This Villain is Soft - Chapter 123



Only Noblemtl

Episode 123

A wave of energy radiated from the harbor, causing windows to rattle and burglar alarms in parked cars to blare.

“… … What is that?”

Joo-yeol muttered in a daze.

Even from a distance, the pillar of black energy with blue sparks flying out could be clearly seen. It was enormous.

It was like witnessing a vast wonder of the universe that was beyond human power.

The hunter asked in a hollow voice.

“Is it too late?”

“No! That can’t be. Even a dimensional gate that draws only residual mana from another dimension doesn’t open all at once.”

Haon answered firmly and looked at the blueprint again. It was as expected.

“If everything goes according to plan, it will take five hours for the dimensional gate to fully open, so it’s not too late.”

Bae An-jae even wrote down unnecessary formulas in the blueprint. He repeated the same formulas with question marks.

That probably means you are not confident and don’t know much about this device.

‘Even if he has glimpsed the secrets of the multiverse and dark energy in the void realm, he is still human. There is no way a three-dimensional human could fully understand an eleven-dimensional universe.’

Haon was certain that the one who created this dimensional gate was another Bae An-jae. He wasn’t even an engineer in the first place.

The terrorist Bae An-jae planned this, and the other Bae An-jaes who handled the machines created this.

‘That’s why we need accomplices. Even if we look at it with our own eyes and something comes to mind, we don’t have the ability to make it happen.’

I remembered the moment when Bae An-jae suggested that we hold hands.

It may not have been good for ‘Eunhaon’, but for now, it may be a blessing in disguise that she, with her genius brain, died before she could become Bae Anjae’s ally.

“Even so, we don’t have time to relax. We have to block it before it opens all the way.”

The hunter, who was checking the tablet, asked at Haon’s words.

“Support will come from other areas. Do you think it’s okay to approach by helicopter?”

“It’s dangerous. It’s safer to move above ground.”

“Ghost. Let’s go right away.”

“yes.”

“Galaxy, you… … .”

As the Hunter glanced over the situation, Haon read the flow of mana flowing through his body.

The effects of the elixir were slowly wearing off, but… … .

“Blue!”

Haon swung his cell phone at the window.

The shape of the glass, which had been finely wavy and shaped like a small cube, changed.

“… … It’s still not enough.”

This isn’t enough to deal with Bae An-jae.

But I won’t be depressed because I can no longer master magic engineering perfectly.

“There are plenty of things you can do in this state.”

Haon made up his mind and said.

“I’ll find a way to close the dimensional gate.”

The hunter immediately sounded the air raid alarm throughout headquarters and gave orders.

Meanwhile, Juyeol looked at the black pillar of energy outside the window with fearful eyes and grabbed Haon’s shoulder.

“Promise me you won’t do anything reckless alone.”

“When did I ever do anything reckless?”

“I’m having trouble deciding where to put you, Nova. Promise me right now.”

“… … I promise.”

Haon gently placed his hand over his.

“Juyeol. Don’t get hurt. I’ll be there soon.”

“… … .”

He looked at Haon intently, caressed her cheek, and then quickly turned around.

In the office with the door wide open, only Haon remained.

“Blue. Let’s go do our work too.”

[Understood! The scan results detected a nearby AI software from Haon that needs repair. Shall we begin the guidance?]

“Huh? What is that… …!”

Haon, who had been wondering, soon opened his eyes wide as he remembered his round and strong ally.

“Tiyong!”

There was no hesitation in running towards the dormitory.

“What, what is it? Aren’t you Dr. Eunhaon?”

“You must have misread Deputy Manager Noh Hye-jeong, huh! It’s a ghost… …!”

As I passed through the headquarters hallways, people I encountered were startled as if they had seen zombies, but I didn’t have time to leisurely explain myself.

Ha-on quickly hacked the door and entered the dormitory, opened the door to Ju-yeol’s quarters, and came out carrying the broken belt.

‘Ttiyong has work to do too.’

As I was walking back to the lab, thinking about the things I had to do, one of the dorm doors suddenly opened.

“Hey, Chaser!”

“… … !”

Crap. Chaser, who was putting on his shoes in a hurry and coming out, fell over loudly.

The pale complexion seemed to indicate that he was surprised to see Eunhaon’s face.

“I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to startle you.”

Haon stepped back and pressed his back against the wall.

Chaser asked with an embarrassed expression as he finished putting on his shoes.

“You can’t come in here with a dispatched worker’s pass. It doesn’t look like you came with a ghost.”

“Oh! That’s why… … . Can you keep it a secret?”

He looked at Ha-on, who was struggling, with bewildered eyes and sighed.

“I don’t know if he got it from his brother or if he was always like that… … .”

“Chaser is going to the port too?”

“What about you?”

“I have something else to do.”

When Haon showed him the broken belt, Chaser shrugged and checked the band.

“Don’t let anyone else see you. Especially Belle, she won’t see you.”

“Yeah, I will. Chaser, be careful too! I will be there soon.”

“… … .”

At that moment, he was about to pass Ha-on with a look of discontent on his face.

Haon looked at him carefully and said, “Oh.”

Even though his surprised expression had disappeared, Chaser’s fingertips were still trembling, and the flow of mana I felt from him was irregular and uneven. Just like mine.

“Chaser. Just a moment.”

The moment Haon grabbed his arm.

Woof─.

The mana of the two people resonated.

“… … !”

“… … !”

Haon and Chaser stared blankly at each other and then hastily separated. The resonance of mana was also cut off in an instant.

“Wh, what is it? What did you just do to me?”

“No, that’s not me!”

Haon, who was looking around in confusion, saw a pillar of black energy outside the window.

Right before it was activated, I felt the mana flowing through my body boiling up and down.

Neither Juyeol nor the Hunter who were with him seemed to feel it, and even when he touched Juyeol, there was no resonance of mana.

“Chaser. Mana, no, your body feels strange.”

“… … Are you talking about your hands shaking?”

“It feels like something is boiling irregularly inside my body and my abilities are somehow wrong. Was it like that before I was called?”

He nodded with a confused expression.

“Is Chaser a forced awakener?”

“What? That can’t be.”

Haon took a step closer to him.

“I am a forced awakener, so why did the same thing happen to Chaser?”

“Ah, you’re a forced awakener? Are you saying that all those strange skills were awakened abilities?”

“That’s not it… … !”

Suddenly I remembered when I first met him.

‘Now that I think about it, I thought Mana’s wavelength was unique… … .’

At that time, I thought it was a psychological reason because the torture of ‘Eunhaon’ had caused abnormalities in his abilities, but what if that wasn’t the case?

“Chaser. What did ‘Dr. Eunhaon’ do to you?”

“What’s going on all of a sudden? I don’t want to talk about that.”

“I know it’s a difficult memory, but I really need to do it.”

“… … .”

“You weren’t just tortured, were you?”

Chaser, his shoulders flinching, hesitated as he clung to the wall with nowhere else to retreat.

Haon cautiously reached out his hand to him.

“Maybe we can stop the shipwreck. Do you want to come to ‘my lab’ with me?”

“Galaxy On’s… … laboratory?”

Chaser’s face turned pale. He squeezed his eyes shut as painful memories came flooding back to him.

* * *

Nova, who was standing there with an uncomfortable expression, discovered Haon coming out of the dormitory.

“Why are you coming out with that?”

“Nova! Have you been waiting here?”

“Why are you bringing another man with you? Aren’t Ghost and I enough?”

“Give me your hand, quick! Your hand!”

Haon ran to Nova, who was feeling pain, and grabbed her hand.

“… … !”

Their mana resonated, but it wasn’t as strong as when they had captured Chaser.

“As expected. My prediction was right.”

As Haon muttered and pulled away, Nova asked bewilderedly.

“What is this? Is this fate?”

“Nova, your body is strange, isn’t it?”

“Does that mean something dirty?”

“T-What are you talking about! Didn’t something seem strange right before that pillar appeared?”

Looking at Nova’s expression as she looked back toward the harbor, it seemed right.

“It seems that the unstable mana of the forced awakener is more sensitive to that dimensional gate.”

Haon looked back and forth between the two people who seemed to have no idea what was going on, then continued speaking.

“First, both of you go to my lab.”

“Why is that?”

“Nova! That’s not it, it’s Chaser.”

“I know who that is. It’s the toy that was tied up in the lab.”

At those words, Chaser’s face hardened and he pulled out his taser gun.

“Don’t talk like that!”

“What are you going to do if you do that?”

“Now, wait a minute! Now is not the time to fight!”

Haon calmed them down by standing between them.

“Nova. Do you know what ‘Galaxy On’ did to Chaser?”

“I know you were torturing and playing around.”

Haon, who thought he knew this would happen, looked back at Chaser with an apologetic expression.

“Can you show me?”

“To that kid?”

“Then I think things will work out a little faster… … .”

The chaser, who had been feeling disgusted, unbuttoned the front of his shirt with a look of despair on his face.