Chapter 9

Chapter 9

PR: NightCrawler



Beep beep beep beep.

A warning signal rang incessantly in my head. My neck, which was caught by Kang Yoo-hyun, throbbed in pain. If I do something wrong right now, I might lose my life.

Instantly, memories appeared in my head like flashbacks. I thought it was because Han Yi-jin’s frozen body felt a tremendous amount of fear, but the funny thing was, what crossed my mind was my memory and not Han Yi-jin’s. It was the memory of Park Ho-soo, who lived like a pushover.

Damn, I feel like shit. I gritted my teeth while remembering the faces of my family that I didn’t want to think of.

It was so pathetic of me to be living helplessly like an idiot, even before I possessed someone else.

The feeling of not wanting to give up rushed in. Do you think I’m gonna fall behind here?

I raised my head to look at Kang-Yoo Hyun’s face, and his thick brows furrowed. At that moment, a dull system voice hit my ears.

[The condition has been met.]

...What? Condition?

A sudden heat covered my body after the incomprehensible system’s voice was gone.

“Ugh...!”

I was familiar with this feeling, because the same heat had covered my entire body the first time the synchronization was complete. I had goosebumps down my spine as the heat was somewhat different from the Illusion ability. I felt really awful after going through it again.

“Hey, Han... Yi-jin.”

“...?”

I looked at him with his angry voice. Eden, whose arm I was holding, looked at me while biting his lip. He looked just as angry as when he was in the guild.

“Hey, you...”

“...!”

But my mind was not focused. It was because I met Kang Yoo-hyun’s blue eyes again. I shouted while shaking Eden’s arm.

“Use your skill. Hurry up!”

“Huh?”

“Hurry up, you bastard!”

As I shouted, Eden’s dim eyes cleared up a little. Eden is an A-rank wind manipulator.

And now, with my catnip skills, his stats will be very high. The wind ability is perfect for escaping. Eden swung his hand at my continued insistence.

“Ugh!”

“Hyung!”

Kang Soo-hyun’s voice calling me disappeared in an instant. Eden, who flew up hugging my body, could not help but have widened eyes. He must have felt the change in his body by now.

“Fuck, fly faster, hurry up!”

“O-okay.”

The confused Eden used his ability once again. Eden’s arms which were wrapped tightly around my waist were extremely uncomfortable, but if I fell from this height, it would kill me instantly. I had no choice but to wrap my arms around Eden’s neck while frowning. I could feel his shoulders twitch. I feel really terrible. We flew into the sky in an instant like riding a roller coaster.

“...”

Kang Yoo-hyun’s gaze followed the trail left by the two people’s disappearance in an instant. His brows twitched with clenched fists.

“Where does he come from, what are his abilities, and where does he live?”

“What??”

Eun-ho opened his eyes wide at his unexpected words. He asked me to do a background check on a person? Of course, finding one person with the Odin Guild’s abilities was not an issue...

“No, you’re not even a guild member... I don’t want to find it for you.”

Yoo Eun-ho tried to play hard first. He didn’t think this is how it should be done, but just in case he could still try. However, Yoo-Hyun answered with a casual face.

“I’ll join. Your guild.”

“Eh?” Yoo Eun-ho opened his eyes wide in disbelief.

“R-really?”

It was a wonderful change of heart, even though he had been very disinterested before.

But Eun-ho didn’t think much about it. He nodded excitedly without noticing Yoo-hyun’s mood, which was calmer than usual.

“Then, let’s go sign the contract right away.”

“Yeah, let’s go.”

Yoo-hyun followed Eun-ho’s footsteps, even though he looked clearly annoyed. With a serious expression, he recalled the remnants of the skill he felt. Even an SS class such as himself was momentarily ensnared by that shocking power.

What is it? The last one.

He couldn’t think of anything as soon as he smelled the sweet scent which made his head spin. His head became dizzy and he felt a strong urge. He couldn’t imagine what he would have done if he didn’t have superhuman mental strength.

Yoo-hyun knew better than anyone what danger it could bring. How will this extraordinary ability affect the world in the future? However, he couldn’t just sit back and watch the skill user impulsively interfere with him.

The next time we meet...

With this thought, Kang Yoo-hyun stood stil.

What if I see him again? Then what should I do with him?

A strange impulse instigated him. At the same time, he thought of Yi-jin who had quite rebellious eyes.

What’s important is that next time, I must not let him escape. Yoo-Hyun decided to prioritize that first.

“Yoo-hyun?”

“...I’m coming.”

Yoo-hyun, who had stopped for a while, moved again. While Eun-ho glanced at him, he also called out Soo-hyun’s name, who was standing there blankly.

“Soo-hyun-ah, what are you doing?”

“Ah.”

Soo-hyun, who came to his senses, looked at Eun-ho. Eun-ho was confused with the way he was lost in his thoughts too and tilted his head to look at him.

“I’m coming too.”

Soo-hyun glanced back as he walked towards Eun-ho and Yoo-hyun. There seemed to be a sweet scent still grazing his nose.

I also want to be an Awakener quickly.

Then, maybe he would be able to hold on to that person a little longer. Subconsciously thinking, Soo-hyun continued walking.



T/N: Bonus chapte