Chapter 96 - The winner [2] (1/2)
With their positions switched, Oh Sookyung stood above the current king now, and raising his sword, he was about to drive it through the king.
That's when, something fell into Jiwoo's line of sight, and her eyes widened. Within a matter of second, Jiwoo vanished from her position and appeared in the field.
A man was about to attack Sookyung from the back, and Sookyung, whose concentration was on the king, had failed to notice that.
Nonetheless, due to her fast reaction, Jiwoo was able to take out her dagger and block the attack in time. Raising her head to stare at the man, she intensely glared at him.
Her lips were pursed into a thin line while a dangerous aura emitted from her. One could easily see how enraged she was at that very moment.
”What the hell are you doing!?” Moon Jiwoo exclaimed.
With that, a jolt of electricity went through the body of that man, and the energy caused him to be pushed backwards. As his body came in contact with the ground harshly, the man found himself losing his consciousness.
Turning his head back, Sookyung smiled and said, ”Thanks. You have protected my back once again.”
Taking this opportunity, the king sat up on the ground, and although his body was quite weak, the king tried to reach out for his sword.
Noticing that, Moon Jiwoo walked towards Kim Namhyuk, and curving her lips to form a wide smile on it, a glint appeared in her eyes.
Before the King was able to reach the sword, Jiwoo raised her leg, and pressing her foot on top of his shoulder, she caused Namhyuk to fall down on the ground.
Her bold actions caused gasps to escape from the people present at there and managed to elicit surprised reactions from most.
”Why don't you just stay on the ground and accept your death, You son of an ȧsshole? You weakling, you don't even know how to fight properly. That's why, it is better for you to die and give the throne to someone else who is more capable than you,” Jiwoo stated.
Her actions shocked the people further. Although the King was at a weak state now, he still felt intimidating to the people here, and no one would be able to muster up their courage to utter such words.
”You! How dare you—”
Before the King could continue with his anger filled words, Sookyung raised his sword and drive it through the King's ċhėst.
A scream escaped from the King at that motion, and blood splattered around the place. Moon Jiwoo scrunched her nose up as some of the blood came in contact with her, and a groan escaped from her mouth.
”Couldn't you have down it more neatly? You got me all dirty now,” Jiwoo grumbled.
Raising her hand, she drove it through her hair, and taking step back, she removed her feet from above of the King.
A chuckle escaped from Sookyung's mouth as he extended his hand towards her, and while his sword disappeared into the thin air, he wrapped his hand around her shoulder, pulling her body closer to his.
Then, he arched his eyebrows and questioned, ”Is that what you have to say to me after I won such a difficult fight?”
”What should I say? The only reason you have won us because the king was not particularly strong, and I already guessed that you will be winning in the first place. There is nothing surprising about it or to compliment you on,” Jiwoo said, placing on a nonchalant expression.
Despite of her words, Moon Jiwoo found herself feeling extremely relieved at the outcome. For a moment there, she had thought that Oh Sookyung would be losing to the king. However, it appeared that the man had some tricks up his sleeves as well, and she felt proud of him at that.
Lowering her line of sight, Jiwoo raised her hand and patted his back before speaking out, ”Although it was not all that impressive, good job, Oh Sookyung. You managed to survive.”
Sookyung's lips curved to form a smile at her words, and he nodded his head.
A stern expression sat on his face, and Jiwoo did not miss the glare he shot towards Sookyung. Then recalling about he was the current King's relative, Jiwoo stared back at him intensely and protectively stood before Oh Sookyung.