Chapter 70 – Chapter 70
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Daejeon Namseon Park Gate Management Office.
We arrived in a hurry even though it was early in the morning.
It was a 2-minute walk from the accommodation to here, so it is only natural to arrive early if you leave early.
In front of the management office, I saw a military trailer that I hadn’t seen before.
It will contain equipment used by Awakeners belonging to the government.
Of course, there were many other vehicles as well.
I didn’t feel any presence, but is it inside the management office?
Or maybe I went to eat breakfast.
It’s only 8:00 AM…
I thought about it and came out early, but was it too early?
I slept soundly and woke up faster than I thought, so there was nothing to do, and I wanted to get things done quickly and go up to Seoul, so I was in a hurry… It seems it was a miscalculation.
I went straight into the management office.
“Huh? Ah, are you here now?”
We are greeted by a government official who has been looking at our faces for three consecutive days.
I put in a call last night to come this morning, so I come out to meet you right away.
Although not already inside the building.
“Why are you alone? Anyone else here?”
“You haven’t come out yet. Since you’re staying at a nearby inn, you’ll have breakfast and come out soon.”
“You’re at peace. In a situation where you don’t know when you’ll regurgitate.”
“No. Yesterday, I heard that you already entered the dungeon and wiped out most of the monsters.”
“Yes?
“Haha… It was an emergency situation. There was also an incident in Cheonji-dong last weekend.”
“There was only one equipment trailer, but it seems that some pretty strong people came?”
“Ah… That’s the first time I’ve seen it too. I never dreamed that a Transcendentalist would come to such a low-level gate…”
“What? Has the Transcendental One come?”
“Yes. But that’s…”
Suddenly, a number of people opened the door and came in.
Identified as a government official.
“Are you? The first discoverer.”
“Yes… First of all, me and my team…”
You just walk in without saying hello.
I was overwhelmed by the atmosphere.
What are you doing? Awakener?
“Let’s sit down and talk. Let the awakened ones sit down too. You guys can leave for a while. When the Transcendental One comes, we’ll guide you.”
“Yes!”
Those who appeared to be subordinates went out of the camp again.
No, the two were waiting in front of the gate of the prison camp, and only one disappeared.
Looking at the situation, they seem to be soldiers, but they don’t seem to be Awoken.
Did you push only one Transcendentalist into the dungeon?
Well, if you’re a transcendent, you’ll be fine alone, whether it’s an E-class dungeon or a C-class dungeon.
Still… It’s quite spacious here.
“First of all, let me introduce myself. I am a member of the operation team that runs the military gate rescue team. My rank is a colonel. You can think of me as a person who responds when accidents happen at gates across the country. Shall we hear your introduction now?”
“Ah… I’m the team leader of Team F for an Awakened supporter company called Cool Supporting Company. And this one is our team member…”
I introduced our team members one by one.
When I said introduction, I just said my name and position.
“Are there any D-class license holders?”
“Yes… First of all, we are a rookie team, so it is still before the promotion test.”
“Hmm… But how did you deal with dozens of gnolls? It looks like no one was hurt. They even recovered their loot and came out?”
I also got sick.
It would be impossible for an equipment rental company to lie to the military.
I didn’t expect it, but… I get the impression that this person handles things very quickly.
It is on a different level from the person who asked what the head of the headquarters was doing on the phone yesterday.
“I was lucky.”
“It’s not a matter of ending with just being lucky… Hey, would you like to go out for a while?”
“Yes? Just me?”
“Yes. I have something to say to the Awakened. You, an ordinary person, do not know even if you have heard of it, so there is no need to be here.”
“Oh, no. This is my team. I’m the leader, right?”
I turned my head and made eye contact with my teammates.
Everyone nodded.
I signaled by rolling my eyeballs.
To speak a little more aggressively.
“Hyung-nim… It would be nice to have a team leader. We belong to the company, not the military.”
Zhang Yong’s son.
Well done man!
A man named Colonel was closely examining the expressions of the Awakened members of our team with thin eyes.
Hey. Do you do any mind reading?
“Well, I can’t help it. If the Awakened say that, I’ll ask you first. How did you, who were at the bottom of the academy, kill a C-level monster within a few months of graduating? The academy has been hiding its power. Did you ask the Awoken?”
When I tried to speak instead, he just cut it off.
Fuck…
On the other hand, all of our team members were hesitant to answer.
I’m right next to you and you won’t do anything stupid to reveal my secret.
Surprisingly, it was Kim I-sol who finally opened her mouth.
“What’s wrong? It’s just grown up a little.”
One corner of the colonel’s mouth lifts slightly, then he maintains his poker face again.
Are you laughing now?
That’s right.
Laugh at this bastard
Anyway, I feel nervous that Kim I-sol might be having an accident with a soldier, and with the colonel of the Awakened Rescue Team operation team.
“You who were at the bottom of your 10,000 years at the academy suddenly grew up? In just a few months? Do you think that makes sense now!”
Firm voice.
It wasn’t a big outburst, but it seems like you’ll be overwhelmed by the atmosphere.
Soldiers are different.
But we have one angry colt on our team who is immune to that.
“Why doesn’t it make sense?”
“It’s a potential that I couldn’t bring out in three years at the academy. No matter how much I was thrown into the dungeon expedition, do you think it would be possible in such a short period of time?”
“It looks like you’re mistaken, but what did the academy do to us? Did you actually neglect it after you got the bottom of the magic test? Did you ignore and discriminate against the elite? Don’t be funny! Those bastards are just incompetent!”
I am looking at a different Kim I-sol than usual.
I was a little surprised.
I don’t know if I’m listening to the story I wanted to hear after drinking yesterday.
Despite Kim I-sol’s somewhat agitated words and actions, the colonel did not blink an eye.
It’s definitely not an Awakener, but this calmness is amazing.
Compared to me in the days when I didn’t have the ability, the world is different.
It was as if I was seeing the image of senior Ahn, whom I had a crush on.
“So the academy didn’t see your potential? Is that sound?”
“Okay.”
“Well, that’s fine. Let’s leave it at that. I’ll just add that there’s no need to be so angry. I said it because it’s a pity that talented people like you were only running around E-class dungeons, so don’t misunderstand. Our position is that the more powerful Awoken people, the better. Because it is.”
I don’t think that was the tone a while ago, but was it acting?
Phew…
I let out a deep sigh in my heart.
I was worried about what to say, but did you just try it?
It just makes people scared.
“Next… I heard that you guys didn’t have your combat cameras turned off…”
“Oh, we were only going to shoot the last day. The originally scheduled expedition was until this Friday.”
This time I answered.
Do you suspect that we secretly hid the camera because we filmed something and then hid it?
If you go to the equipment rental company and ask, you’ll be able to know that you didn’t rent a camera or something in the first place.
What else is it?
“Let’s move on to that issue. It’s on our side, but it’s a louder problem on the other side. Next time…”
The other side?
I couldn’t understand what he was saying at all.
Who are you talking about?
But then, the door to the building opened again.
And then a woman came in.
The atmosphere was unusual, but he was wearing an eyepatch on only one eye.
She wasn’t wearing a mana-coated suit, but in her hand was a long sword sheathed.
I immediately recognized who she was.
Brain sword Yuri Park.
She, one of the seven known domestic transcendentalists, came toward us.
It was the colonel who rose from his seat faster than anyone else.
I bow very politely and say hello.
Park Yu-ri, that woman looks to be in her mid-twenties at most… Is her rank higher than that of a colonel?
Or maybe it’s because she’s picky, and she’s trying to please her.
Seeing the colonel’s appearance, I also involuntarily got up from my seat.
When I got up, everyone on my team pulled their butts off their chairs.
“Have you come out. Transcendental Master?”
“Are these people?”
“That’s right.”
“Can I attend too?”
The colonel glared at us.
So what?
I’m going to attend anyway.
She held out her hand to her, managing her expression so as not to reveal her feelings.
Because you really need to shake hands.
“Nice to meet you. My name is Kang Jeong-hyeok, who is in charge of Team F at Cool Supporting Company.”
Park Yu-ri stares at me with one eye that is not covered.
He inadvertently swallowed her saliva.
Give me a hand, lady!
I won’t take away your magical power.
“Park Yu-ri.”
Barely she held out her hand.
I held her hand and stared into the air for a while.
〈 Name : Yuri Park 〉
〈 Type: Sword Master 〉
〈 * Sync Rate: 0% 〉
〈 * magic attribute : S – 7 〉
〈 skill 〉
– Aura Blade
– Combination of new swords
– Lightning Sword
– Shattering the Shadow
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( * Points currently held for the target: 3 )
I was in a hurry.
Because I wanted to keep all the information in my head before I let go.
But it was amazing.
The various skills were basic, and the mana was a whopping S class, and there were 7 levels.
I would never have thought that she, who was already famous for her brain sword, would have room to grow further in the future…
I hurriedly checked the details of her magical powers.
〈 [ Magic attribute ] : S – 7 〉
– Potential : 7/8
– Class : S
– Mana Amount: … S-6 [ S-7 ] S-8…
– 〈 [ ON ] OFF 〉
“Omg…”
Do you have one more potential left?
My mouth fell open involuntarily.
Then Park Yu-ri hurriedly pulled her hand back with her strange eyes.
Only then did I come to my senses and return my expression.
“What are you doing?”
Park Yu-ri, who maintains a calm tone throughout, has not changed much even now.
But rather, it made my heart chewy.
I must say it’s a bit scary…
It was a creepy feeling, like dealing with a doll made of a combat weapon.
Her appearance was like an ordinary woman, not a strong person at all, which made her goosebumps all the more.
“I’m sorry, excuse me. Go over there one space at a time.”
I pushed my kids aside and I moved one space too.
I guided Park Yuri to the seat where I was sitting.
The colonel’s staring eyes are stinging to the point of death.
“Our… No, Transcendence-nim’s prediction was correct. These people are all rookies.”
The colonel said as if reporting to a superior.
Then Park Yu-ri started to look at each side of our team members.
“Who is Archer?”
“I-I’m…”
Baek Hwa-yeon was embarrassed and raised her voice.
Park Yu-ri continued to ask her questions as if she was arguing with her.
All of our team members, including myself, have faces full of tension.
“Did you deal with all the hyenas alone?”
“Oh no… There…”
Baek Hwa-yeon looked at me.
It was all me who knocked down the knoll.
But I can’t reveal that fact here.
It would have been nice if I could have evaded it in moderation.
I kept sending the signal that I should never talk about myself.
Please notice my serious expression now.
“All together…”
“What are you hiding? I’ve already checked the bodies of the gnolls. All of them had their heads blown off. It’s the same way… You, the Archer, did it alone, right?”
I got in the middle.
“Oh, you might have noticed by checking, but we rented three of her bows. Because the other Awoken know how to handle her bows similarly to her…”
“That makes no sense. I’ve confirmed with my own eyes that they are all attacks by the same person.”
“May I add something?”
Park Yu-ri nodded at the colonel’s words.
“It looks like you misunderstood like before, but we have no intention of interrogating you. Rather, you can think of it as a compliment. You just need to clarify the facts.”
Even if it is, it is the same.
My team’s… No, I can’t reveal my secret.
I don’t know how good the transcendant’s eyesight is, but if you know that you’ve already handled it alone, should you just push through Baek Hwa-yeon’s performance?
That was very troubling.
Suddenly, ‘I’m actually an Awakener.’ And cannot be declared.
At that time, Park Yu-ri asked Baek Hwa-yeon again.
It seemed that she was already convinced that Baek Hwa-yeon was the one who took down all the nols.
“May I ask what you enter the dungeon for? Revenge? Or money? Honor?”
I turned my head again and looked at Baek Hwa-yeon’s expression.
She met her eyes with hers.
I wonder if it’s okay to answer something like this, so I nodded her head.
I don’t know what the purpose of asking this is.
However, before Baek Hwa-yeon could even answer, Park Yu-ri opened her mouth again.
“Won’t you join my team? With that kind of talent, it’s far better to be under me. Whether you’re aiming for money, fame, or simply killing those monsters, you’ll be far better off than a small company like that. Penalty. If you’re worried about this, I’ll give it to you instead.”
No, all of these bastards can’t take away our slaves, so it’s a mess.
