Chapter 34
Part 33
“Blue spots are appearing on your sister's body, right?”
“...!”
“Her body is getting colder. She's sleeping longer every day. And whenever she coughs, dark red blood comes out. At first, it would've been bright red. But by now, it should've become dark.”
“?!!”
Woojin's eyes widened.
Even the guild did not know every detail of his sister's symptoms.
“It's a mutation of Mana Poisoning.”
It was related to the same Mana Poisoning that had afflicted Mincheol's mother.
But this version was more troublesome.
A mutated form.
Very few people had developed it so far.
The world did not even properly recognize it as a Mana Poisoning-related illness yet.
There were too few reported cases.
“I can cure your sister.”
“?!!”
Woojin's eyes nearly popped out again.
Even the guild had only promised to tell him a method.
They had never said they could personally cure her.
Yet this man could?
“It isn't difficult.”
Yugeon calmly continued.
“More precisely, it isn't difficult for me. It would be difficult for almost anyone else.”
“...”
“One of my companions is Cha Mincheol. His mother also had Mana Poisoning. I cured her.”
“Ah! Now I know who you are.”
Woojin finally recognized him.
Han Yugeon.
The man who had shaken all of Korea after being called the country's first Great Star.
And one of his companions was Cha Mincheol.
I remember him because he looked so solid.
Woojin had seen Mincheol on the news.
He had thought it would be reassuring to have a Tanker like that beside him.
That was why he remembered the name clearly.
“Why... are you trying to help me?”
“Because I want you as my companion.”
“You want me to join your guild?”
“No. I don't have a guild. Call it a party. There are two other people besides me.”
“Someone as strong as you doesn't need me.”
“Maybe. But I think you could become as strong as me.”
In Yugeon's previous life...
Woojin became a puppet.
Even calling him a puppet was generous.
He became a horrific magical device.
Originally, he defeats the Lizardman King, but part of his brain melts and he's abandoned here.
Later...
The guild retrieves Kang Woojin.
They remove his brain.
Then they transplant it into a magical device.
From that point onward...
He becomes a true puppet.
Some people even called him a Golem with a human brain.
The guild had recognized Woojin's power early and used him.
“That guild lied because they want to use you.”
“But they said they'd tell me how to cure her...”
“They probably don't even know the name of your sister's illness.”
“!!”
“Why? Because fewer than five people in the world currently have it.”
Woojin stared.
“If they say random things with confidence, do you have any way to verify whether they're telling the truth? Probably not. Their method could even make your sister worse. You might end up killing her with your own hands.”
Woojin's face paled.
“But I can personally cure her.”
Yugeon's voice carried absolute confidence.
A Mana Poisoning mutation?
The ordinary treatment would not work.
But that did not mean it was incurable.
In fact...
Because of the mutation, treating it would be easier for Yugeon.
“What is your goal? Why go this far to save both me and my sister just to recruit me?”
Yugeon's expression became quiet.
“Because I don't want anyone to become like me.”
“...”
“And because I want to see my family again too.”
Woojin looked up at him.
Yugeon's eyes did not shake.
They showed that his words were sincere.
“Become my companion. Clear the Tower with me.”
Yugeon held out his hand.
Woojin stared down at it for a long moment.
Then...
“Only if you treat my sister first.”
“Of course.”
Grab.
Woojin took Yugeon's hand and stood.
The final member of the Godslayers.
The Space Ruler, Kang Woojin.
He had joined Han Yugeon.
Geniuses who all met tragic endings in the previous life...
They had the talent to reach Floor 100.
Yet their circumstances and surroundings destroyed them before they could.
This time...
They would walk with Yugeon.
[Authorities that should have died have escaped death.]
[The Sanctuary becomes troubled by the unexpectedly rapid progression.]
[The Outer Realm mocks the Sanctuary, saying this was exactly what it wanted to see.]
[The Sanctuary ignores the Outer Realm.]
[The Outer Realm falls into thought over the unexpected flow.]
[The Sanctuary and Outer Realm watch mortal Han Yugeon's next actions.]
Creak.
“Come in.”
Woojin opened the front door and guided Yugeon inside.
A luxurious gate.
A huge mansion.
A yard that looked larger than fifty pyeong.
Kang Woojin's family was rich?
Realizing this made Yugeon feel bitter.
A boy from such a wealthy family had his brain removed and became a puppet.
Of course...
That future no longer needed to happen.
“Can you really cure her?”
“I've told you several times already.”
Yugeon smiled.
Woojin had asked more than five times on the way here.
But Yugeon understood.
