Chapter 44 Two Hearts (2) (2/2)
“If that’s the case… Wait here for a second.”
Galliard entered the warehouse and began to rummage through a pile of items.
Soon, he came out holding something in his hand. It was a steel chain commonly used as necklace. It had a thorny part protruding right in the middle of the chain, presumably used to hold a jewel tightly onto the necklace.
“Take it.”
Galliard handed the necklace to Yeon-woo.
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“It can hold a jewel on that.”
“Thank you.”
When Yeon-woo asked the price, Galliard waved his hand in denial.
“It was rotting in the warehouse anyway. Just take it. Seriosuly, that is nothing compared to what you’ve done for me.”
Yeon-woo once again expressed his gratitude and attached the Goblin King’s eye to the steel chain.
*Click*
Strangely enough, the eye fit perfectly in the socket.
*Whoosh*
When attached, the necklace gave off a red flash as a sign of completion.
Yeon-woo hung the necklace on his neck. At that moment, the eyeball fixed on the necklace came alive and rolled madly in every direction. It seemed to be trying to find Yeon-woo.
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Galliard burst out laughing at the sight of a familiar eye.
“That’s Kranum’s eye, isn’t it?.”
“Yes.”
“That monster, as smart as he is, he would never let go of his enemies. But I’ve never seen his eye moving like that even after death.”
Yeon-woo nodded his head along, as he hung Monsters’ Five Colored Jewel on his belt with another small chain.
‘Once I get inside The Tower, I’ll have to go ‘there’.’
Yeon-woo looked back at Galliard as he grabbed his backpack currently packed with parts of monsters.
“Thank you so much for your help.”
“You’re leaving now?”
“Yes.”
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“You’re going straight to Section F, then?”
Yeon-woo silently nodded without saying a word.
“Well, you got everything there was left to get from this section, so I guess that would be the natural thing to do.”
Galliard gazed at Yeon-woo with a strange look.
It was something he had been feeling since the time Yeon-woo had seen right through his Shunpo, but he seemed to be a guy who refused to be normal with every fiber of his being.
He couldn’t tell who exactly, but this guy reminded him vaguely of someone he had known in the past.
When Galliard saw his eyes showing behind the mask as white as the face of a ghost, one question arose in his head.
‘What kind of past does this kid have?’
Galliard tried to take off Yeon-woo’s mask when he cured his body with Undine’s Goblet, but the mask didn’t let go of his face. That must have been the option of the artifact.
But Galliard didn’t ask why Yeon-woo was wearing such a weird mask.
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If he were to talk about ‘weird’, he knew he was by far the weirdest one by staying in the tutorial for several rounds.
Each and every player who wishes to enter The Tower had an unfortunate and regretful story. And such regret becomes their motivation, driving them to climb up The Tower.
However, it was a whole different story for players who have let go of their regrets like Galliard. Without their motivation, most of them didn’t know what to do next.
As for Galliard, because of all those years he spent looking for the lost pendant, he had already lost the desire to climb up The Tower. And without someone to welcome him, he didn’t feel the need to go back home. However, he also knew he couldn’t stay in the tutorial forever wasting his time.
But still, it was something he should think carefully about, so he decided to rest a little longer and take his time making his decision.
“Oh, I almost forgot. Here, take this.”
“…?”
When Yeon-woo turned back to see what Galliard was giving him, he saw a sword thrown towards his head. He quickly dodged by twisting his upper body and snatched the sword.
A sword that was a meter long and as narrow as the length of a finger. The green thread tied into a unique knot at the end of its hilt made it look impressive.
“What is this?”
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“Remember the guy that came for you? It’s the weapon he had with him. It’s a pretty decent sword, and I thought it’s a shame to let a good sword go to waste so I brought it here. Use it if you want, and if not, just pack it up in your bag and sell it to the mysterious merchant. It’ll make for a good trade.”
Yeon-woo swung the sword a few times. Its blade was solid and very well balanced. Even he could tell it was a well crafted sword.
However, Yeon-woo usually wielded swords with short blades that could be held on one hand just like daggers. A long sword like this had no use for him.
But still, he considered packing it in his backpack to trade it later to the mysterious merchant as Galliard said.
Then suddenly, Galliard asked a strange question.
“By the way, how did you get into a fight with Arangdan? Their base camps are right in front of Section F’s entrance, they’re gonna stir trouble for you when you get there.”
Yeon-woo looked back at him, wondering what he was talking about.
“What do you mean Arangdan?”
“Hmm? Weren’t you just fighting with Arangdan?”
But Galliard seemed even more startled at his answer.
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“That green string on the sword, it’s a symbol of Arangdan.”
“…!”
At the moment, Yeon-woo’s eyes grew wide.
‘So they weren’t just a random group of scavengers, but players from Arangdan? From Cheonghwado?
All the pieces were finally falling into place.
The scavenger syndicate that his brother had destroyed. The sudden appearance of Arangdan in the tutorial. A human farm with an organized system.
And Kahn and Doyle, who left abruptly.
If Arangdan was the force behind the scavengers, and they had been deceiving all the other players under the cover of justice…
And if the reason Kahn and Doyle had left him was to stop this injustice…
“….”
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When Kahn and Doyle pushed him out of their group, he had known it wasn’t on purpose. But the way he had to go was different from theirs, they ended up parting ways.
At that time, he didn’t know how big of a danger they would be in. He was sure Kahn and Doyle would be victorious against anyone who stood in their way.
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But the enemy they went to fight with turned out to be Arangdan. He didn’t know how many players there were nor how strong they were. And behind Arangdan, there was Cheonghwado, one of the top 8 clans in The Tower.
Could the two of them defeat an enemy as big as them?
If Kahn and Doyle had destroyed Arangdan already, there would have been word of it all throughout Section E. But all this while, he hadn’t heard anything about them. It must mean they lost their fight against Arangdan.
And then, Yeon-woo started to ponder about how much they meant to Yeon-woo.
Were they strangers or friends? Did he want to get involved or stay out?
But the more he thought of them,
The images of Kahn’s confident laughter and Doyle’s always-so-sleepy yet sharp eyes kept appearing in his mind.
What else could it mean when he couldn’t take them out of his head?
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Besides,
Hyung, you’ve always been my hero. And I hope you don’t lose yourself even when I’m gone.
There were the words that his brother had left him in the diary.
In the end,
Yeon-woo realized his answer was already set.
“…Bastard.”
Unknown whether he was refering to Kahn and Doyle, to Arangdan, or to his brother,
As he muttered to himself,
Yeon-woo rose from his seated position with a cold glow in his eyes.