CH 127

When I took Cheon Sa-yeon’s hand, who reached out in front of me, he gently lifted me up. I couldn’t stand properly and staggered then Cheon Sa-yeon wrapped one arm around my waist.

“Cheon Sa-yeon, wait…”

It was then that I noticed Cheon Sa-yeon’s condition. There were several injuries here and there on his arms and legs, including cuts on the cheeks, and his breathing was a bit rough. I couldn’t hide my embarrassment as I had never seen him so dishevelled.

“Did you come here alone?”

“Do you have any problem?”

“Are you crazy? There are so many enemies here! And if you get seriously injured…”

“Thank you for your concern. It’s useless though.”

This punk, seriously.

My face contorted at the absurd remark. Edward, who was watching from behind me, opened his mouth carefully.

“Cheon Sa-yeon-ssi, can we get out of here?”

“Of course.”

Cheon Sa-yeon, who answered calmly as if talking about the weather, swung his sword without hesitation. Then the things that were holding the neck and wrists were neatly cut off and fell to the floor.

Squeak.

It felt like I was out of breath when I was freed from the heavy chain. I lifted my head, touching my reddened neck from the rough leather leash.

Dozens of people were gradually approaching us in a form surrounding us. Samael wearing a white mask could be seen through the black masks that filled my eyes. As I stiffened in tension, Cheon Sa-yeon tightened his arm and pulled me into his arms.

“Now what should we do?”

“We have to go away. To the outside.”

“Cheon Sa-yeon, my ability…”

After a moment’s hesitation, I bit my lip and continued.

“I can’t use my ability. As soon as I was brought in, I swallowed some strange drug, I think it was a shutter item.”

“It’s a shutter item.”

Cheon Sa-yeon mumbled softly as if there was nothing to be surprised about. Cheon Sa-yeon, who blinked slowly as if organizing his thoughts for a moment, looked down at me.

“Move your energy, Han Yi-gyeol.”

“What?”

“Try to use your energy.”

I frowned at the request. Did this bastard listen to people’s words with the back of his ear?

“Did you not hear me? I said I ate a shutter item.”

“You can do it.”

I could see Cheon Sa-yeon’s black eyes. He opened his mouth with amiable attitude.

“Items don’t always work. Above all, ingestible items lose their effectiveness over time.”

“……”

“Try it. You haven’t tried it.”

The firm words somehow felt like cheering. Cheon Sa-yeon’s words were right. There was nothing to lose even if I tried.

“It’s useless, Talented Han Yi-gyeol.”

As if trampling on hope, Samael intervened leisurely. Chaeng, gigigik! The spear that was poking at the chest and Lilith’s sword collided. Cheon Sa-yeon swung his sword while holding me in his arms and hiding Edward behind him. To take me away from Cheon Sa-yeon, people wearing black masks reached out from all directions.

“Gasp…!”

The arm that grabbed my wrist flew away. Even though one of his arms flew off, the man in the black mask didn’t care and held out the other arm. Such people kept coming.

Those whose minds and emotions were controlled by Samael didn’t show the fear or fear that any living thing should have. As time passed, we were at a disadvantage.

I needed my ability to get out of this situation.

As Cheon Sa-yeon said, when I tried to force the hardened energy to move, a throbbing pain spread from my heart. The pain felt as if I had been beaten in the chest with a hammer and gave me cold sweat on my forehead.

“Huu, ugh!”

My stomach was churning from the intense dizziness. It was so hot that I lost consciousness and then it became so cold that my teeth collided over and over again. And finally, little by little things started to change.

As the static electricity passed through my body as if I was choked and struck by lightning, my energy began to move little by little like a lie. It was like a cog wheel, which had stopped for a long time to operate, was running full of rust and I felt pulsing energy emanating from my heart and reaching my fingertips.

“Success, I did.”

The wind came out of my palms. Panting in extreme fatigue, I said to Cheon Sa-yeon.

“My ability… is back, Cheon Sa-yeon.”

“You’re not in a good condition.”

I nodded in a cold sweat. Although I escaped from the effect of the shutter item, the movement of energy was still dull and my body condition was the worst. The wind that barely managed to pull wrapped around Cheon Sa-yeon’s body and Edward’s body.

“Hold tight.”

“What are you going to do?”

Cheon Sa-yeon carried Edward on his back and said.

“We have to go away. Find the gate exit.”

Gate exit? So that was meaning this was inside the gate?

“Where is it? Gate exit.”

“It’s likely outside the building.”

When Cheon Sa-yeon swung his sword wide, blood engulfed in fire gushed out. Stepping on the burning blood, he blinked at me. As I lifted his body just in time, Cheon Sa-yeon moved straight to the door.

“Catch them!”

“They run away! Stop them!”

People wearing black masks were chasing after us, screaming and shouting. Hearing the sound of dozens of footsteps behind, I opened the door to the hall that approached in front of us with my ability. Then the snowflakes flew by the cold wind and brushed past my face.

“Gasp, gasp…”

Even with the simple use of the ability, I quickly ran out of energy. There was more than half of the energy still, so even using a little bit of energy reached a limit. As I drooped while panting for breath, Cheon Sa-yeon shook my body slightly as if to calm myself down.

“Hold on, Han Yi-gyeol.”

Roar!

“Ugh!”

A large bomb flew towards us as we climbed out of the building and began to explode in the air. Edward, who was carried by Cheon Sa-yeon, was startled and stiffened his body.

In addition to bombs, sharp ice awls and needles flew in. Dodging the attack at high speed and passing the building, I saw the gate exit at the back door. It was then that I lowered the altitude and was about to fly towards the exit.

“I have said it was useless, Talented Han Yi-gyeol.”

Samael blocked the exit of the gate with a slow pace. Unlike us, Samael, who already knew the location of the gate exit, arrived earlier than us through the back door of the building.

“Cheon Sa-yeon…!”

“Don’t slow down!”

At the same time as Cheon Sa-yeon’s cry, Samael raised his thumb and middle finger. It was clear that he was aiming at Edward, not me and Cheon Sa-yeon, whom his ability didn’t work for.

I raised the remaining energy as much as possible to increase the speed of the wind. The distance narrowed in an instant and Samael’s fingers collided. The man wearing a black mask who blocked the front of Samael, was wielded by Cheon Sa-yeon, was hit and collapsed instead.

“Oh, my.”

Samael, noticing something, wiped the lips of the mask as if it was a pity. Then he shrugged his shoulders lightly.

Uuung!

The tightly closed gate exit opened its mouth. As I passed by, I heard Samael’s voice.

“See you next time, Talented Han Yi-gyeol.”

Then it wouldn’t be as easy as it was now.

With those words, the gate exit engulfed our bodies. My vision was suddenly turned upside down, and instead of the pure white ground covered with snow, a dirt road and lush greenery appeared.

“Edward-ssi!”

Noticing that I had come out of the gate, I hurriedly called for Edward, who was on Cheon Sa-yeon’s back.

“Are you okay? Samael used his ability at the end.”

When I asked about Edward’s condition, who had come down from Cheon Sa-yeon’s back, Edward wiped his chest and nodded his head.

“I, I am fine. I’m fine. Really.”

“But…”

I had no choice but to be careful because I knew that Samael could act as usual if he wanted to. Edward, noticing my concern, turned to me and Cheon Sa-yeon then raised his ringed hand.

“Fortunately, I think the timing was right.”

The jewel in the centre of the ring was shattered, stained with grey. Edward looked down at the ring and sighed in relief.

“This is what happens when you succeed in blocking the opponent’s ability.”

“That’s a relief.”

Only then did my mind feel relief. As the tension in my body relaxed, the pain and fatigue I had forgotten came rushing in like a tsunami. My staggering shoulders, which were unable to stand properly and stumbled, were wrapped around by Cheon Sa-yeon.

“Well, I’m glad it ended well at this point.”

“What the heck with it ended well, you bastard…”

Excessive fatigue was added to the headache. Putting my forehead on him, I relaxed my body and leaned against Cheon Sa-yeon then asked.

“Now what are you going to do? Samael could come out of the gate.”

“It won’t right now. The damage will be quite large over there and he will have to clean up.”

“Clean up?”

Cheon Sa-yeon took me in his arms before I lost consciousness. I listened to the explanation that followed while leaning my forehead on Cheon Sa-yeon’s shoulder.

“Did you not know? The building where you and Eddy were was made out of items. Since the traces have to be erased, the building will be removed, and the space movement item will be used as it was when we entered.”

“Then, first…”

“Okay. Rest.”

Cheon Sa-yeon, who patted my back a couple of times, said to Edward.

“Eddy. You’d better contact Deputy Master Chloe first. I will lend you my cell phone.”

“Thank you, Cheon Sa-yeon-ssi.”

“When you’re done contacting her, let’s go down the mountain.”

“I will tell my sister to send someone.”

Edward, who had been handed the cell phone from Cheon Sa-yeon, made a phone call and widened some distance from us. Chloe’s voice was heard shouting Edward’s name over the phone. Listening to Edward’s soft voice, I opened my mouth.

“Cheon Sa-yeon.”

“Say it.”

“There are a lot of strange things. I’m sure you know, right?”

Cheon Sa-yeon quickly understood my mumble like sleep talk. He answered with a smile.

“I don’t know what that means.”

“What an annoying little bastard…”

‘Cause it was never going to be easy. Perhaps my lamentation was quite fun, Cheon Sa-yeon laughed out loud.

“Sleep, Han Yi-gyeol. When you wake up, everything will be in its place.”

Everything went back to its place?

“Well…”

I wished that would happen.

I closed my eyes slowly, reflecting on Cheon Sa-yeon’s words. I felt more comfortable than ever and accepted the drowsiness (덮쳐 오는 수마를 받아들였다).