Chapter 298: Butterfly Effect (2)
While I was still reeling from the shocking realization that Hwa-eun was trying to develop mental-realm video calls...
The kids and Hwa-eun surrounded the Blood Cult woman and began pressing her for the incantation and specifics of the Soul-Snaring Technique.
“Come on, just explain it already.”
“I-I, well...”
—Tssrt! Hurry up and talk!
—Grrr. If you don’t do what Hwa-eun says, things won’t be fun for you!
“Shiaa! I’d suggest cooperating. We’re all pretty upset that you tried to hurt So-ryong.”
Martial arts techniques are supposed to be protected even at the cost of one’s life. But as soon as the kids growled at her, the Blood Cult woman began spilling the details of the technique without resistance.
“H-Hiiieek! S-So... the Soul-Snaring Technique works by using strong mental power to suppress the target’s soul. You use the mysteries of illusion to enter their mental world in the form they like most, and then...”
‘Wait a sec, aren’t martial techniques supposed to be guarded with your life?’
I had assumed she’d say something like “I’d rather die than reveal it,” because that’s what my grandfather Mandok Shingun had drilled into me.
He used to say: