novelraw Chapter 317: IN THE NICK OF TIME
Chapter 317: IN THE NICK OF TIME
FUCK.
Haru cursed under his breath as soon as he opened his eyes, realizing that he had lost consciousness when he was supposed to be protecting Moon Noa.
Noa-san...
He got up and looked around, realizing that he was locked up in a white room.
I’m going crazy.
That room looked like an asylum, after all.
Haru tried to teleport out of that room.
But, as expected, his ability didn’t work.
Haru then gathered his Mana in his hands, planning to break the walls.
But before he could do that...
"Haru-nim, don’t waste your time breaking the walls."
Tsk.
When Haru turned around, he frowned when he saw Jin Sooin.
And since the door behind her was open...
I should kill her quickly.
"Haru-nim, even if you get out of this room, you still wouldn’t be able to use your ability," Jin Sooin said. "This place is full of Items that null your ability as an Esper. You have to break the main Nullifying Crystal if you want your skills back. I can take you there."
"Why should I trust you?"
"Because Moon Noa will die if you waste your time killing me."
Tsk.
Haru didn’t want to trust one of Ryu Sungbin’s people, but listening to Jin Sooin seemed to be the fastest way to save Moon Noa.
That was what his instinct was telling him, so...
"Lead the way," Haru said sternly. "But one funny move and you’re dead."
Luckily, Jin Sooin didn’t do anything suspicious.
The female Esper simply guided Haru to another white room.
I guess she’s really here to help.
Anyway, the room had a huge red diamond-shaped crystal attached on the floor, like a giant eye.
Haru frowned when he noticed that standing near it was already nullifying his skills.
"You just have to break this," Jin Sooin said, pointing at the red diamond. "All the nullifying gems in this dungeon would lose its power once this gem breaks."
"You’re physically the strongest among the Top 5 Espers without using Mana," Haru commented. It was a known fact that if it were just physical strength, then Jin Sooin could surely beat both Ki Gayoon and Lee Sarang. Hence... "Why do you need me here? If your intention is to help me, you would have broken that nullifying Item for me already."
"Being sober at a time like this is already pushing my luck," Jin Sooin said, laughing shallowly. "If I directly do something against the people controlling us, then I would die. I’m not scared of dying because I know I deserve it after I betrayed my country. But I can’t die yet."
"Ah, I see."
"You really don’t care, huh?"
"Not my country, not my business. I’m only here for Noa-san."
"Haru-nim, you probably know by now that Sungbin Oppa abandoned and betrayed Moon Noa-ssi to protect him," Jin Sooin said. "Sungbin Oppa suffered all these years, but he endured for the sake of Moon Noa-ssi. You shouldn’t get in their way."
"Whether Sungbin-san was brainwashed or not would not change the fact that he committed crimes," Haru said bluntly. "I really don’t care if he sacrificed everything for Noa-san. I will not give up on Noa-san for someone who’s been hurting him all this time."
"How heartless."
"Are you not yet done here?"
"Yes, yes, I’m going," Jin Sooin said, sighing. And then she pointed at the wall. "Moon Noa-san is in the room next door."
Haru just nodded.
And then Jin Sooin finally left the room.
It wasn’t like he wanted the female Esper gone just because he hated her.
Haru just didn’t want other people to see what else he was capable of as an Esper.
It’s only natural for Espers to hide a skill or two.
In his case, it wasn’t a skill that he wanted to hide— it was an Item.
A weapon, to be precise.
Haru pulled out a katana from his Inventory.
The sword was imbued with Mana, but it didn’t lose its power even after being near the red gem.
That means the gem could only nullify Espers’ power, and not Items.
Great.
Haru stabbed the nullifying gem with the katana using all his physical strength, successfully breaking it into hundreds of pieces.
And, just like that, he felt all his power returning to him.
Noa-san, please wait for me.
Haru then quickly teleported to the other room, just in time to hear the conversation between two enemies.
He concealed his Mana.
Hence, Bambi and Song Heejin hadn’t noticed him standing behind them.
"This sly old fox!" Bambi growled, glaring at the unconscious Moon Noa. "He came here not to surrender, but because he knew we wouldn’t get what we wanted from him!"
"You’re right about calling Moon Noa a sly old fox," Song Heejin said coldly. "Since we don’t have any use for that bastard, let’s just kill him—"
Obviously, that didn’t sit right with Haru.
So, he stabbed Song Heejin in the chest— his Mana-covered hand piercing through her torso, all the while holding the witch’s heart.
"Who’s going to kill whom, huh?"
Bambi turned around and growled upon seeing him. "Haru...!"
Haru teleported when he felt both Bambi and Song Heejin about to attack him, quickly grabbing the unconscious Moon Noa.
He threw the heart that he ripped out of the witch’s chest.
And then he carried Moon Noa in his arms.
"I guess that wasn’t your real heart," Haru commented while looking at Song Heejin, watching as the hole in the witch’s chest closed almost instantly. "Was that the heart of the child you’re possessing?"
Song Heejin smiled. "Who knows?"
"Give Moon Noa back here, Haru," Bambi said, his skin turning pink as his body started ’melting.’ "I’m going to kill that sly old fox!"
"Yeah, that’s not happening," Haru said bluntly, snapping his fingers. "Goodbye."
And, just like that, both Bambi and Song Heejin disappeared from his sight.
Yep, he used his ability to send the two outside the dungeon.
It may seem like he had done it easily, but...
BLERGH.
Haru coughed up a pretty huge chunk of blood, his Mana almost drained after sending two monsters away.
Now, how do we get out of here?
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