Chapter 278
"This humble servant respectfully greets the Master."
This time his voice was no longer the gentle, grandfatherly voice he had used in front of Annie. Instead It carried a sense of reverence so deep that it would have surprised anyone who knew him well.
If Annie was still here, watching all this she'd have wondered whether this was still the same man who controlled all of Heukryeon's intelligence network, and who had ordered countless experiments and also arranged the deaths of people without losing a night's sleep, was now kneeling before a lifeless statue like some kind of devoted disciple.
For a while, nothing really happened.
Still, Baek kept his head lowered, waiting patiently. He had learned long ago that the being before him did not appreciate being hurried. Even after serving him for centuries, he still understood very little about the true nature of his master.
