Chapter 129
Pig .
It was as Jung Ilgyu said . Cactus Bill was very tall — he stood over 2 meters and he had a very broad body . However, Dohyuk was surprised by other things .
Cactus Bill was covered with metal . It was as if his body had wounds all over and was covered by metals to fill every part in very crudely . There were also fluid-like substances like ooze or oil that seeped between the flesh and the metal .
Cactus Bill stopped about 10 steps away from Dohyuk, looking down with his only eye at Dohyuk and the axe he was holding .
"Owner…"
Bill then turned to the owner of the axe who was being helped by someone to stand up .
"…is you . "
Bill then raised his chubby hands . Except for his middle and pinkie finger, it was all metal . The man who helped the owner of the axe became terrified and pushed him away .
Yet the owner of the axe did not fall to the ground . Rather, he was being held up . Then he flew over to Cactus Bill .
Bill crushed the man's head right away after he grabbed it .
"Zillian . "
"Yes, Leader . "
A woman came out from the crowd and answered . She was well-built, and she resembled a soldier . Bill flicked his head toward a direction where a man was lying after Dohyuk beat him up .
"Gather them around . I'll take care of them . "
"Yes . "
"Ask them why they started fighting without asking me . Finish it before I ask you again . "
"Yes . "
"And all of you…"
Bill then looked around .
"I'm going to give you three seconds . Go back to your work . "
As if that was a warning shot, all the men around Dohyuk and Cactus Bill scattered immediately . The woman named Zillian then took a few with her to the wounded, took their weapons, and continued with her work .
There were no questions or opinions . Only obedience .
And then, Bill turned to Dohyuk .
"Yoo Dohyuk . I apologize for what just happened . It was not what I wanted . Those who tried to hurt you will receive proper punishment . "
Dohyuk could have intervened if he wanted to, but he was tense right now . It wasn't because of how Bill looked, what he had done, or even his Korean .
"You are wary of me . "
Cactus Bill was a beast . Dohyuk could sense it .
In the previous life, one of the other eight who withstood the corruption to the end… was already a part of the illumination .
"I understand your reaction . "
"So, I should be relieved?"
"I'm telling you the truth . I know you . I probably can share your experiences… as I experienced them also . "
Dohyuk frowned . Cactus Bill was speaking as if he was being cautious of Dohyuk . It was hard to see the same way as the corrupt ones .
"Do you want to go somewhere else? I don't think this is a suitable place for a discussion . "
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"…Sure . "
Dohyuk agreed and they began walking toward the sea, where a ship was docked there . It was much smaller than the other ships and had no cargo was loaded on it
As Bill put up his hand, there was the sound of dragging metal and a bridge came down to the dock . The ship was changing its shape .
"Is that your talent?"
"Yes . " Bill nodded, "It's a blessing . The power to do more than what others can do . It is the same for your power too . "
Bill spoke and continued, "Of course, I couldn't understand it at first . A lot of people tried to kill me . "
"I can relate to that . " Dohyuk nodded, "It was shocking to have someone in the middle of a supermarket trying to kill me . "
"Right . But I was more fortunate . I had my family . "
"They… had the experience . "
"Yes . They were with me until the end in the previous life . "
They spoke as they walked over to the ship . At the center, there was a table and a chair . To a side, there was a bar set in place that was filled with liquor bottles . Bill walked over to the bar .
"My family owned a metal-processing shop . Over twenty of my family members collected metals and processed them . "
"I see . "
It meant that Bill had twenty of veterans from the beginning . As with Giwon, even if they were corrupt, it was hard to break the relationship between families . Cactus Bill probably started off less lonely than Dohyuk .
"I was able to adapt and gather knowledge more easily . …Want a drink? I have almost every type of drink . "
"Anything . "
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Dohyuk spoke calmly, but he was still tense . Bill took out whiskey, snapped off the top of the bottle, and poured some out for Dohyuk .
"We had my father as a leader and we moved . Just like before, my father planned to unite all of Australia so there would be no internal fights . "
"Until you grew in power?"
"…Yeah . Until I grew in power . "
Something did not end well . Dohyuk could clearly see that .
"I didn't know anything then . I thought I did, but I didn't . I thought our plans would go well . My father thought that our relatives who were sent over to all regions of Australia would return with good news . "
Dohyuk listened silently . He was now getting the picture .
'He was with his family until the end . '
No one died dead . It also meant that Cactus Bill, was always with his family at the center .
Dohyuk did not know Bill, but even if it wasn't Cactus Bill, there was no doubt that any man with power would treat their family better .
"What returned was bad news . "
"They refused?"
"Worse . They sent our relatives' corpses . "
Then, the forces within Australia revolted against Cactus Bill and his family taking over Australia again .
"It was a dark night . We were mourning for our relatives who had lost their lives… and something dropped . I am not sure what it was . Maybe it was a bomb… or a rock . But it was the signal of an attack . "
Cactus Bill continued speaking calmly .
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"Honestly, I don't remember what happened . Maybe it was because of the shock, or because I lost part of my head . The only thing I remember is that I killed someone, again and again . Until I was knocked out . "
And when he came back to his senses, he was buried within scraps of metal . He didn't know if he dug himself in to survive, or if someone tried their best to save him .
Even after he regained consciousness, he couldn't come out of the scraps . His wounds were too severe .
"I heard screaming . "
It was his family . The victors were torturing him . They wanted to know their purpose, and where Bill was .
"None of them answered . I'm not sure if they were hiding it, or they really didn't know . But I think they knew . One of them hid me within the scraps of metal . "
The torturing went on for days .
"I don't know anything about the previous life . I only heard of it . That's why I believed it was possible to create a better world . To reach a better result . "
He looked down .
"But it wasn't . "
As he heard the screams from his family, Bill melted the metals away with his Nature .
"I filled them through my veins and flesh . Then I realized that I was wrong and that I needed to fix my way of doing things . "
When he finished filling up his wound, the last family member stopped screaming . It was his father .
Bill lost his consciousness once more . When he woke up again, and came out of the pile, there were only corpses around him . His family had been carefully torn into pieces to have them stay alive for as long as they could during the torture .
"That's when I realized what I need to do . "
He was no longer the Cactus Bill from the previous life .
"I was reborn . "Please download our sponsor's game to support us!