While the three of them were surprised at Cheok-Liang, he spoke to Ji-Cheok.

«Master, I made a big flame barrier so they can’t get out, but some may have already escaped…»

‘There is nothing we can do about that. I’ll have to deal with the ones here first.’

The Ghouls were wandering around inside the huge circular flame barrier created by Cheok-Liang. However, this was simply a method to buy time; as it turned out, the monsters could run out of the flames without caring about being burned. After all, even though the area under the warehouse had already been purified by Seong Kwang, the Ghouls had still crawled in and started to knock on the walls. It was probably because they were eyeing the prey taking shelter on the roof.

“Okay, Cheok-Liang, Go! Take my shield with you!”

«Yes, Master.»

The three workers got on top of Cheok-Liang and he jumped down. The shield moved with him. Ji-Cheok could see the Ghouls’ eyes following Cheok-Liang as they started going after him, but they soon lost interest. It was partly because Cheok-Liang was incredibly fast and partly because he used [Blaze Walk] and [Cthugha’s Steps] together.

Seeing them leaving, Ji-Cheok felt a little relieved.

“Whew… I think we saved them all....