Chapter 475 – Dusk and Dawn (1)
Cerberus.
Sentinel of Hell.
Three-headed dog.
A name familiar to ancient people as a mythical being.
However, to modern people, Cerberus was no longer a fiction that existed only in myth, but a reality.
“Why on earth is Hellgate’s boss monster… !?”
Hell Gate.
This is the name of a dungeon created in southern Greece three years ago.
The level selected by the World Hunter Association is EX level.
It is an abbreviation for Extraordinary. What this level means is as follows.
‘Unable to attack.’
It’s an impregnable dungeon that can’t be conquered with our current power.
Do you know what this means?
It means that the world has officially recognized it.
This dungeon is said to be impossible to conquer with the power of modern hunters.
Cerberus is the boss monster of such a dungeon.
Dozens of parties that rushed in with great enthusiasm were annihilated without sending a single person back.
The leader of a place that made the Greeks tremble in fear as they did not know when the dungeon break would occur.
That kind of guy appeared not in faraway Greece, but in Korea.
That too, along with the huge gate of hell that he guards.
“How can this happen?”
Thanks to this, the government was shocked.
“Is that three-headed dog that appeared in the middle of Gwanghwamun really the Greek Cerberus?”
In response to the President’s question, the Prime Minister shook his head with a dark expression.
“It’s true. After contacting Greece to check…, It is said that the boss monster ‘Cerberus’, who was supposed to guard the Hell Gate, disappeared without a trace along with the Hell Gate.”
“How could this happen…?” !”
The president can’t even speak properly due to his shortness of breath.
It was worth it.
Isn’t this the boss monster of a dungeon located not in your own country or even in a neighboring country, but in a far away country?
How can you not be shocked that such a monster suddenly fell in the middle of Korea?
The President, who was breathing hard, managed to open his mouth and ask.
“What should I do now?”
The Prime Minister, who was silent for a moment, answered with sharp eyes shining.
“We will form an emergency response committee.”
For treatment, go to the doctor, and for medicine, go to the pharmacist.
And the killing of monsters is up to the hunter.
Hunter-born Prime Minister convened an emergency response committee on behalf of the President and gathered personnel.
As a result, Korea’s proud S-class hunters gathered in one place.
Except for two people.
The Prime Minister frowned after seeing the two empty seats.
“I thought one seat would definitely be empty…, Who takes the other seat?”
It was natural that one seat was empty.
As he was leaving for training, he suddenly disappeared, and his location could not even be determined, let alone whether he was alive or dead.
But who exactly holds the other position?
To this, Moon Cheol-jun, the president of the Hunter Association, responded with a disapproving expression.
“This is Hunter Kim Do-jin.”
“Have you gone on an overseas mission?”
“No.”
“Then why were you away?”
The Prime Minister’s tone became even lower.
It means that you feel upset.
Isn’t the reason why the country treats S-class hunters as national treasures in case an incident like today occurs?
However, I was treated the way I was treated, and I couldn’t show up at important events, so I couldn’t help but feel bad.
Moon Cheol-jun opened his mouth with a difficult expression under the sharp gaze of the Prime Minister, who was once famous as an S-class hunter.
“We are currently unable to contact you.”
“You mean you ran away?”
Moon Cheol-jun is startled by his bolder remarks and waves his hands.
“Well, that will never happen. “First of all, I sent someone who knows Hunter Kim Do-jin well to the house, so please give me a moment until I hear from you.”
“… “Good.”
As his emotions change, he calms down his expression and captures the energy that flows out unconsciously.
He suddenly became expressionless and opened his mouth to those sitting around the long table.
“Let’s start the meeting.”
The emergency response meeting has begun.
* * *
[A dungeon break incident occurred in the middle of Jongno. The monster that appeared was Cerberus, which was shocking because it was known to be the boss monster of an EX-class dungeon located in southern Greece…]
The sudden appearance of Cerberus shook not only Korea but also the world.
【An abnormal phenomenon has occurred! Monsters from the Greek dungeon come to Korea?】
【Disaster falls on Korea.】
The attention of countries around the world was once again focused on Korea.
The first reason for interest is the abnormal phenomenon that occurred in Korea due to the Greek disaster.
But their interest was not limited to that alone.
From Leviathan in Gangnam, Kraken in Haenam, to Cerberus in Jongno.
Korea, an unfortunate country where the biggest disaster in hunter society has occurred three times.
They are curious.
Those who barely survived the two disasters will create another miracle.
Or will it finally collapse without being able to overcome the disaster?
“Yu, Yujeong. What should I do?”
“… That’s right.”
She chewed her lip after learning about the situation through TV and messages from the association.
Cerberus.
A world-renowned, unattackable dungeon boss monster.
The number of hunters torn by its teeth and claws exceeds hundreds.
Among them, there are nine S-class hunters alone.
And the number of A-level hunters like him is easily countless.
Such a disaster fell in the middle of Jongno.
The announcer on TV continues speaking in a calm tone, but with a clear sense of tension.
[Currently, Cerberus is not showing any significant movement…]
Yes.
Unlike the world turned upside down, Cerberus has not shown any significant movement yet.
But that’s what makes it even scarier.
A monster that shows unconditional murderous intent toward humans shows no signs of movement even though it appears in the world of humans.
[Meanwhile, the government announced that it is organizing an emergency response committee and discussing ways to attack Cerberus.]
Emergency planning meeting.
I heard that all the famous hunters and experts in Korea gathered there.
Just one person.
Except Kim Do-jin.
‘What on earth happened yesterday, that bastard?’
It was when I was frowning, remembering the image of him that I had accidentally seen up there in the morning.
Ding dong! Ding-dong!
The bell rang.
When I go straight outside and open the door, I see a familiar face out of breath.
“… Sister Jian?”
It was Yoon Ji-an.
After taking a deep breath, she shot her Shin Yu-jeong in an irritated voice.
“Why on earth are you calling me?” Wow, you’re not accepting it?”
“Ah…, Did you call? “I wasn’t able to check it because I was watching the news in the living room, sorry.”
She barely suppressed her irritation with her neat apology.
“Ha…, What about Mr. Dojin? You need to attend an emergency response meeting right away, but I haven’t been able to contact you since last night…”
A look of suspicion is cast towards Shin Yu-jeong.
A small suspicion that maybe I didn’t even know I was getting a phone call because I was having a hot night.
Shin Yu-jeong shook her head with a heavy expression and left her house.
“… Follow me.”
“…”
She sensed something unusual about her and looked away with suspicion.
And she quietly followed Shin Yu-jeong to the rooftop room where Kim Do-jin lived.
There was a passenger there.
“Professor, how are you feeling?”
Baekhyun.
She is a beautiful woman who was a professor at a Korean university but suddenly disappeared and now lives here.
She stood in front of her door with a serious expression, looked into her room, and shook her head.
“It’s the same. “It hasn’t changed at all.”
“… That’s right.”
Curiosity grows through unknown conversations.
She moved in front of Shin Yu-jeong and looked at the scene in the room that Baek Hyun-ah was looking at.
And she finally saw it.
Pop!
Plop!
Push shoo, shoo… !
“Do, Mr. Dojin… ?”
The image of Kim Do-jin sitting in an upright position in the middle of the room with his eyes closed.
A body full of big and small wounds breaks and returns repeatedly while making a loud noise.
She asked, looking at her bizarre yet painful appearance.
“Hey, how did this happen?”
Shin Yu-jeong shook her head.
“I don’t know either. “It didn’t come in until late yesterday, so I came up early in the morning to check, and it’s been like this ever since.”
Yun Ji-an turned her head and asked Baek Hyun-ah as well.
“… “Do you have any clue as to why this is happening?”
“Well.”
She started off with her blunt expression, and then she said her words.
“… “I think I can guess two things.”
“If it’s two things.”
“The first is when a serious problem arises with your body, and you are barely holding on, and the second is…, When the body changes for some reason and adapts to it.”
I was embarrassed.
If it’s the former, his life is in danger, and if it’s the latter, isn’t his power getting stronger?
She asked again with an expression of disapproval at the two extremely different cases.
“What we can do separately is…”
“No. Whether it’s the former or the latter, if something is touched incorrectly from the outside, a bigger problem may arise.”
“… Is that so?”
Yoon Ji-an lowers his head.
It was a pity.
Because I can’t be of any help to him who just looks like he’s having a hard time.
But that was only for a moment.
She raised her head with a heavy expression.
‘Rather than feeling sad about what you can’t do, let’s do what we can first.’
Fortunately, there were things she could do for Kim Do-jin.
“Shin Yu-jeong.”
“Uh, why?”
“I will surround the emergency committee in some way to buy time, so please keep an eye on Mr. Do-jin. “If you wake up or something happens, please contact me right away.”
Shin Yoo-jeong nods her head with a puzzled expression at her charismatic appearance, as if she won’t accept any objections.
“Uh? Uh, okay.”
“Then I will ask you a favor.”
She left immediately.
To prevent negative comments about him from being made and to surround the emergency committee and public opinion.
‘I’m a secretary.’
So, I plan to do my best as his secretary.
Until he shows up in style.
She arrives at the Blue House conference room where an emergency response meeting is in progress and opens her mouth in a confident tone.
“Hunter Kim Do-jin is now at an important crossroads.”
“What does it mean, an important crossroads?”
A sharp question from a former S-class hunter.
However, she spoke confidently without being at all discouraged.
“I can’t tell you that.”
A noisy place.
He was taken aback by the answer, which was worse than not hearing it, and asked back with an even more serious look.
“Can we interpret that for Hunter Kim Do-jin, personal matters are more important than a crisis situation where the survival of the nation is at stake?”
“Well.”
She shook her head calmly.
“But I can be sure of this one thing.”
“What is it?”
She took a breath at the irritated question.
And with a force on her back that rivaled that of an S-class hunter, she made a shocking statement.
“The only person who can solve this problem is Hunter Kim Do-jin.”
“… !”
Truth and lies.
It doesn’t matter either way.
If only I could stop the arrows raining down on my loved one with just a few words.
And she truly believed.
The only person who can solve this situation is Kim Do-jin.
No, maybe she’s just hoping for Kim Do-jin.
That didn’t matter either.
As long as she decided to go crazy after seeing only that one man, she promised herself and promised herself that she would never waver.
“Hunter Kim Do-jin can do it.”
I just push forward with honesty.
At a time when her remarks were shaking those gathered in the face of a national crisis.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwaang!
Along with a loud sound that seemed to shake the entire building, Kim Do-jin’s body also began to shake violently.
