I Was Kidnapped By The Strongest Guild
Chapter 221: Are You Okay, Gyeoul?

After visiting the dungeon early that morning, Yeoreum immediately headed to the park.

She was looking for children who might be playing there.

'Is Gyeoul at the dungeon?'

If so, she should be playing with Levinas and Saebyeok.

Just as Yeoreum was forming her desire-filled plans...

-Help me!

An image of a trembling Gyeoul flashed through Yeoreum's mind.

Though she didn't know why, she instinctively sensed Gyeoul was about to face something horrific.

It was the kind of awful thing that should never happen to an eight-year-old child, something too terrible to even speak of.

Somehow, though she didn't know how, Yeoreum instinctively realized this was a distress signal sent by Gyeoul.

She had to find Gyeoul.

Just as Yeoreum looked around, someone came running from the guild building at a speed too fast for the eye to follow.

Though she couldn't see their face due to the speed, Yeoreum knew it was her master.

There was only one person in Korea who could move that fast.

"Master...!"

Yeoreum chased after her master.

Choi Jinhyuk caught up and ran alongside her.

"J-Jinhyuk! Did you see Gyeoul too?!"

"I did. Master saw her too."

"Sh*t!"

What the hell was going on?

As she ran frantically, Yeoreum remembered what Sophia had said.

'Pheromones...!'

She'd said it was the beast-kin king's command system, right?

Maybe Gyeoul had sent a distress call through pheromones.

Gyeoul, about to face something horrific.

"Damn it...!"

Yeoreum had always prided herself on being fast.

But now she cursed her slow feet.

She had to run faster, for Gyeoul's sake.

Yeoreum's mana began to surge.

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A mysterious man appeared, cutting through the forest.

Everyone tensed at the hostility he exuded.

But unlike us, he remained relaxed.

He paid no attention to the weapons aimed at him.

He just stared at me, licking his lips and giving me a creepy look.

It made my hair stand on end, from my ears to my tail.

"Ugh..."

What kind of look was that?

I glanced up at Kwon Arin beside me.

Her face was contorted with anger.

"You f*cking crazy bastard!"

Before I could be surprised by her outburst, Kwon Arin hid me behind her.

As about half my body was concealed, he began to express his anger.

"Old man doesn't know his place, huh?"

"...I'm only 21, so that doesn't sting."

Ha.

Just as Kwon Arin snorted, he charged at her with his dagger.

It was a sudden attack, but I saw it all.

'Is he aiming for the neck?'

I already had an arrow nocked.

I quickly drew and aimed for his chest.

Whoosh-!

My anxious arrow flew towards him.

Just as it was about to pierce his chest, he deflected it with his free hand.

The arrow only tore his glove and left a small scratch on the back of his hand, but it bought enough time for Kwon Arin to react.

"Kuh!"

Kwon Arin dove to avoid the dagger aimed at her neck.

Still mindful of me behind her, she swiftly rolled on the ground, holding me in her arms.

I could see everything in slow motion.

Kwon Arin grabbing a handful of dirt as she touched the ground to roll.

Her throwing that dirt into his eyes.

"Useless!"

He swung his dagger to deflect the dirt flying towards his eyes.

Swinging the dagger towards his eyes blocked his vision, but it was truly just for an instant.

It was such a brief moment that most adventurers wouldn't even consider it an opening, but I could read that short time.

Taking advantage of the moment his vision was blocked by the dagger, I threw the dirt I had grabbed along with Kwon Arin.

"Argh...!"

The second handful of dirt hit his eyes dead on.

He hadn't expected more dirt to fly at him, and his face scrunched up in pain.

"I'll subdue him!"

Hwang Cheolwoo, who had taken on the tank role, charged at him.

Hwang Cheolwoo lowered his stance like a wrestler and grabbed the man's waist.

He also gripped the wrist of the hand holding the dagger.

The man was pushed back slightly by Hwang Cheolwoo's bull-like charge.

However, there was a difference in adventurer rank.

Instead, the man started pushing Hwang Cheolwoo back with sheer strength.

"Ugh...!"

Lee Mina, the wizard, supported Hwang Cheolwoo as he began to be overpowered.

She used magic to make plants grow and bind the man's body.

Mina's gaze turned to Park Taegeon, the leader.

"Are we killing him? Or subduing him?"

"We can't subdue him with our skills! We have to kill him!"

Having made a quick decision, Park Taegeon aimed his sword at the man.

Kwon Arin also thrust her sword towards the man's neck.

'Are they... killing him?'

Just before Kwon Arin's sword pierced his neck, I could see the man's face turning bright red.

It wasn't the kind of redness that could come from emotional changes.

His face was transforming into something like a goblin's.

"Get away!"

As I shouted, an inexplicable explosion occurred.

My companions were sent flying in all directions, and even I, who had been at a distance, was thrown backwards.

Thud-!

"Ugh!"

I collided with a nearby tree.

Enduring the pain as if my back was being torn apart, I struggled to look around.

My companions were rolling on the ground, groaning.

Hwang Cheolwoo, who had taken the blast head-on, was unconscious.

"Ah...?"

What the hell just happened?

Leaning against the tree, I looked up at the man.

Drool dripped from his mouth as he grinned like a madman.

"Hee, hee..."

He staggered towards me.

In a situation where it was difficult to move my body, I somehow managed to lift my bow.

'It'll be hard to even fire one shot...'

Let's try to fire just one arrow.

I activated all my senses.

That's when I detected a familiar presence near the portal we had entered through.

'M-Master...!'

How did Master get here?

Did he come looking for me, knowing I was in danger?

It was like a miracle, but Master was too far away.

Even for Master, it would be difficult to sense this far.

This forest was quite vast, after all.

The only reason I could tell Master's location was thanks to the pheromones.

'...What should I do...'

An adventurer's ears are sensitive.

If I shouted, he would hear and come find me, but the pain in my back made it hard to even speak softly.

Is there no way to let him know my location?

As I pondered, I remembered.

The emergency alarm Encia had given me.

"The... alarm...!"

I pulled out the emergency alarm from my pocket.

Relieved to see it intact, I quickly pulled the cord.

Beep beep beep beep-!

The mechanical sound spread far across the forest.

Looking closely, I saw a mana stone embedded in the alarm.

A sound amplification mana stone, perhaps.

It seemed Encia had bought me quite an expensive alarm.

I could only hope Master had heard the sound.

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Beep beep beep beep-!

A loud alarm echoed throughout the forest.

Kang Jinho instinctively knew it was a distress signal from Gyeoul.

'Damn.'

Jinho launched himself towards Gyeoul.

It was far, but a distance he could cover quickly.

Beep beep-!

Arriving at the source of the sound, Jinho could see.

Grimson, drooling and grinning.

The bastard was clutching his swollen crotch with both hands.

Gyeoul was aiming her bow at Grimson.

"......"

Jinho knew who Grimson was.

So he had been hiding in this dungeon.

He was tempted to kill him on the spot but decided against it.

Even death was too good for that bastard.

For now, he'd just subdue him.

With that thought, Jinho kicked Grimson's side.

Thwack-!

"Guh!"

Grimson's waist bent sideways as he flew off.

Startled, Gyeoul released her bowstring.

Even then, the arrow was aimed at the flying Grimson.

Thud-!

Gyeoul's arrow pierced Grimson's stomach as he collided with a tree.

That shouldn't be enough to kill him, Jinho thought, not bothering to check as he moved towards Gyeoul.

"Are you okay?"

"Y-Yes..."

Jinho took out a potion.

It was a top-grade potion that could regenerate even severed limbs.

"Drink this."

"I-I'm not that hurt..."

"It's not expensive. Even regular people can afford it, so drink up quickly."

"Okay..."

She didn't even have the strength to move her hands.

Gyeoul drank the potion Jinho gave her.

About half the potion spilled down her chin as she struggled to swallow.

"How do you feel now?"

"I'm fine after drinking the potion."

"That's good. Did that bastard... No, never mind. I'll go check for a moment, so rest here."

"Okay."

Jinho moved towards the fallen companions, taking out potions.

As Gyeoul sat watching, others began to arrive belatedly.

Yeoreum and Choi Jinhyuk.

Jung Yu-na, Encia, and Argo were there too.

"G-Gyeoul!"

"Hehe."

Gyeoul's tail began to wag at the sight of her family.

Yeoreum tightly embraced Gyeoul.

"Y-You're bleeding...!"

"It's okay. The potion stopped the bleeding."

"R-Really?"

"Yes."

Holding Gyeoul close, Yeoreum surveyed the battle scene.

An arrow was lodged in Grimson's stomach where he was pinned to a tree.

'Did Gyeoul...?'

Gyeoul was a child who couldn't even speak harshly to those who bullied her.

For such a child to shoot an arrow into someone's stomach?

Yeoreum's heart began to race frantically.

There was no way an eight-year-old child who shot an arrow into someone's stomach could be mentally okay.

'W-What should I do?'

No, more importantly, that bastard is that bastard, right?

The one who touches kids... Did he do something to Gyeoul?

"Gyeoul, are you... are you okay? Did that b-bastard touch you anywhere?"

"No, I'm fine."

"D-Did his hands t-touch your body anywhere?"

What should she ask the child? How far should she comfort her?

Yeoreum's mind was in chaos.

Everything was confusing.

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