Their first priority was to subdue Sangun. However, Ungnyeo’s response was cold and sad, “I can’t control him.”

She continued in an exhausted manner, “I tried everything I could. Even when I tried to pull out the energy of the demonic curse using the mana of the seal, the aura around him was too strong…it’s impossible.”

Basically, she was saying that they had no other choice.

“Are you saying that I have no other choice but to kill him?” Lee Jun-Kyeong asked incredulously.

Ungnyeo trembled at his harsh words. However, she eventually had no choice but to nod slowly.

“Yes.”

Ungnyeo was at a loss with how to proceed. She had tried to end her life here together with Sangun, but all of her plans had gotten twisted with Lee Jun-Kyeong’s sudden appearance.

‘I…’

She stood, her world falling apart around her.

‘What should I do?’

As Ungnyeo worried, she heard something whisper into her ear, “Go rest for now.”

It was Lee Jun-Kyeong.

“And…”

Lee Jun-Kyeong ran forward wielding Muspel's spear.

"I might have a way.”

As he ran forward without hesitation, Ungnyeo looked at the figure advancing in front of her. His back as he stepped forward while holding the spear looked incredibly wide to her.

It...