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<Epilogue> Kim Hyunwoo gasped for breath and wandered through the streets. No matter which direction he walked, east or west or north or south, the scenery was the same. Even so, he continued walking and searching through buildings because there was a reason. If he kept doing this, sometimes he found food or something to drink. And if he searched a place again that he had already searched, sometimes something turned up, so he had to keep searching the same scenery endlessly until his mind went…- 297.5 K • Completed
Yohan had taken time to rest first, to bring his body into peak condition. For two straight days, he ate the nourishing meals Yoon Seungryong had prepared with care and slept soundly. By the time he woke up, he was ready. They moved toward the city center, the location Seo Yakrin had spotted from high above. Yohan took a few deep breaths and held out his hand. “Hoyoung-ah, please give me a buff.” Ju Hoyoung, rarely this nervous, grabbed Yohan’s hand. As power surged from him, the energy within…- 297.5 K • Completed
Yohan suddenly remembered the past. When he went with the team to attack the core of the Abyss, hadn’t they gone down a similar cave? The déjà vu was so strong that it felt like he had gone back to that time. Yohan ran through an empty space underground where he couldn’t tell one direction from another. Then something happened. “Argh…!” With a tremendous shock, Yohan screamed and rolled across the ground. It felt like he had been hit by a truck. The lantern flew through the air and hit…- 297.5 K • Completed
Yohan heard a song. Lullaby, pitying smile, a bonfire blooming on the field, glittering stars drifting, a silent dawn, clattering beads, a mouse nest, counting grains of sand, a whispering rosebush…. He barely felt the sinking when his ankle became trapped. When the trap reached his knee, Yohan lifted his head while tears fell endlessly. He gripped his wounded arm roughly. Pain cleared his mind. When blood fell from the flesh that had moved softly on the ground, the thing scrambled to eat it, then…- 297.5 K • Completed
<7> The Returnees “Everyone, did you have a good holiday? On this last day of April, there was a report of a Grade 7 monster appearing in Gwangjin District… Awakener dispatched by the government’s Rift Management Bureau have successfully neutralized it and removed the corrupted matter… The number of victims has been confirmed as thirty-two in total…” The sound of the news woke Yohan from sleep. He had dozed off while watching TV, but the nap had felt sweet. He slowly looked around.…- 297.5 K • Completed
“Anyway, everyone is treating me well so it’s fun and enjoyable! By the way, what about the others?” “Chanha and Seungryong went for government-related work, Yakrin and Hoyoung went to clear a rift once. Today only the two of us will go home.” Yohan nodded. He did not know what government work meant, but he knew why they were clearing a rift. Tomorrow Yohan would go on his first rift exploration with the Little Lamb Team. They were checking in advance to see if there were any enemies too…- 297.5 K • Completed
“What are you talking about? When did we ever go to Gyeongju. Did you see ghosts?” Yoon Seungryong appeared from the dark with a chuckle. Kim Hyunwoo panted raggedly and furtively looked around. A moment later, Lee Chanha and Ju Hoyoung appeared as well. ‘It was a trap! Yang Yohan went home alone on purpose!’ Flash! A dark spark burst, and his shield shattered. Kim Hyunwoo screamed. A terrifying current had struck down and broken his shield. When he realized even Lee Hyunmook was here, he…- 297.5 K • Completed
“Yeah, right! Let’s go, go!” Yoon Seungryong as he slapped Ju Hoyoung’s back on purpose. Since the much younger Yohan was so fearless, Ju Hoyoung tightly closed his eyes and tried hard to resist the pathological anxiety that came from the enhancement side effect. When he was about to walk quickly again, Yoon Seungryong stopped. “Wait, the old hag isn’t here, so let’s ride this instead.” He said that, and while rummaging through his pocket, he pulled something out of the void. It was a…- 297.5 K • Completed
Lee Hyunmook moved down, rolling the stiff nipple between his lips and tongue before sucking hard enough to sting. It was something Yohan had never imagined receiving from someone else, it felt so strange that it made him draw his legs in. Lee Hyunmook grabbed his legs and spread them again, sliding his waist between them. The blatant intent made Yohan’s face flush red. “Haa…” Soon, only shallow breath slipped from Yohan’s lips. It was because Lee Hyunmook had carefully licked, sucked, and…- 297.5 K • Completed
Drawn by that voice, they ended up at the ceremony celebrating the returnees of the Abyss. Other corrupted gave almost identical testimony to the woman’s. “They mistook corruption for awakening.” “In some ways, it did make them stronger.” Lee Hyunmook accepted that calmly. Corruption twisted both flesh and spirit. It resembled mutation caused by radiation or chemicals, but unlike ordinary mutation, it remained endlessly unnatural, a process that trapped living creatures in unending pain.…- 297.5 K • Completed
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