Episode 120

At the same time, Golem’s Cradle.

Inoa and Ko Min-soo were taking a break after training.

“Come on, take a drink.”

Min So-yul handed over a brown drink one by one. The sweet smell of chocolate tickled his nostrils.

“thanks.”

“thank you.”

What she made was not just a drink. From the point of view of drinking, I don’t know the principle, but the consumed mana was quickly covered.

“I made it a bit sweeter than the last one, how about it?”

“Um, not bad.”

“It feels a bit too sweet to me.”

As Lee Noah and Ko Min-soo each answered, Min So-yul nodded and touched the tablet she brought with them.

She was adjusting the recipe separately to match the taste of her friends as well as the medicinal effect.

“What, don’t you keep thinking about this?”

“yes? uh… No, not to that extent.”

“You just drink it because it is given to you.”

Min So-yul finished the memo again.

After extensively reading the papers of the alchemy community, she found out that mana recovery is related not only to the physical aspect, but also to mental fatigue.

Accordingly, ingredients that not only relieve physical fatigue but also promote dopamine secretion have been formulated.

‘If it goes too far, it will turn into a drug, so be careful.’

The other two talked while she was once again immersed in her own world.

“Suho should be fighting a friendly match by now.”

“Are you jealous?”

“Umm, it would be a lie if I said I wasn’t envious. Golems have gotten used to it now.”

When Inoa scratched his chin and said, Go Min-soo nodded as if he agreed.

“Well, I am similar. All golems are good, but their thought patterns are too simple.”

“I know yeah. I need someone to fight while thinking about it.”

“Hmm… Can’t I ask your sister?”

“What?”

“How about sparring with Sura-do guild members?”

At Ko Min-soo’s words, Inoa rolled her eyes. He and Ko Min-soo performed the task presented by Kang Tae-min, collecting more driving nuclei faster than Sura-do guild members.

“Well… Let me ask you what the next step is.”

After taking a break, the two went back to their respective rooms.

‘I’ll have to ask my senior, too.’

Eruah, who had been listening to the story in the shadows, organized what to report to Kang Taemin.

And she glanced at the room where Pyo Soo-ho practiced.

‘I don’t have Suho right now, so let’s wait and see.’

Kang Tae-min said there was no need to worry about Pyo Soo-ho. Irua wanted to know why Kang Taemin said that.

‘… what’s this?’

Then, the room of Pyo Soo-ho, which she entered through the shadows, was completely different from what she had thought.

‘It’s not that I’m not worried, but rather… .’

Eruah had looked over the other students’ rooms, so she could definitely compare them.

‘Shouldn’t I just be watching here?’

The condition of the room was miserable.

There were bloodstains that had hardened everywhere, and the rags of Pyosuho’s clothes remained on the shattered rocks and sharp fragments.

‘Alternative Suho… .’

Judging by the traces, it wasn’t made with a sword. The victim must have been Pyosuho.

‘What kind of training did you do?’

* * *

Kang Tae-min hardened his face when he saw Shogo Okubo on stage.

‘I can’t win as easily as before.’

He was aware of Shogo Okubo’s abilities. Shougo’s ability wasn’t just regenerative.

However, Kang Tae-min did not tell Pyo Soo-ho about it.

‘It’s an opportunity to see the results of training.’

He instructed Pyo Soo-ho to train separately. The outcome of this match could have been known at a glance.

“… I will leave it up to you.”

In the meantime, Shogo bowed his head to Pyo Soo-ho. Unlike before, Pyo Soo-ho did not smile.

He slightly wrinkled his nose and alternately looked at Shougo and Tatsuya, who had just gone down, then let out a short breath.

‘A friend… I don’t think so.’

Pyo Soo-ho lived by examining the expressions around him to maintain his prestige as the ‘son of the sword master’.

That’s why I was quick to notice other people’s feelings. The feelings Shougo was experiencing right now were not something like pressure.

Pressure was the feeling he knew best.

“I’m from Yoroshikuda too.”

Pyo Soo-ho raised his sword.

It was something he was reluctant to do, but now was not the time to care about the other person’s circumstances.

On the other hand, the opponent, Shougo, had no weapons.

‘I don’t have well developed muscles to be called a fighter.’

It was awkward in many ways.

Shogo didn’t even feel the fighting spirit. Rather, it made Pyo Soo-ho more sensitive.

“what… ?”

“Why are you both silent?”

“Isn’t it because it could be the last match?”

The spectators, unaware of the circumstances, began to whisper.

But that’s for a while.

It was Shogo who moved first.

“sorry… !”

Shougo apologized and ran away. Pyo Soo-ho’s eyes flashed.

‘… What is this?’

A fist loaded with an aura.

However, the attack was very poor. There were too many gaps, and it had to be hit on purpose to hit the level.

Even so, it didn’t seem like it would cause much damage.

‘Is this representative of Japan?’

The difference between the previous two was so obvious. Pyo Soo-ho lightly slashed his arm with the sword and thrust the sword into his open chest.

“Knock!”

With a suffocating pain, Shougo flew and fell to the ground. Then, the moment Pyo Soo-ho was about to launch a double attack.

“Ouch… !”

He groaned involuntarily at the sudden excruciating pain.

‘what… ?’

Pyo Soo-ho’s eyes twitched. The area of the pain was the chest, the same area he had targeted earlier.

“Cool… cool… !”

Meanwhile, Shougo stood up clutching his chest. He opened his mouth again, his expression contorted in pain.

“I’m so sorry.”

When Shogo attacked again, Pyo Soo-ho suppressed the pain and responded. This time it was a sword loaded with a white aura.

Judging that the pain he felt was related to Shogo’s ability, he thought of neutralizing it.

‘what… ?!’

However, Pyo Su-ho had to urgently correct his sword path. It was because as soon as Shougo saw the white aura, he turned his outstretched arm and threw himself at the sword.

“Turn it off… !”

A sword pierced through the protection and stabbed in the abdomen. Shougo closed his eyes tightly in the pain.

‘what a waste… !’

Originally, he was aiming for the heart, but it was because Pyo Soo-ho cut the sword. Pyo Soo-ho, not knowing that he would stab himself, hurriedly retrieved the sword.

“What are you doing now… Whoops!”

He stopped talking and let out a short scream in excruciating pain. I reflexively looked at my stomach, but my body was fine.

“What, what… ?”

“Suho attacked, why are you both doing that?”

“No, that side has already recovered. It’s a regenerative ability!”

The students who were watching the unexpected situation widened their eyes. As he said, Shougo’s wounds had already healed.

‘Shogo’s ability is a hybrid between regeneration and the spirit world.’

Kang Tae-min calmly looked at the two as they stumbled.

Shogo Okubo’s ability was called ‘Phantom Pain’. The power to make pain an illusion through regeneration, and to make the opponent feel the same pain even if there are no wounds.

It was as intended by the name phantom pain.

‘The way to stop it is simple… .’

With Pyo Soo-ho’s ability, he could have easily stopped it. Wearing a white aura around him would neutralize and sever his connection with Shougo.

‘Current Suho can’t do that.’

The problem was that Johanna had a seal engraved on Pyo Soo-ho’s body. The moment he put the white aura on his skin, the magic power that maintained the seal would be neutralized.

If that happens, the wings and horns, which are evidence of demons, will be exposed.

‘But Shougo… Are you planning to use Suho to end your life?’

Kang Tae-min’s eyes narrowed.

At first, he thought it was to make use of his abilities, but he noticed when he saw that he was about to give away his heart.

‘I’ll have to stop it if I have to.’

Not right away. The ability to block the sword attack was enough.

Pyo Soo-ho is not too stupid to not notice Shogo’s intentions. Kang Tae-min decided to watch his response.

“Whoa… This one was pretty sick.”

Pyo Soo-ho said while taking care of himself. Of course, Shogo didn’t understand that.

“I can guess why, but don’t put your life in other people’s hands.”

Pyo Soo-ho put his sword in. At that action, everyone except Kang Tae-min widened their eyes.

Either that or not, Pyo Soo-ho lightly loosened his fingers.

“Now what… .”

“You must not die for me or for you.”

If death was imminent, even the sealed camp would be useless. If Shougo’s agony right before his death was linked to it, it would be difficult for him too.

Of course, even if it wasn’t for that reason, Pyo Soo-ho had no intention of killing Shogo.

He lightly adjusted his sunglasses and moved.

“Even if it’s hard, persevere.”

Pyo Soo-ho pondered over the training.

-Your goal is not to defeat the golem.

The training Kang Tae-min instructed separately.

-You need to realize yourself that you don’t die easily.

In order to prevent the seal from being broken, Pyo Soo-ho needed to know more about his body.

Even if the golem’s blow broke his bones and shredded his flesh, he lived. Through such experiences, the fear of death and the threshold of that emotion have been raised.

“If you hold out.”

Shougo’s pupils dilated.

Pyo Soo-ho knocked Shogo down in an instant and pressed his joints with his weight.

I didn’t learn the technique separately, but I knew enough about the range of motion of the joints.

“You will win.”

“Turn it off… !”

Pyo Soo-ho also knew the pain he was feeling. But he didn’t let Shogo go.

“Then don’t die.”

Pyo Soo-ho spoke in the short Japanese he knew. Shougo flinched.

Pyo Soo-ho also thought it would be better to die after becoming a demon. However, Kang Tae-min did not let that happen.

-There are many people in the world who are born as humans and live like demons.

Pyo Soo-ho glanced sideways at the Japanese team.

“There are other people who are at fault.”

They didn’t care about Shogo.

As the defeat deepened, he was only showing anger and frustration.

-But if you want to live like a human, you won’t mind having a demonic body.

Pyosuho cannot save Shogo. But I could cheer him on.

“You are not bad.”

Shogo’s resistance gradually subsided.

‘… Aren’t I bad?’

I felt strange.

He was always the cause of wrongdoing. I have heard countless reasons for being bullied.

Because his blood is mixed with Koreans, his voice is small, his body is small, it just makes me feel bad.

Everyone blamed him. The teachers also told him to try to get along well. no one helped

So I thought that if I disappeared, everything would be resolved.

‘So, I was going to die… .’

Shogo realized.

Actually, he didn’t want to die. I just hated living like this.

He wanted others to know his pain.

“… What difference does living make?”

Pyo Soo-ho answered Shogo’s question.

“One will change.”

“what… ?”

“you.”

Pyo Soo-ho also decided to live and changed. The words came from experience, so I could feel the confidence in his voice.

Shougo was silent for a moment, then opened his mouth.

“Surrender, I will.”

At the result of the match, Kang Tae-min smiled lightly.

‘Suho has changed a lot too.’

As a teacher and a one-time friend, it was satisfying.

* * *

The Japanese team, who returned to the hotel where they were staying, was in the mood of a mourning house.

In the end, it was because all three were defeated by one person.

“Shogo, you bastard… !”

“You give up so easily? Did you turn?”

Tatsuya and Yuko attributed the cause to Shogo. It was scheduled.

Yuuko’s chain scythe bound Shogo, and Tatsuya grabbed the razor blade with a twisted expression.

When I exercised my ability, the razor blade became finely blurred. The already sharp razor blades are now sharper than the doctor’s scalpel.

Shougo trembled with his lips closed.

A sadistic smile appeared on Yuuko’s face as if she liked it.

“Tatsuya, I have manicure. Let’s do some nail care for Shougo.”

“Oh yeah. Let’s do all ten fingers.”

Of course, it wasn’t normal nail care. When Tatsuya peeled off his fingernails, he applied nail polish to the flesh. In time, when the nails regenerated, the outward appearance was insignificant.

It was a vicious torture that took advantage of the fact that Shogo’s body could regenerate.

“Come on, sleep… .”

“shut up!”

When Shougo tried to resist, Tatsuya yelled at him and pointed a razor blade at him.

“Why? Are you going to use your powers on us?”

“Ha, if that’s the case, you’d better be prepared to kill us. A bigger punishment will be waiting for you when you return to the academy.”

As Yuuko sneered, Tatsuya looked down at him with glistening eyes.

It was the reason Shogo couldn’t resist. Those who harassed him were also Awoken, so he could not be stopped by simply conveying pain.

Shougo gave up his resistance because even more severe retaliation had returned.

“Ouch… !”

“First one.”

The blade of the razor cut off some of his fingernails and flesh, dripping with blood. But the two didn’t care.

“ah! Didn’t Zainichi lose on purpose?”

“Ah, it could be. Did you intend to betray Japan?”

Shougo endured baseless accusations, ridicule, malice and pain. that was his life

‘Is it different?’

The number of falling nails increased. The laughter of the other two, their faces full of joy, the smell of blood spreading, and the pain spreading from their fingertips.

Everything around him stimulated his senses.

Shogo recalled Pyo Soo-ho’s words. No matter how you think about it, his life will be at its worst.

But even so, Shogo wanted to believe Pyo Soo-ho’s words.

“I… .”

“ok? what?”

Finally, even the last nail fell off. Tatsuya turned his head at the trembling voice. Shougo’s eyes widened.

“It was wrong… .”

“What are you doing now… .”

Sensing that Yuko wasn’t serious, she tried to tighten the chains even more.

Shogo was faster.

“doesn’t exist!”

Blue eyes flashed past, revealing his ability. Tatsuya and Yuko collapsed on the floor in intense pain.

“aaa… !”

“Oh, it hurts… it hurts… !”

Both of them were incontinent from the sudden pain. Shougo trembled, but gritted his teeth as he looked at the two fallen people.

“You, you are bad.”

“Ouch… Shogo… mum… dance… !”

“You are here… ah… !”

He didn’t play on purpose. He wanted them both to enjoy the pain he was going through.

Although they are accustomed to pain, these two have a remarkably low threshold.

‘What now?’

At this rate, it was nothing more than a fleeting resentment. Back at the academy, not only Tatsuya and Yuuko, but other students will also join the bullying.

-If that’s the case, you’d better be prepared to kill us.

Shogo rolled his eyes.

Yuuko’s chain scythe was right next to it. Writhing in pain, the two had already fainted. It would have been easy to take their lives like this.

“Are you going to kill me?”

Shougo almost screamed at the sudden voice. When I turned around, there was an iron man wearing a suit.

“What, what… .”

Since when, where and how did you see it? Numerous questions came to mind, but eventually all of them disappeared with the words from the iron man’s mouth.

“If you want to deal with it, I will help you.”

The iron man, Kang Tae-min, had no intention of stopping his revenge.

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