“I succeeded in holding these bastards back. We will head to the central region before these lowlifes chase after us.”

Ju-Heon brushed his hair up before taking off the horn-rimmed glasses.

His sparkling eyes were as savage as those of a Crow.

It could be described as the gaze of a wild beast aiming for its prey. Julian and Seol-A flinched after seeing this gaze.

It wasn’t because of a bad reason.

‘Captain-nim.’

His gaze right now had overlapped with his old appearance. It reminded them of Ju-Heon when he was their leader in the past.

His body was rotting away from illnesses, but Ju-Heon had defeated monopolizers with his charisma.

Ju-Heon had been so sick that his skin almost looked rotten. The venomous aura his corpse-like face gave off had been so vicious.

Anyway, he had an indescribable charisma about him. Compared to back then, the current Ju-Heon looked quite fresh and cute.

His smooth appearance must have made them subconsciously think that he was meek compared to back then.

Maybe that was the reason.

‘I didn’t think there was a reason for me to follow him.’

There was no reason that Julian, who was ranked third among talented artifact users, should work for Ju-Heon.

But he was wrong.

‘You truly are our leader.’

This familiar sensation made both Julian and Seol-A's hearts start to beat wildly. It felt as if even they were returning to the past.

They liked this feeling.

That wasn't all.

“What are you doing? Hurry...