One Day, a Villain Fell into My Wardrobe – Chapter 79

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Thanks to Baal, who would glance at him and signal whenever he tried to move even a little, Yeon Ji-ho had to stand still nearby and watch his battle.

At first, Baal fought with his bare hands as if accustomed to it, but at some point, he became used to wielding the chains wrapped around his wrists. Born as a war machine, Baal easily used even unfamiliar tools as if they were his own hands.

Meanwhile, watching this was a series of shocks for Yeon Ji-ho.

“Damn it, capture that bastard somehow!”

“Don’t retreat! It’s the Emperor’s order!”

Baal acted without mercy for his opponents. He didn’t hesitate to break necks or snap arms.

However, for Yeon Ji-ho, who had lived an ordinary life, this whole scene was unbelievable. Not only Baal but also the knights were breaking and cutting human bodies without hesitation.

“He’ll surely tire at some point! Wait for that moment!”

As he was watching blankly, Yeon Ji-ho snapped to attention at the voice of someone who seemed to be the knight commander.

Baal wasn’t invincible, and although special, he was still human. Surely he would tire if he kept fighting one against many like this.

It was then that Yeon Ji-ho, who had been quietly watching due to Baal’s warning, started to move. He turned and began running in the opposite direction from Baal.

He had to find Set.

“Aaaaargh!”

“Damn it, why is this bastard suddenly… Aaargh!”

But as soon as Yeon Ji-ho left his spot, Baal’s resistance, which had been gradually weakening, intensified. Baal’s bright red eyes wouldn’t leave Yeon Ji-ho’s back.

At that moment, Baal felt a strange sensation.

A maddening desire he had never felt in his life arose. For Baal, who was considered the closest to a beast among Gorgon’s beasts, the most important thing was ‘survival’.

He was the most independent life form, with only survival instincts flashing while being indifferent to everything else.

But this was strange.

The moment he saw Yeon Ji-ho, he felt an unusual hunger. Even though Baal wouldn’t think of eating people unless he was extremely hungry, even if he could actually eat them, he felt this way.

So Baal judged, no, mistook this hunger as wanting to eat Yeon Ji-ho.

“Baal! I’m not running away right now!”

This is not hunger.

“I’ll definitely come back, so please… just hold on for a moment!”

This is greed.

He wants to possess that now. Not to put it in his stomach to fill it, but to make it entirely his own so that no one can steal it…

That thought struck like lightning. Baal’s bright red eyes darkened as if they had absorbed blood. Baal’s breath became rough at the strangely flashing thought.

It felt exactly like someone was manipulating his body and mind like a puppet. It was as if an unknown someone was whispering in his ear to possess that.

“Ahahaha.”

At that moment, laughter echoed in Baal’s ears. He stopped his mechanically moving hands and turned his head towards the direction of the laughter.

By then, Yeon Ji-ho had long disappeared, and the knights’ battle formation had also somewhat relaxed. And someone appeared among them.

“It seems this new god is quite cunning.”

“…”

“Giving desire to a beast that doesn’t know its place.”

As soon as Hadad appeared, the knights’ attitude changed. They all knelt down at once and bowed their heads towards Hadad. Hadad looked down at them with an extremely kind smile.

As Hadad slowly walked towards Baal, parting the knights, Baal’s raised hand dropped. The sound of chains dragging echoed in the air.

Baal looked at Hadad with incomprehensible eyes. Hadad’s lips curved into a smile.

“You also desire ‘Ji-ho’, don’t you?”

“…”

“Don’t worry. That’s a very natural principle.”

With each small movement Hadad made, all of Baal’s muscles tensed strongly. Baal, whose survival instinct was superior to anyone else’s, knew very well that Hadad was a completely different being from the insignificant knights he had just faced.

“But if everyone tries to possess something just because they desire it, there’s nothing more presumptuous than that.”

Baal was sufficiently tense. The only reason he didn’t move rashly was that Hadad hadn’t drawn his sword yet. Unlike Set who could create swords with sword energy, Hadad needed to use an actual sword to generate sword energy.

If there was any sign of him reaching for the sword at his waist, Baal had no intention of staying still. That would be Baal’s only chance to defeat Hadad.

But at that moment.

“A beast should act like a beast.”

Baal’s eyes blinked. He slowly looked down at his chest.

A long sword wound was deeply engraved on his exposed chest. It happened in the blink of an eye.

When could it have happened? Even looking back at Hadad, there was no trace of the sword at his waist being drawn. His sword energy had sliced through Baal’s chest without even unsheathing the sword.

As confusion rather than pain appeared on Baal’s face, Hadad smiled gently. He kindly answered the curious Baal.

“Why, did you think only Set was allowed to create swords with sword energy?”

Tsk, tsk.

Hadad clicked his tongue with a regretful face. The next moment, he raised his hand and created a dark red sword above it. The sword in his hand was literally ‘a sword created with sword energy’.

“Back then, I simply had no need for it.”

“…”

“The story isn’t over yet, so the protagonist must continue to grow.”

Right?

***

“Set…!”

Where could he be? Given the time, he must surely be somewhere in this imperial palace.

Before Baal fell, he had to find Set quickly. Focused solely on this thought, Yeon Ji-ho wandered around the imperial palace without even thinking of hiding his appearance.

However, perhaps thanks to Baal drawing so much attention on one side, surprisingly, he encountered no one. It was when Yeon Ji-ho, who had been wandering for a long time, had just left the garden and reached another building.

“Come on, everyone return to your quarters and don’t move today!”

“What’s suddenly happening? The soldiers look really grim…”

“They say a prisoner escaped. And not just any prisoner, but ‘that’ beast.”

Yeon Ji-ho, spotting several servants moving together, approached them quietly. He thought he might be able to get some information.

“I heard the outer fortress is in chaos too. My friend who works in the outer fortress hasn’t said anything.”

“Oh my, could it be that he’s really revived? That infamous demon?”

“Let’s not say such scary things. Do you remember how hard it was for His Majesty to capture him back then?”

Outer fortress?

Yeon Ji-ho’s aimless wandering finally found direction. It seemed Set and his group were still in the outer fortress. From what these people were saying, this place seemed to be the ‘inner fortress’…

As Yeon Ji-ho hesitated, trying to hear more of their conversation, someone suddenly grabbed his shoulder.

“Who are you?”

Turning his head, he saw a man who looked about the same age as Yeon Ji-ho. As Yeon Ji-ho hesitated to answer the question, it happened.

“Oh! They say Lord Reckless, who was away, has returned!”

“Wow, that’s a relief!”

The servants’ voices rose again at someone’s shout. Thanks to this, the attention of the man who had spoken to Yeon Ji-ho shifted elsewhere.

“Well then, let’s all hurry back to our quarters. Let’s not come out again and get involved in unnecessary trouble.”

Taking advantage of the commotion, Yeon Ji-ho slowly backed away. Even the man who had spoken to him was now talking to someone else.

After putting some distance between them, Yeon Ji-ho turned completely and started running in the opposite direction from them.

The thought of needing to go to the outer fortress, along with the news of Reckless’s return, complicated his mind. Then what about Apophis and Nen…

Thwack!

And simultaneously, someone grabbed his wrist. It was when Yeon Ji-ho instinctively tried to shake off the hand.