After creating a bloodbath, Seo Jun-Ho went back to Paradise and began to rescue the imprisoned Players.

“Sob… I thought I was going to die here…”

“Thank you so much. Thank you…!”

“P-please help me out, too!”

The people who had been recently kidnapped were in a comparatively better state than the others. At the very least, they could all use human speech.

The issue was with those—those who had been here for a long time.

“Eu…Grrr…”

“Kaaaak!” 

They were restrained on their beds, with dozens of needles piercing their skin. They all had red eyes, and part of their bodies had transformed to resemble a monster’s.

‘This is…’ 

They hadn’t just been fed demon’s blood. Just like the way the fiends implanted demon jade in monsters, these were the remnants of a human experiment trying to fuse Players and monsters into one.

“What would you like me to do?” he asked respectfully after removing their bindings.

“Guuuooo.”

The Players had been subjected to human experiments by the fiends and even had their skills extracted. They couldn’t even speak like humans anymore, but thankfully their intelligence remained intact.

“...I see.”

Seo Jun-Ho unsheathed his sword, looking conflicted. There was a mixture of sadness and gratefulness as tears...