It seemed like the officer had made a run for the city when he reached his physical limits and was caught by my stage-one mutants that had been out scouting the surroundings.0

I wasn’t surprised that he had fallen to my stage-one mutants. Even I had a hard time dealing with dong leaders when pushed to my limit. If he’d had to deal with multiple stage-one mutants… He probably wouldn’t have lasted long.0

It seemed like the black creature had expended all of its energy fighting the officer and had probably come into the city as it tried to finish off the officer. And in the process, Ji-Eun had killed it after eating the officer’s brain.0

I wondered if it was right to say that I was lucky. Perhaps it was better to say that everything had lined up perfectly, one after another.0

Although the entire process had been grueling and miserable, in the end, we were able to hit two birds with one stone, since we’d gotten rid of both the black creature and an officer.0

I sighed in relief, offering up a prayer.0

'Thank you.’1

I wasn’t sure if there was a God, but at the moment, I couldn’t help but thank Him.1

Kim Hyeong-Jun and I had made it alive through this grueling fight, and the gang members had lost a valuable member. Plus, I now had a stage-three mutant under command, so I couldn’t ask for more. I had lost three stage-one mutants, but comparing the gains and losses, I had obviously gained a lot more.0

Now, the question that remained was how...4