Chapter 32
"May I ask where you're going?"
"To Yangnyeong."
"...Alone?"
Seol Unwi had never said it aloud, but he preferred moving alone.
It had always been that way, even in his previous life.
Even after joining the Central Blood Sect, even after nurturing hundreds of martial artists in the Four Realms of Heaven and Earth and dozens of monsters in the Five Realms of the Martial God, that preference had never changed.
Unless it was a full-scale war where entire strike units mobilized, at most he would take one or two companions. And even now, that habit remained unchanged.
"Do you wish to come with me?"
"...I would like to, but I know I'd only be a burden."
"You're right. As you are now, you would be."
His words were cold, but if you looked deeper, they weren't heartless.
"If I grow stronger, would I be able to move alongside you?"