Chapter 47

It hurts.

What was I doing?

Ugh, ugh.

The sound of muscles and bones twisting uncontrollably echoed.

As her gaze turned downward, she saw the grotesque legs of a monster.

A scream almost escaped her at the horrifying sight, but she slowly regained her composure as she saw her legs moving as she wished.

Yes, this happened after taking the pill from that man.

After spotting Seo-ho and running in a burst of emotion, she seemed to have lost consciousness upon hitting a wall.

“Seo-ho, I must find Seo-ho.”

I must reclaim what was taken from me.

With that thought, Gwak Sa-yeon’s legs began to move again.

It was as if it was imprinted—she instinctively knew Seo-ho’s location.

Is this fate?

She desperately moved her six legs.

I must get Seo-ho back.

I must kill those bastards and bring Seo-ho back!

With that thought alone, she began to run like a tank again.

Boom!

Gwak Sa-yeon, who had broken through the half-collapsed wall, rolled her eyes around.

The space would have been too dark for an ordinary person to see, but to Gwak Sa-yeon, the hallway was clearly visible.

Thus, Gwak Sa-yeon easily spotted Seo-ho.

At the end of the hallway, she saw Seo-ho’s back, running while gasping for breath.

“Seo-ho!”

Tears of joy welled up as soon as she saw him again.

And that joy immediately translated into her legs.

Seo-ho. Seo-ho is there.

My treasure is there.

I just need him.

I will never let anyone take what’s mine.

Gwak Sa-yeon’s eyes, with her arms and legs stretched out, were filled with obsession and madness.

Just knowing Seo-ho was right in front of her made her heart race wildly, and her face turned bright red.

Thud!

But at that moment.

The leg that had been thrust forward suddenly stopped, suspended in mid-air.

Something was holding her back with a strong resistance.

As she grimaced at the unpleasant sensation, she saw Seo-ho moving further away and was engulfed in anxiety.

“Seo-ho, Seo-ho! Where are you going! I’m here! Where are you going!”

But whether she shouted or not, Seo-ho didn’t look back.

“This, this!”

It was the moment Gwak Sa-yeon struggled to break free from whatever was holding her.

Whoosh—

Goosebumps suddenly erupted around her body.

What is it?

I don’t know.

But this sensation was dangerous enough to make her stomach ache.

An intense sensation that seemed to pierce her brain—it was nothing but the instinct for survival.

Having merged with a Dimensional Being, her rationality had diminished, and only her instincts had grown stronger.

Her instincts were now strongly urging her to flee this place.

In that instant, Gwak Sa-yeon’s eyes turned to the side.

And what met her gaze was a man holding a pure white gun.

Kang Ha-chan.

The man who had been the top student at her university, receiving full scholarships and walking around with his chin up.

Yes, that’s the guy who, believing in his own superiority, dared to exclude her name from a group project, so she ruined his life with accusations of sexual harassment and curses.

And now, he was pointing a gun at her.

Crack—

Red lightning surged around him.

Her breath caught.

The goosebumps made her realize what this situation was.

It’s dangerous.

If I get hit by that, it’s dangerous.

As the alarm in her head rang loudly along with her survival instinct, she acted as follows.

At that moment, light ignited from the barrel of his gun.

Boom!

Thick smoke enveloped the surroundings, and red sparks flew through the shattered walls.

And Gwak Sa-yeon’s charred body began to disintegrate into black particles, slowly scattering away.

One shot of Thunderbolt had completely erased her body from this world.

Crack!

But in that brief moment, something began to crawl rapidly through the disappearing body.

It was none other than Gwak Sa-yeon, now much smaller, crawling on the floor with spider-like legs and arms.

At the moment the gun’s light ignited, she had torn herself free from the part of her body connected to the Dimensional Being and escaped.

That split-second decision had been correct.

Ha-chan also realized this belatedly, and shock flashed in his eyes.

Gwak Sa-yeon felt like her head would explode from the pain of tearing her flesh, but her survival instinct and obsession with Seo-ho were stronger than the pain.

“Seo-ho!”

Even amidst the splattering blood, she chased only after Seo-ho.

From the beginning, she had been chasing only Ha Seo-ho.

Though she had lost her massive body, her mobility had increased significantly, and her speed exceeded expectations.

And as she passed by Ha-chan, brushing past him.

Gwak Sa-yeon was clearly visible in Ha-chan’s wide eyes.

Having used up all the Aura in his body for a second Thunderbolt, Ha-chan felt a deep exhaustion throughout his body.

It was as if his insides had been hollowed out, a strange sensation that made his eyelids heavy.

But the moment he saw Gwak Sa-yeon chasing Seo-ho, that exhaustion vanished.

He had failed.

He had failed to kill Gwak Sa-yeon.

For a moment, the world in his eyes seemed to slow down.

Seo-ho is in a weakened state now.

Gwak Sa-yeon has almost lost her rationality.

Can she control her strength?

Absolutely not.

Gwak Sa-yeon is a case where her power increased rapidly, just like him.

It’s natural that she wouldn’t know the extent of her strength, and it’s clear she can’t control it.

Like a child holding an ant in their hand, not knowing how much pressure to apply, crushing it.

The moment she collides with Seo-ho, he will be seriously injured or killed.

In his accelerated thoughts, red sparks flew from his grasp.

With a reflexively created Thunderbolt bullet, Ha-chan realized his vision had turned red.

It was a bullet that had drawn on his life force, beyond the Aura left in his body.

Gulp—

Blood surged up his throat.

It was the moment he realized why Baeksan had said that two shots a day were the limit.

“Kang Ha-chan!”

Baeksan’s shout struck his ears sharply, but Ha-chan’s speed in reloading the Thunderbolt was even faster.

“Si-ho!!!”

Ha-chan roared towards Si-ho, who was holding her nose and collapsing.

At the same time, Ha-chan aimed the Ceraunos Astrape at Gwak Sa-yeon and Seo-ho.

Seeing the series of actions, Si-ho instantly understood what he intended to do.

And the reason he had called her as well.

Crack—

The red sparks flying around Ha-chan signaled that the Thunderbolt was about to be fired.

Gwak Sa-yeon, who had noticed him belatedly, was filled with shock.

If he fired like this, both she and Seo-ho would surely be hit.

But he was aiming the barrel at them without the slightest tremor.

In his eyes, there was a madness different from hers.

Is he insane?

Does he intend to kill both Seo-ho and me?

Gwak Sa-yeon’s eyes fell on Seo-ho.

No.

Seo-ho is mine.

I can’t lose what’s mine.

Her instincts, tainted by the Dimensional Being, had lost rationality, but for the first time, she expressed her own will, spreading her arms and legs to shield Seo-ho.

At a glance, it might have seemed sacrificial, but.

“Yes, you only care about yourself until the end.”

The voice from behind accurately pierced the truth.

There was no self-sacrifice in her actions.

It was merely her greed not to lose what she wanted to possess, suppressing even her survival instinct.

And the one who saw through that twisted desire was none other than Ha-chan, who was pointing a gun at her from behind.

How?

He was clearly aiming at both her and Seo-ho just moments ago.

So why is he behind me now?

Si-ho, reaching out her hand towards her, was blurred in her vision, but that didn’t provide an answer.

Click—

Only the sound of metal clicking from the gun he held echoed in her ears.

Boom!

In the exploding lightning, Gwak Sa-yeon’s fading eyes captured Seo-ho.

The sight of him running without looking back at her until the end.

It was a moment that reminded her of why her mother had ultimately been abandoned by her father.

‘Ah, I see.’

I fell in love with the moon reflected on the water’s surface, so beautiful.

I was merely stirring the water, wanting to possess the surface that reflected the moon.

But such realization.

Only marked the end of her life, with no promise of a next.

After blowing Gwak Sa-yeon away with the Thunderbolt.

I stood holding onto the wall, barely keeping my fading vision in check.

“Gulp.”

Thud—

At that moment, blood gushed from my mouth and fell to the floor.

My vision was blurred due to bloodshot eyes, and the continuous flow of blood drained the strength from my body.

The heat rising from my body was so intense that it felt like my brain would cook.

“Kid! You overused your Aura recklessly, that’s why you’re in this state! Get a grip! Your body is overheating from internal injuries. If you don’t cool down somehow, you’ll die, so get a grip!”

Baeksan’s shout reached me, but my head was buzzing, and I couldn’t regain my composure.

It felt as if the world had turned upside down.

“Manager!”

In the distance, I saw Si-ho running towards me.

She also seemed to have overexerted herself, with traces of a nosebleed on her face.

It must have been from using her power to hold Gwak Sa-yeon’s body.

Thud—

At that moment, someone caught my collapsing body.

Looking up, I saw Seo-ho looking down at me.

“Brother Kang Ha-chan, thank you.”

At that moment, a chill began to seep into my body.

The burning sensation from earlier gradually subsided, and I began to feel more comfortable.

Come to think of it, the iron chain around Seo-ho’s neck had disappeared.

‘Did it disappear after killing Gwak Sa-yeon?’

Perhaps the key to unlocking it had vanished from this world, freeing him.

“You can leave the rest to me.”

Feeling more at ease, I slowly nodded and then lost consciousness.