[Weak Hero X Reader] Romance 101 [OLD VERSION]

Desert Kingdom VS Demonic Knights Part I

"Craton, I knocked Alistair out. You'll find him at either Dean Kwan's house or at Thomas Nae's house if they moved him,"

"You're not bringing him with you? You're going after Erik alone?"

"The one thing you cherish above money is your little brother. I'm not going to let him die with me,"

"You know, if you came up to me and told me that you didn't want to be in the assassination division, I would've placed you on pet duty to help Alistair take care of Chompy. You and Alistair would have permanently stayed in South Korea,"

"So you planned on letting me leave Desert Kingdom again?"

"If it were anyone else, they'd have left with a bullet in their skull,"

"Send the reinforcements to speak to pick up Alistair first. Knowing him, once he regains conscious, he'd immediately try to head to my location. I'd rather he do that if he had backup with him...I'll probably be dead by then, along with the rest of the Union, but he'd still come even if I tell him not to,"

"Yeah, he's stubborn like that,"

"You know...while in the Desert Kingdom, I also though i was alone. I didn't see Alistair as a friend. I thought I had always been alone until I got friends and family here in South Korea...Turns out, Alistair was a true friend all along...He was the one who was always by my side...I was such a selfish idiot that only cared about my own self. I didn't care that Alistair would be lonely or hurt after I left,"

"He's not hung up about it, so don't worry about the past. You, him, and that Fennec Fox kid—"

"Stephen Ahn, not Fennec Fox,"

"The three of you declared siblinghood. That means he doesn't resent you and still cares about you,"

"Sir, I know I already thanked you, but I'm thanking you again. I owe my life to you, to Alistair, and to the entire Desert Kingdom. Thank you,"

"Hey kid, make sure to bring some of the Demonic Knights down with you to Hell,"

"I will. Since I'm probably going to die, there's something I've always wanted to say to you,"

"What?"

"That orange plaid vest you used to wear was fucking ugly. Your sense of fashion is terrible,"

"...Shut up,"

XXX

All five school heads were trapped in a cell, bloody and beaten. "The fun has just begun," Erik fake-whined. "Don't give up just yet. Hey Jake Ji, I heard that you stepped in when Ben Park fought Naksung Yoon. Are you willing to step in again?"

Erik held up Naksung Yoon, who was tied up and had just regained conscious. "What the hell!? What's going on!?"

Erik punched Naksung in the face. "Come on Jake Ji, what's your answer? Are you willing to take a beating for Naksung Yoon? Will you let your underling get beaten up? I heard that you and Naksung Fam do not get along," 

"You motherfucker!" Naksung struggled against the rope. "When I get out of these ropes, I'll kill you!" 

Erik began to beat Naksung. For a few moment, Naksung still screamed threats at Erik before it eventually devolved into sobbing pleas for mercy and begs for him to stop.

Jake could only watch while he remained useless on the cell floor. His entire body ached badly and he couldn't even stand up. He may not get along with Naksung Fam, but he didn't want him to get beaten, but he could do nothing. He wouldn't be able to save Naksung.

"What's wrong?" Erik mocked Jake. "I thought you were going to be a hero? Don't you want to save Naksung Yoon?"

Jake avoided Naksung's pleading gaze.

"Maybe I should just kill him," Erik held a knife to Naksung's throat. "I doubt anyone would care about the lives of a delinquent anyway," He placed his knife back into his pocket and threw Naksung back to the floor. "I know! Donald Na, what if I bring your best friend here? What was his name? Kingsley Kwan?"

Donald's eyes widened. He tried to yell at him to leave Kingsley alone, but only a weak rasp escaped his throat. 'I can't believe I'm this injured...' He clenched his eyes shut. 'I can't believe I got kidnapped so easily! I'm supposed to have control over Yeongdeungpo, so why was I captured!? I should've been able to defeat my opponents! I worked so hard and fought to become the strongest! And now...I'm as much as a bloody mess as Jake, Wolf, Forrest, and Jimmy are!'

"Who else should I kidnap?" Erik hummed as if he was deep in thought. "Let's kidnap ALL of your underlings. I was hired to destroy the Yeongdeungpo Union, and your underlings are part of it too. You guys are just the ones on top,"

Wolf could care less about Hwangmo and Hayden or any of his lackeys whose names he didn't bother to remember.

Forrest showed concern for Robin and Grape to an extent, but he wouldn't step in to protect them against this madman.

Jimmy only cared about Jack. The rest of his underlings could die for all he cared.

Jake...he didn't want his friends to get hurt. He didn't want his brothers to get hurt.

Donald didn't want Kingsley to get hurt and just like Jimmy, he didn't care about the rest of his underlings.

"Sir!" A man rushed into the room. "There's an intruder!"

"Only one intruder?" Erik scoffed. "I expect you to deal with them yourselves!" He pointed a very real gun at his minion. "Who is it?"

"I-I don't know sir!" The man stuttered. "B-B-But he wore a black cloak and a skull mask! He also had a scythe! Like he was dressed as some sort of...of..."

"Grim Reaper," Erik pulled the trigger. "I should go and greet Signore Della Morte then," He threw Naksung into the cell and then left the room, leaving the fresh corpse lying on the floor.

"We're gonna die!" Jimmy panicked. "That bastard's gonna kill us all!"

"Jimmy Bae," Donald sat up and rubbed his throat. "Shut the hell up. Your yapping's giving me a headache,"

"There's someone in the air vent," Forrest said, staring at the ceiling.

The air vent cover on the ceiling fell but was caught by a gloved hand. The Grim Reaper jumped down and landed with minimal sounds, quietly placing the vent cover down. He had a few bloody grazes, but those injuries didn't hinder him. He walked over to the cell door and began to pick the lock.

A gunshot rang out.

Basically, the Grim Reaper infiltrated the building, knocked out and killed some people, got shot at but mostly dodged, snuck into the air vents, and then located the room the Union was in.