“Lou!” When Gi-Gyu shouted in excitement, Lou replied,

-You can’t lose your focus now, you idiot.

Heeding the warning, Gi-Gyu moved; seconds later, a long sword pierced that spot. The other blades in the sword hurricane also began rushing toward Gi-Gyu as if on cue. 

“Impressive,” the half-man murmured. 

-Hey, why is that dude making such awkward comments?

When Lou tried to joke, Gi-Gyu replied as he blocked one of the black swords, “How should I know?!”

Slash!

The hurricane gave Gi-Gyu numerous gashes; they were bleeding heavily. Thankfully, he wasn’t in much pain. The stamina regeneration potion he drank earlier was helping him greatly. When the black swords around him slowed for a bit, Gi-Gyu took a moment to breathe and asked, “Your physical body?! What does that mean?”

-...

Lou didn’t answer immediately; instead, he took his time replying. 

-What is there to understand? As I said, that’s my body.

“I heard you the first time, but what exactly does that mean?” Gi-Gyu asked again, still confused. 

-I used that body when I was alive.

Lou sounded bitter as he explained. A shocked and still very confused Gi-Gyu gaped, but he slowly began piecing the puzzle together. Gi-Gyu murmured, “When you were alive?”

Gi-Gyu remembered El mentioning something like this, but at...