Chapter 52
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 52
Chapter Title: He Asked Me
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"Hmm..."
Jahwa-yeon set off toward the unfamiliar address she had dragged from the minds of those scum.
Geumgang silently followed behind her.
The location was a quiet field quite a distance from the city center.
A place where luxurious houses resembling villas were sparsely situated.
But.
As they drew closer to the destination, the scenery unfolding before her eyes differed slightly from what she had anticipated.
- Weeeeeeng!!
A mana disaster alert siren shaking the entire area.
And despite it being broad daylight, the sky was thick with dark clouds, as black as night.
"......"
Moreover, up in the sky.
- Zzzzzzt....
Blue lightning wriggled like a snake amid the black clouds.
Jahwa-yeon narrowed her eyes to identify the figure.
"...Hah."
Tens of thousands of lightning strands slowly gathered in the hand of one woman.
As if forming a gigantic spear.
- Zzzzzzt....
Jahwa-yeon stood still for a moment, gazing at the bizarre sight.
The last time she was with the physician, she had faintly sensed the internal energy dormant deep within him.
A type of power called mana in this world.
She had wondered what it was then...
It was this mana.
In other words, that woman had been the physician's guardian protector from the start.
If their goals aligned, there was no reason to interfere.
Jahwa-yeon closed her eyes and extended her hand.
Pitch-black dark energy surged from beneath her feet like waves, beginning to swallow the entire area.
Dark Curtain
The sounds and lights of the fiercely branching lightning were blocked by her nearby curtain.
Then, the siren's wail began to gradually fade.
Now, no attack and no one could leave this place—nor could anyone enter.
"You've got yourself a fairly capable guardian."
Jahwa-yeon's lips twisted as she gazed upward.
Meanwhile, above that house.
Jin Sea, eyes closed, was drawing all the sky's electrical charges to her fingertips.
Her hair began to stand on end, spiking wildly.
- Rumble...
Dark clouds filled the heavens.
She could feel it.
Down there, Seon-woo was there.
Inside the den of that lowly, filthy bitch, Seon-woo was there.
Pierce through in one strike.
Yoo Seon-woo is unaffected by lightning.
Her lightning would never see him as an enemy to begin with...
Probably not until the day she died.
- Rumble!!
Finally, the gathered charges condensed at her fingertips into a single form.
The shape of a gigantic spear.
Thunder Spear
- Zzzzzzzzzzt!!
The entire sky screamed.
Jin Sea added something more to the spear.
The will to pierce straight to the depths of the earth and reduce it all to dust.
Bunker Buster
Piercing strike to the depths
And the Thunder Queen...
- Boom!!
Thrust the spear toward the ground.
"Don't you hear it?"
Yoo Seon-woo gazed at her through his increasingly dimming vision.
The drug's effects had reached their limit.
Rather than losing his reason, he and his body chose unconsciousness.
It was the manifestation of his mental fortitude.
"The thunder."
Baek Si-eun's expression hardened as she stared at the ceiling.
'She's here...'
At the same moment, extreme relief washed over Yoo Seon-woo, instantly unraveling his tension.
He let go of the final lifeline he had clung to.
- Rumble...
The sound of lightning striking.
If you were a Haetae Guild member.
No, anyone living in this world.
Everyone knew there was only one person in Korea who could wield lightning like this.
"Jin... Sea...?"
A trembling voice leaked from Baek Si-eun's lips.
"How in the world... did you find this place... so quickly..."
Her flawless plan began to unravel.
Something was wrong.
Baek Si-eun slowly backed away.
And.
- Rip!!
She roughly yanked aside the thick curtain hanging on the wall beyond the bed.
Behind it was a complex magic circle emitting a red, eerie glow.
She wasn't sure exactly what it was for... but probably an escape route.
She rushed to the center of the magic circle and began madly pouring her mana into it.
- Hummm...
"Hurry, please... hurry!!"
Desperate cries burst from Baek Si-eun's mouth.
'I have to block it...'
Yoo Seon-woo reached out through his sinking vision.
"Got it...!"
The moment Baek Si-eun grinned while manipulating the magic circle.
- Sizzle...
The red glow of the magic circle died black like ashes.
Black smoke rose from the center of the dead circle.
From that darkness, a single woman stepped forth.
Black straight hair and black martial robes.
Jahwa-yeon.
The Heavenly Demon.
"A rat trying to scurry outside, so I forced my way in..."
She disdainfully swept her gaze over the room adorned in red silk.
Jahwa-yeon's delicate brow furrowed.
"...Filthy. No place for my physician."
Baek Si-eun touched her charred magic circle in utter disbelief.
"Wha... why..."
Right then.
- Rrrrrumble!!
The sound from the ceiling grew even louder than before.
Now the building itself began to shake.
Jahwa-yeon's eyes snapped open as she looked skyward.
Without hesitation, she leaped to Yoo Seon-woo's side.
Darkness flowed from her sleeve, perfectly enveloping her and Yoo Seon-woo.
"Heavenly Demon... nim..."
Yoo Seon-woo called out to Jahwa-yeon through his fading vision.
But there was no time to reply.
- Whoooosh...
- Doooong... Boom!!
The world blazed white.
Within Jahwa-yeon's curtain, Yoo Seon-woo took in the sight of the area crumbling to dust.
Then, he lost consciousness.
"Kyaeeeeeeeek!!"
After the world turned white, the first sound was a bloodcurdling scream.
- Boom!!
A desperate scream mingled with the thunder.
Jahwa-yeon simply watched the scene.
The lightning ceased quickly.
But that was enough.
Jahwa-yeon lowered her head.
It had seemed like a proper basement already, but there was another sub-level beneath the floor.
Baek Si-eun, fumbling with the magic circle, lay charred black and impaled far below.
She wasn't dead.
Had she died, it would have been painless... but unfortunately, the power control was perfect.
The lingering lightning was still roasting her in real time.
Then, she looked up again.
Through the gaping hole in the ceiling, the dark clouds had parted as if nothing had happened, revealing a serene sky.
Aside from the dark curtain shielding her and Yoo Seon-woo, the entire building and the ground beneath had vaporized.
And through the sunlight.
One woman slowly descended.
Golden eyes and long gray hair.
Baek Si-eun had taken the Thunder Spear head-on, electrocuted into a crispy wreck, slammed into the floor.
But her gaze wasn't on the likes of Baek Si-eun—it was fixed on Yoo Seon-woo.
He lay unconscious, still bound to the chair.
His clothes... were exactly as he'd worn them that morning.
No visible injuries.
'Good.'
The moment she confirmed it, the murderous aura coiling around her eased slightly.
Jin Sea swiftly descended to the surface—no, the basement.
She walked toward Jahwa-yeon and Yoo Seon-woo in the chair.
She eyed the black curtain Jahwa-yeon had wrapped around Yoo Seon-woo.
Jin Sea assumed it was to protect him.
Of course, her lightning would never harm Yoo Seon-woo anyway...
Besides, she was someone she'd seen once before.
The Heavenly Demon.
She remembered her as Seon-woo's first client.
She had no idea why she was here, but...
A woman that strong and proud wouldn't join hands with vermin like Baek Si-eun.
Therefore.
She wasn't Jin Sea's enemy.
At least, not in this moment.
Jin Sea gave Jahwa-yeon a slight bow and approached Yoo Seon-woo.
It was more formality than anything.
Right then.
Jahwa-yeon's lips twisted once more.
"You've done something presumptuous."
Ignoring Jahwa-yeon's words, Jin Sea untied the ropes binding Yoo Seon-woo.
"You planted it deep."
Watching her back, Jahwa-yeon spoke again.
"Does the physician know?"
Jin Sea finally freed him and tried to pull his body into her arms.
- Halt.
Her body froze solid.
As if gripped by an invisible hand.
"I asked if the physician knows."
She slowly turned.
Jin Sea's golden eyes met Jahwa-yeon's reddened ones head-on.
The gazes of two queens clashed in the air.
But Jin Sea closed her eyes first.
She didn't want to fight Seon-woo's client.
If they fought and either she or the other got hurt... he'd be saddened.
She couldn't bear that.
After a brief silence, Jin Sea spoke.
"Yes."
It wasn't presumptuous.
It was a safeguard for him.
To sense whenever he was in danger.
And to protect him perfectly.
Jin Sea recalled his words.
'Can... you protect me?'
'...Yes.'
Because Seon-woo had asked her that.
A bewitching smile curved Jin Sea's lips.
"Seon-woo asked me to."
And to keep that promise, she could do anything.
No matter what it took.
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