Chapter 168 (1/2)

I was fl.u.s.tered for a moment. No, how did Mido come here? I didn’t know if I should be happy or not. Additionally, who were those guys following her? Next to me, Zhen Sulong was bewildered.

“Do you know someone?”

“My granddaughter.”

“Huh? Granddaughter?”

“Yes, my granddaughter is the one walking over there.”

Zhen Sulong looked over at where I pointed and nodded with an interested expression.

“You have a great granddaughter. I think she will do well if she trains.”

“Generally, shouldn’t you first think about whether she resembles me or not?”

“Ah, that’s right. Then you don’t resemble each other at all.”

I frowned at the words and clenched my right fist for a moment. If I could, I would’ve hit him.

However, we couldn’t fight right now...

“Wuhahaha! It turns out that you’re the one who withstood my attack before! It is nice to see you! I am Reinhardt!”

Reinhardt reached out from where he was standing like a gorilla. I grabbed his hand straight away. He was a big person with a big hand. It was twice as big compared to my little hand. If the real Mudur was born as a human then he would be like this. Just then, this guy hit my back without any notice!

“I like strong men! The fact that you took my attack means you’re good! Seeing that you were able to withstand my attack without relying on luck, I knew you were the best out of the three! Hahaha!”

It was actually a fluke. This guy had misunderstood. He must have a keen eye to see how all the people survived in such a chaotic situation. Still, I hoped he could be a bit more gentle... My health had been reduced by 0.5% after his previous hit. Why was he so strong?

[Chwiik. How interesting. I want to show off.]

‘Endure it for a little bit. I will fight soon anyway.’

[Huhuhu. I’m looking forward to it.]

There seemed to only be fighting maniacs around me. There was Zhen Sulong and also Mudur. I didn’t know him but Reinhardt was probably the same. They were tiring people.

-Now, the contestants of Group 3, please come up. The rules are simple. Stay alive. The match will continue until there are four players left. To advance to the round of 16...

The host’s explanation followed. The stage had already been fully restored to its original state. The magicians that had previously appeared waved their staffs and it became as good as new. In the distance, Mido was nodding. I focused my senses by raising my super sensitivity.

The first thing I saw was naturally Mido’s face. We had met the other day but this time, I felt it was a bit different. Later, I would have to pretend not to know her but now I could just watch her like this. She looked pretty. Haha. Then the men next to Mido were seen. I glared fiercely at them. It was like a predator finding prey.

“...It is them.”

I remembered watching them on TV. I had recorded them in my kill list. I even wrote it in bold and underlined it. Now I needed to draw an asterisk next to their names.

“...I have to do it slowly. Haha.”

I smiled in a bloody manner and Zhen Sulong asked me, “Do you know anyone else?”

“Not really, but I want to get to know them slowly.”

”I see. It seems the match is starting now.”

I watched the stage.

-Let’s start the match!

* * *

Fortren at noon.

It was crowded with people. Since the words ‘trade city’ was written at the entrance, most of the people were doing business. There were many NPCs and users dressed in various costumes. Park Muyeol looked around and marveled. “It is like Busan.”

Park Seongchan was bewildered. “The buildings are completely Western? Still, the anchored sh.i.p.s and seagulls flying around does make it look similar.”

Park Muyeol heard the surging waves and saw the countless boats anchored at the beach and thought of the past. He had bad memories of Busan. It was probably the same for Chuntaek.

‘Dongbaek...’

Park Muyeol, Choi Chuntaek, and Kim Dongbaek were friends with each other. All three of them were orphans. They hadn’t grown up together but they were really in sync. He handled a wooden sword well and Chuntaek was good at kicking. Chuntaek seemed to be hiding something more but well, he was like that. Dongbaek’s specialty was fighting with his fists.

The three of them agreed to help the merchants of Busan. They established the first organization centered around Chuntaek, calling it ‘Legless Bird.’

“Grandfather, I’ll go sell my gear and leather for a bit.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Once Park Seongchan disappeared, Park Muyeol moved his gaze to the wide open sea. It was so wide that it reminded him of that day. It was the day when Dongbaek, who was the best one out of three of them, died.

“Hmmm...”

It was a pretty old story now but Park Muyeol couldn’t forget that day. Maybe he was still bound to the Dongbaek of that day. It was because his last will was to look after Chuntaek. After that, Chuntaek left the organization and lived an ordinary life. Park Muyeol acted like Dongbaek to fill the vacancy left by the two of them. He was originally timid but his personality changed. Perhaps it was due to Dongbaek that Park Muyeol was living like this now.

“That reminds me, his death anniversary is soon.”

Dongbaek had died on December 24th, the day before Christmas. It had snowed that day. Park Muyeol had a trauma regarding the snow because of it. Seongchan’s parents also died on a snowy day.

“I’m back, Grandfather. Let’s go to the Colosseum.”

Park Muyeol nodded silently. They headed to the Colosseum together. They arrived at the entrance and tried to get inside. Just then, he bumped his shoulders with someone who was running quickly. Park Muyeol frowned. The same was true for the man who he bumped shoulders with.

“What? Shit. W-Who...?”

“......”

The two people made eye contact. Park Muyeol was a bit surprised. “Salamander?”