Chapter 793 – The Seeker of Eden
‘It’s fortunate that the internal energy operation itself is similar, perhaps because it’s the same training method.’
It used to be treated as a kind of expedient, but Bangjungsul is also one of the orthodox training methods of a dignified scholar. For this reason, Seong-il’s internal air operation method was unexpectedly the standard method of internal air operation itself, and thanks to this, he was able to understand and give advice in detail about the students’ internal air operation even though he had not learned martial arts.
‘…Still, from 5 to 7 stars, I guess I’ll need Handan’s teachings.’
However, Seong-il was able to clearly feel that there was a limit to his teaching while guiding the students. Because of this, he once again feels that he did a really good job of bringing in Handan, the legitimate successor of the minor faction who can give proper teaching.
It was around a little over a month after Seong-il calmly taught the students of Eden, feeling relaxed in his life for the first time in a long time. Finally, the characters in the world of Ruchel and the Laughing Martial Arts clear the dungeon up to level 10 and succeed in returning to reality.
‘Oh… The atmosphere has changed a lot…?’
Unlike Ruchel, who doesn’t have much of a difference in feeling, the characters in the world of Lee Ah-hyun and LOL Martial Arts had a distinctly different atmosphere from before. In particular, Handan’s appearance suits the expression of an eye-opening opponent. He had completely erased the appearance of the flurry of laughter and martial arts and was reborn as a complete military man.
‘It’s a little over a month here, but… The time in the dungeon world is five times faster, so you’ve actually trained for half a year. Is that why I grew up so fast and also grew mentally?’
Being talented but weak due to lack of experience is the same as saying that if you give enough time and experience, you can become strong as much as you want.
“You worked hard.”
“Um. You’re welcome. From now on, I’ll teach you the martial arts of the minor faction instead of you.”
“Yes.”
Compared to before, the weight of the horse has become heavier and stronger. Seong-il is relieved to see him becoming more trustworthy and hands over the course of training to him. Now that Eden’s educational process is completed, Seong-il feels as if the heavy burden that has settled deep in his heart disappears in an instant.
“Good?”
“Wouldn’t you like it?”
When his colleagues left, Lee Ah-hyeon, who casually crossed his arms around her, asked Seong-il, who replied that it was natural. So, he takes Lee Ah-hyun, who has now completely become his wife, and heads to his accommodation to spend a hot night.
***
“At las…!!”
It’s been several months since I helped the students who entered Eden Academy frantically train. Seong-il is thrilled to finally feel that his skills have improved to the minimum level enough to put a group of students into practice.
‘To be precise, it’s important that the students have now developed into B+ class hunters and become hunters free from the influence of the red thread.’
Coincidentally, through a research experiment, the doctors of the Pocket Girls World revealed that even B-class hunters can be safe from genetic manipulation of the red thread if they achieve at least 3 stars, including nanomachine implantation surgery and psychic blooming surgery, and martial arts. It was a situation. Thanks to Eden’s luck, the number of available Hunters was relieved in an instant.
‘There are about 50 B-A class hunters who can be active now. If this is enough, it’s worth entrusting a short dungeon raid in the format of an exploration battle. It is also important to secure data on how active they can be.’
In addition, Seongil wanted to save time by building a dimensional pineapple house or strengthening the game master through the dungeon cores secured by the hunters he trained, instead of working hard himself from before. Therefore, although it is a little early, he decides to accumulate combat data, secure the dungeon core by using the Eden Hunter’s ability, and conduct an exploration battle against the Transcendence Church.
‘But… I have to use my strengths throughout this whole process.’
Seongil was still well aware that his skills and forces were still too insufficient to confront the Transcendence Church head-on. Because of this, he decides to intensively utilize one of the overwhelming strengths that the Transcendental Church does not have, to fuck them.
‘Right now, it’s impossible to confront even the forces of the Ark, let alone the Transcendence Church. But… I have the power of time bestowed by the Game Master…!! ‘
Seong-il decides to use time stop, one of his true weapons and an overwhelming asymmetric force, to launch a ruthless surprise attack that the Transcendence Church or the Ark forces cannot even react to.
‘Before that… First of all… Should I move alone…’
Although the game master revealed the location of all the dungeons created on the map, apart from that, it didn’t look particularly good to randomly drop students who had little practical experience into the city of Seoul, so Seong-il concentrated on pre-reconnaissance alone first. Determined to obtain information.
‘Hmm… I think it would be better to prepare a lot of branches of Weedgrassil in the future, right? It would be nice to secretly scatter the branches here and there to diversify the dimensional coordinates.’
Seong-il starts wandering around the old, collapsed subway in a state of stealth, and feels that this or that idea comes to his mind. So he wandered around the subway for a while, acquired quite a bit of information, and made a plan over and over again.
‘In a situation where the power of Eden is relatively weak… It’s difficult to operate in a way that gives students operational authority or command authority like the Under Hunter Association.’
Seong-il is worried that inexperienced students will be caught on their tails, or that an unwary enemy will relentlessly pursue their allies with all their might. Because of this, he said that he had to sprinkle branches of Weedgrassil on each of the main points he explored in the way he is doing now, to create a colorful infiltration route, and then the hunters should sortie all at once, sweep the dungeon like a storm and return like ghosts. Feel strong once
‘If that’s the case, the Transcendence Church won’t be able to find a way to track down the Hunter of Eden, and we’ll be able to somehow overcome the overwhelming power difference by having a relatively long recharge time by using the time stop after the surprise attack.’
While walking on the subway, Seong-il succeeds in establishing a grand strategy on how he will deal with the Transcendental Church in the future, albeit clumsily. In the meantime, he succeeds in approaching the dense dungeon points near the collapsed basement he was aiming for. Having reached the target, he secretly buried the branch of Weedgrassil there, thinking.
‘It’s about 10km away from the nearest dungeon… It’s quite far from the dungeon, and until I give a signal, the branch of Weedgrassil is just a really ordinary tree branch, so it’s impossible to detect it, so if you secretly bury it like this, you won’t get caught. .’
Seong-il, who had already trusted Widgrasil’s concealment ability based on various experiments in the ark, planted a branch of Widgrasil in a densely populated area of the dungeon, and then carefully moved to another area. For three days, Seong-il spends almost a month’s time secretly visiting various parts of Seoul repeatedly.
In this way, Seong-il succeeds in planting Widgrassil branches at important points in the Seoul subway. Thinking that he has completed such sufficient preparations, he escapes from the basement of Seoul, moves to Gyeonggi-do, and sets up a pineapple house in a dimension.
‘Now… Where should I start?’
Seong-il, who thinks that he has completed his preparations through such arduous reconnaissance work, puts on a mask and moves to Eden again, directing the appearance of a ‘seeker’ for the first time in a long time.
***
“Three days later! Finally, you will have to prepare to sortie to show the power of the Eden Hunter for the first time and clear the dungeon of the abominable Transcendence Church.”
Seong-il, together with Aruril, declares in a strong tone towards the hunters he has trained painstakingly for months in the huge square located in the center of the academy. Okay, a few months. Thanks to the dungeon world that flows five times faster, the training period for the hunters in front of them is practically close to a year. Because of this, quite a few of the students threw off a lot of the previous fledgling tees and showed quite a seasoned appearance.
“For the salvation of mankind!!”
“To!! To!!”
The plaza is filled with the shouts of about 80 B-class hunters who have been seated under the podium at the shout of the holy day, and the shouts of students who have not yet been appointed as official hunters but are close to a thousand cheering them on.
And, perhaps inspired by that cry, determination instead of tension begins to dwell in the expressions of the hunters who were nervous. After the first ceremony, they begin to share what may be their last encounter with their colleagues with faces full of pride. After completing all the preparations, they begin to move to reality after a long time through the dimensional door under the guidance of Seongil.
