"CEO Han. Please look after noona and the president."

"Huh?"

"Tae-san..."

The two of them were startled by the sudden change on my face.

Cold anger was rising in me.

I was sure they had the place surrounded—that was why my face had changed.

These bastards didn't move like ordinary thugs.

All around the factory, dark energy crept and rippled, unmistakable.

The savage orcs used to give off something a lot like it.

A nasty killing intent.

It brimmed with a fierce will to leave no one alive.

Shff.

I picked up a stainless-steel pipe from the office in my right hand.

"M-my phone won't work!"

Section Chief Im Hye-rin had seen me move and sensed something was wrong.

She'd tried to call 112, and when she couldn't get a connection, she panicked.

"The landline's been cut too."

CEO Han Jin-ung had picked up the office phone to check for a dial tone, and his face went stiff.

"Don't come outside, no matter what. Just deal with whoever gets in here."

"Sir!"

CEO Han Jin-ung looked worried.

He clearly thought that, as the special-forces man, he should be the one handling the outside.

I shook my head.

These weren't guys CEO Han Jin-ung could handle.

"Don't worry. Just make sure you hold this room, whatever happens."

With that, I kicked the door open and burst outside.

Pfft!

The moment I got outside, as if they'd been waiting for it, the power went out.

In an instant the factory was swallowed by darkness.

Only the faint glow of the streetlights seeped in through the windows.

Creak! Bang.

The factory's outer door slammed shut.

Cute, the little bastards.

I was tense, but at the same time I was relaxed.

Now that I could use internal energy, darkness was no obstacle.

There was no way they could know that.

So that was why I'd felt so uneasy while I was in Seoul.

The gods had stepped in to change the course of the future.

Another bad bond, no question.

A bad bond that would only be settled once we'd gone a round and…