11 Episode 11 - Relic, Part I (1/2)

Chapter 4. Relic, Part I

Translator: Khan

Editor: RED

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Kim Tae-hoon was shopping at the large mart. Chocolate, salt, almonds, jam, jerky … Of course, it was not strange to buy such items at the food corner on the second floor of the large mart.

It was getting closer to 2 AM., and most of the shelves had fallen like dominoes, so he had to pick the goods up from the floor and put them in a bag, not a plastic shopping cart.

But he had to add one more thing here, he wasn't going to pay for them at the counter. In other words, he was now doing the most bizarre shopping in the world.

”What's your future plan?” Ahn Sun-mi was following him and started a proper conversation with him while he was pondering between the five kinds of coffee beans in front of him.

Instead of answering her question, he grabbed coffee beans that had been torn apart and chewed them finely. After savoring the coffee beans, he replied, ”I'm going to leave here as soon as possible, and the remaining survivors should try to fend for themselves.”

”I can see that, just by looking at what you are doing.”

”Well, you just need to know what you see.”

”No, I'm curious about what you're planning in the future, where you're going if you leave, how you're going to move, what's the purpose...”

He looked at her before she stopped talking. A cold eye dug into her gaze.

Her words stopped by themselves.

His eyes were just beyond the cold level, and there was something there that ordinary people could not have.

There was something special, something so obvious that even Ahn, who had a job as a doctor, that knew the boundaries between life and death better than anyone else, could not fight.

”You love to wonder, but I have no reason to tell you about my plan.”

After he replied, Ahn kept her mouth shut.

He continued, ”What I need is a person who will obey my orders, not a parasite that will cling to my body for safety.”

Offended, Ahn's closed mouth opened reflexively. ”A parasite?”

”If there is some give and take, it's like a crocodile bird, and of course there's no crocodile bird in reality.”

”You …”

At that moment, Kim held out his right-hand palm before Ahn spoke. Ahn had a blank look on her face. He turned his hand over. His right-hand mark appeared. When he turned his hand over again and showed his palm, she pulled out her smartphone and unlocked it, showing him a picture.

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[Basic Abilities]

- Strength: 11

- Health: 14

[Special Abilities]

- Mana: C+ Rank

- Mana Resistance: C+ Rank

- Defense: F Rank

[Achieved Abilities]

- None

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Kim spoke after confirming her ability through the mark of an Awakener on her right hand, ”Be a survivor or a subordinate to me. Choose one of them clearly.”

It was then that Ahn thought of something.

Kim was fighting a desperate battle with the Black Orc, but she ran away with his subordinate, Bang Hyun-wook. That was the reason. His bias against Ahn Sun-mi was due to the actions she showed at that time.

'Her Mana rank is C+ and she is in her third year of residency as a doctor. Once she becomes a colleague, she will become a powerful member.'

He wasn't going to retaliate for what she had done. He could fully understand her behavior of at that time. She was not his colleague or subordinate then, but a survivor, and she showed the courage to escape at that moment.

It was embarrassing to have run away with Bang, but it was also clear that it was a wake-up call for Bang. But to the extent of it, it's was understandable that she was a survivor. If she did such a thing in the situation where she was his subordinate, he would never forgive her.

'Troops running away from the battlefield where the battle is real were more dangerous than the enemy.'

Anyway, Kim had now handed the choice to Ahn. Now the decision was hers. She could become a survivor, and just break up with him and go her own way. Or, she could be his subordinate and obey him and move along with him.

”What are the conditions I need to be your man?”

”Absolute obedience.”

Ahn bit her lip slightly. ”Okay. If you order me to take off my clothes, I'll be happy to take them off.”

”I don't want to see such a thing, but it's enough to understand that if you have my back, you have to risk your life.”

With her answer, Kim got up from his seat. Then he did not pick a coffee.

”Don't you need coffee?”

”I can't eat this, even in a hurry.”

”Big brother!”

Kim heard Bang's voice. Bang had three bags on his back, front, and left hand. In his right hand, he had a new baseball bat. He has collected the items ordered by Kim from the first basement floor.

Kim moved to the escalator without hesitation. It was time to leave. Ahn took a bag from Bang and followed after Kim with it.

”Big brother, can I ask you a question?”

”Do it.”

”...what are you going to do with the survivors who are here?”

The question was due to the looks of the survivors below.

At the order of Kim, Bang was taking things from the first basement floor, and the survivors who fled to the first floor of the basement just watched. They looked so pitiful and pathetic. The eyes of those desperate enough did not know how they should ask.