## Chapter 704 – 704. Savior Of The Academy
I focused my eyes more intently.
I could see the wind. The city wind of Chicago was being drawn towards a single point.
‘What is this?’
The movement of the wind was strange. Even if this was a city with many high-rise buildings, the wind’s movement was too artificial. It was as if something was pulling the wind in.
‘Is there something there?’
I tried to focus my eyes more, but the high-rise buildings blocked my view. My spirit eye could see far into the distance, but it couldn’t see through things.
“Moka.”
I summoned the thunder owl, the spirit I had a contract with.
“Koo-ook!”
A white owl appeared in the air and circled around me. Since it wasn’t materialized, there was no unfortunate incident of the hotel room being messed up.
“Moka, fly over there and check it out.”
“Koo-ook. Kook!”
Moka flew out through the window. It flapped its wings powerfully and flew into the Chicago sky. I controlled Moka’s movements through our contract and activated the spirit eye ability.
Vision sharing.
I could share my vision with the contracted spirit. If I used this ability well, I could sit and see thousands of miles away.
‘Moka, fly higher. Go right from there.’
The view changed rapidly. At first, the unfamiliar sensation made my head spin, but now I was used to it and it didn’t bother me.
‘Yes, that’s it.’
It was a hotel in an outer area. In a neighborhood where there didn’t seem to be many people, an old hotel building stood alone. The hotel was three stories high. It seemed to be open for business, but even if the accommodation fee was cheap, I wouldn’t want to stay at this hotel.
‘The wind is gathering towards this building. To be precise, it’s the subtle mana carried by the wind.’
I could see the mana moving with the wind. The amount of mana wasn’t that much. Even an S-class hero wouldn’t notice it.
But if that mana was gathered in one place by the wind, it would be a different story.
‘That’s no different from an artificially created dragon vein.’
Dragon vein (龍穴).
A place where the mana density is 30% higher than other places. Dragon veins were considered the best places to do something special or to train.
‘I don’t know the exact density, but it must be over 50% at that level. It’s definitely artificial… Is the American Hero Association behind this?’
It wouldn’t be.
There was no reason for the American Hero Association to artificially create a dragon vein. After all, America had a large landmass. There would be plenty of decent dragon veins. There was no need to choose a method that would cause various side effects.
‘What are they doing?’
I became curious. If someone was doing something like this in America, they couldn’t be ordinary people.
‘Moka, go inside.’
If Moka maintained its spirit form, ordinary heroes wouldn’t notice its presence. Unless they had a special trait like me, or had experience and knowledge about spirits.
Moka faithfully followed my orders. It went inside through the window on the third floor of the hotel and looked around. There was a bleak room with a bed, a wardrobe, and a desk. The dust piled up on the furniture showed that the hotel had already given up on the lodging business a long time ago.
I had Moka check the other rooms on the third floor. Since ordinary walls couldn’t stop Moka’s movement, it didn’t take long.
‘The third floor is all ordinary. Go down to the second floor.’
The second floor was the same as the third floor.
‘There are traces of people staying on the first floor.’
But there were no people there. I couldn’t see the mana that had gathered from the wind outside either. Then there was only one answer.
‘Is it a barrier?’
Just in case, I ordered Moka to check the basement. There was a basement, but it seemed to be used as a storage room, with only old items.
‘It’s definitely a barrier.’
I clicked my tongue. I only knew that there were many different kinds of barriers, but I didn’t know the details.
‘Go outside the building.’
I observed the building and the wind in more detail through Moka’s eyes. The mana carried by the wind disappeared as if it was being absorbed into the building’s walls. There was a barrier that only took mana.
‘Should I drop lightning to tear the barrier apart?’
There was a high chance of failure. The durability of a barrier that was deliberately set up couldn’t be that weak.
‘…Wait a minute.’
As I watched, I saw something whitish when the mana disappeared. I focused more on my spirit eye.
‘I see the barrier. I see the barrier.’
I concentrated as if hypnotizing myself. Then, the shape of the barrier began to gradually appear.
‘As expected of an S-rank spirit eye. It’s excellent. Moka, can you see it too?’
Koo-ook. Kook.
Moka’s answer came. Due to the effect of vision sharing, Moka could also see what I was seeing.
‘Now that I’ve recognized the barrier, going inside won’t be a problem. Go in.’
Moka slipped into the barrier.
The inside of the barrier was a dark space. But my spirit eye could see through the darkness without any problems. There were talismans attached to the walls here and there. The overall atmosphere was eerie. Even without going there directly, I knew that it was a cold place.
There was water on the floor. It was stagnant water without any movement. Instead of fish, there were people in the water.
‘They’re corpses.’
Not just one or two. There were corpses all over the floor. Just by roughly looking, there seemed to be over 100.
And something was being held captive in the center of the space.
‘…A spirit?’
It was constantly screaming. I couldn’t hear the sound, but I could tell how much it was suffering.
‘It looks like a mid-level wind spirit… Are they forcibly corrupting it?’
The spirit couldn’t maintain its form properly and was repeatedly being torn and crumpled.
At that moment, Moka’s gaze turned back.
A man was standing there. He was an Asian man with black hair and glasses. He was looking directly at Moka and opened his mouth. He was saying something.
I summoned Moka back to me through our contract. But the summoning was blocked. Something was blocking the connection between me and Moka. I guessed it must be because of the barrier that Moka was inside.
‘Moka! Run away right now!’
Koo-ooo!
Moka soared upwards. It flew quickly and rushed out of the barrier.
Suddenly, my vision flipped. It seemed like Moka had been hit by something and fell to the ground.
‘They attacked Moka in its spirit form? Damn it. He’s not an ordinary guy after all.’
Fortunately, Moka didn’t just collapse. It spread its wings again and flew up, escaping out of the barrier.
As soon as Moka came out of the barrier, I summoned it back to me.
“Moka!”
“Koo…”
I caught Moka, who was falling to the ground, with both hands. There was a wound on Moka’s back. Since it was a spirit form, there was no blood, but it was distorted and unstable.
“You’ll need to rest for a while. Do you want to go to the spirit realm?”
Moka shook its head. Mid- and low-level spirits didn’t like going to the spirit realm. It was difficult for them to come out of the spirit realm with their power.
“Okay. Eat this.”
I gave Moka a spirit stone that I took out of my inventory. Moka was happy and ate the spirit stone.
I watched Moka closely. I was curious about what would happen if a wounded spirit ate a spirit stone.
‘As expected.’
Moka’s wound healed quickly enough to be seen. It was like a human using a potion on a wound.
‘Spirit stones not only give power to spirits but also heal wounds.’
I learned something good. I stroked Moka’s head and fell into thought.
‘The original story was centered around Korea since it was a Korean game. It doesn’t tell me about all the incidents happening overseas….’
It was the American Hero Association’s business anyway. I could just ignore it since it had nothing to do with me.
‘No, that bastard looks like a bad guy. If I take him down, I can get good karma points, right?’
It seemed like a good idea to raise my good karma points this time.
•••
Wang Xian, who had come out of the barrier, grabbed his glasses and carefully looked around. His glasses, the Spirit Glasses, were special items that allowed him to see spirits in their spirit form.
‘The thunder owl has disappeared. Even if the thunder owl is fast, it wouldn’t have disappeared by flying… There’s only one possibility left. The summoning of the contracted spirit user.’
Wang Xian put his hand in his pants pocket. There were a few things he couldn’t understand. The summoning was too perfect. It was as if they were watching the situation from afar.
‘Did they see through the barrier? Or were they watching nearby and summoned the thunder owl as soon as it came out?’
He looked around at the surrounding buildings, then turned around and went back into the barrier.
‘I’ve planted people in the Chicago branch of the Hero Association, so they’ll report to me if something happens.’
It was very unsettling. But there was no other way. It was a very important moment to move his base. If it couldn’t be helped, he would have to give up a few things and move, but he had to hold on as much as possible.
Splash, splash.
Wang Xian, stepping on the corpses submerged in water, headed to the center and looked at the wind spirit that was being corrupted with emotionless eyes.
“You’re holding on for a long time. The more you hold on, the more you’ll suffer. The future is set, so give up and fall.”
“……!!”
The wind spirit let out a soul-piercing scream. Wang Xian watched the captured wind spirit, feeling a throbbing pain in his head.
“You foolish thing.”
A cold smile appeared on Wang Xian’s lips.
“But on the other hand, I’m relieved. If you don’t give in easily, you’ll succeed unlike the others.”
Wang Xian waited, hoping that the wind spirit would completely fall.
•••
Four days had passed since I came to Chicago.
For the first two days, I spent time sightseeing with Sung Hari. From the next day, Sung Hari went to work at the Chicago branch of the American Hero Association. She looked at the dungeon briefings and coordinated with the heroes who would go in with her.
And this afternoon. Sung Hari was starting the dungeon raid. The Hero Association estimated that the dungeon raid would take three days. Sung Hari would return in three days.
Before leaving the hotel, Sung Hari hugged me tightly with both arms.
“Yujin, Mommy will be back soon. You have to be good. Okay? Huh?”
“Yeah. I’ll be with Sohee noona. Come back soon.”
Sung Hari hugged me two more times and even gave me a kiss before walking out of the hotel. She got into the limousine prepared by the Hero Association and headed to the dungeon.
Without looking back, I called for Han Sohee and Sara.
“Sohee noona! Sara noona! Mommy’s gone! Let’s have sex!”
I immediately threw off my clothes at the entrance and headed to the bedroom naked. It was time to taste a Korean beauty and an American beauty at the same time.
“Sex!”
•••
As much as I wanted to have sex all night, I had things to do, so I got out of bed at 10 PM.
“Sohee noona, stay in the room, and Sara noona, let’s go out for a bit.”
“Yes, Yujin-nim. Please give me five minutes. I’ll go take a shower…”
“It’s not urgent, so take your time.”
Sara put strength into her trembling legs and stood on the floor. Her body was full of semen. Especially her pussy, which was red and swollen, had sticky semen dangling from the hole. Every time she walked, the semen swung like a pendulum.
“Where, where are you going?”
Han Sohee said, grabbing her own waist from the bed. She was no less of a mess than Sara.
“Just a walk.”
“Really… Should I go too?”
I could smell my semen on her breath.
“You stay here. You’re tired.”
“But…”
“Let’s be honest. You can’t even move, can you?”
“……”
Han Sohee hesitated, then nodded and laid her head on the pillow. She was an A-class hero, but her pure physical ability was only at the C- to D-class level. On the other hand, Sara was at the B-class hero level.
I got out of bed and headed to the bathroom. I needed to wash up too. I had sex with Sara once more in the bathroom, and 20 minutes later, I put on my clothes and went outside the hotel.
Sara, who was sitting in the driver’s seat of the car, asked me.
“Yujin-nim, where would you like to go? Most of the stores are closed since it’s late at night. Should we just drive around the neighborhood?”
“Let’s go to the outskirts. You brought your weapons, right?”
“Yes? Yes. I brought my weapons, but…”
I checked the rearview mirror of the car. I could see my eyes, which had turned golden, in the rearview mirror.
“I found something strange when I passed by last time. It’s a bit unsettling, but if I help with Sara noona’s skills, it’ll be fine.”
I pointed my finger in the direction we needed to go.