Possessor #2 Just Wants to Fangirl Chapter 77

At the same time, Ki Hyeonmin had barely caught up with the yellow-skinned TA.

“Tch, not here either!”

The TA was moving while stopping at multiple destinations.

Ki Hyeonmin didn’t know this, but it was because Gyeon Junhwi had scattered various concentrations of raw mana throughout this area while conducting ‘bug experiments.’

The purpose was to disrupt mana wavelengths and prevent an Outbreak. The preventive measure had worked.

After drawing blanks at several candidate sites, the TA finally found a usable location.

A massive sinkhole in the middle of the desert. The Well of Barhout.

The TA set Park Rahee down on the ground, then began harassing her.

“Did you really not manage to collect even a single strand?”

“I-I’m sorry!”

“You stuck so close to her and still couldn’t collect anything?”

“Th-that’s… there really wasn’t anything falling.”

The conversation was strange.

But the moment he tried approaching, the TA turned his head in this direction.

‘Yellow-skinned of all types.’

If Yeon Sora’s words were correct, this was the evolved form. This TA could already detect Ki Hyeonmin’s presence to some degree.

When Ki Hyeonmin stepped back one pace, the TA also turned his head away.

After knocking Park Rahee unconscious, the TA shouldered her with one arm while channeling mana to begin drawing a magic circle in midair.

Meanwhile, Ki Hyeonmin surveyed the nearby terrain.

‘That’s the only option.’

A small cabin was visible.

The cabin used by the ‘Gatekeeper of Hell.’

He needed to rescue Park Rahee, transport her to that cabin, lock her inside, then deal with the TA.

The problem was whether he could reach there safely.

‘Troublesome.’

It wasn’t a close distance.

Moreover, he couldn’t use Stealth while making physical contact with another person. Meaning moving while concealed was impossible.

Ki Hyeonmin would have to move while carrying Park Rahee, but she was unconscious. An unconscious person couldn’t maintain their own balance. Transporting her would be difficult.

The enemy’s speed was vastly superior, and to make matters worse, dozens of Deathworm poison stingers floated around the yellow TA.

If Park Rahee took all those hits, she would die.

‘Can I block them with one arm?’

Secure Park Rahee with his left arm while simultaneously using that arm to take the Deathworm poison stingers. The stingers’ effect was paralysis.

Perhaps it might even help secure Park Rahee’s body. He could take up to five hits.

Even so…

‘The odds are slim.’

Overwhelmingly disadvantageous conditions.

If he could become the decoy, that would be ideal, but that method wouldn’t work. Earlier, the TA had abandoned Ki Hyeonmin and moved while only carrying Park Rahee.

His hands grew cold.

Just as Ki Hyeonmin clenched his fist to bring back warmth—

“I-it’s a trap! A-and… and Y-Yeon Sora again!”

Someone approached while shouting.

The red-skinned TA.

‘The worst.’

Should have eliminated him earlier…

He’d chosen the victim over the enemy in that split second.

This was the result.

Now Ki Hyeonmin had to rescue Park Rahee while facing two TAs.

“Why did you come here! Your mission isn’t here!”

“Y-your communication device disappeared!”

“What are you talking about? You had it when receiving the blessing!”

“It’s Yeon Sora! That bitch touched my communication device!”

“Yeon Soraaaaa!”

The twins didn’t know, but the real culprit was Gyeon Junhwi.

He’d been planting <Arachne’s Web> on the twins’ belongings intermittently.

Once separated beyond a certain distance, items embedded with spider threads were automatically retrieved and transferred to Gyeon Junhwi’s inventory.

He’d been unable to tamper with the communication devices, but thanks to Yeon Sora boldly stealing and handing over the TAs’ communication devices, he’d secured those as well.

“She must’ve pulled something back then!”

“This location was probably discovered too!”

“How?”

“Don’t you remember what that bitch said after entering the desert?”

“Sinkhole!”

“It was a warning!”

“Yeon Soraaaaa!”

“Yeon Soraaaaaa!”

‘Strange talk.’

Ki Hyeonmin was the one who’d informed about this area’s sinkhole locations. Yeon Sora had merely relayed that information to the other team members through Drone Eye.

‘Their minds are compromised.’

Becoming half-monster occasionally caused abnormalities in thought processes.

The twins’ emotions were escalating.

An opportunity.

If these two set Park Rahee down for even a moment, he could approach and escape in that instant.

Just as he made that resolve—

Whiiiiir—

A multicolored pattern appeared in the nearby air.

A hexagonal pattern.

The mark of a teleportation scroll.

And a familiar figure emerged from within.

“Aaaaahhhhh!”

“Y-Yeon Soraaaaaa!”

* * *

“Yeon Soraaaaaa!”

“Yeon Soraaaaaa!”

Holy crap.

People calling my name so passionately—this is a first. Genuinely startled me.

Everyone appeared together but the twins only have eyes for me.

But I didn’t come to see the twins.

‘Ki Hyeonmin isn’t here yet!’

Scanning the surroundings, there’s no trace of my baby.

Plus the red TA is carrying Park Rahee on his shoulder.

We arrived before the hostage situation!

‘The magic circle’s still being drawn.’

There’s a three-dimensional formula drawn in midair with colorful stones embedded inside. The arrangement looks similar to a Christmas tree.

Those sparkly things are soul stones.

“H-hurry! Yeon Sora’s mine to handle! You complete the circle!”

Haven’t finished drawing it yet?

The red one resumed drawing the magic circle, while the yellow one approached this way.

Dozens of needles float above the yellow one’s head.

“Watch out! He’s coming this way!”

Our Juwan already has his whip drawn.

Boram also has a doll and needle in hand.

Gyeon Junhwi is holding mine and Seong Hayul’s hands while stepping back.

Rat-tat-tat—

Dozens, hundreds of needles fly toward us.

I absolutely can’t dodge those.

But I don’t need to dodge.

Because I trust my babies.

Swiiish—

Yeom Juwan’s black flame whip spun like a windmill, deflecting all the needles heading our way.

The second needle volley followed immediately, but—

“Kyaaaaa!”

Han Boram screamed.

In response to her cry, a tornado formed around us, nullifying the second needle attack.

Han Boram’s unconscious curse activates when she senses mortal danger.

But both Juwan and Boram… there’s hesitation in their movements.

They’re wavering.

Fighting monsters is different from this—they’re holding back.

‘Right, it’s their first time with people.’

Though the twins inherited monster powers, their fundamental nature is human. Aside from their skin transforming somewhat grotesquely, their appearance is human too.

Plus Juwan and Boram don’t know the mastermind’s identity, so to them these are just ‘TAs who were unlucky enough to get hit by a bug.’

If they actually killed the twins, it would leave trauma.

I need to step up.

I’ve been mentally preparing for this all along.

【Casting Yeom Juwan’s skill <Flame Baptism>】

The twins appear on my radar.

I can use a total of 10 flame spears.

Normally one drops per monster, but I pleaded for all of them to hit just these two twins while casting the skill.

KA-BOOM!

The igniting spears struck the twins.

A total of 8.

But unexpected results occurred.

“Kraaaaa!”

“Y-Y-Yeon Soraaaaaa!”

The twins didn’t die.

Both arms and legs bore blackened scorch marks.

My flame spears that had consistently pierced vital points until now… had only targeted the twins’ limbs.

This was unprecedented, leaving me flustered.

“I-I got it! Yeon Sora’s trying to capture us alive!”

“I-information! She’s going to torture us for information!”

The twins are spouting nonsense.

I never spare villains alive.

Because letting them live only to have them escape and create frustrating plot developments is exactly what I hate.

The twins absolutely must die here!

I clenched my fist tight and launched the skill again.

KA-BOOM!

KA-BOOM!

“Kraaaaa!”

“Just kill me! You cruel bitch!”

…But this is strange.

Even after launching the skill twice more, my flame spears only attack their limbs.

Even amid my confusion, I’m starting to understand the reason.

‘Strong will…’

All abilities in this worldview stem from will.

Skills only manifest when you genuinely desire them from the depths of your heart… but I can’t truly desire the villain’s death.

Suddenly a conversation I’d had with Dad in my distant previous life flashes through my mind like a life review.

We’d been watching an American drama with a serial killer where the victim blew the villain’s head off with a gun.

— Ugh! Still, that’s too much, shooting them in the head right away, isn’t it?

— Sweetheart, saying things like that makes Dad nervous. In those situations, it’s always the head.

— But shooting just the arms and legs would stop them. The police are coming soon anyway…

The person who’d argued for attacking limbs back then was me.

My previous life self, Seo Juyoung.

That was my fundamental nature.

I was someone with such a weak disposition that even holding a gun with a serial killer approaching, I’d attack arms and legs to bring them down.

But!

‘I can’t do that!’

I can’t survive <On the Brink of Destruction> with such a pathetically weak mindset.

For my sake… no, for my babies’ sake!

This is a flaw I must overcome.

‘It’s okay! I can do this!’

Someone who can’t even kill a mosquito—I eliminated hundreds of monsters today.

I killed mummies and killed Deathworms too.

Not satisfied with that, I’m also enthusiastically supporting Deathworm corpse dismemberment.

The next step is villains.

I will never become a hypocrite crying ‘villains are human too! Human life is equally precious!’

Even Ki Hyeonmin with his absolute good alignment executes villains immediately!

I steadied my breathing and reignited my killing intent.

“Just kill me already!”

“You merciless XXXX!”

The villains are mocking me, but I can’t waver.

Killkillkillkill…

KA-BOOM!

KA-BOOM!

Failure again this time.

But one of the flame spears landed on a torso.

Just a bit more…

Then—

Whoosh!

Swiiish!

Pure white blade light flashed, and the twins collapsed immediately.

In my field of vision appeared Ki Hyeonmin holding Park Rahee in his arms.

‘So it ends like this after all…’

Ki Hyeonmin finished them.

Tears well up at the corners of my eyes for no reason.

Even I who resolved that villains deserve to die found this difficult…

Ki Hyeonmin who couldn’t just watch victims suffer accomplished this.

My heart tingles strangely.

* * *

While holding Park Rahee, Ki Hyeonmin stabbed the villains’ vital points for confirmation kills.

After that, he approached us with sharp eyes.

“Why did you come?”

“T-t-to rescue Rahee!”

“Ki Hyeonmin, are you hurt?”

He seems quite angry, but he just lets out a deep sigh. More pressing matters take priority right now.

“Rahee, hand her over here.”

When I extended both arms, Ki Hyeonmin passed Park Rahee over. I transferred Park Rahee’s limp body directly to Han Boram.

“R-Rahee! I-I’m sorry! I-I let go of your hand…”

As Han Boram tearfully embraced Park Rahee, I pulled a potion from my inventory and held it out.

“Boram, feed this to Park Rahee.”

“R-Resurrection Potion?”

“No, Sleeping Potion.”

“Huh? Sleeping?”

Han Boram’s eyes widened, but I was resolute.

“Rahee was too close to the bug. She might be in bug state when she wakes up. Better to keep her unconscious until sending her to the medical wing.”

“A-ah! R-right!”

“Seong Hayul, help me tie up her arms and legs.”

“Isn’t that going too far?”

“Earlier, Park Rahee walked out of the barrier on her own feet. She’s already been hit by the bug. This entire situation’s source is her.”

“……”

Right, Park Rahee is frustrating!

She walked out while entranced earlier, didn’t she?

I need to safely restrain her and hand her to Ha Seonwoo, then use her to identify the hidden mastermind.

I pulled magically reinforced rope from my inventory and began restraining Park Rahee’s body… but with Yeon Sora’s arm strength, the binding won’t tighten properly.

“That’s not how you do it. Move.”

Surprisingly, Ki Hyeonmin stepped up to help with the restraints.

He even pressed Park Rahee’s pressure points using acupressure techniques.

Right, frustration prevention! He’s helping!

But his gaze toward me is extremely peculiar.

A look saying we need to have an identity discussion.

I agree with that too.

“Seong Hayul and Yeom Juwan, come with me for a bit.”

Meanwhile, Gyeon Junhwi took those two and moved toward the magic circle.

Gyeon Junhwi is also serious about frustration prevention.

Even with the villains dead, that circle must be dismantled.

Fwoooosh—

Gyeon Junhwi reached out and attempted a looting skill, but the magic circle didn’t collapse.

Too bad.

If his level were just a bit higher, the soul stones alone would have popped out with looting… we’re still conducting 1st floor practicals.

Even after ten attempts, the magic circle’s soul stones wouldn’t budge.

“No choice but to manually dismantle it. Seong Hayul, help me disable this manually.”

“Huh? Uh…”

“You studied magic circle design in advance, right?”

Seong Hayul, you can do that too?

She’s not my bias so I don’t know super detailed things about her.

But earlier when I borrowed her textbook for genius cosplay, it was thoroughly underlined with wear marks everywhere.

‘Ugh…’

Thinking about the genius cosplay makes my heart ache.

The atmosphere was totally unconvinced.

I scattered various settings today to prevent destruction, but the genius one probably needs retirement.

“Yeom Juwan, come with me.”

Gyeon Junhwi approached the collapsed twins and attempted looting.

Even approaching the dead villains, he brought Yeom Juwan as escort—truly reliable.

Fwoooosh—

He attempted looting, but something rose through the light before sinking back.

But there seems to be potential.

‘In the midst of this, collecting even soul stones… truly my baby!’

Watching him thoroughly strip everything clean makes my heart feel secure already.

Better to extract those now. After an hour post-death, looting becomes impossible.

In the original, the soul stones were obtained much later, but this time they’re acquired on the 1st floor!

“Taking a while.”

After five looting attempts, Gyeon Junhwi finally succeeded and wiped sweat from his forehead.

But…

‘Amazing…!’

An incredible detail not described in the original appeared.

Our Junhwi… when wiping sweat… uses the back of his hand?

Not sweeping with his palm but using the back of his hand?

This tiny detail difference creates a tremendous effect.

My baby… has total romance comic material!

Wow, insane! Author-nim, why didn’t you transcribe such crucial details into text!

Sweat more!!!

I watched Gyeon Junhwi’s next looting target—the TA—with anticipation.

But then—

‘Huh?’

Strange mist-like vapor is rising above the yellow TA.

An oddly colored mist.

I can’t even describe this color.

“Watch out for that yellow one!”

I sounded the alarm, but the other team members’ eyes remained indifferent while looking at the TA.

Could that… only I can see it?