Chapter 79
The first feeling that came was the pain . The second was the taste .
"Wo…g…"
Giwon's mouth was full of blood that dripped from his mouth . He was tied to the cross, but Dohyuk couldn't see how terribly wounded he was . The stakes pinned his body down and the barbed wired kept him in place . Also, his left arm was partly ripped out from the shoulder and he had no teeth . He had lost one eye, and he could barely open the eye because of the tremendous amount of blood flowing down from his head .
Giwon moved his mouth . It didn't make any sound, but it wasn't meant to make any sound in the first place .
'You are here . '
The person he was speaking to was Dohyuk . He was just gesturing with his mouth so he could share what he was trying to say to the person who was sharing his body right now . Dohyuk couldn't send any messages . Maybe he would be able to do it later on, but he couldn't do it at the moment .
"Oh, so you're still here . "
There was still information he could gather . The owner of the voice came closer to Giwon .
"Why did you fake your death in front of Ilgyu? You f*cking bastard . You almost got me killed . "
Dohyuk saw the man .
'It's…'
The man looked like Jung Ilgyu the Tyrant, but he had a different voice with a different accent . Dohyuk then remembered what he heard from Ilgyu .
'Jung Ilhu . '
The brother to the Tyrant, the keeper of the treasure vault that Ilgyu possessed . It meant…
"Let me see…"
In the next moment, excruciating pain stopped Dohyuk from thinking .
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!"
"Oh, you're alive and well!"
Ilhu poked Giwon's stomach with some kind of a stick .
"This is payment for getting me almost killed . "
It seemed like Giwon's wounds were excessive . His stomach had open wounds and his organs were dropping from within, which is where Ilhu poked the stick . Dohyuk felt too much pain that he even considered cutting Divine Intervention .
"I thought you were smart . Do you think that bringing that bracelet would make you become something? How do you dare to speak to Ilgyu like that? It's not like your Nature is bad either . "
"What? I can't hear you . "
'This man is Ilgyu's brother . '
Giwon moved his mouth to confirm Dohyuk's guess .
"I can't hear you, you f*ck . "
Ilhu's stick poked into the wounds again .
"AAAAAAAARGH!"
The high Stamina points allowed Giwon to stay alive even with heavy injuries . Ilhu knew this very well so he only focused on inflicting pain instead of dealing enough damage kill him .
It was painful and there seemed to be no reason to stay connected to Giwon . However, Dohyuk did not cut the connection yet . He felt that Giwon, with his tense muscles and heavily closed mouth, was trying to stay awake . The reason was obvious .
'Giwon is not stupid,' Dohyuk thought . He spoke nonsense to Ilgyu and ended up like this? That was probably because Giwon did it on purpose . He promised Dohyuk to give him an opportunity to ambush Ilgyu . There was no reason for Giwon to provoke the Tyrant when his family was alive .
'He did this on purpose . '
Dohyuk withstood the pain . Giwon was waiting for the moment . The moment to give more information to Dohyuk .
"Uh…gu…"
Then his limit arrived . Giwon began to lose consciousness .
"Huh? You trying to fake death again?"
Ilhu moved the stick around again, but Giwon couldn't scream anymore .
"Don't blame me though . Ilgyu wanted me to do this . He told me to keep you busy so you can't think until we pull your heart out . "
"Wait til tomorrow . We'll work with you as soon as his cooldown timer is refreshed . "
Ilhu's voice then disappeared . He thought Giwon had already passed out . But…
Giwon was still somewhat awake . With the last of his remaining energy, he moved his mouth . The message was clearly sent to Dohyuk .
And when the connection was cut off-
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"D-Dohyuk? Are you okay? You're sweating…"
Dohyuk jumped down from the city wall .
There was a total of 12 Bermuran tents . Five were used by the Bermurans and five were used to store crops and other equipment . Dohyuk set the other two up himself for the same purpose .
A prison .
"Ah…"
As Dohyuk passed by one tent, the eight prisoners who were eating their food gasped . They were tied down with iron chains and with their damaged limbs, they couldn't move much .
But the one in the other tent had more constraints on her .
Dohyuk purchased it from Marie Kruger for 850 thousand coins just to bind Lee Yuri . The special option of the bind decreased her stats as long as she had it on, so she couldn't even move her fingers . But even then her expression was calm . She recovered from her wounds and woke up in a few hours, but she didn't scream in anger, nor she did she plead . She just sat there silently .
Even now, she looking up to Dohyuk who just walked into the tent . Dohyuk walked up to her and placed his hand on her cheek .
-Faith: 92/100
'It's gone up…'
Dohyuk said, "I heard you didn't eat anything . "
"Is that a question?"
"What?" Dohyuk was surprised to hear a response .
"I asked if you are asking why I haven't eaten . "
"…Yes . "
"Because I wasn't told to eat . "
"I believe people sent you food . "
"You didn't tell me to eat . "
"…?!"
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Dohyuk hadn't seen Yuri for past days . He had other important issues to take of .
"You will eat if I tell you to?"
"Yeah . "
She paused for a bit . After a moment, she added .
"I'll do anything . "
It was as if her words had struck into him, making Dohyuk tingle . He even considered using his Divine Power . Yuri's words didn't have any special effects or powers . She just… knew how to speak like that .
"…Okay . " Dohyuk answered . He didn't know the motive behind Yuri's action, and he didn't think he could understand her anyway .
"Can I order you to do something else other than eating?"
If every circumstance was telling him that he could use this woman-
"Of course . Anything . "
Before the word could have any impact, Dohyuk asked his question right away .
"Ilgyu's treasure vault . The one his brother is taking care of . You know it?"
"I know it exists . But I don't know where it's located . "
"I know the place . "
Yuri was astonished . Then, a beautiful smile crept up her face .
"That's amazing . "
Yuri believed Dohyuk right away .
"My friend is locked up in there . I had a way to talk with him and he told me the location . "
"…Friend?"
Yuri became curious, but Dohyuk ignored it and continued talking .
"It seems they are going do something to him . I don't know exactly what, but there's this cooldown and…"
"Are they going to pull his heart?"
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Dohyuk stopped talking .
"Is that right?"
"You know what it is?"
"Of course . He's famous among the Unfortunate Ones . "
"Unfortunate Ones?"
"Yeah . The world is not that easy, you see . Just having a special ability or talent can help you survive… or if you are too squeamish about it and lose the opportunity to grow stronger… It doesn't end well . "
And they were called the Unfortunate Ones . The people who had potential but could not live up to it . Even after being revived, these people didn't know the value of their potential .
"He's like that . He's not talented in fighting, but his Nature is one of a kind . "
"Get to the point . "
"If he pulls the heart, he can make something . And that something…"
That something held the Nature of the heart of the owner as its 'Option' .
"That friend of yours, I guess he has a good Nature if Ilgyu wants to add it to his collection . "
"That won't happen," Dohyuk shook his head . Ilhu said they would be working on Giwon tomorrow . The location of the treasure vault was only a few hours away . Dohyuk was going to go there .
"You are coming with me . "
"Yay . "
This was why Dohyuk did not cut her limbs and instead spent a tremendous amount of coins to lock her down . She was too suspicious to use just because of her stats, but her stats were still very useful .
"How long will it take for you to get back to your normal condition?"
"I can do it now if I eat something," Yuri answered and glanced at Dohyuk's hand . He was holding a plastic bag .
"Is there food in there?"
Dohyuk took out one piece of bread and handed it over to Yuri .
"Oh, but I can't use my hands . "
"Oh well . I guess we have no choice . "
Yuri closed her eyes and opened her mouth, just enough to show her tongue . Dohyuk couldn't stand it anymore and made a move .Please download our sponsor's game to support us!