Necromancer Survival

“Are you insane…” Bae Jaemin seemed angrier that Kim Sangyoon dared to ambush him than because of the wound the Warrior inflicted.

Kim Sangyoon must have noticed that as well; with a smile, he stated, “If I aimed one… just one centimeter higher, I could have done away with his other eye…”

Of course, he still stuttered out of fear while saying something so outlandish.

Bae Jaemin raised his head; his fist clenched so tight that his knuckles stood out in stark contrast against the rest of his skin. Perhaps he was affected by Kim Sangyoon’s attitude.

Suddenly, a shimmering circle of light appeared above Bae Jaemin’s head, reminiscent of the radiance that appeared before a High Priest activated their skill. However, despite its holy appearance, an overwhelming bloodlust overflowed from Bae Jaemin’s entire body–enough to give anyone goosebumps. “If you’ve only messed with me because you trust Seo Dawon, then you’re truly a fool.”

“…Fucker. Who’s the real fool?” Kim Sangyoon replied, not backing down. After spitting on the ground stoically, he fixed his grip on [Berserker]. His posture indicated he wanted to try and fight.

I thought that fighting would be foolhardy, but when I saw his knees shaking slightly, my breath caught in my throat. He knew as well–he knew that the victor had already been decided.

Nevertheless, he risked his life to stall for time. After all, I would have died if Kim Sangyoon hadn’t stepped up.

“Don’t…!”

“[Fléchette].” ¹

Thwack–!

However, even if Kim Sangyoon acted out on my behalf, my death would only be postponed by a few minutes. I tried to stop the Warrior–it would behoove him to run away, but the Priest triggered his skill first.

Bae Jaemin flicked his finger; dozens of white rings appeared over Kim Sangyoon’s head. They soon shot round beams of lights–like lasers–at him.

Boom–!

The slender lances of light caused tremendous vibrations and created acrid smoke wherever they touched after the Warrior dodged its path. The marble was smashed; it looked as if each pillar of light caused a mini-explosion.

The attacks continued without giving the Warrior even a second to breathe.

“Fuuuckk!” Fortunately, and surprisingly, Kim Sangyoon avoided the aggressive outpour of attacks. Of course, he didn’t make it seem easy, but the man avoided all the light with minimal movement and without losing his balance. He had even avoided the difficult time-delay attacks as well.

Kim Sangyoon gradually narrowed the distance between him and the Priest, swearing and shouting all the way. Then, dodging the last attack, he abnormally positioned his body half-a-turn in the Priest’s direction and used a skill, aiming for Bae Jaemin’s blindspot.

“[One Hit Kill]!” ²

“……!”

Screeech–!

Even I, who was watching with bated breath, was taken aback by his unconventional movement. However, Bae Jaemin reacted with a terrifying speed and created a transparent barrier to block Kim Sang-yoon’s attack.

When the barrier of light and Kim Sangyoon’s [Berserker] collided, a large metallic screech rang out. Bae Jaemin glared at the Warrior from beyond the barrier and said irritably, “Did you get trained by Seo Dawon?”

“Shut up! I didn’t learn anything from him!” After shouting, Kim Sangyoon glanced at me with a faintly annoyed look, but…

Anyways, I was surprised to see that Kim Sangyoon’s competence was higher than I had previously thought. I knew that he was originally better than me, but his movements were now agile enough to vaguely remind me of Jung Garam.

The lines of Bae Jaemin’s face deepened at Kim Sangyoon’s response. It seemed as if the Priest just couldn’t comprehend his reasoning. “I didn’t think you had such a good relationship with Seo Dawon.. Why are you trying to come after me?”

“…….” Kim Sangyoon didn’t answer, but Bae Jaemin didn’t appear as if he had expected one.

However, the Priest suddenly turned around and glanced at my face. And, Kim Sangyoon, who had been paying close attention to the Priest’s behavior, spoke loudly…as if he were trying to attract the Priest’s attention. “Y-You don’t want to support me anyway, because of Ahn Joo-sung!”

Bae Jaemin looked at Kim Sangyoon for a moment before smirking, “So, you’re standing here because of how you’ve been treated…? Then, I’ll give you HaHae’s deputy guildmaster seat if you cut off Choi Lee-kyung’s legs here.”

“……”

“It’s better than following a corpse whose resurrection may or may not come.”

“……”

When Kim Sangyoon couldn’t answer him, Bae Jaemin laughed, “Haha… Why are you trying to think so hard? You’re not even an intelligent enough bastard to do that?”

Bae Jaemin took a step closer to me. Kim Sangyoon spoke urgently, no longer pretending to be calm, “You son of a bitch! You don’t have the confidence to beat me? You’re number one in the rankings!”

“Why would I take the long way when I can take the easy path?” Laughing, Bae Jaemin opened his inventory and slowly pulled out his own weapon–a staff. His expression was so cruel–like a criminal pulling a sword from its sheath.

I bit my lips–to the point of bleeding–in order to stop the groans that threatened to leave my mouth. And, when Bae Jaemin completely turned away from Kim Sangyoon to look at me…

“[Seizing Blow]!” ³

Clank–!

The barrier of light was smashed in one hit, like a window pane. Kim Sangyoon had succeeded in breaking the skill with pure physical strength!

Numerous broken shards poured down over Bae Jaemin’s back. Then, as the Priest had yet to turn around, Kim Sangyoon spread his arms wide and swung his sword at the Priest’s neck.

“…Cough…”

“Honestly, you play with them a little, and suddenly they think they’re on the same level,” Bae Jaemin muttered.

Just before Kim Sangyoon’s sword touched Bae Jaemin’s neck, the Priest avoided the attack at lightspeed. Then, he dove into Kim Sangyoon’s arms, and from my perspective, it looked like they were hugging each other.

However, soon after, Kim Sangyoon vomited blood, and his sword helplessly dropped to the ground. His slow collapse, still holding onto Bae Jaemin, took almost five seconds.

I was shocked and belatedly realized, after seeing Bae Jaemin’s white hand penetrate through the Warrior’s back, what had happened. The Priest had stabbed Kim Sangyoon’s stomach with his bare hand.

“N….o….” I clumsily staggered towards the pair, but Bae Jaemin immediately pulled his hand out and pushed the Warrior away with his fingertips. Eyes widened, Kim Sangyoon toppled over without any resistance.

After falling backwards with a thump, a pool of blood began to spread from Kim Sangyoon’s back. The dark red blood also began to flow down the sides from his stomach.

“In about a minute, he’ll probably go into shock from excessive blood loss,” Bae Jaemin whispered joyfully as he looked at my panicked face.

After listening to those words, I placed some strength into my trembling arms and tried to approach Kim Sangyoon.

However, Bae Jaemin stubbornly blocked my way. He even stepped on one of my hands and stomped down. I knew that a bone had broken, but I couldn’t even scream. Even though I was in terrible pain, I could only see the afterimages of Kim Sangyoon crumpling to the ground and remaining motionless.

“Mo…ve…” I tapped at Bae Jaemin’s foot while crying. But, he merely looked down at me with a grin on his face.

Bae Jaemin rubbed his hands, dirtied from Kim Sangyoon’s blood, on my hair and asked with a delighted expression, “So, what’s the relationship between the two of you? Are you two gay or something?”

“……”

“Urk, so disgusting. I got his blood on my hands…Tsk, he isn’t diseased, right?”

“……”

My pleas–my desperate begs–got stuck in my throat. I looked up at the Priest vacantly.

He giggled, “You know very well that I’m the only one who can save Kim Sangyoon here.”

“……”

“What should I do? I’d love to rip you and that piggy apart, but… It’s a little too easy of an ending for both of you…”

“……”

Meanwhile, Bae Jaemin raised the foot that had been on the back of my hand and tapped my mouth with the tip of his shoe. “You need to be proactive for it to be fun.”

“……” I stared at Bae Jaemin’s boots stained with blood, lowered my head, and slowly opened my mouth.

Honestly, I didn’t think that licking his shoes would make Bae Jaemin spare Kim Sangyoon. However, being weighed down by the burden of my own helplessness was even more painful.

Just before my tongue touched the tip of his shoes…

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TL: No T_T Kim Sangyoon T_T