Chapter 63 (1/2)

“Did you say Soo Hyuk? Are you sure?”

Rupert asked again hastily.

“…What’s wrong?”

From Rupert’s reaction, it was obvious that he knew this Soo Hyuk. There seemed to be more to the story than Rhino had known, but Rupert’s reaction made it seem like they weren’t too friendly or close. And so, Rhino replied,

“I’m sure.”

“Uhh…”

After receiving Rhino’s answer, Rupert nodded absentmindedly and closed his mouth.

‘Soo Hyuk-nim attacked someone?’

Soo Hyuk attacked someone? Rupert couldn’t believe it. Rhino’s words had been shocking in itself.

“Is he someone you know?”

Rhino asked.

“I know him.”

Rupert answered as he snapped out of his thoughts.

“How could I not know him…”

Magicians below the Rank 2 didn’t know Soo Hyuk that well. But most of the Rank 1 magicians knew very well about him. Wasn’t he the immeasurable talent?

‘Although I don’t know the circumstances behind this…’

Rupert stared at Rhino with a regretful look.

‘And even if he was the one in the wrong.’

He didn’t what happened, or who’s fault it was, but even it turned out to be Soo Hyuk’s fault,

‘I can’t do anything about it.’

That’s right. Rupert couldn’t do anything. Even if they were far away from each other, wasn’t he the peak existence that lead the Tower of Poison?

“Is he someone close to you? Then can you introduce him to me?”

Rhino was continuing while Rupert was feeling conflicted.

‘I have to tell him.’

Rupert thought as he stared pitifully at Rhino. Although he couldn’t help him get revenge, he could help him avoid a potential mishap. If he didn’t, this matter could blow out of hand.

“First, I have to tell you exactly who Soo Hyuk-nim is.”

“Nim? Why are you attaching honorifics to him?”

Rhino asked in response to Rupert’s words. Rupert was a Rank 1 magician. Who was Soo Hyuk, that a Rank 1 magician had to use honourifics?

‘Just who is he?’

“Soo Hyuk-nim is…”

Rupert paused briefly, then continued after letting out a small sigh.

“The next Spire Lord.”

There was a brief silence, then when Rhino finally processed Rupert’s words, his pupils enlarged to twice their size. He was so shocked that he couldn’t let out a single sound from his mouth.

“W-what did you say?”

Rhino finally asked. He was still stuttering from the impact of those words.

“I said he’s the next Spire Lord.”

Rupert answered again.

Rhino’s expression twisted at his answer. What kind of… The situation had gotten out of control.

‘The next Spire Lord?’

“Isn’t he just someone with the same name? Aren’t there other Soo Hyuks?’

Rhino asked fearfully.

“No.”

Rupert immediately rejected Rhino’s assumption with a shake of his head.

“In the Tower of Poison, there’s only one magician with the name ‘Soo Hyuk.'”

Rhino couldn’t say anything to that.

“…Hoo.”

Rhino, who had returned to Hadrac’s outskirts, sighed deeply.

‘What do I do now?’

He was troubled greatly.

‘The next Spire Lord…’

Rhino wasn’t a low rank magician of course, but the existence of a Spire Lord was much higher than the likes of him.

‘I can’t just ask more about him.’

How could information about the next Spire Lord be easily revealed?

‘Do I have to tell them?’

Today, he was planning to visit the Demon guild’s vice master, Haggis. Should he tell Haggis about what he had found out?

‘No matter how greedy I am…’

Greed. Rhino knew full well how greedy he was. But he wasn’t stupid enough to pass on confidential information about the next Spire Lord.

‘I don’t want to die.’

He could die as a consequence. No, he would die.

‘But then there’s the Demon guild…’

Rhino also knew the nature of the Demon guild. They wouldn’t stop even if they got an apology from Soo Hyuk himself.

‘Then wouldn’t it be better to tell them?’

Rhino pondered. If he didn’t tell them what they were dealing with, then it could become a bigger problem. Then wouldn’t it be better to tell them in this situation?

‘They wouldn’t be able to touch him anyway.’

The next head of the Tower of Poison. A mere Demon guild wouldn’t be able to touch them.

‘No, it could be possible.’

Rhino changed his thought soon after. Looking at their past actions, they would still attack someone even if that someone was the next Spire Lord.

‘Should I just pretend not to know?’

If he played dumb?

‘They won’t find out anyway.’

All Demon guild knew about Soo Hyuk was his name and that he belonged to the Tower of Poison. They wouldn’t be able to find and kill the next Spire Lord with just that amount of information.

‘Okay.’

Rhino decided to play dumb and stopped brooding over this issue.

Tap. Tap.

At that moment.

“Vice lord, the vice master of the Demon guild has come.”

Haggis had arrived.

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“Is a guild mark the thing on top their heads?”

“And they look the same as the bastards that killed us?”

Soo Hyuk was thinking while listening to his parent’s conversations.