Chapter 130 - 130- Contacting The World (Part 1)

Meanwhile, Chin-Hwa watched the entire interaction with a frown on his face. Seeing Hyun-Jae hug Talon out of nowhere took him by surprise.

Not only did she willingly do it, but the hug was also so intimate, akin to that of two lovers rather than acquaintances. His heart ached greatly from that sight and he didn't know what to do.

On the one hand, Hyun-Jae had severed their friendship so he couldn't speak even if he wanted to. On the other hand, she probably didn't even know that he had feelings for her, and that made his frustration grow even more.

'Goddamit...' Cursing to himself, he clenched his fists tightly.

In the end, he could only look away from the two. The sight pained him greatly and it was too much to handle even for someone as stoic as he was.

Talon, who was focused on Hyun-Jae, noticed that. So, he slowly and gently pulled Hyun-Jae away. "Are you ok?" He asked.

"Mm... I'm fine." She replied with a small blush on her face.

'I really hugged him... Again...' She thought to herself.

This was the second time Hyun-Jae's emotions took over her and she ended up throwing herself at Talon. She could only feel embarrassed realizing how awfully close she was to him. The times she hugged people could be counted on one hand throughout her life, and yet, she ended up hugging him multiple times willingly. It was confusing how her mind worked.

"Ok. Anyway, is the rest of the group fine?"

"They're waiting on the other side. When I heard that you stayed back to fight the monsters... I rushed here." Hyun-Jae gave him a glare.

"Ah, haha, yeah. Ehem, my bad about that. But, no worries, I killed them all." Talon replied with an awkward smile.

"Wait, what?" Chin-Hwa turned around. "You killed them?"

"Yeah."

"The entire horde?"

"Yeah."

"..." Just hearing those responses made the cold prince blink speechlessly.

That's when Hyun-Jae realized something. "That huge crater... Was it your doing?"

"It was. Luckily, that attack was strong enough to wipe out the entire army and I got myself some pretty nice rewards."

"..." (x2)

The duo stared at him in awkward silence. They didn't know how to react at all.

'What kind of attack generates a hole of that size?' Just trying to imagine what he did made the two shudder. How was he able to do such a thing?

The shock was deep... Very deep. Talon's strength had truly become something straight out of a fictional world. The ability to create such devastating attacks.

"Yeah, in any case, everything is over now. Well..."

*CRACK*

"Except for the expansion..." Talon looked around him at the expanding cracks.

"I can't believe it... We're saved... We're saved! Thank god! Truly... Thank god!"

All of his bottled-up emotions came out all at once. He felt so happy that he didn't even know what to do at that moment.

'It must've been really hard on them... I don't know how long they've been there for.' Talon pursed his lips.

"Were you the one who contacted us a month ago?" He asked after a while when he noticed that the man finally started calming down.

"*Sniff* Contacted you? We didn't..." The man wiped his tears as he suddenly realized what he meant. "Wait... You were the ones who received our message?"

Hyun-Jae and Talon nodded their heads.

"Wow..." The scientist blinked. "To think that the small message we sent... Would make the difference..."

"We would've not had the idea of coming here if it wasn't for it." Talon rubbed his chin.

'Pfft... If it wasn't for it... All of this would've not happened.'

Smiling wryly at the coincidence, he stood up. "Well, I guess destiny brought us here for a reason after all. To help you and in return, we can finally get your help too."

"Our help?"

"We want to contact the outside world, as I said. I believe that's possible using the equipment inside this building, no?"

"Yeah, it's definitely possible. We can definitely try doing that. But, there is no guarantee there could be anyone that would receive the signal out there."

"Well, there is no harm in doing it. Whether we find a signal or not is up to fate." Talon shrugged. "In any case, I would prefer if we can do this as fast as possible. This building won't hold on for long with how much damage it sustained." Talon said as he looked up at the structure.

Even with its resilience, the research center was still in very bad shape after the multiple earthquakes that hit it. With a simple look, it had a few days at most before it collapsed too.

'Hopefully, our efforts won't go down the drain.'

***

After that, the group waited for the remaining scientists to wake up. They were naturally shocked to see that they were still alive after what happened.

Turns out, Terren had used them to heal her wounds with the helmets she had. They were capable of sucking the life force out of them and in consequence, they would slowly die.

It was a painful torture that they thought they would never wake up from. In the end, their lives were saved and they ended up bowing in front of Talon in gratitude.

"It's fine, you don't have to thank me. Instead..."

"Hm?"

"Just help me get in contact with my family. If you do that, I will consider it as you returning the favor."

The trio looked at each other in confusion. "That's it?"

"Yeah, just getting to know that they're fine is more than enough for me. If you give me that good news, then it's akin to saving my life."

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