Chapter 190: Love and Obsession (5) (2/2)
ht Hawa didn’t understand even after she explained nicely Then she needed to explain in a way that Hawa must accept
“Are heroes a joke to you? Do you think heroes became heroes because of pure luck? I bet you sorowth system, you will be able to perform much better than them,” Apoline said Hawa flinched; that was exactly what she had thought
“Well, it is understandable” Apoline shrugged, and as sos, she spoke directly, “You seem to have some talent and considerable potential I’m sure your name will be well-known if you become a hero I admit that But you knohat?” Apoline smiled “There’s no way that will happen”
Irked, Hawa opened her ain
“Why? Does thata hero then?” Apoline said teasingly and cleared her throat She continued in a cold, low voice, “You can’t be a hero just because you want to be one They are born and h all sorts of trials They bear expectations that make their body shudder and have the life of hundreds of millions in their hands And they endure and overcome all sorts of burdens and trials to save a world frole word pierced Hawa’s ears “You earn the right to be called hero only after achieving this feat”
“…”
“I can bet that if you keep up your mindset, you’ll never be able to become a hero no matter how much you try,” Apoline spoke coldly and turned around to punctuate the end of her speech Hawa’s head gradually dropped She bit her lip and clenched her fists even e amount of humiliation and shame to the extent that she looked pitiful However, no one stepped forward in her defense Neither Nangnang nor Ru A Even Noel, who disliked Apoline, quietly watched the situation because they all tacitly agreed with Apoline, and thought that Hawa’s actions broke a promise they had to keep as a team
“We need to talk too” Apoline put Hawa behind her and stood in front of Chi-Woo “Not here Let’s move to a different place” Then she walked past hi her
He said, “Couldn’t you have just said it back there…”
“Obviously, it’s not a suitable topic to talk about with everyone around” Then she turned around and suddenly asked, “Who are you?”
“What?”
“Who are you that everyone is so careful around you?”
“Careful?”
“Stop pretending Do you think I’lared at Chi-Woo Apoline liked the teah—at least in terms of skill After the battle just now, she clearly sensed that everyone got the basic concepts of teamwork down There were some heroes who liked to stick out and break the rules, but there wasn’t anyone like that in this teaer that not one hero took the initiative to warn the native, as not even a hero
Moreover, there were so in the end Ru A overlooked it without a single co dissatisfied They all seelancing at one particular man And that was the reason why Apoline had to step up and warn Hawa
They were all heroes, but they suppressed their opinions due to another hero It was even stranger that the person they were so concerned about was not one of the Celestial Lights like her Soh caliber and skill to talance at Chi-Woo, as Apoline had witnessed Since Chi-Woo was the one who brought Hawa, it was only natural that Apoline would be suspicious of hiht
“You…” Apoline, as looking closely at Chi-Woo, suddenly frowned She didn’t knohy, but whenever she looked at hiht “Have we htly surprised because he had also felt that strange sense of familiarity when he first saw her He hadn’t expected her to feel the same way However, no matter how hard he tried to remember, he couldn’t think of when he had seen her before Perhaps he’d met her once, but he wasn’t sure “…I don’t know” In the end, he had no choice but to shake his head
ainst each other rang in the air It was the sound of bonesbefore a skeleton slowly raised its skull
—This place is…
The skeleton slowly ht It could only see darkness After looking around a few tis were bound, and she was tied up in the air
radually came closer to her Evelyn looked down and couldn’t hide her surprise as she saoly beautiful that even Evelyn had to acknowledge it Curvy figure, fair skin, and flanized her
—Astarte…
She was a fallen angel and a great demon famous even in the De with hellfire was so powerful that even Evelyn, the witch of the Abyss, couldn’t dise Evelyn thought there was so off about Astarte The Astarte she rehty, and full of confidence The word ‘queen’ fit her perfectly However, Evelyn couldn’t sense any power in Astarte’s eyes They should have been blazing like an active volcano about to explode, but they were now blank as if she’d lost her will Moreover, there were chains wrapped around her body like the ones binding Evelyn, and even a leash around her neck Then Astarte, who had been blankly staring up at her, suddenly turned back
The ensuing scene made Evelyn doubt her own eyes Astarte suddenly fell flat and stuck out her tongue, panting like a dog greeting her owner The Astarte she kneould never act like this—not even to the top-rank de-!</eure calmly pulled on Astarte’s leash and appeared into view “The jewel I was never able to possess—Onorables Evelyn” The figure spoke with a dreary voice, insidious and dangerous
After Apoline raised her objection, the atrew heavy, but they resu im that her face, ears, and neck were slightly red, it seeer
Chi-Woo felt sorry for Hawa, but didn’t approach her or say anything The ti that this was bound to happen, and it was better to leave her alone for now Therefore, Chi-Woo also suppressed his feelings and focused onAs Jin-Cheon said, it took them less than half a day Their destination was surrounded by es—a swamp hidden by reeds
The expedition tea happened On the contrary, it was quiet and calloomy
“This is the place,” Jin-Cheon said “This is where the native disappeared, and Abis became like this” And it was also the place where Onorables Evelyn had disappeared
“There are definitely traces left behind here” Nangnang circled around, sniffed, and tilted his head “Other than the traces, there’s nothing strange…”
Then Jin-Cheon looked back at one person with a mixture of anticipation and nervousness Chi-Woo quietly stepped forward At first glance, the swaabout it bothered hi so familiar and uncomfortable about it
Chi-Woo headed to where the sensation was strongest and got to one knee When he put one hand on the ground and closed his eyes to concentrate—
“!” Chi-Woo opened his eyes wide and stepped back in surprise “Ugh!” He covered his
“Teacher? Teacher!” Ru Arabbed Chi-Woo, as about to fall back
“What is it? What happened?” Jin-Cheon quickly ran toward hi for a few h—” Because of the constant nausea he felt, he struggled to even open his ed to htened hiasped for breath several ti at the place where he just placed his hand, he said, “…It’s disgusting”