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I Came Back And Conquered It All
Mental Education (1)
A system message appeared:
[Slot Activator (Rank: SS)]
– Item that allows users to open up three more skill slots.
'Good! SS-Rank activator was hard to find even in the previous life.'
This item started with A-Rank, and even if it opened only one slot, it was a precious item that everyone was anxious to find. More than anything, an SS-rank! It was easy to mistake the SS-rank activator's value, which opened three slots, as three times the A-rank activator that could open one slot. However, actual transactions did not take place that way.
Of course, it was sold at a price that was well over three times the standard. As the A-rank [Slot Activator] was also rare, because the supply cannot keep up with the demand, it saved time and effort to get three such items.
'I don't mean to sell it, of course.'
But that didn't mean that I wanted to use it. I was still empty in all four slots given as soon as one Awakens.
'I should give it to either one of the other two. Who needs this more, Hibiki or Nate?
Rather than Nate, who can solve all the battles with his unique skill, Hibiki would be a better choice to have it as she would get stronger as she learned more magic skills.
So, I decided to go back to the dungeon.
"Here."
I handed over the thing in my hand to Hibiki. Upon hearing my explanation, she brought the beads near her heart, where the Mana core was. The gem melted and disappeared without a trace, like salt in water.
"How's it?"
Hibiki checked the system message and nodded.
"My skill slots expanded to seven."
She had already filled all four slots before entering the dungeon.
[Universal Mastery (Rank: A)]
[Fire Mastery (Rank: S)]
[Ice Mastery (Rank: A)]
[Lightning Mastery (Rank: B)]
Now that she has opened three more, she could collect all seven kinds of mastery. After that, she could upgrade her skill cards to a higher level along with the increase in Mana capacity.
'Hibiki's unique ability is, the more magic she learns, the stronger the synergy effect.'
She would be the first to collect seven types within a month of Awakening. Furthermore, she achieved that through a bridge, which was me. Still, the magic knowledge and spelling modification she was learning now was what the future Hibiki herself had already accomplished.
Like Nate, I was looking forward to her future, where she would gain strength and become stronger at a much faster rate compared to her previous life.
*
As we returned to Earth, Hunter of Gate Keepers, who was in a hurry to contact someone, saw us with a surprised look on his face.
"Seo Jin-Wook, Hunter!"
Looking at the time, it had been less than half a day since we entered the gate. He said in a quivering voice, with his mouth trembling, whether out of fear or an inability to speak well.
"H-how the hell did you clear?"
His irritated expressions were clearly seen, and his eyes were full of envy and astonishment.
"I can't believe it."
He was aware it was a difficult dungeon where people had to start the treasure hunt from the beginning again when the prophecy was reset while searching for the cubes. He also knew that some of the sculptures could only be found in the mountains, and since a dragon would kidnap the expedition member, if given an opportunity, the chance to Clear was continually given up in that dungeon.
"I will submit a detailed report to the Hunter Management Department later. Please take this first," I replied, handing him the metal plate that had the changed prophecy.
"Oh, yes! Prophecy, I've confirmed it!"
He received it with a puzzled expression. After confirming the contents by [Analysis], I hoped that they would hurry to prepare for it without a doubt. It could not prevent the immediate collapse of the dungeon itself, which would explode as soon as the gate opened, but it would be possible to evacuate the people living there in advance.
'Hunters will gather in advance and prepare for a massive monster hunt.'
Of course, we'd head there too, when that day came.
"And many corpses of the previous explorer Hunters were found in the lair on top of the mountain. We had no choice but to leave them there because we couldn't bring them all down, so please report it to the Hunter Management Department."
"What? Lair? You mean, where the dragon lives? How did you…?" He tilted his head, put his hands together, and brought his fingers to his mouth, clearly in deep thought. Finally, he concluded, "Ah-ha! It must have been the mechanism for the dragon to disappear from the dungeon after the Clear, right? That's a relief!"
He didn't seem to want to imagine that we had even hunted the dragon. Well, he'd soon find out where the dragon went. Not only this Hunter, but everyone in the world would.
*
The next dungeon did not require hunting. It was the last of three dungeons, as it was contracted with the Gate Keepers Guild for one-day use.
"Hmm? You are going in there?" The doorkeeper hunter snorted as if he didn't understand, "Well, if you say you've already paid for it. All right. Be careful not to step into strange places!"
As we left the Hunter's warning behind, the place we entered was a chaotically topsy-turvy world. The sky above our head was broken into pieces, like broken glass. And each piece had a completely different view. Many parts were constantly moving and pushing each other away as if repelled by some invisible force.
Nate was overly excited, "It's like a scene from a movie!"
'Yeah, the kind of movie where a jealous god tears up the sky as if it's some photo he's become tired of looking at.'
"It's all mixed up. Even the directions."
At first, what we considered to be the sky was only an extension of the land. Pieces of dimensions floated around everywhere. They clashed with one another and tangled, stuck together by forming a slight fused surface, or bumped into each other and passed in different directions.
"We have to be careful in going around, only picking places that have stopped moving."
The path we walked on was a more stable area.
"In particular, never get close to a place like that," I said, pointing my finger at the two-dimensional fragments that were interlocked.
Shhhhhhhhhh!
Rumbleeeeee!
The horizon, beyond the rough seafront, met vertically with the dark green lightning desert. If someone were to swim in that ocean, he or she would fall beyond the edge of the world into the desert. The sudden change in the flow of gravity's direction would throw him into the middle of the lightning cloud, with seawater falling like a waterfall.
"Come on, follow me slowly."
Even the [Stardust Wing] was not opened here because I would end up flying to an unintended place due to the botched gravity and direction.
Hibiki asked, "What is this place?"
"Sometimes, these types of dungeons come out. It's one of the proofs that the system is never omnipotent." I unraveled knowledge that people of this age still don't know, "The middle dimension, which has a dungeon, is a space made from normal pieces of the dimension, like the Earth. The ecosystem shows a combination of life and environment that is not normally found in one dimension. Suppose you expand the dungeon boundary after the Clear and check out the larger area. In that case, that's much more noticeable," They listened intently as I continued the explanation, "I think this kind of middle dimension comes out when the combination is messed up."
The system message shows the Clear condition as 'unknown.' I guess it was because we couldn't proceed with the Clear in this state. This kind of dungeon didn't even collapse, so it was just left alone. There were no monsters to hunt on arrival. This was because a proper ecosystem was not created. Monsters could only survive if they could hunt and eat.
We soon arrived at a place that illustrated just how messed up this ecosystem was.
"Tree?"
There was a small cluster of dried, twisted trees on a small island covered with gray soil. The tree roots that pierced the border of the fragmented ground were seen everywhere.
"It's supposed to be dead, but it's still alive with incredible vitality. But it can't grow anymore in a place that lacks soil."
I plucked out some trees carefully so that the roots didn't get damaged. Trees were pure creatures and were not treated as items, so there was no separate system message.
After feeding the whole thing to the snake, I said, "Let's go back to Earth."
Nate's face was glowed, "We've been to all three places, so we're going home now?"
"No, we just walked around. We didn't train. So as a bonus, just one more place."
"Wow, that's too much!" Nate complained to me with a teary face.
Hibiki coughed silently, but I didn't even snort and moved right away, "Come on, let's go!"
*
We got out of the gate and moved to the car. The next destination was the mountains outside of the populated area where normal people wouldn't normally go. There was a gate there with neither the Hunter Management nor the Gate Keepers. Even if I used this dungeon for my personal use, no one would notice for a long time to come.
"What is here?"
"Undiscovered dungeon."
Nate was amazed, the look on his face betraying his emotions. But I saw an unusual light in Hibiki's eyes.
"Of course, this…"
"Yes, I'll keep it a secret from the others."
Nate tilted his head, "Why?"
Before I answered, Hibiki said, "All this is about preventing a 'future' catastrophe?"
The word 'future' has a strange emphasis. I nodded my head.
Weing!
As we stepped over the gate, gray ground surrounded us, as we had just seen in the messed up dungeon.
"Ah!"
Nate nodded as if he knew what was going on, "Maybe it's the same debris as the small island we saw earlier. It's a mess in the middle dimension, but it's a stable, large mass assembled here."
"If you plant the tree here…"
"Yes, it will grow very well."
Meanwhile, as soon as we entered, I could see Mana's unique blue light coming from beyond the horizon, "When you came in, you saw it, right? The condition for this dungeon is the annihilation of the monsters."
I pushed their backs.
"Before we plant the trees, we need to clear the ground first, right? All right, sweep it away!"
*
It was only 24 hours after the promotion review when the last dungeon was cleared; the tree was planted on the gray ground where the monsters had disappeared. After a long day, Hibiki and Nate fell asleep in the back seat of the car. No matter how one came to be a hunter, it was natural to become tired under so much activity and harsh training.
I glanced at them in the rear-view mirror. Deep in sleep, they snored silently with their heads pressed against each other, each head propping up the other. The sight of it permeated my mind with a strange feeling.
'The relationship between them in their previous lives was completely different.'
Both of them had different personalities from when they met each other in their previous lives. For Hibiki, it was a complete turnaround.
'They fought together for the same purpose, but in terms of personal relations, they were enemies to each other.'
However, in this life, I did think that the aspect of their relationship might be slightly different.
*
The next day, as soon as I woke up, I came down to the accommodation basement.
Boosh!
Blrgh….!
I made an artifact with all my heart and soul leaning on the memory of my previous life. I was making a barrier that completely blocked the heat from leaking out. In it, a high-temperature furnace that would never be extinguished if the Mana continued to be applied. On top of the fire's flame, which could be used as a weapon, was a huge pot made of a material from an alien world.
Blrgh!
Smoldering away, inside the furnace, was a gold-colored metal. As soon as I received the statue from the Senator, I melted it down.
'It's useless to me in the form of a statue.'
The statue, made by residents of a dimension after the gods they served, was cast with precious metal containing holiness attributes. Just five kilograms of the metal could make a holy sword that could blow the neck of a decent mid-level demon. But then, the weight of the statue that the Senator got me was 0.5 tons!
The huge statue had to be melted for other purposes as well.
'I'll keep it like this for a while.'
I approached and grabbed the sword's handle, which had its blade completely submerged in the molten metal, at the furnace's center. I saw a system message that explained this item.
[Devil Slayer]
Item Description: It was said that a legendary being first used this sword to make mountain ranges out of the corpses of countless demons and make the ocean out of their blood. If you listen to the sword's voice, you will learn the essence of the sword that the previous owners have learned.
※ Precautions: This sword amplifies and releases the user's sword mastery and may take a long time to get used to it.
Immediately, there was telepathy that could not be converted to language. I remembered what it said when I first held him in my hand.
It said that 'its senses were back.' If it didn't come in contact with an Awakened for a while, it fell into a deep sleep, but once Awakened, it could see, hear, and feel other senses. However, it would not be able to stimulate the sense of pain for obvious reasons.
So, I chose this method. A sacred metal furnace that attacked the existence itself, beyond just beating and scorching. It should be the kind of pain that would make it want to delete its existence.
Blrgh!
The name [Devil Slayer] sounded like a weapon of warriors fighting evil for justice. However, as the original owner's identity suggested, the weapon was far from holy. Nevertheless, the names and descriptions of the sugar-coated item were enough to attract many hunters. Adding to it, the sweet words from the sword's cognitive being made others unable to think that this item was dangerous.
Therefore, many people fell for the trick without knowing what it meant to be the sword's true master.
'In fact, the true owner of the sword is the spirit contained in the sword…. itself.'
Thus, the meaning of the phrase that the Awakened person would become the true master of the sword meant that it became one's extended body, which moved like a puppet according to the cognitive being's will. Some enjoyed this kind of wordplay and contract. Although they are called different names depending on the dimensions, the most common expression is 'Devil.'
Blrgh!
I took out the blade completely, which had been submerged in molten metal. Only then did the combined telepathy hit my mind with a clear meaning. It was something that the sword gave off.
'You…. Bastard worthy of being fried in fecal wateeeeeer!'
A desperate cry drenched in anger and hatred, called.
"Hmm," I thought to myself. It is still under-educated.
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The Devil's sword relentlessly poured out profanities and curses. The old scene of it tempting me with sweet words, like a tongue in my mouth, was nowhere to be found, unlike when I first held it in my hands. Now it seemed that it had nothing, but wickedness, left in it.
'I'll kill you! I'll kill you! I'll kill you! I'll kill you by any means!'
The holy-type metal that constituted the molten statue was called [Telabrium]. The pain the thing with the evil property had felt while being submerged in the [Telabrium] furnace for a few days must have been more terrible than the torment of a man being set on fire alive. Thanks to my adjustment of the furnace's temperature, the Devil's sword's blades did not melt, but it was exposed to endless pain, resulting in it losing all reason and proper judgment.
Listening to the struggle, I snorted and spoke, "How can you kill someone when you're just a soul trapped in a sword? You're only a stationary object that has no power to crawl out of the furnace by itself if no one holds you in his hand and moves you."
'You son of a biiiiiiitch!'
"Come on. It's been a while since we've talked."
When I first found it in the dungeon, the sword lost its senses and fell into a deep sleep. The same thing would happen if I didn't regularly talk to it while holding the handle. It was something I never wanted to happen. The sword had to suffer hellish pain and gradually feel fear beyond anger. The goal of the mental education, as I intended, was to instill appalling and hopeless fears into its mind.
"Now, are you ready to accept the contract?"
It answered with much malicious telepathy, 'Crazy bastard! I don't know where the word contract keeps coming from but mentioning those in front of me as a puny human like you is….!'
"You talk a lot for an immobile object."
Puhk!
I didn't even finish listening to the telepathy and stuck the blade back in the molten metal.
Bllgh!
A mental wave screamed, as if its soul was squeezed, and echoed in my head. I had a headache, but I held it in. Instead of dipping it and waiting, I stirred it around the furnace while holding the handle, like how one stirs a liquid with the spoon. As I did so, the scream became more ferocious and desperate.
Tssss!
With acrid smoke, the sword reappeared over the gold-colored molten [Telabrium].
'You motherfucking···· Bastard·····!'
Perhaps it is a bit weary; the mental wave was filled with deep agony and despair.
"There's no way to manipulate me anymore since the [Whisper of the Sword] is fundamentally blocked, right? To put it in other words, I can do whatever I want with you, when you are only a sword, as I hold the handle. It was a mistake to be complacent even in this situation. You can bother me with loud telepathy, but you jumped to the conclusion that there's no way that I can't bother you. But what do we do? I've found a way."
"So, have you thought about it when you dipped yourself in the warm furnace? About the Contract?"
'Such a puny human like you….!'
"Is it hurting your ego that a human like me is talking about the 'contract' in front of the Devil? Perhaps it's something in your area of expertise?"
'You bastaaaard!'
"I'm sorry, but I know better than just hearing about you. About the Contract of your kind."
The devils were the ones who tempted, harassed, and dominated. The Contract was the tool they used to dominate those who have the slightest crack in their minds and had shown their true colors. The temptation to become the sword's true master was also a tactic to sign a verbal contract. As soon as one accepted, he handed everything over to the Devil. A Devil's Contract is simply to put each other's souls as collateral and create a binding force.
"Contract for the soul. For it to come true, both parties must accept the Contract with free will. Is that right?"
The Devil's sword did not immediately respond. Their Contract is a terrifying double-edged sword that damages the spirit of the one who breaks it. Concluding the Contract is an act of risk for the Devil as well, for both souls are held as collateral. Therefore, the devils write the Contract in their favor. The Devil himself, therefore, does not have to break the Contract, as he has numerous rights and no obligations to partake.
"The former masters who accepted the offer without knowing the meaning of 'true master' would have all become your faithful servants. After hearing the sweet words of that, they will be able to know the sword movements of all its past owners, without knowing the truth behind it. Even if so, a contract must have been made. Just as paper contracts that are signed without properly having read, still hold power." Simply put, a fraudulent contract. However, there was no court to accept the nullity suit because there was no escape clause.
The Devil's sword let out its mind waves in dismay.
'What the hell… are you, bastard!'
I went on, "I want you to make a proper deal with me, the Contract that your kind loves so much. But this time, I drafted it. And let me tell you in advance that I have no intention of negotiating the contents or changing it as you wish. It's a draft, but it's already the final version."
The Devil's Contract was plastered with provisions, in its favor, to then seduce the man. Now I was trying to do exactly the opposite. Instead, I made a contract in my favor, forcing the Devil to accept it.
'You crazy human!'
The Devil's sword snapped at me, 'You're going to design and compose our Contract? It's not even funny. If that were possible, all kinds of species would have done that long ago!'
"Of course, I am not a real devil, so I can't make a verbal contract like you. So, I prepared a more formal contract."
I took out and unfolded the magic paper used to make the scroll. Then I stuck out the dark red texts written on it in front of the sword.
And as the sword saw it, 'This… Can't be.'
It was the most violently agitated response ever. It was natural because the letters written on the paper were familiar to the Devil.
'How can you speak the official language of demons!'
This was their own script that encompassed all dimensions and was used by demons to form a contract. It was one of the basic materials that made up the contract magic.
I, who was not the Devil, can form a contract if I had this. It was very old, and a language and text composed through a difficult principle so that other races couldn't learn easily. Still, I'd already memorized it perfectly in my previous life.
Whether the species may be of Archid or Devil, there was no problem in remembering them.
'···But!' He tried to deny it, 'Even if you imitate our texts, you can't activate them! Stop making all these silly tricks and make me...!'
"You mean that the most important component of the Contract is missing, right? The name of the contractor," I smiled as I had expected it and flipped to the next page of the Contract.
The Devil's sword's mind waves stopped when it saw the page. It must have been the reaction of being unexpectantly baffled. A text was written at the bottom of the page, the second and last pages.
– To comply with the above provisions, the promisor and promisee undertake this thorough implementation with their souls as collateral.
And it was identified who the promisor and promisee were.
– Promisee: Seo Jin-Wook.
The name of another being written next to it.
– Promisor: Genograche.
The name required for a contract could not be a socially promised title, but rather an identity in which the parties to the Contract and, more precisely, the spirit of its existence, perceived itself. In addition, he saw something unexpected in the Mahjong script written at the bottom of the Contract. His real name, which was called a long time ago.
'You….'
As the shock sunk in, like cold water being poured over a hot head, the Devil's Sword calmed. After a brief pause, the mind waves were even more subdued.
'You knew everything from the start ···!'
Yeah, I knew. The first owner of this sword piled a mountain with demon corpses and cut off so many demons; their blood could have formed an ocean. It was also the Devil and was called Genograche. And somehow, after it died, its soul was sealed to the sword that it was using. Since then, the spirit trapped in the sword had dealt with the frustration and anger accumulated over the years in a wicked way.
By dominating the body of the sword wielder and slaughtering innocent lives.
"Yes, Genograche."
I pointed my finger at the last line of the Contract, "As a human trying to recreate the Devil's Contract, there were many troublesome procedures that could be skipped if it was only a verbal contract. But it was easier since I already knew your name."
It murmured as if it had belatedly realized a shocking conclusion.
'I was caught in your trap from the beginning!'
No, well, it was hard to define it as a trap.
'You, what the hell are you?'
The spirit of the sealed Devil murmured vaguely, 'Showing a perfect immunity to mental type attacks that did not exist in reality, setting the stage as if you've known every moment of the future, even my name that was forgotten ages ago? How can a human, such a puny human do so much?'
It scattered its mental wave as if it were defeated.
'Why must it be a guy like you that gets to hold this handle!'
The truth was, if I hadn't stepped in, it could have slaughtered more over the next few years. It would have seduced and harassed Randy when it got itself in his hands, instead of completely giving in. However, I had changed it in this life.
I thought about it. 'It's about time.'
It was time to wrap this up. I stimulated the fear that must have begun to bloom from its mind.
"Actually, it's not impossible for me to swing you right away without you accepting this Contract. Even if you try to blur my mind with all kinds of curses and profanities… my mental strength is not weak enough to fall for such things. It's just a little annoying."
It must have begun to think that way.
"However, if you don't accept the Contract, I will always, every day, unconditionally, put you in this furnace, aside for the short time that I swing you. This [Telabrium] furnace will be a sheath and sanctuary."
As if it couldn't control itself due to the heightened emotions, intense telepathy leaked out that could not be translated into words.
It'd only been about a week since I put him in the furnace. It barely managed to survive that hellish time, and it would no doubt be able to survive if this continued. Some kinds of pain didn't diminish just because they were repeated and prolonged. On the contrary, there are types of pain that you become more sensitive to the longer you are exposed. The pain caused by the properties of the pole belongs to the latter.
"Now, aren't you getting scared? If this torture continues, you'll go mad one day. Being crazy doesn't make you feel less pain, you know. Rather, you will be exposed to pain without protection because of your mental state and hit rock bottom. The willingness to hold on and endure will have completely disappeared. And being crazy means that the only factor that proves yourself right now will have altered or disappeared." I was speaking of the fact that this spirit had no physical body other than the sword. Mental illness would have been totally different for him. Could crazy humans be considered as the same person, compared to before they went mad? Apart from the existential criteria, at least from a physical perspective, it may be so. But the body remains unchanged and exists. However, being crazy for a spirit without a true body in the first place is no different from the destruction of its existence. It meant that the only component that proves itself was flawed and broken.
It was a death sentence for them.
"I'm willing to give you one last chance, even though I might just sit by and watch you go crazy. Because I like things to be certain. Now, read it again."
The Contract listed a long sentence, but in summary, it was like this.
– The Promisor (Devil's sword) shall not engage in any direct or indirect harm to Promisee(Seo Jin-Wook) and shall obey the order of Promisee(Seo Jin-Wook).
– The Promisor (Devil's sword) must be as sincere as possible in responding to requests and questions from Promisee(Seo Jin-Wook).
– The Promisor (Devil's sword) shall not recommend or induce any other person to sign a separate contract without the approval of Promisee(Seo Jin-Wook). (i.e., You can't say anything about being a true master to anyone.)
– As long as the Promisor (Devil's sword) complies with the Contract, Promisee(Seo Jin-Wook) does not torture Promisor (Devil's sword) with the [Telabrium] furnace.
– This Agreement shall remain in effect until either of the parties expires.
'If this guy goes crazy, it may shut its mouth for good, but on the contrary, there is a possibility that it may be more frenzied and run wild. It can't even be guaranteed that it won't affect the performance of the sword. It's not necessarily a desirable scenario.'
And my biggest concern was someone other than me would grab the handle and fall into a fraud contract. What if it seduces a person and runs away even if it has gone mad? For the Devil, a contract relies on instinct.
'It's best for it not to be able to try such things. Bounded by the Contract.'
If it went mad, I would become a little uncomfortable or uncertain about the sword's performance, but it would be like ceasing to exist from the point of view of the Devil's sword. If it accepted the Contract, I could keep my mind at ease, and the Devil's sword gets to keep its existence.
'And intentionally, I put in a condition that the contract is valid only while I'm alive.'
If I completely blocked its retreat, The Devil's sword could conclude that it will be trapped forever; it may choose to go crazy.
I had to give it a window for the retreat.
And he probably already understood this plan in its head.
'Even if it could predict what I think, there is only one option for it as long of the furnace exists.'
I spoke to it again as I was enticing it, "Once again, the contract only lasts while I'm alive."
I didn't know when that would be, but of course, I'll be thoroughly prepared for what happens after I die. Considering Randy's existence, who was the original owner in the previous life, there were several ways. I hastened it to answer.
"Now, what do you do?"
The longest silence since the conversation began flowed coldly in the basement. I waited patiently. Maliciously, I thought about putting it in the furnace again so that it would make up its mind faster.
'Can I add a few more lines to the contract?'
I clicked my tongue.
I pulled up the sword and pretended to dip it in the furnace again.
As I did that…
'You're a bastard, worse than the Devil! Okay! Fine! I'll sign the Contract! Let's make a deal!' the sword screamed.
I smiled inwardly.
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Dungeon Break (1)
About a week after I'd sent the [Vital Flame], and treasures recovered from the Dragon lair to the Senator, Oh Jin-Hwa contacted me. When I pressed the terminal, I heard the familiar voice of Oh Jin-Hwa.
"It's been a while since I said hello. Have you been well?"
Ever since I'd opened a deal with the Senator, she was designated as our liaison, and she has always maintained a polite tone and attitude toward me.
"Please understand that I'm contacting you on the phone when really, I should have visited you."
"That's all right. Please go ahead."
"I'm calling to let you know the settlement details of some of the items you've asked me to sell."
Considering the expected price and the variability of prices being adjusted by auction, the Senator decided to give a down payment of some of the money to me and settle the rest following the amount sold at auction.
I burst into laughter as I listened to her following words.
"Oh, really? Is that what he did?"
The Senator was said to have had invited 50 people from all over the world who had been Awakened but had never roamed around dungeons for him to sell [Vital Flame]. It was a selection of those who were old enough to have money laying around, or their adult children openly sharing the inheritance, and those who had the conditions to respond to such transactions.
The Senator conducted a test on a man to prove its effectiveness for those rich but suspicious people. The experiment showed a middle-aged hunter returning to his young body in his 20s using a trace amount of flame in front of everyone. Soon after, he even conducted a thorough physical examination.
"And then he put it up for auction, right?"
What impressed me was the condition of the product at auction. Unlike ordinary fires, the fire extinguishes itself if it burns Mana to a certain extent, so if a lot of Mana was burnt to increase the maintenance time, you needed a bigger fuel source.
"So, he sold it by dividing it, to the point that it would only burn the potential Mana for a month and then would go out?" It was a kind of trial period. The size of the flame I handed over to the Senator was enough for 50 Awakens with average potential Mana to burn for ten years, but he'd sold only a portion of it.
Oh Jin-Hwa answered, "That's right. Of course, we notified the buyers in advance and traded after getting their consent. Saying that after about a month of rejuvenation, even if there's more Mana left to burn, the fire will go out, and they will return to their original bodies."
Aging couldn't be stopped even through Awakening.
Now, let us say that the flame of life was slowly extinguishing, and you suddenly regained your youth just before you were due to die. The days you dreamed of would unfold. But then, if you went back to being an aged person after a month, even if you prepared yourself in advance, the psychological shock, and the loss, would leave you dumbfounded.
"They say that the taste of the meat could only be known by only those who tried so that they will search for the item again much more desperately." It was akin to letting drug addicts sample the wares, knowing that the sample was enough to form an addiction—customers for life.
"From that point on, the Senator will slowly release the volume and raise the price. He said that it's not a bad trade for self-preservationists who are Awakened but do not contribute power to humanity, since it offers them to contribute at least financially."
If he sold at a high price, I would get more money, so there was nothing bad about it.
"So, the amount to be settled first…is a little over $700 million."
I nodded when I heard the number. More than half of the treasure retrieved from the Dragon lair was yet to be disposed of, and in the case of [Vital Flame], the quantity sold this time was about 1% of the total inventory. As more goods were sold, the amount of the settlement would increase beyond control.
'First of all, I can collect some of Celestial Dragon's shares with this settlement.'
From then on, the number of sales coming in would go into a vital military fund to prepare for the future.
"As you may have guessed, it's a bit big to move in the dark… so I think the remittance will be made words, she meant illegally, "The price of the product is expected to rise significantly in the next auction, and the volume is expected to increase as well…. From then on, it will be impossible for our customers to pay in full cash. Therefore, the settlement should be done in a complicated way…I recommend that you prepare ahead of time."
This meant that we should plan for a few more windows, for traditional ways for money to travel.
"Can I leave that to you, too?"
"Yes, I understand."
I ended the call.
'All right, now the live ammunition is ready.'
Soon, it was time to start shopping.
*
"What? Are you buying my shares at that high price? Of course, I appreciate it."
Among the group that wished to leave the Celestial Dragon, those who followed Han-Seol planned to establish a small elite guild as before. Therefore, they were in dire need of initial capital. Even the artifacts that they were using, except for the distributed personal belongings, needed to be returned to the Celestial Dragon to require much financial assistance.
"Well, please sign here."
Instead of Seo Jin-Wook's name, I used the 'company' name that I owned and kept secret. I couldn't do much about those hunters who have already sold it, but more people tested the waters by showing them the suggested price from others as well.
Since an amount much larger than what was negotiated from others was offered, the sale contract proceeded quickly. Also, a special statement was added to each contract, in which that they would receive the money in advance. Still, the final timing of the transfer and the renewal of the account holder's (shareholder) list would be carried out on a specific date.
"Thank you."
"Oh, no, thank you. I sold it at a much higher price than I thought it would be."
Watching the scene of the meeting with my representative on CCTV, the Hunters' faces were all full of smiles.
'The fact that all guild members who followed Han-Seol, who leave, will be the same as in the previous life. I can't hold on to them.'
However, I would be in trouble if more left all at once. Therefore, the person I met for the next staff meeting was a man who was not in support of Han-Seol and still held shares of the Celestial Dragon.
'Team Leader Yoon Ho-Min!'
I met him at a high-end restaurant in downtown Seoul, avoiding the public eye.
"Wow, are you really Jin-Wook?" I've heard rumors, but I never thought people could change like this."
He was one of the original members who founded Celestial Dragon with Seo Gyu-Cheol and led the exploration team 1. He was a Hunter who had maintained the A-Rank for a long time, although he has been relegated to third place with Han-Seol joining and gained a high reputation among hunters who were not part of the Han-Seol faction.
"The fact that you're meeting me today...."
"Of course, it's a secret to the Guild Master."
That he secretly came to see me, even though he knew how much he was looking for me, meant that he, Yoon Ho-Min, had already given up his hopes on Seo Gyu-Cheol.
"How's the situation these days?"
From his mouth, words similar to what I had heard from Secretary Kim before poured out. I pretended to listen, but as soon as his mouth closed, I told Yoon Ho-Min.
"I think you can guess why I asked you to meet me. Instead of my father, I'm going to take responsibility for the Celestial Dragon."
Yun Ho-Min's eyes narrowed, searchingly, "You want me to push you, right?"
"Yes, I don't think I need to explain everything as to why my father is no longer qualified to lead the Celestial Dragon."
"Don't get me wrong. There will be a backlash because of the underlying rumors and the fact that you are too young. Of course, it was the surprising news that you received the SS-Rank this time."
"That's why I'm asking for your help. Since you're the most influential person who can lead public opinion at this point."
"Hmm."
He remained silent for a while as he chose his next words, "As you see, those who followed Assistant Guild Master Han-Seol are virtually impossible to persuade. From the first place, it wasn't because of the value of Celestial Dragon's name, but rather because they followed the person of Han-Seol."
"That's right."
"However, the problem now is…. the hunters who don't belong to that population are shaken. Focused on the top rank, that is. If all those hunters leave, the whole guild will be shaken."
It was also time-consuming for me to bring in outside talents, and the plan should've been carried out step by step. I didn't want the pillar to be pulled out and the roof to collapse in a day.
"We will need to regain their trust in our name. To prevent more from departing, we need something symbolic to lead them. Just like my father gathered them through the title of the first S-rank Hunter in Korea. I'm going to play that role."
"I heard of the recent performances. You turned the Grand Croix's bastard, and left him unable to fight, and attacked the S-level dungeon with a small number of people. You've also retrieved the prophecy for the dungeon break that is only a month away, am I correct?"
The last part was to be distributed to the media tomorrow because the Embargo was still on the line.
"But it's not enough just yet. Considering that it hasn't been a month since you received an SS-Rank, your career as a hunter is too short, and you haven't shown enough performances. The old rumors were so harsh…. that it takes such a great achievement to cover up its notoriety. Crucially, the leave of absence has been too long. This situation is something Jin-Wook needs to understand." He was lost in thought for a moment and soon stroked his chin and said, "Wait, perhaps the prophecy… that could be the key. The timings are just right."
Timing… He would never dream that this timing was not a product of chance but of my creation.
"The Hunter Management will soon order each guild to form and convene a break response team."
"I'm expecting it."
An instantaneous dungeon that collapsed as soon as the gate opens, now that the prophecy had been given, meant we had to start preparing. And in such a disastrous situation, the state could convene a Hunter, and each guild will organize its own arrangement according to the level of force standardized by the state.
"There will be all four major guilds, including Celestial Dragon."
I could guess what he was about to say because it was a conversation that I induced.
"If you really show your qualification to represent the Celestial Dragon there, you'll have a point as an irresistible trend."
In other words, he asked for a proper performance on the dungeon break. Of course, I was going to do so without him asking. I nodded my head.
"All right."
Everything was going as I intended.
*
The day after I met Team Leader Yoon Ho-Min, the president's public statement was broadcast live. The government immediately released details, and the media reported on the instantaneous dungeon.
"There's a reason they put up a few days for the embargo."
From the government's perspective, it would have taken time to come up with a response plan.
'… The room for doubt of the 'prophecy' found in the dungeon was very low from the past cases, so the government declared a state of emergency and martial law throughout Gwacheon City after a careful and thorough review. There is still enough time left until the expected dungeon break, so Gwacheon citizens should calmly evacuate under government control.'
Korea's latest experience with the dungeon break, of A-rank class, was three years ago. People who remembered the nightmares of that time were in extreme anxiety.
"How many people died during the last A-rank break?"
"20,000 dead… 8,000 missing."
"The missing are practically dead, aren't they? What should we do? Gwacheon is just below Seoul. Shouldn't we evacuate too?"
"There would be a case to answer, where the dungeon that they were trying to clear turned into 'very unstable' without a sign, and then it suddenly collapsed. Wouldn't it be okay this time since we know the timing in advance?"
"No, I can't be here because I'm nervous. I think I need to take my family away from Seoul for now."
In addition to Gwacheon City, evacuation processes continued throughout Gyeonggi Province, including Seoul. The entire land of Gyeonggi Province did not empty at once. Still, compared to before, it significantly reduced the general vehicle traffic on the road, and military vehicles filled the vacancy. Then, an emergency gathering was made for the hunters.
'Each Hunter Guild is required to assemble a break emergency response team according to the government-proposed standards, by the following day.'
The government did not issue an order to rally all hunters across the country before the prophecy's coordinates mentioned it. Instead, they ordered the guilds to configure forces in accordance with the protocol created by analyzing A-Class breaks at local and international levels and placed the called personnel in several stages. It was obvious that if the government gathered all the hunters in one place and an accident occurred, it would be the day of the Korean Hunters' annihilation.
And a few days later, my name was missing from the list of the first line of defense submitted by the Celestial Dragon Guild. That fact was soon leaked to the press by someone. Various discussion took place on message boards:
– Is it because an SS-Rank Hunter is a national treasure and the treasure of Celestial Dragons? But then… Boldly speaking, isn't Hunter supposed to fight and protect people at times like this? Aside from the fact that saving it only makes it useless, what if they can't stop the break and the country goes to shit because everyone dies?
↳ Nah, I bet he's excluded to the back to be inserted if ever the first level of defense goes down.
↳ By the way… Isn't it Seo Jin-Wook who brought out the prophecy from the S-Class dungeon?
↳ Yepp, even only considering that he retrieved the prophecy, I think he deserves to be treated well. If not for him, without knowing anything like three years ago, the dungeon might have collapsed, and the monsters would have poured out… It gives me chills just by thinking about it.
There were many stories about the contents of the prophecy.
– But isn't it rare that the prophecy is about the country's dungeon? Our country is lucky this time. Is Seo Jin-Wook lucky?
↳ True. An expert said on TV… that it's a very low probability. But isn't this too coincidental? They roamed the prophecy dungeon on the day he got the SS-Rank, and there he was, holding the prophecy about the dungeon break which happens in Korea, of all places? It's either that he knew it in advance, or isn't it fake?
↳ No to sudden conspiracies here. How can he alter that when Seo Jin-Wook isn't the system itself? If it's as you say, either Seo Jin-Wook knows the future, or he can use the texts that can't be interpreted without magic, as he wishes. To be honest, though, does that make sense?
↳ Anyways, so what is Seo Jin-Wook doing, and where is he? If it were in Celestial Dragon's style, they must have done continuous press conferences for 3 hours, but he is nowhere to be seen.
Within the deadline set by the government, most Gwacheon citizens completed evacuation, and some of the remaining people, who did not comply with martial law, were forcibly taken away after several warnings.
In the meantime, the Blue House has broadcast several public statements.
'…Once again, for those outside the area where martial law is imposed, please concentrate on your livelihood with confidence. According to global statistics, more than 95% of the predicted A-Class brakes tend to evolve early in the coming days. The government has thoroughly analyzed existing cases and worked closely with each Hunter Guild to form groups with sufficiently responsive forces.'
The message was aimed at those who were anxious about the fact that there was no foreign support group, unlike the Siheung 8 dungeon. The A-class break could be prevented enough with the country's own power, and all four major guild chiefs in Korea, except for the Gate Keepers, would gather at the first line of defense to prepare for possible situations.
What that meant was…
'I'll be reunited with Seo Gyu-Cheol there.'
So, time went by, and the day that I left on the prophecy came. I packed a bunch of artifacts that I had prepared, in the meanwhile, handed them out to my two companions, and I also equipped myself. I even held the devil's sword, bound with the reinterpretation of the devil's contract.
"Shall we?"
The three of us headed to Gwacheon.
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Hunters gathered in front of the primary dungeon coordinates, which was tagged with Gwacheon 5 dungeon's name when the gate was opened. The A-Class break response team was formed according to the government's standards, and those who were assigned as the first line of defense belonged to the top 4 guilds that represented Korea.
"Well, then, we'll step back to the third line of defense. We are honored!"
After grimly greeting everyone, military officials and the Hunter Management Department personnel all withdrew a few kilometers back. It was inefficient for people, aside from the Awakens, to be mixed in the front line where the wave of monsters would be fought. Furthermore, this time, the gate was going to open in the middle of the city, so they could not adopt the tactic of pushing the area away with modern firepower. As the government estimated the possible risk of both the first line of defense being breached and demolition of Gwacheon city infrastructures, they chose to war using infantry warfare.
With all the non-Awakens backed off, those who gathered to represent the four major guilds stood shoulder to shoulder.
"Activate barrier!"
As soldiers retreated, physical barriers were activated along the line of defense. A circular opaque membrane was formed around the gate.
"There's an hour left."
The book of prophecy accurately predicted the opening and collapse time of the gate. Kim Kyung-Rok, the Guild Master of Grand Croix, turned his eyes from the terminal, looked at the man standing in front of him, and spoke privately, away from the ears of the Hunter Management Department.
"Why is that precious son absent this time?"
Immediately the surrounding air got cold. It was a question that everyone had in their heads but refused to speak. The target of Kim Kyung-Rok's question was Seo Gyu-Cheol, the Guild Master of Celestial Dragon.
However, Seo Gyu-Cheol didn't bother to respond to him, let alone even turn his eyes to Kim Kyung-Rok. He spoke with an expressionless face to Yoon Ho-Min, the head of the exploration team 1, who stood beside him.
"Go back to our assigned ground. I will do the final check for the barrier myself."
Kim Kyung-Rok's face hardened when he realized that he completely ignored him. However, he quickly changed his look and spoke, bearing his teeth.
"Even if you dearly invested in him, did he turn out to be a defective product too shameful to be let out there? You should have had high expectations; you must be disappointed. You must be groaning inside."
Responding to his words, Seo Gyu-Cheol's shoulder stopped turning. Kim Kyung-Rok shot his words at him, thinking it was an opportunity.
"What do you do with the title of an SS-rank? You can't use it for important events like dungeon breaks. What's the reason this time? Is he still crying about the trauma from the Okcheon accident last time? Or did the father and son throw things and fight, and he left the house again?"
Kim Kyung-Rok, who was well aware of the internal situation, did not know the latest situation.
Then, Seo Gyu-Cheol's gaze reached Kim Kyung-Rok, and he felt a shiver down his spine without realizing it.
'…. What the hell. That punk!'
Kim Kyung-Rok has been an archenemy and rival of Seo Gyu-Cheol for decades. He already knew that he was an asshole, which was one reason he hated him… The man in front of him seemed off.
'His damn eyes!'
However, the strange energy in Seo Gyu-Cheol's eyes disappeared immediately after some time.
'What was that just now?'
While Kim Kyung-Rok was baffled, Seo Gyu-Cheol, looked at him without saying anything, opened his mouth.
"Aren't you the one with defective products? If an S-Ranked veteran of 10 years were sliced by a year old Awakened because he was playing a trick, I'd be ashamed even to come here. Come to think of it; I can't see him here. Is he still in bed?"
His words were aimed at Kim Ji-Hoon, the younger brother of Kim Kyung-Rok, who had his leg cut during the promotion review of Seo Jin-Wook, as he tried to play a trick on him.
"T-This…!" Kim Kyung-Rok rolled and spat out words like he was chewing them, "The Hunter Management is still investigating the case! Who played what trick on who!" This remark was deliberately spoken aloud, being conscious of the ears of other hunters. Kim Kyung-Rok, who knew the truth of the case, quickly changed the topic as he knew that it would be disadvantageous to talk about, "Huh! You must be sick when you should be selling your son to promote the Celestial Dragon. I heard that there are a lot of A-Ranks who wish to leave these days!"
Kim Kyung-Rok bit down on Celestial Dragon's personnel management crisis, "In the end, wasn't the title of ranking the 1st nationally thanks to the rich A-Rank hunter pool? How does it feel like to kick away the only strength of the guild with your doings?"
"Even if we count those A-Ranks left after those bats leave the guild, we still have a lot of them than your group of empty carts, so you don't have to worry about it."
After speaking so, Seo Gyu-Cheol turned his back and walked to their territory with Yoon Ho-Min. Kim Kyung-Rok, who was watching the view of his back, wrenched his lips and smiled.
"Let's wait and see if that happens so."
*
As Seo Gyu-Cheol walked with Yoon Ho-Min, he quietly asked him, "Did he ever contact you personally?"
It was obvious who he was referring to. Yoon Ho-Min, who secretly met Seo Jin-Wook not long ago, was surprised inside, but shook his head, trying to act calm.
"No? Anyways, we weren't that close, were we? If he had contacted me, he would have contacted Secretary Kim."
While Yoon Ho-Min was trying to calm down his surprised heart, another head watched, without engaging in the verbal conflict, but analyzed the situation.
She was the Guild Master of Destructional Blade, Seo Moon-Ga-In. Destructional Blade was the only group among the four major guilds to open up trading areas beyond the Korean black market and material goods to the informational services. Destructional Blade's special grant was gained through a case in the past.
'However, the information update on Seo Jin-Wook had been completely cut off for some time.'
The update was completely discontinued because they could not provide false information to its client, Destructional Blade, but could not sell Seo Jin-Wook's information, which the Senator recognized. However, it was impossible for Seo Moon-Ga-In, who did not even know the Senator's existence, to infer the truth, and this situation led her to a wild misunderstanding.
'The reason why it's not being updated is that they don't know where it is. Even the black market failed to track Seo Jin-Wook, which meant that he wasn't in Korea.'
A hunter who had reached the SS-Rank the fastest and a genius who passed all the tests with unprecedented success. Judging only from the known facts, it was enough to have the attention of foreign countries.
'He must have already been taken by other countries without the Korean government knowing.'
Seo Gyu-Cheol's recent activities have supported her theory.
'He should have included his son here if he was in his normal state. If he didn't, it means that even he can't control Seo Jin-Wook.'
She turned her head and asked the Assistant Guild Master of the Gates Keepers, who attended instead of the Guild Master.
"I'm just curious."
"Yes?"
Gate Keepers' Assistant Guild Master, Lee Dong-Hyun, was a man with a water-like impression. When it seemed that all the duty in the field meeting room was over, he calmly packed his luggage and prepared to leave; he saw Seo Moon-Ga-In with a look of annoyance.
"I heard that the prophecy type dungeon that Seo Jin-Wook Cleared was a gate that you guys were managing? Has he asked you to borrow another again since then?"
It was impossible to see all the entry and exit records of others. Still, once they were successful in the Clear, the report remained on the official government database and could be freely accessed by hunters.
She said in a low voice and winking, "Come to think about it, it's strange. On the day of receiving the SS-Rank, he took an unprecedented act to Clear a dungeon, and so far, no dungeon has been cleared under Seo Jin-Wook's name."
Lee Dong-Hyun shook his head, "You know, we have no intention of getting involved in your power conflict. We can't divulge customer information about purchasing licenses as individuals."
Seo Moon-Ga-In would not give up and tested him again, "When a kid gets a stick in his hand, he swings it around for nothing, and when someone rolls a ball on the floor to him, he pretends to kick it, right? That's human nature… If he gained that much strength in his 20s, wouldn't he want to show off as much as he wants? Clearing other dungeons one by one as well."
He replied as if he were not interested, "I wouldn't know. I've never done so." Then he got up and said that he should get ready.
Looking at the empty seat where he was sitting, Seo Moon-Ga-In thought, 'Well, Lee Dong-Hyun barely makes his name on the exploration record even though he has an S-rank. He must be distanced from continuous dungeon Clearing. Anyway, they're weird guys.' For her, the Gate Keepers were an incomprehensible group that could not efficiently use skilled people and were rotting them.
'It's weird to play the role of a gatekeeper instead of Clearing the dungeon with such a powerful force and having a very closed internal structure was suspicious. The Guild Master, whose information is almost unknown except for name and age, is also out of the norm. Anyway, it's fishy.'
Soon, Seo Moon-Ga-In returned to the thought of Seo Jin-wook, 'Anyway, if he's already abroad, I don't have to worry about Seo Jin-Wook in this country's competition in this field of work. I can erase him out of my head.'
She made a completely wrong conclusion without knowing the truth.
'There will be no room for change. The Celestial Dragon is about to fall. I should sweep in the stakes that the withdrawn hunters spit out as much as possible. I should throw them away after I suck out their items and Clearing rights for dungeons.'
The Seo Moon-Ga-In smiled satisfactorily.
*
As the scheduled time gradually approached, there was a tight tension between the Hunters who formed the first defense line. Each guild leader encouraged his and her guild members in their own way.
"Come on, come on! You don't have to be nervous! It's a piece of cake to stop the breaks when time and location are known in advance. Can you see how many hunters are here on the primary line of defense alone? It's over a thousand! Assuming that the dungeon has a limit of ten people, a thousand people will catch the monsters that were originally going to beat up for a party of ten! How easy is this?"
Like Kim Kyung-Rok of Grand Croix, some commanders pointed out the actual difficulty and tried to prevent excessive tension.
"The system also gives extra compensation according to the contributions for Dungeon breaks. You know that, right? You probably remember, every time a break is fixed somewhere over the past few years, the world's dungeon item prices have plummeted. That's how many different and generous rewards they give us! This is a great opportunity!"
Like Seo Mun-Ga-In, from Destructional Blade, there were those Guild Masters who mentioned the rewards they would receive after the dungeon break to keep everyone's spirits up.
"Let's not forget our motto. Hmm… We are the swords that defend the door… With our sacrifices, the world will become safer. From this place… Uh, yeah. We get rid of all creatures that do not originate from our world."
Like Lee Dong-Hyun, of Gate Keepers, there was a commander whose words themselves seemed like a declaration based on a sense of duty, but the tone was stiff as if he was reading it from a book and powerless. The subordinates were rather baffled. As with Seo Gyu-Cheol, of Celestial Dragon, a person gave up communicating with their subordinates for good.
While waiting for the door to open in their own ways, the time finally came.
Tssss!
A blue glow appeared in the air that everyone focused on. Hunters checked the system messages. The crowd seemed to be slightly bewildered.
"Damn it!"
The rank matched the prophecy—A rank. However, the problem was the limited number of entrants not normally mentioned in the known prophecy.
Dungeon information
Level: A
Maximum number of entrants: 150
Clear condition: Annihilate the monsters in the dungeon
Time remaining to evolve: 39 days, 2 hours, 31 minutes
Status: Very unstable
"It's a 150-man dungeon!"
Curses came from everywhere. The fact that the number of limited entrants was large meant that there were more monsters to kill.
"The gate is immediately entering the break sequence!"
The system message they were looking at changed in an instant.
Dungeon information
Rank: A
It's a dungeon in collapse progress. Monsters become rabid and more powerful. The gate will delete its entrants limit, and the monster may come out of the gate.
The primary defense line felt the direction of the wind change as it became more intense. The gate, which was shining blue, changed color and turned blood-red. It swelled in size, expanding rapidly. The gate the Hunters were looking at would make them believe that they saw a vision of the future.
Whoong!
The red gate, which seemed to grow endlessly, finally stopped expanding.
"It's begun," Someone's little murmur quickly got buried in the tense air.
A Hunter, who had experienced dungeon break defense, and another who had never experienced it, stared at the gate surface in extreme tension and caution for reasons they kept to themselves. They swallowed their dry saliva, wrapped their Mana on the sharp weapons, and covered their whole body with a barrier. As they knew beforehand, combat preparation was perfect.
After a minute, there was no sign of monsters popping out of the gate.
'It looks like the field's quite wide. It takes time for them to get to the gate. Well, it must be a dungeon with a lot of monsters. It's going to be a tough fight,' Seo Mun-Ga-In thought and maintained the tension on her pulled bowstring.
After five minutes, Hunters, who had little experience, were a bit baffled because things were not happening as expected. The skilled veterans were shocked. How wide was the field that it took the nearest monster more than five minutes to sprint to the gate? How many monsters were there if the field was so wide? They began to resent the government's choice not to ask for foreign aid. And they were worried that they wouldn't be able to go back safely today.
By the time 10 minutes had passed, some began to think something was wrong.
Thirty minutes elapsed. The four major guilds were staring at the red door right in front of the gate. Small and medium-sized guilds were observing the situation from the secondary perimeter. Soldiers were on the third line of defense. The Blue House was checking the live feed on a drone. All of them fell into an awkward silence.
Then, someone whispered, "The prophecy, perhaps something was wrong with…"
"No, look over there. The dungeon opened and turned red at the exact time! The red gate means the break is here!"
"But originally, the break happens as the gate color changes and the monsters pop out within a minute."
"A minute is long, 10 seconds, and a hell of a wave starts."
"But what's wrong with that?"
An experienced Hunter came up with a hypothesis, "If the field is that wide ···."
"No, no matter how wide it is. Some monsters can go halfway around the world in 30 minutes."
None of them expected it. In the dungeon that faced a break, someone else was inside—someone who's not a monster.
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Did he use Stealth or something?
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How's the father goona react?
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I pity the sword a bit now, but still, considering what he would have done in the future, not so much.
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Lol, torturing a sword.
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