Chapter 281 - Made a run for it

Walking through the hallway of the huge castle was Hwang Minjae. A gleeful smile was on his face while he was dressed in expensive clothing. The top part of his shirt was undone, revealing his chest.

Beside him was a woman— who was provocatively dressed— and her body hugged his body. Her face was on his neck. As her cold breath touched his neck, she seductively whispered words into his ear, stimulating him.

He giggled and voiced out, "Darling, you are tempting me way too much. But too bad, we aren't able to do anything here. We have to wait to go inside."

At his words, the woman whined and said, "Leader Hwang, that is too long."

"Be patient—"

Before he was able to continue further, a sharp pain went through his head, and he staggerwd. Raising his head, he shook it. His vision became blurry for a second.

"Are you alright, Leader Hwang?" she questioned— her tone holding worry.

"Ah! I must have drunk a lot today," Hwang Minjae vocalised, "I am just fine."

Holding her shoulder, he turned towards her, and bending his neck down to her height, he placed his lips on top of hers, capturing her into a kiss. 

The frown on his face faded away, and the pain disappeared to oblivion. As expected, this was the best type of relief.

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A strong wind came towards Soohyun, pushing her to the ground. A wince left her mouth when her back touched the ground, and opening her eyes, she wondered what was that about.

She was concentrating on trying to get that power within her out, and while she was utterly absorbed in doing so, she felt a breeze come at her.

Touching her back, Soohyun sat up straight, and looking at Soobin before her, she raised one of her eyebrows. 

Maybe Kim Soobin was the one behind this. However, that made her wonder about what his intent behind doing so could be. It did not make sense for him to randomly make an attack on her.

"You control wind," Soobin vocalised, "That was your power, but you don't have a good control over it. You got yourself flying if it was not me stopping it."

'That was me? That means, I did it! That did not even take me an hour— maybe around forty minutes. Wow! Lee Soohyun, you are truly a genius! Geez! Kim Soobin, you must be impressed.'

Before Lee Soohyun could wear on a gleeful expression, Soobin added, "You are one of those foolish ones who attack themselves with their own power."

"At least I managed to do it within a short time," Soohyun mumbled to herself.

A glare was shot at her by Soobin after she had uttered those words. Nevertheless, he made no effort to scold her further after that.

"Now, get up," he vocalized, "Now, it is time to see whether or not you attack or defense. For that, you need to engage into a fight with me. 

Like, what you did when it came to unleashing your power, you need to put in you effort in taking out your weapon. Your weapon is there within you and it is up to your determination to take it out from you.

One more thing, if your main weapon falls into the defense category, that doesn't mean you're unable to attack. You can attack, but your attack abilities will be really weak— barely able to inflict harm.

Same goes to if your main weapon supports attack. You will be able to defend, but that would be too weak."

As for what Lee Soohyun wanted between attack and defense, she could not decide. Getting violent did not sound good to her, and protecting herself from all the danger indeed sounded better. Maybe defense was what she took to be ideal for her.

One thing she was extremely glad about was that she did not end up getting fire or heat as her power. Things would have been horrible if she ended up having that as her power.

Wind sounded pretty cool to her, and she wondered about what all she could do with it. Maybe she should experiment with her power later on.

However, that wish of her was crashed when Soobin said his next words.

"Don't use your powers without my consent," he voiced out, "You wouldn't want to hurt yourself."

Lee Soohyun nodded. 

Nevertheless, Soohyun was someone with curiosity, and she was not the one to follow by the rules. Therefore, she could not assure keeping those words of Soobin.

Without a warning, Soobin extended his right hand forward, and out of thin air, a weapon generated into his hand. This amazed Soohyun, and she wanted for such a weapon to appear in her hand as well. This seemed just like something she had always watched on the television.

"What do I do now?" Soohyun questioned.

Whilst irritation was present within his tone, he answered, "Didn't I order about it to you before? You just need to fight against me. Whether or not you want to defend yourself or attack me depends on you. Do whatever moves you want to protect yourself."

Lee Soohyun nodded.

She had an idea that Kim Soobin would not be going easy on her, and he might even try to cause wounds on her while he was at this. Considering how fast she healed at this moment, it was not much of a problem.

Maybe Soobin would take this chance to unleash all of his anger on her, and the thought of that made Soohyun shudder. Although the wounds did not stay on her body, that did not mean the attacks did not bring in the pain.

"Alright, I am ready," Soohyun voiced out as she narrowed her eyes at Soobin.

With that, Kim Soobin raised his sword, and holding it tightly, he was about to move towards Soohyun.

Seeing that, her mind almost panicked, and she had no clue on how to defend herself against. Thinking of the intensity he will be using to make a move on her, she gulped and did what she thought was reasonable. She made a run for it.