33 Episode 33 - Messiah, Part II (2/2)

It wasn't the end there.

Lee Jin-sung, whose cheeks were swelled up like a balloon, sprayed out something in his mouth.

Foo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

A huge fire swept around Kim Tae-hoon at once. He was surrounded by flames, and he rolled on the floor without stopping.

Lee Jin-sung followed Kim Tae-hoon, who was rolling like that, with his sword.

Taang, taang!

Kim Tae-hoon pulled his revolver from its holster at his waist, shooting twice.

The bullets both hit the swordsman, and his body jerked as if he had been pushed by something.

That was all. He did not collapse or bleed from the power of the bullets.

Kim Tae-hoon, who had put out the fire on his body, stood up and looked at him, his gun pointing at Lee Jin-sung.

With Kim Tae-hoon in front of him, Lee Jin-sung raised his arms and guarded his face with his sword, like a boxer.

It was evident that he knew that the bullets wouldn't kill him right away, except if they hit his face.

Kim Tae-hoon did not make any special moves in front of him. He just watched Lee Jin-sung.

Lee Jin-sung did not move too quickly, either. His opponent was, after all, also an Awakener.

First of all, his whole body was not covered with the Black Orc's skin. His face was bare. No, even if his face was covered, if he got shot there it was highly likely that he would suffer from fatal injuries, such as a concussion and or eyeball rupture.

There was nothing to be done if was injured like that.

'The car rushed into the entrance, and it was pretty late, so the men he had placed nearby must approach.'

What Lee Jin-sung expected was that his men would realize there was a disturbance and come to help him. He was not a fool, and he would not walk around with only two people. He arranged his men in several places.

Of course, the reason for the split arrangement was to monitor the monsters and sacrifices. He'd had no choice but to deploy Awakeners to instill fear among the watchmen who monitored and managed the sacrifices.

That is, time was on the side of Lee Jin-sung.

”Are you the first hunter?” Lee Jin-sung asked again, stalling for time. ”It seems the first hunter had powerful telekinesis. What was his name… Kim Tae-hoon. Yes, it was Kim Tae-hoon. But he had a colleague. Did you come here alone?”

Kim Tae-hoon did not reply to such a statement. He stood as if he were a mannequin.

”I've heard a lot about you. Thanks to you, Bucheon somehow became a city of men. By the way, there are few places in the world that are safe now. I fled from the Cheongna district and thought I was the only one who survived until I came to Bucheon.”

Lee Jin-sung kept talking.

”I recently found out that Bucheon was very lucky geographically. It was between the realms of the dreadful monsters.”

Those words were tempting to the ear.

”It became an unarmed area. There are huge monsters in Incheon, Siheung, Gwangmyeong, and Gimpo. The owners of this land are not human.”

It was valuable information, all that was necessary for the Awakeners to survive in this world, regardless of the truth.

It was Lee Jin-sung's objective. There was no reason to listen if he just talked about personal affairs.

When he spit out valuable information, he would wait for a reply. A smile was on his lips.

'One minute.'

One minute, or less.

After that time, at least ten Awakeners would arrive.

They were not ordinary people. They were elites.

They had the power to make the inhumane acts of the organization Messiah natural.

”Rather, why are you attacking us all of a sudden? You don't like the way we do things, do you? From what I heard, you're far from a hero of justice.”

To use up the time, Lee Jin-sung kept talking.

”Why don't you join hands with us? It looks like you've got a gun from a nearby military base. Let's move together. First, we're building a monster hunting organization based in Bucheon. We're lucky. We have made the starting point Bucheon. Let's have a conversation, putting down our weapons. Huh?

At his words, Kim Tae-hoon lifted his revolver away.

Lee Jin-sung's eyes glowed. 'You idiot!'

Lee Jin-sung intended to cut Kim Tae-hoon in half after narrowing the distance between them.

Cut him in two with one stroke of the sword.

There was no doubt he could do it. The sword in his hand was a great weapon that could be called a miracle from God, and could cut monsters with orange or yellow eyes, too!

'I knew one day you'd be a big hindrance!'

There was no hesitation. He heard about Kim Tae-hoon, and of course, thought he would be the biggest obstacle.

Lee Jin-sung didn't want to be under anyone. As soon as you get under someone, you are expendable. The world was like that now.

To live, you must be a consumer, not a consumable!

So Lee Jin-sung wanted to move without a moment's hesitation and steely determination.

He was... trying to move.

”Uhhh?”

But his body did not move.

An invisible chain was pulling on his whole body.

If he hid in the fire extinguisher powder, or if he was far away, or if he moved quickly in the dark mall, it would not be possible to catch him easily. However, he is in front of Kim Tae-hoon, why couldn't he finish him?

Most importantly, Kim Tae-hoon's telekinesis rank was A rank. It was a power that held the Black Orc with the terrible physical strength.

It was only a matter of seconds to tie up the limbs of Lee Jin-sung, although he did not know how much Strength and Energy he had.

And Lee Jin-sung had given him the time.

”The bastard…” Kim Tae-hoon came up to cursing Lee Jin-sung who was clearly stunned, and pulled the sword out of the hand of the paralyzed swordsman. ”Aaaaargh, damn it!”

Then he held the sword and pointed it at Lee Jin-sung.

Lee Jin-sung's face, spitting out angry curses, hardened.

”Wait, wait… let's make a deal, a deal! I'll give you everything I have-”

That was all he was allowed to say.

”I don't need it.”