Chapter 574 – The Conspiracy Begins (7)
Crrrr… !
Through the crack, a monster’s cries full of murderous intent and hunger can be heard.
The first one to appear was an orc.
A thick body covered with green skin and muscles.
Chwiiikik!
Characterized by a unique energy emanating from a pig-like head.
The orcs that have been released now are orc fighters that only live in B-class dungeons or higher.
One of the more annoying monsters to deal with as it freely wields a huge scimitar and has the ability to become stronger as its stamina falls.
Quiiik!
Kuehek!
The monster that has stepped into an unfamiliar world roars and swings the scimitar in its hand.
Shhh!
Kwasik!
A car abandoned by its owner, a well-paved road, and a straight building fall to pieces.
The merciless destruction of monsters with low intelligence but gained strength.
An attitude as if one is getting rid of an ominous object that should not exist in this world.
It seems like he hates not only humans, but all civilizations created by humans.
Looking down at this from the sky is extremely embarrassing.
“This is a pain in the ass.”
Kwaaang!
Kwasik!
Crrrr… !
The absence of a barrier is keenly felt.
If it had been opened in time, the damage, both to property and to people, would have been greatly reduced.
I heard from an association employee that there was a malfunction in the control device that turns the barrier on and off.
That makes me even more suspicious.
“Why now… ?”
Why is an incident that has not occurred even once since the barrier was commercialized, happening now?
It was a highly complete technology and was well managed.
Because I know that if the barrier is not deployed in time, it will be blocked with phlegm, but not even with a hoe.
Because of your negligence, hundreds or hundreds of billions of dollars in property damage and hundreds or thousands of casualties can occur.
A malfunction occurred at a time when such a barrier was at its most critical… ?
“It just stinks.”
Wouldn’t even a three-year-old child suspect that this was an intentional crime rather than a coincidence or mistake?
But even this is not entirely clear.
The person or group that led the functional breakdown knew that a crack would appear today.
“That doesn’t make sense.”
It was a disaster without any signs that even the magic power concentration meter could not detect.
Knowing this in advance is almost absurd.
So what’s left…
“If you can open a rift whenever and wherever you want… ?”
Then it makes sense.
The worst picture I can imagine.
“But does that make sense?”
An individual or a group can open and close a crack infested with monsters at will.
When you try to assert that such a thing cannot be possible.
“Ah.”
A scene from the past passed through my mind.
“That shadow guy back then…”
The apostle of sloth who out of curiosity challenged me to a fight, only to be defeated and barely escape.
When that guy ran away, didn’t he open something weird?
“Then it couldn’t be…”
This is not a disaster that came suddenly, but a thoroughly planned terrorist attack.
“Ha.”
I feel dizzy.
It is difficult to know how to prevent this terrorist attack, but what happens after that is even more problematic.
If terrorism using cracks like this continues to occur, how can we prevent it?
“No, no.”
Think differently.
No matter how bad they are, it would be impossible for them to carry out such large-scale terrorism in succession.
If it were as easy as it sounds, the world would have long ago been placed at the feet of the hexagram.
“There will definitely be restrictions.”
Otherwise, what we have done so far makes no sense.
It’s probably a plan they prepared with great effort.
In other words, if this terrorist attack is prevented well, it can cause great damage to them.
“How…”
However, the method is the problem.
How to minimize damage and close all cracks in a situation where there is a barrier blocking the monsters’ path?
It doesn’t really come to mind right now.
There is no time to think right now.
In times like this, there is only one way to take it.
“Let’s start from here.”
Organizing things one by one, starting with small things.
It was around the time that I was able to increase my magical powers, which had become even more massive after learning the theater skills.
Suddenly rain started falling from the sky.
It’s not just ordinary rain.
A rain of fire where each drop is made up of blazing flames.
Keueeek-!
Key profit!
Kuiik!?
It only hits the top of the monster’s head and burns it at once.
Overwhelming magic power that can instantly turn a monster into ashes, and delicate controls that only drop flames on the monster without touching any other objects.
There is only one person in this country other than me who can perform such an outrageous feat.
“What are you doing here? “I understand your area is not here.”
When I hear a voice coming from the sky, I raise my head and check the other person.
Scarlet Witch.
Joohee Han.
She is looking down with her bright red hair flowing in her hand, holding a staff the size of her height.
She sneers at her
“Are you later than you thought? “I think you could have come out sooner because the Magic Tower is right around the corner.”
“Because it wasn’t in the Magic Tower.”
“Aha.”
It wasn’t a big deal.
She is a very busy person. Her job is to travel around Seoul.
However, I am just wondering.
“Is it okay to beat up monsters like this?”
“… ?”
She continued speaking as she looked at her as if asking what she was saying.
“This is a terrorist attack led by Hexagram.”
Two eyes slightly enlarged.
The question of how on earth he knows that is clearly reflected in his gaze.
That means she also knew in advance about the hotbed of this terrorist attack.
Emotions cool down.
“What on earth do you want? You have everything you can have, and you have the ability to have anything you want. But what on earth did you want so badly that you joined hands with those guys?”
Speak passionately.
I didn’t mean to do that at first, but I guess I got emotional as I was talking.
Then she turns her head and looks away.
“Something I can’t have with the money I have or the power I have.”
“What… ?”
“This story ends here. You don’t understand me, and I don’t want to talk to someone like that. And you probably have something to do right away.”
That’s right.
There is work to be done now.
Protecting your assigned area.
Furthermore, to completely put this terror to rest and give them a blow.
But I couldn’t just go on like this.
“Take a good look at what Seoul looks like now.”
“…”
“You caused all this damage.”
Then she gets angry and shouts.
“I didn’t do anything…” !”
“Okay. You probably didn’t do anything. “If you look at them erasing monsters, it doesn’t seem like they’re really helping the Hexagram guys.”
There’s one more thing.
“You knew a terrorist attack was going to happen, but you didn’t tell anyone.”
“… !”
If I had known, things wouldn’t have happened like they are now.
They would have inspected the barrier more thoroughly, switched to an emergency war system and deployed available hunters to each area to solve the problem as soon as it occurred, or perhaps they could have caught the evil beast before it even happened and made the terrorist attack itself a non-existent event. I don’t know.
But she didn’t.
“Forget the pointless weighing. Choose just one. Will you become an enemy, or will you remain the same?”
That way, I will be able to make my route a little clearer.
Either they think of you as their enemy entirely or they don’t.
A look of puzzlement appears in her eyes after hearing what I say.
“You… ?”
The emotions inside are strange, so I quickly turn my back.
“I’ll just go. As Hunter Joohee Han said, my area is not here.”
“For a moment… !”
Ignoring her words, he flies straight into the sky.
Her gaze was focused on me until she left the scene at a high speed.
* * *
Jung-gu, Seoul.
In Kim Do-jin’s constituency, hunters who had already arrived on the scene were engaged in a desperate struggle with monsters.
The situation was unfavorable.
Monsters were constantly coming out of the cracks that could not be closed, and the number of hunters was much smaller than that.
The first thing to do is to rescue them from danger.
Keep your sights on the monsters that are pushing the hunters hard and take aim.
And it rains fire on their heads.
「Fire Rain.」
It was a kind of repulsion.
Like, my fire magic is better than yours, the Scarlet Witch.
And as if to prove this, the rain of fire that began to pour fell precisely on the top of the monster’s head and quickly burned it to death.
Hunters cheer amidst the acrid smoke rising as a result.
“Hunter Kim Do-jin has arrived!”
“Thank you for your help!”
“Now we live… !”
Overflowing hope.
He began to lead the hunters amid praise that made his heart ache.
“From now on, we will quickly clear out the monsters and close the rift.”
“Yes!”
“Just give me an order!”
Those who faithfully follow instructions with sparkling eyes even in crisis situations.
Looking at them like that, Kim Do-jin thought of one move.
‘What if you could give instructions and assist hunters all over Seoul at the same time?’
I think I found it.
How to prevent this terrorism with minimal damage.
