Baekrok, who ran out of the workshop, hurriedly looked for Tang Sochu. But the figure of Tang Sochu remained nowhere to be seen.
‘Damn it!’
Baekrok clenched his teeth.
His mission could only be considered as a success if he could kill Tang Sochu. However, not only did he fail in killing Tang Sochu, but he also suffered serious injuries in the process.
This was a failure that will remain in the history of the Hundred Wraith Union.
He had nothing to say even if he died.
Ever since he started working as an assassin, he had always lived with his own death in mind. So he didn’t fear death. But he had to make sure that he finishes his work before he could die.
He glanced at the workshop.
Through the window, he could see the poisonous smoke that filled the studio. Pyo-wol seemed likely to jump out of the room at any moment.
Baekrok grabbed a broomstick which was rolling nearby and wrapped it around his severed ankle. He cut off the tip, adjusted the length before standing up.
He felt excruciating pain in his broken ankle. Even if a broomstick was used as a support, it didn’t lessen the pain at all.
Even though he was an assassin who was accustomed to pain, it was impossible for him to walk if one of his ankles had been cut off like this.
Baekrok took three or four pills from his chest and poured them into his mouth.
What he took were pills that could temporarily boost his vitality. While the pill could alleviate his pain and temporarily improve his vitality, the aftereffects were so severe that he preferred not to use it not unless he was in a crisis situation.
As he took three or four pills, the pain he felt from his wound instantly disappeared, and his whole body was full of energy.
However, his energized state was only temporary. He had to get out of this hellish place before the medicinal effects of the pills disappeared.
Baekrok ran to the escape route he had thought of in advance. Even with the broomstick tied around his foot as support, his movements were much clumsier than normal.
While the medicinal pill helped, his fear played a bigger role in pushing him to escape.
A Soul-Reaping Thread flew in and pierced through his intact ankle.
“Ugh!”
Baekrok let out a moan without knowing it.
Although he had been an active assassin for more than 20 years, he had never felt such extreme fear as now.
‘Where did such a demon come from?
Pyo-wol was by no means a little frog.
He was like a giant snake tethered to the well.
His size was beyond measure. The moment he decides to break the well and comes out into the world, an unbearable disaster will strike the world.
So before that could happen, Baekrok had to inform the Hundred Wraith Union of Pyo-wol’s existence.
The information the Hundred Wraith Union had on Pyo-wol was just the tip of the iceberg. It was necessary to inform them of the reality of Pyo-wol so that they could make the necessary preparations against him.
Baekrok ran frantically down to his retreat route.
From the huge boulevard to the alley, from the alley to the river, crossed the bridge again and passed through the slums.
It was the perfect space for all to erase their traces.
Even for an expert in tracking, it was not easy to track the spaces he passed in a short time.
Still, Baekrok was not relieved.
Pyo-wol, like himself, was an expert in tracking. If he can’t shake off Pyo-wol now, then he had no place for him to stay.
Baekrok ran with all his might.
As he sprinted like that, he soon arrived at the outskirts of Chengdu.
The Min River could be seen in the distance.
The Min River is a huge river flowing around the outskirts of Chengdu, and was one of the four rivers from which the name Sichuan was derived.
Baekrok searched through the grass near the Min River. It was there where he hid a small boat.
Only by boarding the boat and traveling across on the Min River could he finally relax.
Fortunately enough, he didn’t find any difficulty in finding the boat. He had placed a mark that was easily recognizable.
A look of joy appeared on Baekrok’s face.
He wasn’t usually an emotional person, but this time was different. The thought that he could finally get out of this hell made his heart beat faster than usual.
When it was time for him to hurriedly pull the boat out of the grass,
Ki-ying!
Suddenly, a sharp cracking sound rang out.
“Keuk!”
Baekrok instinctively let go of the boat and backed away.
Bang!
At that moment, a round wheel flew and smashed the boat right in front of them.
Baekrok’s eyes trembled greatly as he watched his boat breaking into pieces.
That was then.
Ku-ying! Kiiing!
The sound of cogs rolling reverberated through the air.
Feeling a sense of crisis, Baekrok immediately twisted his body here and there.
Two wheels passed by him.
“Crazy!”
The wheel circled through air like a living creature with a will of its own and attacked Baekrok again.
Baekrok used his assassin’s instincts to the fullest to avoid the wheel. However, the more he avoided it, the attack interval between the wheels increased.
At first there were only two, but before he knew it, there were four wheels crossing and attacking him.
Baekrok could not dodge any more and swung his rapier to block the attack.
Kakakang!
The wheel bounced off the rapier. However, it quickly turned around again and attacked Baekrok.
“Shit!”
A light of despair appeared on Baekrok’s face.
He had never experienced such a devilish wheel attack before.
He would have had a chance of winning the match if his body was fine, but he couldn’t because of his severed ankle.
Sung-dong!
In the end, his remaining ankle was cut off by the wheel.
“Keurgh!”
Baekrok fell to the floor while screaming.
The wheel, who didn’t miss the gap, flew in and cut off his right arm.
“Kerhyuk!”
Baekrok’s eyes widened.
It would have been less painful if he had fainted, but he couldn’t because of the pills he took voluntarily. The pills were maintaining his vitality.
At that moment, a small boy appeared.
He stood silently in front of him, who had collapsed on the floor.
Three or four rings hung around the boy’s neck like ornaments. The rattling sound of the wheels hitting each other could not be so terrifying at this moment.
As the boy stretched out his hand, the wheels that were spinning freely flew and went back to his hands.
“Ta-da!”
The boy hung the wheel around his neck and spread his arms playfully.
“Ugh! Who are you?”
“Me? I’m Soma. I was waiting here after listening to my brother.”
“What?”
“My brother said that you’d show up if I wait here. It was getting a little boring because you showed up later than I thought, but you showed up anyway. Hehe!”
Soma grinned.
“You mean he predicted my escape route? How did he know?”
“Brother knows everything. I don’t know how, but he just knows everything. So all I have to do is listen to what he has to say.”
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