25 Episode 25 - The Golden Glass of Napoleon, Part II (2/2)

On the other hand, Ahn Sun-mi's expression remained firm. ”It's not lucky to fall asleep suddenly, and we don't know when this sleep will end,” she said to the other two after clicking her tongue briefly at Bang Hyun-wook's words.

”It looks like he's asleep, but I can't make any judgments more than this, because I can't take MRIs or CTs. He is not sleeping because of fatigue, but he ate something strange, so we don't know how long this sleep will last.”

It was a very serious situation to a doctor; someone eating an unidentified liquid and falling into a sudden sleep.

”Excuse me.” Jang Sung-hoon changed the subject. ”I am suddenly curious, but when there is no boss, who's in charge? Is it Lieutenant Kim Soo-ji?”

”Well...” As soon as Kim Soo-ji tried to answer the question, she looked at Bang Hyun-wook.

The general soldiers would follow Kim Su-ji's words, but Bang Hyun-wook's case was a little different. Bang Hyun-wook was not a soldier, and he had no military experience.

In addition, the absence of Kim Tae-hoon was a situation where all preconditions were different.

Except for Kim Tae-hoon, Bang Hyun-wook was the only one who could fight properly against monsters that could use fear.

So should Kim Soo-ji give such an order to Bang Hyun-wook, or should Bang Hyun-wook move independently?

Of course, they had never agreed on this part.

That's why Jang Sung-hoon brought up his words. If they had not agreed, it was time to make the agreement.

'If there is no big brother, then...' Bang Hyun-wook also fully understood the situation.

Without Kim Tae-hoon, Bang Hyun-wook was now the most important player. In a sense, he was in the same position as Kim Tae-hoon.

'Am I replacing big brother?' At that moment, Bang Hyun-wook turned his head slightly. At the end of his gaze, he saw a flame rising far away.

It was the flame of the survivors who were outside of the Mac Clan area.

They were afraid of Kim Tae-hoon's warning, but it was impossible for them to completely abandon the lingering attachment.

Even if Kim Tae-hoon was scary, it could not be denied that the Mac Clan was the only lamp of hope in the present situation.

How could they abandon their hope? When they turned their back on the lamp, only the darkness and despair would be left.

'I'm his substitute.'

In the mind of Bang Hyun-wook, even as he looked at the survivor group, the conversation that he shared with Kim Tae-hoon came up once again.

In the conversation, he added the assumption that if he replaced Kim Tae-hoon.

”Wait a minute.” Ahn Sun-mi caught the wrist of Bang Hyun-wook, who had started to worry about the survivors.

”I'll talk to him.” Pulling his wrist, Ahn Sun-mi led Bang Hyun-wook away.

Ahn Sun-mi stopped at a place where the other two would not hear their conversation.

”What are you going to tell me, sister?”

Ahn Sun-mi said to Bang Hyun-wook, with a stiff face full of freckles, ”Recover your senses.”

”What?”

”I'm telling you because the situation is important. Bang Hyun-wook, wake up. Are you going to take the survivors?”

”Of course...”

”I'm the opposite.” At the word of 'the opposite', Bang Hyun-wook closed his mouth.

On the other hand, Ahn Sun-mi did not stop talking.

”I don't think you have understood the situation yet, but who do you think was most relieved when the boss told the survivors not to come?”

Things had changed.

If Kim Tae-hoon did not wake up like this, the life and death of Mac Clan will be in the hands of Bang Hyun-wook.

Bang Hyun-wook was so strong. He consumed the most monster stones next to Kim Tae-hoon, and his Energy rank, which could be said to be the most efficient in battle with monsters, was higher than Kim Tae-hoon.

The only problem was that...

”The soldiers, our soldiers were the most relieved.”

Bang Hyun-wook could only fight well, but he did not know how to control the people around him.

”Will you accept the survivors? Then who will be in the most danger? Who will be harder to protect? To be frank, you and the boss aren't going to get tough, because fighting is the same.”

It was the evidence that Bang Hyun-wook had lingering doubts about the survivors just now.

”After all, the soldiers will be in charge of the minutiae. The risk is the same. The boss and you, who always deal with strong monsters, are in great danger. But the risk won't be greater for the survivors, because you won't mind the survivors when you have to kill something like a Black Orc.”

Kim Tae-hoon had relentlessly rejected the survivors. Even using the threat of his murderous spirit, he did not give any sympathy to the survivors.

”But ordinary people are different. The soldiers will fight to protect survivors from a number of monsters. What if soldiers die? Will you regret it then? Or are you sure you won't even regret it?”

What Kim Tae-hoon did was not just for himself, but to increase the possibility of the entire Mac Clan's survival, as well as himself. Therefore, the distinction between good and evil was not important in Kim Tae-hoon's actions.

The important thing was that Kim Tae-hoon's actions were the best for Mac Clan, and if he was a member of the Mac Clan, he should follow the best course of action.

If you do not like it, you can leave the Mac Clan, as Kim Tae-hoon said.

Bang Hyun-wook could not respond to any of these words from Ahn Sun-mi. Of course, it did not change his mind immediately or make him agree with Ahn Sun-mi's words.

'Damn it...'

However, Bang Hyun-wook was more a grown child, than a young man.

Ahn Sun-mi understood Bang Hyun-wook. He was not even twenty years old yet, a freshman in a society with not even a year of social experience.

So Ahn Sun-mi gave him advice as a senior in life.

”We don't need survivors to just open their hands and take something from us. Remember, we don't need just survivors to protect.”

Just then, Jang Sung-hoon shouted out, ”Boss!” At his cry, Ahn Sun-mi and Bang Hyun-wook turned their heads at the same time.

'Ah!'

Kim Tae-hoon, was now standing.

”Big brother!” The two hurriedly approached Kim Tae-hoon.

”Major, are you all right?”

”Boss, are you okay?”

Kim Soo-ji and Jang Sung-hoon, who were nearby, asked his condition first.

However, instead of answering, Kim Tae-hoon gave a long sigh after checking his left-hand wrist, a G-Shock watch still there.

'It was a dream.' The white mist from his mouth brushed through the darkened sky. But the breath was not long.

'No, it wasn't a dream. Crisis... it's a crisis I'll be in someday.'

He couldn't afford to breathe another sigh.

'That's what it meant to make me dream of a crisis, which meant that I was dreaming of the day I would die.'

”Boss! Boss! Wake up, do I need to I slap you?” Jang Sung-hoon spoke to Kim Tae-hoon again.

As soon as he saw Sung-hoon's face, Kim Tae-hoon's feelings began to get complicated. It was the sensation of feeling for someone else instead of himself filling his heart.

But when he thought of the dragon, they disappeared like a mirage. All emotions disappeared, and only feeling of fear and despair began to take their place.

At this moment, Kim Tae-hoon was more desperate than ever.

”I'll ask you one thing; I'd like anyone to get me a cup of coffee, whatever it is.”

A cup of coffee...