Twelve heroes emerged, their presence commanding. For a moment, they stood silently in the craters left by their landings, their gazes lowered. The hands gripping their weapons trembled, pale and cold.
When their gazes finally lifted, their faces bore the unmistakable marks of bitter rage. Their lifeless, dark eyes revealed suppressed killing intent—and despair.
Euncheong’s cold voice carried both sorrow and warning.
“…Remember this. What we are about to do is not slaughter. But it must be more brutal than any slaughter has ever been. We will kill without killing. Under no circumstances—”
The eyes that were always calm and just were now twisted, glistening with tears. Yet Euncheong did not cry. Instead, he gripped his sword tightly, carving the sound of Sehyun’s muffled sobs into his breaking heart.
“Do not show them mercy.”

I hate that they did not include Euncheong's line when they first saw Sehyun after the kidnapping. That was an emotional line for me Poor baby Euncheong