Chapter 217 – – The King of Monsters –
As soon as he received the shining face of an S-class hunter who said he could only be counted among the best in the country, the unnamed civil servant man cried and cried like a bull with his tail on fire.
Even if the guild leader of the equally famous guild ‘Yeowul’ and a rookie hunter who became an A-class hunter in a year were also included as a bonus…
It’s paperwork, it’s barefoot, and you have to run barefoot right away and report it to the top.
There is no time or thought to deal with the already long line of hunters and ordinary people who make up the line.
And it was used not only for the low-end and field workers, but also for those who rolled the pen a little higher.
A middle-aged male civil servant with a higher rank (even though he was wearing a white protective suit), as if he had come running barefoot like the man at the lower end.
Despite his attitude of free pass regardless of quarantine or quarantine, Sung Ye-han, Ha Yeon-woo, and Park I-rae decided to go through normal procedures for now.
It wouldn’t be foolish to suddenly have such a large-scale quarantine… Just being able to get tested right away instead of waiting in line was enough.
“Then… I’ll prepare it right away.”
Out of order quarantine procedures.
Fortunately or unfortunately, the results of the test were negative.
However, in a situation where he was quarantined for a certain period of time in preparation for the unexpected, Sung Ye-han tried to contact the association to report, and the contact returned with results that exceeded Sung Ye-han’s expectations.
Gying-
As if weaving a thread of light into a space where there was nothing, the small stems that began to gather were gathered and intertwined one by one, and then began to take the form of a certain landscape and a certain person.
‘Hmm…’
Sung Ye-han had already seen the ray of light draw.
‘The president’s office…’
It was the same place I had visited before leaving the tiger raid in the past.
Non-woven-
What was finally completed with a bit of noise is more than a simple video call… A perfect hologram, like having a conversation in one space with your face in front of you? Augmented reality? It was the same.
[Yeah… It’s been a while]
The heavy bass sound is impressive… The middle-aged man opened his mouth even though he must have already had a grandson.
[I heard you reported about a strange phenomenon]
As if the more friendly uncle or grandfather-like impression he had seen in the past was a lie, he faced the president of the association again. Jeong Beop-ho had a weight that no one could deny.
***
Ha Yeon-ah’s happy hunting with her beloved is destroyed at once.
Clearly in a bad mood, annoyed and inadvertently full of rage, Puck the ground! Puck! I wanted to kick him, but my personality wasn’t so rotten that I could ignore the deadly danger right in front of me.
Ha Yeon-woo, who quarantined the hospital as soon as he arrived, created a huge purification field using his own abilities.
The people who greeted them suffered something that they did not know about… Those who were still weak because they did not suffer directly, will be purified after spending some time in this purification field.
But the problem was not only that.
Those who were completely struck by this energy or something and needed intensive healing… That is, as the guild members of the ‘Eternity’ guild came to this hospital, it might have spread unimaginably.
If something like this spreads in Seoul, which has become a much larger and more densely populated city than in the past… It’s horrifying to imagine.
Ha Yeon-woo immediately requested an epidemiological investigation, and the government responded with exceptional speed to the request of a truly rare S-class hunter (which is also the world’s best in terms of healing).
I’ve been through a lot of notorious viruses in the past. Intruders from another world after the Gate Crisis. It is thanks to the legacy of the days when people were afraid that they would become like the people of the old continent who devastated the new continent… In the distant past.
Fortunately for everyone, the ‘Eternal’ guild evacuation was carried out by helicopter, just like Ha Yeon-ah, so epidemiological investigations and measures against those involved were easily carried out.
This is because the absolute number of people involved was small and less than a day had passed.
The ‘Eternal’ guild’s life-and-death expedition… Of course, it was an expedition that included a large number of A-class hunters, and it was thanks to the association that made a bold decision to maintain the hunter power when they failed.
“Ha…”
Ha Yeon-ah, who had created a large… Kind of sanctuary in the hospital itself and was concentrating on healing the wounded in it, wiped the sweat from her forehead and gazed through the window at the blue… Slightly grayish sky.
“Are you okay…?”
Contrary to his worries, the clear sky is a bit resentful.
This poison that is eating the hunters of the ‘Eternity’ guild right now? The same thing … The place where they went on an expedition to restore their prestige was close to the place where Seong Ye-han and her older sister, Lee Rae, were headed.
Of course, it’s just that the words are close, but it couldn’t be said that Sung Ye-han, her sister, and Lee Rae suffered from miasma like these people in that wide area.
And above all, considering Seong Ye-Han’s physical ability and her sister’s ability to defend herself, Ha Yeon-A’s own worries could have literally been a useless waste of energy.
But…
Still, isn’t it the heart of a person to be worried about?
If I had known this would happen, I might have had to turn the three of them back, saying that we would go hunting together next time, even if it was in groups…
‘It will be fine…’
Ha Yeon-wu focused on the work in front of him, trying to shake off the worries that were deeply seated in a corner of his head.
What the hell did he eat to grow big… This bloody poison was much more persistent and vicious than the energy of Park Eun-hyun, a bastard he had experienced before.
***
[Sudden changes in the area of monsters and strange traces… The environment itself has changed to something else…]
The president of the association heard the results of the investigation by Sung Ye-han, Ha Yeon-woo, and Park I-rae. Jeong Beop-ho raised his eyebrows and looked upward for a moment.
As if ruminating on something… Bringing back memories of the past… That kind of expression.
“A change of environment?”
The first two he recited were definitely what they reported. But what’s behind When Seong Ye-han spoke with such a question, Jung Beop-ho briefly apologized and then added an explanation.
[Speaking of the Eternal Guild… You said you were going hunting with Ha Yeon-ah, so you understand the situation roughly, right?]
“Yes. Well… I heard that he went on a large-scale expedition and crashed.”
[Okay. There was a testimony from a survivor of that ruined expedition. It is said that the world suddenly distorted and the solid stony mountain turned into a swamp at once…]
“Then is this all the fuss because of that?”
[Would you understand if Yuna had been quarantined at the hospital as soon as she arrived?]
Indeed… There was a reason to find the ‘Saint’ by flying a helicopter.
[I think I’ve been a hunter for a long time in my own way]
At Jeong Beop-ho’s words, Seong Ye-han, as well as Ha Yeon-woo and Park Yi-rae, nodded as if they were saying something obvious.
The country’s first S-class hunter. The first superman and guardian… It was he who had already been living as a hunter for decades, from the chaotic period at the beginning of the Gate incident to the current period of stability beyond the period of great war with monsters.
[In my experience… There was only one case similar to this]
In the eyes of the man who turned his upward gaze and looked back at Seong Ye-han, there was a deep sense of fatigue and responsibility. And there is fear.
What a fear!
How inappropriate is this word?
Called ‘Geumgang’… Rumors that even if you get hit by a nuclear bomb as a joke, your body will be fine… It was an emotion that never suits the strongest man.
[If it’s just a change in environment… It’s just rare, but it happened once… It could be one of the anomalies that appeared as summer approached]
Jeong Beop-ho’s tone as he continues to speak is as if he is forcing himself to do something he doesn’t like… A problem he doesn’t want to solve. I already know the answer… But I hate that answer so much. But in the end, the person who has to solve the answer… It was like that.
[The monsters’ large-scale movement and change… This is the same]
Summer is a time of magically great change.
It’s only now that scholars classify it as a ‘stabilizing period’, but it has become quite calm, but in the early days when the gate was opened, it was chaos itself…
[But if the changing ecology of the monsters is like avoiding something…]
“Ah…”
Ha Yeon-woo made a small sound as if he realized something from Jeong Beop-ho’s words. Regardless of her reaction, Jeong Beop-ho’s words continued.
[If it’s one, it’s coincidence, if it’s two, it’s coincidence… But if it’s three, it’s called inevitable.]
I hate to admit it, but… With the face of a person who can’t help but admit it, the president of the association… The man who is called the legend and guardian of this country ends his words.
[This is… A precursor to the appearance of S-class monsters]
A bitter sadness was engraved on the face of the president of the association who spoke as if he was chewing and spitting it out.
[In the past, there were 3 S-class hunters in this country… It was a very blessed number considering the land was small and the population was small.]
By the time I got here, no one could notice. What is Jung Beop-ho talking about now?
The most dangerous event in the history of monster wars in this country, which any young hunter living in this era will learn about.
[And of those three, I’m the only one left. Haha…]
The first raid that made the system called ‘raid’ properly equipped.
Fire giant…
The name later people gave after the name of the end in mythology.
S-class monster ‘Surt’ raid.
[But fortunately… Now than then… Our side’s power is much more overwhelming.]
Now, the same thing was about to happen again in this country.
