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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
- “First, I want to make it clear that I would never treat you lightly like that.” “Ah! Of course! I didn’t mean to say that you were… that kind of person, Mr. Hyunmook!” “Mr. Hyunmook?” His gaze lingered on Yohan as he spoke, and something about it looked a little sad, prompting Yohan to quietly correct himself. “…Hyunmook-hyung.” He shifted uncomfortably in the skull-shaped chair. Maybe he shouldn’t have brought this up. But that regret didn’t last long. Deep down,…
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- 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…
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- 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…
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- <5> Underground Yohan only fully recovered his strength after sleeping deeply for an entire day. Maybe it was because he’d collapsed with a nosebleed, but his teammates began treating him with even greater care afterward, especially Seo Yakrin, who was the most attentive by far. Whenever she had a chance, she would look at Yohan with a pleased expression. “Our Yohan, do you want some of this too? I went out and hunted while you were sleeping. Do you like venison? Turtle? But why are you so…
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- <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.…
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- “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…
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- 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…
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- “…An idea?” Ju Hoyoung asked blankly, as if his brain had shut off. Yohan, gripping his freezing arm tightly, answered with force. “It’s raining. So… we just need to give them an umbrella. I’ve developed a new ability. If I can just purify Hyunmook-hyung, somehow, it’ll work.” His voice trembled but remained steady with conviction. Ju Hoyoung’s mouth parted slightly in surprise. He was the only one who didn’t know what “umbrella” meant. So he was deceived by Yohan’s…
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- *** “Ah! An apple!” Yohan raised his hand high and shouted with joy. In his hand was a fairly large apple. With Lee Hyunmook back in his frenzied state and the risk of Yoon Seungryong bursting out of the cave, Yohan had decided to keep some distance from it. He somehow managed to find his way back to the stump they had used as a temporary shelter. But that was it, he didn’t know the way forward or back, and to make matters worse, they had run out of emergency rations. After going hungry…
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