-Whooosh….
Kim Dokja feels the cool breeze with both eyes closed, taking a firm stance.
"A gale in the left hand, a storm in the right hand. In the place where straight lines and curves collide, the path of the wind will open."
As if seeing some clue, he suddenly opened both eyes wide, threw his arms back, and shouted with confidence.
Watching that, Lycaon, who was once the Prince of Imyuntar but is now tamed by Shin Yoosung, couldn't help but admire.
"I, I am truly sorry to say this…, but you have not even a bit of talent for the [Path of the Wind]. No, honestly speaking, it seems you have almost no talent for any skills."
In a rather negative way.
"Pfft, puhat…! Puhahahaha…!!!"
"Why…? Why can't I do it?"
Han Sooyoung holding her belly and laughing loudly while looking at the despairing Kim Dokja.
Furthermore, she teases him even more, saying he has no talent and asking if he's mistaking himself for a protagonist just because things went well until now.
"Ahahaha! Don't you think so too—"
"Shut up. It's noisy."
"…I'm sorry."
Han Sooyoung must have forgotten who I am because her emotions got intense while teasing Kim Dokja.
So when I warned her, she became dispirited like a sullen cat and shut her mouth tightly.
"Hmm…, 'A gale in the left hand, a storm in the right hand. In the place where straight lines and curves collide, the path of the wind will open.' is it…. It feels like it might work, and might not…."
Just as it was about to become quiet again, a sound came from another side this time.
Turning my gaze there, Shin Yoosung trying to understand the Path of the Wind by moving her hands here and there caught my eye.
"What, you are practicing too? But they said it won't work without a Guardian Talisman."
"…I'm just trying."
"Hey, no matter how much you try that, what won't work won't work anyway. So just give u—"
"I clearly told you to shut up. Don't say useless things to Shin Yoosung and close your mouth again."
"…Yup. I'm sorry."
Tch, anyway, a woman I don't like.
Will she only stop bothering me if I really pull out one of her arms?
"Umm…."
"Don't mind it too much. Even if you can do that one thing, nothing will change significantly anyway."
"…Yes."
What is it.
Is it just my imagination that Shin Yoosung suddenly became sullen?
…What kind of strange expression is that woman Han Sooyoung looking at me with again.
"…Tch."
"W, where are you going. Oppa?"
"Since I've had a deep sleep and eaten breakfast, to collect Coins."
"Ah, then I will too—"
"Stay here. I don't feel like having troublesome things happen."
Of course, training Shin Yoosung's taming while collecting Coins isn't a bad thing. Normally, I definitely would have done so.
But the situation right now wasn't favorable.
[A majority of Constellations look forward to the Incarnation, 'Shin Yoosung's' moves.]
Although I half-killed Lycaon, Shin Yoosung was becoming a huge topic of gossip among Constellations for the reason that she tamed a 'Guide'.
As I said before, receiving attention from Constellations in any way is not a good thing. Therefore, until this interest of the Constellations passes, Shin Yoosung had to avoid engaging in combat.
"…Yes."
I don't know if she noticed such thoughts or not, but Shin Yoosung nodded.
I've been thinking about this since before, but this brat. Is she really just a simple 11-year-old? Well, it's a good thing she accepts my proposal without any resistance like that.
"Then…."
Shall I start collecting Coins in earnest again.
-Shooo….
Since Kim Dokja, Han Sooyoung, and Shin Yoosung were also there, I began to slowly wrap the Cursed Energy I had withdrawn while sleeping around my body again.
Senses becoming sensitive enough to feel ants crawling on the floor. Body becoming light enough to make me think I might be able to fly in the sky.
With this much, preparation is somewhat complete. The moment I spread Cursed Energy to find monsters in earnest.
"…Mm?"
I felt someone's Cursed Energy. And a very familiar Cursed Energy at that.
"…."
-Paaaang—!!!
The place where that Cursed Energy was felt was closer to here than I thought.
However, apart from that, there was one questionable point.
'…That guy. Why is he dying?'
The man coming to mind was a powerful existence called the strongest Incarnation in this Seoul.
However, who on earth made such a man into a dying corpse like this.
Was he perhaps betrayed too? Or was he attacked by a group?
Considering his personality, that might be possible. Such thoughts occurred, but none of them were a definite answer.
Well, is there a need to guess? I can just ask him directly.
-Whooosh….
Thinking I arrived to some extent, I began to stop my steps slowly.
Like that, one step, one step. Another step slowly, I approached right in front of the one sprawled carelessly on the floor, bleeding from his whole body, looked at him, and asked.
"Yoo Joonghyuk."
"…."
"Why are you in that state?"
Without a word, the guy glared at me with murderous eyes.
For a moment, I felt offended by that and wondered if I should just fire a 'Dismantle', but.
"Keo-heup, kuhup…!!"
"…."
If I kill this dying guy so futilely like this, it would rather make me feel worse.
Leaving that aside for now, this guy. Who on earth attacked him for him to end up in this shape?
Wounds spreading roundly centered on the abdomen. Looking closely, the internal organs and ribs in the area are all broken. Then it means someone screwed him up with a tremendously powerful single blow….
"I don't know who it is, but I want to fight them once."
If they made this guy like this, that person must definitely be an unimaginably strong person.
How should I say it, just imagining it makes my blood boil. Is it someone good with a sword? Or contrary to imagination, it could be someone good at plotting. If not that either….
[The Constellation, 'Demonic Judge of Fire', shouts that this is not the time to be lost in delusions!]
My flight of imagination was shattered by a lousy Constellation message.
…Right, well, as that guy said, this isn't the time to be like this.
"Keo-heok…."
Looking at his body closely, the wounds on his body weren't just that.
Blood vessels protruding blue, and even the blood having a slightly blackish tint. Is this…, poison?
"Hmm."
It was troublesome. I don't know how to cure poison. Of course, I don't know how to treat his wounds that aren't poison either.
Still, if there's one fortunate thing, someone who knows how to cure Yoo Joonghyuk in this vermin-like state did come to mind.
"Yoo Joonghyuk. Somehow it seems you owe me every time we meet."
"…."
When I said that, the guy glares at me with murderous eyes again.
I sneered at him once and carried him on my back like a piece of luggage.
"Keo-heok—!!"
"You're exaggerating too much."
In the process, the guy vomited a considerable amount of blood, but.
Who cares. As long as he's alive, it's fine.
[The Constellation, 'Demonic Judge of Fire', is astonished.]
[The Constellation, 'Demonic Judge of Fire', advises that you need to handle the injured person more carefully.]
[The Constellation, 'Demonic Judge of Fire', grumbles that the camaraderie between you and the Incarnation, 'Yoo Joonghyuk', was more terrible than expected.]
[The Constellation, 'Demonic Judge of Fire', urges you to take him to a true comrade quickly.]
[The Constellation, 'Demonic Judge of Fire'—]
…I wish she would shut up.
She should at least pay Coins while saying such things.
Why so many reques—
[The Constellation, 'Demonic Judge of Fire', urges you.]
[You have been sponsored 10,000 Coins.]
….
Hmm.
-Swish….
Yoo Joonghyuk, who was being transported like a piece of luggage, suddenly began to be carried in a princess carry like a princess in a fairy tale.
…It was absolutely not because of the Coins.
"…I wondered where you picked up Yoo Joonghyuk, so that's what happened?"
When I nodded at Kim Dokja's words, he looked alternately at me and the guy sprawled on the floor with a meaningful expression, then nodded as if he decided something and tapped the empty air here and there.
Like that, after he tapped the air for a while.
[The Incarnation, 'Kim Dokja', asks for your consent to 'Midday Tryst'.]
[Will you accept? Y/N]
Suddenly something appeared in front of my eyes. Midday Tryst…? What on earth is this.
When I looked at Kim Dokja with an expression asking for an explanation, the guy naturally spoke to Han Sooyoung while begging me with his eyes to please agree.
…For now, I don't know what's what, but.
[Starting 'Midday Tryst'.]
As I expressed my intention to agree, a small message window appeared before my eyes at that moment.
The participants are…. Yoo Joonghyuk and Kim Dokja? Did he ask for Yoo Joonghyuk's consent for the Midday Tryst too?
Then why didn't he use this on Han Sooyoung or Shin Yoosung? And how on earth did he obtain this item?
Numerous questions began to arise in my head.
However, those questions had to be put aside for later.
▶ [Yoo Joonghyuk] has entered.
▶ [Kang Yuhyeon] has entered.
[Kim Dokja]: Hey, can you hear me?
[Yoo Joonghyuk]: Kim Dokja, move east right now.
[Yoo Joonghyuk]: The 'Disaster of Questions' is awakening.
[Yoo Joonghyuk]: I mean someone is waking up the Disasters.
Because as soon as he saw the words 'Disaster of Questions', Kim Dokja's expression rotted much more than expected.