Secondhand Embarrassment will happen often with this one. Sometimes the story feels lackluster, but then other times is really good. It's almost like 2 people wrote this. I didn't hate it and I'd probably reread in a year or two after its faded in my memory.
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Warning: The series is under the tag "비욘드 하드코어", which means beyond hardcore. Meaning this series is not suitable for everyone and can be potentially triggering.
13 years ago, Baek Yugeon and his brother were the sole survivors of a mysterious anomaly attack, leaving them “awakened.” While his brother obtained supernatural powers, Yugeon became a “guide,” a being who could keep such powers under control through physical touch. When the same anomaly appears again, Yugeon’s brother is left in critical condition with the only one who can save him being Woo Shinje, an S-class awakened and the commander of the hunting order, Erewhon. In exchange, Yugeon must serve as the guide to Shinje’s team, which consists of the withdrawn Joo Taein, the beastly Yoon Chan, and the sadistic Kwon Heesu. Though Shinje seems like the nicest on the team, he might prove to be the most dangerous when he states another condition: Yugeon must follow him into the pit where the very anomaly responsible for all his tragedies awaits...
How far would you be willing to go to save the ones you love? With his grandfather bordering life and death, Taesun takes on multiple jobs in order to pay a seemingly endless stack of hospital bills. On one of his odd jobs, he ascends the great mountain Geumryang, unknowingly the home of an eponymous serpentine spirit. When Taesun encounters the divine being, he too is on the brink of death, desperate for water in his slithering form. Taesun offers him a sip of water, and saves the sacred snake from certain death. Later that night, a cold-blooded body embraces Taesun and offers him an exchange: bear the ancient being’s seed, and his grandfather will live. But is all really as it seems? After all, can one ever truly trust the forked tongue of a serpent…?
I am so glad this got an official with added scenes. This used to be a 3.5 for me but now it's a solid 4. Kinda cheesy sometimes and overdramatic but not everything has to be a masterpiece to be enjoyed. 4/5