The coming dawn lit up the sky. Chi-Hyun’s face was haggard as he looked up at the slowly rising sun. It had been over a month since he trespassed into Sernitas territory and got trapped. During this time, he hadn’t been able to eat or drink, and he barely slept. Of course, Chi-Hyun was a hero who had transcended the limits of a human body. Unlike ordinary humans, he didn’t need to eat, drink, or sleep.

Nevertheless, there was one reason he looked so down; he was worried about his brother. There have been many times when he wanted to immediately rush out and go to Chi-Woo’s side. Each time, Chi-Hyun suppressed the urge with superhuman patience. Since he was the one who designed this stage, he couldn’t hastily leave his position. Moreover, he wasn’t in the position to move freely.

Countless gazes bored into him from all sides at all times; monitoring his every move, the numerous eyes seemed to be saying, ‘We’ll go along with your plan for now, so stay quiet. If you act recklessly, we’ll overturn the stage first.’ Thus, Chi-Hyun had no choice but to wait and hope that those in Shalyh was doing well, and that things were going according to his design. However, since he couldn’t wait forever, he gave himself a deadline. Past that, it would be safe to say that Shalyh had fallen at their enemy’s hands. If that happened, he was going to scratch the whole plan and move out in earnest. And that deadline was today.

When Chi-Hyun looked up at the sun and made a firm decision, the long-awaited change finally came. The countless eyes that have been monitoring him without a break began to move in another direction....