Naturally, the warning message that spread throughout the continent was relayed to Akrich and his proxy as well. 

[Any castle in the Empire is fine! Find and inform them of the whereabouts of the Heaven-Defying Seeker of Tao and his Companion! That is the only option left for you!]

At the repeated warning, a woman, Ji Sang-Hee, snorted. 

“It wouldn’t be enough even if he was begging us to lift the curse. What is he doing?”

She didn’t seem to be taking the warning very seriously.

[For him to have stepped forward at this point, it means that things in the West didn’t work out as well as expected.]

Akrich thought differently.

[Either the Dragon and her Contractor are much stronger than we thought, or the other Transcendentals are far more incompetent than we thought. Neither is good for us.]

“Who cares. Either way, the curse was successful and we’re the ones holding the sword.”

Ji Sang-Hee said that no matter how great the Dragon Lord and her Contractor were, there was nothing they could do in front of his dying child and wife.

“It’s about time for the full effect of the curse to slowly show itself. I don’t know...