Chapter 108 (1/2)

“What a bastard…”

“Sir! Do we still have to put up with him?”

When Su-hyeun began to release his magic upon them, the dark magicians started to get up from their seats. However, the old dark magician remained sitting down with his eyes closed. He appeared to be undecided and worried. The other magicians were preparing to attack Su-hyeun. They stared at him with a feeling of agitation.

“Okay.” The old magician opened his eyes and said, “I will help you.”

“Sir!”

“Shut up!”

The old man shouted back at the magician that raised his voice at him. In response, the magician turned pale and sat back down on his chair again. When it became quiet once more, the old magician nodded.

He said, “So, you say that you want to catch Ouroboros. Okay, I will help you. However, I only can bring the beast to you. It is up to you to catch it.”

“That’ll be enough help.”

“I will give you a room on the second floor of this tower. Just wait one day. We will leave tomorrow.”

The old magician looked at the magician that was sitting next to Su-hyeun.

“Hey, Syujeu,” he called.

“Yes, sir.”

“Can you guide him to his room? My back hurts these days, so it is hard to move around.”

“Y-yes, sir!”

At the request of the old magician, the man named Syujeu rose from his seat. Su-hyeun followed him and left the room through the large door.

Creak—

Thump—

The heavy door closed after the two men left the room. As soon as they were gone, the other magicians in the room vented their grievances to the old magician.

“Sir!”

“Why did you just watch him leave?”

“Yes, it is not like you.”

At the complaints of the dark magicians, the old one rested his chin and sat silently. Their resentments continued, and he continued to listen. Then suddenly, the dark magicians felt strange. This was usually the time when the old magician would scold them.

However, he remained silent.

Their complaints naturally died away without the old magician having to say anything to them. Their fear of the old magician was rooted deeply within them, so they didn’t want to get on his bad side. Therefore, their complaints of disappointment gradually ended. The dark magicians realized that they had dared to talk back to him and fell silent.

“Are you all done chattering?”

When the old magician opened his mouth to speak, the other dark magicians lowered their heads. The old magician’s gaze turned cold as if he had never smiled kindly before in his life.

“After hearing you all lose your temper just now, I would love to feed some of you to the dogs. However, because I understand how you all feel, I will let it go today.”

“I am sorry, sir!”

“Forgive us!”

Thump—

The dark magicians slammed their heads to the table in shame. The old magician looked at them and clicked his tongue. He found them pathetic.

“Why did I put up with him?” he asked. “Did it look like I was putting up with him?”

“Yes?”

The old magician shook his head and looked at the others who did not understand him.

‘How pathetic.’

“I did not put up with him. He put up with me,” he said.

“What do you mean?”

“Only a strong person puts up with a weak person. It is a form of generosity.”

The dark magicians were surprised by his response. The old magician seemed to have just called himself the weak one. That couldn’t be possible. The old magician looked at the door where Su-hyeun had exited through.

“He gave us two options to pick between.”

Su-hyeun’s proposal gave the old magician two choices to think about.

“Either all the dark magicians risk their lives and join forces to fight him, or we can hope he dies in his fight against Ouroboros.”

This was the reason why he told Su-hyeun that he would take him to Ouroboros. They had no choice but to wait for the mighty beast to swallow Su-hyeun just as it had done to thousands of other sacrificed dark magicians.

***

“This is it.”

The dark magician named Syujeu led Su-hyeun to a room on the second floor. It was quite a spacious room for one person. There was a restroom and shower inside as well. Syujeu seemed displeased with Su-hyeun, who was looking around the room.

Syujeu said, “I brought you here because the boss told me to, but watch out. This room—”

“Hey.” Su-hyeun waved off Syujeu without looking at him. “Leave, little cheese.”

“You f*cking bastard.”

Slam—!

Syujeu went out, slamming the door.

“Look who’s talking,” Su-hyeun mumbled while looking at the books in the room.

He picked up one of the books off the bookshelf. On the cover, there was a picture of a dissected human body. It was a book about human sacrifices that were later reanimated into undead people.

“Wankers.”

He closed the book. It was not worth reading.

Bam—!

Su-hyeun threw the book on the ground and trampled on it angrily. He conjured up a flame with his powers and directed it towards the book until it turned to ashes. He considering reading the other books, but they appeared to be disgusting based on the titles. Su-hyeun instead walked to the sofa and laid down.

Grr—

Miru, who had been reading Su-hyeun’s face this whole time, moved towards him and laid down on his tummy. Su-hyeun habitually stroked Miru’s back. When he closed his eyes, he could feel gazes around him.

‘They are keeping an eye on me.’