Chapter 164. Storm (4)
─ What the hell is that bastard?
─ He wiped out the New Wudang Sect, and now the White Forest Alliance headquarters too, just like that!
─ He really is Pandemonium’s secret weapon, right?
─ He’s not a Contractor. No matter how much I checked through the Observer, nothing came up.
─ Then is he a demon?
─ He could also be a human raised by Pandemonium.
─ Is that even possible?
─ Ah, right. We should send an Apostle to make contact.
─ It’s a good idea, but what Apostle would dare approach him in that situation?
─ Exactly. Judging by what he did, he could probably kill an Apostle in an instant too.
─ Either way, he was way too strong.
─ I lost one of the Contractors I spent years raising... How am I supposed to avenge this?
Geumgak bit his lip as he watched the messages appearing in the chatroom.
In fact, one of the B-rank Constellation ‘Golden and Silver Children’s’ Contractors had also been stationed at the White Forest Alliance headquarters.
He had been one of Geumgak and Eungak’s most cherished Contractors.
They had even been planning to permit Maximum Manifestation of their Constellation Armament soon.
And now he was dead.
─ None of my Contractors died during the Orthodox-Unorthodox War, but almost all of them were killed when the New Wudang Sect and White Forest Alliance headquarters were wiped out.
─ You had a lot of Contractors in China’s Orthodox Faction...
─ There are probably quite a few Constellations like that.
─ The Great Unification Society and Mountain-Sea Alliance must have taken heavy losses too.
─ Yeah. Especially the Great Unification Society. They were almost completely centered around the White Forest Alliance.
─ Doesn’t that mean the Unorthodox Faction has the advantage now?
─ Is that really what matters right now?
─ Exactly. Tomorrow it might be an Unorthodox organization that gets attacked.
The atmosphere in the chatroom was far darker than usual.
Most of the Constellations there had strong ties to China.
And many of their Contractors had just died there.
This wasn’t the kind of situation where they could simply laugh and say, Wow, that was fun!
─ Could that guy be another modified human created by Ha Mina?
─ Like Kang Yujin?
─ Isn’t that the most likely explanation?
─ But doesn’t he look stronger than Kang Yujin?
─ Yeah. He looked stronger than Saionji Keito too.
─ Even if Kang Yujin fights him, I don’t think he has much of a chance.
─ Come on. If Kang Yujin just lands his Awakening Skill once, he’ll die.
─ You think that guy doesn’t know that? He probably has some countermeasure.
─ Is that something you can counter?
─ Just keep Kang Yujin from getting close.
─ That guy seems like a close-range fighter too, though.
Until now, there had always been a vague belief that Kang Yujin will probably win somehow.
After all, he had already defeated one absurdly powerful enemy after another.
But this time...
most of them were skeptical.
─ This is where that S-rank Constellation needs to step in.
─ Yeah. Maybe the Nameless King can do something.
─ Like what?
─ Call reinforcements from Korea?
─ Would that even be enough?
─ What if he makes Kang Yujin stronger?
─ Ah. That actually sounds like the most realistic option.
“Brother!”
“What?”
Eungak called out from beside him.
“That idea just now... doesn’t it sound plausible?”
“You mean making Kang Yujin stronger?”
“Yes. That.”
Kang Yujin still had room to grow.
He had become considerably stronger since arriving in China, but he still had more martial arts to learn and more internal energy to accumulate.
“The problem is... time.”
“Time?”
“Will Pandemonium’s Vessel give him enough of it?”
“Ah...”
If that Vessel attacked Shanghai right now...
it would be over.
“And we need to consider Kang Yujin’s personality too.”
“Ah, right. He’s incredibly impatient...”
“He’s probably already preparing to run out and challenge the guy.”
Thinking back to how Kang Yujin had acted in Korea, that sounded exactly like him.
“Keeping him in one place and forcing him to train is probably going to be a nightmare.”
“I agree.”
Geumgak and Eungak looked at each other and sighed deeply.
“You can’t beat that guy.”
“That isn’t for you to decide.”
Kang Yujin glared at Kim Nameless.
“I’m the one who’ll fight him, so I’ll decide.”
“You should worry about your own business.”
“There’s no guarantee your judgment is accurate.”
“And yours is?”
“Did you even see that guy fight?”
“Did you?”
“Yes.”
"..."
Was that true?
Kang Yujin was suspicious.
“Daji probably already told you, but that guy is stronger than you.”
“Hey, Kim Nameless.”
Kang Yujin frowned.
“I’ve been fighting people stronger than me this whole time.”
"..."
“But I never backed down just because they were stronger.”
That was true.
Shi Jin.
Lee Hyeonje.
Cheon Sangwoon.
Phenex.
Keito.
Kang Yujin had never avoided a fight simply because his opponent was stronger.
“I don’t know how you do things.”
Maybe Kim Nameless was the type to retreat whenever he faced someone stronger than himself.
But Kang Yujin had no reason to respect that way of thinking.
“I’ll do whatever I want.”
“But what if it’s an order from him?”
“What?”
An order from him.
If it was an instruction from the S-rank Constellation ‘Nameless King,’ whom Kang Yujin respected...
then he couldn’t simply ignore it.
“Is that true?”
“Yes.”
“If you’re using his name just to persuade me, I won’t let it slide.”
“Why would I do something like that?”
"..."
Kang Yujin bit his lip and glared at Kim Nameless.
Honestly...
it was hard to believe him.
He could easily be claiming, This is his order, while merely saying whatever he personally wanted.
This room had apparently been designed so that even Constellations couldn’t observe it.
Even if Kim Nameless lied here, there was little chance of him being exposed.
“You can just think of my words as the Nameless King’s words.”
"..."
Hearing that only made Kang Yujin more irritated.
It sounded unbearably arrogant.
“Hey, Kim Nameless.”
“What?”
“If you say something like that again, I won’t let it go.”
"...?”
Kim Nameless looked genuinely confused.
“Kim Nameless, what are you to him?”
“What do you mean? I’m his Contractor.”
“Then act like a Contractor.”
Kang Yujin’s eyes narrowed.
“‘My words are the Nameless King’s words’?”
“Don’t talk like that.”
"..."
Kim Nameless looked incredibly wronged.
Did this man really have no idea what his position was?
“Get rid of that kind of thinking. Got it?”
“Ah... fine. I’ll be careful.”
Kim Nameless sighed with a dejected expression.
“Anyway... Kang Yujin, just think of this as my personal opinion and listen.”
“Fine. Say it.”
“I like the fact that you challenge powerful enemies without fear.”
“The Nameless King also values that part of you highly...”
