"You want to use that bet for this?"
Lee Taehyung found Kim Seojin a little surprising. It was as if he already expected a possibility of being killed, so he lured him into a trap with this bet to make sure it didn't happen.
"What makes you think that I will follow that bet?" he asked. "There is nothing binding about that bet. So what if I ignore it entirely?"
Kim Seojin was a little taken aback. Although he had expected a possibility of something like that happening, hearing that from Lee Taehyung directly made him wonder if he was actually going to do that.
In all those lives, how many times had he promised things to others? How many times did he have to break that promise? So what was to stop him from doing it now?
"I don't think you will do that."
"And why won't I?"
"Because you will be at a loss if you try."
"Oh? I will be?" Lee Taehyung asked, looking at Kim Seojin with great intrigue. "And what makes you think that?"
"Who knows." Kim Seojin had the answer, but he did not give it.
He had already been observing Lee Taehyung for a long time. Even the smallest of actions from Lee Taehyung didn't avoid his attention.
Everything he did was intentional. His behavior was intentional, all to judge Lee Taehyung better. He also did it to give the Regressor a certain type of impression about him.
He knew a lot about the Regressor, but Lee Taehyung didn't know much about him.
For Lee Taehyung, he was a mystery. He didn't know what Kim Seojin was actually capable of.
Kim Seojin was able to kill people in a way that looked like he had mastered a sword. But more than that, he appeared like he knew many things that others weren't supposed to know.
Even he didn't know about the secret achievement that Kim Seojin had achieved. And that was just what Kim Seojin had shown. There was a lot that he hadn't shown.
Lee Taehyung hadn't faced Kim Seojin in any of his previous lives. Hence, he was more cautious.
Until now, he was trying to judge if Kim Seojin was a friend or a foe. The only thing he came to find out was that it wasn't certain if he could win against Kim Seojin.
The more mysterious Kim Seojin behaved, the more cautious Lee Taehyung became.
Kim Seojin had expressed his desire to help Lee Taehyung. He had tossed the bait. And with the bet, he also made it clear that he didn't intend to harm Lee Taehyung.
If that was the case, he would have used this bet in another way.
He expressed his desire that he didn't want a conflict between them. Lee Taehyung was not going to harm him, and in return, he was going to repay this favor.
"Do you want to test?"
Lee Taehyung appeared behind Kim Seojin, his finger merely a few inches away from his body.
Kim Seojin was a little scared, but he put on a brave front.
"Go ahead and try it. But what happens next, I won't be responsible."
He had already activated Battle Guidance and prepared to react whenever needed.
"Are you threatening me even now?"
"I'm not threatening you. I am just telling you that you have two possibilities. One is that you try to kill me. In that case, we don't know what might happen in the future."
As Kim Seojin paused for a brief moment, Lee Taehyung asked, "I suppose the second possibility is me working with you?"
Kim Seojin smiled.
"One deal is clearly more beneficial to you, am I wrong?"
The second deal was more beneficial for them. If both of them worked together, or even if they had a good relationship, a lot could change.
"You are dangerous. But I am quite curious to see what changes you can bring."
Lee Taehyung lowered his hand.
"I accept the outcome of the bet. I won't kill you, as long as you don't become an obstruction in my path or betray me."
He walked back to the tree to rest.
"But I won't protect you either. If others want to kill you, it would be your responsibility to protect yourself. If you die, then you were never worthy of cooperating with me in the first place."
Kim Seojin smiled wryly. He could see his name on the top of the leaderboard.
If Lee Taehyung was a walking treasure chest in the past, then this time, he became a treasure chest. If one could kill him, they could instantly receive all the points that belonged to him.
He could already see some semblance of greed in the eyes of other Players.
With Lee Taehyung, they didn't know who he was. If they did, they would have attacked him right away. That wasn't the case now.
Everyone present here knew that he was Kim Seojin, as he had teamed up with Lee Junho who was very popular.
Although many people wanted to attack him, they were also very cautious.
He wasn't alone. In their eyes, he had formed a team with Lee Taehyung.
The top two scorers in the Tutorial were in the same team, which made him a little cautious.
It was especially the case as they had seen how Lee Taehyung killed the Players.
Previously, they thought that he was just a Necromancer who could only make corpses explode. But they all saw him kill people with just a touch.
His speed was also very fast. They could only guess what his stats were.
In their eyes, Kim Seojin was the leader of the team and Lee Taehyung was the follower. If the follower was this strong, then how strong was the top ranker?
"They won't attack you now. But when the third stage begins, they won't be able to control themselves. It would be a perfect opportunity for them."
"If you can survive and still maintain the first rank, I will consider teaming up with you outside as well."
Lee Taehyung closed his eyes, issuing one last reminder for Kim Seojin. "Or you can tell me everything about you, and I will protect you in the third stage."