39 Diary 39: The King's Secrets

Min Soo backs away from the two bandits that manage to slip David and Crow's watchful eyes. Two of the bandits sneaks into the vicinity, it's up to Min Soo to protect the merchant from the dangerous men. The hunting dog growls toward the merchant menacingly, alerting the two bandits to come closer to the frightened merchant.

Min Soo immediately cast a spell to make the merchant invisible to the eyes, after all, water is like a mirror. It veils the merchant, making the frightened merchant escape to safety while being clad in an invisibility cloak.

The Idol is completely aware that his skillsets are mostly defensive, without David and Crow around him; his mind is still in the process to make a plan.

Min Soo makes an invisibility cloak for himself, hiding from the enemy's sight. The bandits' eyes are scanning the area for any sign of Min Soo, but their eyes cannot see through his ability. Knowing this, Min Soo decides to comes in with a bang with his water spells. He launches Aquos projectiles toward the bandits, surprising them.

Surely this gives away his location, thus Min Soo escapes to another area to avoid their detection. Giving the element of surprise and intimidation to the enemies with his skills, the man is aware that his invisibility will go away after five minutes passes. He can only hope that the merchant made his escape safely.

The dog, however, becomes rather problematic due to its sense of smell. Even though Min Soo already clad himself in an invisibility cloak, the dog is able to smell him. Min Soo clicks his tongue, biting his lips in frustration. He tries to use his innate ability to charm the furry creature, but that means he has to give up his invisibility.

"Decision, decision" Min Soo thinks deeply.

Min Soo decides to give up his invisibility, he hides behind the tree as he comes out with his hand raised upwards. Showing a sign of surrendering, the bandits lick their lips in satisfaction.

"Giving up? Girly" one of them grins.

Min Soo hums a song as he walks slowly toward them, his heavenly voice attracts even the hound itself. The Idol sings a song of love, missing someone and telling them to surrender their hearts to Min Soo truly. As the Idol sings, the dog becomes more docile and the bandits are somewhat dazed by his voice.

"Give it to me, your heart" Min Soo sings. "Kneel to me, succumb to your defeat and let me dominate you".

The two bandits kneel involuntarily, succumbing to Min Soo's sweet melodies they slowly lose their consciousness. Like hypnotism, the two slowly form a smile as they look at Min Soo in awe. The Idol's power is truly scary, he is aware of this and somewhat scared of the potential he could make if he truly masters it.

The once hostile dog who hates his guts becomes docile and wag its tail toward Min Soo's presence. A greyhound breed it seems, quite a breed, and they are usually used for hunting and tracking purpose. The dog snuggles to Min Soo's leg, the docile dog makes the Idol's heart melt in sweetness.

"I wonder if David will let me carry this dog home" Min Soo ponders for a while

Just when everything is done, a handsy hand grabs Min Soo from behind. It appears to be the merchant, he comes out from his hiding. His hand travels toward his chest, hugging him so tightly that it suffocates Min Soo.

"Oh my goodness! That was so good of you! I promise I will hire you again next time, Min Soo!" the merchant grins pervertedly.

He knows the merchant stares him in desire and lust, but he pays no mind since Min Soo's fans are the same. The man couldn't help but think that perhaps his charm abilities somewhat affecting the people around him with a low resistance toward charm. One of them would be Crow, the awkward man who used to hates him.

Min Soo pushes the merchant lightly from him, cleaning his clothes.

"I wonder where's David and Crow? They're taking too long" Min Soo thinks. "Should I follow them?".

But before he could think about it, he could feel a handkerchief on his mouth; doused with an anonymous liquid; forcing him to take a nap. Sleepiness kicks in, Min Soo groans slightly as his heavy body falls on the ground. The merchant douses him with something, he's sure of it and yet he wouldn't have thought that the merchant would do this.

"Now you're all mine" the fat merchant grins as he caresses Min Soo's face

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"Crow! It's all yours!" David yells toward Crow.

His wild partner Crow growls inhumanly, like a wolf he tracks the remaining bandits that are about to escape their grasps. Crow is an expert tracker, an explorer but his main job is more to a bounty hunter. His golden orbs shine in the darkness as he makes haste with a silvery claymore on his shoulder.

David swings his sword to the front, sending a wave of fire to the three bandits escapees to burn them to ashes. Crow crystals drop on them in execution-style, stabbing them through the heart. The two gentlemen grin in satisfaction, they clap each other as they look at the deceased bandits.

"Man, I miss Nightwalker" Crow sighs. "You're still running that shady syndicate right?".

David doesn't give an answer, only a slight nod to his question.

"We don't talk about that here, let's talk about that later" David grunts. "Only the two of us knows Nightwalker existences, Min Soo doesn't need to know about this Crow".

"So you're saying?".

"Shut your mouth Crow, let's just get back to Min Soo" David walks away from the piles of corpses they made. There are about twenty bandits in the vicinity, all lifeless and dead like ragdolls they are. The two never spare their enemies, that's their motto when they form a friendship between them.