EX rank supporting role’s replay in a prestigious school-Chapter 1097: At the end of a long fight (7)

In the aftermath of a long battle, the Grieving Beast Woman had lost her love.

She had forgotten what she had hoped to gain from that fight.

All that remained was regret from her helplessness, misplaced anger, and lingering attachment to the love she had lost.

Yet, her love, Ajeok Ho and Je Ho, were still alive.

For them, she would do anything.

For that reason, the Grieving Beast Woman headed toward the Rose Garden, knowing that there were mythological family members with murderous intent toward her, to destroy the traps.

‘I’m hurt, but I’m alive. They must have treated me.’

There were limited means to treat Ajeok Ho, but Hwang Ho wouldn’t leave him to suffer.

Additionally, there was the presence of the Dawn Star, who had promised to act in order to prevent Ajeok Ho’s death.

The Dawn Star had succeeded in protecting Ajeok Ho from a massive conspiracy and was still doing so.

The Grieving Beast Woman trusted in their strength and will but had no intention of standing idly by.

When she learned of Ajeok Ho’s injuries, she rushed to see him to feel at ease, and she couldn’t abandon the research that had taken thousands of years to complete.

The Grieving Beast Woman gazed at the scale model of the balance that had been used to create the failed project "Wealth and the Weight of Life."

‘This scale is strange.’

The balance, created for the purpose of eradicating gods and transcendent beings, had failed because it couldn't erase the potential of these gods and beings.

While gathering strength and wisdom to annihilate the gods and transcendent beings, two of the Eight Great Bears had gone insane, and three fell into deep slumber, leaving the development of this item effectively halted.

However, the Grieving Beast Woman was obsessed with this item.

She had studied the scale for thousands of years, through replication, decomposition, usage, experimentation, and improvement.

Thanks to this obsession, when the Dawn Star appeared to destroy the Dream Auction, she was able to immediately pass on an extra Wealth and Weight of Life, and she knew that the scale held some secret.

‘The force needed to move the scale isn’t the only thing missing. It’s constructed in such an illogical way, as if broken.’

The scale demanded an excessive price to erase something.

Even to erase the insignificant and petty possibilities of a human, it required wealth and life that were heavier than the value of the human being.

After studying the scale, the Grieving Beast Woman hypothesized several things.

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‘Could it be that the cost to erase something in the past wasn’t enough? So now, when trying to erase something else, they’re receiving a greater price?’

The Grieving Beast Woman thought of the Eight Great Bears.

They were pathetic and disgusting bears, but they were also crafty and capable.

Perhaps they had found a way to delay the cost.

The Grieving Beast Woman looked at the list of names of the Eight Great Bears engraved on the cave wall.

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First Bear – HateSecond Bear – GriefThird Bear – FearFourth Bear – JoyFifth Bear – RageSixth Bear – DesireSeventh Bear – WorryEighth Bear – Greed

Of the names on this list, two were shining brightly.

There were only two bears who had neither gone mad, fallen into a deep sleep, nor been captured by the mythological families.

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‘The awake ones are me, the Fourth Bear of Joy, and the Seventh Bear of Worry, but the Seventh Bear of Worry is trapped in the abyss of the mythological families.’

The Grieving Beast Woman focused her gaze on the names of the insane bears.

The First Bear of Hate, who had led the Eight Great Bears and been the brain of the group, and the Sixth Bear of Desire, who had been consumed by greed.

Their names had distorted, reflecting their mental states.

The Bear of Hate, who hated everything, laughed and rampaged, as if enlightened, but the Bear of Desire had lost all desire and was merely lying with eyes wide open.

‘And the three who fell into a deep sleep.’

The Third Bear of Fear, the Fifth Bear of Rage, and the Eighth Bear of Greed.

These three had fallen into a deep sleep.

The Bear of Fear, who had doubted everything, and the Bear of Rage, who was always angry, were of no concern to the Grieving Beast Woman.

The Grieving Beast Woman found the Bear of Greed, who had long been pestering her with its persistent desires, utterly repulsive.

Having fallen into a deep sleep, she considered killing the Bear of Greed and eliminating the other bears, but she was stopped by the awake members of the Eight Great Bears.

She could have dealt with the awake bears if she had launched a surprise attack, but even the mad bears responded to her murderous intent, forcing her to stop.

‘The Bear of Greed is at the bottom, but it became unexpectedly strong and joined the Eight Great Bears. It only fell into a deep sleep shortly after joining.’

Even thinking of that bear made her feel nauseous, but the Grieving Beast Woman forced herself to think calmly.

For Ajeok Ho’s sake, she could tolerate this level of revulsion.

After the long battle, the Grieving Beast Woman had very little left she could do for Ajeok Ho, but she could not stand doing nothing.

She didn’t know the exact reason, but she believed that studying the scale was the path that would lead to Ajeok Ho’s safety.

‘The deep-sleeping bears are showing signs of waking up. Perhaps the insane ones will regain their sanity as well.’

Her ominous premonition proved correct.

The bear of Greed, whom the Grieving Beast Woman had murderous intent toward, was being protected by the Bear of Joy, who had come rushing toward them, likely to protect the deep-sleeping bears for her own purposes.

The Bear of Joy, who had often shown joy, seemed excited about something, but this kind of excitement ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) had only occurred with things related to the Eight Great Bears.

“Beast Woman! Good news!”

When the Grieving Beast Woman allowed the entrance, the Bear of Joy shouted without any greeting.

The Bear of Joy appeared to be testing out some spell, as magic symbols were visible on its body, inscribed with the energy.

Once considered the best barrier mage among the bears, the Bear of Joy had abandoned barrier magic after losing to Hwang Ho in a long-ago battle and focused entirely on developing new spells.

Though the Bear of Joy seemed insane, it had been obsessed with spell development for thousands of years and was extremely talented.

The Grieving Beast Woman admired the intricacy and power of the spell, though she was already thinking of a countermeasure in her mind.

But she kept her inner thoughts hidden, welcoming the Bear of Joy with an enchanting voice.

“I’ve been waiting for the good news you bring. What happened this time?”

“I’ve found the answer to the spell I’ve been developing! I want to immediately capture any member of the True Clan to test it, but... Oh, first let me tell you something else. Do you remember when the sleeping bears’ eyelids fluttered?”

“I remember.”

She couldn’t forget that annoying news.

The Grieving Beast Woman quietly strengthened her grip on the fan in her hand.

The Bear of Joy, completely unaware of what the Grieving Beast Woman was thinking, brightly said,

“Today, the insane bears are waking up. The Bear of Hate recited a poem of hatred towards the gods, and the Bear of Desire, after a long time, voluntarily satisfied its hunger. They’re regaining their sanity.”