Chapter 376

“How...?”

Moon Issak’s transformation was utterly shocking.

And then, as if it had been waiting for this moment, system messages appeared in a cluttered explosion, covering my view.

[You’ve witnessed Moon Issak’s hidden scenario, ‘In front of the Moon deity.’]

[You’ve been awarded +100 exploration points after witnessing this rare phenomenon, ‘Awakened Werewolf.’]

[‘A portion of the ‘In front of the Moon Deity’ scenario has been saved to ‘My Scenario Diary.’]

[‘Unable to endure a thousand days of this cold weather, the hungry wolves howled before the cold moon. No mortal heard their cries, but the moon deity, reflected onto the lake, took pity on the wolves and divided some of his strength amongst them. That was the origin of the wolves that served the moon. However, the moon deity was eaten by a black darkness. The wolves vowed to rebuild the diety’s collapsed temple and revive the power of their missing god...’]

[You have leveled up because your understanding of the world’s scenario has increased by 1%]

[Mutants born from divine power have an absolute advantage over the undead and those with evil attributes, so we don’t recommend making them your enemies.]

[User ‘Moon Issak’ has imprinted on you.]

The more I read, the more I found the content unsettling. I didn’t understand some parts and, more than anything, I found the last message strangely chilling.

‘Imprint, huh...?’

However, Moon Issak, who had turned into a huge wolf before our eyes, was glaring and growling at Dawon-ie, not me. Of course, Dawon confronted Moon issak with a relaxed attitude, holding his staff in his hands.

Gritting his teeth, Moon Issak shouted–

[You’ll regret placing so much trust in one skill.]

Dawon-ie snorted before whispering, “Do I hear a dog barking?”

[Die!]

Of course, I had faith in Seo Dawon. But Moon Issak, after becoming a werewolf, moved too fast.

Moreover, his fur was bristled, as if static electricity was running through the strands; whenever he attacked, it was as if white lightning struck.

[Graaaagh–!]

Bzzzt–!

In the end, the golden shield surrounding the Mage finally shattered. As Moon Issak broke the shield with his front paws, he also bit Dawon’s left arm.

“Dawon-ah!”

“It’s fine. [Wind Cutter].” Without lifting a single brow, Seo Dawon cut off Moon Issak’s ear with a skill that originated from that bitten left arm. Simultaneously, Moon Issak shook his head wildly, and the arm was ripped off. As a result, the Mage was down one arm.

However, when Moon Issak casually spat out Dawon’s torn arm as if it were something dirty, his ear had already healed. On the other hand, Dawon’s torn arm had sunken tooth marks and looked rotten. It had failed to regenerate.

[Do you want to survive, even if you’re left in pieces?]

I stared back without hiding my disgusted expression. Moon Issak slowed down when he saw my expression, but soon he concealed his reaction and tried to cajole me calmly–

[I have no intention of harming you.]

“......”

[Release Seo Dawon and surrender. Besides, you can’t resummon him for 24 hours after he’s defeated, right?]

His face, subtly soaked in a sense of superiority as if he knew everything, was so repulsive. He looked at me, as if urging me to quickly make my choice, but I didn’t even want to grant him the pleasure of hearing my voice.

Eventually, he opened his mouth again.

[From now on, I’ll... I’ll never torture you again. I promise. I didn’t come and find you in order to hurt you.]

“......”

[After you left, I reflected a lot on my actions. I shouldn’t have done that...]

“......”

[I’ve learned a lot, and, from now on, I won’t treat you carelessly.]

“......”

I didn’t pay the slightest attention to his shameless self-reflection. Though he was verbose in his apologies, the gleam in his eyes was still disdainful. He was still a repugnant person who showed no signs of genuine remorse. He was merely concealing his even more sinister and brutal nature.

As expected, when I stared at him silently, Moon Issak’s soft expression contorted–

[...Answer me, Choi Lee-kyung. I apologized to you.]

My frozen lips moved at his shameless demand, “I’m sorry but... I try not to get into the habit of hanging out with bastards like you.”

[...What?]

“Saying all this now... Don’t even bother trying to be nice to me. It seems like you’ve misunderstood something–the kiss you gave me was creepier than the torture.”

After glaring at the speechless Moon Issak, I glimpsed Dawon’s face through the gaps in between the wolves’ bodies. My eyes met his–curved into half-moon smiles–and I shouted, “Seo Dawon!”

Though his arms and legs were littered with bites, Seo Dawon raised his head towards me.

I held out my hand, maintaining eye contact, “Get out of there quickly!”

Even if he was undead–even if he had some unknown plan, I couldn’t help but plead for him to escape from that situation. I couldn’t bear to see his body in that state.

At my shout, Dawon smiled, as if he had read my mind. And... Pop–! Starting with the wolf biting his leg, he began to explode the wolves’ heads one by one.

The limp wolf carcasses began to be sucked into the slow-moving quicksand. At first glance, the sinking rate seemed slow, but, every time I blinked, another half of a carcass had been dragged into its sandy embrace.

That was when Moon Issak made his move.

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TL: My brain to Lee-kyung this entire chapter: Yaaaas! Slay! Queen!