'O-Oppa?!' Hayan was afraid. Looking to the side, Kiyoung saw Dokja unconscious leaning against the dungeon wall, 'she didn't do anything to him right?' Kiyoung thought nervously.
"Hayan, what happened here?" Kiyoung decided to pretend he didn't know what was going on since she was too valuable to lose.
"Ah, I think a dungeon trap activated and then Hye-Hyeyoung-ssi had..." Hayan lied.
"I see. It must've been hard for you," Kiyoung pat Hayan on the head before burning Hyeyoung's body and making up an excuse. "Let's go, the others must be waiting," said Kiyoung, picking up the unconscious child in his arms.
"Y-yeah."
"So what happened to Dokja? Did he get knocked out after triggering a trap?"
"N-No he just suddenly fainted."
"I see...."
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'Hm?' Dokja opened his eyes to see a bright fire. 'What happened? I just remember seeing Jung Hayan and Park Hyeyoung having an argument or something and then it all turned black.'
[Kim Dokja had fainted after over using power and being exposed to a lot of murderous aura]
'That will probably happen a lot in the future so I need to get rid of Jung Jinho fast before we clear the tutorial or it will be harder to do that later on,' thought Dokja.
"You're awake Dokja?" said Kiyoung.
"Huh? Yeah. Where are the others hyung?" Dokja asked.
"Well Deokgoo went somewhere, your hyung is missing and Hyeyoung...." Kiyoung made a guilty expression.
"She's dead isn't she?" asked Dokja.
The room went cold. 'This kid... he's not showing any emotion on his face at all. He didn't hesitate to ask that. It's like he's use to these things,' thought Kiyoung anxiously.
"Y-You must be sad or nervous right Dokja? I-It's ok to show that you're scared. I promise that I-I'll protect you," said Hayan.
"No, it's fine but thanks noona," the child replied.
'His reactions and the way he understands situations are not of a 12 year old's. Is he actually normal or does he remember what happened in his previous life like his brother? Maybe that's the reason why he can ask about death so easily,' thought Kiyoung. 'You're right about me being able to remember my previous life but it's not the one in this world. You gave me a good excuse if it was ever revealed that this is not my first life though,' thought Dokja sweat dropping.
"We're going to head back to the shelter now," said Kiyoung.
"But what about Hyunsung-hyung?" Dokja asked.
"He'll probably be back later. Your brother's strong so he'll probably be fine," replied Kiyoung.
Dokja seemed to be in deep thought then he said, "I'm gonna go find Hyunsung-hyung. You guys go back first."
"No wait Dokja it's dan....gerous," it was too late when Kiyoung reached out towards Dokja. The black haired child had already used 'the way of the wind' to zoom through the halls.
'I hope Kim Hyunsung is in danger so I can try to sacrifice myself and move to the next world or maybe even back to my world,' thought Dokja. 'My jackpot.... ' Kiyoung thought sadly. 'Kim Hyunsung you better hurry up and unite with your brother to keep him alive.'
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"Park Hyeyoung is already dead and Hyunsung as well as Dokja will probably be back shortly," Kiyoung said to Jihye.
Jihye and Kiyoung then went to speak with each other privately about Hyeyoung's death when Kiyoung asked about the blocked entrance.
"Yesterday morning, a few people including some heroes left the shelter," Jihye answered.
"Yoo Seokwoo?! Why?!"
"They made it sound as if they were going to rescue Hyunsung or something."
"What about me?" Hyunsung suddenly appeared.
"Hyunsung-oppa! Welcome back!" Jihye greeted Hyunsung before explaining to him what happened.
"That means they might be in danger," said Hyunsung before looking around when his eyes widened, "where is he?"
"Where is who?" asked Kiyoung confused.
'What is he talking about?' wondered Kiyoung.
"Kim Dokja... where is Kim Dokja?" Hyunsung asked.
"... What? You didn't bring him back with you?" questioned Kiyoung getting nervous.
"No I came back alone. I thought he was with you and the others," Hyunsung replied.
"But before we left he said he was going to find you instead of going with us. Do you think he's still...." 'in the dungeon' were the words that Kiyoung left out, but even though those words were unspoken, it had made both him and Hyunsung anxious.
"Ah, those people were the ones that left. Here they come," said Jihye, noticing the group of people coming towards them along with.... Kim Dokja?.
Kiyoung felt a murderous aura appear before disappearing from his side and saw the figure of Hyunsung shaking while staring at someone. 'Why is he reacting like this? Shouldn't he be happy that they brought Kim Dokja back?' thought Kiyoung when he realised who Hyunsung was staring at. It was a man at the back of the group with a scar on his face and had his arm around Dokja's shoulder smiling. 'Is he getting the wrong idea or is it something else? Maybe it has something to do with the previous life he was in. That creepy fucker is... giving me goosebumps, ' thought Kiyoung.
"Seven aside from Dokja. Looks like six of them didn't make it," said Jihye.
Activating 'mind's eye', Kiyoung checked the man in the back next to Dokja and was shocked to see that his tendency was 'calculative murderer'. 'Calculative... sh!t a murderer,' thought Kiyoung.
"Hello," Kiyoung greeted them.
"Hi, nice to meet you," the calculative murderer greeted Kiyoung with a smile, extending his hand. "My name is Jung Jinho."
"Nice to meet you. I'm Lee Kiyoung," Kiyoung introduced himself, noticing Hyunsung clench his fist in the corner of his eye.
'Does Hyunsung have some kind of grudge against this man in the past?' wondered Kiyoung.
"Ah! I heard a lot about you from Seokwoo-ssi. I heard you're an advanced magician and made fire appear out of your hand. I've wanted to see it, I've never met a magician," said Jinho.
Kiyougn immediately turned to Seokwoo and glared.
"Ahaha you don't have to be too wary of us," chuckled Jinho. "Oh right, we found this little guy and brought him with us," Jinho looked at Dokja.
"Thank you for bringing my brother back. I'm Kim Hyunsung," the regressor finally spoke.
"I heard you're the one in charge. Nice to meet you," said Jinho.
As the group walked around the camp and showed Jinho around, Kiyoung observed the way Hyunsung behaved around Jinho. Hyunsung was always on guard around the scarred eyed man and he had never let go of Dokja's hand at all as if he's afraid that if he were to let go he'd lose his little brother.
After showing Jinho around, Kiyoung took Dokja and went to talk to him privately.
"Hey Dokja, what do you think about the guy that found you, Jung Jinho?" Kiyoung asked the child.
"He's kind of strange. When he found me he smiled at me and asked if I wanted to join him but his whole personality seemed fake," Dokja replied.
"Do you ever plan to actually join him?"
"Well I don't know. He's pretty fun to be around with though."
"Really?" questioned Kiyoung.
"Yeah. He's so fun that I think he'll make me smile to death" Dokja replied but at the end of the last sentence, his smile seemed to kind of fade as if he knew he'd really die. "Oh! I think Hyunsung-hyung is calling for me!"
'Kim Dokja...' Kiyoung was frozen. 'It was just a theory but does he really remember his previous life like his older brother? Then does that mean that Jung Jinho... killed Kim Dokja...?'
To be continued...