Episode 5: Chapter 22 - Dark Keeper (3) is the twenty-second chapter of Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint.
Summary[]
Inside the Ground Rat's Treasure Trove, Kim Dokja and Lee Gilyoung watch as ground rats gather and the area brightens with flames, then overhear the bound Han Myungoh and Yoo Sangah arguing. It is revealed that Han Myungoh was the one to steal Yoo Sangah's bike in an attempt to make her accept his offer to drive her home, ending in them both riding the subway. Kim Dokja throws his thorn weapon at Han Myungoh, scratching his mouth and silencing him. Yoo Sangah recognizes the thorn and realizes Kim Dokja has come for them.
Kim Dokja's attention is drawn by the appearance of the Dark Keeper; the pressure of its presence incapacitates Lee Gilyoung, and Kim Dokja leaves him hidden. He successfully frees them from their bindings, but his knife corrodes away, and he replaces it with a bone spear as he observes the Dark Keeper and recalls what he knows of it. Yoo Sangah listens to it speak, and activating her [Interpreter] skill, has a short conversation with it and says it keeps repeating the phrase "become Mother". It points at Yoo Sangah as it speaks, and upon her refusal, points to Han Myungoh instead. At his lack of rejection, it forces a tentacle down his throat, and Kim Dokja belatedly remembers that demon species conceive their young in other species' bodies.
Kim Dokja has Yoo Sangah back away, then slashes at the tentacles attached to Han Myungoh; however, his weapon is insufficient, and he's unable to free the other man. He calls the dokkaebi Biryu and orders him to hand over Broken Faith. Though the weapon itself is in poor condition, Kim Dokja uses [White Pure Star Energy] and activates Blade of Faith. Despite his self-admitted poor swordsmanship skills, he nonetheless manages to inflict severe damage on the Dark Keeper through his knowledge of its attack patterns (drawn from Ways of Survival) and the ether properties of his weapon.
Features[]
Characters[]
- Lee Gilyoung
- Kim Dokja
- Abyssal Black Flame Dragon (indirect)
- Ground rats
- Han Myungoh
- Yoo Sangah
- Demon-like Judge of Fire (indirect)
- Prisoner of the Golden Headband (indirect)
- Dark Keeper
- Biryu
Objects[]
- Stone Hog's Pointed Thorn
- Kim Namwoon's Knife
- Spear made from a ground rat's spine
- Broken Faith
- Blade of Faith (through White Pure Star Energy)
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