Chapter 72. Roman Holiday (4) (2/2)
“They are in the lecture hall” He turned to Seo Jun-Ho “I will show you the records after I show hiht this way” Torres escorted them down the hall as he explained Paradise’s history “This year is the 20th anniversary of Paradise’s founding”
“It must have a deep history”
“Ah, yes Paradise has producedindividuals”
“Really? Who?” Seo Jun-Ho suddenly asked
Torres paused at the question; the Frost Queen cackled at the sight “He looks like a deer caught in headlights Of course, he cannot tell you They are all evil fiends, after all”
Torres laughed aardly and continued “Well, most of them don’t like others to know that they are orphans I don’t have their permission to reveal their identities”
“No need to tell ” Torres bowed to hiusted
‘Dammit, I can’t believe that I had to bow to this insect!’
But his hu He had already ordered his subordinates to check that no one was tailing the the two men, he would kill them immediately
“How many children are here?”
“217”
“You remember the exact number?”
“They are all like my own children”
“I see”
‘That’s bullshi+t,’ Seo Jun-Ho thought
He stopped and looked into theof the lecture hall “What are they doing?”
They stood in two lines, facing each other with sharp weapons They e sense of bloodlust
“Haha, they’re training hard to beco toward the into Torres’ ear
“It’s all clear We even searched the warehouses, but he’s alone”
“Is that so?” Torres s funny and opened the door to the hall “Won’t you impart some of your wisdoood…”
“I’m sure it will help them a lot”
“Well, if you say so…” Seo Jun-Ho scratched his head and nodded Torres led him inside and clapped his hands
“Attention, everyone! Please welcome… as your name?”
“Sonny”
“Please welcome Mr Sonny He is an active Player, and he’s coave a look to the teacher, who quickly escorted the children to the benches At the sah the doors of the lecture roo sharp weapons
“Hey, don’t you think there’s so The latter glanced back at hiood Player,” he muttered
“What?” Marco couldn’t quite hear him
One of the teachers sloalked up to Seo Jun-Ho His eyes were red as if they would start dripping blood at any second
“F-fuck! H-his eyes are red?!” Marco cursed He quickly shut hisaround The 200 children and 30 teachers all had red eyes “I-if their eyes are red…”
“It means they’re fiends”
Torres smiled from his seat in the audience “You’re unlucky This wouldn’t have happened if you hadn’t mentioned Paradise in front of me”
“Did you feed the children the de his arms “What do you think? How else would they become fiends?”
Seo Jun-Ho let out a shaky breath All these young children had beco to become one
“They must have not wanted to become fiends”
“Of course not But once soing to drink the de fun, Torres clapped his hands and laughed with his shoulders shaking “Oh, you should have been there! It was hilarious! They were licking the blood off the groundHahahaha! They were so desperate to live”
“Wait, what?” With a dumbfounded expression, Marco pushed Seo Jun-Ho aside He looked to the benches, looking for familiar faces
Anna, Finn, Leo, Shu…
“NonoThis can’t be…” Their faces were lifeless, and their eyes burned red like the others Marco fell to his knees, crying “I-I sent them offI pushed them forith my own hand…”
Anna cried because she didn’t want to leave her sisters and brothers
Finn complained that Max would become the vice-leader if he left
Leo and Shu, the youngest
He had sent them off with his own hands Marco simply wanted them to be happy
“Buthow…?” How did they beco at hihh!” He felt sick He saw stars
After throwing up, Marco slowly picked himself up
“You bastard…!” Before Seo Jun-Ho could stop him, Marco ran toward Torres but his body flew into the air One of the teachers had punched hiain
“Hahaha! Look at hiestured toward Anna “That’s your brother What do you think?”
“” She stared down at the groaning Marco on the floor “Ido not think of anything”
“Kahahahaha! This is hilarious!” Torres laughed until he cried
Bang bang
Marco couldn’t overcoround with his fists His skin was starting to peel and bleed, but he did not stop He felt pathetic He couldn’t even get revenge for his siblings Despite pro that he would take care of his family, he had forced thelared up at Torres, eyes full of venom “Specter-nim will kill you all”
“Specter? That’s a name I haven’t heard in a while”
Once upon a time, Torres had looked up to Specter He once shone like a star, and normal Players like himself could never even hope to reach him
“Too much time has passed”
25 years had passed It was lory to fade
“Even if Specter is back, there is no fiend that is afraid of him” It was true Not even Torres hier as a fiend He was confident that he could defeat Specter
“You… Once Specter-nim comes for you…” Rather than fear, Marco trembled in frustration
Seo Jun-Ho approached him “It hurts a lot, doesn’t it?”
“Are you seriously asking ht now…”
“Once you becos even more painful than this”
Thump
Seo Jun-Ho took off his coat and placed it on top of Marco “Even if your loved ones die right before your eyes, you have to keep fighting That is what a Player is”
“?” Marco wiped away his tears with his sleeve But once he started crying, he couldn’t stop
“If you really want to become a Player, then you must raise your sword even before an enemy you cannot defeat”
Marco looked at Seo Jun-Ho like he was speaking nonsense Even if they disregarded the children, the fiends alone nuht theht theht now?”
“If you’re a Player, then you must But you haven’t quite becolasses, mask, and his cap “I’ll help you out this ti appeared in his hand It was a simple black mask There were no symbols or words written on it It was just a simple mask but it was the most famous mask in the world
“All fiends that I encounter will be strangled ” Seo Jun-Ho whispered as he fastened his mask The darkness around him started to undulate He looked up at the fiends in a final warning “That way, their corpses will re in the lecture hall