This Villain is Soft - Chapter 127



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Episode 127

Phew! Knock knock knock.

The four people who came up to the surface with the help of the inflated raft let out gasps of breath.

Joo-yeol lifted Ha-on up onto the dock and lightly pulled Woo-hye-seong and Chaser up.

All the while, he had a blank expression on his face.

“What the hell was that just now?”

Woo Hye-seong, who was out of breath and trying to control her exhausted body, also had a blank expression.

“Why did that day suddenly… … .”

“That’s probably it, hmm.”

Haon patted his chest, which was still throbbing, to catch his breath.

“It must be Chaser’s ability that was activated very strongly.”

Chaser was already holding hands with Haon, and while his unstable mana was resonating, he ended up making contact with Woo Hye-seong.

As a result, the Chaser’s mana, which was at the center of the powerful resonance caused by the three people, exploded in an instant.

His ability to glimpse fragments of the past was activated beyond space and time, like dark energy from the void realm.

Mana is also affected by a person’s psychological state.

Ha-on, Ju-yeol, and Woo-hye-seong’s minds were focused on ‘that day, that place’, and Chaser’s mana reacting to it showed that scene.

“I don’t think that’s what Chaser intended.”

The three people’s gaze turned to Chaser.

“Ugh, ugh… … .”

Chaser was holding his head, gasping for breath, dizzy from the powers that were out of control.

“Chaser. Are you okay?”

Haon approached him in surprise at his pale complexion, but he couldn’t even touch him for fear of resonating again.

Then Juyeol tore the tent covering a nearby pile of boxes and wrapped it around Chaser’s shoulders, and used the rest to wrap it around Woohye-seong’s shoulders and waist.

Woo Hye-seong let out a “ugh” sound at the force and fired.

“Why are you acting like my older brother all of a sudden?”

“When have I ever not been a big brother to you? I would have continued to be a big brother even if Halo hadn’t taken you away like that.”

“… … Halo saved my life. Back then, I survived just fine without this kind of older brother.”

“Save me? Survive?”

Joo-yeol was moved by Woo Hye-seong’s words.

“You abandoned the child in the old town and only took it when it was old enough to grow up. Are you saving it? You even set it on fire to avoid being caught?”

“Don’t talk nonsense when you don’t even know!”

Woo Hye-seong screamed and then grabbed his waist.

“Halo said he only intended to leave me in your care until he destroyed the group that used me as a test subject.”

“… … !”

“But when they actually tried to take me back, they said it seemed like a good home. So they just watched. They saw me praying every day to see my mom.”

Joo-yeol was shaken by the vivid memories of the past. As she said, her younger sister had been wondering about the existence of ‘mother’ every day for some time.

“… … You could have come back. You knew I was looking for the culprit.”

As soon as Joo-yeol said that in a calm voice, Woo Hye-seong lowered his gaze to the ground.

“I didn’t know I would hang on for so long. I thought I would see you again, but by then… … I wasn’t the me you knew.”

“Halo joined hands with ‘Galaxy On’ to save Sniper, right? Because the incomplete awakening started again.”

When Ha-on, who had been listening silently, asked, Woo Hye-seong let out a bitter smile.

“The more Halo tries to save me, the more other people die as test subjects. Halo is becoming a walking corpse. I want to quit everything, but I don’t know how… … .”

At that moment, Joo-yeol grabbed Woo-hye-seong’s healthy shoulder with a shocked expression on his face.

“You… … are you saying that you tried to die by my hands today?”

“… … .”

“Are you saying you were planning to make me kill you?”

As he shook Woo Hye-seong’s shoulder and urged her on, her body tilted to the side.

“… … !”

Joo-yeol, whose face had turned pale, caught Woo-hye-seong, who had lost consciousness, and carefully laid her down on the dock.

He looked at his brother, who had fallen to the ground with his body cold, with trembling eyes.

“Oh my god. I lost so much blood.”

It was he who shot at the seam of Woo Hye-seong’s bulletproof vest.

As he was shaking with guilt, Haon held out her cell phone.

“Blue. I need to make a bonfire.”

[Understood! Equip the high-temperature mana bullet.]

Quaaaaa─.

And then a mana bullet fired from the cell phone covered the pile of boxes like a flamethrower.

Haon, flustered, waved his phone around, trying to control his trembling mana.

“Oh, really.”

The elixir’s effect completely disappeared due to the intense mana resonance caused by the three people in the water.

From then on, my heart started beating fast and my mana started racing.

According to the calculations, it should calm down more and more over time, but something was strange.

‘My body’s mana circuits are already well-opened and I have no problem with mana sensitivity, so why is this happening?’

Ha-on, who barely managed to control the fire, sat down for a moment as he felt his fever rising.

Joo-yeol, who had moved Woo-hye-seong closer to the fire, made a serious expression.

“What’s wrong? Is it hard to breathe?”

“No, it’s okay.”

Haon shook his head and looked at Chaser.

I met his eyes as he shook the water out of his hair, seemingly calming down to some extent.

“Chaser. ‘That’ went well?”

“I did as I was told.”

The moment when Haon nodded in satisfaction.

Shh …

A sharp, icy surge of mana came with a sharp cracking sound.

“… … !”

Before Haon could even properly perceive the situation, his body moved first.

As I waved my phone, a protective film that was much thicker and more irregularly shaped than the calculator appeared before my eyes.

Boom! Boom!

Haon blocked the brutal mana attack and quickly restored the crumbling protective shield.

“Ugh. Joo-yeol! Move your little brother to a safe place quickly!”

At those words, Joo-yeol, who had been blocking Woo-hye-seong and Chaser and standing guard, flinched.

“What, a safe place?”

Now that the entire port is in ruins, the safest place for Woo Hye-seong is… … .

Joo-yeol, who was quickly scanning the surroundings, picked up Woo-hye-seong’s rifle.

The long muzzle was pointed at Halo, who was fighting the Hunter from a distance.

“Even if I call out from this distance, no one will hear me… … .”

The bullet that Juyeol fired while muttering softly passed through the protective shield that Haon had opened slightly with just the right timing and passed by Halo’s cheek.

Halo, startled, immediately kicked the Hunter’s stomach and ran towards the dock.

“Sniper!”

The moment the bullet grazed him, he realized it was a sniper’s and seemed to realize that the gun was about to be taken away.

Besides, even from a distance, you can tell that it’s a ghost holding a rifle.

Kwarrung! Kwarrung!

Halo was unable to avoid the blazing mana blades and was slashed here and there, but did not stop.

Joo-yeol stared at the sight and thought back to what Woo-hye-seong had said.

He saved my life and wanted to keep me alive after that.

I thought Woo Hye-sung’s expression looked very anxious when talking about Halo.

But now, looking at Halo’s face running towards me as if he had no eyes, I could tell that it was a desperate expression.

“… … They look alike.”

As Juyeol muttered, the rushing mana suddenly stopped and the halo slid in front of Woohye Sung.

“Sniper. Open your eyes.”

She stroked Woo Hye-seong’s cheek without even caring that his face was clearly visible.

“Huh… … .”

At that time, Haon, who had exhausted himself from constantly repairing and re-establishing the protective shield with his unstable mana, fell forward.

“Haon-ah!”

Joo-yeol was in a hurry to wake up Ha-on, but then flinched.

“What the heck? Your body is like a ball of fire.”

At those words, Haon rubbed his forehead and stumbled.

“Hmm. Maybe you have a cold. You feel a little strange.”

“A cold? I don’t think so… … .”

Joo-yeol rubbed Ha-on’s cheek with the back of his hand to check his temperature. Even if it was a cold, it didn’t seem like the temperature could rise this quickly.

Suddenly, a cloud of dust swept in and quickly dispersed. The ship, riding on a mechanical locust, was floating in the air.

“Galaxy! Why and how are you alive?”

Haon noticed that Bae An-jae had discovered him as soon as the mana attack flew towards the dock.

I was so excited that my eyes were spinning, but I couldn’t help but laugh when I saw Bae An-jae’s shocked face.

“Even people who were thought to be dead come back. It’s the old city. Maybe you haven’t adapted to the old city yet? No, maybe you haven’t adapted to this universe?”

Ha-on spread his arms wide and Joo-yeol made a complex and subtle expression on his face as he heard the words.

“You know how to provoke now? You’ve adapted so well to the old city.”

“I should have killed him somehow during the war… … !”

As Bae An-jae ground his teeth and manipulated his cell phone, a startled sound was heard from the dimensional gate.

“What are you doing! Reduce it!”

“I can’t handle this!”

However, Bae An-jae stubbornly opposed the other Bae An-jaes’ words.

“You’ve never been with this woman before! We need to pick up the pace. We need to finish her off quickly!”

Soon, as the black pillar of energy began to grow thicker, the hairs on my entire body stood on end and my fingertips felt tingly.

Everyone there must have sensed an ominous change as they stopped fighting and stared at the pillar of black energy.

There was an ominous atmosphere, as if something terrible was about to happen.

Phew! Kwaaang!

Suddenly, a huge explosion occurred in the direction of the old city, and the energy pillar that had been growing in size began to shrink again.

“Uh, why… … ?”

Bae An-jae looked back at the dimensional gate with an expression of disbelief.

The other crew members also looked perplexed, wondering if it was his fault for increasing the output without permission.

Then Haon wiped away the cold sweat and laughed.

“Even though I have only one body, unlike you, I can’t move on my own.”