“Now, I want to hear your reason for this,” Mr. Hwang said as he walked into the office. He poured Jaehwang another cup of tea and handed it to him.

He only had a single reason to mention that test. He wanted to change the subject when Chonggwan started to get angry. Mr. Hwang joined in on the conversation as well since he became interested in what was going on.

Jaehwang knew a way to get around telling the actual truth. “Sorry. Gwanjae and I actually had a bet.”

“A bet?”

“Yes. I followed behind a few people and Gwanjae did the same on another side.”

“Was there a gap?”

“Yes, and it’s a big one.”

Gulp…

Mr. Hwang took another sip from his tea as Chonggwan followed, “I think you could have become one of his three inheritors if you won but of course, I guess Gwanjae was right.”

Mr. Hwang just gave them a calm smile.

“I’m still unsatisfied with its outcome.”

“Really?” He asked in reply to Jaehwang.

“It has no meaning to me,” Jaehwang said. He didn’t think of it as something amazing.

Mr. Hwang then looked very surprised. “Great, that’s the thing that satisfies me the most.”

“I’m flattered.”

“However, aren’t you curious about Gwanjae at all?” Mr. Hwang asked but Jaehwang’s answered remained the same.

“That’s something that I just don’t want to think about.”

“I see…” He replied. What could that mean…

Jaehwang was just like Gwanjae in a way on how he maintained the exclusive system. He was able to get on the good side of the top corporations and even earn his spot in the National Hunters Association.

But, he turned away from it.

Jaehwang could understand why. He had already experienced something like that himself and he still was experiencing it.

“I guess I can see why Gwanjae admires you.” Mr. Hwang said before taking another sip of his tea.

“Well, looks like we’ll have to forget about that for now since we have another plan for you.”

“Huh? What plan?” Jaehwang asked and Mr. Hwang bitterly said.

“Let’s go, we’ll talk once we get there.”

***

Bing bing bing

Mr. Hwang went to the place where Jaehwang’s first heirloom was located. The place was very big and it contained a lot of stuff inside it. There was an elevator that led to a place with a special treatment center in the basement of that building.

On the third floor, there were metal bars blocking off the first treatment room but there was a person inside lying on the bed. That person was attached to a medical device, his height seems lacking and one won’t be able to see anything below his knees.

Jaehwang tried to see what exactly was going on. All of their equipment should be able to heal him completely but he soon realized that things weren’t that simple. He then went inside the room and got closer.

It looked like someone familiar to him but his face was distorted, he couldn’t tell who he was. That was what he initially thought but at the moment he got a better look, he recognized him.

“How did this happen?”

It was Songjae. Why was the Daehyeon clan’s master lying there?

“It’s a long story, I’ll start from the beginning,” Mr. Hwang said as soon as he saw him. Jaehwang still looked at him with a cold expression as his forgiveness was still yet to be given.

“The other day, the Daehyeon group’s president had a private consultation with Gwanjae.”

“A private consultation?” Jaehwang asked.

“Yes. Our president requested a private consultation with Gwanjae. We heard about it and I requested the president to solicit for an arbitration. However, an accident happened.”

“What kind of accident?’

“Songjae came up with quite an impudent scheme.” Mr. Hwang looked at Songjae in pity.

“Maybe if we can take Gwanjae down then we can get him out of the way. Wouldn’t that be a great idea?” Mr. Hwang suggestion wasn’t too good but Songjae wanted to do something. There was a special poison that they could only find in the Alousu along with a few variates of explosives and Songjae had a very detailed plan on how to get it.

Songjae was Gwanjae’s assigned escort for the secret assassination that took place a few weeks ago. There was a total of 50 hunters on that mission.

Jaehwang would have died if he went through that plan. Although his plan was very effective, it had some weak points and that was the reason for its failure.

“Gwanjae got mad about it.”

It was hard to tell exactly what was going on with Gwanjae.

“The media doesn’t know but the hunters that rallied up on the Daehyeon clan’s side died on the scene. Well, there is one left,” Mr. Hwang said, gesturing his chin towards Songjae.

“It is dangerous, even for you. He just managed to survive because of his friend.”

Jaehwang then looked over towards Mr. Hwang and said, “I guess he made a bad decision.”

If they thought that Gwanjae was just a simple and powerful hunter, then they made a terrible miscalculation. Why do these people think that they could possibly fool Gwanjae?

If they were to calculate every little thing, then maybe things could have turned out for the better… Gwanjae has been around for years and he knew everything.

Hunters would sometime think that their progress would stop every time they look at their status window. Of course, that was the not case but that affected a lot of them.

They had around 600 level seven hunters before but that number had dwindled down so low. Why you ask? It’s because of the sudden increase in hunter death rates.

So with that, was Gwanjae’s fighting skills just as good as those powerful hunters were? That was a very funny comparison. It was like saying that all cars with four wheels were exactly the same.

But, there was something scarier than that, Jaehwang couldn’t tell them that Gwanjae was a level 7 hunter.

‘Wasn’t he level 8?’ He thought that he was one of the only two level eight hunters to exist back in the day…

However, Gwanjae was really a level 8 hunter. It’s just not official and Gwanjae was very modest about it.

“Since yesterday, The Daehyeon group’s president has given up on everything related to their clan and after they’re done with Songjae, they’ll come for me.”

“Wow,” Jaehwang said with an angry tone after he heard his explanation. He could now understand why he had to take that ridiculous test. Jaehwang once wanted to destroy the Daehyeon clan himself but he felt about their current state.

He couldn’t be sure about the reason why they’re doing those things.

“Gwanjae told us that it’s up to you. You would get to choose if he lives or dies.”

Mr. Hwang immediately turned his head after he heard that sentence. He heard the sound of an ECG and decided the leave Jaehwang and Songjae there to maybe work things out. After that, Jaehwang walked closer towards the hospital bed that Songjae was lying on.

—…He’s a monster for sure…

—Yeah…

The spirit said in reply to Jaehwang.

Songjae was in an appalling state. He could see that he had lost both of his legs and as he got closer, he could see how badly injured his face actually was. Jaehwang actually couldn’t understand how he survived.

Jaehwang reached his hand towards the side of his head but he dropped it. He knew that he wouldn’t even fully recover if he tried to heal him. Saving him, on the other hand, wasn’t exactly his goal but he wanted to talk to him.

He wanted to tell him about the incident that caused the death of his parents as well as his greatest pain. The only thing that stopped them was the presence of Mr. Hwang who was still nearby. He told him that he wanted revenge and that’s why he pulled his hand.

There was a chance that a war would start with the Daehyeon clan but nevertheless, he wasn’t scared about it. Even if there’s a high chance of them dying, they would deal with it because they brought it upon themselves.

“Huh…” Jaehwang’s parents always told him to be happy. They told him to live his life peacefully and his parents wouldn’t want him to focus on things like revenge. He then took a deep breath and reached out his hand once again. “I will end his suffering.”

Wooshhh…

A ball of light appeared and surrounded Songjae. Jaehwang then placed his hand on Songjae’s head to heal him.

Songjae who was unconscious suddenly opened his eyes and looked towards Jaehwang who was standing next to him.

“Y-You… I’m sorry about what happened to Sooji, I beg you for forgiveness and…”

“…”

“I-I..” He was barely able to speak but soon, the fear in his eyes began to disappear.

Swooshh-

Mr. Hwang couldn’t believe it when he realized what was going on. He thought that Jaehwang wanted to get revenge.

Another Death 2, The end.