Chapter 67
"…So, you want revenge?"
"No, I have no hard feelings towards you . Even if it wasn't you, I would've died sooner or later . "
Giwon continued talking .
"I like controlling people . "
"…What?"
Dohyuk was surprised by the sudden topic change and frowned .
"Oh, I'm sorry . I mean, not controlling as in like, mind control or anything . "
Dohyuk reached into his pocket for the first weapon .
"That is for example…"
"Digest . "
And with that - Dohyuk was healed . He then jumped out and kicked Giwon multiple times, throwing him back .
"Ugh!"
But Dohyuk did not finish him off .
These attacks weren't supposed to hit . He had attacked with the assumption that the opponent was capable of dodging . The opponent who had enough experience, knowledge, and power to dodge, did not dodge them .
"It's… amazing . You have no memory and still… you achieved this much . "
"What do you want?" Dohyuk asked . Giwon answered, "My obedience . That is what I will offer to you . "
"…Why?"
"Because I do not like how things are done here . And I think that's the way to stay longer on the strong side . "
Giwon, with his vital joints all beaten up, did not even think of getting up .
"Did you come here on purpose? For the Tyrant?"
Dohyuk did not respond, but Giwon considered it as a yes .
"Before I die… 'your side' thought I was the advisor to the Tyrant . But I wasn't . Jung Ilgyu is not the type of man who trusts others, let alone appoint someone to be his advisor . "
The only thing that existed in this place was the strong and the weak .
"I was just… different than most here . "
Before Giwon could speak, Dohyuk spoke first .
"You tried to persuade them and failed . "
Giwon opened his eyes in shock .
"How did you find out? No one really knows…"
"Does it matter?"
"…Right . "
In the previous life, Giwon was the only one who knew .
"Our chance of winning was little to none . Most of your group was weak, but they were well-trained and followed orders . We were not going to win if we dragged on . "
Dohyuk did not know, but this was a compliment towards his past life .
"That's why I had to speak up, even if it meant risking my life . "
He didn't offer to surrender . They weren't ready to start a full-scale war either . Giwon, instead, offered to scout for any possible weaknesses until then .
Ilgyu understood what he meant perfectly and rewarded him . He was given a chance to 'compete' against Ilgyu for his seat . In reality, it was just punishment .
"The fight itself was fair…'
There was no chance of winning . Even if Giwon was at the 3rd rank in the south, he wasn't even close to defeating Ilgyu . And with that loss, Giwon was taken away with everything he had . His skin that had circle engravings were ripped out to be given a new rank of One Circle . He was then placed on the frontlines . It was the Tyrant's 'mercy' to give Giwon a second chance to prove himself .
And then he died . In the second life, however, the Tyrant did not forget about him .
"He said he couldn't believe how coward like me reached that place . "
'Prove that you are not the outcome of some pure luck . '
And with that, the Tyrant went to Giwon and took a few items and skills that he had gotten in the previous life .
"But I think he just wanted it for himself . "
Anyway, Giwon had fallen . He was just robbed of his chances .
"I got the Three Circle . But the power difference grows even larger as time goes on . I'm not saying I have no chances, but it will be taken away from me again . That is certain . "
The Tyrant still had his eye on him .
"My motive is simple . "
Even Dohyuk understood . This man, Yoo Giwon, was a beast . Dohyuk felt the sense of bloodthirst from him too . But just like he said, the way he preferred to obtain power was not like others .
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"I want to be in the part of the system that you created in the previous life . The one that will start now . "
"…I don't think I said that was the goal . And I'm always surrounded by enemies . "
"And you did 'this much' alone . "
Giwon glanced around at the burned forest and the dead Three Circles .
"Just consider me as your dog . Just like you said . "
Giwon waited for Dohyuk's action . It was a gamble . Giwon did not know if it would succeed, but everything in the world was about taking chances . The coin had been tossed and he was waiting to see which side it would land on .
Yet he couldn't react . Dohyuk didn't take either side .
"They're dead!!"
Two of the Three Circles had been killed . The only one alive was the One Circle .
"It was an ambush . I'm sorry . "
Giwon apologized with his injured body .
"Where are the Two Circles? Take their bodies and return home . "
Giwon gave the order, but people did not move . When Three Circles died like this, what followed was not mourning . Those at the next rank, or the Two Circles, would start fighting against themselves to take the remaining equipment and land for themselves . Yet the bodies had nothing on them, and the culprit was obvious .
"You did not hear what I said?"
"We did . But…"
They looked at Giwon suspiciously but Giwon did not look at them .
"If you keep scouting on your own, you shall do it too . But my group will retreat . I think we have found enough . "
It was as he said . There was a bloodied man on his back . It was the culprit that had ambushed them and killed Kangmin and Byungil . Even if they couldn't believe Giwon's words, the man was certainly involved in some way .
"Hey, we're leaving . Get ready . "
"Yes, sir!"
But there was no conflict . Even if he was being watched by the Tyrant, he was, after all, Yoo Giwon, once a powerful figure in their organization .
"Sir…"
"What . "
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"I will take him instead . "
His man offered to do so, but Giwon looked at them coldly .
"Can you handle him?"
"Huh . . ?"
"This man killed two Three Circles and even injured me in an ambush . I beat him up, but he's still alive . If he wakes up, can you hold him down?"
"Uh- th-that's…"
"Then shut it and keep walking . Don't talk nonsense, and stop annoying me . "
And with that, no one dared to talk to Giwon . He was famous for not exposing his emotions and he just warned them that he was annoyed . It was not like him and that made him scarier .
"You talk too different to others," Dohyuk commented . His open eyes didn't show any signs of fatigue or pain . Even if the people looked closely, the blood on Dohyuk was just a disguise . In addition, no one looked closely since Giwon had assured them .
"I thought I had made the wrong decision . "
"…I had no choice . They won't believe me if I don't do this . "
The answer Dohyuk gave to Giwon was this .
-I trust you . But I can't wait .
Giwon couldn't become Dohyuk's 'dog' at the moment . If he agreed, Giwon was going to return to his region and try to prepare for the upcoming co-op . But Dohyuk shook his head .
'I need my dogs now, or else I can only ask for something else . '
And this was the result . Dohyuk told Giwon to carry him on his back .
'If you really want to follow me…'
Then he would have to take him to the place he wanted to go to . That was his requirement .
'Why…' Giwon thought as he walked . Did he make the wrong decision? As far as he knew, Dohyuk was THE man who could stand up against the Tyrant . Dohyuk was a man with reason, or the exact opposite of the Tyrant . What he was doing now was reckless and far from reasonable .
"You want to be taken to the region of the God of Lava . "
"Yeah . "
If he didn't want to do that, Dohyuk told him to take him to his own region and prepare to have everything in his region be wiped away . Giwon couldn't understand what it meant, but . . .
"Then I will take you to my place . "
"…I don't mind . Is there a reason for that?"
"Yes . "
There had to be a reason .
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"The region has a system that allows the processing of those minerals and ores . And…"
If that place was the 'beach', that meant there was one more thing .
"You can create a ship . "
Of course, it was a long and hard process which required the help of the God of Lava's Divine Power, and you would never know when the ship would be finished .
"However, the Tyrant goes there every single day to check on the progress . "
Dohyuk thought for a second and asked, "Invasion? Is he going to Seoul? Or any other place across the sea?"
"…I guess so . But . . . "
Giwon hesitated and spoke .
"I'm guessing it's about the girl . He knows it will take a long time for the ship to be built, but he still visits in hopes of setting sail to go find the woman he loves . "
"…What woman?"
Dohyuk was surprised .
"In the previous life, he saw a woman . He saw her only once, but it was enough for him to fall madly in love with her . He tried hard to get her as his own, but he couldn't . "
"Because she wasn't around?"
"Yeah, it was because she was the Swordmaster . "
Swordmaster - the title rang a bell .
"Phenomenal…"
One of the Phenomenal Nine, or the people that were as strong as Dohyuk himself . He did not think about it much, but they too would be living this world without any memories .
If they were still alive, that is .
"Not many know this . I don't think the 'North' knows it at all . It was the reason why the Tyrant decided to go attack you . "
"…Wait . "
Dohyuk stopped him . "Did I miss something there?"
They were just talking about Tyrant falling in love with one of the Phenomenal Nine . But why did his name pop up?
"Oh, no . You haven't," Giwon answered . The Tyrant did not get the woman .
"It was jealousy . "
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