Chapter 729: Must not be sane (5)
Choi Jung Gun’s gaze that did not seem to hold any emotions did not move away from Cale and the stone spears that were imprisoning Jung Yi-Rang.
- That punk should recognize this if he has eyes. He might not recognize me, but he should recognize the Super Rock's powers!
Cale could hear the slightly angry voice of the fiery thunderbolt cheapskate.
The Scary Giant Cobblestone. The owner of that power was the one who saved the only survivor of their battle against the ancient White Star, Nelan Barrow aka Choi Jung Gun.
Step, step.
Choi Jung Gun started walking.
- This punk wasn’t the type of bastard who used people as bait......!
The angry and disappointed cheapskate’s voice continued to echo in Cale’s mind.
However, Cale couldn’t help but trust the present situation in front of him more than what he was hearing.
Choi Jung Gun stopped walking. He raised one leg.
Pow!
His foot accurately kicked Park So Jin, who was on her knees.
Boom!
“Ugh!”
Park So Jin slammed into the stone spear prison that Cale had made. Her body followed the side of the spears and slid to the ground.
“Huff. Huff.”
Park So Jin clenched her bleeding side with body hands as she breathed heavily.
Step, step.
Choi Jung Gun didn’t even glance at her and walked toward Cale. To be more specific, he walked toward Jung Yi-Rang.
Cale couldn’t help but feel a mysterious sense of déjà vu from his actions.
“Sunbae.”
However, Choi Jung Gun did not respond at all to Cale and moved his sword before Cale could say anything else.
Slash.
“Ugggh!”
Jung Yi-Rang's right hand received a deep cut from Choi Jung Gun's sword.
It was already bleeding heavily.
- Ho.
The Super Rock gasped and Cale gulped.
Drip. Drip.
Choi Jung Gun's face was now covered in both Park So Jin's blood and Jung Yi-Rang’s blood but he still remained emotionless as he calmly commented.
“Looks like you won’t be able to hold a sword ever again.”
He then finally looked at Cale.
“I guess you really won’t get hurt.”
Cale realized it at that moment.
‘This guy really is a crazy bastard.’
He was also much colder than Cale had expected.
Cale had used the stone prison to stop Jung Yi-Rang's movements, but Choi Jung Gun thought that it was not enough. He had made the swordsman Jung Yi-Rang's main method of attacking, his hands, useless.
And now that the enemy couldn’t attack any longer...
“You better start speaking if you don’t want to lose your left hand too.”
Choi Jung Gun finally initiated a conversation.
‘Very professional.’
His actions made it seem as if it was not his first time doing this.
Choi Jung Gun and Cale made eye contact.
“You're not even anxious.”
Choi Jung Gun looked at Cale as if he was observing him before nonchalantly commenting and walking closer to Jung Yi-Rang.
Jung Yi-Rang had pulled in his injured arm that had been outside the prison and was trying to stop the blood with his other hand.
He had not shown any signs of pain since the original groan. He simply had a sorrowful smile on his face.
“Where is he?”
Choi Jung Gun asked very short questions.
“Where is your patriarch?”
Cale had learned something from this conversation.
‘This Hunters organization has a patriarch too? Is it organized as more of a family than a scattered bunch of little groups?’
Jung Yi-Rang couldn't open his mouth and was rolling his eyes in thought while peeking at Cale and Choi Jung Gun. He heard an inconsistent laugh at that moment.
“Kekekeke, kekeke-”
It was Park So Jin. Her shoulders were moving up and down as she raised her head with difficulty.
"Why?”
She smiled brightly toward Choi Jung Gun with her teeth showing.
“Why are you looking for our patriarch-nim? Do you want to find and kill him?”
She seemed to find this quite laughable. She looked at Choi Jung Gun from head to toe before shouting. Her voice was full of joy as if she had forgotten all about her pain.
However, Jung Yi-Rang moved into the red wall that was already taller than him. His body leaned back as if he was falling before he was swallowed by that red wall.
Jung Yi-Rang looked at Choi Jung Gun and Cale with Park So Jin still in his hand.
He was looking at them with a stoic expression but a burning gaze.
"See you again next time.”
The formless power sliced through where Jung Yi-Rang was located at that moment.
Baaaaaang---!
The red wall exploded without being cut. However, Jung Yi-Rang and the rest of the red wall had already disappeared.
“...Ha.”
The sword in Choi Jung Gun's hand was shaking. His whole body was shaking. His gaze turned toward Cale.
“If you used the stone sp-”
However, he did not finish his sentence. Cale’s cold gaze that seemed to be observing him made him lower his head.
The Indestructible Shield.
The Scary Giant Cobblestone.
The Fire of Destruction.
There were also traces of others who had been his allies.
Choi Jung Gun was imaging those people he missed so dearly standing behind Cale before his mind started blanking out. However, he saw the blood on his hands as he looked down.
There were no emotions visible on his face again when Choi Jung Gun raised his head.
He heard Cale’s nonchalant voice at that moment.
“Not that skilled.”
Choi Jung Gun avoided Cale’s gaze and walked over to where Jung Yi-Rang and Park So Jin's corpse had disappeared.
- Cale. Good job.
Cale heard the Super Rock’s bitter praise at that moment.
He did not feel many emotions about Choi Jung Gun who had tried to use him as bait nor Jung Yi-Rang and Park So Jin who were trying to hunt him.
He didn't feel much about the fact that they escaped either.
Why?
‘It's all just an illusion anyway.’
Cale was not young enough to be controlled by his emotions in such a situation. He was not actually 17 years old.
‘It’s completed with Jung Yi-Rang escaping.’
Cale had completed his basic foundation for how to handle the Hunters.
How the Hunters aim for their prey.
How Hunters hide themselves.
How Hunters fight.
How Hunters escape from danger.
He had seen everything so he could set the foundation for fighting against the Hunters and protecting his people in reality.
Cale walked toward Choi Jung Gun, who was walking toward the car that Jung Yi-Rang had been in, and nonchalantly commented.
“Sunbae. Are you not curious regarding anything about me?”
Choi Jung Gun did not show any reaction to Cale.
“Fiery thunderbolt. The glutton priestess.”
His shoulder shook after hearing the next part.
“You know the Super Rock, right?”
Choi Jung Gun finally looked at Cale. The feeble Kim Rok Soo with dried blood on his mouth was looking at Choi Jung Gun as if he was looking at prey.
“Alright, go ahead and talk. Tell me everything you know, sunbae. Hmm?”
Crackle. Crack.
Rose gold currents were crackling around Cale. They were calm yet violent, as if they were reflecting the cheapskate’s current emotions.
“Why don’t we chat peacefully? Hmm?”
Cale smiled as best as he could toward a person who used him as bait and put him in a dangerous situation.
‘He is still Choi Han’s uncle and Choi Jung Soo’s ancestor.’
He had another thought at the same time.
‘Once this conversation is over...’
He would take a look at team leader Lee Soo Hyuk's face.
And then he would leave.
He needed to get to the end of the temple earlier than the others in order to stab himself in the heart with the dagger and completely get rid of the White Star.
* * *
"Even if we put the piece remaining in yellow aside...”
Cage was looking at Alberu as if she found this hard to understand.
“Why is everybody stopped at purple?”
Crown prince Alberu was biting his lips without being able to say anything. On the orb located on top of the sealed god’s temple... Alberu’s gaze sunk while looking at the six pieces of the orb.
‘Purple was...’
Alberu recalled what purple represented in this illusion test.
‘Indignity.’
There were now only five pieces lit up since Toonka had given up. Of them, one piece was stuck in yellow but the other four pieces were all stopped at the purple indignity test.