LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 110
Chapter 110: Regret, Remorse
Yoon-jung looked out at the path leading to the unusually desolate harbor.
Only the white pendant Shia had given her glistened faintly, and Yoon-jung thought that maybe this was how young boys felt when they were dragged off to the army.
‘Maybe it won’t be so bad… No, that can’t be.’
No, she already knew it was a foolish thought.
She had long noticed how suspicious the Mountain Guild was.
Even if the offer had seemed like a simple recruitment, and even if the terms had been unusually generous.
The moment they tried to use the massive debt she and her parents had incurred to bring her in, recruitment wasn’t the issue anymore.
It was more like ownership of her life was being decided, using some pretense of a transfer or recruitment to play with people.
“Get off.”
“……”
See?
Earlier, they acted like they’d give me the world, but as soon as they secured me, their attitude changed like flipping a switch.
“……”
“Move quickly. We’re setting sail soon.”
Ha, what on earth are they planning?
I had a feeling from the start that it wouldn’t be anything good, but experiencing it firsthand was worse.
Yoon-jung felt like she’d been kidnapped by some crime syndicate and was about to have her organs sold.
Thanks to that, various paranoid thoughts crossed her mind.
‘Earlier, they mentioned something about a match… Are they really going to sell my organs?’
If you think about it, it’s not impossible.
Even before the Great Rift, China had a large population, and human lives were treated like expendable commodities.
I remember there were quite a few human trafficking and organ trafficking rings back then.
Didn’t they even make crime movies about that sort of thing back in the day?
Maybe some Mountain Guild executive, or perhaps their leader, is suffering from an incurable disease. To cure it, they need a ‘suitable match’ with specific physical conditions for organ transplantation.
‘No way…’
This level of paranoia is practically a sickness.
Yoon-jung tried to calm her nervous mind and focus.
The Mountain Guild’s large ship was massive.
It was even bigger than most cruise ships. Inside, awakened members of the Mountain Guild, dressed in red uniforms, silently went about their tasks.
“……….”
But with every step Yoon-jung took, her body felt heavier, as if weighed down by an invisible chain.
‘Once I cross this line, it’s really over…’
She had dropped out of school, and she had no friends from her time as a hunter.
She felt no attachment to her biological parents, who had sold her off.
She didn’t even know the faces of her neighbors.
She would probably miss the old men from the Sanwoomul Guild party she had been in.
As for the bastard guild master of the Sanwoomul Guild, she never wanted to see him again.
Change is something that can bring joy…
But losing a sense of ‘self’ is an infuriating and horrible curse.
Yoon-jung had experienced that feeling twice.
Once, when she died and was reborn into this body, and now, at this very moment.
But surprisingly, she had no regrets…
Well, maybe life in China would be easier. If the conditions were good, she might receive money and support, and live a much more comfortable life than before.
She could stop being a D-rank hunter and maybe even receive proper support and education to become a high-ranking hunter.
But…
‘Shia…’
There was just one thing.
Just one thing left.
Could this be called regret?
No, perhaps I don’t even have the right to call it that.
No matter the reasons, no matter the process, in the end, I left…
There was still my beloved child who had returned to this unworthy and inadequate mother.
There was regret.
There was pain.
Heartache and sorrow weighed on her like shackles.
At the end, I saw my son, who had become a daughter.
‘A son who has grown so beautiful… no, a daughter now…’
It would’ve been better not to know.
If we hadn’t met, maybe it wouldn’t hurt this much.
There’s an old saying that love that hurts too much isn’t love, but as Yoon-jung was reborn, she understood.
It hurts because it’s love.
It hurts this much because it’s family.
But that’s not the case anymore.
Shia is Shia.
And I am now Park Yoon-jung.
The son who had returned had become a daughter.
And despite the long time that had passed, this mother who had been reborn still stood here, young and unworthy.
Shia, Yoon-jung, and the world may have changed in many ways, but one thing remained unchanged… the fact that, to me, my child is still so precious that it feels undeserved.
That’s why, more than ever, this unworthy mother must not cling to her child.
I couldn’t protect you. I couldn’t properly embrace you with love… My beloved Shia.
This mother must not become a burden to her child.
“…What is this? Why are you making such a fuss when I’ve agreed to go along?”
Ha, these bastards are itching to mess with me even when I’m doing nothing.
As soon as Yoon-jung stepped onto the large ship owned by the Mountain Guild, she let out a resigned sigh as the red-clad members surrounded her, almost as if trapping her.
“I signed the contract. I expressed my intention to participate in the exchange hunter program. So why are you doing this now?”
Of course, none of the members responded to Yoon-jung’s question.
“………”
“Could you at least say something? I signed the transfer papers to join the Mountain Guild. Are you afraid I’m going to run away now…?”
“No, it’s not that.”
At that moment, Yoon-jung saw a familiar face.
“Administrator Liang Huachen… It’s you.”
“Oh, you remember me.”
Liang Huachen, the administrator who had tried to recruit her by offering all sorts of incentives, was now standing in front of her.
Even after being interrupted by Shia, he had continued to try and persuade Yoon-jung through emails and messages, offering various rewards.
Of course, Yoon-jung, who was exhausted from her daily dungeon runs, had no time to check emails, so she had unintentionally ignored all his messages.
“Just bear with it for a little while longer. Soon, you won’t feel any discomfort.”
“Administrator Liang Huachen, everything is ready.”
“Ah, good job.”
“What are you preparing?”
At Yoon-jung’s question, Liang Huachen smirked and injected a syringe into his own body, brought by one of the red-clad members.
“…Is this… drugs?”
“No, no. Of course not. It’s nothing like drugs or anything dangerous. It’s just a simple ability enhancer for hunters.”
Among the awakened, there were cases where, despite having awakened powers, the individual’s innate mana was too low to use their abilities. In such cases, they had to rely on potions or enhancers to charge their mana.
“Shall we talk briefly while the drug takes effect? This might be our last conversation.”
Last?
“Our Mountain Guild’s average hunter grade is B+. You understand how ridiculous it is for the largest guild in the world to have such an average rating, right? Even Nobel Guild, which has the most high-level hunters in Korea, has an average grade of B-.”
“And?”
“As you know, gates and monsters are still a mystery. But our previous Mountain Guild leader discovered something inside a gate that can semi-permanently enhance a hunter’s power.”
“……?”
Sensing the strange atmosphere, Yoon-jung looked around cautiously.
However, there was no way out.
“We call it a shard. It’s the reason the Mountain Guild is the largest in the world and has the highest average hunter grade. It’s one of our most closely guarded secrets.”
In reality, it looks like fragments of glass, jewels, or even pieces of ceramics.
“When a shard is embedded in the body, it enhances the power and abilities of the awakened. Of course, there are some side effects, but depending on the shard’s compatibility, there have been cases where a D-rank hunter reached S-rank.”
“So the term ‘suitable match’ was referring to the shard’s compatibility?”
“That’s right. Fortunately, you’re not a fool. Yes, Yoon-jung’s body is a perfect match with the shard. Hmm, I can feel it starting to work…”
Liang Huachen felt the enhancer coursing through his body as he sat down next to Yoon-jung.
“We call people like that ‘suitable candidates.’ In Yoon-jung’s case, even our guild executives were astonished by how perfectly compatible you were. That’s why we had to bring you at all costs.”
“Now I understand why you went to such lengths to drag me here.”
It almost felt like sitting next to a kind uncle at a bus stop, so casual and familiar was his demeanor.
“Well, it’s time.”
“Time for what?”
“Time to say goodbye to your humanity, of course.”
“What…?”
Bam!
“Ugh…!”
The Mountain Guild hunters who had surrounded her earlier were now physically restraining Yoon-jung by grabbing her arms and shoulders.
As a mere D-rank hunter, Yoon-jung couldn’t break free from the grip of these B-rank hunters.
“Ugh, what are you doing?!”
“I told you, you’re a suitable match.”
“But what the hell! I said I’d come with you! You even used my parents’ debt to drag me here, and now this?!”
“That’s right. I said your ‘body’ was highly compatible with the shard.”
At those words, Yoon-jung realized what these people were planning to do.
“They need your body, not your mind.”
“……….You bastards…”
“You catch on quickly. Had you figured it out any sooner, we might’ve had to break your limbs to bring you here. Consider yourself lucky.”
Liang Huachen placed his hand on Yoon-jung’s head.
“My awakening ability is mind destruction. I’ve used it quite efficiently on suitable candidates and test subjects for the Mountain Guild.”
“……..”
“Don’t worry. It won’t hurt. It’s no different from going to sleep. I’m just going to wipe your mind clean, making you easier to control.”
But instead of fearing for her life, Yoon-jung thought of Shia.
Shia would be sad…
Shia would be angry…
If only Shia didn’t know, if only this event remained unknown to her…
No matter how strong Shia was, could she really fight all these hunters?
Could she take on the entire Mountain Guild, the largest guild in the world?
Don’t do it, Shia.
I’d rather you not know where I’ve gone and live in peace…
I’m sorry.
I’m sorry, Shia.
I’m sorry that I’m such a foolish mother, always hurting you.
Please… don’t forgive me.
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Boom!
Out of nowhere, Shia appeared, and the red-clad Mountain Guild members immediately launched their attack.
It seemed they had been given orders to attack on sight if Shia showed up, as there was not a moment’s hesitation in the hunters’ strikes.
“Give your life for the leader!”
An ice spear grazed Shia’s cheek and shattered.
Flames engulfed Shia, but the fire couldn’t even leave a burn on the saintess’s robe.
Even bullets, specially designed for awakened beings, bounced off Shia’s neck and abdomen without effect.
Of course, none of it worked. In this moment, Shia’s focus wasn’t on these strangers attacking her, but on finding Yoon-jung.
Clack, clack.
“Stop her…!”
“She’s the leader’s target! Don’t let her take it!”
Bang!
Rat-a-tat-tat!
Explosions rang out somewhere, and even a lightning strike powered by a hunter’s mana hit her directly, but Shia’s steps didn’t falter.
This isn’t it.
The harbor warehouses were larger than she had expected.
[Miracle – Sleep]
“Ah…”
“Ugh…”
“Urgh! It’s not working!”
“Is that so?”
It’s true, A-rank hunters with high mana resistance were less affected by the sleep miracle.
The sleep miracle was meant to subdue large groups without killing them, but against those with high mana resistance or strong willpower, or even those who could injure themselves to stay awake, it was ineffective against the Mountain Guild members here.
Thud!
If they want to sleep painfully…
“Argh…!”
“I don’t have time to mess around with you guys.”
After putting the remaining Mountain Guild hunters to sleep, Shia started searching for Yoon-jung, who could be anywhere.
The last place where the pendant’s holy power had been sensed was around here, but after turning over new containers and buildings, Yoon-jung was nowhere to be seen.
Which means…
“That ship.”
She gazed at the large ship that had already set sail, leaving the harbor.
Shia briefly measured the distance between herself and the departing vessel, then bent her knees slightly.
It’s fine.
It’s far, but I’ll reach it.
Muscles tensed in Shia’s thighs as she crouched.
She leaned slightly forward, lifted her heels, and stared at the ship with a gaze filled with a mixture of longing and rage.
And then…
Boom!
Like a meteor, Shia crashed into the ship, and tentacles shot out as she scaled the ship’s side.
“It’s Shia!”
“Get into battle formation… urgh!”
“Move.”
She crushed the head of the man who seemed to be in command.
But don’t die.
I’m not here to kill you.
“Where is Yoon-jung?”
It’s just a question.
A simple, straightforward question.
You’ve all seen it, haven’t you?
You all know, don’t you?
So just answer me.
However, contrary to Shia’s expectations, the Mountain Guild hunters exchanged nervous glances and then drew their weapons.
“……….”
“……Ugh..!”
“At, attack her…!”
Crack!
“Where is she?”
I’m asking you again.
Let’s settle this the easy way.
I’m in a hurry.
Crack!
“Ahh!”
I’m really… in a hurry.
I’m in a hurry, okay?
Thud! Thud!
[Miracle – Burst]
This is getting so difficult.
I didn’t come here to kill you.
I didn’t come here to fight you.
I don’t want to kill you.
I still want to stay human.
Just give me Yoon-jung, and I’ll leave.
So why are you doing this?
I don’t understand you.
Why are you doing this?
“Enough.”
I’ll just find her myself.
Thud!
Crack!
“Maintain formation… ugh!”
“We can’t let her… urgh!”
“Urgh…!”
Everyone on the deck collapsed.
Of course, no one had died.
Just as Shia had said, she hadn’t come here to kill anyone.
“H-ha… it’s too late.”
“What do you mean?”
“You’re already… ugh…”
Frowning at the cryptic words of the hunter, Shia knocked him out with a blow from her tentacle.
Many hunters had attacked Shia on the deck, seemingly waiting for her, but there was no one at the door leading into the ship’s interior.
Inside, there were dining halls and dormitories for the Mountain Guild’s staff, but there was no sign of Yoon-jung.
“…..What?”
She was definitely here.
Yoon-jung was definitely here.
However, Yoon-jung was nowhere to be seen, and only an unfamiliar presence could be felt at the very bottom of the ship.
The aura was extremely unsettling, foul, and familiar.
Why?
Why does it smell like the previous world here?
Unable to hide her anxiety, Shia kicked the iron stairs and fell straight down.
And there, a pitch-black jewel was waiting.
“…………..”
It was a shard of the Demon King.
A shard of the Demon King, just like the one that appeared during the copy dungeon raid.
The same shard that had once invaded Olga’s body in the Elf Great Forest.
The shard of the Demon King, which was both familiar and repulsive, remained motionless in its humanoid form.
“Ah……………..”
Only then did Shia realize that the holy power from the pendant she had given Yoon-jung had been cut off here.
No, no.
I don’t sense any human presence from this shard of the Demon King.
I can’t feel Yoon-jung.
It’s not even moving.
No, this can’t be it.
“Ah, ah….”
Could this be why?
The reason they mocked me from above, saying it was already too late…
Were they talking about this…?
No.
Did I… Did I arrive too late?
Could it be that this shard of the Demon King, which doesn’t even emit my mother’s presence… has devoured her?
Is she already consumed?
Mom?
“Mom…”
No, no…
Ah, ah…
“Mom……..”
Was it because I was distracted by Bai Weishen and those others?
Did I waste too much time there?
Ah, no… ah, I… I… If only I had been faster…
If I had…
Ah, ah…
It hurts.
It hurts.
My heart, my chest—it hurts so much.
It hurts so, so much…
“Huuh, ha… ha… haaa… huuuh…”
[Destruction Miracle – Great Rupture]
Boom!
Unable to bear it any longer, Shia smashed the shard.
As expected, there was nothing.
Yoon-jung had been devoured by the shard, and her very existence, even her remains, had been completely erased.
The massive shard, which had taken on a humanoid form, would have been used as a coveted jewel in some greedy person’s hands, fueling their desires and ambitions.
All because of something like this.
Ah.
I can’t bear it.
I can’t bear to remain human anymore.
“Huh, huuuh…”
Why?
Why do I have to be human?
Why do I have to prove that I’m human?
I’m not human.
I don’t need to be human anymore, do I?
“Haa, aaah… Hii… hihihi…”
Yes, yes…
It’s because of those bastards.
They did this.
“Ihihihihik!”
Who?
Who?
“Ahehehe, ahik!”
Bai Weishen?
Wang Soyeong?
The Mountain Guild…?
Yes, it’s those bastards…
Those wretched, damned bastards!!!
“Hee, hihi… hihi…! Hiaaaak!!! I’ll kill them all!!!!!!!!!”
“Eh, Shia?”
“Eh…?”
Just then, Shia turned her head at the sound of Yoon-jung’s voice behind her.
Shia knew better than anyone that this was no hallucination or trick.
When she turned her head, there was Yoon-jung, tilting her head slightly with a puzzled expression.
Why are you… here?
“Eh………”
“Eh……….”
It was her mother.
Though younger than her, it was her mother.
The mother who she thought was dead, the one she thought she had lost…
“H-how…?”
What is going on?
Is this really my mother?
Not a trick by the shard of the Demon King, but my mother?
At first, Shia thought it might be an illusion, a trick, or the work of another awakened being. But soon, she realized that the slightly dazed-looking Yoon-jung standing before her was the real thing.
Not only was she unscathed, but Yoon-jung was looking at Shia with a worried expression.
“………..”
“……….”
For about five minutes, they stood there silently, staring at each other before Shia’s trembling lips finally opened.
“W-what… is going on…? M… no, Yoon-jung… Ah, h-hic! I thought something terrible had… hic! I… I knew it, I knew it… but what is… what is all this…?”
“Ah, well… to be honest, some bastard up there tried to wipe my personality or reset me or something… But the pendant you gave me broke in the process.”
“…What?”
Holy power, at its core, is the driving force behind miracles.
And miracles are fundamentally meant to protect and heal.
Although the pendant itself wasn’t imbued with a specific miracle, it had been filled with Shia’s vast and pure holy power.
When an external force attempted to disrupt Yoon-jung’s mind, Shia’s holy power detected it as an invasive attack and shielded her.
Of course, since the pendant was merely a vessel of holy power without a specific miracle, it only activated once to protect her and then shattered.
“I was really tense about all that talk of brainwashing and personality erasure… But I think the pendant you gave me blocked it. Anyway, I was just laying low because I didn’t want to raise suspicion. They thought I had turned into some kind of puppet, so they sent me down here. I figured if I said I wasn’t brainwashed, they might do something worse to me, so I played along. I was waiting for a chance to jump off the ship into the ocean… Then I heard some loud noises from above, and next thing I knew, you were crashing down here. I thought my heart was going to stop when I saw you.”
“…………….”
“Uh… Shia, anyway, thanks. I owe you my life. If it weren’t for the pendant you gave me, I really would’ve been turned into some puppet and brainwashed. And you came to help me, right…?”
Yoon-jung slowly approached and took Shia’s hand.
It was warm.
She could feel the warmth.
It was a little rough, but soft.
It was real.
It wasn’t a lie—it was real.
This wasn’t a hallucination, a trick, an ability, or a deception.
It was all the truth. It was real.
“……….”
“Uh… I really feel bad, but seriously, thank you, sis… Oh, but weren’t you supposed to be going through your promotion trial? How did you even get here…?”
At that moment, Shia pulled Yoon-jung into an embrace.
Since Yoon-jung was smaller than Shia, Shia practically enveloped her as she hugged her tightly.
Yoon-jung, now pressed into Shia’s unexpectedly soft and ample body, was momentarily speechless.
What the heck…?
“Huh, huuuh….”
“S-sis…?”
“Huh, huaaaang….”
“W-why are you suddenly crying?!”
And then Shia started to cry.
As the much taller woman held her like a child, crying, Yoon-jung couldn’t hide her bewildered expression.
“Uwaaah…! Huaaahhh…”
This wasn’t the angry sorrow from earlier.
Shia shed tears, clinging tightly to Yoon-jung as if she’d never let go again.
It was really Yoon-jung.
It was really her mother.
Nothing had happened.
It wasn’t too late.
It was her mother.
Her mother.
“Mommaaa…! Huaaang!”
“N-no..! Sis! Could you let go for a moment…”
“Nooo! I don’t wanna! I don’t wanna be apart anymore! I hate being separated!!!!”
“……………!”
“Huaaaa, aah… hic. Huaaa….!”
“Hey, sis. You’re doing this again. I’m… I’m not your mother…”
“Nooo! No! Nooooooo! Nooooooo!”
“……..”
We met again, we barely met.
I don’t want to accept this strange reasoning.
Family is family.
Even if the bodies are different, even if the genders are different, even if the lives we lived have changed.
We’re still family.
“So, so let’s not part. Mom, mom… hic… let’s live together, together… huaaa…”
“………….”
What have I done…
“Mom… mom… hic… huaaa…”
“…………..”
Yoon-jung realized that she had made Shia,
her beloved son and daughter,
her precious Shia, whom she couldn’t bear to lose, sad.
She didn’t know exactly what had happened.
But Yoon-jung couldn’t push away Shia, who was now sobbing and holding onto her like a child.
“I’m sorry….”
“Huaaaa…! Huaa….”
“I’ve been… such a wretched mother….”
She could only imagine how much pain she had caused her child…
Calling for her mother, crying… Yoon-jung could no longer push Shia away.
No, she couldn’t.
Her attempt to distance herself, to not burden Shia, had ended up causing nothing but pain.
How selfish and cruel she had been as a mother.
Yet, even now, Shia… still wanted this worthless mother.
And as she held the crying Shia, Yoon-jung finally realized.
I wanted this too.
I had been hoping for this as well.
“This foolish and unworthy mother… still has such a beautiful child…”
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Squatting in an alley she used as a hideout, Wang Soyeong twisted her lips in disbelief as signals from her subordinates and the Baiyun Battalion connected to her smartwatch were cut off one by one.
That stupid musclehead.
He bragged that he would win unless it was a sneak attack, and look what happened in the end?
Ha, useless idiot.
‘No, I also heard from Black Plum that Yeonseo has made a move…’
Of course, if not only Shia but Yeonseo was also involved, things would be very different.
Even though Yeonseo had retired, she was still regarded as the strongest among hunters and awakened beings.
Wang Soyeong had taken numerous precautions to avoid drawing her attention, from drone position records to exit times and even reciting speeches at the S-rank promotion trial, yet somehow Yeonseo had acted anyway.
‘Well, it doesn’t matter. I’ve managed to cull enough of them.’
Wang Soyeong recalled the command given to her by Guild Leader Cheon Dana before she was dispatched to Korea.
[If they fail to prove their worth, eliminate Baek Weishen and the Baiyun Battalion.]
He had overstepped.
All because he had briefly gained the leader’s favor.
He got lucky with the shard and became stronger, but that was true for all the executives of the Mountain Guild.
Besides, Baek Weishen was a bothersome fool with his brute stupidity and stubborn nature.
While it was tempting to get rid of him right away, he was still a valuable tool, so the leader had ordered Wang Soyeong to eliminate him and the Baiyun Battalion if they failed to prove useful in this operation.
And Baek Weishen had perfectly fumbled the ball.
Though, Wang Soyeong had never been fond of Baek Weishen from the start, so she had planned to get rid of him all along.
“Well, I still need to retrieve the shard…”
Even though the Baiyun Battalion had been purged, the shard embedded in Baek Weishen’s body had to be recovered for the Mountain Guild.
And now that she had Park Yoon-jung’s personal information and location, having missed her once was just that—a miss.
Kidnapping her later with Black Plum would be no problem.
As the weight of all the work ahead loomed over her, Wang Soyeong let out a long sigh.
“Hmm?”
At that moment, she sensed someone watching her.
They were quite close.
Had they been hiding their presence?
It had been a long time since someone had managed to approach her so closely without being noticed.
The other party seemed to realize that Wang Soyeong had detected them and began walking toward her openly.
And from the dark alley, a small figure appeared.
‘A girl?’
She looked quite young.
Her long black hair almost touched the ground.
“Are you Wang Soyeong?”
“…?”
As her name was suddenly called, Wang Soyeong’s eyes widened in surprise.
“Who are you?”
Shadows began to swirl.
Wang Soyeong, an executive of the Mountain Guild and an S-rank hunter, had the ability to manipulate and control shadows.
Her powers were particularly suited for killing humans, specializing in assassination and torture.
The shadows had already spread out, ready to pierce the girl’s vital points at any moment.
“No. Just die.”
Thud!
“……..!”
Yes, just calling my name here was enough of a reason to die.
Even if she looked young, a hunter was still a hunter.
A monster is still a monster.
She could be an unregistered criminal or a hitman, so there was no reason to take unnecessary risks.
“…But who is this? What is this?”
Wang Soyeong kicked the girl who had been impaled by the shadow spikes to check her face, but it was someone she had never seen before.
She had information on all the registered S-rank hunters in Korea, and the fact that she didn’t recognize this girl probably meant she was insignificant.
“Ha, whatever.”
Time to start cleaning up.
She had to retrieve the shards from Baek Weishen and the Baiyun Battalion before Yeonseo or the Korean Association caught wind of it and get out of Korea quietly.
Black Plum would have to be mobilized for this as well.
It would take time, but with her abilities and those of Black Plum, it wouldn’t be too difficult.
Yes, Baek Weishen and Wang Soyeong were different.
Unlike that musclehead, I can carry out the leader’s orders perfectly.
Then I’ll climb to a higher position.
Beside the leader.
I’ll make sure of it.
Yes, that’s all that matters.
I’m not like Baek Weishen.
Hehe…
“Hehe, Guild Leader… praise me… please… hehe…”
[Yujin, this one’s laughing too?]
Fool.
If there’s one person most suited to killing humans… it would be me.
Yujin looked down at the half-delirious Wang Soyeong, who leaned against the wall, drooling and occasionally twitching like a drug addict.
“Let her laugh. If she messed around in someone else’s territory, she should pay the price.”
[All of Wang Soyeong’s smartwatch data has been erased. The information she gathered on Shia or Park Yoon-jung won’t reach the Mountain Guild.]
“Good. Nice work.”
[What about her?]
“Hehe, hehe…”
Thud!
Realizing there was no more useful information to extract, Yujin stomped on Wang Soyeong’s jaw as she slumped against the wall.
“She won’t be laughing anymore.”
Blood splattered on Yujin’s boots, but he didn’t seem to care.
Now, unless the Mountain Guild’s fox woman came here and poked around herself, there wouldn’t be any way for them to get information on Shia or the suitable candidate.
“Well, that’s done. With this, my debt to Shia is repaid. Let’s go, Tia.”
[Sure thing.]