Chapter 688 – The Ark
“We can do it if all Hunters join forces.”
Ah-hyun nods his head with slightly watery eyes and asks if Seong-il’s words resonate with him.
“…Can I really avenge my parents who died miserably and save the world?”
“Of course.”
It was an unfounded answer, but Lee Ah-hyun hears Seong-il’s resolute answer and feels a sense of determination.
“Okay. I’ll sign up.”
‘Oh. He said he needed time, but he was persuaded surprisingly quickly, didn’t he?’
It was difficult to decide because her head was complicated when Aruril was around, but after talking while taking a walk with a fairly intimate sexual day, it seemed that her mind was quickly decided.
When Seong-il seems to have decided that Ah-hyeon Lee will definitely take refuge in her goddess religion, Seong-il explains to her what she will do from now on.
He says that he plans to use the mighty power of Eden, which can stop time, to rescue students who are being bred without knowing anything at a Korean university.
“Hmm… After bringing the students here, stop time to buy time? That sounds like a good plan. But how are you going to get them all back without harm…?”
“…I’ll have to think about that.”
She proudly said that she would bring all the apprentice hunters, but even Seong-il had no plans yet.
Because of this, Seong-il tries to convince Ah-hyeon of her by using the excuse of Ar-ril, who is acting as her face madam instead of him.
“The apostle said that sooner or later the goddess will bestow powerful sacred objects and powers on me, so let’s think about it after receiving it.”
Seong-il makes up his mind to use her goddess as an excuse to tell Ah-hyeon that if the spirit mask is given to her, the doll of the creator is given to her by the goddess.
‘I have to tell Lee Ah-hyun that I have a trump card as if it were given to her by a goddess, so that she can come up with a plan. Then the scope of the establishment plan will be broadened. In addition, I can not be suspicious of the hunters I will rescue in the future.’
After organizing her thoughts, Seong-il moves her steps to the dimensional temple again with Ah-hyeon.
“Let’s go back to the ark for now.
Seong-il explains to Ah-hyun that he wants to figure out the true purpose of the Guardian of Reason.
“…What if they lie and hide the truth?”
“There’s no way. I’m a person with the ability to respond?”
Seong-il explains that the response, which is known to be only about identifying items or reading the ability of an opponent, is actually a powerful psychic ability to read the law of causality, and that she received training in the Goddess Church to polish the ability and that her ability has become even stronger. It does
“…Emotion is actually such a powerful ability?!”
Ah-hyeon’s face turns to surprise when he hears about the true ability of emotion for the first time in his life.
“Yes. So don’t worry. Let’s go back. We have to prepare for tomorrow’s test.”
“Okay.”
After seeing the powerful ability of her Seong-il today, Lee Ah-hyun seemed to have no doubt that he would pass the test.
***
“Whoa… I’ll be back first, you know? If there’s any problem…”
“Okay. I won’t leave the house, so don’t worry. If I get into trouble, I’ll run away to Eden.”
Worried that if she had trouble today, there would be a problem with Lee Ah-hyun’s recruit, her holy day makes her refrain from going out so that she can escape to Eden in case of emergency.
‘Then shall we go?’
After completing all the preparations, Seong-il moves to the Under Hunter Association again with a nervous expression.
“Are you here?”
“Yes. How can I do it?”
“It’s nothing special. Just follow me and take the test and you’re done.”
“Yes.”
Seong-il, who has a short conversation with Yu Jun-kyung, who is waiting in advance at the Under Hunter Association, quietly follows him to the exam site.
‘Is this the test site?’
In the strange Colosseum made of metal floors and glass walls, personnel who looked like researchers were moving somewhere on the second floor from time to time.
“Female. We’ll start our basic combat test in three minutes from now. Do you need more time?”
“No. That’s enough.”
When Yoo Jun-kyung’s voice is heard from the speaker on the ceiling, Seong-il answers him in a relaxed voice.
“OK! Then don’t start Listen carefully to the countdown.”
When the holy day is granted, intense energy flows from the glass dome and begins to cover it as if to protect it.
‘Oh. A psionic shield? Does that protect the exam hall?’
Psionic energy permeating even the floor. Seong-il feels that it will not be easy to destroy the exam hall with his own power unless he takes out Arun Labe.
『For the first test, you just have to deal with a large number of battle androids lightly. 10… 9…』
Originally, I should have explained the precautions in detail. Yoo Jun-kyung doesn’t give any warning, as Seong-il is capable of clearing C-class dungeons solo, and he thinks that a brief explanation is enough.
Piing!! Piing!!
As soon as the countdown ends, shrill noises are heard from all sides. Seong-il feels that it is a beam attack fired by a combat android.
‘Compared to G.E.C.R, it’s pathetic.’
Seong-il internally laughed at the energy attack that was flying towards him and used his sensitivity to figure out the trajectory of the android’s attack.
Teeing!! Teeing!!
And when the trajectory is identified, Seong-il moves the intangible shield made of telekinesis as if it were a sophisticated machine and bounces off the beam’s trajectory as if twisting.
Wow!! Oops!!
Like the knights in a science fiction movie, the fantastic counterattack of Seong-il, which bounces the beam’s trajectory and hits the droids in reverse, dozens of androids can’t resist properly and start to fall one by one.
“…It’s telekinesis. Aren’t you a double psychic with body strengthening and sensory abilities?”
Astonishment and regret begin to mix on the face of the researcher who identified the identity of Seong-il’s ability using sensing technology.
“Psychokinesis?! Is it real telekinesis!?”
“Yes. Although the pattern is a bit different from the existing abilities, it is clearly telekinesis in broad terms.”
“So… That guy didn’t beat the psionic monster with his body strengthening ability…?”
The Under Hunter Association tried to find out the secret of his physical ability while secretly testing Seongil.
Unfortunately, however, when Seong-il is revealed to have been hiding his telekinetic abilities, their faces are stained with deep disappointment as they realize that Seong-il is not an irregular person.
“Shit… I wanted to open a new era for body strengthening abilities… But wasn’t it?”
“Still… C-rank users triple… This is also an extremely rare case.”
“Yeah… Originally, I should have opened my mouth in surprise… It’s a bit disappointing maybe because I was expecting something.”
“That’s right…”
The head of the association who wanted to upgrade the power of the Under Hunter to the next level by digging up the secret of Seongil.
Unfortunately, when it seems that the plan is going to fail completely, they check the information being gathered with a half resigned expression.
『Destroy it. Destroy.』
Perhaps realizing that there is no answer with long-range attacks, the fighting androids take out their menacing beam sabers and run at Seong-il.
“It’s like that. Indeed.”
However, Seong-il, who has risked his life against many strong fighters last time, openly laughs at the android’s clumsy rush.
“Shall we play?”
Seong-il uses telekinesis to subdue the arm of an android who is about to wield a beam saber, then charges at him and punches him without hesitation.
Quaang!! Kwaaaaang!!
Seong-il’s powerful fist, which is loaded with internal energy, beats the android to the torso, and it is smashed like a piece of paper and becomes incapacitated.
“…It’s a bit different from the existing physical abilities.”
A different wave of data that catches the eyes of the researcher who was in despair. Through that data, he was able to figure out that Seongil’s physical attack was very different from the existing physical enhancement ability.
“Really? Does that guy really have the ability to physically subdue psionic monsters?”
“I don’t know about that. The information collected and the observation time are too short to grasp such an important point…”
“Hmm… That’s right?”
While the researcher is talking with Yoo Jun-kyung, a familiar voice is heard from the corner of the lab.
“Is the association president here?”
“Yes. Is the experiment going well?”
“Certainly… Interesting data is gathering well… But the amount is too small.”
“Really? I’ll take care of that.”
Yoo Chang-jin smiles at the disappointed researcher and starts shrugging her shoulders.
“Finish the Android test and move on to the next level. You won’t be able to bring out that friend’s true skills with anything like that.”
“Ah, yes.”
Although there was still more time left for the test, the researcher also admitted that the intensity of the test was too low to extract meaningful data, so he obediently finished the test early as Chang-jin Yoo said.
“Female! The first test ends here. After a 10-minute break, the ‘real’ test is about to begin, so if there’s anything wrong with your physical condition, tell me in advance?”
“Yes. I’m still fine.”
In response to Yu Jun-kyung’s explanation, she seems to understand her holy day, and she nods her head lightly and casts her battle meditation while standing.
Thanks to this, internal energy, which had not yet been consumed, begins to recover very quickly.
Wow…!!
That time when I was immersed in meditation for a while and filled my exhausted internal energy and mental strength. The barrier surrounding the dome disappears for a moment and the entrance door begins to open.
‘…Chairman Yoo Chang-jin?’
Surprisingly, when Yoo Chang-jin, the head of the Under Hunter Association, appears in the second training session, tension flashes through Seong-il’s relaxed expression for the first time.
“Heh heh. You’re not disappointed that the old man came, are you?”
“Couldn’t it be? Quite the contrary.”
Seong-il said that she knew roughly that A-S rank hunters would appear as test opponents, but she did not know that the strongest among the three best players would appear in Under Hunter.
“Oh~ Originally, I would have had younger friends too… You know, I rushed through the promotion review, which took about a month, in one day just to make it easier for you, didn’t I? That’s why…”
Secretly, Yoo Chang-jin tries to wrap this whole situation as if it were a ‘coincidence’.
It was an obvious trick, but it is true that he benefited as he said, so Seong-il does not refute Chairman Yoo Chang-jin’s words.
“Hey~ Were you able to use telekinesis?”
“Yes. In the meantime, I was reluctant to draw excessive attention from the outside, so I hid it like this. I’m sorry.”
“No! No! Even if you didn’t have a special awakening at that age, having a triple is a terrifying talent. If I didn’t know about the Guardian of Reason, I would have hidden it.”
Yoo Chang-jin speaks as if he understands and cares for Seong-il. However, Seong-il could sense that he was weakly disappointed through the sharp senses obtained from the reaction.
‘You seem a bit regretful that I’m not an irregular. By the way…’
Seong-il feels that it is extremely difficult to read the emotions and abilities of Yoo Chang-jin, who has the same emotional ability.
‘If I hadn’t roughly guessed his state of mind, he might not have read his emotions at all…’
“The test method is very simple.”
Seong-il was thinking about Yoo Chang-jin for a while. The head of the Under Hunter Association stretches and explains the test method to Seong-il.
“If you have superpowers, don’t hide them and use them all. If you don’t have any abilities you’re hiding, you can use your usual power with all your might.”
Yoo Chang-jin confides to Seong-il that if he does not do so, he will not be able to determine whether he has a special awakening in the exam hall.
‘I can see inside…’
Seong-il laughs inwardly, feeling the strong will of the Under Hunter Association to find out everything about himself.
‘But… If you’re a triple at my age, it’s worth acting like that…’
Even if Seong-il himself was the president of the Under Hunter Association, he could understand the behavior of the Under Hunter Association because he thought that if a young Hunter with similar abilities appeared, his eyes would go back.
『The sparring begins. 3… 2… 1…』
In Seong-il’s ears, the sound of the exam hall’s machinery, which he has become quite familiar with, begins to ring.
That moment when the countdown ends. Yoo Chang-jin, who was warming up about 30 meters away, starts to change in an instant.
“Where… Shall we take a look at our young friend’s skills?”
