Global Awakening: Only I Can Respawn

Chapter 166: Quick Resolution

At that moment YuWon felt something strange. Hoon wasn't struggling, he only acted like he was. Only when YuWon checked his stats did he realize something sinister. A few letters were growing bright under Hoon's name.

[Set's paladin.]

YuWon couldn't help but smile. The little chicken had already contracted with a god, an Egyptian one at that. Set and Sekhmet were two gods who complimented each other. He wouldn't be surprised if the two planned it all.

Hence, by struggling, Hoon attempted to make YuWon the hated figure, as always. But something was still amiss. Why wasn't Yeji reacting to Hoon being manhandled?

I thought she would be the first to help him.

YuWon let go of Hoon and scanned the room. Yeji was still healing people at the far end of the room. She looked at him, but quickly averted her gaze.

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For a moment, YuWon wondered if she remembered the past. But he quickly shook off the idea. Ereshkigal had said everything was reset, so there was no way Yeji retained her memories.

"You brute!"

Hoon's words snapped YuWon out of his thoughts.

With one hand, Hoon held his chest while the other pointed at YuWon. A few people rushed to his side, all staring at YuWon like they were going to murder him. But one look from YuWon and they all turned away.

But YuWon wasn't looking at them. He was staring at the gods' invisible eyes that only he could see, thanks to his god's seed. Since everyone had gathered there, the gods wanted to see them in action.

I wonder what would happen if I killed a paladin.

YuWon was quick to shake off that thought. Ereshkigal had asked him not to kill indiscriminately. Besides, Hoon wasn't dangerous—just annoying—and there were other ways to eliminate him.

YuWon looked around until he spotted the person he was looking for.

"Professor Ming," YuWon called out with a stiff smile. "You have the lie detection ability, don't you?"

Hoon's eyes widened as soon as he heard that. Suddenly, he couldn't feel any pain and got to his feet. He was about to ramble when Lilith forced him back down, the noir blade resting on his neck.

Others tried to intervene but were stopped by Gina and Soo-Ah's skeletons. Only the professor was allowed to approach YuWon.

"I-I do," she replied.

"Good, use it on Hoon please," YuWon instructed her.

In their last life, she was hesitant because Hoon had saved her. But this time, things were different. Besides, YuWon had the strongest individuals on his side, and no one wanted to cross them.

Professor agreed and placed a hand on Hoon's forehead. He tried to shake her away, but Lilith pulled his head back with his hair, forcing him to comply.

"Did you plant Yeji's photos on my phone?" YuWon asked.

As usual, Hoon lied and a red mist appeared over his head. Everyone gasped, but YuWon was staring at Yeji for her reaction, and there was none. Everything was confirmed at that moment.

YuWon ignored everyone else and walked towards Yeji. As he got closer, she began fidgeting.

"So, you've returned too," YuWon whispered so only Yeji could hear him.

But Yeji didn't respond.

"I asked you something."

"Y-Yes..." came the feeble reply.

"Why bother with the act, then?" YuWon smiled, patting her head. "You should have returned to me earlier."

Yeji nodded, her eyes staring at the floor. YuWon had some idea how she got back. It was likely Sekhmet's doing. Yeji was the first paladin. It would be unfair if she didn't get any benefits from that, too.

Sekhmet probably told her to stay away from me. Well, too bad, that won't work.

"Get up," YuWon ordered. "I still own you, or did you forget?"

Yeji instinctively reached for her neck, only to realize there was no slave mark there. Yeji frowned at the realization and it made YuWon laugh. He patted her head again and pulled out something from his inventory.

"...you already have this?" Yeji asked.

"Bought it just in case," YuWon shrugged, handing her the slave collar. "You can wear it if you want."

Yeji looked conflicted for a moment before handing it back to YuWon. He raised an eyebrow, not expecting her to reject his offer. But as he was about to place it back in the phantom bag, Yeji grabbed his hand.

"What are you doing?" she asked.

"You didn't want it so—" YuWon replied, confused.

"You were supposed to make me wear that... doofus."

YuWon looked at her, then at the collar, and then back at Yeji. She got embarrassed and turned away. Only for YuWon to place the collar around her neck.

It wasn't enslavement as much as it was prevention. YuWon knew eventually Sekhmet would try to take over Yeji's body and then he would use the collar to make her leave... again.

Though I don't think she'd get in my way for a long time.

"Yeji! It's all a lie—!"

SMACK!

Yeji slapped Hoon before he could say another word. Hoon was shocked and glared at Yeji.

"How dare you—!?"

SMACK!

This time YuWon smacked him and he barely held back. Hoon went flying out of the room. It wasn't YuWon's intention, but Hoon landed at the feet of some roaming goblins. All they heard were his screams, but surprisingly, no one stepped up to help him.

Lilith looked at YuWon and shook her head, while YuWon could only shrug in response. He wasn't planning on killing Hoon. As ridiculous as it sounded, YuWon was on the verge of enslaving him. He was a paladin after all, but he accidentally got him killed.

There's no point crying over spilled milk.

With that, YuWon turned to address the rest. They appeared to fear him. It wasn't the outcome YuWon desired, but he would take what he could get.

"Alright, listen up now!" he yelled over the murmurs. "Pack up everything useful on the campus. Food, medicines, anything useful. We'd leave in a couple of hours!"