the F- to D-level capabilities was only below the C-level, and the sum of the F- to C-level rankings was below B-level. Therefore, going up from rank B to rank A means that your abilities will be amplified twice as quickly as existing capabilities.

However, Yushin failed to cure Lee Soo-ah. In modern times, medical science has improved so much that even if someone’s limbs were cut off, they could be neatly attached and artificial organs can be transplanted without any aftereffects. It was helpless for Lee Soo-ah.

Mana poisoning.

The reason was because of mana poisoning. As a rare disease that is very rare under normal circumstances. It was a rejection reaction that occurred when mana was injected beyond the person’s physical capacity limit.

The average opener increases magic along with physical training, so they never get addicted to a certain amount of magic. However, Lee Soo-ah has been in prison for quite some time and has been undergoing procedures to force the increase in her magic.

After all, because of the explosive increase in Mana, it was a more deadly disease.

But for Jin-Seong. He has a special card that Yushin didn’t have.

Sggg…

Jin-Seong quietly summoned the Sun card and held it in his hand. The sun was shining quietly in the tarot.

‘So all I have to do is conciliate Muhyuk.’

He had to make Muhyuk realize what path he should choose to be happier.

‘Only if he realizes how shallow his relationship with the chairman is, Muhyuk will have to move on.’

At that time, the narrow road widened for an instant, and a large gate made of gold appeared in front of Jin-Seong. There was a keyboard in front.

And the golden door was engraved with runes. Muhyuk kept following him.

Watching him, Jin-Seong said.

“There is a way to save Lee Soo-ah and not go against the will of the chairman.”

He told Muhyuk, who had been following him silently until now.

“……How?” However, Jin-Seong only touched the rune character that came up in front of him.

Whoosh!

When he finished typing on the keyboard, a big golden door opened.

“…….”

And Jin-Seong looked around once and went inside.

“What the hell is this…….”

Lee Soo-ah alone was a headache, but Muhyuk was confused in the space beyond the golden door that suddenly appeared. However, Muhyuk had no choice but to follow him with confused eyes.

“Hmm…….”

Jin-Seong examined the inside of the Dwarves’ secret weapon storage.

There were several small weapons made by Dwarves.

Angled swords with brass-colored blades, brass-colored spears, brass-colored axes, iron brains, and bolts were kept inside.

Jin-Seong opened his mouth looking back at Muhyuk.

“This is the Oriharcon that the Dwarves built.” “Oriharcon……?”

Muhyuk opened his arms and looked carefully at the long sword on the wall. It was not a steel gray blade, but a blade made of a brass mineral unique to the Oriharcon.

It was different from the weapons that the demons had created.

“This is a secret weapon storage hidden by Dwarves.”

Muhyuk wondered why this place had a secret weapon storage hidden by the Dwarves, but he held it in. It was humiliating to ask Jin-Seong such a thing. Instead, he asked again what was more important.

“So… What do you mean you can save Lee Soo-ah?” “That.”

Then Jin-Seong pointed to the object on the side of the shelf. There was a translucent gold Orb.

“…….”

Muhyuk looked in front of the shelf. Inside the brass crystal ball, a blue energy wave was spreading.

“It’s called a ‘mana cell’. It’s a collection of Dwarf technology. If this battery is dedicated to the altar instead of Lee Soo-ah, Malek’s resurrection will be more complete.”

Muhyuk couldn’t help but ask back.

“Wasn’t your purpose to stop the great demon?” “That’s none of your business. The important thing is that we can save Lee Soo-ah.”

He was right. Muhyuk hardened his face and carefully looked deep into the mana cell. Deep inside the orb, mana was circling like a galaxy.

‘If this is the case, Lee Soo-ah can live……?’

He remembered when he gave Soo-ah the dress, and how happy she was. Normally, he would have coldly doubted Jin-Seong’s suggestion, but he couldn’t do that to Soo-ah.

At the sight, Jin-Seong, who was wielding an oriharcon blade, said.

“Go. Go save Lee Soo-ah.” “…….”

However, Muhyuk couldn’t easily walk away.

Obviously, Jin-Seong had an intention, but he couldn’t figure out what it was.

He said he wanted to stop Malek, but he gave him a battery to revive him? Something that was more powerful than their original sacrifice? He had no choice but to say think how contradictory this situation was.

“Don’t deceive me. What are you up to?”

It was then.

Whoosh!

The Oriharcon blade fell to a halt in front of Muhyok’s nose.

“Whatever you do, it’s your choice. Whether you throw away the battery and let Lee Soo-ah die, or give the mana battery to the chairman and save Lee Soo-ah, it’s your choice. And more importantly…….”

Skkkk. Then he got the blade.

“It’s true that you’ll walk away alive.”

Muhyuk got sick and tired of Jin-Seong’s response.

“…You’re absolutely insane.” “I’m sorry, but all the weapons here are mine. If you’re done with your business, get out of here.” “…….”

Muhyuk looked silently at Jin-Seong, who was sweeping weapons into his locker. Jin-Seong was no longer paying attention to Muhyuk. However, he did not even dare to make a surprise attack.

Muhyuk groaned.

“…Darn it.”

Then he paced long in front of the shelf with the Orb on it.

‘Definitely… I have a choice, as he said. I still have time to think about this first.’

“Good…….”

All of a sudden.

He took the Orb.

‘If it’s a little weird, I can just throw it away. There’s nothing to worry about.’

It was the moment he tried leaving the armory.

“Oh, wait.”

Then, Jin-Seong approached and reached out.

“……What is it?” “It’s not a handshake. Do you have a cell phone?” “…….”

Muhyuk gave Jin-Seong his cell phone without saying anything. It was because he couldn’t win anyway.

“Thank you.”

Jin-Seong calmly dialed a number and called.

Beep.

“It’s me. It’s time.” Beep. The short call ended. When Muhyuk was staring at him, he spoke. “And if you ever need help, just shout.” “……Why?” “I’ll come to help you.” “……Ha.” At the end of the sentence, Jin-Seong began to take care of the weapons again. In response to the enigmatic reply, Muhyuk simply could not understand the meaning. He thought it was worth a try anyway. There was an unknown hope that the chairman might save Lee Soo-ah. ‘I have to see the chairman.’ And Muhyuk left the weapon storage in a hurry.