Dohyuk and Giwon looked at each other .
"The Tyrant… he's probably here . "
Giwon bit his lips . It was too fast .
"I thought we still had at least half a day left even if he came by himself . "
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He wasn't being optimistic either . He knew Jung Ilgyu very well . The most important thing for him was his own interests . He was an arrogant madman who was proud of his own strength and he believed he could do anything he wanted to if he tried . He was probably dying to sail across the sea to China . Even if his brother was killed and his treasures were stolen, it wasn't enough to make him stray from his priorities . Since he believed he could do it anytime he wanted to, Giwon thought he would pay them a visit when he was done with preparations .
'It's probably the Heartdigger . '
Giwon glanced at the boy . That was the only reason .
"Giwon . " Dohyuk called out to him .
"Yes . "
"Go out with him and check on them . I'll be there in a second . "
Giwon wanted to ask why, but he still answered, "I'll do that . "
He and the man walked out and Dohyuk stayed behind in the room . And-
"Do you want to go out too?" he asked the boy .
"If you stay still like that, I'll take it as though you want to stay alone and leave . But if you have something to say…"
Before Dohyuk could finish, the boy answered with a weak voice, "…How did you know?" He was looking at Dohyuk now .
"I would not have known if I hadn't carried you all the way here . "
Dohyuk had carried the boy ever since he was in the vampiric region . That's why he felt the boy's movements changing after he began climbing up the stairs . The boy was probably scared to hint that he was awake .
"I thought you were afraid of the man I was with more than me . "
"…He's different from you," the boy said to Dohyuk . Just like Dohyuk and Heeyun, the boy could also sense corruption .
"… is he your man?"
"Yeah . "
"Because you are stronger?"
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"Of course . What is your name?"
"…Kang Sunghyun . "
"I'm Yoo Dohyuk . "
Sunghyun still seemed to be fearful even when they exchanged their names .
"Can I ask you something?"
The boy was quick to understand; it wasn't like he was relieved when he was speaking . He was scared and wary of Dohyuk just like his torturers, but he based things off what he overheard .
"Go ahead . "
"I heard you can make gems by pulling out hearts . If you remember how many gems you created and what they do…"
"… . ny . "
"What?"
"I… I didn't… make any . "
Dohyuk thought it was a lie, but Sunghyun quickly showed proof . As he unclothed himself, Dohyuk saw countless scars and wounds on his body .
"…I said I didn't want to make the gems . "
He continued, "Those bastards killed my brother . Why- why would I make one for them?"
He was angry now as he remembered what he had gone through .
"That… those f*cking bastards… assh*les…"
"They tortured you? And starved you?"
"They didn't do that right away… but I spat on their boss and said – F*ck you, assh*le . Just kill me instead!"
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"The boss…"
"Ilgyu? Jung Ilgyu? I think that was the name of that assh*le . "
Dohyuk gulped unconsciously .
"That's when he asked me… cackling… if I knew what it meant to say that . He said he'll teach me when I say, 'Just kill me instead . '"
After Ilgyu said that, a man made Sunghyun grab a knife .
"And then… another man came up to me and… the one who made me grab the knife stabbed another man . "
That's how Sunghyun acquired his second nature . Nature of 'Regeneration' .
That's when he was taken into Jung Ilhu's custody to be taught to say, 'Just kill me instead . ' in reality .
"But from what I heard… my regeneration skill wasn't too good . It had a cooldown? Or something that only heals me a certain amount at once . "
"Wait . "Dohyuk raised his hand . "Then your wounds…"
"Oh, there was much more than this . "
There were more traces of torture throughout Sunghyun's body . His bony figure was not the sole result of his starvation, but of continued regeneration . Even then, Sunghyun did not give in to the torture whereas Giwon even passed out .
"It's okay," the boy said as he rubbed off his tears with his wrists .
"Bastards… they can hit me all they like . Why would I pull a heart out from someone for them? Why…"
"…I have a favor to ask of you . "
He then turned to Dohyuk, with a determined look in his teary eyes .
"Jung Ilgyu… that bastard killed my brother for no reason . "
It seemed like he was going to burst into tears at any moment, but he held back .
"If you are going to fight him… let me kill him . If you do it for me…" Sunghyun seethed, "…I'll pull his heart out for you . "Please download our sponsor's game to support us!