Chapter 220
Preparation
Without any hesitation, Kyu pushed both Song Jin Woo and Yoo Jin Woo aside with a single step, then knelt on one knee, his head lowered in absolute respect before Arthur.
"Master...
I am truly sorry.
Please... I deserve punishment."
Arthur's eyes widened in surprise.
"Kyu?
What's happening?
Why are you—
Did Astaroth... and Wrath also—"
He did not finish his sentence.
Suddenly,
a small snake moved from beneath Kyu's neck, slipped down lightly, then leaped toward Arthur's chest...
Not violently,
but with comfort and tenderness.
At that very moment, a small, dark, blood-red shadow emerged from within Kyu's body and settled quietly in Arthur's arms...
Like a child who had finally found a safe place.
"You guys... you're all alright?"
Arthur's voice came out slightly hoarse, and a smile appeared on his face—a smile so light that he had not felt anything like it in a long time.
Then, after regaining his breath:
"But...
How?
How are you still alive?"
Kyu hesitated.
Arthur noticed the sweat pouring down his forehead and the slight trembling of his body...
As though he were hiding something enormous.
"Master...
That day...
Astaroth and I...
Um..."
Arthur calmly raised his hand.
"Speak.
I won't do anything.
Just tell me."
Kyu swallowed.
"That day,
Astaroth and I were fighting...
so that we could become stronger."
"Our fight led to the other,
and we opened a breach in the wall of the training hall...
Then the fight continued,
causing some damage to the house."
Kyu lowered his head even further.
"Therefore...
Astaroth, Wrath, and I, while Wrath was inside my body...
went to the construction workers to have the house repaired quickly,
so that you wouldn't get angry with us."
His voice trembled.
"But...
when we returned..."
His body tensed with fear and submission.
"We saw something strange.
It killed the criminals who had destroyed our home...
then it disappeared."
Silence filled the room.
Then—
Arthur smiled.
A calm smile...
filled with indescribable relief.
"Alright... alright."
"I don't care about the damage,
or the house,
or anything else."
He raised his hand and patted Kyu on the shoulder.
"I'm just...
happy that you guys survived."
---
While Arthur was speaking with Kyu,
and because of Kyu's bowing and respect,
Song Jin Woo quietly pulled Yoo Jin Woo away,
and the two of them left the room,
leaving the two alone.
A few moments later—
"Song... Yoo Jin...
Come in, guys."
The room's door opened,
and the two entered once again.
They saw Arthur sitting calmly.
A small snake was coiled around his neck.
Kyu stood to his left,
like a silent guardian.
Wrath...
was now inside Arthur's body,
happy to be back.
"So...
what happened while I was unconscious?"
Song Jin Woo hesitated before speaking seriously:
"You bas—"
He stopped, then continued:
"Arthur...
Your house is destroyed and burned down.
There are many corpses...
and a deep crater that extends almost halfway into the ground."
"And on that same day...
a large part of America was destroyed
by a mysterious entity."
He looked directly at him.
"What...
happened?"
Arthur slowly sighed,
his voice calm and firm,
without a hint of trembling.
"Nothing important happened."
"I was simply the target of some bastards...
and I took care of it."
"As for the crater,
or the disappearance of part of America...
I have no idea about any of that in the first place."
Song Jin Woo felt
that something was missing...
Something enormous.
But he did not press the matter.
Instead,
the three of them sat together and talked about what they had missed over the past few days.
Without intending to,
Song Jin Woo spoke about his sick mother.
---
As night fell,
Song Jin Woo and Yoo Jin Woo left for their homes.
Arthur remained alone,
sitting on the hospital bed.
"Cain...
Can the Miracle Healing Potion cure this illness?"
| Of course.
There is nothing the Miracle Healing Potion cannot cure...
but... |
"What?"
| Are you sure you want to do that? |
Arthur remained silent for a moment.
"You're talking about the fact
that I possess a cure for every disease and disorder, right?"
"And if I give the treatment to Song,
the truth might be discovered...
and the world might come after me."
| Yes.
And if you give it to him without Song knowing,
the world might come after Song himself. |
| And the two of you...
are still weak. |
"I know."
He sighed.
"I need to become stronger first."
Then he clenched his fist.
"But... damn my stupidity."
"All this time,
I never used the remaining power of Cthulhu...
I was saving it for when I needed it."
"And now...
I have nothing left."
Silence filled the room.
Then—
Arthur remembered something.
"But...
I can control the power of darkness."
| What? |
"The power of darkness."
"All this time,
I've been training my magical energy,
and my skills as a spirit summoner...
but when was the last time
I used the power of darkness?"
| When you awakened Einver's Eye. |
"Exactly."
"At that moment,
anger took hold of me...
and the darkness covered my body
like a dark armor."
"I felt an unbelievable power,
as though I had broken through several levels at once...
but only while I was using it."
"And when I summoned Cthulhu...
I also turned the power of darkness into armor."
"What if..."
Arthur suddenly stood up.
He removed all the bandages from his body.
Then—
He froze.
The body he saw...
was not Arthur's body.
Nor was it Son Ju Woo's.
It was completely burned.
His face was disfigured.
Only a small amount of his hair remained.
His hands were covered in wounds and burns.
His body...
was a living record of a lost battle.
| You can use a Miracle Healing Potion. |
"How many do I have?"
| Four. |
"Then no."
| Why?
To treat Song's mother? |
"Yes...
and no."
| ? |
"Yes,
because I truly want to do it.
Song is a good person."
"And no...
because these burns
are nothing more than the wounds from my battles...
and my mistakes."
"I need to learn
not to get angry like this every time."
"If I had stopped for a moment,
and thought,
I wouldn't have used Cthulhu's power like that...
and what happened wouldn't have happened."
"Anger...
blinded me."
"I want...
to learn from my mistakes...
even though I'm certain I'll forget these words and get angry again."
Arthur smiled calmly,
despite his burned face.
"And honestly...
I look more intimidating like this."
| Are you joking right now? |
Arthur chuckled lightly.
"Of course I'm joking."
Then he raised his head.
"Cain...
tell me.
What is appearance, really?"
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