Chapter 140
Blood-Craving Jin Soyeon (2)
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Lee Siwoon, Kang Daehan, and Yoo Seolhyun’s group looked at Jin Soyeon with slightly tense gazes.
Not only was her entire body stained with reddish blood, but they had clearly seen with their own eyes what she had done to get here.
She had left the believers’ bodies nearly crippled, only stopping short of killing them.
And just now, hadn’t she thrust her sword into the chest of Ma Yongtaek, who was once a high ranker?
At her cruel and cold actions, an indescribable emotion began to stir slowly from within their hearts.
Come to think of it, there was one thing Ma Yongtaek had just said.
That Jin Soyeon was no different from another villain consumed by the desire called anger.
Jin Soyeon’s blood-soaked appearance was exactly that of a villain.
“Soyeon… you……”
“If you’re going to say something useless again, just go back.”
Jin Soyeon shook her sword with a cynical expression.
The sticky blood clinging to the blade splattered in all directions.
Just how many people had she cut down with that sword?
As such thoughts flashed through his mind, Lee Siwoon hesitated slightly but continued speaking without stopping.
“Soyeon, let’s stop here.”
“Stop what?”
“You know.”
“I don’t know.”
Jin Soyeon merely moved her lips while looking at Lee Siwoon’s group with eyes that seemed worn and battered by emotion.
“I really don’t know.”
No, not all emotions were worn away.
Although her eyes were hazy with exhaustion, the emotion of anger remained clearer than any other.
Revenge for Lee Jinhyuk.
And anger towards villains.
It was clear that those two emotions remained crystal clear.
“Don’t think about stopping me.”
Jin Soyeon suddenly pulled out something like a cloak from her space ring.
It seemed to be some kind of artifact, an invisibility cloak.
If she used the invisibility cloak that could completely escape detection, Lee Siwoon’s current group would find it difficult to catch Jin Soyeon.
They had to prevent Jin Soyeon from escaping this place using the invisibility cloak somehow.
Until Lee Jinhyuk’s group arrived.
‘Should I tell her that Lee Jinhyuk is alive?’
He considered it briefly but soon shook his head.
It would likely grab Jin Soyeon’s attention with a very high probability, but if he made a mistake, she might misunderstand it as a lie and become unnecessarily agitated.
Then what would be a good way to tie down Jin Soyeon’s feet?
After being silent for a brief moment, Lee Siwoon suddenly began to move his lips as if he had no choice.
“Lee Jinhyuk wouldn’t want you to keep doing this either.”
For a moment.
“…What?”
Jin Soyeon’s body, which had been half-covered by the invisibility cloak, stopped.
He could see that Jin Soyeon’s expression, which had been cynical until just now, hardened.
As expected, directly mentioning Lee Jinhyuk could be a bit dangerous, but this much should be fine. Probably.
“……”
Jin Soyeon rolled her faded eyes and stared intently at Lee Siwoon.
Those pitch-black eyes that seemed to have lost all light.
The once brilliantly shining golden eyes now only scattered deep darkness.
“……Jinhyuk wouldn’t want this?”
Suddenly Jin Soyeon opened her mouth.
A cold voice quietly echoed between her slightly torn lips.
“Ha.”
Then she let out a sneer.
“Who are you?”
“……”
“Who are you to bring up Jinhyuk?”
“……”
A sharp tone.
As expected, talk related to Lee Jinhyuk was quite sensitive.
Jin Soyeon showed a considerably indignant appearance, unlike when they first met.
‘Indeed, the only one who can move your emotions is Lee Jinhyuk.’
Although Lee Siwoon felt slightly complicated at Jin Soyeon’s reaction, he didn’t forget his role.
“Lee Jinhyuk……”
“Shut up.”
Then, bang!
She fired sword qi towards Lee Siwoon’s group again.
A rather sharp sword qi brushed past Lee Siwoon’s group.
It didn’t seem like she intended to hit them directly, but it was quite a threatening Sword Qi Wounder, so Lee Siwoon’s bodyguards quickly stepped forward to protect him.
At that sight, Jin Soyeon sneered.
“As expected of a rich young master, you brought plenty of bodyguards.”
Jin Soyeon then turned her head towards Yoo Seolhyun and Kang Daehan.
And she looked over the professional heroes who came along to protect them.
“Kang Daehan, Yoo Seolhyun. You guys brought quite a lot of escorts too? It doesn’t seem like they’re just for protection……”
She trailed off before continuing.
“……Are you trying to do something to me with those forces?”
“Jin Soyeon. I’m not sure how much stronger you’ve become, but you look quite exhausted. Can you really escape properly in that state?”
When Yoo Seolhyun spoke with her arms crossed, Jin Soyeon fidgeted with the half-worn invisibility cloak.
“What does this look like to you?”
“An invisibility cloak. Yes, you could escape sufficiently with that.”
There’s nothing better than an invisibility cloak for escaping.
Yoo Seolhyun was also fully aware of that fact.
So Yoo Seolhyun intended to make Jin Soyeon herself not think about escaping.
“Then let’s stop here. From now on, don’t think about chasing me anymore……”
“But Jin Soyeon, do you know something?”
As Jin Soyeon was about to put on the invisibility cloak again, Yoo Seolhyun hurriedly cut off Jin Soyeon’s words.
Now there’s no choice.
Since they can’t just let Jin Soyeon go obediently, she had no choice but to say those words.
Lee Siwoon seemed very cautious about mentioning that to Jin Soyeon, but Yoo Seolhyun wasn’t.
“Wait a minute, Yoo Seolhyun, you’re not…?”
“About Lee Jinhyuk.”
“Yoo Seolhyun, wait. That……”
Lee Siwoon tried to stop her hurriedly, but it was already too late.
Yoo Seolhyun had already moved her lips first, blurting it out.
“He actually came back to life recently.”
“Yoo Seolhyun!”
Lee Siwoon reflexively called out Yoo Seolhyun’s name, but Yoo Seolhyun just nodded her head.
“What?”
“If we carelessly say that fact, we don’t know how Soyeon will react……”
“Then should we just stay still? She was going to use the invisibility cloak to escape anyway, right?”
“Even so, you shouldn’t carelessly talk about such a sensitive topic.”
While the two were bickering for a moment.
“Hey, hey. You guys, it doesn’t seem like the time to be arguing with each other right now?”
Kang Daehan, sensing that Jin Soyeon’s atmosphere was not normal.
At his words, Lee Siwoon and Yoo Seolhyun turned their heads towards Jin Soyeon.
After hearing that Lee Jinhyuk had come back to life, Jin Soyeon was just staring at Yoo Seolhyun without showing any particular reaction.
Jin Soyeon, who had been silent for a brief moment.
Suddenly she slowly moved her hand and twirled the ends of her hair round and round.
Although her hair was soaked with sticky blood, she continued to spin it around without seeming to care much.
And with an expressionless face and flat voice, she asked Yoo Seolhyun a question.
“……Yoo Seolhyun.”
“Yes.”
“……Did you just say that Jinhyuk came back to life?”
“Yeah.”
Yoo Seolhyun felt a bit tense when she met those dark eyes that seemed devoid of any light.
They were even darker eyes than when Lee Siwoon first mentioned Lee Jinhyuk.
“……How?”
“He was able to come back to life through an artifact.”
“……A resurrection artifact?”
“You know the Blessing of the Star artifact that was one of the auction items? That was actually a resurrection artifact.”
“……Then where is Jinhyuk now?”
“He’s coming now. So why don’t you just wait here quietly?”
“……”
Jin Soyeon suddenly closed her lips.
Was it because of the possible hope that Lee Jinhyuk had come back to life?
She seemed to be listening more than expected.
If they had known this would happen, they should have said Lee Jinhyuk had come back to life from the beginning.
“If I wait here, Jinhyuk will come?”
Jin Soyeon looked up at the empty air and muttered to herself.
“Jinhyuk, Jinhyuk is coming……”
The fingers that had been twirling her hair suddenly stopped.
“Jinhyuk?”
And then Jin Soyeon slightly lowered her head.
“……”
“Jin Soyeon?”
“……Ha, heh.”
“You?”
She slowly starts to laugh.
Jin Soyeon’s laughter quietly echoes in the previously quiet chapel.
At her sudden laughter, Yoo Seolhyun’s group, sensing something was off, swallowed dry saliva.
They reflexively raised their weapons.
It was instinctive.
“So you’re saying that Jinhyuk, who came back to life through an artifact, will be here soon? The fact that there’s an artifact that can resurrect wasn’t even in Jinhyuk’s notebook.”
“Hey, wait, Jin Soyeon.”
“Haha, or was it written in content that I couldn’t decipher? And I’ve just been doing useless things all this time?”
Suddenly her laughter stops.
“You guys, really……”
She says quietly.
“……Keep crossing the line?”
Chills.
“Ugh!”
“Urk?!”
“T-This is.”
A chilling killing intent from Jin Soyeon struck Yoo Seolhyun’s group.
Goosebumps rose, hair stood on end, and chills ran down their spines at this sensation, causing many people to unconsciously take a step back.
Instinct was whispering.
To get away from that thing immediately.
‘W-What…… how can her killing intent be this strong……’
She had seemed exhausted to her limits, but did she still have the energy left to emit this level of killing intent?
Yoo Seolhyun trembled slightly but gritted her teeth and somehow endured.
“Not only do you bring up Jinhyuk, but now you even spout such nonsense?”
“That’s not…!”
“Hey, Yoo Seolhyun.”
Jin Soyeon cut off Yoo Seolhyun’s excuses with a calm gaze, as if she had no intention of listening.
“You know, I really hate you.”
She raises her blood-stained, vicious sword straight up.
“I really hate you, who would have become a villain and tormented me and Jinhyuk if things had gone as they originally should have.”
“What? What does that mean?”
“And Kang Daehan, you’re the same.”
She quickly turns her gaze towards Kang Daehan.
“Blinded by mere jealousy and tormenting Jinhyuk.”
“You?”
“And what about you, Lee Siwoon? You just turned a blind eye while knowing your stupid followers were tormenting Jinhyuk, didn’t you?”
“……Soyeon, what on earth are you saying?”
The three of them couldn’t understand Jin Soyeon’s sudden words at all.
They had never fallen to become villains, never tormented Lee Jinhyuk, and never turned a blind eye to bullying.
So why is Jin Soyeon suddenly saying these things?
“Yes, I know too. That it has nothing to do with who you are now. That’s why I’ve been holding back, but……”
She mutters with a gloomy emotion while chewing on her lips.
“……If you act like that, I can’t hold back anymore, can I?”
“It’s true that Lee Jinhyuk is alive! If you want, we can even let you talk to him on the phone right now……”
“You guys were trying to subdue me by force, weren’t you?”
Jin Soyeon continued to ignore her words and slowly took a step forward.
“Fine, go ahead and try.”
She declares while emitting dense magical power.
“I’ll make sure you can never chase after me again.”
Just as Jin Soyeon was about to charge in.
“Come on, let’s see you really try, you……”
“Soyeon.”
At that moment, a familiar voice struck Jin Soyeon’s ears. It was such a familiar voice that she wondered if she had heard wrong.
Because it was a voice she thought she would never hear again.
So she just assumed she had misheard a similar voice.
Surely, surely I must have heard wrong.
“Did you have more reinforcements?”
She shifted her gaze towards the chapel entrance, the source of the voice.
“Yeah, go ahead and call them all.”
There, Roxanne, Cynthia, and several other figures began to appear.
“I was wondering what you were relying on, but it was because of Cynthia? Laughable. Someone like Cynthia can’t do anything to me……”
“Soyeon, stop.”
And there.
“Let’s stop, Soyeon.”
“Huh…?”
A very familiar face to Jin Soyeon could be seen.
“Don’t raise your sword so fiercely. Why is your expression so vicious?”
“You, you are……?”
A handsome appearance with a warm voice, Jin Soyeon’s one and only childhood friend.
“Whew, anyway Soyeon. It’s been a really long time. You haven’t forgotten my face in the meantime, have you?”
It was Jinhyuk, Lee Jinhyuk.
End of Chapter