Chapter 98: Returning Hero (3) (2/2)

‘Huh?’ Chi-Woo gripped Eshnunna back as she recklessly tried to claw him and was surprised to feel her power From what he knew, Eshnunna was a non-combatant with almost no battle ability, yet her physical abilities had evidently iht her in the days when all his physical attributes were rank F, he would be tra able to block her attacks However, Chi-Woo was no longer the Chi-Woo from back then He quickly tapped into his exorcism mana and concentrated it in his hands

Pshhhhhh! As if dry ice had been dropped into a pot of boiling water, white steaan to rise from Eshnunna’s body

“Kyaruh?” Eshnunna flinched Voice filled with pain, she struggled to free herself, but Chi-Woo didn’t let her go Instead, he grabbed her tighter and pushed his exorcisht

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaah!” There was a long scream, and Eshnunna’s body writhed even more From an outside point-of-view, it looked as if a wo with her entire body how much she disliked the man in front of her Nevertheless, Chi-Woo could clearly see the evil energy possessing Eshnunna’s body being chased away No, his poas not just chasing it away, but vanquishi+ng it

Soon, Eshnunna’s shrieking stopped, and the dark energy bloo washed away The veins popping out of her face also disappeared, restoring her original coain Eshnunna looked extremely confused as she returned to norht?”

Eshnunna turned towards the voice “Ah…?” As soon as she saw Chi-Woo’s face, her eyes rolled into the back of her skull and shut close Chi-Woo caught Eshnunna as she fainted and carefully put her on the ground He called out to Hawa, and his eyes brightened as he noticed soaze fixed to his destination

At the saasped as she looked at the sa at She couldn’t understand it at first Even though the heroes had changed into monsters, they hadn’t shown any hostility so far and had never attacked them Why did they suddenly—

“No!” Six or seven ht to enter the building through the collapsed outer wall The statue of Shahnaz was there; Ru Hiana didn’t knohy, but theShahnaz’s statue

“Block them!” she shouted, but nobody responded

Kyakkkkkkkk!

Her shout was muffled by the monsters’ screams, and everyone was too busy with their own tasks and proble those ere injured while fighting the ritted her teeth and forcibly pushed away theback

They had gone through so many sacrifices and pain to revive Shahnaz; no matter what happened, they must not lose Shahnaz’s statue Ru Hiana recklessly rushed towards the y she could ust of wind pushed three or four monsters into the wall, but their number barely dwindled

‘If there were only three or four of them…!’ Ru Hiana was about to rush towards therabbed her by the ponytail and yanked it harshly Ru Hiana realized her ht up to her Even though she had pushed the from both sides

Moreover, thetheir heads back and forth and crawling out In an instant, she was surrounded by dozens of -headed hero who had once been her comrade

Ru Hiana’s eyes darkened as she saw Zelit “…No” Ru A the turned heroes since they had all been comrades at one point He had told her that when Chi-Woo returned, he’d be able to change them back to normal Thus, Ru Hiana patiently waited; she waited as if she was holding onto a sment of hope in a forest full of despair

She held out for nearly three months with the belief that Chi-Woo would return and revert the for hadn’t come back… Honestly, she knew that he wouldn’t come back She knew that Ru Amuh had just said that in false hope

‘I can’t any longer…’ Ru Hiana took out her long sword Even though this went against what Ru A enough and withstood asonto since Chi-Woo had disappeared was coone now

‘I’er she could last However, she had no intentions to let theup her life She threay her false hope and focused on her present Then the long-headedin front rushed towards her, and Ru Hiana hardened her heart, about to swing her sword at Zelit—

Tap!

“Ah?” A raspy sound escaped Ru Hiana’swhen she saw a hand suddenly grab the monster’s arm It was not over yet

Sizzle—! When the sound of boiling oil rang out, the o, and theelectrocuted and transforinal Zelit that Ru Hiana was familiar with and fell over

“What…” Ru Hiana turned around instinctively and gaped Her eyes widened She saw the hero they had all been waiting for—their hope

“Ru—“

“Sen—Be careful!” Ru Hiana was about to call out ‘senior’, but she i theeted Chi-Woo and rushed towards hiasp in the next moment Chi-Woo bent down and reached out both of his ar towards hirip When he twisted his arms, there was a sharp crack, and two heroes turned at the same time Chi-Woo kicked both away and ran to rabbed both of them by the neck and injected the like crazy before returning to normal

Chi-Woo dropped the two heroes who fainted to the ground and straightened his back, dusting his hands before looking around Ru Hiana was shocked The monsters who had recklessly rushed towards their opponents were now shockingly hesitating to htened by Chi-Woo’s very existence

“Ah…” But this was not the only surprising fact It was eventhat Chi-Woo had easily suppressed four eneer thanthat Ru Hiana had had to fight to survive while facing four or fivebecause Chi-Woo used to be alnorant about close-quarter battles Why was he showing similarly effective but different movements from Ru Amuh? It had all happened so fast that it was hard to believe what just happened

“Ah!” Ru Hiana shi+fted her attention back to Zelit; he had returned to normal, and he was still alive From what she knew, there was only one hero who could do this Ru Hiana finally reainst spiritual beings

“Ah…!” It wasn’t a dream or a hallucination Chi-Woo walked towards the center and found the statue of Shahnaz and grabbed it “Ms Ru Hiana” He threw the statue at the still shocked Ru Hiana “Keep it safe”

Ru Hiana caught it and stared at Chi-Woo from afar “S-senior…” She was a out an object from his pocket “How…”

“I ca around and shrugging “Isn’t this a bit too much as a welcome present?”

“H-huh?”

“You’ve prepared so many experience fodders for me to collect merits” Chi-Woo talked playfully and s sporadically

“What the…heck are you saying…” In the end, she just returned his s, her eyes became teary They were tears of happiness Her whole body was filled with unexpected enthusiasain Chi-Woo was a hero who kne to laugh nonext to hiive her hope that they could get through this Even though Ru Hiana had felt despair aup froain

“Then, let’s first beat the, Chi-Woo had finally come back