85. Precious things that fall apart

“Seonseo, you have to listen carefully. I’ll tell you what to do in the future so that you can live. It’s the last gift your poor mother gives you.”

Baek Hyeon-seo doubted his ears when he heard the sound coming from his necklace-type artifact. This is because the original journey was gradually increasing unknown stories.

“You may not believe it, but we are the descendants of the Feln clan. The Feln clan can absorb and use the life force of others for generations. I know you won’t believe me if I tell you this out of the blue. So, Mom put some gadgets in place. If you hold this necklace in your hand, [Sacrificial Sanctuary] Will be executed. Can you feel the energy flowing through your body?”

-Hui Yiing

Baek Hyeon-seo felt an unpleasant sense of heterogeneity flowing through her body. Predictably, this is the vitality that Won-Yeo-Jung talks about.

“The life force absorbed into your body is the price she earned by sacrificing the pursuer sent by her mother. The person who spoke to you was absorbed by you. Only the Feln clan can use the [Sacrificial Temple]. I think you will believe your words now.”

-Woo-wook-!

As soon as Baek Hyeon-seo recognized the exact fact that he had become stronger by absorbing people, a feeling of nausea surged up inside him.

It was because he felt as if he had preyed on people.

Who wouldn’t mind absorbing someone else’s life spirit and using it for himself? No, at least normal humans would of course be reluctant. Even if it’s those who didn’t cover the means for their own ends like wonjourney.

– Flinch

By the time Baek Hyeon-seo cleared her insides, Won-Yeo-jeong’s voice came out from the artifact again. As if he was watching Baek Hyun-seo.

“Hyeon-seo, it will be difficult, but you have to accept it. He said that it is inevitable to trample on others in order to live. I think it’s probably hard for you to accept, but you shouldn’t deny it. This world is rough, so it’s hard to live with only a good heart. Above all, we, the Fellen clan, have been persecuted for their strength since ancient times. If her mother is taken by the state, it is certain that you, her mother’s daughter, will also be pursued. The [Sacrificial Sanctuary] Magic of the Felln clan is passed on genetically, so you will surely pursue it.”

“You know what will happen if you get caught, right? It’s fortunate that it’s only after receiving the biological experiment, but maybe you’ll kill it right away. Because the country fears the power of our people. So, don’t regret later and accept the reality quickly. Fortunately, Hyunseo’s bowl is bigger than this mother’s. If you put in the effort, you’ll have a lot more power than her mother. You need strength to escape. You also need strength to hide from the state. At least, I need strength to be forgiven by that guy named Choi Joo-won.”

“….”

Baek Hyun-seo listened to the other words as if passing them off, but the last word came out. The name Choi Joo-won could not be overlooked.

-Sueuk

Baek Hyun-seo wiped her mouth with her arm. And he thought to himself.

‘The Feln clan… I don’t want to believe it, but I can’t believe it, but looking at the situation right in front of me, it can’t be a lie…’

A pursuer who was absorbed into the Temple of Sacrifice. He disintegrated into the air without even a body left, and his vitality was sucked into Baek Hyeon-seo. Such an act would be absolutely impossible without the use of the [Sacrificial Temple] Of the Feln clan. There was no doubt.

‘What if… if I get caught like this…’

Currently, the compulsory opening of Hellmund Academy’s intranet is in progress. If the intranet is forcibly opened, evidence that Baek Hyun-seo used it without permission will appear, and he will be severely punished for that. Not only that, but if the fact that Baek Hyun-seo belongs to the ‘Fellin’ clan is added, he may never get out of prison for the rest of his life or he may die.

‘If I die…’

Baek Hyeon-seo remembered what happened after she died. What will remain Who will be left around?

But nothing came to mind. It didn’t matter. Because Baek Hyun-seo no longer relies on others. No, because he had no one he could turn to.

She wants one thing. Someday, I hope Choi Joo-won will forgive me.

‘If you rot in prison for the rest of your life, or if you die… You won’t be forgiven.’

I know it’s already too late. He was also aware that too many things had happened to receive forgiveness from Choi Joo-won. However, I couldn’t give up.

For Baek Hyeon-seo, who now has nothing left around her, the only salvation is Choi Joo-won’s forgiveness.

He would be willing to give his life if he could forgive him. If he smiled and stroked her hair even once, he would put down his lingering attachments to life and atone for all his sins and surrender himself. He will die willingly if you forgive him by dying.

He was willing to do anything. Choi Joo-won… If only that person would forgive me.

Baek Hyeon-seo made up his mind. And just then, in the necklace artifact, the story of the original journey was coming to an end.

“Hyeon-seo, from now on you have to run away. I’ll tell you how to hide your power and identity, how to use the Temple of Sacrifice, and the location of criminals who can be used as sacrifices. Kill them one by one to build up your strength and run away. By the way, criminals are weak but commit heinous bad things, so you can kill them without feeling guilty. It will be difficult because it is the first time, but think of it as realization of justice and do it. You can do it. First of all, if you want to use the Temple of Sacrifice…”

Won Yeo-jeong’s words continued for a long time after that. Baek Hyun-seo doesn’t like the original journey, but he still has no choice now. If she is caught here now, or if she dies, there will be no salvation for her until the end.

-Koo Woo-wook

With tears in her eyes, she grabbed her necklace-type artifact and walked outside. She has to develop her strength to avoid getting caught. She and she have to flee the country. She goes undetected, and one day she can ask Choi Joo-won for forgiveness again.

***

After the commotion has passed.

Won Yeo-jeong was arrested by state agencies. It was revealed that she was a descendant of the Felne clan, and her country decided to save her for the time being in order to carry out her various experiments. Baek Hyeon-seo, her daughter, says that she is being tracked by the state, but she is currently in a situation where there is no success.

For reference, the head of the Hunter Association and his factions who arrived late at the scene all kissed each other, and explained that a power struggle had taken place because the original journey ran out of control and started killing people.

Choi Joo-won killed more than a dozen people, but the head of the Hunter Association dismissed it as fighting them.

Won Yeo-do stubbornly made excuses, but now that she had lost all power, her words could not prevail over the authority of the Hunter Association president.

In the end, the Darfeld Guild completely disintegrated. In just one day.

Kang Seong-ho, president of the Hunter Association, talked to Joo-won Choi.

“The identity of the masked instructor was Joo-Won Choi… Aren’t you an S-class instructor working at Hellmund Academy?”

In the course of handling the work, the head of the Hunter Association learned that the identity of the masked instructor was Choi Joo-won. This is because Choi Joo-won only told Kang Seong-ho directly.

Kang Seong-ho had heard a lot about S-class instructors at Hellmund Academy, so he couldn’t help but be surprised.

Seongho Kang thought to himself.

‘I thought he was related to the underworld… But fortunately he isn’t.’

The head of the Hunter Association was grateful to Joo-Won Choi and regarded him as a benefactor, but because Joo-Won Choi had so much power, he was worried that he was not an ordinary person, but was related to the dark forces of the underworld, or was their leader. Fortunately, however, it was a misfortune. If it is Choi Joo-won, he was a person who had a good reputation when he was a teacher at Helmund Academy.

“I don’t know how to tell you… but I think you must have been very unfair… It’s late to talk about it now, but I’m here to give you my consolation…”

Kang Seong-ho knew what kind of humiliation Choi Joo-won, a masked instructor, suffered in his later years as an instructor. An S-class instructor who was kicked out after being falsely accused of using Hellmund Academy’s intranet. As he is the president of the Hunter Association, he couldn’t help but know the news of Helmund Academy, which is said to be the best in the country.

Suddenly, Seongho Kang asked a question out of curiosity.

“Perhaps… Is there another reason why you are still wearing a mask? If you have that much power, I don’t think you need to hide your face. Oh, and since he seems to be reluctant to reveal his identity, he never revealed the identity of Choi Joo-won to anyone else.”

Joo-Won Choi spoke quietly.

“Because something like this could happen. While working as a mask instructor, I am hated by many people. There are also those who have become resentful by having their rice bowl taken away, cheating, or directly bumping into each other. If Choi Joo-won is a masked instructor. If this is fully revealed, the poor people I support may be threatened.”

“Isn’t Choi Joo-won strong? No matter who comes, I think you will be able to stop it…”

“My body is not multiple. You can take care of those around you, but you can’t take care of all the scattered people. The people I support are the people I care about. They are people who do not take out expressions of gratitude even for a single day and try to live a hard life. I don’t want to harm them.”

While talking like that, Joo-Won Choi thought to himself.

‘Because those people… Are the last reason I hold on to my humanity.’

As he started killing countless people, his empathy and hatred of humanity became widespread. Those who live honestly and uprightly even if they live without it. Those were the only people Choi Joo-won supported. I felt like I wouldn’t really be able to see people as people if there weren’t even such people. Supporting and protecting them was no different from Choi Joo-won’s last string of humanity.

Seongho Kang nodded and replied.

“You must have your own circumstances. I won’t ask further. Please don’t forget that I’m always on your side. I will also help a lot behind the scenes so that your identity is not revealed.”

“Thank you.”

And Kang Seong-ho added a word.

“Come to think of it, I think I’ll be a little relieved now. Because the situation at Hellmund Academy is very bad.”

“What do you mean?”

“Ah… You may not have noticed because you were busy, but Baek Joo-seok was taken to prison, and even Yang Han-gil fled while leaving his students behind during the Black Gate incident. Many sponsors have left, and now it has become a place where even the name of a prestigious family does not suit. However, there is no place to replace Hellmund Academy so far, so it can be said that it is barely at the level of enduring without collapsing…”

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Listening to Kang Seong-ho’s words, Choi Joo-won smiled and talked.

“What do you think will happen to Hellmund Academy if a groundbreaking new academy is established to replace it?”

“Probably, it will collapse.”

Joo-Won Choi heard that and spoke quietly with a smile.

“Baek Joo-seok… He wants to take away a lot of things from me, and nothing has gone right with him. So, I have to take away from him one by one what he has built.”

-Sueuk

Choi Joo-won stood up and talked to Kang Seong-ho.

“Hunter Association President, can I ask you a favor?”

“Tell me. Anything doesn’t matter. As I said before, no matter who you are, you are the benefactor of me and my daughter.”

“I am trying to establish an academy. An academy that could replace Hellmund Academy. We need to obtain permission from the state to establish it, and we would appreciate it if you could help us through the process.”

“Huh…”

Kang Seong-ho pondered for a while, then answered.

“It’s not easy to get permission to establish an academy… But I’ll try using all my personal connections.”

“Thank you.”

Joo-Won Choi thought with a grin.

At the same time as the establishment of the new academy, the Hellmund Academy, which was called a prestigious academy, will begin to completely collapse.

From now on, it’s time to destroy everything Baek Joo-seok has and everything he has built. It will make you feel terrible, struggling with helplessness, feeling that precious things have been taken away.