“W-What does that mean...?” Hyeonu stuttered.

‘He has never been cursed?’

It was a shocking statement. The emperor said he was fine from the beginning. In other words, the appearance he showed the last time was made up.

‘Was it to trap me? Why?’

Hyeonu couldn’t grasp the emperor’s intentions. Why dig a trap for Hyeonu?

“Come outside.”

The emperor passed by Hyeonu. He didn’t even give Hyeonu a proper look. Hyeonu stared at the emperor’s unguarded back for a moment before following after the emperor.

‘There is no point in attacking now.’

Fighting in a confined space was too disadvantageous for Hyeonu. If the space was narrow, then the effect of Mixed Sky Steps couldn’t be exerted to the extreme. It was like throwing away one of his biggest advantages in a fight.

‘Outside... I have to fight.’

The die was thrown already. It wouldn’t work even if he pretended nothing happened.

‘The emperor isn’t a fool...’

There were people he could lie to and people he couldn’t lie to. It was said that Suped had just come, so it was obvious that those outside would’ve been caught.

‘Adventurers covered in buffs entered the imperial palace......