Thrown In as Bait, the E-Rank Lantern Wakes Up Every Time He Dies novel · Chapter 23 of 24
Chapter 23: Live Steam
Live steam came out of the relief pipe with a scream.
In one second the boiler room was white and hot enough to cook a man.
Woo-seok was already on the floor, because steam rises and a firefighter never forgets it.
He crawled for the alley door on his elbows, with his face to the concrete.
Behind him the master made a sound he had never heard it make.
The frost on its body turned to water and ran off it in sheets.
It tried to back out into the hall, and Ha-yeon's spear touched it again from the doorway, and it stopped for one more breath.
One more breath was enough.
The alley door opened over Woo-seok's head, and four hands grabbed him by the coat and dragged him out onto the wet stones.
The twins had him, one on each arm.
The knitter slammed the door shut and leaned her whole weight on it.
Inside, something huge came down on the boiler room floor.
Then there was only the hiss of the steam.
Words hung in the air in front of his eyes, the way they had every time for two months.
[The gate is closed. Return closes with it.]
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