Chapter 478 - Eye of Nostrian

Chapter 478 - Eye of Nostrian

Crack, crack!

The borders enveloping the Eye of Nostrian broke, and a transparent crystal about the size of a thumb came out. The crystal contained power that not even Oh Kang-Woo knew the bounds of or where it came from.

‘What’s this all of a sudden?’ Kang-Woo looked down at the crystal exuding translucent light in confusion. ‘Is this another power-up?’

Kang-Woo thought Kim Tae-Hyun was about to power up again but that did not seem to be the case based on how dumbfoundedly Tae-Hyun was looking down at his necklace.

“What? What just happened?” Kang-Woo asked.

“I-I’m not sure either,” answered Tae-Hyun in a trembling tone and looked up at Kang-Woo with a flustered expression, his broken necklace in hand.

“What are you looking at me for...?”

Kang-Woo was just as confused as Tae-Hyun was. He frowned as he stared at the crystal that was gradually shining brighter.

“Ah.” Just then, Tae-Hyun’s eyes widened. “A-Arghh.”

He clenched his hair as he trembled. He drooled from his agape mouth, his eyes rolled backward and he convulsed as if he were having a seizure.

“Kurgh! Kuh! Gurghhh!”

“Oh shit, what the fuck is wrong now? Hey! Tae-Hyun!” Kang-Woo shouted as he grabbed Tae-Hyun’s shoulders.

Anyone could see that Tae-Hyun was acting abnormally.

‘Shit.’ Kang-Woo bit his lip aggressively. ‘I haven’t heard anything about the future from him yet!’

He looked down at Tae-Hyun anxiously.

“Kurgh! Cough! Cough!”

The seizing Tae-Hyun coughed up blood. Blood vessels bulged from around his eyes and tears of blood poured down his cheeks.

“Kurghhh!”

“Hey, hey, what’s wrong with you? You’re not dying, are you? Are you? Don’t you dare fucking die.”

Kang-Woo hastily bit open his thumb, stuck it in Tae-Hyun’s mouth, and activated the Authority of Regeneration at full throttle.

“Kurgh! Guuuuuuhhh!”

“Shit,” Kang-Woo cursed.

Tae-Hyun was not getting any better despite Kang-Woo using the Authority of Regeneration.

‘What should I do? Should I call Darling?’

Han Seol-Ah was leagues above him in terms of healing. Kang-Woo took out his smartphone and called Seol-Ah right away.

- Kang-Woo? What’s wrong?

There was much background noise around Seol-Ah, likely because she was healing those injured due to the Parasite invasion.

“Darling, can you come to me right now?”

- Okay. I’ll be right there.

Seol-Ah answered without hesitation despite not even knowing the reason. Kang-Woo looked around.

“I’m at...”

He had chosen a random highrise building to land on, so he had no idea where he was.

‘It looks like an apartment.’

Based on what the building looked like, it seemed more like a mixed-use luxury apartment building than a shopping complex or a company building. Kang-Woo opened a map app to search for his current location.

- You’re on the rooftop of the Hyperion in Mok-dong, right? I’ll be there in a flash, Kang-Woo.

‘The hell? I haven’t even said anything about where I am yet.’

“How did you know where I am...?”

- I installed a tracking app on your smartphone a wh—

Seol-Ah gasped.

- A-Ahem. It’s the power of love.

Kang-Woo remained silent.

‘Since when did the power of love become a tracking app?’

He stared at his smartphone with a sour expression.

- A-Anyway! I’ll be right there!

Kang-Woo could hear Seol-Ah floundering before she hung up.

Whoooom!!

A blinding light poured out of the twelve wings.

“Ngh...”

Seol-Ah’s brows wrinkled slightly. Inside Tae-Hyun’s body was as chaotic as a storm.

‘I have to quell the raging energy first.’

She poured sacred power into Tae-Hyun, just like how coolant needed to be topped up so that an engine did not overheat.

“Kurgh! Gah!” Tae-Hyun twisted and turned as he coughed up blood.

Beads of sweat formed around Seol-Ah’s forehead. “Haaa, haaa.”

Seol-Ah’s breathing became labored; she entered a temporary state of exhaustion due to using sacred power and Divinity past her limits.

‘It's not enough.’

The power raging throughout Tae-Hyun was more chaotic and enormous than anything Seol-Ah had experienced before. She would have normally given up.

‘But it’s starting to calm down little by little.’

The immense energy was reacting with Seol-Ah’s sacred power for some reason and calming down. She slowly pacified the raging energy within Tae-Hyun as if slowly taming a wild beast.

Crack!

And then, the Eye of Nostrian which had been on Tae-Hyun’s necklace, shattered into pieces.

Whoooom!!

“Kyaah!”

“Darling!”

Blinding light filled the surroundings. Kang-Woo quickly separated Seol-Ah from Tae-Hyun.

“Kurgh...” Tae-Hyun, who tumbled across the ground after getting pushed away by Kang-Woo, stood up as he staggered. “Where...”

He looked around in confusion and saw Kang-Woo embracing Seol-Ah. He asked cautiously, “Umm... Wh-Who are you? Where am I?”

“What?” Kang-Woo’s expression wrinkled. “Kim Tae-Hyun, what the hell are you talking ab—”

“Kim... Tae-Hyun? H-How do you know my name?”

Kang-Woo clenched his hair as he stared at Tae-Hyun, who was staring at him, stricken with fear. “Motherfucker...”

Kang-Woo could easily tell what had happened based on Tae-Hyun’s reaction.

‘Since he doesn’t remember me...’

It meant that Tae-Hyun’s memories from now to when they first met in the D-rank Gate had been wiped out.

“Haaa,” Kang-Woo sighed.

After all he had done to acquire information about the future, he was left with nothing in the end.

“Hurgh...” Seol-Ah groaned.

“Are you okay, Darling?”

“Ah... yes. I’m fine, Kang-Woo,” she mumbled as she stood up.

Kang-Woo examined her worryingly. “Are you sure you’re not hurt anywhere?”

“I’m fine... other than that I’m extremely tired.”

Seol-Ah blinked lifelessly as if she would pass out any second. Kang-Woo sighed in relief.

“Lie down and get some rest. I’ll take care of everything from here on out.”

“I’m... sorry... Kang-Woo. Tae-Hyun is...”

“Well, at least he’s alive.”

Kang-Woo clicked his tongue. He had lost something even more important than Tae-Hyun’s life, but he couldn’t blame Seol-Ah for that.

“I’m sorry... Kang-Woo. I’m... so tired...”

Seol-Ah closed her eyes. Kang-Woo laid her on the ground and turned to approach Tae-Hyun. Because of that...

Riiing.

[Absorbing the ‘Eye of Nostrian’ into Seraph’s soul.]

[A portion of the conditions for the Transcendent skill ‘Miracle (Rank: EX)’ has been unlocked.]

No one saw the small amount of translucent light particles being absorbed into Seol-Ah.