“He is asking why we blocked the portal.”

Jeong Gi-Hoon interpreted.

That made me laugh. This was the man in the white robe that we had seen. This was Merlin, the wizard from the legends. I spoke to him.

[ I’ll give you five seconds to give me everything you stole. ]

Merlin froze for a bit. I ignored his reaction and started counting backward from five.

Five, four, three, two—and that was when the man spoke out.

[ Why should I? ]

Then he turned on his heels and ran away.

I immediately grabbed him and smashed his face with my fist. Merlin was pushed back and collided with the wall. He was bleeding.

I stepped forward and kicked him into the wall again. Because of his pouring blood, the white robe he was wearing was now red. I ignored his pleas and pulled him up by the hair, ready to smash his mouth.

[ S… Stop-!! ]

I paused for a bit to hear what he had to say.

[ Let’s talk, shall we? ]

I stared at him. I was not the type who misread someone’s intentions. As far as I knew, he was a disgusting man.

I should at least let him know why.

[ Who woke up first? ]

[ … ]

[ It was you, wasn’t it? ]

[ …Yes. ]

[ Didn’t you think that the others would wake up as well? ]

[ … I did, Arthur especially. ]

[ Then who took the weapons and artifacts from the table? ]

[ I did… ]

[ Why? ]

That was the fundamental question. Even Merlin couldn’t answer it immediately. He tried to steal Arthur’s armor as well, but failed to do so.

[ Arthur was the only one fully armored, the other knights weren’t. Why did you take your colleagues’ weapons? ]

[ … ]

[ What were you doing while Arthur and his knights were fighting? ]

[ … ]

[ Taking the artifacts and trying to run away? That was your plan? Did you think I would let you go after you stole all those things? ]

I punched him in the head. I hated this type of man the most.

[ I’ll keep this short. Where are the artifacts? ]

[ … ]

[ Is it in your inventory? ]

Merlin shivered. That jackass had been trying to hide it.

[ This is your last chance. If you want to die without pain, bring out everything you stole. ]

I bet Merlin had pride in his magic. He smirked.