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43. Thank you for coming to the rescue! (3)

” Who the hell are you? ”

Jisung, who was asking while using his telekinesis to levitate the debris scattered around him, felt a strange sense of foreboding from the man in front of him.

It’s as if… I know him. It’s as if I’ve met him somewhere…

” Oh, how sad. You don’t recognize me. You made me like this. ”

Then, as he slowly took off his robe and revealed his hidden face, his expression gradually darkened and the robe was completely taken off.

” Ma, that’s ridiculous. You… back then…! This can’t be happening…! ”

” Haha! Yeah, I wanted to see that expression. But don’t you remember? No, since the ‘cult leader’ showed up after that, you probably don’t remember? ”

” Leader? Who are you talking about? ”

Jia turned away from her confused brother and asked him, holding his trembling left arm to get some information.

” Huh? Are you the ‘sister’? Do you want to know who the leader is? Then come over here and I’ll tell you. ”

” I’m not a fool who would go like that. ”

” Haha! Yeah, I guess so. Well, it doesn’t matter. What’s more, it’s been a while since we last met? ”

” Yeah, that’s what happened. You… killed Yeongwol and stole his powers, right? ”

” Well? Why don’t you check it out yourself? ”

As he extended his arm made of black crystal, trees began to grow around him and stretch towards where Ji-seong and Jia were.

Ji-ah can’t help but be shocked when a tree flies towards them, and Ji-seong quickly uses the debris to cut down the tree and uses the fallen tree to throw it at the man right in front of him.

However, when the man in front of him waved his other hand, a circle burning with black flames appeared and the trees thrown by Ji-seong were sucked in.

” Ugh…! ”

The trees pierced the right arm of the intellect.

” Brother…! ”

Grabbing Ji-seong, who had fallen with a ‘thud’, Ji-ah looked around to figure out why he had been attacked, and there was a circle of black flames behind them.

” What is this…? No way…! ”

From the moment he appeared in front of the man, he felt somehow familiar, but he didn’t know why. However, when he saw it up close, he could understand why.

It was one of the abilities Charlotte had asked herself, the ability of people whose hearts had disappeared.

” This is… a portal…! Is this what it means to use multiple abilities…? ”

” Oh, so that’s what the guy next to me said about me? ”

” You… killed all those people? ”

Jia supported Ji-seong, who was lying down with a wound on his arm, and asked the man in front of her.

If he is the culprit who killed them, then Choi Young-wol, who is lying behind them now, is not the culprit.

” Those people? Who are you talking about… Oh, those people? Reconnaissance team? Something like that, I think. ”

” You…! Those people… Why?! It doesn’t matter…! ”

” Hahaha! It doesn’t matter. Well? Is that really so? Didn’t you ever think, ‘To lure you here’? ”

” For that reason only…! ”

” Of course, there’s also the reason why I want to get revenge on the guy who’s leaning on you right now. Now, see? What kind of condition my arms and legs are in. They’re the work of your older brother, Yu Ji-seong. ”

As he slowly approached her, moving his legs made of black crystals, making a ‘jjalgrak’ sound, Jia took her brother and slowly backed away.

” Haha! Why are you running away? Just leave your brother behind. ”

” That will never happen…! ”

” Well then, I guess there’s nothing I can do. I guess I’ll end it here with you, Oppa. ”

The man, swinging his hand, created a tree, twisted it into a sharp point, and was about to throw it towards the two.

” Now, leave it to me. ”

Trees breaking from the sharp ends with the sound of Yuji’s voice. And then the arms and legs made of black crystal begin to crack with a ‘creak’ sound.

” Hmm, since it’s already recovered… is it the power of the ‘Brooch’? ”

” What, what…?! How did you do that…! ”

” How about you realize how dangerous you are now rather than how I know that? ”

With those words, a portal of black flames appears around Ji-seong and Jia. Numerous wooden spears fly out from within it.

” Huh…! ”

” Oh, brother! ”

Yujiseong grabs all the flying wooden spears with his telekinesis and crushes them into dust, while holding onto Zia’s hand and trying to run away.

But a man suddenly appeared in front of him.

” Don’t you think running away is cowardly? ”

” Get out of here! ”

I tried to use my power to grab the man and throw him, but his body turned into smoke and appeared a short distance away.

” That ability too…! ”

” You really don’t have time to let your guard down. That’s what makes you a guy. ”

” Tsk…! ”

” I remember when we faced off like this before. Well, I lost to you back then because I only had useless abilities. ”

” Don’t make me laugh. It’s not your ability anyway, so you lost to me because you couldn’t use it properly. ”

” Wrong! I was perfect. I was just a piece of trash with the abilities I stole from them! ”

Ji-sung and Ji-ah both started to get nervous because of the man who suddenly started shouting and emitting black smoke from his body.

” Oppa… That acting… ”

” Sigh, I’m going crazy… ”

The black smoke that Charlotte had spoken of… It was definitely… filled with the power of God. Yuji-seong, who remembered that, realized that he could not escape from the man in front of him.

” Hey Jia, do you know where Charlotte is right now? ”

” Still… downstairs. Seems like he’s trying his best, but… ”

” Phew, then I can’t help it… ”

He said as he looked at the man in front of him, floating the debris around him.

” I’ll somehow… buy some time. So hide somewhere else. ”

” Ha, but…! ”

” You know that too. You can’t get away from that guy. So… ”

” I’d feel sad if only the two of us talked. ”

Wooden spears shot towards the two with a ‘squeak’ sound. However, unlike before… there were a huge number of spears.

” What the heck, in that short time…! ”

” This too… is one of the abilities of those who have had their hearts stolen… ‘Copy’. ”

” Then, what suddenly appeared before our eyes earlier… must have been one of the stolen abilities. ”

” How on earth do you use your powers? I don’t know about stealing them… but using them… Do you know, oppa? ”

” No, I don’t know. All I know is that he steals abilities and uses them in multiple ways. And he can’t use other people’s abilities properly.

But judging from what you showed us just now… it looks like you practiced quite a bit. ”

I catch all the wooden spears that are being shot and throw them at him, but he creates a portal and sends them behind him, so I use my telekinesis to move the wooden spears again and stick them into the ground.

” Haha! That’s really amazing. You noticed my ability so quickly. And you knew I had other abilities, but you were able to deal with them so quickly. ”

” It’s your fault. ”

” Yeah, you’re going to make me mad like that, right? Then how about this? The guy who gave you the brooch is one of our targets? ”

The implication of those words is that he is targeting not only himself, but also his younger sister Charlotte.

” What are you talking about? ”

” It’s nothing. I’m saying that he’s in just as much danger as you guys right now. ”

” What did you do to my brother! ”

When Ji-seong shouted loudly at the man in front of him, he smiled and answered.

” Hahaha! I was wondering why you were reacting like that, but is it ‘little brother’? ”

” By the way… how do you know about the brooch? ”

” Huh? Oh, that’s it? When I tried to take away his powers, there was an old man who kept struggling until the very end. After I defeated him, I saw that his wounds were healing on their own.

I was curious so I checked and the brooch was glowing. You guys probably didn’t know, but when you heal, the brooch glows faintly. ”

” So… the treatment that was done earlier was done by a brooch… ”

” Well, let’s stop talking here. Now I have to take your heart. I’ve wanted your power, ‘telekinesis’, ever since I first met you! ”

A man approaches slowly. But the moment he reaches out his hand!

With a ‘Chae-ae-aeng! ‘ sound, a transparent crystal wall appeared, separating the two of them.

” Oppa… What is this…? ”

” Yeah, this is… Yeongwol’s… ”

” But how? He was already dead…! ”

A familiar voice was heard towards the two who were standing still in surprise at the crystal wall created by Choi Young-wol’s ability that suddenly appeared before their eyes.

” What are you, just staring blankly?! Come here quickly! ”

Startled by the voice, I turned around and saw Choi Young-wol leaning against the wall, clutching her chest.

” Yeongwol-ah. How could you…! ”

” First… after running away from that guy…! ”

As he said that, Choi Young-wol slowly started to run backwards while leaning against the wall, and Ji-seong, who was watching him, tried to chase after him, but

” Now, wait a minute… Can you believe it? ”

” Well… Honestly, I don’t think you can believe it. But… Even if Yeongwol betrayed us, he’d be easier to deal with than that guy over there. ”

” Still… ”

” Don’t worry. I will definitely protect you. And if I can buy some time with this… won’t our little brother down below come save us somehow? ”

At Ji-seong’s words, Jia looked back and saw the man watching them from beyond the crystal wall, then looked forward again.

As his older brother, Yu Ji-seong, said… Right now, Choi Young-wol would be easier to deal with than the guy behind them, and if he hadn’t really betrayed them… then that would have been a good situation in its own right.

” Okay… If it’s dangerous whether I stay still or follow… I guess it’s better to do as my brother said. ”

” Right? So let’s go quickly! ”

I sent Zia forward first and made a simple wall out of the debris from the fight, then chased after the two.

As we chased after the two who had gone forward, Choi Young-wol was lying down, leaning against the wall, at the place where the hole leading to the lower floor had been made by the crystal.

Slowly sending Zia downstairs with his telekinesis, he also went down and filled the hole connecting to the upper floor, thinking that he could catch his breath and turned his head back.

” Thank you for coming to the rescue. ”

Choi Young-wol, who was my friend. He said those words, but I couldn’t tell if I could really believe them.

All that was swirling in his heart was a sense of relief that his friend was alive, along with mixed feelings about his possible betrayal.