A stream of memories and emotions struck Seo Jun-Ho.

‘Jun-Sik has perished.’

He lasted fifty-six minutes, well over the half an hour Seo Jun-Ho expected him to last. He had done a great job. If he were next to Seo Jun-Ho, Seo Jun-Ho would have patted him on the shoulder for his hard work.

'But...'

Seo Jun-Sik had sacrificed himself, but he was still in a bad situation.

"Heup!"

Seo Jun-Ho swung Cruel Executioner.

Claaang! 

The approaching swords were cut cleanly like tofu.

"Idiots! Don't try to block his weapon! Avoid it!"

"Just stop him from running away!"

"Keep in mind that our goal here is to stop him from running away until the generals arrive!’ The Overminds roared and jumped away.

Seo Jun-Ho frowned at the encirclement.

'…I'm getting tired of it.’

There were at least three thousand of them—three thousand Overminds had come to surround him. He tore two teleport scrolls while he was running away, but none of them worked.

'I have to completely shake these guys off before I can escape.’

He knew that it would be difficult, but it turned out to be much more difficult than he had expected. Perhaps the emperor had done something. He still had no idea what the emperor looked like, but Seo Jun-Ho was confident that the emperor had plans.

‘The empire’s...