Guide Me If You Dare

Chapter 325: THE FINAL BOSS

I’VE BEEN careless.

Ki Gayoon, who was numb from the poisonous gas that he had inhaled, was about to check his Inventory for a special-grade antidote that was supposed to work on any types of poison.

However, he stopped when he felt the sudden change in the air.

"What’s wrong, Ki Gayoon?" Charles Kang asked mockingly, the severed limbs around him started gathering around him. "Can’t move an inch now—"

"Shut up, you filthy monster."

That wasn’t Ki Gayoon.

An Esper, who wasn’t supposed to be there, now stood in front of him protectively.

"Matthew?" Charles Kang asked in disbelief. But that disbelief only lasted for a second. After that, the bastard laughed mockingly. "What could a mere ghost like you do?"

Yeah, it was Matthew.

But the stupid Charles Kang got one thing wrong.

"You’ve probably gone senile due to your old age," Ki Gayoon said, scoffing. Yes, he could barely move his mouth now. But if there was one thing that he learned from Noh Yuno, then it was to run your mouth and provoke your enemies in the most annoying way possible if you couldn’t fight physically. "What part of the Matthew standing in front of us looks like fucking a ghost to you, huh?"

Charles Kang’s arrogant smile finally vanished, and then his face turned cold. "How did you get a physical body, Matthew?"

Matthew gave Charles Kang a middle finger. "Why would I tell a monster like you?"

Heh.

Ki Gayoon smirked at Matthew’s response to Charles Kang, but he was actually curious as to how Matthew appeared with a physical body.

Fortunately, the Status Window that popped up in front of him gave him an explanation.

[The System used the that Esper Matthew had earned during his time as an active Esper. You can say that having a temporary physical body for a limited time is Esper Matthew’s from the System. This is a privilege given only to the natural S-Class Espers with huge contributions to world peace.]

Ah, sure.

Whatever.

Ki Gayoon didn’t even know that they had such a huge privilege as natural S-Class Espers.

To be fair, we only got a hold of the System recently.

And ?

Ki Gayoon wanted to ask about it, but he knew it wasn’t the right time and place for that.

Moreover, his Status Window popped up again.

[Esper Ki Gayoon, leave Charles Kang to Esper Matthew. I’m moving you to a different place to recover.]

"Hell no," Ki Gayoon said sternly. "I’m not leaving the kid here alone."

"Hyung, it’s alright," Matthew said, looking over his shoulder to look at Ki Gayoon. "I’ll hold off Charles Kang until you recover. I can’t die when I’m already dead."

"Do you think that’s funny?"

"No, I’m sorry."

Haaah.

Ki Gayoon didn’t want to leave initially, but he remembered that Matthew had a bone to pick with Charles Kang— the kid’s murderer.

Plus, it seemed like both Matthew and the System was only taking him away for a moment.

Only until I recover, it seems.

"Alright. I’m leaving Charles Kang to you for now," Ki Gayoon said. And, as soon as he gave his permission, his body quickly turned translucent— a clear sign that the System was already moving him to another place. "Give that bastard hell, Matthew."

Matthew smiled and nodded. "I won’t disappoint you, Hyung."

***

KI GAYOON thought the System would bring him out of his dungeon.

But he was wrong.

He soon found himself inside his mansion.

Yeah, still inside his dungeon.

Anyway, the damned System dropped him on the bed.

[The System will get rid of the toxins in your body, Esper Ki Gayoon.]

True enough, Ki Gayoon felt his body being enveloped in warmth.

It was like he was being covered by a soft and warm blanket.

Little by little, the numbness in his body started to fade away.

"Really?" Ki Gayoon raised an eyebrow. "You’re healing me? What’s the catch? I know you’re not doing this for free."

[The System, from this moment on, will give Esper Ki Gayoon our full support.]

"That doesn’t sound good. Now tell me what’s the catch."

[The is on his way, so the System will send you to his location once he arrives.]

"By Final Boss, do you mean the Final Boss of all dungeons?"

[Yes— he’s the personification of the Ant-System Virus, the creator of the dungeons, and the bridge that connects this world to the other, and the god among gods.]

Great.

Fantastic.

Marvelous.

[Esper Ki Gayoon, you are the System’s strongest Esper.]

"That would be 17, the #1 World Ranker."

Ki Gayoon wasn’t saying that 17 was stronger than him.

But he didn’t like the idea of fighting the Final Boss when he hadn’t checked on Noh Yuno’s condition yet.

Can’t 17 fight the Final Boss first while I hide my princess somewhere safe?

Ki Gayoon felt like he couldn’t concentrate on the fight knowing that there were no proper guards around his beloved at the moment.

He had long stopped praying to any god.

But, at that moment, he was praying Noh Yuno wasn’t acting recklessly again.

[The World Rankers were decided by humans— the System doesn’t recognize your ranking.]

Pfft.

"You’ll make AWO cry with that cruel statement."

[The System only stated the truth.]

"I’ll fight the Final Boss since it’s my duty, but can you at least tell me how Noh Yuno is doing?" Ki Gayoon asked. "Will it be safe to communicate with him right now?"

[I wouldn’t recommend it.]

Tsk.

Ki Gayoon had recovered enough to get up abruptly, glaring at the Status Window. "What is Noh Yuno up to this time?"

[Uh, Guide Noh Yuno... has turned into an... Esper?]

"What the fuck does it mean?!"

***

"YUNO-YA, get inside!"

It was Nam Sori.

Yuno quickly realized why his best friend (and one of the big shots in the Rogue Clan) was urging him to get inside the building.

Flying monsters.

In just the blink of an eye, the sky was suddenly filled with winged-monsters— all looking down at Yuno.

I could feel it in my bones— these fugly monsters want to devour me.

He didn’t get scared because Nam Sori and the other Rogues were there to protect him and Jericho.

"Let’s go, Yuno," Jericho said, grabbing Yuno’s arm. "This isn’t a place for Guides."

Right?

Yuno was about to run with Jericho, but he stopped when he felt a pang in his chest...

... followed by a strange voice in his head.

[Noh Yuno, fight.]

The hell?

Why would a Guide fight on the battlefield?

***

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