Magnus of Ice

Terror

As Jin-Woo and Magnus were making their way towards the 'Lord,' its eyes started to shine again, almost as if one wrong move, and it would fire its energy beam.

At the sight of this, both Jin-Woo and Magnus dropped to their knees and were semi-bowing. 'He starts to attack if you rise past a certain height.' Jin-Woo confirmed as he was glaring at the 'Lord.' Magnus; on the other hand, followed whatever Jin-Woo said, but he was trying to figure something out.

'So it really was just me who read those blue letters. Strangely enough, they were the same color as my eyes. What did it read again? First, follow the weak. Second, stay with the weak. Third, confess to the weak. If you don't follow these, you will die. Why does it seem like it was a personal attack at me.' Huffing, Magnus got annoyed at thinking in this sort of situation. He would usually just destroy everyone.

'I finally understand the meaning of the first commandment.' With confidence, Jin-Woo turns to the rest of the hunters and yells at them, "EVERYONE!! BOW DOWN TO THE STATUE!!"

"SUNG JIN-WOO, HAVE YOU GONE MAD?!" Mr.Kim shouted back.

"HUH? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!" Mr.Bak asked Jin-Woo.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LISTEN TO HIM, YOU OLD BASTARDS. FIRST, YOU BELITTLE HIM BEFORE WE EVEN ENTERED THIS DUNGEON, THEN YOU TOTALLY FORGET WHAT YOU DID AND THANK HIM FOR SAVING YOUR LIFE BY SHOUT 'DUCK' IN TIME. NOW, YOU FORGET THAT HE SAVED YOU LIFE AND START CALLING HIM MAD?! JUST LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAS TO SAY, GODDAMMIT!" Magnus yelled back before anyone else could say anything. His words made all the hunters realize that, indeed, without Jin-Woo's warning, most of them would be dead by now.

"Mag, thanks. I knew you would always have my back." Jin-Woo said to the taller male, who had a blush on his face. "N-no problem. I-I'll always be here for y-you." With a light stutter, Magnus replied. 'Man, why am I blushing so much today?' 'Cute...' Jin-Woo was surprised by his thought. Thankfully Mr.Song interrupted his train of thought.

"You figured something out, right?"

"Yes. He attacks if you rise past a certain height... Which means he doesn't attack if you bow low enough. 'Worship the Lord' means to bow down and worship him literally." Jin-Woo responded to Mr.Song. His eyes showed that what he was saying was not false.

"So when you bow down to him..." Jin-Woo continued to bow lower, but his eyes never left the statue.

"This isn't coming from just a gut feeling, right?" Mr.Song asked. As Jin-Woo opened his mouth to speak, Magnus beat him to it.

"Old man, you still have the guts to question him after everything he has demonstrated. Just do as he says." Magnus's voice came from next to him. He was confident that Jin-Woo had evidence to back him up, but sadly, this time, Jin-Woo didn't have any. Not that it matters or anything like that.

"Actually, it is... for now." Jin-Woo said, slightly embarrassed but proud that his now 'cute' best friend trusted him unconditionally. 'I don't think I'll ever get used to the feeling of having someone trust me so unconditionally all the time.' The thought of it warmed his heart a bit, he felt helpful for once, and he didn't ever want to betray that feeling.

"Well... there's nothing else we can do at the moment." As Mr.Song said this, all the others started to bow down in front of the statue.

"I swear to god, old man, when we get out of here, I will beat your ass." Magnus always has a knack for ruining serious moments. 'Maybe this is what people call a bear child, right?' Everyone, but Jin-Woo(since he's used to it), thought.

'We get to live?'

'We can finally get out of here?'

'By just bowing?'