Chapter 21: I Take Refuge (Namu) (4) (2/2)
She twisted her head and looked up
“!”
“It’s okay” It was like another being had replaced Chi-Woo “You don’t have to answer”
Chi-Woo, as slightly over twenty-three years old now, had been swept up in all kinds of incidents since he was young Because of that, there was a tier had been h the support of many kind people, Chi-Woo was able to correct hishad returned to nored since childhood—and it was his hatred towards things that only he could see In a way, it couldn’t be helped Given the difficult life he had lived, it was only natural that his hatred would be directed towards those who tortured hiest Through the help of various teachers and his ed a bit, but his hatred towards ghosts remained For that reason…
“Just” Chi-Woo looked doith cold and eht down his hand and struck her head A harsh sound rang in the air again Hawa’s head pluround
However, it was not over He was only just getting started, in fact Chi-Woo didn’t say a single word, and he didn’t hear anything, either Without even taking a break, he swung his hands again and again He didn’t just slap her cheeks or head; he also hit her neck, chest, stoh, calf, and the bottom of her feet And when he hit her back, he was finally able to get a reaction The evil spirit inside Hawa’s body began an screahtly,” Chi-Woo said and focused his hits on her back
“Kak! Kaak! Ugh! Eek!” The captain sprang into action and covered her mouth, and Hawa’s screams beca her, and Hawa looked like she was in extreh!” It seeer endure the torment as Hawa’s body finally collapsed
The captain was startled and quickly tried to grab Hawa, but at that moment, Hawa’s eyes flashed open Shethat opportunity to crawl across the ground like a spider After grabbing the dagger, she turned around and flung herself towards Chi-Woo as hard as possible,like a thunderbolt However, Chi-Woo had anticipated her attack and quickly reat speed, the shocked captain hit Harist to er and successfully captured her
“I told you to tightly hold onto her” Chi-Woo spoke calmly; he spoke as if he had experienced this rasp,” Chi-Woo said as he fiercely swung his hand again
“Ack! Ugh! Teup! Arrrgh!” Because of Chi-Woo’s harsh hits, Hawa’s movements were noticeably diminished Her eyes rolled into her skull and saliva dripped fro theaze Haide-open eyes suddenly gained focus and scrunched up when they landed on Shakira’s face
“Ugh!” The captain was bitten by Hahile trying to put a gag into herout of her hand
“Grandain but stopped because it had been a long time since they heard Hawa’s voice
“Stop her fro”
“Grandma, saveto killwith tearful eyes “Grand to kill me I want to live Please save me Saveher back with his palain, Hawa’s cries turned into screams
“Save…! Grandma…! Please…!” Hawa cried out with a desperate face Shakira’s pupils shook The captain and the surrounding people also became confused and shocked
“…If you’re the Hawa I know” At that moment, Shakira opened her mouth “I don’t think you would talk like that”
There was a short silence Hawa’s desperate expression i “This damned old fart—!”
“…”
“I’ll kill you! I’ bitch and rip you all to shreds—!” However, Haas unable to finish her sentence because the captain had successfully gagged her while her mouth was open
Slaaaaain At the saed, as if it was burning itself
“Ummphhhhh!” Her frantic screams could not even be dampened by the sound of rain Then Hahole body shook, tre like an aspen tree as sweat poured down like rain Her eyes were so bloodshot that it looked as if the veins were going to burst Foaled to breathe like she was choking
Then soon after
“Uu one by one like a stringless doll “Uh—!” She vomited out a dark liquid mixed hite foay of the evil spirit that possessed Haas flowing out of herand slowly faded away Likewise, the s
“…Thank you for your help,” Chi-Woo gasped for breath and dropped his hands “I hope you find peace in the afterlife”
The light followed the dark energy and slowly disappeared After this intense time passed, silence returned to the tent
“Please…lay her back down” Chi-Woo struggled to breathe and lowered his eyes The talisman in his hand had turned completely black Chi-Woo took out a new talisman and asked for fire and a cup of water With the torch fire that the guards quickly brought, Chi-Woo burnt the talis it into Hawa’s mouth
Hawa’s eyes looked unfocused like she was just coained her consciousness Her throat treht?” Shakira asked with deep concern
“For now” Chi-Woo wiped the sweat on his forehead and continued, “A person as possessed once is et possessed in the future Moreover, her first possession was extremely chaotic, so it’s difficult to tell”
“Then?”
“But you don’t need to worry tooas I’ain”
Shakira gulped; her , but instead, she gathered her hands together and slowly held theratitude and respect that the Shahnaz Tribe only bestowed to their God
“Please sleep” Chi-Woo roan “Miss, you’ll be able to sleep peacefully fro you is forever gone now”
Hawa’s trehtly more focused
“So you can now fall asleep in peace” At Chi-Woo’s soft whispers, Hawa’s fluttering eyelids slowly closed It did not take long for snores to come out of her sharply shaped nose The captain stared at Hawa; she had a peaceful expression like she was in a dream Since the day the captain had first found her collapsed, there had never been a day when Haas not tortured or in pain It felt al since the captain last saw her sleep so serenely
“Tha…nks”
At the captain’s words, Chi-Woo brightly smiled “Only by words?”
The captain didn’t knohat to say She knehy Chi-Woo had suddenly decided to coive me some more time to think about it”
“Yes, that’s fine with ”
“Are you saying that you’ll i will it take until the sun rises?”
“In two or three hours, the sun will rise”
“I’ll really be able to only rest for a bit Anyway, I’ to immediately leave It’s tiht now” Chi-Woo picked up his bag He had produced s here were not wis, he found out that his abilities still worked But of course, the being that ambushed Ru Amuh could be completely different from the evil spirit that possessed Hawa, so Chi-Woo couldn’t be completely sure if he would be able to defeat that opponent However, he did gain a bit of confidence
“Please make your decision before the sun rises And tellover his shoulders and turned around He was about to leave but halted his steps There were three people at the tent’s entrance—Zelit, Eval Sevaru, and Ru Hiana They were all looking at Chi-Woo in a daze Chi-Woo was going to simply walk past them, but he stopped in front of one of them
“Ms Ru Hiana”
“Uh, what?”
“Let’s talk for a bit”
1 The Thousand Hands Sutra (Chun Su-Kyoung) is a mantra that purifies bad karreat compassion of bodhisattvas and reminds one of the evil that co that one’s e Parts of the s; then, it proceeds to say how fortunate one is to have heard these teachings so that they can accept and preserve thes Buddha to help one realize his true intention and grant them the presence of a bodhisattva with a thousand arreat co Avalokiteshvara to bless one with an eye of wisdos such as the transcendental bodhisattvas, meditational deity, and the Buddha Amitabha ☜