Chapter 2315 – 2315. Virgin Ghost
The World Hunter Association.
Most people know that the World Hunter Association is a higher organization than the Hunter Associations, but they don’t know exactly what it does. That’s because the World Hunter Association is never mentioned in the mass media. Not even a single news article is ever released.
Even if ordinary people talk about the World Hunter Association, it’s at the level of, “Oh, there was such an international organization.”
In reality, the Hunter Associations of each country are sucking up all the fame and activity.
Even I don’t know exactly what the World Hunter Association does. I’ve never been interested. Not knowing the World Hunter Association doesn’t affect my life at all.
However, as a hunter, I know where the World Hunter Association headquarters is located.
New York, USA. The World Hunter Association is located next to the UN headquarters building. Officially, the World Hunter Association was affiliated with the UN.
Fortunately, I had a space-time travel scroll with the coordinates of New York saved. The worrying thing is that I don’t know what the situation in New York is right now…
‘I have a space-time travel scroll and a ghost cloak, so I should be able to avoid most dangers.’
Zzzzzzzzz.
New York was in a terrible state, as if it had been hit by a nuclear bomb.
And it was quiet.
It had become a city after its destruction. At least there was no visible danger, so it didn’t seem as dangerous as Seoul or Washington.
‘It looks like a city that was destroyed by a nuclear bomb a few months ago.’
The World Hunter Association headquarters building was, of course, not intact. Parts of the building were broken and collapsed. But compared to other buildings nearby, it was a blessing. At least it still had the shape of a building.
Thunder Sky Style Electromagnetic Wave.
I emitted electromagnetic waves at the entrance of the building. The purpose was to find survivors inside the building. The electromagnetic waves that were spreading into the building suddenly disappeared.
‘Something is interfering with the detection. Is it really the World Hunter Association?’
Even if it takes time, I have no choice but to explore it myself. I stepped inside the building.
The first floor was full of debris. There was nothing unusual. I saw stairs leading to the second floor or the basement. There was an elevator, but it was questionable whether it would work properly in the current situation.
Ding.
I heard the sound of an elevator. It was a sound from an elevator in the corner that I couldn’t see from where I was.
A middle-aged man with half-white hair and a beard walked out with dignity. He was wearing a neat suit. As a hunter, I knew him.
He smiled bitterly and said to me.
“I’ve been waiting for a noble guest to arrive. I never thought that noble guest would be an A-class hunter from Korea. I, James Kraft, the president of the World Hunter Association, welcome you, Sung Yoojin. Unfortunately, the pantry has collapsed, so I couldn’t prepare a welcome tea.”
There were many rumors about the president of the World Hunter Association. Among the rumors related to him, there was a saying that he was a hunter of S-class or higher.
But I couldn’t feel anything from him. I couldn’t tell if he was a hunter or an ordinary person, let alone an S-class.
“Did you know I was coming? How?”
“It’s a divination. Two hours ago, before leaving the headquarters, I confirmed the divination result that a noble guest would come and waited.”
“Divination? Was the president of the World Hunter Association a fortune teller? If other people knew, they would have sighed.”
“Haha. I’m not the one who does the divination. And it’s not something that can be done often. Sung Yoojin, may I ask what is the purpose of your visit to the World Hunter Association?”
“I want to know why the world became like this overnight.”
“The world is destroyed, does the reason matter? You’re unusual. Ah, I will answer you. In detail or simply. Which do you prefer?”
“Simply.”
“God ascended, and the world’s suppression disappeared.”
I had no idea what he was talking about.
God? I knew that there was a god in this world through the answer of [Fragment of Omniscience]. There are gods in other worlds, so there’s no reason why there wouldn’t be a god on Earth. But what does that god have to do with this?
As I frowned, James smiled and gestured.
“I see you don’t understand. Come this way. I’ll explain in more detail. It might be faster if you see it directly.”
It’s not a trap, is it? It’s a bit suspicious. But I can’t stop after coming this far.
I got into the elevator. The elevator moved automatically. Up? Down? My senses were blocked, so I couldn’t tell where I was going.
“Where is this elevator going?”
“As you may have noticed… we are moving to a special space. It’s the place where God was sealed. But now, God is gone.”
“Explain first. What are you, and what is God?”
“We have been working for humanity for a long time, even before the World Hunter Association was founded. We have changed our name to suit the times, but our starting point was a religious group called Kabbalah. We have been coordinating magic, monsters, sorcery, and religion in the shadows so that they do not cross the line. We believed that it was for the good of this world.”
“……”
“You don’t seem very interested. To explain quickly… as time passed, technology continued to develop, and our activities began to become difficult. Then, about 50 years ago, an incident occurred, and we decided to work actively in the public eye.”
“It’s similar to the time when dungeons appeared.”
“Dungeons, dimensional rifts, have been occurring for a long time. We have been steadily resolving them. But about 50 years ago, the number of dimensional rifts increased dramatically.”
“Why?”
Ding.
The elevator arrived. He walked forward, and I clicked my tongue and followed him.
We passed through a wide hallway and entered a room.
A space surrounded by a transparent barrier that looked like glass.
In the center of that pitch-black space, a blonde woman in white clothes was hanging on a cross. I narrowed my eyes and focused on her. On closer inspection, it was not a woman but a doll. Her skin looked hard, and I could see artificial joints like her neck and elbows.
Bright blonde hair that reached her hips, a voluptuous H-cup chest and buttocks. Even her delicate features with her eyes closed. She was quite my type of woman. If only she wasn’t a doll.
Near the cross, a white spear was stuck in the floor.
“Were you playing with dolls here? That’s pathetic.”
“It’s the masterpiece of the greatest alchemist in the world, who used most of the World Hunter Association’s assets. That doll was made by imitating the woman most favored by God.”
“The woman most favored by God?”
“Joan of Arc. You must have heard of her, as she is a famous name. We captured and sealed the ascending God in that doll. Now, the God has already ascended, and only that doll remains.”
“Why did God ascend? Is that related to the current situation?”
“There are many dimensions in this world. Our Earth is just one of countless dimensions. The dimensional rifts known as dungeons are phenomena caused by collisions and interference between dimensions. God has the power to suppress dimensional rifts. But about 50 years ago, God abandoned his body and the world and attempted to ascend to become a higher God. If God disappeared, the world would soon perish, so we captured and sealed God. But we were a little late. The world had already begun to be affected by various dimensions.”
“That’s when dungeons and awakeners started appearing on a large scale.”
It was definitely the right time, about 50 years ago.
“Yes. Now that it’s like this, it’s impossible to hide it anymore. We decided to work in the public eye, not in the shadows. Under the name of the World Hunter Association.”
“So the God who left is the world’s suppression?”
“That’s right. Suppressing dimensional rifts and suppressing forces that harm the world. God was the order of this world. Now that that order has disappeared… chaos has begun.”
“Is there a way to restore the world to its original state?”
“No.”
James said firmly. I could feel sadness in his voice.
“Are you talking about the Brahmasen when you say higher God?”
“Ah. Did you know? Yes. That’s right. Beings with powers that we cannot understand. Among them, Brahmasen is considered the most dangerous god.”
James seemed to know something about other dimensions.
“How did God’s seal get broken?”
“There is an A-class hunter named Selina. She is a staff member of the intelligence department that I trust. She is a talent that I have marked as a candidate for the next president. I told her about the existence of God. Well, it seems she already knew through her abilities. Anyway, early this morning, she was possessed by a virgin ghost. The virgin ghost used Selina’s body and knowledge to break God’s seal with the Spear of Longinus. God immediately completed his unfinished ascension and disappeared.”
A virgin ghost was the cause.
“…You were defeated by a mere virgin ghost?”
“That virgin ghost was an incomprehensible being. A virgin ghost that can instantly contaminate the minds of even S-class hunters. The fact that such a being existed is absurd. We consider the virgin ghost to be a kind of god from another dimension. Otherwise, it doesn’t make sense.”
I could feel the despair in James’ voice.
I asked him what I was curious about.
First, about the vampires in Europe.
“Ah, according to the records, we gathered the vampires about 500 years ago and sealed them in another space-time. At that time, the vampire forces had become too powerful, so there was no chance of winning in a head-on fight. With the suppression gone, it’s likely that the seal was broken due to the influence of dimensional rifts and other factors.”
About the Pylons in China.
“We were also aware that those beings from other worlds were dangerous. However, we did not have the capacity to wage a large-scale war with them. We also did not have detailed information about the Pylons. There were other things piled up everywhere… so we decided to watch them for now. They revealed their true colors after realizing that we were ruined.”
About the zombie incident in Washington, USA.
“That black man is probably just a madman. And being mad means he was influenced by the god of madness. It’s probably one of Brahmasen’s tricks.”
About the new human race in Russia.
“I don’t know much about them either. There are suspicious parts that make it difficult to simply judge them as extreme racists. There is a lack of information.”
About the lava locusts on Mount Fuji in Japan.
“……There was an alchemist who was researching locust swarms, one of the disasters of the past. He suddenly disappeared… he might have done something in Japan.”
About Park Gain.
“Having special powers even though she is not a hunter means that her birth itself is special. Dimensional rifts have existed for a long time. It’s not strange that the blood of other dimensions has mixed into the blood of humanity. It’s possible that a different level of power was mixed through that blood.”
About the tattoo world, Selbrier.
“That’s a dimension I’ve never heard of. Exchange with dimensions? It’s not entirely impossible, but dimensional rifts are not passages between dimensions. Dimensional rifts are unilateral scars and are closer to memories. You can’t move to another dimension just by entering a dimensional rift.”
About dimensional rifts, dungeons.
“Dimensional rifts are also attacks from other dimensions. From the perspective of other dimensional gods, Earth is quite an attractive place. There are cases where they deliberately cause dimensional rifts to exert influence. The recently occurring invasive dungeons are the result of direct intervention by gods from other dimensions. We call it dimensional invasion. It has been rare recently, but it has been a phenomenon that has existed for a long time.”
After hearing the answers to my questions, I looked at the doll tied to the cross and the white spear stuck in the floor.
“I’ll take that doll and spear.”
