The figure was a man with a spear.

‘Boss? He’s alive?’ 

Jenny felt joy when she recognized Choi Yu-Seong. She had no idea how he had survived, but he looked quite alright and was right in front of them now.

"Ah… Ah…!" At that moment, Jin Yu-Ri cried tears of joy. Like a young child learning to speak, she couldn’t properly articulate her thoughts.

At that moment, a bright light flashed right by her. It was Geom-Gui as he sped toward Yu-Seong.

"Since you’ve taken away the most precious person to me, I will return the favor. Watch with your own eyes.”

Yu-Ri and Jenny’s eyes widened. Yu-Ri formed a black whip to try to hold Geom-Gui back, but her injuries slowed her down. Jenny immediately fired a bullet as well, but it couldn’t reach the madly speeding Geom-Gui in time.

‘No!’ 

The two women screamed inwardly at the same time.

***

Several seconds before the mana exploded in the warehouse, Yu-Seong recalled something written in the original novel [Modern Master Returns]

'The mana explosion during Re-Awakening is caused by mana colliding in the air.’

In other words, even if Ye-Ryeong disappeared, the mana explosion would still happen. The source of the explosion wasn’t Ye-Ryeong’s physical body at all. This meant that as...