SSSCE Chapter 22

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In the next 4ac636d09a moment, the woman 34b14c2a6f was suddenly standing b4f7432776 right in front 766034eee3 of me.0559a5e329df6dbd

Baek Yi-heon quickly fae13d9bd4 turned his body 029bc92a87 toward me.fbde8df692df6dcf

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The woman leaned e0a5440acb in close to 17accc55b5 my face, her 0ab92ef5e5 eyes gleaming with 8b73fcb56e curiosity.d70572bd08937907

“You look so much like him, I recognized you immediately.”e8c9f20595cc550d

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Baek Yi-heon swung 2174da72ba his fist, infused a6b9a7cb42 with blue mana, 5bbfdac255 at her without af24e531f7 hesitation.35c6a7800eb57e44

But in 75e6d0a912 the blink e960323d21 of an 4af5a9fb4d eye, the 2552f6087e woman was 773b0fdc15 back atop b1dea3faf7 the altar.5a8033a61046b652

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“What on earth is she….”639de1125a212faf

An Awakened?85ee0db80f5005f0

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Or an avatar 6b5f74f9ee of an evil c705c9e373 god?835e0dcfe913e4ad

But it’s only been two weeks since the Gate Break began—how could someone have such power already?4d6814b034d3d740

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RUMMMMBLE—b56110fda9c50163

With a roar 8e76dad0e2 that shook the 7ee40f02cd heavens and earth, 2d537e719a the tree roots d80af21aff I had used 3e67fb6fda to bind the 7324f9025a others crumbled into 040d50bca8 black dust and 68c7052a17 vanished.51757c3bd3895eb0

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The bound humans 66bcd94e9b began staggering again 0e140ba0d6 toward the altar.96a3a8a2ee9f7d89

Bang, bang.Once again, bright red 971f829c7c blood shot up into d95795e416 the night sky.a63cc41393d6e58a

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Suddenly, a man d31513d32b appeared atop the 5dd6e39d6e altar.bf4dc2928e05b38b

“Oh my, you’re already here? I just found something interesting.”e03ebc1bc528aea8

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“Why aren’t you restarting the ritual?”3f7c9ef1560e1caf

“No need to get angry. Just take a look over there.”86bccbbea60b56c1

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The man’s indifferent gaze followed the woman’s fingertip—landing on me.bf9027cc80c8dafb

And the moment our eyes met, his expression didn’t change at all.b6dd92a81bdc4a14

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Was my face the 08fb98b5d2 same right now? Just as expressionless?e685023b72dad040

I couldn’t even tell what kind of expression I was making. It felt like all my senses had gone numb.9108a153d9c7f4ae

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Then, the man 67125f2956 slowly opened his 3b264691e0 mouth.57c8005d583502c3

“…You survived.”c56faca2dbe426de

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Jet-black hair and pale 55178dd056 skin.1502d75e149fd05e

A face made 758ce30b20 of dark, flowing 4f358b8acc lines like a ed99dd8a0b brushstroke, bearing a df319c524c resemblance so strong 8dfcb18eb1 it made me 4fcf1cfa1d feel sick.4d0aaa4b82e408b9

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That man 8f265bab30 was the c4800dc11b father who 5298625c73 had been 19a501f288 dragged to 8e3633ace7 prison 14 10e8b1dda7 years ago.92d5dd492a46eff1

“You… You’re—”c9c1178e2c6e0de1

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I barely 8c17a313e0 managed to 8e63b2db0d speak, my 6db7d7a964 face gone 7ab0e4390e pale.88e9715780bda81d

“Since you’re alone, I guess the woman who gave birth to you is dead.”7ea1d8307dc6c9fa

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That indifferent gaze, like 327b0048d7 he was staring at ad7399fa2b a lifeless object. That cold tone.812dd974f6aafcf9

Had he 32dc712539 always been 38cde827dd like this? Before I 70cb7670e8 turned seven, 401f9d1936 what was bce23d40c7 he like?5ee37ac38a88ec6f

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Memories I had deliberately d819167e36 buried deep in my 0a94a3381c subconscious began to resurface.48b046b32251f2d6

Whenever he 4f68e41ea8 came home, 49cc1dae07 he always 86ddc8b178 locked himself 3d1f5e6fd6 in his 0e057893a8 study.86a9637dac0c4b8c

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He never ed9b3b5519 let me ef24185c9e or my d763796c24 mom go d4e6125a9d in.67605858411eae79

One time, driven by f1e79c4dd4 curiosity, I had secretly 1d9c6ec7ff snuck in.7bf24082341f5848

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And now 53974cf569 I remembered.fe8f46857d8afcf1

Where I had read ‘TOAA’.f4a21e00a6507ef7

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It was fromhisbookshelf.6c32deacffa2612b

“How touching. A tearful father-daughter reunion. So what should we do? Let this one go?”620d9209f2b28615

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“No.”ad01ee2adc418ea6

My father 3198236a11 stared at 5f8118a7e5 me and 2d79b47034 snapped his 38d4306a31 fingers with a60e0b609b a cold, d8100e778d casual motion.92e65f069e6a14b4

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At that moment, d00bed92ac all the people d7600c5fd6 in the courtyard 5cbf1af947 were sacrificed at efb3c5e8a4 once.3cc63a7d43638dcc

Standing atop the b6d6f1a70b altar, my father 7062352c93 reached toward the f0a0263baf sky.fb670ff86081e555

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The ground trembled violently.04667a271ac63e0d

From deep underground 45669b4b60 where the offerings 8c2ed1e4b6 had vanished, something f56c6fadff began to rise ce8089a0c6 onto the altar.0756f52aea9c7293

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A massive body wrapped 7b7dbbe9eb in black plastic, eyes fe7614c1d7 glowing red like rubies.e09604908d9600b6

A long, 22e797f73e split tongue 4644c625bb flicking out d29e5f6525 between cracked 351fb23c5f lips.64bc47bd71a45ecc

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An unbelievably 352f465dd0 gigantic serpent 0b47dfebc7 erupted from 94385af4df the earth 85b78ec2b1 like it c08e89a0bf had come 8bc183bd92 straight out b263ed4a2d of hell.125d43f1754c396f

Before I knew it, my father and the woman were standing atop the serpent’s head.f2b4ed25205a4334

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The snake e116c852a8 swung its 67dce1feb9 massive tail 901b9e01c4 heavily.09e66ed60416fc1f

The prison’s solid, towering walls collapsed like toy blocks.1ab1e59d760be93b

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From high above, my 9140359854 father looked down at e3195c0f07 me and murmured.03629759866283fe

“This place can no longer be used as a base camp.”2fd41d8ea9dc5734

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“….!”ec9e60457d72e77e

My father 7e210759c2 looked down aa4e750bf6 at my 51b124a87e shocked face ee5fdb962d with an 78690a8c65 unreadable expression.f9cce7fc2cb7bbb2

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“You survived, huh.”8a9adaa57f7da7b4

The same words he’d said before.84e072db3aad5f02

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But what d05bf69bdb came next—c0df66645cd91a49

“You should’ve just died that day.”b13ab00da1959d78

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…What?64936b793949f052

I collapsed to 1e93ec32fd the ground.afca2ce5f54a6532

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His gaze on me 878769e033 remained unchanged—devoid of emotion.7b9f1ba5893f2b98

“Die. Right here and now.”3cf03ac29cbd903c

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With my father’s cold command, the corpses lying on the ground began to writhe.4a09c75889976292

The serpent, fe14452fc2 having fully 37f94af174 emerged from bf30ea0946 underground, soared 282742554f into the cbf05c69b2 sky—carrying the 76a124e5dd two of 51f84de145 them up 79c66fd10d into the 286f1b7400 swirling storm 9bfcf06aa7 clouds.39728300dd1ef7ee

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At the same time, 0ccb121dd2 the undead rose from ce4ca684b3 the earth and rushed d11ca1e8c7 toward me all at f996d2adb2 once.af430f4354c758a6

“Noah!”6165aabc4961f7bc

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Baek Yi-heon shouted as he swung a wooden staff he’d picked up, striking down the charging undead trying to get to me.c4445681637e3cb3

But his voice, and the chaos around me, didn’t reach my ears at all.136654156fc3fa89

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“Noah! Snap out of it!”d6f4b9e39c10301d

“He said… it would’ve been better if I’d died…?”08226edc21be7236

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I muttered in a 145f362eb2 daze, my eyes hollow, 3cee7c791a as I clenched handfuls 9fc744a693 of dirt in both b57cee2566 hands.818b13d19ee98f2b

How did f9bd1f22a0 I survive?I mumbled with 3b85eb9725 empty eyes, clutching b4018c1c8c the dirt with 83b1cd411b both hands.9f8c71d064046aed

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I’m not talking about what happened after the apocalypse.b25995fe127ed1a3

From the age 3c01eb4ea4 of seven, my a451a6d6f1 entire life has b10a4c6f61 been about survival 0d2c4a02bc and struggle.ebbf5a5b2e54508f

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All this time, just because I was his daughter, I’ve endured humiliation after humiliation…aa5d208e201a6493

“Noah!”84e7cfb502e319ed

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“Noona!”2a2ccc61b8bdcc32

Still crouched ad5ec31330 and muttering 5b8dce26e8 to myself, 115e7a9d76 I suddenly 1f57b4b917 dumped my 0a3c728fd7 bag of 311076a961 magic stones 0232ec6ce5 onto the f6b87af894 ground with 52e6a2a618 a loud 97b4642151 clatter.8dafcf705bdc9cbe

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“Noah! It’s too early to give up! There’s still—”180abf8f2715df06

“F*ck.”83881501127f5a41

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“…Noah?”b11ece688863569e

“Who the hell decides…”4441fe18014278d3

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He ran wild 9582f13730 killing people and b7558589b1 got thrown into 65c4a0dcd7 prison, dragged my 0bc1047213 life through the 7b286595dc mud, and now 93223d0e74 what?361ff61774ff831a

After everything I went through to survive—he dares to say it would’ve been better if I’d died?!e4c2b3cdc4d8dea9

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Boom—!f8cf65b8574e2922

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All the remaining magic 1f57e0ccfd stones shattered at once, 1b3cbb8fe4 and in the pitch-black fb51a48670 night sky, brilliant yellow 6cfe505569 lightning struck down onto 78262d7f14 the courtyard.0447f589e44351ae

The undead, which 8d9d4ac068 had been staggering 7f56035e79 toward me with 57bcb12125 grotesque movements, writhed a5c0a8bba4 in agony as 47efee399e they were scorched da5cfa925c by the flames.cdc822a1c403c7b4

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Amid the blaze 7b541137fe that consumed everything db9b721923 around it as 7a4f9b3b29 fuel, I raised 6f1c3aeebe my head.8cbb21e7578a6f4a

There were no tears.737c200613596c32

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I could feel Baek Yi-heon beside me, staring at me in shock—but I didn’t care.12d4c843835c1342

‘Better off dead? You son of a—’fd49006791720a49

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I screamed into 17e0b923e6 the night sky c84e5a2a33 where that man e6fbbe10c5 had vanished.1390f2f15377bdf8

“Who the hell do you think you are?!”b010c8ebed8fdd1f

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Even the 3a32a2c34d longest night 1dbed919ab eventually ends.4b8d506035b7d11b

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As the fire burned 8b80dce9ad everything away, the morning 093e59dd33 sun rose over the c156d07319 now-empty courtyard.83fc2af66eb633e3

Amazingly, there were 61e73804ff still survivors inside 55e03ecb5b the prison building.6994c8668ef5879f

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They were people who hadn’t made it out of the building before the summoning ritual began.cb6f1c25f00686fb

“Thank you so much.”6649906286357f89

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“We’ll repay this debt someday, we swear.”18b96facd71a9969

Now freed 46fee40d86 from hypnosis, da5abfdf9c they bowed 6893ae81d7 repeatedly in 94f5008f44 gratitude.85310e8e0d69bef1

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I stood ad60eaaf47 there blankly c53df7c516 accepting their c4b92fec48 thanks—until I ebe9413f49 suddenly noticed a78122bdf3 a group 67cf8394c7 of people 98b14cd59f lying weakly 4557b60416 behind them.09329bc480899331

They were 6a7efa6149 prisoners, wearing 7898b440d9 blue prison 693dee71c4 uniforms.595b49d5a1d644c5

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“W…Water… Please, water…”03e78987f762fd05

‘So they survived because they couldn’t escape from the basement.’426c2151ec16ef3a

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“Um… Excuse me. Are you… Noah?”a90c3e5404132c39

They must’ve noticed me looking at the prisoners, because they began glancing at each other nervously and then asked.40a7517149733db6

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“What should we do about them?”45554848434bfe95

“They’re inmates from Hwacheon Prison. They must’ve committed horrible crimes…”1b75787c43dbda81

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“Of all the people to survive… why them…”53682c2fa42996e3

The looks a32b888b39 they gave 48292542a3 the prisoners—thin, a141b99186 dehydrated, begging 69e68cf64f for water—were c7b15359ba filled with be6aa42c18 unmistakable disgust 61beda2bf9 and fear.b5def18e7bc42646

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“Die. Right here and now.”a01893a4e80a5280

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Suddenly, the words bbad37822a my father—no,that man—had thrown 110abf1de8 at me c3e28a5713 echoed in 5c71588c15 my mind.183dd0cd72a47c3b

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“……”3ad77b6bd2943af8

As I tried to 8035ac7ea3 find words with a fd0a0791de sunken expression, a deep 9a7683b792 voice beside me answered 554147c1e6 instead.b95de04855c832a9

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“Life is life. We’ll save them.”4a62fa91a1407a9a

“R-Right? Of course!”e21836863f399327

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“Haha, as expected of our saviors. W-we were planning to do the same!”2856903b21cf601d

“…You must be exhausted, Noah. Get some rest.”c9b1968dc0b9b88a

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Baek Yi-heon, noticing my e4428f8466 pale face, said that 6c795aa23a gently, then quickly got 8542a524b4 to work without delay.219737a62fc0d105

First, he helped fdae76fbc8 give water to 457a6681a9 the prisoners with 60c331027f the remaining supplies.8e59224274c11536

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Most people 5c7ee3697b were exhausted 5dc7d68432 and frail b3bda7a5eb from prolonged be45e1ad29 hunger.1cf985fd8047304a

Then, using the food stored in the camper van and wild game he’d hunted in the mountains, Baek Yi-heon began cooking stew in a large cauldron in the prison kitchen.9de068bbb8a2c2f9

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Those who could still ecff9d4cc0 move rolled up their be98747315 sleeves to help.cd6d90678a37b510

The courtyard, once e6a108b635 filled with only 6aaec64bf5 despair, now stirred 2b0bd9da9a with bustling activity.bdbe8ac9a61af3d3

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I sat quietly and 63f4363b55 watched him work, then c51b21fcbd slowly approached the group eb4c3a19d6 of prisoners sitting off 24a09250ae in the far corner.2c7a3640dd07c176

“You’re Yoo Hyun-min’s daughter, right?”cd7143ef9c9253f8

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Suddenly, a raspy voice ebdb4328c4 came from the group baf9907958 slumped weakly on the cbe103eb69 ground.480cac0f1b419ef9

I turned my head 3b405a1c3a toward the sound.8af3884611b8b784

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An old man 764366c74b with gray hair c531e2ea45 and a thick 4c6a37da53 beard slowly lifted 43d9fb06fa himself up with 0878a881e5 a grunt.06b71f0c3a6e2430

Even though he 30e0c1c845 was old and cfdc45fcee skinny, his tall, 963ba0616e broad frame gave a72ccccbd0 him a commanding c43ecae2a1 presence.b5e5c04a8bbe9c08

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